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North Dakota is underlain by Precambrian crystalline basement rock, although these rocks are less well understood than in neighboring states. In the Proterozoic, a mountain range known as the Western Dakota Mobile Belt formed between two billion and 1.8 billion years ago in connection with the Trans-Hudson orogeny, stretching north into Manitoba and Saskatchewan before eroding almost entirely ...
The fossil was collected in 2015 by the North Dakota Geological Survey, a state agency dedicated to geology and public education about minerals and fossils. In fact, Zietlow said, NDGS 10838 was ...
A geologic map of North Dakota from "Stratigraphy of North Dakota", that Kline produced while working for the North Dakota Geological Survey. The data for this map was collected from Klines own feild work, historical data and additional work form Howard E. Simpson, Frank C. Foley, Frederick W. Voediseh, A. G. Leonard and C. J. Hares.
Bibliography of the Geology and Natural Resources of North Dakota 1814 - 1944 with Supplements - One and Two. North Dakota Geological Survey. Scott, Mary Woods (1981). Annotated Bibliography Of The Geology Of North Dakota 1960–1979. North Dakota Geological Survey. "Summary of North Dakota History-Conclusion and Bibliography".
The Sentinel Butte Formation is a geologic formation of Paleocene age in the Williston Basin of western North Dakota. [1] It preserves significant assemblages of non-marine plant and animal fossils .
North Dakota: Country: United States: The Cannonball Formation is a geologic formation in western North Dakota. [1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene ...
The Wannagan Creek site is a fossil site found just west of the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park of North Dakota, US. The site is Paleocene in age, approximately 60 million years old. Paleontologists of the Science Museum of Minnesota have studied the site for nearly thirty years.
The Benton Shale (also Benton Formation or Benton Group) is a geologic formation name historically used in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska. [1] In the "mile high" plains in the center of the continent, the named layers preserve marine fossils from the Late Cretaceous Period.