Tag: Kansas
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Paper: New Janassid Petalodontiform (Chondrichthyes) teeth from the Late Carboniferous of Kansas, USA
Bruce and Rene’ Lauer have been very busy. They are listed as co-authors of a new paper about shark teeth from the Late Carboniferous of Kansas – “New Janassid Petalodontiform (Chondrichthyes) teeth from the Late Carboniferous of Kansas, USA”. The paper was published in the jounal Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abstract An associated…
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Fossil Friday #215: Another Stunning Myriacantherpestes From Kansas!
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #215. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! Ok, it’s not from Mazon Creek, but…
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Geologic History of Kansas
The Kansas Geologic Survey has a new video over on Youtube. This one is on the geologic history of Kansas. We look at the geologic history of Kansas, which includes oceans, tropical rainforests, loads of salt, and glaciers. To learn more about the geologic history of Kansas, check out our educational website: https://geokansas.ku.edu/
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Fossil Friday #134: Myriacantherpestes from Kansas
This is “Fossil Friday” post #134. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! Today, we have a absolutely breathtaking Myriacantherpestes sp.…
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Eighty million years ago, western Kansas was ‘hell’s aquarium.’ Here’s what it can teach us today
High Plains Public Radio (HPPR) has a story about Kansas during the Cretaceous Period. Eight million years ago, a good part of Kansas was covered by the Western Interior Seaway – a “shallow” sea. That sea teamed with life, including large mosasaurs, fish like Xyphactinus, sharks, and even giant clams. Circling above were pterosaurs like…
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New Mosasaur Species Uncovered in Kansas
SciNews has a story about a new Mosasaur found in Kansas. The animal, named Ectenosaurus clidastoides, lived during the Cretaceous Period about 80 million years ago in what is now western Kansas. Details were published in a paper in the journal Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. The newly-identified mosasaur species lived during the Late Cretaceous…
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Roadtrippers: Kansas is a fossil hunter’s paradise—here’s how and where to explore it
Roadtripper’s magazine has a story about fossil hunting in Kansas. The article is a good summary of general areas. It mentions the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. This formation was laid down by the Western Interior Seaway (WIP), which covered the central US and extended from the Gulf of Mezico to the Arctic, during the…
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Fossil Friday #15: Permian Trilobites From Kansas
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #15. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! On Tuesday, we had a post about…
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Fossil Friday #14: Kansas Brachiopods
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #14. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! Brachiopods are very common fossils in the…
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Fossil Friday #12: Ammonites from Kansas
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #10. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! How about some pictures of ammonites from Kansas? …
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A Kansas Find Reveals A 17-foot, Previously Unknown, Long-Extinct Shark Species
NPR has a story about the discovery of a new species of shark from Kansas. This animal, Cretodus, lived about 91 million years ago in the Western Interior Seaway. It measured about 17 feet long. Read all the details in a paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Paleontologist Mike Everhart…
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Reminder: ESCONI General Meeting on January 11th, 2019
The speaker at our January ESCONI general meeting will be Dr. Philip Carpenter from NIU. The topic of his talk is Northern Illinois earthquakes, and the recent induced seismicity in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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What Is a Shark Tooth Doing in the Neck of a Flying Pterosaur?
LiveScience has an article about the curious discovery of a shark tooth. Back in 1965, the fossil of a large pterosaur, a Pteranodon, was discovered in the Smoky Hill Chalk formation in Kansas. The animal lived between about 86 and 83 million years ago. It had a wingspan of about 16 feet. It seems that…
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Savage Ancient Seas at Prairiefire Museum in Overland Park Kansas
DontMessWithDinosaurs has a post about the Savage Ancient Seas exhibit at the Prairiefire Museum in Overland Park Kansas. It’s about mosasaurs, sharks, pterosaurs, fish, and other animals found in the Niobrara Chalk in western Kansas. The author of the post is the artist that created the associated pictures. He’s a paleoartist and worked with Triebold…
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Archaeology Field School – Kansas, June 2 – 17
Via the Topeka Capital Journal: The Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Anthropological Association will hold the annual Kansas archeology training program field school June 2-17 at the Kansa site of Fool Chief’s Village on the north side of Topeka, according to a news release. The Kansa site was selected because of a road project at…
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Call for Papers for TerQua – 2nd Annual Meeting of the Tertiary and Quaternary Paleontologic Studies Society
TerQua: The 2nd Annual Meeting of the Tertiary and Quaternaty Paleontologic Studies Society Call for Abstracts:Those wishing to submit an abstract for consideration for a presentation should email an abstract to Dr. Bruce Rothschild at Kansas University (BMR@KU.edu). Abrtracts should follow the Journal of Vetebrate Paleontology format. Abstract Deadline is March 15, 2012 Registration details…
