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Fossil tree stump

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Fossil tree stump

Fossil tree stumps are found in Murihiku sediments at Curio Bay, in eastern Southland. These are thought to be remnants of a fossil forest of middle Jurassic age (about 160 million years ago) that grew on a river plain subject to flash flooding.

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Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, Geology – overview – Building a continent, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8307/fossil-tree-stump (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.