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A Brachiosaurid dinosaur (Saurischia: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of east-central New Mexico


Abstract

The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of northeastern New Mexico has yielded several dinosaur bones during the past 100 years. A newly collected specimen from the Brushy Basin Member of Quay County is a partial humerus of a brachiosaurid dinosaur. This occurrence of Brachiosaurus sp. as the first for the state of New Mexico.

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  1. Hunt, Adrian P., 2001, A Brachiosaurid dinosaur (Saurischia: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of east-central New Mexico, in: Geology of the Llano Estacado, Lucas, Spencer G.; Ulmer-Scholle, Dana S., New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 52nd Field Conference, pp. 213-214. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-52.213