The geology and paleontology of the Late Cretaceous marine deposits of the Dakotas / edited by James E. Martin and David C. Parris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, James E.

Parris, David C.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 427.

Special papers (Geological Society of America)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology, Stratigraphic--Cretaceous.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Paleontology--Cretaceous.

Paleontology.

Geology--South Dakota.

Geology.

Sediments (Geology).

South Dakota.

Geology--North Dakota.

North Dakota.

Paleontology--South Dakota.

Paleontology--North Dakota.

Sediments (Geology)--South Dakota.

Sediments (Geology)--North Dakota.

Physical Description:

iv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction to the geology and paleontology of the Late Cretaceous marine deposits of the Dakotas / D.C. Parris, S.Y. Shelton, and J.E. Martin

Revised lithostratigraphy of the lower Pierre Shale Group (Campanian) of central South Dakota, including newly designated members / J.E. Martin, J.L Bertog, and D.C. Parris

Geochemical and mineralogical recognition of the bentonites in the lower Pierre Shale Group and their use in regional stratigraphic correlation / J. Bertog, W. Huff, and J.E. Martin

- Stratigraphy and paleoecology of the middle Pierre Shale along the Missouri River, central South Dakota / P.A. Hanczaryk and W.B. Gallagher

Rare earth element (REE) analysis of fossil vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group for the purposes of paleobathymetric interpretations of the Western Interior Seaway / D. Patrick ... [et al.]

Mollusks from the late Campanian upper DeGrey Formation of the Pierre Shale Group, Missouri River Valley, central South Dakota / J.E. Fox

Fossil fish from the Pierre Shale Group (Late Cretaceous): clarifying the biostratigraphic record / D.C. Parris, B.S. Grandstaff, and W.B. Gallagher

Taxonomic comparison and stratigraphic distribution of Toxochelys (Testudines: Cheloniidae) of South Dakota / M. Hart Carrino

New polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous; lower upper Cenomanian), Black Hills, South Dakota / B.A. Schumacher

Comparison of gastroliths within plesiosaurs (Elasmosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous marine deposits of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula, and the Missouri River area, South Dakota / W.A. Thompson, J.E. Martin, and M. Reguero

Rare earth element determination of the stratigraphic position of the holotype of Mosasaurus missouriensis (Harlan), the first named fossil reptile from the American west / D. Patrick ... [et al.]

Stomach contents of Globidens, a shell-crushing mosasaur (Squamata), from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group, Big Bend area of the Missouri River, central South Dakota / J.E. Martin and J.E. Fox

New species of the durophagous mosasaur, Globidnes (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group of central Soth Dakota, USA / J.E. Martin

North American Hainosaurus (Squamata : Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of southern South Dakota / J.E. Martin

Largest mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Missouri River area (Late Cretaceous: Pierre Shale Group) of South Dakota and its relationship to Lewis and Clark / R.W. Meredith , J.E. Martin, and P.N. Wegleitner

Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria): stratgraphic distribution and taphonomy in the lower Pierre Shale Group (Companian), western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming / J.E. Hargrave

New species of the diving bird, Baptornis (Ornithurae: Hesperornithiformes), from the lower Pierre Shale Group (Upper Cretaceous) of southwestern South Dakota / J.E. Martin and A. Cordes-Person

Amphibian, reptilian, and avian remains from the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian): shoreline and estuarine deposits of the Pierre Sea in south-central North Dakota / J.W. Hoganson, J.M Erickson, and F.D. Holland, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0813724279

9780813724270

OCLC:

85851533