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The fossils were given to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in 1980, and it was designated the state fossil in 1981 under former-Gov. Bill Richardson.
T. rex fossils date to the couple million years before an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, dooming the dinosaurs. The first parts of the New Mexico skull were found near the base of ...
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 been found in the state.
Moreno Hill Formation. The Moreno Hill Formation is a geological formation in western New Mexico whose strata were deposited in the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [2] The age of the formation is dated between approximately 90.9 to 88.6 million years ago based on detrital zircons.
The El Paso Formation is a geologic formation that is exposed from the Permian Basin of New Mexico and Texas to southeastern Arizona. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. [1][2][3]
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument. 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]
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.
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] Ground was broken on a 4.8-acre (1.9 ha) site near Old Town and the museum opened on January 11, 1986.