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Looking out over the landscape today, a visitor might be hard-pressed to conjure up images of the vast ocean that once spread across the region
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Notch Peak, House Range, Millard County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Abundant trilobite fossils, including Elrathia kingi shown here, can be found within the Wheeler Shale east of Notch Peak in the House Range.
Many of the dry desert peaks of western Utah tell a story of shallow tropical seas. As much as 500 million years of deep burial, uplift, and erosion have changed layers of organic mud to cliffs and ledges of layered limestone. Closer inspection reveals abundant fossils, evidence of ancient sea life.
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The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.