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The location of the state of New Mexico. Paleontology in New Mexico refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of New Mexico. The fossil record of New Mexico is exceptionally complete and spans almost the entire stratigraphic column. [ 1] More than 3,300 different kinds of fossil organisms ...
Mission Garden samples plants native to the arid lands of northern Mexico and southwest United States. Plants typically growing in this area include jojoba, wild tobacco, desert verbena, damianita, Western mugwort, Indian root, and Mormon tea. Because such plants are adapted to the arid environment and require little water, visitors are ...
Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909). Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus.
A.Gray [1] Rafinesquia neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Common names include desert chicory, [2] plumeseed, or New Mexico plumeseed. [1] [3] It has white showy flowers, milky sap, and weak, zigzag stems, that may grow up through other shrubs for support. [2] It is an annual plant (completes its life cycle in ...
Southwestern archaeology. Southwestern archaeology is a branch of archaeology concerned with the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. This region was first occupied by hunter-gatherers, and thousands of years later by advanced civilizations, such as the Ancestral Puebloans, the Hohokam, and the Mogollon.
Las Cruces. Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park. Carlsbad. Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Santa Fe. University of New Mexico Arboretum. University of New Mexico.
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fish lineages belong to the Agnatha, or jawless fish. Early examples include Haikouichthys.
The constituent New Mexico Technology Corridor, centered primarily around Albuquerque, hosts a constellation of high technology and scientific research entities, which include federal facilities such as Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Very Large Array; private companies such as Intel, HP, and Facebook; and ...