It sits on top of a tower of darker rock called mudstone.

它坐落在一块叫做泥岩岩顶上。

Brilliantly colored mudstones and clays cover the land as far as the eye can see.

目光所及之处，彩鲜艳泥岩和粘土覆盖着陆地。

So mudstones tend to be in the more distal environment, so further offshore.

因此，泥岩往往位于更远端环中，因此离岸更远。

So next time you're near some sandstone or mudstone, think of what fossils could be hiding, just waiting to be discovered.

所以，下次当你在砂岩或泥岩附近时，想一想会隐藏着什么被等待人类发现化石吧。

We've got mudstones and very fine-grained sediments and how they fossilize, nodules and cementation.

我们有泥岩和非常细粒沉积，以及它们如何化石化、结核和胶结作用。

So not only do we see fine-grained mudstones in terrestrial settings, but we also see them in marine settings as well.

因此，我们不仅在陆地环中看到细粒泥岩，而且在海洋环中也看到了它们。

In this quarry, the dinosaurs are being found in something called mudstone, silt stone or a shale and these rocks are very fine grained and they represent quiet water environments.

在这个采石场，恐龙被发现在一种叫做泥岩、粉砂岩或页岩东西中，这些岩石颗粒非常细，代表着安静水环。