Smoky Hill Chalk

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Smoky_Hill_Chalk

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:geological_formation
gptkbp:age	gptkb:Late_Cretaceous
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment	gptkb:Western_Interior_Seaway
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Othniel_Charles_Marsh
gptkbp:exposedBy	gptkb:Monument_Rocks gptkb:Castle_Rock_Badlands gptkb:Little_Jerusalem_Badlands_State_Park
gptkbp:fossil	gptkb:Tylosaurus gptkb:fish gptkb:Mosasaurus gptkb:Hesperornis gptkb:Ichthyornis gptkb:Ammonites gptkb:Pteranodon gptkb:Baptornis gptkb:Cretoxyrhina gptkb:Dolichorhynchops gptkb:Enchodus gptkb:Gillicus gptkb:Globidens gptkb:Inoceramus gptkb:Plioplatecarpus gptkb:Polycotylus gptkb:Protosphyraena gptkb:Xiphactinus gptkb:Clidastes gptkb:Platecarpus Birds Sharks Marine turtles Toothless pterosaurs
gptkbp:lithology	gptkb:stone
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Colorado gptkb:Kansas gptkb:Nebraska gptkb:South_Dakota
gptkbp:namedFor	gptkb:Smoky_Hill_River
gptkbp:notableFor	exceptional fossil preservation
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Niobrara_Formation
gptkbp:period	Cretaceous
gptkbp:primaryLithology	chalk
gptkbp:thickness	up to 200 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pteranodontidae
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Smoky Hill Chalk