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Campanian ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous Gober Chalk of Lamar County, Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

W. A. Cobban  and
W. J. Kennedy
W. A. Cobban
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 919, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA
W. J. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Geological Collections, University Museum, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, United Kingdom
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Abstract

The Roxton Limestone Member at the top of the Gober Chalk in northeast Texas yields a rich fauna, dominated by Baculites haresi Reeside, 1927, and Inoceramus balticus Boehm, 1909, with sparse occurrences of Pachydiscus cf. P. paulsoni (Young, 1963), Anapachydiscus sp. juv., Placenticeras placenta (DeKay, 1828), Hoplitoplacenticeras aff. H. plasticum (Paulcke, 1907), Menabites (Delawarella) delawarensis (Morton, 1830), M. (D.) danei (Young, 1963), M. (D.) aff. M. (D.) vanuxemi (Morton, 1830), Submortoniceras vandalinaense Young, 1963, Submortoniceras sp., Eubostrychoceras sp., and Scaphites hippocrepis (DeKay, 1828) III. The presence of S. hippocrepis III suggests a late early Campanian age assignment for the fauna. The assemblage includes species known from the Western Interior, Gulf Coast, Atlantic seaboard, and western Europe.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , May 1992 , pp. 440 - 454
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