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2021
The Amado Event—a Glacio-Eustatic Signal Across the Middle-Late Pennsylvanian Boundary in Central and Southern New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Karl Krainer2, James E. Barrick3, Bruce D. Allen4, William A. DiMichele5 and Daniel Vachard6 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Institute of Geology, University
Vertebrate Micro-Faunal Assemblages of Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Harvester Ant) Hills in the Tocito Sandstone (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) of Sandoval County, New Mexico
Paul May1, Randy Pence1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, massagepaul@gmail.com Near Cabezon in Sandoval County, two prolific shark-tooth-dominated vertebrate fossil assemblages are present
Extensive Late Cretaceous (Coniacian), Mostly Marine Vertebrate Fossil Assemblages From the Southeastern San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Randy Pence1, Paul May1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, catclan@earthlink.net An extensive vertebrate faunal assemblage has been collected from anthills that have gathered
Southeastern New Mexico Subsurface Mapping Project
Alyssa Renee Baca1, Keith Diegel2, Robert Pine3, Colin Cikoski4, Katie Zemlick5 and Stacy Timmons6 1NMBGMR, 801 Leroy Pl #2424, Socorro, NM, 87801, alybaca@gmail.com 2NMT, 59 La Entrada, PO #2519, Los Lunas, NM, 87031 3Office of
A Study of Abandoned Mine Lands in New Mexico
Nicholas G. Harrison1, Virginia T. McLemore2, Marcus E. Silva3, Navid Mojtabai4 and John Asafo-Akowuah5 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Campus Station 3342, Socorro, NM, 87801, nicholas.harrison@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral
A “System of Systems” Approach to Regional Workforce Development
Dorian G. Newton Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. and Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B), 1200 Trinity Drive, Suite 150, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, dorian.newton1@hii-tsd.com Background: The mission of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office
Biostratigraphy/Ecostratigraphy of the Early Pennsylvanian Osha Canyon Formation at Guadalupe Box, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Patrick James Carey1, Spencer Lucas2 and Deborah Petrak Green 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 3605 Dakota Street NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110, raglandcarey@aol.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW,
Examining Potential Geochemical Indicators of Fenitization in Soil Samples Collected From the Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico
Virginia T. McLemore1 and Keith Diegel2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 870 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, virginia.mclemore@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Tech, PO Box 2519, Los Lunas, NM, 87031 Fenitization is an alkali
A New Testudinoid Turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87144, ajlichtig@gmail.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW A mostly
Fossil Turtles of New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87124, ajlichtig@gmail.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW New Mexico
The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracksite at Clayton Lake: Overview and Previous Studies
Spencer G. Lucas1, Althea M. Atherton2, Bryan Burns2, Melodi King2, Michael A. Kvasnak2, Amber Palmer2, Michael Pitula2, Tara Spurlock2, John Beltran2, John B. Rogers3, Richard P. Watson2 and Theresa Watson2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural
Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite – Surface Hydrology Analysis: Establishing a Baseline for Studies of Surface Erosion
(withdrawn) 1Central New Mexico Community College, 4700 Alameda Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113, mpitula@cnm.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 3Central New Mexico Community College, 525 Buena Vista