The Agawam Group is a
geologic group
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Eart ...
in
Connecticut. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Jurassic period.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Connecticut
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Connecticut, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in Connecticut
References
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Geologic groups of Connecticut
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