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Popo Agie Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Region
  
North America

Overlies
  
Gartra Formation

Unit of
  
Chugwater Group

Country
  
United States

Popo Agie Formation

The Popo Agie Formation is a Triassic geologic formation that outcrops in western Wyoming, western Colorado, and Utah. It was deposited during the Late Triassic in fluvial (river) and lacustrine (lake) environments that existed across much of what is now the American southwest. Fragmentary fossils of prehistoric reptiles and amphibians, including pseudosuchian reptiles and temnospondyl amphibians, have been discovered in the Popo Agie Formation. Dinosaur remains are also among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.

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Popo Agie Formation Wikipedia