TABLE 1. Ages of some late Cretaceous western interior ammonite-zone boundaries of
Gradstein et al. (2004) and this report.
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Gradstein et al. (2004)
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This report
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W. Interior Ammonite Zone
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Age
(Ma)
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Duration
(m.y.)
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Age
(Ma)
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Duration
(m.y.)
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Baculites compressus
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73.50
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0.72
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73.90
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?
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Didymoceras cheyennense
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74.28
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0.78
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74.50
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0.60
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Exiteloceras jenneyi
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75.05
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0.77
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74.65
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0.15
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Didymoceras stevensoni
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75.74
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0.69
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74.98
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0.33
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Didymoceras nebrascense
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76.38
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0.64
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75.76
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0.78
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Note: Ages are for base of ammonite zones.
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