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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 ...
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.
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]
Land of the lost: Hidden lagoon network found with living fossils similar to those from more than 3 billion years ago Taylor Nicioli, CNN December 16, 2023 at 8:53 AM
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An estimated 1,400 structures have been affected, with about 500 homes believed to have been lost, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has said. Urban search and rescue teams, including 20 dogs trained to ...
The McKinley County killing was one of three unsolved killings highlighted Tuesday when New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a new cold-case unit intended to use new DNA technology ...