NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY · SPRING MEETING
Spring Meeting Abstracts
Explore research presented at the NMGS Annual Spring Meeting. Browse abstracts from 1983 onward, choose a meeting year, or open an abstract to read the full text.
Spring Meeting → Advanced search on the original NMGS site ↗
Browse by year
All years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983
Abstracts
A new genus of syncarid crustacean from the late Pennsylvanian (Missourian) Atrasado Formation of central New Mexico (abs.)
Allan J. Lerner1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque NM 87104 New Mexico’s fossil record contains two endemic
Brachiopods from the Red Tanks Formation (Madera Group) near the Pennsylvanian-Permian Boundary, Lucero Uplift, New Mexico (abs.)
Barry S. Kues Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Red Tanks Formation, of latest Pennsylvanian to earliest Permian age (or entirely latest Pennsylvanian by a recent proposal
Micropaleontology of the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Sloan Canyon Formation, northeastern New Mexico (abs.)
Andrew B. Heckert1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and K. K. Kietzke1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 We report here a diverse microfauna and flora
Taphonomy of the late Triassic Lamy Amphibian Quarry (Garita Creek Formation: Chinle Group), central New Mexico (abs.)
Kate E. Zeigler1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, U. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, kaerowyn@unm.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History,, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico,
The effect of welding and porosity on fault-zone structures in ignimbrite deposits: examples from the Bandelier Tuff, Los Alamos, New Mexico (abs.)
J. E. Wilson1, Laurel B. Goodwin1 and Claudia J. Lewis2 1Earth & Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, jenw@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-9, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 Characteristics of
Taxonomy and biostratigraphic significance of the Ornithischian dinosaur Revueltosaurus from the Chinle Group (Upper Triassic), Arizona and New Mexico (abs.)
Andrew B. Heckert New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Ornithischian dinosaur body fossils are extremely rare in Triassic rocks worldwide, and to date the
Oldest occurrence of the Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus whipplei Marcou, from the Cenomanian of central New Mexico (abs.)
Sally C. Johnson1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Virginia Friedman2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375 2Geosciences Dept., University of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Rd.,
A new late Puercan (early Paleocene) local fauna from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico – A preliminary report (abs.)
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Anne Weil2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Dept. of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, 08 Biological Sciences
Does the enigmatic tetrapod Ichnotaxon Barrancapus Cresapi from the Upper Triassic Bull Canyon Formation of east-central New Mexico represent the oldest Prosauropod trackway?
Adrian P. Hunt1, Spencer G. Lucas2 and Andrew B. Heckert3 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, 88401 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM,
Comparison of the tetrapod faunas inferred from osteological and ichnological data derived from lakeshore facies of the Upper Triaassic Redonda Formation, east-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, Lucas G. Spencer2, Martin G. Lockley3 and Andrew B. Heckert4 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, 88401 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road
Phytosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic Petrified Forest Formation, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Adrian P. Hunt1, Andrew B. Heckert2 and Spencer G. Lucas3 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, New Mexico, 88401 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico,
The biochronological and paleoecological significance of the Ornithischian Dinosaur Revueltosaurus Callenderi in the Upper Triassic of the American Southwest
Jeremiah Wright1, Adrian P. Hunt1 and Howard Beuhler1 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, New Mexico, 88401 Late Triassic omithischian dinosaurs are uncommon in North America. The largest and
Dinosaurs and volcanoes-A few Late Triassic vertebrate fauna from the Black Forest Bed, Petrified Forest National Park
Howard Beuhler1, Adrian P. Hunt1 and Jeremiah Wright1 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, New Mexico, 88401 During the last five years the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum has conducted the
Microvertebrate fossils from the Late Carnian Lamy Amphibian Quarry, east-central New Mexico
L. F. Rinehart1 and Andrew B. Heckert2 1New Mex. Mus. Nat. Hist. (NMMNH), 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, lrinehart@msn.com 2Dept. Earth & Plan. Sci., Univ New Mex., Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Lamy amphibian
A dinosaur-bearing microvertebrate fauna from the Upper Triassic Los Esteros Member, Santa Rosa Formation (Adamanian:Latest Carnian), central New Mexico
Andrew B. Heckert1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, heckerta@unm.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque, NM, 87101 We report here a
New occurrence of Trilophosaurus (Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of West Texas and its biochronological significance
Andrew B. Heckert1, Spencer G. Lucas2, K. Zeigler3 and Robert Kahle4 1Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences (E&PS), University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, heckerta@unm.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque,
Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Formation outlier, Harding County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Andrew B. Heckert2 1New Mex. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Dept. Earth & Planet. Sci., UNM, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 Upper Cretaceous strata
Avian and mammalian tracks from the Middle Miocene (Late Barstovian) Benavidez Ranch local fauna, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Gary S. Morgan1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 The middle Miocene (Late Barstovian) Cerro Conejo Member, Zia Formation on
New microvertebrate localities in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Anne Weil2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Dept. of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, 08 Biological Sciences
Late Pleistocene mammoths (Mammuthus Columbi) from Mesa Redonda, Quay County, east-central New Mexico
Gary S. Morgan1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Mark E. Gordon1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 In 1929, Robert Abercrombie discovered parts of at least five
~35 Ma volcanic and plutonic activity in southwestern New Mexico
V. T. McLemore1, W. McIntosh1, R. P. Esser1 and O. T. Ramo2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, ginger@gis.nmt.edu 2Geology Dept., FIN-00014 University. Helsinki, P.O. Box 64,,
Geochemistry of water and stream sediments in the upper Red River, Taos County, New Mexico
M. L. Jackson1, V. T. McLemore2 and B. M. Walker3 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, NMIMT, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NMIMT, 801 Leroy Place,
Geochemical observations of the Victorio Mountains mining district, Luna County, New Mexico
Kelly M. Donahue1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Andrew R. Campbell1 1E&ES Dept. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Geology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NMIMT, Socorro, NM, 87801 The
Genetic evolution of the magmatic hydrothermal breccia and stockwork veinlets of the Goat Hill orebody, Questa porphyry molybdenum system, New Mexico (abs.)
A. Rowe1, V. T. McLemore2, B. M. Walker3, D. Norman1 and N. Blamey1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, NMIMT, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NMIMT,