A NEW UPPER CRETACEOUS (CENOMANIAN) FOSSILIFEROUS LOCALITY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

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.