Fruitland Formation the Colorado-New Mexico state line, and is one of the most productive areas for coalbed methane in the United States. The Fruitland is underlain by the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone, and overlain by the more recent Kirtland Formation. The sequence of rocks represents the final filling of the Cretaceous seaway. The underlying Pictured Cliffs is a marginal marine sandstone, deposited in an environment similar to offshore barrier islands of the southeast United States. As the seaway retreated, the Pictured Cliffs was covered by the Fruitland Formation, which was deposited in near-shore swampy lowlands. The formation is dated to the late Campanian
Organ Rock Formation fauna: "Seymouria", "Diadectes", "Ophiacodon", and "Dimetrodon". The fossil assemblage present suggests arid environmental conditions. This is corroborated with paleoclimate data indicative of global drying throughout the early Permian. The Organ Rock Formation is present across southeastern Utah, U.S.A. It outcrops around Canyonlands National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument, and Monument Valley. In these areas the Organ Rock typically outcrops as a dark-red/brown siltstone to mudstone gently dipping towards the southeast. Within Canyonlands N.P. it forms towers which are meters to tens of meters tall. These are protected by caps of the White Rim Sandstone. In general, the Organ Rock Formation