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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] More than 3,300 different kinds of fossil organisms have been found in the state.
Few Diplodocus finds came for many years until 1979, when three hikers came across several vertebrae stuck in elevated stone next to several petroglyphs in a canyon west of San Ysidro, New Mexico. The find was reported to the New Mexican Museum of Natural History , who dispatched an expedition led by David D. Gillette in 1985, that collected ...
Life restoration of the Late Jurassic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus †Diplodocus †Diplodocus carnegii †Diplodocus hallorum †Dolabrosaurus – type locality for genus †Dolabrosaurus aquatilis – type locality for species †Doswellia †Doswellia sixmilensis – type locality for species †Drepanosaurus †Dromomeron – type ...
Seismosaurus halli, New Mexico’s biggest dinosaur– 150 million years old It stretched at least 110 feet long, and Seismosaurus was named after seismicity due to the animal’s earth-shaking size.
David Gillette (third from the left on the back row) and other paleontologists at Grand Canyon National Park, 2019. David Gillette (? (? – February 10, 2025) was an American paleontologist best known for his discovery of the dinosaur Diplodocus hallorum in 1985, and more recently for his work studying Pleistocene megafauna such as glyptodonts.
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Microplastics were detected in almost every seafood sample found off the coast of the western U.S. in a recent study. The particles were found in the edible tissue of six different species of fish.