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The Hell Creek formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains — An integrated continental record of the end of the Cretaceous

Edited by Joseph H. Hartman, Kirk R. Johnson, and Douglas J. Nichols

Preface		v
1.	Hell Creek Formation and the early picking of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the Williston Basin Joseph H. Hartman	1
2.	Lithostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota Edward C. Murphy, John W. Hoganson, and Kirk R. Johnson	9
3.	Magnetostratigraphy and geochronology of the Hell Creek and basal Fort Union Formations of southwestern North Dakota and a recalibration of the age of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary Jason F. Hicks, Kirk R. Johnson, John D. Obradovich, Lisa Tauxe, and David Clark	35
4.	Magnetostratigraphy of interfingering upper CretaceousÐPaleocene marine and continental strata of the Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana Steven P. Lund, Joseph H. Hartman, and Subir K. Banerjee	57
5.	Chemostratigraphic correlation of four fossil-bearing sections in southwestern North Dakota Nan Crystal Arens and A. Hope Jahren	75
6.	Palynology and microstratigraphy of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections in southwestern North Dakota Douglas J. Nichols and Kirk R. Johnson	95
7.	Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota Dean A. Pearson, Terry Schaefer, Kirk R. Johnson, Douglas J. Nichols, and John P. Hunter	145
8.	Synopsis of the Hell Creek (uppermost Cretaceous) dinosaur assemblage Dale A. Russell and Makoto Manabe	169
9.	Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: Evidence from the turtle component Patricia A. Holroyd and J. Howard Hutchison	177
10.	Mammals from the end of the age of dinosaurs in North Dakota and southeastern Montana, with a reappraisal of geographic differentiation among Lancian mammals John P. Hunter and J. David Archibald	191
11.	Evolution of the mammalian fauna across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana and other areas of the Western Interior William A. Clemens	217
12.	Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and age John W. Hoganson and Edward C. Murphy	247
13.	Brackish and marine mollusks of the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota: Evidence for a persisting Cretaceous seaway Joseph H. Hartman and James I. Kirkland	271
14.	Preliminary assessment of insect herbivory across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: Major extinction and minimum rebound Conrad C. Labandeira, Kirk R. Johnson, and Peter Lang	297
15.	Megaflora of the Hell Creek and lower Fort Union Formations in the western Dakotas: Vegetational response to climate change, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary event, and rapid marine transgression Kirk R. Johnson	329
16.	Palynology and palynostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: A microfossil record of plants at the end of Cretaceous time Douglas J. Nichols	393
17.	Palynology of the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) in northwestern South Dakota: Effects of paleoenvironment on the composition of palynomorph assemblages Timothy J. Kroeger	457
18.	Palynology of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in central Montana: Evidence for extraterrestrial impact as a cause of the terminal Cretaceous extinctions Carol L. Hotton	473
19.	Hell Creek Formation: A 2001 synthesis Kirk R. Johnson, Douglas J. Nichols, and Joseph H. Hartman	503
Index		511