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Bell, A., & Everhart, M.J. 2009. A new specimen of Parahesperornis (Aves: Hesperornithiformes) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Early Campanian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112:7-14.
Bell, A. & Everhart, M.J. 2011. Remains of small ornithurine birds from a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) microsite in Russell County, north-central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 114:115-123.
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Bennett, S.C. 2007. Articulation and function of the pteroid bone of pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:881-891.
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Bever, G.S. & Zakrzewski, R.J. 2009. A new species of the Miocene leptarctine Leptarctus (Carnivora: Mustelidae from the early Hemphillian of Kansas. p. .465-482, in Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne. (L.B. Albright, III, ed.) Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65.
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Bourdon, J. & Everhart, M.J. 2011. Analysis of an associated Cretoxyrhina mantelli dentition from the Late Cretaceous (Smoky Hill Chalk, Late Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 114:15-32.
Brown, R.W. 1940. Fossil pearls from the Colorado Group of western Kansas. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 30:365-374. (L-1072)
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Carpenter, K. 1997. Comparative cranial anatomy of two North American Cretaceous plesiosaurs. p. 191-216, in Ancient Marine Reptiles (J.M. Callaway & E.L. Nicholls, eds.). New York , Academic Press,
Carpenter, K. & Everhart, M.J. 2007. Skull of the ankylosaur Niobrarasaurus coleii (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110:1-9.
Cicimurri, D.J., Parris, D.C. & Everhart, M.J. 2008. Partial dentition of a chimaeroid fish (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas., USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:34-40.
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Vertebrate Paleontology, 18:403-411.
Darnell, M.K. & Thomasson, J.R. 2007. First equid remains from the late Miocene Prolithospermum johnstonii- Nassella pohli assemblage zone stratotype locality, Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110:10-15.
Dawson, M.R. 1958. Later Tertiary Leporidae of North America. Kansas University Paleontology Contributions, Vertebrata 6, 75 p. (L-1939)
Eaton, J.G. & Nelson, M.E. 1991. Multituberculate mammals from the lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, San Rafel Swell, Utah. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming, 20:1-12.
Everhart, M.J. 2001. Revisions to the biostratigraphy of the Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Smoky Hill Chalk
member of the Niobrara Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 104(1-2):59-78.
Everhart, M.J. 2002. New data on cranial measurements and body length of the mosasaur, Tylosaurus
nepaeolicus (Squamata: Mosasauridae), from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. Transactions of the
Kansas Academy of .Science, 105(1-2):33-43.
Everhart, M.J. 2003a. First records of plesiosaur remains in the lower Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Upper Coniacian) of the Niobrara Formation in western Kansas. Transaction of the Kansas Academy of Science, 106:139-148.
Everhart, M.J. 2003b. Plesiosaurs as the food of mosasaurs; new data on the stomach contents of a Tylosaurus prorigor (Squamata; Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. The Mosasaur, 7:41- 46.
Everhart, M.J. 2004a. Late Cretaceous interaction between predators and prey. Evidence of feeding by two species of shark on a mosasaur. www. PalArch. nl., vertebrate paleontology, 1(1):1-6.
Everhart, M.J. 2004b. New data regarding the skull of Dolichorhynchops osborni (Plesiosauroidea: Polycotylidae) from rediscovered photos of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology specimen. Paludicola, 4(3):74-80.
Everhart, M.J. 2004c. First record of the hybodont shark genus, ‘Polyacrodus’ sp., (Chondrichthyes; Polyacrodontidae) form the Kiowa Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of McPherson County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 107:83-87.
Everhart, M.J. 2004d. Plesiosaurs as the food of mosasaurs; new data on the stomach contents of a Tylosaurus prorigor (Squamata; Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. The Mosasaur, 7:41-46.
Everhart, M.J. 2005a. Probable plesiosaur gastroliths from the basal Kiowa Shale (Early Cretaceous) of Kiowa
County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, 108:109-115.
Everhart, M.J. 2005b. Earliest record of the genus Tylosaurus (Squamata; Mosasauridae) from the Fort Hays
Limestone (Lower Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 108:
149-155.
Everhart, M.J. 2005c. Tylosaurus kansasensis, a new species of tylosaurine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the
Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, USA. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 84:231-240.
Everhart, M.J. 2005d. Elasmosaurid remains from the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas. Possible missing elements of the type speceimen of Elasmosaurus platyurus Cope 1868? PalArch.nl., vertebrate paleontology, 4:19-32.
Everhart, M.J. 2007a. Remains of a pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) in a coprolite; an uppermost record of Micropycnodon kansasensis in the Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110:35-43.
Everhart, M.J. 2007b. New stratigraphic records (Albian-Campanian) of Rhinobatis sp. (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes) from the Cretaceous of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110:225- 235.
Everhart, M.J. 2008a. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) dentary in the Sharon Springs member of the Pierre Shale (middle Campanian) of western Kansas. p. 23-29, in Unlocking the Unknown, Papers Honoring Dr. Richard J. Zakrzewski (G.H. Farley & J.R. Choate, eds.). Fort Hays State Studies Special Issue Number 2.
Everhart, M.J. 2008b. A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-moisasaur pathologies in the fossil record. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 111:251-262.
Everhart, M.J. 2008c. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. p. 37-46, in Proceeding of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Hays, Kansas, Fort Hays State University Special Issue Number 3 (M.J. Everhart, ed).
Everhart, M.J. 2009a. First occurrence of marine vertebrates in the Early Cretaceous of Kansas: Champion Shell bed, basal Kiowa Formation. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112:201-210.
Everhart, M.J. 2009b. Probable plesiosaur remains from the Blue Hill Shale (Carlile Formation; middle Turonian) of north central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112:215-221.
Everhart, M.J. 2011. Rediscovery of the Hesprornis regalis Marsh 1871 holotype locality indicates an earlier stratigraphic occurrence. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 114:59-68.
Everhart, M.J. & Bell, A. 2009. A hesperornithiform limb bone from the basal Greenhorn Formation (Late Cretaceous; Middle Cenomanian) of north central Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29:952-956.
Everhart, M.J. & Caggiano, T. 2004. An associated dentition and calcified vertebral centra of the Late Creatceous elasmobranch, Ptychodus anonymus Williston 1900. Paludicola, 4:125-136.
Everhart, M.J. & Darnell, M.K. 2004. Occurrence of Ptychodus mammilaris (Elasmobranchii) in the Fairport
Chalk Member of the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous) of Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 107:126-
Everhart, M.J. & Ewell, K. 2006. Shark-bitten dinosaur (Hadrosauridae) vertebrae from the Nobrara Chalk (Upper Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 109:27-35.
Everhart, M.J. & Hamm, S.A. 2005. A new nodosaur specimen (Dinosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, 108:15-21.
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