Palaeoxylology
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Palaeoxylology is the study of fossil wood
Fossil wood
Fossil wood is wood that is preserved in the fossil record. Over time the wood will usually be the part of a plant that is best preserved...

. In the fossil record, wood is more often and better preserved than any other plant parts. Fossil wood may be petrified, but this is not necessarily the case.
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