The geology and paleontology of the late Cretaceous marine deposits of the Dakotas
By: edited by James E. Martin and David C. Parris.
Contributors: Martin, James E.; Parris, David C.
Series: Special paper -- 427; Special papers (Geological Society of America) -- 427.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780813724270
Subjects: Sediments (Geology) -- South Dakota; Sediments (Geology) -- North Dakota; Geology -- South Dakota; Geology -- North Dakota; Paleontology -- Cretaceous; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: Stratigraphy and paleoecology of the middle Pierre Shale along the Missouri River, central South Dakota -- P.A. Hanczaryk and W.B. Gallagher; title: 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.]; title: Mollusks from the late Campanian upper DeGrey Formation of the Pierre Shale Group, Missouri River Valley, central South Dakota -- J.E. Fox; title: Fossil fish from the Pierre Shale Group (Late Cretaceous) -- D.C. Parris, B.S. Grandstaff, and W.B. Gallagher; title: Taxonomic comparison and stratigraphic distribution of Toxochelys (Testudines: Cheloniidae) of South Dakota -- M. Hart Carrino; title: New polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous; lower upper Cenomanian), Black Hills, South Dakota -- B.A. Schumacher; title: 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; title: 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.]; title: 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; title: New species of the durophagous mosasaur, Globidnes (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group of central Soth Dakota, USA -- J.E. Martin; title: North American Hainosaurus (Squamata : Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of southern South Dakota -- J.E. Martin; title: 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; title: Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria): Stratgraphic distribution and taphonomy in the lower Pierre Shale Group (Companian), western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming -- J.E. Hargrave; title: New species of the diving bird, Baptornis (Ornithurae: Hesperornithiformnes), from the lower Pierre Shale Group (Upper Cretaceous) of southwestern South Dakota -- J.E. Martin and A. Cordes-Person; title: 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.