RE: marine vertebrate collections

["Everhart, Mike J" <Mike.Everhart@Wichita.BOEING.com>]

> hi- does anyone happen to know of any museums with nice collections of
> marine vertebrates from the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway? I'm aware
> of some of the obvious places (Field Museum, Tyrell, etc), but I'm sure
> there are some smaller museums that I have overlooked. Thanks for any
> suggestions.

A short list of museums in the Midwest (from the Oceans of Kansas
Paleontology website, in no special order) with marine vertebrate specimens
from the Western Interior Sea would include:

The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays,
KS
< http://www.oceansofkansas.com/sternbrg.html >
The Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
< http://www.oceansofkansas.com/bunker.html >
The Geology Museum at Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
(Also while in Kansas, check out the Fick Fossil and History Museum at
Oakley, KS - on I-70, has a small but outstanding collection, most collected
by the Sternbergs)

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO
< http://www.oceansofkansas.com/denver.html >
The Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, S.D.
< http://www.oceansofkansas.com/SDSMT.html > 
The Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK.
< http://www.oceansofkansas.com/noblemus.html >
The University of Nebraska State Museum
< http://www.oceansofkansas.com/longneck.html >
The Tate Museum, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming

Hope this helps.......

Mike Everhart                                                  
Adjunct Curator of Paleontology
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Coming on April 7....  2nd Annual Paleontology Symposium
at the Kansas Academy of Science Meeting,
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
The Kansas Academy of Science
< http://www.oceansofkansas.com/KAS2001.html >