@misc{holmes1878188312,
    author = "Holmes, W. H",
    title = "(1883), Report on the Geology of the Yellowstone National Park",
    year = "1878",
    howpublished = "Washington, D.C., United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 57 p.; Annual Report 12, Part 2",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Holmes, W. H., 1878 (1883), Report on the Geology of the Yellowstone National Park: Washington, D.C., United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 57 p.; Annual Report 12, Part 2.}"
}

@techreport{willis1902stratigraphy18,
    author = "Willis, B",
    title = "Stratigraphy and structure, Lewis and Livingstone Ranges, Montana",
    year = "1902",
    howpublished = "Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 13, p. 305-352",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Willis, B., 1902, Stratigraphy and structure, Lewis and Livingstone Ranges, Montana: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 13, p. 305-352.}"
}

@misc{fenneman1931physiography11,
    author = "Fenneman, N. M",
    title = "Physiography of the Western United States",
    year = "1931",
    howpublished = "New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 534 p",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Fenneman, N. M., 1931, Physiography of the Western United States: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 534 p.}"
}

@article{brown1943some4,
    author = "Brown, R. W",
    title = "Some prehistoric trees of the United States",
    year = "1943",
    journal = "Journal of Forestry, v. 41, p. 861-868",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Brown, R. W., 1943, Some prehistoric trees of the United States: Journal of Forestry, v. 41, p. 861-868.}"
}

@techreport{bradley1948limnology2,
    author = "Bradley, W. H",
    title = "Limnology and the Eocene lakes of the Rocky Mountain region",
    year = "1948",
    howpublished = "Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 59, p. 635-648",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Bradley, W. H., 1948, Limnology and the Eocene lakes of the Rocky Mountain region: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 59, p. 635-648.}"
}

@article{cobban1952correlation,
    author = "COBBAN, WILLIAM A. and REESIDE, JOHN B.",
    title = "CORRELATION OF THE CRETACEOUS FORMATIONS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF THE UNITED STATES",
    year = "1952",
    journal = "Geological Society of America Bulletin",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1952)63[1011:cotcfo]2.0.co;2",
    doi = "10.1130/0016-7606(1952)63[1011:cotcfo]2.0.co;2",
    number = "10",
    pages = "1011",
    volume = "63"
}

@techreport{cobban1952correlation9,
    author = "Cobban, W. A. and Reeside, J. B. and Jr",
    title = "Correlation of the Cretaceous formations of the western interior of the United States",
    year = "1952",
    howpublished = "Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 63, p. 1011-1044",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Cobban, W. A., and Reeside, J. B., Jr., 1952, Correlation of the Cretaceous formations of the western interior of the United States: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 63, p. 1011-1044.}"
}

@misc{stebbins1954amphibians17,
    author = "Stebbins, R. C",
    title = "Amphibians and Reptiles of Western North America",
    year = "1954",
    howpublished = "New York, McGraw-Hill",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Stebbins, R. C., 1954, Amphibians and Reptiles of Western North America: New York, McGraw-Hill.}"
}

@article{cobban1961the5,
    author = "Cobban, W. A",
    title = "The ammonite family Binneyitidae Reeside in the western interior of the United States",
    year = "1961",
    journal = "Journal of Paleontology, v. 35, p. 737-758",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Cobban, W. A., 1961, The ammonite family Binneyitidae Reeside in the western interior of the United States: Journal of Paleontology, v. 35, p. 737-758.}"
}

@article{cobban1962baculites6,
    author = "Cobban, W. A",
    title = "Baculites from the lower part of the Pierre Shale and equivalent rocks in the western interior",
    year = "1962",
    journal = "Journal of Paleontology, v. 36, p. 704-718",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Cobban, W. A., 1962, Baculites from the lower part of the Pierre Shale and equivalent rocks in the western interior: Journal of Paleontology, v. 36, p. 704-718.}"
}

@article{cobban1962new7,
    author = "Cobban, W. A",
    title = "New Baculites from the Bearpaw Shale and equivalent rocks of the western interior",
    year = "1962",
    journal = "Journal of Paleontology, v. 36, p. 126-135",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Cobban, W. A., 1962, New Baculites from the Bearpaw Shale and equivalent rocks of the western interior: Journal of Paleontology, v. 36, p. 126-135.}"
}

@article{eicher1965cretaceous,
    author = "Eicher, Don L.",
    title = "Cretaceous Tintinnids from the Western Interior of the United States",
    year = "1965",
    journal = "Micropaleontology",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.2307/1484780",
    doi = "10.2307/1484780",
    number = "4",
    pages = "449",
    volume = "11"
}

@book{morrison1965correlation16,
    author = "Morrison, R. B. and Frye, J. C",
    title = "Correlation of the middle and late Quaternary successions of the Lake Lahontan Lake Bonneville Rocky Mountain (Wasatch Range), southern Great Plains,and eastern midwest areas",
    year = "1965",
    publisher = "Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines, University of Nevada, 45 p.; Report 9",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Morrison, R. B., and Frye, J. C., 1965, Correlation of the middle and late Quaternary successions of the Lake Lahontan Lake Bonneville Rocky Mountain (Wasatch Range), southern Great Plains,and eastern midwest areas: Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines, University of Nevada, 45 p.; Report 9.}"
}

@misc{kauffman1967cretaceous13,
    author = "Kauffman, E. G",
    title = "Cretaceous Thyasira from the western interior of North America",
    year = "1967",
    howpublished = "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 152, no. 1, p. 1- 159",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Kauffman, E. G., 1967, Cretaceous Thyasira from the western interior of North America: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 152, no. 1, p. 1- 159.}"
}

@misc{cobban1969the8,
    author = "Cobban, W. A",
    title = "The Late Cretaceous ammonites Scaphites leei Reeside and Scaphites hippocrepis (DeKay) in the western interior of the United States, 619 of United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper",
    year = "1969",
    howpublished = "p. 1-29",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Cobban, W. A., 1969, The Late Cretaceous ammonites Scaphites leei Reeside and Scaphites hippocrepis (DeKay) in the western interior of the United States, 619 of United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper: p. 1-29.}"
}

@article{eicher1970lunatriella,
    author = "Eicher, Don L. and Worstell, Paula",
    title = "Lunatriella, a Cretaceous Heterohelicid Foraminifer from the Western Interior of the United States",
    year = "1970",
    journal = "Micropaleontology",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.2307/1484852",
    doi = "10.2307/1484852",
    number = "1",
    pages = "117",
    volume = "16"
}

@book{brandt1974possible3,
    author = "Brandt, J. C. and Maran, S. P. and Williamson, R. and Harrington, R. and Cochran, C. and Kennedy, M. and Kennedy, W. and Chamberlain, V",
    title = "Possible Rock Art Records of the Crab Nebula Supernova in the Western United States, in Aveni, A. F., ed., Archeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America",
    year = "1974",
    publisher = "Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Brandt, J. C., Maran, S. P., Williamson, R., Harrington, R., Cochran, C., Kennedy, M., Kennedy, W., and Chamberlain, V., 1974, Possible Rock Art Records of the Crab Nebula Supernova in the Western United States, in Aveni, A. F., ed., Archeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America: Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press.}"
}

@misc{barnes1975the1,
    author = "Barnes, F. A",
    title = "The case of the bones in stone",
    year = "1975",
    howpublished = "Desert Magazine, v. 38, no. 2, p. 36-39",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Barnes, F. A., 1975, The case of the bones in stone: Desert Magazine, v. 38, no. 2, p. 36-39.}"
}

@article{cobban1984midcretaceous,
    author = "Cobban, William A.",
    title = "Mid-Cretaceous ammonite zones, Western Interior, United States",
    year = "1984",
    journal = "Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark",
    abstract = "The Western Interior of the United States contains an important sequence of middle Cenomanian-late Turonian ammonites. Ammonites from the northern part of the Western Interior are mostly North Temperate forms, whereas those from the southern part are a mixture of Tethyan and North Temperate forms. The ammonite succession in the southern part can be more finely zoned than that of the northern part, and offers better possibilities for international correlation. In the zonation, the boundary between the middle and upper Cenomanian is placed at the top of the zone of Plesiacanthoceras aff. P. wyomingense. The top of the Cenomanian is drawn at the top of the zone of Neocardioceras juddii as recommended in a 1981 study by C. W. Wright and W. J. Kennedy. However, Mammites nodosoides, which occurs three zones higher, is usually regarded in Europe as basal Turonian, although Wright and Kennedy have now recognized a zone of Watinoceras coloradoense at the base, which lies below the zone of Mammites nodosoides. In the Western Interior, W. coloradoense is restricted to the zone of Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) birchbyi, which is separated from the zone of Neocardioceras juddii by a zone of Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum. Inasmuch as the ammonites in the latter zone are closely related to those in the zone of V. birchbyi, a Turonian assignment seems best for the zone of P. flexuosum. Collignoniceras woollgari, which is widely distributed in Europe, Asia, and North America, is usually regarded as middle Turonian in a threefold division and late Turonian in a twofold division. I consider the species to mark the base of the middle Turonian. Where to place the top of the middle Turonian, however, is a problem. Inasmuch as the best fauna! break is at the top of the zone of Prionocyclus hyatti, that is where the boundary is placed in this report. Inoceramids in the zone of P. hyatti are characterized by forms having a radial depression like the middle Turonian Inoceramus hobetsensis of Japan. The top of the Turonian is designated here at the top of the zone of Prionocyclus quadratus. Fossils of this zone include inoceramids of the fiegei-dresdensis group, which in Europe have been considered either very late Turonian in age or very early Coniacian. Prionocyclus quadratus is the youngest species of a lineage of prionocyclids. This species is succeeded by Forresteria (Solgerites) of Coniacian Age.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-1984-33-06",
    doi = "10.37570/bgsd-1984-33-06",
    pages = "71-89",
    volume = "33"
}

@misc{dorn1984chronometric10,
    author = "Dorn, R. I. and Whitley, D. S",
    title = "Chronometric and relative age determination of petroglyphs in the Western United States",
    year = "1984",
    howpublished = "Annals, Association of American Geographers, v. 74, p. 308-322",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Dorn, R. I., and Whitley, D. S., 1984, Chronometric and relative age determination of petroglyphs in the Western United States: Annals, Association of American Geographers, v. 74, p. 308-322.}"
}

@misc{laferriere1987effects14,
    author = "Laferriere, A. P. and Hattin, D. E. and Archer, A. W",
    title = "Effects of climate, tectonics, and sea-level changes on rhymthmic bedding patterns in the Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous), U.S. Western Interior",
    year = "1987",
    howpublished = "Geology, v. 15, p. 233-236",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Laferriere, A. P., Hattin, D. E., and Archer, A. W., 1987, Effects of climate, tectonics, and sea-level changes on rhymthmic bedding patterns in the Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous), U.S. Western Interior: Geology, v. 15, p. 233-236.}"
}

@misc{lehman1987late15,
    author = "Lehman, T. M",
    title = "Late Maastrichtian paleoenvironments and dinosaur biogeography in the western interior of North America",
    year = "1987",
    howpublished = "Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 60, p. 189-217",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Lehman, T. M., 1987, Late Maastrichtian paleoenvironments and dinosaur biogeography in the western interior of North America: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 60, p. 189-217.}"
}

@article{wright1987stratification,
    author = "WRIGHT, ELLEN KROGH",
    title = "Stratification and paleocirculation of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America",
    year = "1987",
    journal = "Geological Society of America Bulletin",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1987)99<480:sapotl>2.0.co;2",
    doi = "10.1130/0016-7606(1987)99<480:sapotl>2.0.co;2",
    number = "4",
    pages = "480",
    volume = "99"
}

@article{eicher1989origin,
    author = "Eicher, Don L. and Diner, Richard",
    title = "Origin of the cretaceous bridge creek cycles in the western interior, United States",
    year = "1989",
    journal = "Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-0182(89)90023-0",
    doi = "10.1016/0031-0182(89)90023-0",
    number = "1-2",
    pages = "127-146",
    volume = "74"
}

@misc{arthur1993cretaceous,
    author = "Arthur, M.A.",
    title = "Cretaceous shallow drilling, US Western Interior: Core research",
    year = "1993",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.2172/6595241",
    doi = "10.2172/6595241"
}

@article{kennedy2000late,
    author = "KENNEDY, W. J. and LANDMAN, N. H. and COBBAN, W. A. and SCOTT, G. R.",
    title = "LATE CAMPANIAN (CRETACEOUS) HETEROMORPH AMMONITES FROM THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF THE UNITED STATES",
    year = "2000",
    journal = "Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2000)251<0001:lcchaf>2.0.co;2",
    doi = "10.1206/0003-0090(2000)251<0001:lcchaf>2.0.co;2",
    number = "1",
    pages = "1",
    volume = "251"
}

@inproceedings{anddaly2025distribution,
    author = "Daly, Peter and Rosensaft, Marcelo and Hussaini, Bushra and Landman, Neil",
    title = "Distribution of the Late Cretaceous ammonite Hoploscaphites in the Western Interior of North America",
    year = "2025",
    booktitle = "Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2025am-6880",
    doi = "10.1130/abs/2025am-6880"
}

@misc{andpangNonetectonic,
    author = "Pang, Ming",
    title = "Tectonic Subsidence of the Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, United States.",
    year = "None",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.31390/gradschool\_disstheses.5926",
    doi = "10.31390/gradschool\_disstheses.5926"
}