Albuquerque Public Schools
Stop 1: Fossil Area
Find fossils of aquatic animals who lived in an ancient shallow sea that covered New Mexico.
Stop 1: Fossil Area
This area has cobbles of Pennsylvanian limestone full of fossils of marine animals – crinoids, brachiopods, bryozoans, corals, and sponges. These cobbles are loose deposits, not bedrock. The bedrock here is Triassic mudstone.
Close-up of a Bryozoan Fossil.
Learn more about animal fossils found by
downloading our Fossil Hunt Guide.
This page was last updated on:
February 11, 2022.