Palaeobotanical Garden in Mata

Palaeobotanical Garden in Mata
Petrified wood in Palaeobotanical Garden
Location	Paleorrota Geopark, Rua do Sertão, 67
Nearest city	Mata, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Coordinates	29°33′29″S 54°27′42″W / 29.55806°S 54.46167°W / -29.55806; -54.46167Coordinates: 29°33′29″S 54°27′42″W / 29.55806°S 54.46167°W / -29.55806; -54.46167
Area	36.000 m²

The Palaeobotanical Garden is a natural reserve in the town of Mata, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.^[1]

Description

Fossil natural reserve with an area of 36,000 m². Petrified wood in its original location. This in Caturrita Formation of Upper Triassic.

Os Fascinantes Caminhos da Paleontologia. Author: Antônio Isaia. Paleontologists tell the stories of Santa Maria and the region. 60 pages. Editora Pallotti (Portuguese).
Cronologia Histórica de Santa Maria e do extinto município de São Martinho. 1787-1933. Vol I. Author: Romeu Beltrão, Editora Pallotti, 1958 (Portuguese).

In the world

Europe	Petrified forest of Lesbos, Greece Chemnitz petrified forest, Germany Dorset Fossil Forest, United Kingdom

North America	Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Calistoga Petrified Forest, California Pike Petrified Forest, Colorado Mississippi Petrified Forest, Mississippi Gilboa Fossil Forest, New York Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, Utah Lemmon Petrified Wood Park, South Dakota Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, Washington Specimen Ridge, Wyoming Axel Heiberg Island, Canada

South America	Sarmiento Petrified Forest, Argentina Palaeobotanical Garden in Mata, Brazil

Oceania	Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest, Australia Curio Bay, New Zealand

Other	Damaraland, Namibia Bantak Petrified Forest Park, Thailand

In fiction

The Petrified Forest

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