North Dakota Triceratops Sells for $942,797
April 28 | The Minot Daily News
A 25-foot-long, 65-million-year-old triceratops skeleton found in North Dakota was purchased by an American at a Paris fossil auction for $942,797.
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Saskatchewan Benefits from Bakken Formation Oil
April 25 | Canada.com
Although the recent USGS report on Bakken Formation Oil did not give details for Saskatchewan, the rock unit and an oil production potential extends northwest from the active areas in Montana and North Dakota.
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North Dakota Triceratops Goes Up for Sale in Paris
April 21 | KXnet.com
State Paleontologist, John Hoganson, was surprised and disappointed to hear that a 65 million-year-old triceratops found in his home state of North Dakota recently went up for sale in a Paris auction.
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Bakken Formation Oil and Gas: USGS Fact Sheet
April 18 | USGS
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered volumes of 3.65 billion barrels of oil, 1.85 trillion cubic feet of associated/dissolved natural gas, and 148 million barrels of natural gas liquids in the Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota.
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Bakken Shale Oil: Billions of Barrels in North Dakota and Montana
April 15 | MSNBC
The Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana could yield up to 4.3 billion barrels of oil in the near future. This estimate is not the amount contained in the shale - it is just the amount that could be extracted using current technology. Industry officials believe that North Dakota will set a new record for oil production this year.
USGS Fact Sheet on Bakken Formation Oil
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Dinosaur With Fossilized Soft Tissue Discovered
December 3 | BBC News
In North Dakota, fossil hunters have found a fossil of a 67 million-year-old duck-billed hadrosaur that has soft tissue preserved. Skin, muscle, tendons and other tissues are preserved in this specimen. This will provide a rare opportunity to check the accuracy of some of the previous ideas that have been inferred from skeletal information alone.
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