Identify the error in the given sentence and select the correct sentence from the given options.

Petrified wood is type of fossilised wood that exhibits the original details of the wood.

The correct answer is: Petrified wood is a type of fossilised wood that exhibits the original details of the wood.

Error Analysis:
In the original sentence, "Petrified wood is type of fossilised wood that exhibits the original details of the wood", the noun phrase "type of fossilised wood" is a singular countable noun phrase that requires an indefinite article ("a") before "type".

Correct Sentence:
"Petrified wood is a type of fossilised wood that exhibits the original details of the wood."

Explanation of Options:
1. "Petrified wood is a type of fossilised wood that exhibits the original details of the wood." - Correct. It uses the indefinite article "a" correctly before "type".
2. "A petrified wood is type of fossilised wood that exhibits an original details of the wood." - Incorrect. "Petrified wood" is an uncountable noun here describing a material/substance in general, so it shouldn't take "A" at the beginning, "details" is plural and cannot take "an", and "type" is still missing an article.
3. "The petrified wood is the type of fossilised wood that exhibits a original details of the wood." - Incorrect. "original details" is plural and starts with a vowel sound, so using "a" before it is grammatically incorrect.
4. "Petrified wood is the type of fossilised wood that exhibits a original details of the wood." - Incorrect. Similarly, "a original details" is grammatically incorrect.