Publications

Below is a breakdown of publications recommended by our scientists in relation to their journeys over the past several years:

ALASKA:

Fiorillo, A.R., and Gangloff, R.A. 2000. Theropod teeth from the Prince Creek Formation (Cretaceous) of northern Alaska, with speculations on arctic dinosaur paleoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:675-682.

Fiorillo, A.R., Santucci, V.L., Gangloff, R.A., Armato, P.J., and Kucinski, R. 2001. Establishing paleontological baseline data for research and management needs: lessons learned from the NPS Alaska Region. in: Santucci, V.L. and McClelland, L. eds. Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Fossil Resources on Public Lands. Geological Resources Division Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-01/01, p. 123-129.
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Fiorillo, A.R., and Gangloff, R.A. 2001. The caribou migration model for Arctic hadrosaurs (Ornithischia: Dinosauria): a reassessment. Historical Biology 15:323-334.

National Park Service newsletter (vol. 6, no. 1, Winter 2001-Spring 2002) covering dinosaur footprints from Alaska available at http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/geology/paleo/news/newsletter.htm.
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BIG BEND:

Fiorillo, A.R. 1998. Preliminary report on a new sauropod locality in the Javelina Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas. in, Research in the National Parks, Santucci, V. (ed.), Geologic Resources Division Technical Report, NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-98/01, p. 29-31.

Gordon, G., Hammon, S., Main, D., and Fiorillo, A.R. 2000. The utility of GPR as a surveying technique in vertebrate paleontology field excavations. G.S.A. Annual Meet. 32(7):A499.

Fiorillo, A.R., and Montgomery, H. 2001. Depositional Setting and paleoecological significance of a new sauropod bonebed in the Javelina Formation (Cretaceous) of Big Bend National Park, Texas. J. Vert. Paleo. Suppl. 21:49A.

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DEVONIAN OF WYOMING AND MONTANA:

Fiorillo, A.R. 2000. The ancient environment of the Beartooth Butte Formation (Devonian) in Wyoming and Montana: combining paleontological inquiry with federal management needs. in: Cole, David N. and McCool, Stephen F. eds. Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change. Proc. RMRS-P-000. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. v. 3, p. 160-167.