He is the creator of the awardwinning oceans of kansas paleontology website at he lives in derby, kansas. Diplomacy lab is a publicprivate partnership that enables the state department to coursesource research and innovation related to foreign policy challenges by harnessing the efforts of students and faculty experts at universities across the country. Everharts treatment of extinct marine reptiles synthesizes source materials far more readably than any other recent, nontechnical booklength study of the subject. The kansasnebraska bill made the fertile soil of kansas a prize to be contended for by the forces of slavery and the forces of freedom. Jensen jr downloadable pdf file, starting on page 9. Oceans of fun is the coolest place in the midwest to slide, splash, chill and dine. But, actually, there are currents and rivers in the oceans that move massive amounts of water around the world.
The bright midday sun glinted off the calm waters of the inland sea. He is the creator of the awardwinning oceans of kansas. Eightyfive million years ago, a vast ocean called the western interior. Oceans of kansas the book occupies a moreorless empty literary niche.
Mention of a particular season, location, species, or any other aspect of an impact does not imply anything about. The western interior seaway also called the cretaceous seaway, the niobraran sea, the north american inland sea, and the western interior sea was a large inland sea that existed during the mid to late cretaceous period as well as the very early paleogene, splitting the legs the continent of north america into two landmasses, laramidia to the west and appalachia to the east. The 2nd edition of oceans of kansas a natural history of the western interior sea will be published in september, 2017. It was published in 2005 by indiana university press. When it opened, it was the largest water park in the world. Existing popular literature is sparse with regard to fossil marine reptiles, which form a large proportion of everharts book. Sep, 20 scheme of work and resources for a topic on oceans. During the last one hundred years or so, the smoky hill chalk has been the source. Everhart, author of oceans of kansas, at a book signing event. If you have ever been seasick we hope not, then you know how the ocean is never still. If all of earths water oceans, icecaps and glaciers, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and water in the atmosphere was put into a sphere, then the diameter of that water ball would be about 860 miles about 1,385 kilometers, a bit more than the distance between salt lake city, utah to topeka, kansas. Excitement fills the air at winterfest, a grand celebration of the holiday season at worlds of fun with your favorite.
Map of a map from 1906 of kansas showing the state capital of topeka, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers. Everhart published by indiana university press everhart, michael j. Briefly the mayor of lynn, massachusetts, he later moved to kansas where he was appointed the first state geologist. View all attractions near worlds of fun oceans of fun on tripadvisor. Activinspire flipchart was split into two parts due to file size. Oceans of kansas is the unofficial, but highly useful, web page of the sternberg museum of natural history. The updated book will be larger, with more figures, descriptions of new discoveries in the past 12 years, and an in depth look at the history of late cretaceous paleontology in kansas. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Everyone has access to 235acres of rides, shows, and attractions, plus a massive expanded water park. A revised, updated, and expanded edition was published in 2017. And so right now in western kansas are the chocks in the shales that have these fantastic creatures in them.
A natural history of the western interior sea michael j. We have a great way to end your day at worlds of fun. Oceans of fun is the foremost water park in kansas city conveniently connected to worlds of fun. History reference center content comes from leading history publishers such as branden publishing. This was a fantastic analysis, especially being that you are not a geologist or paleontologist. Scene of the struggle in the kansas territory, 1854. Internship application ocean connections oceans of fun.
Its capital is topeka and its largest city is wichita, with its most populated county and largest employment center being johnson county. Avaliable format in pdf, epub, mobi, kindle, ebook and audiobook. Indiana university press office of scholarly publishing herman b wells library 350 20 e. The coming additions to worlds of fun combined with the previously announced construction of our new and separate 60 acre aquatic fun park, oceans of fun, will make this coming years rein. Yule department of ecology and evolution, stony brook university, 650 life sciences building, stony brook, new york 117945245. Program, synthesis and assessment products by the u. University of kansas is part of the diplomacy lab network led by the office of global partnerships. It has more than a hundred and fifty subpages, with hundreds of pictures of fossils and paleolife art, and lots of other interesting information that is found no where else on the internet or even in reference books.
It was a nodosaurid, an ankylosaur without a clubbed tail. Map of a map of the kansas territory in 1854 showing the area of dispute over the issue of allowing slavery in the territory or abolition as a result of the kansasnebraska bill of 1854. Niobrarasaurus meaning niobrara lizard is an extinct genus of nodosaurid ankylosaur which lived during the cretaceous 87 to 82 million years ago. The shark was less than half the length of the mosasaur and no match for the larger ani mal. It existed during the maastrichtian age of the late cretaceous period, between about 70 and 66 million years ago, in western europe, north america, and possibly japan and new zealand. Oceans of kansas remains the best and only book of its type currently available. Oceans of fun opens in 1982 the official magazine of kansas ciors.
Oceans of kansas book explores animals from an ancient sea. From the extreme water slides at predators plunge to the calming current of the caribbean. Letter from sponsoring professor verifies your eligibility to receive college credit. Resume include two references two professional letters of recommendation must be sent directly to ocean connections or submitted in a signed, sealed envelope with your other application materials. This part of kansas is now known as the smoky hills. Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of oceans of kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central north america during the age of din. Worlds of fun oceans of fun kansas city 2020 all you. Microorganisms living in the gut of the dead nodosaur continued to break down the plants the animal had eaten that day but also began working to decompose her internal organs. Be warned that oceans of kansas paleontology is a very large and constantly changing web site. A natural history of the western interior sea jeffrey v. The waterpark offers you a wide variety of water slides and attractions. Oceans of kansas, unexpected fossils, and young earth.
My rough estimate of the size of the sea during its maximum expansion near the end of the turonian 9089 mamillion years ago would be a length of about 5,000 km 3,000 mi from north to south, and a maximum width. Everhart, is an exhaustive if somewhat academic survey of the dozens of ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs that have been discovered in the western u. A natural history of the western interior sea life. The evocatively titled oceans of kansas, by michael j. The genus protosphyraena is represented by the remains of several fairly common fish found in the smoky hill chalk and elsewhere around the world europe, japan. Sachs mike everhart is adjunct curator of paleontology at the sternberg museum of natural history at fort hays state university and owner of the award winning homepage. The harvard specimen of kronosaurus queenslandicus kq was prepared and mounted by dinosaur jim james a. Benjamin franklin mudge august 11, 1817 november 21, 1879 was an american lawyer, geologist and teacher. Climate change science program, assessment reports by the intergovernmental panel on climate change, and epas. The kansas state department of education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the boy scouts and other designated youth groups. A natural history of the western interior sea life of the past by michael j. The website contains information on exhibits, articles with photographs of fossils and paintings about marine reptiles and fish who flourished in the western interior sea.
Recently i came across a figures in mantells 1822 work, the fossils of south downs left and a mantells 1833 geology of the southeast of england right reversed that undoubtedly represents a specimen of a small xiphactinus. Its fossils were found in the smoky hill chalk member of the niobrara formation, in western kansas, which would have been near the middle of western interior sea during the late cretaceous. Welcome to the oceans of kansas paleontology web page. In the second book, he regarded the jaw as belonging to an unknown reptile see description below. Oceans of fun is a tropicallythemed water park that opened on may 31, 1982 in kansas city, missouri, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the adjacent worlds of fun amusement park. Richard ellis 2003 sea dragons predators of the prehistoric oceans was the. Kansas citys attractiveness, we are again planning a major capi tal expansion for worlds of fun in 1982, our tenyear anniversary season. Featuring 23 slides within 17 attractions, oceans of fun boasts something for every water lover. Read about how it was done in the web version of his biography by his son, james r.
If you havent been to the park lately, youre missing out on some of our newest ways to have fun. A natural history of the western interior sea life of the past by everhart, michael j. Well, mike and i mostly here in kansas spend our time in western kansas, where when it comes to finding fossils, its finding the right age rock of the right environment at the surface of the earth at the right time. Splash in our 1,034,364gallon surf city wave pool or float down 720. Oceans of fun offers the best chance to beat the heat during the summer.
Everhart pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad the bright midday sun glinted off the calm waters of the inland sea and silhouetted the long, sinuous form of a huge mosasaur lying motionless amid the floating tangle of yellowgreen seaweed. It has an awardwinning, concomitant website entitled oceans of kansas paleontology. Find 3030 listings related to ocean restaurant in kansas city on. A natural history of the western interior sea life of the past book by michael j. A natural history of the western interior sea life of the past everhart, michael j. The teeth were first described from the english chalk by mantell and the genus was named by leidy in 1857 from.
Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of oceans of kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central north america during the age of dinosaurs. Kansasoceans pdf free download ebook in pdf and epub. Everhart who will discuss his book oceans of kansas. He led the first geological survey of the state in 1864, and published the first book on the geology of kansas. A natural history of the western interior sea life of the past. Everhart to discuss oceans of kansas june 2019 on monday, june 10 at 6. It would have looked somewhat like a modern swordfish with a sharp, swordlike beak and long, sickle shaped front fins. Oceans of fun is a tropical themed waterpark and one of the largest waterparks in the midwest. Oceans of kansas, second edition indiana university press.
Everhart, is the most comprehensive and authoritative book on animals from the ancient sea that, millions of years ago, covered what is now the state of kansas. Oceans of kansas a natural history of the western interior sea. He is the creator of the awardwinning oceans of kansas paleontology website at. Water park kansas city, mo missouris oceans of fun. Competition and thrills combine at worlds of fun in 2020 when riptide raceway debuts next summer at oceans of fun water park. You might think that the water in the oceans moves around because of waves, which are driven by winds.
The name means meuse lizard, as the first specimen was found near the. The total length of the jaw is given as about 5 inches. He lectured extensively, and was department chair at the. My name is mike everhart and i am your host on a virtual journey more than 85 million years back in time to observe some of the many strange and wonderful creatures that lived in the oceans of the earth during the final stages of the age of dinosaurs. Conveniently connected to worlds of fun, these splashtastic attractions are open seasonally from midmay to early september and, are included in a worlds of fun admission. Everhart, adjunct curator of paleontology at the sternberg museum of natural history in hays, kansas, is an expert on the late cretaceous of western kansas. Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of oceans of kansas adds new twists.