List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Mexico

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New Mexico.

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Abiquiu Formation Neogene Abo Formation Permian Abo Group/Cutler Formation Permian, Carboniferous Alamitos Formation Carboniferous Aleman Formation Ordovician Armendaris Group/Elephant Butte Formation Carboniferous Armendaris Group/Garcia Formation Carboniferous Armendaris Group/Whiskey Canyon Limestone Carboniferous Arroyo Penasco Group Mississippian Arroyo del Agua Formation Permian Atarque Sandstone Cretaceous Atrasado Formation Pennsylvanian Baca Formation Paleogene Bar B Formation Carboniferous Bell Canyon Formation Permian Bolander Formation Carboniferous Bone Spring Formation Permian Buda Limestone Cretaceous Bursum Formation Carboniferous Caballero Formation Carboniferous Camp Rice Formation Pliocene-Pleistocene Capitan Formation Permian Carthage Formation Cretaceous Chamita Formation Neogene Cherry Canyon Formation Permian Chinle Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Bluewater Creek Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Bull Canyon Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Garita Creek Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Pedro Arroyo Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Petrified Forest Member Triassic Chinle Group/Redonda Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Salitral Formation Triassic Chinle Group/San Pedro Arroyo Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Santa Rosa Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Sheep Pen Sandstone Triassic Chinle Group/Sloan Canyon Formation Triassic Chinle Group/Trujillo Formation Triassic Colorado Group/Carlile Shale Cretaceous Colorado Group/Niobrara Formation Cretaceous Contadero Formation Devonian Crevasse Canyon Formation Cretaceous Cub Mountain Formation Paleogene Cutter Dolomite Ordovician Dakota Formation Cretaceous Dakota Formation Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone Cretaceous Dakota Group/Mesa Rica Sandstone Cretaceous Dakota Group/Pajarito Formation Cretaceous Dalton Sandstone Cretaceous Dawson Arkose Paleogene Del Norte Formation Cretaceous Diamond Trail Formation Paleogene Dockum Formation Triassic Dockum Group/Bull Canyon Formation Triassic Edith Formation United States El Cobre Canyon Formation Pennsylvanian to Permian El Paso Group/Cook Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Cooks Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Florida Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/José Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Mud Springs Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Mud Springs Mountain Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Padre Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Scenic Drive Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Sierrite Formation Ordovician El Paso Group/Victorio Formation Ordovician Finlay Formation Cretaceous Fite Ranch Sandstone Cretaceous Flechado Formation Carboniferous Fort Union Formation Paleogene Fruitland Formation Cretaceous Galisteo Formation Paleogene Garita Creek Formation Triassic Gila Formation Neogene Gila Conglomerate Formation Pliocene – Pleistocene Gray Mesa Formation Pennsylvanian Green Canyon Group/Apodaca Formation Carboniferous Green Canyon Group/Arrey Formation Carboniferous Greenhorn Limestone Cretaceous Gym Formation Permian Hart Mine Formation Paleogene Holder Formation Carboniferous Hueco Formation Permian Kelly Limestone Carboniferous Kirtland Formation Cretaceous La Pasada Formation Carboniferous Laborcita Formation Permian Lake Valley Formation Carboniferous Lewis Shale Cretaceous Madera Formation Permian, Carboniferous Madera Group/Wild Cow Formation Carboniferous Mancos Shale Cretaceous Mancos Group/Gullup Formation Cretaceous Manzano Formation Permian McRae Formation Cretaceous Menefee Formation Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation Cretaceous Mesaverde Group/Crevasse Canyon Formation Cretaceous Mesaverde Group/Menefee Formation Cretaceous Mesilla Valley Formation Cretaceous Mesilla Valley Shale Cretaceous Moenkopi Formation Triassic Mojado Formation Cretaceous Montoya Group/Aleman Formation Ordovician Montoya Group/Cutter Formation Ordovician Montoya Group/Second Value Formation Ordovician Moreno Hill Formation Cretaceous Morrison Formation Jurassic Mud Springs Group/Cuchillo Negro Formation Carboniferous Mud Springs Group/Fra Cristobal Formation Carboniferous Muleros Formation Cretaceous Nacimiento Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous Niobrara Formation Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation Cretaceous Onate Formation Devonian Osha Canyon Formation Bashkirian Palm Peak Formation Paleogene Palomas Formation Neogene Panther Seep Formation Carboniferous Percha Shale Devonian Pictured Cliffs Sandstone Cretaceous Pierre Shale Cretaceous Point Lookout Formation Cretaceous Popotosa Formation Neogene Puerco Formation Paleogene Raton Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous Red Tanks Formation Pennsylvanian Rincon Valley Formation Neogene Ringbone Formation Cretaceous Rubio Peak Formation Paleogene San Andres Formation Permian San Jose Formation Paleogene Sandia Formation Pennsylvanian Sandstone of Inman Ranch Paleogene Sangre de Cristo Formation Permian Santa Fe Formation Neogene Santa Fe Formation Neogene Santa Rosa Formation Triassic Second Value Dolomite Ordovician Seven Rivers Formation Permian Shalem Colony Formation Permian Sierra Ladrones Formation Neogene Sloan Canyon Formation Triassic Sly Gap Formation Devonian Smeltertown Formation Cretaceous Summerville Formation Jurassic Tansill Formation Permian Tererro Formation Carboniferous Tesuque Formation Neogene Throughgood Formation Devonian Todilto Formation Jurassic Travesser Formation Triassic Tucumcari Formation Cretaceous Wasatch Formation Paleogene Wild Cow Formation Carboniferous Yates Formation Permian Yeso Formation Permian Zia Formation Neogene

See also

Paleontology in New Mexico

References