Oceans of Kansas : a natural history of the Western interior sea

Author/Creator:

Everhart, Michael J., author

Publication/Creation:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2017

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

Second edition

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Oceans of Kansas : a natural history of the Western interior sea / Michael J. Everhart

Series Titles:

Life of the Past
Life of the past.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Marine animals, Fossil--Kansas
Paleontology--Cretaceous

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction : an ocean in Kansas? -- Our discovery of the Western Interior Sea -- Invertebrates, plants, and trace fossils -- Sharks : sharp teeth and shell crushers -- Fishes, large and small -- Turtles : leatherback giants -- Where the elasmosaurs roamed -- Pliosaurs and polycotylids -- Enter the mosasaurs -- Pteranodons : rulers of the air -- Feathers and teeth -- Dinosaurs? -- The big picture -- Epilogue : where did it go?

Summary:

Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of Oceans of Kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America during the Age of Dinosaurs. Giant sharks, marine reptiles called mosasaurs, pteranodons, and birds with teeth all flourished in and around these shallow waters. Their abundant and well-preserved remains were sources of great excitement in the scientific community when first discovered in the 1860s and continue to yield exciting discoveries 150 years later. Michael J. Everhart vividly captures the history of these startling finds over the decades and re-creates in unforgettable detail these animals from our distant past and the world in which they lived--above, within, and on the shores of America's ancient inland sea.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (458 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937012942002486

ISBN:

0-253-02715-2

OCLC Number:

993757149