[Rockhounds] New sturgeons from K/Pg Boundary Deposits in North Dakota

Paul etchplain at att.net
Fri Oct 14 08:41:53 PDT 2022


'Hell fish' likely killed by dinosaur-ending asteroid is preserved in 
stunning detail
Joanna Thompson, Live Science, October 12, 2022
Four exceptional fossils represent newly described species.
https://www.livescience.com/3d-sturgeon-fossils-tanis

The open access paper is:

Hilton, E.J. and Grande, L., 2022. Late Cretaceous sturgeons 
(Acipenseridae)
from North America, with two new species from the Tanis site in the Hell
Creek Formation of North Dakota. Journal of Paleontology, pp.1-29.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/late-cretaceous-sturgeons-acipenseridae-from-north-america-with-two-new-species-from-the-tanis-site-in-the-hell-creek-formation-of-north-dakota/0D5838149405C8798B8F3164CEBD3650

Yours,

Paul H.




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