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Camlidere petrified forest

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain).

Why this spot

Miocene volcanic ash beds preserving upright silicified trunks in the Pelitcik badlands

Documented geosite promoted within the Kizilcahamam-Camlidere geopark.

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