There are three of them in India as given below

http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/portal/page?_pageid=127,529552&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

The oldest one is in Rajasthan Jaisalmer called Akal fossil Wood Park


Fossil Wood Parks Insitu fossil wood log at Akal ParkAnnular rings in
transverse section*Akal Fossil Wood Park*, Jaisalmer District is a wonder
for the tourists who know that Jaisalmer as a part of the great Thar desert.
The petrified wood carries signature of the luxuriant forests in a warm and
humid climate, bordering the sea some 180 m.y. ago. The 21 hectar Fossil
Park contains about a dozen fossil wood logs lying horizontal in random
orientation. The longest specimen is 13.4 m x 0.9 m. The fossils are of
petrophyllum, ptyllophyllum, equisetitis species and dicotyledonous wood and
gastropod shells of Lower Jurassic period.
The area is located near Akal, 18 km SE from Jaisalmer on the NH-15.Location
Map <javascript:toggleDiv('locakal','block');> *National Fossil Wood Park*,
Tiruvakkarai, Villupuram District, Tamilnadu. Here 200 fossil trees ranging
in length from 3-15 m and upto 5 m in girth are seen lying horizontally
embdedded in Cuddalore Sandstone of Mio-Pliocene age (Ca 20 m.y.). It is
located 1 km east of Tiruvakkarai village and lies 155 km SSW of Chennai
following N.H. 45 upto Kutteripattu via Tindivanam. The Kutteripattu –
Pondicherry road passes through the temple town of Mailam which is a famous
pilgrim centre. It can also be approached from Pondicherry.Location
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 *National Fossil Wood Park* in Sattanur, Perambalur District contains large
trunks of petrified trees of Upper Cretaceous age (100 m.y). The trees
belong to conifers (non-flowering) that dominated the land vegetation during
the period. The fossilised tree trunk at Sattanur measures over 18 m in
length.
It is situated about 700 m north of the village which can be approached by
NH-45 connecting Chennai with Tiruchchirapalli upto Siruvachchur village.
>From Siruvachchur an unmetalled road connects Sattanur village which is
about 14 km eastward.

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