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The colorful bands of mudstone and sandstone were laid down during the Triassic, when the area was part of a huge tropical floodplain. ==Gallery==

File:PAINTED DESERT BADLANDS.jpg|The Tepees File:Painteddesert.JPG|The Tepees ==See also==

• Blakey, and Ranney, 2008. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, Ron Blakey, Wayne Ranney, c 2008, Grand Canyon Association (publisher), 176 pages, with Appendix, Glossary, Index. Contains approximately 75 shaded topographic maps, for geology, etc., with 54 (23 pairs, (46)) for Colorado Plateau specifically; others are global, or North American. • Utah DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th Edition, c. 2010, 64 pages, pp. 24, 32.