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Fossil Turtle Discovered in Christchurch Church Pillar
The fossilised remains of a turtle that lived between 25 and 35 million years ago have been found inside a pillar from a historic Christchurch church.
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Moa bones have been found at the site of the long-awaited new highway between Manawatū and Hawke’s Bay, replacing the shut road through the Manawatū Gorge. The find has been hailed by the Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatū Tararua Highway project site archaeologist as being of great significance. The bones of at least two smaller-sized moa have been found, with further smaller bird bone fragments still to be analysed.
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Petrified wood is the name given to a special type of fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. It is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having completely transitioned to stone by the process of permineralization. All the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (mostly a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original structure of the stem tissue. Unlike other types of fossils which are typically impressions or compressions, petrified wood is a three-dimensional ...
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