Petrified Sea Gardens - Stromatolite Detail

Petrified Sea Gardens - Stromatolite Detail

A layered rock formation

Petrified Sea Gardens - Stromatolite detail
Located in Saratoga County
Image Courtesy of Dr. J Bret Bennington

Type: Park (Public).

Feature: Stromatolites.

Feature Type: Paleontological.

Reference: Walk across a 490 million year-old fossil (stromatolites) sea floor; Domed Cyanobacterial Cabbage-head Stromatolites:Hoyt LS of Late Cambrian Age.

Reason for Designation: Unique.