Take a gander at this beauty. 😍 The minute I saw @gandara_minerals post this petrified wood, I knew it belonged in my collection. Nathan does incredible work and the colors on this end-polished piece really pop, while all other sides retain their natural texture. Plus, the locality is really awesome, with Petrified Forest National Park not far from Holbrook. (Also a little reminder to anyone out there: I take photo commissions for any special pieces in your own collection that you want photographed— everything from fossils to rocks to arrowheads to fluorescents and more. Just sayin’.) • Araucaria arizonicum • Holbrook, Arizona • Chinle Formation (Triassic) #petrifiedwood #petwood #chinleformation #triassic #plantfossil #colorfultree #araucariafossil #fossilizedwood #petrifiedwoodcollector
The Tepees @petrifiedforestnps #blueforesttrail #nationalparkservice #badlandformation . . . . . . . . #arizona #usnationalpark #mudstone #chinleformation #painteddesert #prettyearth #travelarizona #hikearizona #findyourpark #roadtrip2024
🥾🌀🏜️Portal behind a gas station🌀🏜️🥾 #sandcave #sandstone #offthebeatenpath #chinleformation #pariarivercanyon #oldparia #butahful #VermilionCliffsNationalMonument #leavenotrace #leaveitbetter #hues #portal #desert #desertlife #nationalparkweek #earthday2024 #earthdayeveryday #horseshoebend #happypeoplehike
Changing Textures Nikon z9, 70mm, 1/250, f/11, ISO 100 • Every where you look in the Painted Desert, nestled in the Jasper Petrified Forest just outside of Holbrook, Arizona, there are fabulous sights, colours, and textures. • #nikonphotographer #photographerlife #capturingtheshot #livingphotography #photography #Verotography • #newmexico #petrifiedforest #painteddesert #historicroute66 #desertshots #desertcolours #desert #arizonalandscapes #chinleformation #ancientlakebeds #earthlayers
Coelophysis bauri 3D Artist: Paulo Leite @thek560 Creative Director: Raul Ramos @raulramosart Paleontology Consultants: Omar Lagarda González @thedarknixyt Taylor Oswald @taylorloswald #coelophysis #coelophysisbauri #theropod #triassic #triassicperiod #chinleformation #mesozoic #dinosaurs #dinosaur
Coelophysis bauri 3D Artist: Paulo Leite @thek560 Creative Director: Raul Ramos @raulramosart Paleontology Consultants: Omar Lagarda González @thedarknixyt Taylor Oswald @taylorloswald #coelophysis #coelophysisbauri #theropod #triassic #triassicperiod #chinleformation #mesozoic #dinosaurs #dinosaur
Coelophysis bauri 3D Artist: Paulo Leite @thek560 Creative Director: Raul Ramos @raulramosart Paleontology Consultants: Omar Lagarda González @thedarknixyt Taylor Oswald @taylorloswald #coelophysis #coelophysisbauri #theropod #triassic #triassicperiod #chinleformation #mesozoic #dinosaurs #dinosaur
Windswept Smooth Nikon z9, 70mm, 1/60, f/11, ISO 100 • One of the awesome things about taking time in the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park is all the lookouts and places to stop or hike throughout the park. This overlook gave us a closer look at some of the windswept features. • #nikonphotographer #photographerlife #capturingtheshot #livingphotography #photography #Verotography • #newmexico #petrifiedforest #painteddesert #historicroute66 #desertshots #desertcolours #desert #arizonalandscapes #chinleformation #ancientlakebeds #earthlayers
The 135-mile Rio Chama of #northernNewMexico is a major #tributary of the Rio Grande. From its alpine headwaters at the Continental Divide of the glaciated San Juan Mountains in southern Colorado, the river flows across the Colorado Plateau in a spectacular canyon cut into Mesozoic #sedimentaryrock. The #RioChama has been carving a 900-foot-deep canyon of colorful #siltstone, #gypsum, and sandstone sedimentary layers dating back millions of years. There are even the imprints of dinosaur tracks preserved in one side canyon. Sagebrush, #chollacactus and #piñon woodlands cover the hills, and forests of #ponderosapine and #Douglasfir cover the north-facing slopes, stretching up the #canyon walls appearing as ivy from a distance. #Alcoves form like the one seen here at the contact with the #EntradaSandstone and the shale within the #ChinleFormation. They are common where #aquifer rocks sit on top of an aquitard, a #geological formation of a rather semipervious nature that transmits water at slower rates than an aquifer. The groundwater (before any canyon cutting) is “ponded” on top of the #shale, thus weakening the cement in the overlying sandstone, such that when it is finally exposed, it weathers faster 🏜️🏞️ #pano #panorama #panoramicphotography #sigma60600mmsports #sonya7riii #sonyalpha #sigmaphoto
Layers of Earth and Sky Nikon z9, 40mm, 1/160, f/11, ISO 100 • I love when I can stand on the edge of a landscape and look across the horizon into the sky and see so many wonderful, textural layers. Have you been to the Painted Desert? What was your favourite thing? • #nikonphotographer #photographerlife #capturingtheshot #livingphotography #photography #Verotography • #newmexico #petrifiedforest #painteddesert #historicroute66 #desertshots #desertcolours #desert #arizonalandscapes #chinleformation #ancientlakebeds #earthlayers
Empty Lakebed Nikon z9, 58mm, 1/1250, f/11, ISO 100 • Can you imagine standing on the edge of this lake millions of years ago when it was full of water? • #nikonphotographer #photographerlife #capturingtheshot #livingphotography #photography #Verotography • #newmexico #petrifiedforest #painteddesert #historicroute66 #desertshots #desertcolours #desert #arizonalandscapes #chinleformation #ancientlakebeds
Ancient Lakebeds Uncovered Nikon z9, 24mm, 1/160, f/11, ISO 100 • The US Southwest is a geologist’s playground! There is so much to discover and explore in these ancient lakebeds that are exposed by millions of years of erosion. Colours in the Painted Desert are in the Chinle Formation and represent different soil horizons. Colours result from different minerals present in soils with variance due to time these soils were underwater. Blue and green hues are noticed in areas that were underwater longer with lack of oxygen while reddish colours are where water table fluctuations took place and iron minerals oxidizes (rusted). For more on the geology of this area check out NPS.gov and search for Petrified Forest National Park. • #nikonphotographer #photographerlife #capturingtheshot #livingphotography #photography #Verotography • #newmexico #petrifiedforest #painteddesert #historicroute66 #desertshots #desertcolours #desert #arizonalandscapes #chinleformation #ancientlakebeds
Poposaurus is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian archosaur from the Late Triassic of the southwestern United States. It belongs to the clade Poposauroidea, an unusual group of Triassic pseudosuchians that includes sail-backed, beaked, and aquatic forms. Fossils have been found in Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and Texas. Except for the skull, most parts of the skeleton are known. The type species, P. gracilis, was described and named by Maurice Goldsmith Mehl in 1915. Like theropod dinosaurs, Poposaurus was an obligate biped, meaning that it walked on two legs rather than four. However, as a pseudosuchian, it is more closely related to living crocodilians than to dinosaurs. Poposaurus is thought to have evolved this form of locomotion independently, possibly from early archosaurs’ ability to high walk. With the tail comprising about half the body length, Poposaurus was about 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) long and weighed 90 to 100 kilograms (200 to 220 lb) as an adult. The paleoart piece on the second panel was created by me and is titled “The thrill of the hunt”. It depicts a Poposaurus hunting down a pair of Shuvosaurids near a calm river. The drawing takes place in the Chinle formation (216 mya) during the late Triassic. #fossilrecord #fossils #paleontology #paleontologist #paleoart #paleoartist #peabodymuseum #yalepeabodymuesuem #yaleuniversity #naturalist #yourshotphotographer #triassic #pangea #notadinosaur #pseudosuchia #poposaurus #archosaur #pterosaur #phytosaur #shuvosauridae #shuvosaurid #chinleformation
Something I’ve not found before in the Chinle formation. Barite nodules! These have a really cool look and are very dense for their size! #chinleformation
I love Chinle jasper! From reds to the yellow and blacks this jasper is stunning! Dark dirty quartzite in the center #chinleformation #quartzite
📍 @petrifiedforestnps, AZ 📸 🔹 #bluemesa This. Member. Is OLDDDD! It’s insane to think about a time so intangibly far in the past, a river pushing and pulsing layers of deep sea sediment and sand to create the #chinleformation, over 200 MILLION YEARS AGO. makes you feel reallllllll small doesn’t it? The blue mesa trail shows the Blue Mesa Member, which gets its bluish/purple banding from bentonite clay in the mud rock and from possible high water tables millions of years ago, creating an oxygen deprived environment, giving the iron in the sand a bluish tone. This area tends to flood and due to how soft it is, slowly washes away revealing new petrified wood pieces of fossils search time the purple sludge is swept away. Their rusty color is such a delicious contrast to the blue and purple bands. It was very fun to find little monoliths, standing alone and squeezed between. Reminded me of the rock sequence in everything everyone all at once. They seemed to be alive. 10/10 good time #nationalpark #petrifiedforest #naturephotography #postcards #desert #landscapephotography
Along with the awesome fossil trees at Petrified Forest National Park, the landscape itself is stunning where badlands outcrop. These layers of ancient sedimentary deposits are part of the Chinle Formation, and like many other badlands habitats, they weather to form a shrink-swell clay soil which is very difficult for most plants to survive in. There is however a whole host of plants that have evolved to specialize in this type of habitat. Members of the genera Atriplex, Eriogonum, Phacelia, and Vesper are all common denizens of badlands across western North America. I hope to spend more time in this habitat this summer! #petrifiedforestnationalpark #petrifiedwood #petrifiedforest #badlands #sedimentary #clay #shrinkswellclay #landscape #landscapes #arizona #chinleformation #chinle #botany
Under the canopy of huge #triassic Araucarioxylon conifers of the upper Chinle formation, a small pseudosuchian #hesperosuchus investigates a recent tree fall. He searches through beetle bores in the enormous trunk that may still hold larva, however his quarry is apparently already out of reach. This painting was inspired by a paper recommended to me by my friend Paul Byrne looking at Holometabolan insect pupation in conifer wood fossils from the #chinle formation. We both came to the conclusion that depicting that kind of insect behavior preserved in the fossil record with a hungry Hesperosuchus was a great idea. Paul studies pseudosuchians and also helped with anatomical advice/ the depiction of the little land croc. #paleoart #paleoartist #pseudosuchian #chinleformation #naturalhistoryillustration #sciart #scientificart #dinosaurs #dinosaurart #scicomm #art #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalpainting
The Battleship is the prominent butte across the main Petrified Forest National Park road from Crystal Forest, first showing on a map from 1912 as Battleship Rock. The petrified logs—a few are left—sticking out from the hillside were supposed to resemble cannons on a ship. The bluish-gray layer of The Battleship is part of the Jasper Forest Beds of the Chinle Formation. There are many pieces of petrified wood, both large and small, that have eroded from this formation, spreading out like a skirt from the base.
Petrified Forest National Park is a national park in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about 346 square miles, encompassing semi-desert shrub steppe as well as highly eroded and colorful badlands. The Petrified Forest is known for its fossils, especially fallen trees that lived in the Late Triassic Epoch, about 225 million years ago. The sediments containing the fossil logs are part of the widespread and colorful Chinle Formation, from which the Painted Desert gets its name. In addition to petrified logs, fossils found in the park have included Late Triassic ferns, cycads, ginkgoes, and many other plants as well as fauna including giant reptiles called phytosaurs, large amphibians, and early dinosaurs. This postcard shows the Agate Bridge, a partially exposed petrified log spanning a gully at Agate Mesa. In the early history of the park, many visitors had their picture taken while standing on the log. Fear of the collapse of this landmark by the railroad—it was a major attraction—led to masonry pillars being constructed underneath in April 1903, later followed by concrete in 1911. These were replaced by concrete beams in 1917, paid for by the government and installed by the railroad. The log is about 100 feet in length and 4 feet in diameter at its base. It spans 40 feet across the chasm and is 16 feet above the canyon floor. In the late 1800s the paleobotanist Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913) proclaimed Agate Bridge to be the “most noted single petrified log in the world.”
The Painted Desert is a series of badlands in the Four Corners area, running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It is most easily accessed from the north portion of Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert was named by a Spanish expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado during his 1540 quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola. Passing through the wonderland of colors, they named the area El Desierto Pintado. The desert is composed of stratified layers of siltstone, mudstone, and shale of the Triassic Chinle Formation, which erode easily. These fine-grained rock layers contain abundant iron and manganese compounds, which oxidize into reddish colors. However, when the water table is high, there is less oxygen in the ground, and that can turn those deposits blue or green. Higher amounts of manganese can even produce a lavender color.
Badlands wandering. #capitolreefnationalpark #nationalpark #nationalparkgeek #usinterior #chimneyrocktrail #utah #utahnationalparks #igutah #igsouthwest #desertsouthwest #deserthike #hikemore #hikingadventures #utahhiking #utahadventures #utahisbeautiful #coloradoplateau #chinleformation #desertvibes #hikeutah #wanderlust #travel #landscapephotographymagazine #landscapephotography #desertlandscape #canyoncountry
Sept 8, 2012, Ghost Ranch, #newmexico . Walked on Chinle Formation formed in Triassic Period (225 million years ago), when this region was near the equator of Pangea supercontinent. サンタフェの北にあるゴースト ランチをハイキング。この地がパンゲア超大陸の赤道付近にあった三畳紀（２．２５億年前）に生成したチンリ層の岩を踏みしめて。 #ghostranch , #chinleformation , #roadtripusa , #コロラド高原 , #アメリカ大好き 。
Petrified Forest National Park 🖤 It is an American national park in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about 346 square miles (900 square kilometers), encompassing semi-desert shrub steppe as well as highly eroded and colorful badlands. The park's headquarters is about 26 miles (42 km) east of Holbrook along Interstate 40 (I-40), which parallels the BNSF Railway's Southern Transcon, the Puerco River, and historic U.S. Route 66, all crossing the park roughly east–west. The site, the northern part of which extends into the Painted Desert, was declared a national monument in 1906 and a national park in 1962. #nationalpark #nationalparkservice #petrifiedforest #painteddesert #arizona #nationalparkphotographer #bnw_nationalparks #bnw_planet #yourshotphotographer #natgeoyourshot #nationalparkgeek #petrifiedforestnationalpark #petrifiedforestnp #bnwframing #bnwart #visitarizona #travelphotography #pueblo #saveourparks #chinleformation #chinle #coloradoplateau #fossils #fossil @petrifiedforestnps
Petrified wood, Chinle Formation, Circle Cliffs, Utah thanks @west_desert_gems #petrifiedwood #fossil #boisfossilisé #boispetrifie #chinleformation #utahminerals
Coelophysis piece for Dinovember 2023. Found in the Chinle Formation and was one of the first species of dinosaurs. #dinovember #dinoviembre #paleoart #paleontology #mesozoic #dinovember2023 #dinosaurs #dinosaurart #paleoart #coelophysis #chinleformation #dinosaursrule
New blood #walkingwithdinosaurs #wwd #postosuchus #toyway #walkingwithdinosaurs1999 #coelophysis #trassic #trassicperiod #chinleformation
Comenzando el #Dinoviembre2023 con algo muy sencillo y que todo mundo se sabe xd Semana Theropoda (Nov: 3, 4, 5) - Viernes 3: Terópodo Triásico 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘪 ("Forma hueca de George Baur"), un terópodo celofísido que vivió en lo que actualmente comprende el suroeste de Estados Unidos durante el Triásico superior (Noriano - Rhaetiano, entre 228 a 201 millones de años). ---------- #Coelophysis #Coelophysidae #Theropoda #Dinovember #Paleoart #Paleoarte #Paleoillustration #DinosaurIllustration #DinosaurArt #DinosaurSculpture #Dinosaurios #Dinosaur #Dinosaurs #FeatheredDinosaurs #DinosaursOfInstagram #Norian #Rhaetian #Triassic #ChinleFormation #GhostRanch #PromptListDinovember2023 #Art #Drawing #Ink #InkDrawing #Pencil #PencilDrawing #Sketch #SketchArt
Even your huge #shadow at #bluemesatrail #petrifiedforestnationalpark reminds you of your #insignificance… In time, in scale/space… #geologcaltimescale #arizona #chinleformation 👤⏳🌏
#arizona #geology #chinleformation #stratigraphy
I love these photos of the so-called #petrifiedforestnationalpark tee pees, the conical formations eroded into the rocks of the 200 million year-old #arizona #chinleformation, with the different bands marking periods of geology laid down over 20 million years forming the beautiful #painteddesert #landscape. I love how the afternoon #moon hangs over these scenes.
The To Do About the Hoodoo. Lady the Wonder Mutt exploring parts of the Chinle sedimentary formation on the Colorado plateau, and happened upon a hoodoo topped with a piece of the Moenave formation. Lady loves geology, because geology rocks. And rocks are fun to run and jump onto, see a great view, then jump off of. . . . . . . . . . . #desertlife #geology #rocks #dogdays #walkingthedog #doglover #dogoftheday #dogs #animalrescue #pets #mydogiscutest #dogsofinstagram #adventuredogs #theview #chinleformation #hoodoo
#petrifiedforestnationalpark #bluemesatrail #badlands #chinleformation #arizona #arizonahighways #azliving #visitarizona
Day 78. Sample number 0040 is a purple-gray sediment from Washington County, Utah. After checking the coordinates, I am pretty sure this is derived from the Petrified Forest member of the Chinle Formation (late Triassic). The Petrified Forest member consists of a variety of sedimentary deposits, including mudstones, siltstones, sandstones, and conglomerates. It is named after its exceptional preservation of petrified wood and is a prominent feature of Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona. The colorful and diverse sediments found in the Petrified Forest member are a result of ancient river systems, floodplain environments, and occasional volcanic activity. The sediments contain evidence of ancient forests, rivers, lakes, and the surrounding terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Late Triassic period. #chinleformation #mudstone
Journeying back 210 million years to the Late Triassic period with these illustrations of incredible creatures from the Chinle Formation! 🦕🌿 This fossil site is a true treasure trove of prehistoric life, giving us a glimpse into a world that existed long before our time. Swipe through to meet some of the fascinating inhabitants: 🦎 Smilosuchus - A fierce predator with a toothy grin, ruling the ancient waters. 🐢 Desmatosuchus - An armored giant, roaming the land with spiked osteoderms for protection. 🦖 Postosuchus - A formidable carnivore, showcasing its dominance in the ecosystem. 🦔 Typothorax - Small but resilient, this herbivore played a crucial role in the food chain. 🦎 Placerius - A mammal relative similar to a hippo, embodying the diversity of life during that era. 🦕 Effigia - With a unique form, this creature blurs the line between different evolutionary paths. 🐊 Hesperosuchus - An agile predator, showing the early stages of crocodilian evolution. 🦎 Anachisma - A carnivorous amphibian, adding an air of enigma to the Triassic landscape. 🦖 Poposaurus - A fearsome hunter, contributing to the intricate balance of nature. The Chinle Formation takes us on a captivating expedition through time, unraveling the stories of these remarkable beings. Let's marvel at the wonders of evolution and pay homage to the intricate ecosystems that once flourished in this ancient world. 🌏🌿 #paleoart #prehistoricart #paleoartist #triassicperiod #chinleformation #notadinosaur #dinosaurart #pseudosuchian #postosuchus
Coelophysis studies. I did these yesterday with some friends on a discord call. Reference model from Prehistoric Kingdom . . #dinosaurs #dinosaur #dinosaursofinstagram #paleoart #paleontology #coelophysis #coelophysisbauri #triassic #mesozoic #chinleformation #prehistorickingdom
A Desmatosuchus coming to drink further down the river in the USA during the Late Triassic period 220 million years ago. @bbcprehistory @discoverychannelprehistory @alyssapommereau @bkbonesdinos @emilyhiggs_art @motherofthedinosaurs @prehistoric @jackhornersdinovision @jackhornersdinosaurs @steve.brusatte @brusatte_brusatte @tetzoo @paulserenoofficial @serenopaul @nigelmarvenofficial @picturesimpossible @ancient_wildlife @prehistoricnature @prehistoric.nerd @prehistoric.dinosaur.hub @mesozoicreptiles #photoshopped #computerart #visualcomputerart #computerartwork #mesozoic #mesozoicera #latetriassic #latetriassicperiod #triassic #triassicperiod #usa🇺🇸 #northamerica #chinleformation #mesozoicreptiles #archosaurs #desmatosuchus #desmatosuchusspurensis #prehistory #prehistoric #prehistoriclife #prehistoriclandscape
A flock of Coelophysis along with a Desmatosuchus at a waterfall while a Effigia is looking for insects to feed on in North America during the Late Triassic period. @bbcprehistory @discoverychannelprehistory @alyssapommereau @emilyhiggs_art @bkbonesdinos @motherofthedinosaurs @prehistoric @jackhornersdinovision @jackhornersdinosaurs @steve.brusatte @brusatte_brusatte @tetzoo @paulserenoofficial @serenopaul @nigelmarvenofficial @picturesimpossible @dinogirl.lisaseline @dinosaurgone @dinosaur_aso @dinosaur.lovers.world @dinosaur.fan.club @dinosaurs_fanclub_ @dinosaur_super @whydinosaurs @prehistoricnature @ancient_wildlife @prehistoric.dinosaur.hub #photoshopped #computerart #visualcomputerart #computerartwork #latetriassic #latetriassicperiod #triassic #triassicperiod #prehistoricarizona #arizona #usa🇺🇸 #northamerica #chinle #chinleformation #northamericandinosaurs #triassicdinosaurs #dinosaur #dinosaurs #dinosaurfan #dinosaurfanart #coelophysisbauri #extinctreptiles #desmatosuchusspurensis #effigiaokeeffeae #prehistoric #prehistory #prehistoriclife #prehistoriclandscape
Rendered artwork of a Postosuchus approaches a wounded Placerias. #photoshopped #renderedart #renderedartwork #latetriassic #latetriassicperiod #triassic #triassic #triassicperiod #usa🇺🇸 #northamerica #chinleformation #prehistoricarizona #walkingwithdinosaurs #bbc #impossiblepictures #extinctreptiles #postosuchuskirkpatricki #placeriashesternus #prehistoric #prehistory #prehistoriclife #prehistoriclandscape
A Smilosuchus gazing at Coelophysis while Desmatosuchus doing its thing at a waterfall in the USA during the Late Triassic period. @bbcprehistory @bbcnaturalhistory56 @discoverychannelprehistory @alyssapommereau @bkbonesdinos @motherofthedinosaurs @prehistoric @jackhornersdinovision @jackhornersdinosaurs @steve.brusatte @brusatte_brusatte @tetzoo @petelarsontrex @paulserenoofficial @serenopaul @nigelmarvenofficial @picturesimpossible @ancient_wildlife @prehistoricnature @prehistoric.nerd @dinosaur.fan.club @dinosaur_aso @dinosaur.lovers.world @dinosaurgone @dinosaur @dinosaurs_fanclub_ @dinosaur_super @whydinosaurs #photoshopped #computerart #visualcomputerart #computerartwork #latetriassic #latetriassicperiod #triassic #triassicperiod #prehistoricusa #usa🇺🇸 #northamerica #chinleformation #triassicreptiles #triassicdinosaurs #dinosaur #dinosaurs #dinosaurfan #dinosaurfanart #coelophysisbauri #smilosuchusgregorii #desmatosuchusspurensis #prehistory #prehistoric #prehistoriclife #prehistoriclandscape
Somehow I woke up and it’s 7 incredible years later. We celebrated him with a trip to #ghostranchnewmexico to see the #celophysisquarry #triassicperiod #chinleformation and to challenge ourselves with a scramble to the top of #kitchenmesa The trail was an absolute smokeshow of #flowers #cactus #opuntia #tunas #claretcups #asters #mariposalily The views were 🤯🤯🤯 and the connection runs deep. Thanks for being kiddo. It’s an absolute joy being your dad.
Day 2. Meteor Crater and Petrified Forest National Park/Painted Desert. Obviously I had to stop at the crater! There was a plaque on the wall commemorating people who had been awarded an “exceptional achievements in meteoritic sciences”. And there was definitely still room for my name! 😜 Second stop of the day was the otherworldly Petrified Forest National Park. I didn’t get as many pictures of the petrified wood as I thought and most of them came out bad. It was hard to see my pictures in the sun. But I DID get pictures of the chinle formation that look like a landscape from the moon or some far off planet from the 1950’s version of space. Haha The chinle formation is also found in Zion. It’s part of the Colorado Plateau and is made up of siltstones, mudstones and sandstone and volcanic ash! The ash is what gives the elephant texture weathering. There are also many fossils embedded within these sediments. #meteorcrater #roadtrip #petrifiedforest #petrifiedforestnationalpark #painteddesert #chinleformation #geology #rocks
Day 2. Meteor Crater and Petrified Forest National Park/Painted Desert. Obviously I had to stop at the crater! There was a plaque on the wall commemorating people who had been awarded an “exceptional achievements in meteoritic sciences”. And there was definitely still room for my name! 😜 Second stop of the day was the otherworldly Petrified Forest National Park. I didn’t get as many pictures of the petrified wood as I thought and most of them came out bad. It was hard to see my pictures in the sun. But I DID get pictures of the chinle formation that look like a landscape from the moon or some far off planet from the 1950’s version of space. Haha #meteorcrater #roadtrip #petrifiedforest #petrifiedforestnationalpark #painteddesert #chinleformation #geology #rocks
That wood doesn’t look scared. #PetrifiedForest #PEFO #NationalParks #ChinleFormation #Triassic #SFAFieldCamp2023 #Day17 #Week3 #Arizona
Wood you look at that good looking group?! #PetrifiedForest #PEFO #NationalParks #ChinleFormation #Triassic #SFAFieldCamp2023 #Day17 #Week3 #Arizona
Off to explore Petrified Forest National Park! The petrified logs found here were deposited within an ancient river system, along with plenty of sand and layers of volcanic ash. Those materials are part of what we now know as the Triassic Chinle Formation. Once buried, the logs’ organic materials were replaced over time by minerals such as silica. Fossils like petrified wood help geoscientists better understand ancient environments. #PetrifiedForest #PEFO #NationalParks #ChinleFormation #Triassic #SFAFieldCamp2023 #Day17 #Week3 #Arizona
Hoodoo In The Chinle Formation
This Park Rocks! ↔️ 🌲🪨🤩 Petrified Forest National Park 🏞️ #nationalparksweek How can I explain this place? 🌲 Enormous trees that have fallen and turned to stone 🎨Pastel colored badlands ✍️ petroglyphs and ancient ruins 🦌 fossils of prehistoric plants & animals 🏞️ paradise for these two photographers 📷 In theory, you could drive this 28-mile Park in 2 hours, but we spent 3 days there, and we’d happily go again tomorrow. ❤️ Have you visited this Park? #findyourpark
cliffside looks #geologicscale #mormontea #utahjuniper #claretcupcactus #pinyonpine #narrowleafyucca #utah #coloradoriver #coloradoplateau #kayentaformation #wingate #chinleformation #moenkopi #cutlerformation #deadhorse
amazing landscapes, forms and colors #arizona #painteddesert #petrifiedforest #landscapes #chinleformation #strata #bentoniteclay #erosion
Petrified Forest National Park, AZ #petrifiedforestnationalpark #petrifiedrainbow #nationalparkphotography #nationalparks #arizona #puffyclouds #travelphotography #landscapephotography #arizona_landscapes #arizonaphotography #roadtrip #placesthatdontlookreal #petrifiedforest #chinleformation #painteddesert
When driving through #PetrifiedForestNationalPark you first travel through a wide expanse of flat desert and then, seemingly out of nowhere, rise the #Tepees in perfect stripes of red, pink, grey, blue and purple. Once a vast swamp with roaming dinosaurs, these small mountains developed over 200 million years ago at the end of the Late Triassic Period and got their painted quality from colorful mudstone, white sandstone, and minerals such as iron and manganese. It’s easy to drive through the park in an hour, but once you see this #painteddesert I think you’ll find it hard to leave 😊 . . . . . . . . . . #PetrifiedForest #PetrifiedForestNP #tepee #chinle #chinleformation #bluemesa #nationalpark #nps #hike #travel #explore #parklove
Whipple Point in the Painted Desert in the north portion of the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Bidahochi basalt from lava flows cap the softer Chinle Formation sandstone below and prevent erosion, then the sandstone erodes where it is not capped exposing millions of years of sedimentary layers. . . . . . . . #petrifiedforestnationalpark #arizona #petrifiedforest #nationalparks #nationalpark #painteddesert #whipplepoint #nationalparkphotography #petrifiedforestnps #landscapephotography #bidahochi #chinleformation
One of the oldest dinosaur teeth in the collection, if not the oldest one. After reading and study a lot about this, I'm quite sure (but not 100%) on this guy. Here's a 𝑪𝒐𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊 tooth, from the Petrified Forest (Chinle Formation, New Mexico), found close to the famous Ghost Ranch! Although this first dinosaur may be found in other Late Triassic outcrops. Lot of diagnostic features lead me to think of the id of this tooth such as: ✅ Serration density: 40 to 45 /5mm dentary and 35 to 50 /5mm maxillary (from Hendrickx 2019) ✅ Fluted ridges are observed only in juveniles ✅ Lacking of marginal and transverse ondulations on most crowns ✅ Laterally compressed BUT, in the other hand, there's few things that don't match, such as the lower degree of curvature of the tooth (despite not all the teeth are recurved at all)... Nevertheless, I would assume this tooth to be dinosaurian. Triassic dinosaurs are truly fascinating also and especially for their halo of mystery. . . . . . . . #huatlocollection #collection #dinosaur #tooth #dinosaurtooth #Triassic #Jurassic #coelophysis #fossil #fossils #Fossilfriday #mesozoic #chinleformation #chinle #usa #newmexico #paleo #paleontology #biology #geology #geologyrocks #museum
The mouth of Red’s Canyon out in the remote “Hondu Country” of the San Rafael Swell. This view shows a good portion of the Triassic and some of the Jurassic rocks of this part of Utah. . The lowest, deep reddish-brown strata in the photo are part of the Triassic Moenkopi Formation. The Moenkopi was deposited as a shoreline system which include tidal flats, deltaic, and interdeltaic systems. Above it lies the variegated fluvial, lacustrine, and floodplain deposits of the Triassic Chinle Formation. It contains evidence of both braided and meandering stream systems, mudflats, swamps, and lakes. The lower line of cliffs are the Wingate Sandstone. Above that are sandy slopes of the Kayenta Formation and the top cliff line, visible at the center of the panorama, with rounded, dome-like tops is the Navajo Sandstone. Together, these constitute the Glen Canyon Group. Both the Navajo and the Wingate Sandstones are the lithified remains of massive sand seas known as “ergs”. Imagine a dune field which covers most of the western portion of the continent. The Kayenta Formation, between them, is probably of Jurassic age and seems to represent a period where a system of rivers and their floodplains were active here. The age of the Navajo is debated but it may be the case that in some places it’s Jurassic and in others, the Triassic-Jurassic transition lies somewhere within those sands. Aeolian sandstones are notoriously difficult to date. . I think that parts of Utah would make an excellent vacation destination through much of the Mesozoic. The only trick would be not getting eaten or stepped on by a dinosaur. . . #redscanyon #honducountry #sanrafaelswell #utah #utahgeology #mesozoic #triassic #jurassic #moenkpoiformation #tidalflats #interdeltaic #chinleformation #floodplain #lacustrine #wingateformation #aeoliansandstone #erg #sandsea #dunefield #kayentaformation #navajosandstone
Sept 5, 2012, Canyon De Chelly NM, #arizona . Going down zig-zag trail down to the bottom of the canyon. Surrounded by conglomerate rocks of Chinle Formation (230 million years ago). キャニオン・デ・シェーのジグザグ道を谷底までハイキング。この一帯を覆うチンリ層（２．３億年前）の礫岩に囲まれて。 #canyondechelly , #canyondechellynationalmonument , #chinleformation , #roadtripusa , #アメリカ大好き 。
The fossilized remains of Funcusvermis gilmorei were found in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Living amphibians (Lissamphibia) include frogs and salamanders (Batrachia) and the limbless worm-like caecilians (Gymnophiona). Now exclusively home to South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia, caecilians spend their lives burrowing in leaf-litter or soil searching for prey such as worms and insects. Prior to the discovery of Funcusvermis gilmorei, only 10 fossil caecilian occurrences were known, dating back to the Early Jurassic epoch, about 183 million years ago. However, previous DNA studies estimated evolutionary origins of caecilians back to the Carboniferous or Permian periods, some 370 million to 270 million years ago, marking that 87-million-year gap. However, no such fossils had been found. Funcusvermis gilmorei shares skeletal features related more with early frog and salamander fossils, strengthening evidence for a shared origin and close evolutionary relationship between caecilians and these two groups. Art by the amazing @andreyatuchin Read the paper: Triassic stem caecilian supports dissorophoid origin of living amphibians. Nature, published online January 25, 2023; doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05646-5 #Funcusvermis #Lissamphibia #Batrachia #Gymnophiona #Caecilians #Lissamphibians #frogs #Salamanders #ChinleFormation #Mesozoic #Triassic #Arizona #DNA #Carboniferous #Permian #AtomicSurgery #AtomicSurgeon #fossil #Paleontology #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #Palaeoblog #andreyatuchin
Epic Final Day on the Dig!!..... - We are Way out in the Arizona Desert.... Some of the Most Beautiful Country on Earth! ...... I feel so Thankful and Blessed to just see this place, let alone look for 220 Million Year old Fossils from the 1st Era of the Dinosaurs!!... - This Trip was a HUGE Success! We got a LOT of Fossils! Aamon & Chantel will have some Great Stuff for Tucson & I will be bringing some Great Stuff Back to the shop!!. - We filmed a Really Educational episode of Chasing History. It's going to be a look at what goes into hunting fossils in the Triassic & what to do to protect them when you find something Awesome!!!.... - I want to thank Aamon & Chantel for having me out! I missed hanging out & can't wait to get back together at Tucson!! Check out some past episodes with aamon on the Triassic at Chasing History... & Look for Killer Triassic Fossils at the Smoky Mountain Relic Room Now!! Go Outside!!!! History Rocks!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! #triassic #fossils #fossilhunter #fossilhunting #arizona #chinleformation #dinosaur #dinosaurs #fossilcollector #fossil #fossillover #historybuff #historynerd #adventure #chasinghistory #viral #reels #educstional #explore #exploremore
EPIC....... Day 2 in the Chinle Formation of Arizona!!.... - So..... We dug out the Awesome Fossil we hit at the end of the day yesterday........... Phytosaur Jaw!!!...... WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!..... First Jaw section I've ever found..... Can't Wait to see it prepped out!! Killer teeth sockets .... Awwwwww!!!! - Aamon & Chantel found some Incredible fossils as well, Tons of teeth & Bones..... Time for a Very Needed shower..... Lol History Rocks!!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! #fossilhunting #fossilhunter #fossils #fossilsofinstagram #chinle #chinleformation #chinleformations #arizona #arizonalife #history #historymatters #historylovers #historyfacts #historynerd #historybuff #historypodcast #historychannel #chasinghistory #ChasingHistory #adventure #adventuretime #adventuretravel #travel #travelgram #travelblogger #travelersnotebook #traveladvisor #travelreels #traveltuesday
EPIC....... Day 2 in the Chinle Formation of Arizona!!.... - So..... We dug out the Awesome Fossil we hit at the end of the day yesterday........... Phytosaur Jaw!!!...... WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!..... First Jaw section I've ever found..... Can't Wait to see it prepped out!! Killer teeth sockets .... Awwwwww!!!! - Aamon & Chantel found some Incredible fossils as well, Tons of teeth & Bones..... Time for a Very Needed shower..... Lol History Rocks!!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! #fossilhunting #fossilhunter #fossils #fossilsofinstagram #chinle #chinleformation #chinleformations #arizona #arizonalife #history #historymatters #historylovers #historyfacts #historynerd #historybuff #historypodcast #historychannel #chasinghistory #ChasingHistory #adventure #adventuretime #adventuretravel #travel #travelgram #travelblogger #travelersnotebook #traveladvisor #travelreels #traveltuesday
The Teepees - Petrified Forest National Park - Holbrook - Arizona - USA Vidéo: https://youtu.be/z1oVN0JHTTA #theteepees #chinleformation #chinle #petrifiedforestnationalpark #petrifiedforest #holbrook #holbrookarizona #holbrookaz #arizonaroute66 #route66arizona #arizona #route66roadtrip #motherroad #route66attraction #visitnewmexico #usa #travel #paysage #landscape #landscapephotography #travelphotography #trip #voyage #traveling #travellover #hike #hiking #randonnée
#PetrifiedForestNationalPark #NPS #sacredsite #forest now #petrified created in the #Triassic in the #Chinleformation #petrifiedwood #Arizona #Аризона
#PetrifiedForestNationalPark #NPS #sacredsite #forest now #petrified created in the #Triassic in the #Chinleformation #petrifiedwood #Arizona #Аризона
This is a pair of bookends made from richly colored, 225 million year old petrified wood (Araucaria?) which was collected from the Chinle Formation of Arizona. The polishing has been done locally by an expert polisher giving them a much better shine with no dull spots. The sides have been felt lined. Each bookend slightly varies in size, with one measuring 6.05" tall, 5.8" wide and 1.65" thick, while the other is 6" tall, 5.95" wide and 1.7" thick. Follow the link in our bio or visit www.FossilEra.com and search for "bookends" to see more photos & information. . . . . #fossilera #fossils #minerals #petrifiedwood #bookends #petrifiedwoodbookends #books #Araucaria #Chinleformation #arizona #lateTriassic
The Chinle Formation was deposited over 200 million years ago during the Late Triassic Period. The colorful badland hills, flat-topped mesas, and sculptured buttes of the Painted Desert are primarily made up of the Chinle Formation, mainly fluvial (river related) deposits. Within Petrified Forest National Park, the Chinle Formation is further divided to include the Blue Mesa Member, the Sonsela Member, the Petrified Forest Member, and the Owl Rock Member. The Blue Mesa Member consists of thick deposits of grey, blue, purple, and green mudstones and minor sandstone beds, the most prominent of which is the Newspaper Rock Sandstone. This unit is best exposed in the Tepees area of the park. The Blue Mesa Member is approximately 220-225 million years old. #PetrifiedForestNationalPark @petrifiedforestnps @nationalparkservice #ChinleFormation #BlueMesaTrail #hiking #geology #science #EducationalExcursions #Arizona #OnlyinArizona @only_in_arizona
Q. Why do some people think the Rice Museum's lower level is haunted? A. Because all the wood down there is petrified!! Fossil Conifer (Woodworthia) Chinle Formation, Sonsela Member (Triassic, 225 - 220 million years ago) Mackelprang Wash, Arizona, U.S.A. Photograph by Jeff Scovil. #boo #hauntedmuseum #ChinleFormation #Woodworthia #Mackelprangwash #petrifiedwood #spoopy #ricenwmuseum #ricenorthwestmuseum
We had a wonderful sunny day of pigment hunting on Friday after an evening of snow fall Thursday night! Luckily it didn't snow too much in the area where we were hiking so it wasn't to muddy out. Of course the power of the sun makes quick work in melting the snow! We explored a colorful arroyo along a fault line between the Chinle and Morrison Formation ranging from 150 to 250 million year old mudstone, siltstone, and sandstone deposited in an ancient floodplain and fluvial environments when the inland seas existed in much of what is now New Mexico. Sigyn is the queen of bone collectors and magically covers the terrain in search of other four legged beings such as Jack rabbits and Coyotes.. #pigmenthunter #pigmenthunting #earthpigmentworkshop #naturalpaints #colorsoftheearth #geologicallandscapes #ancientseas #chinleformation #morrisonformation
A Coelophysis is gazing at its surroundings in North America during the Late Triassic period. @bbcprehistory @discoverychannelprehistory @jackhornersdinovision @jackhornersdinosaurs @tetzoo @steve.brusatte @brusatte_brusatte @paulserenoofficial @serenopaul @nigelmarvenofficial @picturesimpossible @prehistoricreatures @prehistoric_world_era @prehistoric59era20world @prehistoricnature @alyssapommereau @motherofthedinosaurs @bkbonesdinos @petelarsontrex #photoshopped #computerart #visualcomputerart #computerartwork #latetriassic #latetriassicperiod #triassic #triassicperiod #usa🇺🇸 #northamerica #chinleformation #northamericandinosaurs #triassicdinosaurs #earlydinosaurs #dinosaur #dinosaurs #dinosaurfan #dinosaurfanart #theropod #coelophysis #coelophysisbauri #prehistoric
Anaschisma Xenacanthus (alien spine) Going a bit different this time with a temnospondyl. Quite an interesting piece to work on. . . . #anaschisma #xenacanthus #paleoart #paleoartist #temnospondyl #triassic #chinleformation #mesozoic #extinct #prehistoric #painting #art #artistsoninstagram #acryllicpainting
🏞️ Magical Place #arcadianationalpark #usa #nationalpark #nature #maine #travel #chinleformation #bluemesa #earthoutdoors #fossil #canyon #holbrook #nationalparkservice #adventure #geology #nationalparkgeek #latetriassic #usatravel #craterlakenationalpark #bigbendnationalpark #congareenationalpark #petrifiedforestnps #shogran #kaghan #findyourpark #naturephotography #petrifiedwood #arcadian #nps #photography
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS EPISODE ONE (“NEW BLOOD”) REVIEW: One aspect of this episode that’s really effective is the sense of competition. It has an “out of the world, in with the new” sort of vibe to it. Throughout the episode, we gradually see how the more ancient reptiles are outcompeted by the more successful newer breed of reptiles… the dinosaurs! Our main lead is female Coelophysis and we get to experience how her species is slowly taking over the planet with the anticipation of things to come. Kenneth Branagh is the perfect choice to narrate this series as he’s not over the top or theatrical with the way he tells the story. The soundtrack in this episode is also fantastic, the highlight which was the ending score for the demise of the female Postosuchus. I also really like the dry and arid setting as it gives you a sense that the Triassic period is a harsh and foreboding world. The biggest problem with the episode is that the overall storyline is rather lacking and it’s really just a set up for the other episodes. Overall though, New Blood is a decent start to an amazing series! #WalkingWithDinosaurs #DinosaurDocumentary #Palaeontology #TriassicPeriod #TriassicDinosaurs #ChinleFormation #NorthAmericanDinosaurs #Coelophysis #Placerias #Thrinaxodon #Postosuchus #Peteinosaurus #Plateosaurus