Beschreibung:
Michael J. Everhart, Adjunct Curator of Paleontology at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, Kansas, is an expert on the Late Cretaceous of western Kansas. He is the creator of the award-winning "Oceans of Kansas" paleontology website at oceansofkansas.com. He lives in Derby, Kansas.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction: An Ocean in Kansas?2. Our Discovery of the Western Interior Sea3. Invertebrates, Plants, and Trace Fossils4. Sharks: Sharp Teeth and Shell Crushers5. Fishes, Large and Small6. Turtles: Leatherback Giants7. Where the Elasmosaurs Roamed8. Pliosaurs and Polycotylids9. Enter the Mosasaurs10. Pteranodons: Rulers of the Air11. Feathers and Teeth12. Dinosaurs?13. The Big PictureEpilogue: Where Did It Go?ReferencesIndex