The Paleontology of North America

The Devonian in New Mexico, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Devonian Fossils

No slide show is available for the Devonian in New Mexico.

Paleontology and geology

A warm muddy sea covered much of southern and western New Mexico during the Devonian. Brachiopods, corals, ammonites, and other invertebrates flourished in the tropical waters. The dry land to the north left no rock or fossil record.
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