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Allen, S.E., K.D. Martin, H.W. Meyer, and D.W. Woodcock, 2023. An Eocene leaf flora from the northern Peruvian Andes. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 313: 104889.

Woodcock, D.W., 2022. A typology of vessel patterning in trees with examples from the fossil record. International Journal of Plant Sciences 183: 235-250.

Woodcock, D. and H. Meyer, 2021. A volcanic eruption 39 million years ago buried a forest in Peru – now the petrified trees are revealing South America’s primeval history. The Conversation, June 9, 2021. Publication

Woodcock, D., H. Meyer, Y. Prado, E. Rufasto, and D. Terry, 2020. El Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana: Un recurso científico de importancia global [The Petrified Forest Piedra Chamana: A scientific resource of global importance]. Revista Peruana de Biologica 27: 517-528.

Woodcock, D.W. and H.W. Meyer, 2020. The Piedra Chamana fossil woods and leaves: A record of the vegetation and paleoenvironment of the Neotropics during the late middle Eocene. Annals of Botany 2: 1077-1090.

Woodcock, D.W., H.W. Meyer, and Y. Prado, 2019. The Piedra Chamana fossil woods (Eocene, Peru), II. International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) Journal 40: 551-595.

Woodcock, D.W., H.W. Meyer, and Y. Prado, 2017. The Piedra Chamana fossil woods (Eocene, Peru). International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) Journal 38 (3): 313-365.

Tejada, L., L. Perez, P. Navarro, D. Pajuelo, and E. Ordoñez, 2013. Evidencia de ostracodos y plantas en el substrato del bosque de Sexi: Implicancias en el analisis sedimentario del Eoceno Mediano [Evidence for ostracods and plants in the substrate of the Sexi forest: Implications for the sedimentary analysis of the Middle Eocene]. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú 108: 180-182.

Aragón, S. and D.W. Woodcock, 2010. Plant community structure and conservation of a northern Peru sclerophyllous forest. Biotropica 42: 262-270.

Woodcock, D., H. Meyer, N. Dunbar, W. McIntosh, I. Prado, and G. Morales, 2009. Geologic and taphonomic context of El BosquePetrificado Piedra Chamana (Cajamarca, Peru). Geological Society of America Bulletin 121: 1172-1178.

Villager, F., 2009. El bosque fósil de Secsi. Boletin de Lima 31 (157): 129.

Aragón, S., L. Rimarachín, J. Ayasta, and D. Woodcock, 2006. Inventario preliminar de la flora del Distrito de Sexi, Cajamarca. Arnaldoa 13: 360-369.

Reports
Meyer H.W. and S. Allen, 2018. Evaluación de monitoreo del Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana, Sexi, Perú, Mayo 2018 [Evaluation of monitoring of the Petrified Forest Piedra Chamana, Sexi, Peru, May 2018]. Prepared for the National Institute of Culture, Lima Perú, 22 pp., 1 table, 13 maps y figures.

Navarro P., D. Pajuelo, D. Woodcock, and E. Ordoñez, 2012. Nuevos aportes sobre la geología del Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana, Sexi – Cajamarca. XVI Congreso Peruano de Geología short papers, Lima, Sept. 23-26, 2012.

Meyer, H.W., J. Young, and D. Woodcock, 2006. Inventory and assessment of paleontological sites at the Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana (Cajamarca, Peru) with recommendations for conservation. Prepared for the Institute of Culture, Peru, 29 p, 17 maps, 14 p appendix of data documentation.

Prado Velazco, I., 1997. Informe paleontológico [following from the trip to Sexi sponsored by the National System of Museums of the Peruvian National Institute of Culture] Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos.

Vargas Torreblanca, D., 1996. Evaluación para implementar un museo en el Distrito de Sexi, Cajamarca [Evaluation in order to implement a museum in the District of Sexi, Cajamarca.] Informe no. 015 INC-DVT/DIGESNAMU.

Morales, G., 1995. Informe técnico sobre la existencia de madera petrificado (“Piedra Chamana”) en el distrito de Sexi. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos.