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Upper Cretaceous — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Upper Cretaceous

Scope: geology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 46 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Upper Cretaceous with 46 nodes and 89 connections. Top connected: Eremogone congesta, New Upper Cretaceous Microvertebrate Assemblage fr, Stratigraphy of the Colorado group, Upper Cretaceo, Paleozoic stratigraphy, Stratigraphic section measurement.

Definition

The later portion of the Cretaceous geological period, characterized by specific marine sedimentary deposits

Related Terms (1)

Late Cretaceous

Publications (2)

New Upper Cretaceous Microvertebrate Assemblage from the Williams Fork Formation, northwestern Colorado, U.S.A., and its Paleoenvironmental Implications

2022Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Stratigraphy of the Colorado group, Upper Cretaceous, in northern New Mexico

Related Concepts (6)

Paleozoic stratigraphy

process1 shared paper

Paleontological resources

resource1 shared paper

marine vs nonmarine depositional environment

framework1 shared paper

stratigraphic correlation

methodology1 shared paper

marine transgression

process1 shared paper

microvertebrate assemblage

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Ostrea congesta

Ostreidae1 paper

Inoceramus labiatus

Inoceramidae1 paper

Baculites asper

Baculitidae1 paper

Gryphaea newberryi

Gryphaeidae1 paper

Exogyra sp.

Gryphaeidae1 paper

Prionocyclus wyomingensis

Collignoniceratidae1 paper

Inoceramus dimidus

Inoceramidae1 paper

Scaphites warreni

Scaphitidae1 paper

Prionotropis hyatti

Eremogone congesta

Caryophyllaceae1 paper