Hmmm...wonder how these trees got fossilized and embedded en masse in clay walls?....hmmm....and the windows of heaven were opened. Genesis 7:11
"Paleontologists have discovered a fossilized forest of lycopsid trees near Xinhang in China’s Anhui province — the oldest known fossil forest in Asia.
The Xinhang forest covered an area of at least 62 acres and grew in a coastal environment prone to flooding.
These trees were normally less than 10.5 feet tall, but the tallest was estimated at 25.3 feet taller than the average giraffe.
“The fossilized Guangdedendron trees are visible in the walls of the Jianchuan and Yongchuan clay quarries, below and above a 13-foot thick sandstone bed,” the paleontologists said.
“Some fossils included pinecone-like structures with megaspores, and the diameters of fossilized trunks were used to estimate the trees’ heights.”
“It was difficult to mark and count all the trees without missing anything.”
SciNews
"Paleontologists have discovered a fossilized forest of lycopsid trees near Xinhang in China’s Anhui province — the oldest known fossil forest in Asia.
The Xinhang forest covered an area of at least 62 acres and grew in a coastal environment prone to flooding.
These trees were normally less than 10.5 feet tall, but the tallest was estimated at 25.3 feet taller than the average giraffe.
“The fossilized Guangdedendron trees are visible in the walls of the Jianchuan and Yongchuan clay quarries, below and above a 13-foot thick sandstone bed,” the paleontologists said.
“Some fossils included pinecone-like structures with megaspores, and the diameters of fossilized trunks were used to estimate the trees’ heights.”
“It was difficult to mark and count all the trees without missing anything.”
SciNews