Pre Historical
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Wood Fossil Park at Aakal, is 17 kms from the city of Jaisalmer. Lying
on the Barmer Road, this park transports you back to the Jurassic period, when
the whole Thar region lay under the sea. The park with 180 million-year-old
fossils that are the geological landmarks for the study of the Thar Desert is
any geology enthusiast’s delight.
Covering an area of about 10 sq. kms of bare hillside, the Fossil Park contains
25 petrified trunks, the largest measuring 13 m in length. This area was once
heavily wooded, with non-flowering trees, such as Chir and Deodar.
About 180 million years ago, the sea gushed in and drowned it. When the sea
retreated again about 36 million years ago, it left behind a fossilled forest.
An impressive Fossil Park, that stands witness to the geologic upheavals that
have taken place in the Thar over a long period of time, it is one of the worth-seeing
places of much geological interest.
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