Browsing Senior Theses (School of Earth Sciences) by Subject "Paleontology"
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An Archaic Ungulate of middle Paleocene age from Southeast Montana
Sabula, Andrew ( 2015-08 )A sample of five associated mammalian teeth collected from the Williston Basin in the Fort Union Formation of southeast Montana demonstrate the occurrence of an archaic ungulate at the School Well Locality, a site of known ... -
Lethal and Sublethal Predation on Cambrian Trilobites From North America
Eaton, Kira ( 2019-05 )Clarification of the criteria used to analyze broken trilobite exoskeletons increases the ease of distinguishing the origins of breakage. Detailed study of sublethal breakage shows that trilobites had the capability of ... -
New Information about the Internal Anatomy and Taphonomic History of Trilobites Revealed through CT Scanning
Rutana, Michael ( 2015-12 )X-ray computed tomography (CT or XCT) scans were made of eight trilobite species hypothesized to have internal remains preserved through early diagenetic processes. Specimens range in age from Cambrian Epoch 3 to Late ...