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Tijeras Canyon roadcuts

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: brachiopods, fusulinids.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Pennsylvanian Madera limestone cuts east of Albuquerque

Standard university and club collecting stops.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

highway traffic

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