The Significances of Cretaceous Petrified Wood Fossils from Padangcermin, Lampung in Paleoenvironmental Perspectives

Abstract Reports on the presences of petrified wood fossils in Padangcermin, Lampung, are rare, no strong examination that expose scientific concern its paleoenvironment perspective. By published geological map, these was found area labelled as Cretaceous sedimentary rock (145-66 mya). Recently, known oldest fossil Indonesia, is from Miocene epoch (23.03-5.33 It an interesting circumstance to examine. this study, we trying confirm circumstances by conducting mapping, collecting, and identifying could be situ area. This study reveals a new update paleoenvironmental The woods commonly preserved cherty layer. There also several fossilized aquatic freshwater plant remains We suggest fossilization related high alkaline-freshwater lacustrine. Supposedly, it associated with terrestrial landmass lacustrine environment southern paleo-Sumatra paleontological interpretation data study.