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| Technical Report NPS/NRPO/NRTR-93/11 Vincent L. Santucci, Editor vincent_santucci@nps.gov |
INTRODUCTION \ 1
Vincent L. Santucci
AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
The Miocene Carnivore Dens of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska: Oldest Known Denning Behavior of Large Mammalian Carnivores \ 5
Robert M. Hunt, Jr.
ALASKA REGION NATIONAL PARKS
A Preliminary Survey of Paleontological Resources from the Alaska Region National Parks \ 11
Vincent L. Santucci, William P. Wall, and Alfred Mead
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
The Big Pig Dig of 1993: Discovery, Logistics, and Excavation of Early Oligocene Mammals \ 17
Scott E. Foss
Biomechanical Analysis of Mastication in the Fossil Rodent Ischyromys & It's Bearing on the Origin of Sciuromorphs \ 21
William P. Wall and Sherri J. Hayes
Biomechanical Analysis of Locomotion in the Oligocene Rhinocerotoid Hyracodon \ 29
William P. Wall and Walker Hickerson
Comparison of Feeding Mechanisms in Oligocene Agriochoeridae and Merycoidodontidae from Badlands National Park \ 41
William P. Wall and Michael J. Shikany
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
Middle Turonian (Cretaceous) Mosasauroids from Big Bend National Bend National Park, Texas \ 55
Gordon L. Bell
The Paleocene/Eocene Transition on Tornillo Flat in Big Bend National Park, Texas \ 65
Judith A. Schiebout
Early Paleocene (Puercan) Vertebrates of the Dogie Locality, Big Bend National Park, Texas \ 77
Barbara Standhardt
(See Wheeler under Yellowtone National Park)
CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Crayfish Fossils and Burrows from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, \ 83
Stephen T. Hasiotis
The Triassic Sinbad Formation and Correlation of the Moenkopi Group, Canyonlands National Park, Utah \ 91
Spencer G. Lucas
Dinosaur Footprint from the Upper Triassic Rockpoint Formation of the Chinle Group, Canyonlands National Park, Utah \ 97
Spencer G. Lucas, Adrian P. Hunt and Martin G. Lockley
FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
(See Wheeler under Yellowstone National Park)
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
New Tracksites from the Moenkopi Formation (Lower-Middle Triassic), Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah \ 101
R.J. Schultz, Martin G. Lockley and Adrian P. Hunt
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Climbing Up Sand Dunes in the Permian: New Tracksites from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona \ 107
Vincent L. Santucci and William P. Wall
JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
Geology of the Late Eocene Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Central Oregon \ 111
Erick A. Bestland, Gregory J. Retallack, and Theodore Fremd
Resolving Blurred Faunas: Biostratigraphy in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument \ 125
T.J. Fremd and Xiaoming Wang
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
A New Principal Reference Section for the Mancos Shale (Late Cretaceous) at Mesa Verde National Park \ 131
James I. Kirkland, R. Mark Leckie, and William P. Elder
PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
Continental Trace Fossils, Petrified Forest National Park: Tools for Paleohydrologic and Paleoecosystem Reconstructions \ 139
Stephen T. Hasiotis and Russell F. Dubiel
Two Late Triassic Vertebrate Faunas at Petrified Forest National Park \ 149
Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas
A Simplified Key to Identifying Isolated Teeth from Late Triassic Rocks in Petrified Forest National Park \ 157
Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer G. Lucas, and Vincent L. Santucci
Late Triassic Vertebrate Taphonomy at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona \ 163
Adrian P. Hunt, Vincent L. Santucci, and Andrew J. Newell
Revised Upper Triassic Stratigraphy, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona \ 171
Spencer G. Lucas
Anatomically Preserved Plant Reproductive Structures from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona \ 177
Kathleen B. Pigg, William C. Davis, and Sidney Ash
Late Triassic Vertebrate Tracks from Petrified Forest National Park \ 183
Vincent L. Santucci, Adrian P. Hunt, and Martin G. Lockley
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Systematic and Ecologic Significance of Fossil Hardwoods. Examples from Big Bend National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument \ 191
Elisabeth A. Wheeler
AFTERWORD \ 201
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