Preliminary report on paleontology of the Abo Formation, McLeod Hills, Sierra County, New Mexico
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Andrew B. Heckert Ph.D., Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Six fossil localities in the Abo Formation in the McLeod Hills of Sierra County, New Mexico, produce tetrapod body fossils (jaw of a sphenacodont pelycosaur), fossil plants (Calamites pith cast, Walchia and seed-fern foliar impressions) and tetrapod footprints of the ichnotaxa Batrachichnus delicatulus (Lull), d. Batrachichnus sp., Gilmoreichnus hermitanus (Gilmore), Dimetropus sp. and indeterminate reptilian ichnotaxa. These ichnotaxa O!;Cur in Abo red beds that lack intertongued marine facies and indicate persistence of the Batrachichnus-Dromopus ichnofacies from marine shorelines to facies well inland.
Preliminary report on paleontology of the Abo Formation, McLeod Hills, Sierra County, New Mexico
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- Publication
- Lucas, S.G., Hunt, A.P., and Heckert, A.B., (1995) Preliminary report on paleontology of the Abo Formation, McLeod Hills, Sierra County, New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 6 (Early Permian footprints and facies), p. 269- 275. (ISSN 1524-4156) Archived in NC DOCKS with permission of the editor. The version of record is available at: http://econtent.unm.edu/
- Language: English
- Date: 1995