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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 ]
†Acanthoceras †Acanthoceras amphibolum Acipenser †Adocus †Ahshislepelta – type locality for genus †Ahshislepelta minor – type locality for species Diagram illustrating the sizes of three specimens of the Late Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Alamosaurus, with an anachronistic human to scale †Alamosaurus – type locality for genus
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument is a national monument in the Robledo Mountains of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States, near the city of Las Cruces.The monument's Paleozoic Era fossils are on 5,255 acres (2,127 ha) [1] of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. [2]
Dinosaur skull found in New Mexico is a cousin of T. rex — and even bigger, experts say. Julia Daye. January 12, 2024 at 10:48 AM. Photo by Mac Cervantes on Unsplash.
The newly discovered, plant-eating dinosaur is believed to have roamed the Earth 65 million years ago, towards the end of the Cretaceous period. New Mexico paleontologist uncovers new dinosaur species
The museum was created by an act of the New Mexico Legislature signed into law by Governor Bruce King in March, 1980. [2] Part of the motivation for the project was to provide a home for some of the numerous dinosaur fossils discovered in New Mexico rather than sending them to out-of-state institutions. [3]
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The Manzano Group is a group of geologic formations in central New Mexico. These have radiometric ages of 1601 to 1662 million years , corresponding to the late Statherian period of the Paleoproterozoic. [1] [2] [3] The name Manzano Group was previously applied to a group of sedimentary formations of Permian age in roughly the same geographical ...