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Dakota Paleontology and Geology

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Contents

Introduction

Résumé of the Literature

Southern Kansas

Central and Northern Kansas

Distribution of the Comanchean and "Dakota" Formations

Southern Kansas

Central and Northern Kansas

Detailed Description of the Comanchean and "Dakota" Formations

Southern Kansas

Cheyenne Formation

Belvidere Formation

Cheyenne, Belvidere and "Dakota" Strata Beneath Younger Formations

Central and Northern Kansas

Belvidere Formation

"Dakota" Formation

The Base and Summit of the Comanchean Sequence

Structure of the Marine Portions of the Comanchean

Southern Kansas

Central Kansas

Lithology and Interpretation of Sediments

General Conditions of Origin of the Comanchean of Kansas

Correlation of the Kansas Comanchean

Sequence of Events during the Deposition of the Comanchean and "Dakota" Formations

The Base of the Upper Cretaceous

Invertebrate Paleontology and Faunal Summary

Coelenterata

Annelida

Echinodermata

Brachiopoda

Gastropoda

Scaphopoda

Pelecypoda

Cephalopoda

Paleontologic Specimens

Bibliography


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