Fossilised tree trunk at the Government Botanical Gardens, Ooty (Udhagamandalam), Tamil Nadu, India
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5504 x 8256 px | 46.6 x 69.9 cm | 18.3 x 27.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
29 December 2018Location:
Government Botanical Gardens, Udagamandalam (Ooty Hill Station) Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMore information:
The fossil tree trunk displayed in the garden is from 20 million years old. Trees carried by rivers and deposited in inland lakes were transformed with replacement of the woody matter by silica give rise to fossil tree trunks (see Polystrate fossil). The fossil tree was presented by the Geological Survey of India, from the National Fossil Park, Tiruvakkarai, South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu.