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Britton, Texas, USA

Formation	Britton
Age:	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Late Cenomanian
Lithology	siliciclastic
Number of Collections	5
Number of Occurrences	10

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
2.5 km southeast of Britton	Ellis County, Texas, USA	Britton
4 km south of Britton	Ellis County, Texas, USA	Britton
USGS Mesozoic 22604	Tarrant County, Texas, USA	Britton
USGS Mesozoic 22606	Ellis County, Texas, USA	Britton
USGS Mesozoic D9439	Denton County, Texas, USA	Britton

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Euomphaloceras septemseriatum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Euomphaloceras : *Euomphaloceras septemseriatum*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metoicoceras geslinianum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Metoicoceras : *Metoicoceras geslinianum*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudocalycoceras angolaense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Pseudocalycoceras : *Pseudocalycoceras angolaense*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Allocrioceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Anisoceratidae : *Allocrioceras*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sciponoceras gracile species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Baculitidae : Sciponoceras : *Sciponoceras gracile*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metengonoceras acutum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Engonoceratidae : Metengonoceras : *Metengonoceras acutum*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scaphites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : *Scaphites*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Cobban W. A. (1987) The Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) ammonites Metengonoceras dumbli (Cragin) and M. acutum Hyatt, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1690, C1-C7

Cobban W. A. (1988) Tarrantoceras Stephenson and related ammonoid genera from Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in Texas and the western interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1473, 1-30

Cobban W. A., Kennedy W. J. (1991) Evolution and biogeography of the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonite Metoicoceras Hyatt, 1903, with a revision of Metoicoceras praecox Haas, 1949, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1934, B1-B11

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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