| A NEW UPPER CRETACEOUS (CENOMANIAN) FOSSILIFEROUS LOCALITY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS | ||
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FRIEDMAN, Virginia, Geosciences Department, Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Rd, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, friedmanhvj@aol.com. A new highly fossiliferous upper Cenomanian locality is described in the Eagle Ford Group of North Central Texas. The vertebrate marine assemblage includes a great abundance of fish remains including shark as well as plesiosaur and turtle specimens. Paleontologically, one of the remarkable features of this new locality is the abundance of bone-bearing coprolites. Beds rich in coprolites have potential use in biostratigraphic correlation. A large, nearly complete fish skeleton has also been recovered and may belong to a new species. This locality is an important section that further defines the stratigraphy and paleontology of the basal Eagle Ford Group of North Central Texas. | ||
| Rocky Mountain (53rd) and South-Central (35th) Sections, GSA, Joint Annual Meeting (April 29–May 2, 2001) | ||
| Session No. 19--Booth# 24 Paleontology, Stratigraphy, and Sedimentology (Posters) Sheraton Old Town Hotel: Alvarado DE 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, May 2, 2001 | ||