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The Albian-Cenomanian (Lower Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous) boundary in Texas and northern Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Keith Young
Keith Young*
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin 78712
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Abstract

As first designated by Böse, the Albian-Cenomanian (Lower Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous) boundary in northern Mexico and Texas is selected at the base of the ammonite zone of Plesioturrilites brazoensis (Römer). This boundary seems to best agree with boundaries selected for North Africa and Europe, but in North America it may not be the optimum boundary for paleontologists working with foraminiferans.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 60 , Issue 6 , November 1986 , pp. 1212 - 1219
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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