Talk:Western Interior Seaway

message: Was the northern arm called the Sundance Sea before it merged with the transgression from the Gulf of Mexico? 68.81.231.127 06:38, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Could someone provide some references to the timescales involved here? I realize the late-Cretaceous Period is mentioned, but I think some actual dates would be helpful.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by JefeMixtli (talk • contribs) 17:30, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates 

message: How much conceptual overlap is there between the idea of the Colorado Sea and the Western Interior Seaway? Abyssal (talk) 16:48, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Colorado Sea

message: This sea has been nicknamed Hell's Aquarium due to the sheer quantity and diversity of large predatory reptiles and fish that called it home. Is this noteworthy enough to be mentioned in the article?--Dinolover45 (talk) 16:53, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find a reliable reference to this nickname, it would be fine to include it. -Fjozk (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 15:56, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The only source that refers to the Western Interior Seaway as "Hell's Aquarium" was the "Walking With" series.  And they coined the nickname in order to sensationalize it to drum up more viewers.--Mr Fink (talk) 16:27, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I knew I had heard it, but I have a database of resources on the seaway, and I could find that nowhere. In my opinion that takes it down to trivia, and I would prefer it not be in the article. -Fjozk (talk) 16:35, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction: there are two references to a "Hell's Aquarium" that I know of, the first is the last episode of the "Sea Monsters" series, where the host casually refers to the WIS as "Hell's Aquarium," and the novel, "Meg: Hell's Aquarium," which has very little to do with the WIS.  And agreed, it is not worth having a trivia section in this article.--Mr Fink (talk) 21:42, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

text: in 2021, it's become a common term; https://www.paleonerds.com/podcast/laurawilson  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.169.24.168 (talk) 01:39, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Hell's Aquarium

message: the large-scale, regional uplift, which raised the Rockies & Great Plains, seems to be termed Epeirogenic uplift.66.235.38.214 (talk) 12:44, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Epeirogenic movement | Epeirogenic uplift]] ?

message: Whomever edited references here and in some other areas has invented a person, Benton. The article citation should read "Bennett, S. C.  The pterosaurs of the Niobrara Formation. The Earth Scientist, 11(1):22-25."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.114.104.7 (talk) 18:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: This shows the western Interior seaway disappearing between 70-66 mya.These are mine. I modeled them using a United states map. I can add canada and Mexico 
Western Interior Seaway disappearing between 70-66 mya
I used these images.
The Colorado Department of Transportation did a Paleo excavation next to I -25 at Castle Rock Colorado and got
135 new species of tree leaves with drip tips at 64 Ma.  The Climate was above water, and wet as the drip tips on the leaves
indicate a location with high rainfall, and high humidity.  There are also petrified trees found near Lincoln
Avenue east of I - 25 , a few miles south of Denver. The time period was similar.  Swampy, coastal, jungle, lots of
rain and around 64 Ma.
Look at the Scotese Videos to see roughly when the water left the continent.  I suspect it took a longer time
getting to maximum elevation, and a shorter time leaving the continent. 98.245.216.62 (talk) 22:04, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  End of the seway