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  2. Paleontology in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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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 have ...

  3. Folsom site - Wikipedia

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    Folsom site or Wild Horse Arroyo, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 29CX1, is a major archaeological site about 8 miles (13 km) west of Folsom, New Mexico. It is the type site for the Folsom tradition, a Paleo-Indian cultural sequence dating to between 11000 BC and 10000 BC. The Folsom site was excavated in 1926 and found to have been a ...

  4. Western Interior Seaway - Wikipedia

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    The ancient sea, which existed from the early Late Cretaceous (100 Ma) to the earliest Paleocene (66 Ma), connected the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. The two land masses it created were Laramidia to the west and Appalachia to the east. At its largest extent, it was 2,500 feet (760 m) deep, 600 miles (970 km) wide and over 2,000 miles ...

  5. Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire - Wikipedia

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    The fire burns near Highway 518 in New Mexico on April 29, 2022. The 2022 Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire was the largest and most destructive wildfire in the history of New Mexico. The fire burned 341,471 acres (138,188 hectares) between early April and late June in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in San Miguel, Mora, and Taos counties.

  6. A Surreal Creature With Jumping Genes Has 30x More DNA Than ...

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    An unassuming freshwater fish contains the longest genomic sequence ever discovered, measuring in at 30 times the length of the human DNA chain. A Surreal Creature With Jumping Genes Has 30x More ...

  7. History of New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    History of New Mexico. The history of New Mexico is based on archaeological evidence, attesting to the varying cultures of humans occupying the area of New Mexico since approximately 9200 BCE, and written records. The earliest peoples had migrated from northern areas of North America after leaving Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge.

  8. Rare 'Doomsday Fish' Found Off the Coast of Southern ... - AOL

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    A group of kayakers and snorkelers found an extremely rare deep-sea fish nicknamed a "doomsday fish" off the coast of Southern California last weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 10, the group encountered ...

  9. Fossils of 385 million-year-old fish found in pavement

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    September 4, 2024 at 3:12 AM. Fossils predating the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years have been found in a paving stone in a Scottish city centre. Thousands of people have walked over the ...