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mountain front. In the Cody area, the group is a simple regression sequence and remains at formation rank. Here the group is described as interbedded light gray sandstone and gray shale in the upper part; massive, light-buff, ledge-forming sandstone containing thin lenticular coal beds in the lower
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the return of the sea. In other locations, such as along the Book Cliffs, the picture is more complicated, with multiple regression-transgression sequences from tectonic activity along the
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Fox, J.E. (1993). "Stratigraphic cross sections showing electric logs of Upper
Cretaceous and older rocks, Powder River basin, southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming".
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Geological evolution of the
Colorado Plateau of eastern Utah and western Colorado, including the San Juan River, Natural Bridges, Canyonlands, Arches, and the Book Cliffs
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Jarne, Philippe; Lozano del Campo, Ana; Lamy, Thomas; Chapuis, Elodie; Dubart, Maxime; Segard, Adeline; Canard, Elsa; Pointier, Jean-Pierre; David, Patrice (2021-11-25).
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remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group, although none have yet been referred to a specific
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Spieker, E. M.; Reeside, J. B. (30 September 1925). "Cretaceous and
Tertiary Formations of the Wasatch Plateau, Utah".
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as consisting of three units, which were a "Lower
Escarpment" consisting of 40 m of ledge- and cliff-forming massive
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Wahl, W.; Hogbin, J. (2003). "Deinosuchus material from the
Mesaverde Formation of Wyoming: filling in a gap".
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