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Tooting Common Fossil Tree

Purbeck Fossil Wood

  • Fossil
  • Silicified Wood
  • Upper Jurassic

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Location of Geological Feature
A fossil tree stump, enclosed in a circular fenced area.
Fossils
Trunks of conifer trees of the species Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis.
Rock Type
Silicified Wood
Geological Age
Upper Jurassic
Quarry Location
Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK.
Category
Fossil
Nearest station
Streatham
Address
Tooting Common SW12 9H2
Date of build
1898
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Tooting Common Fossil Tree Restoration
Tooting Common Fossil Tree — Purbeck Fossil Wood
Purbeck Fossil Wood at Tooting Common Fossil Tree
Purbeck Fossil Wood at Tooting Common Fossil Tree (detail 2)
Purbeck Fossil Wood at Tooting Common Fossil Tree (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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