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Santa Rosa Formation, New Mexico

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The formation was first named as the Santa Rosa Sandstone by N.H. Darton in July 1919 but the report was not published until 1922. By then the name had already appeared in other publications. A type locality was not formally designated until 1972. In 1987,
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Beyl, Alexander; Nesbitt, Sterling; Stocker, Michelle R. (2 January 2020). "An Otischalkian dinosauromorph assemblage from the Los Esteros Member (Santa Rosa Formation) of New Mexico and its implications for biochronology and lagerpetid body size".
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were primarily to the south in the Tecolotito Member and northeast in the Tres Lagunas Member but are indeterminate in the Los Esteros Member.
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and divided the remaining beds into members. W.I. Finch and coinvestigators redesignated the unit as the Santa Rosa Formation in 1988.
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that has yielded a diverse fossil assemblage. Fish fossils include lungfish toothplates of
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deposit in lakes that formed due to local subsidence from dissolution of underlying
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Hager, Dorsey; Robitaille, A.E. (1919). "Oil possibilities in eastern New Mexico".
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Rich, J.L. (1921). "The stratigraphy of eastern New Mexico; a correction".
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In east-central New Mexico, the Los Esteros Member has also yielded a
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The formation is divided into (in ascending stratigraphic order) the
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California Chamber of Mines and Oil, Mining and Oil Bulletin
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and Adrian Hunt removed the lower sandstone beds into the
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Tecolotito Member, Los Esteros Member, Tres Lagunas Member
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New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin
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Dawn of the age of dinosaurs in the American southwest
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dinosauromorph assemblage that includes specimens of
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This member also includes a microvertebrate site in
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Santa Rosa Formation, New Mexico (the United States)
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(eds.). 7: 778: 694: 422:, which is primarily sandstone; the 706: 845:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14: 1145:Triassic formations of New Mexico 1052:Lucas, S.G.; Hunt, A.P. (1989). 1020:Lucas, S.G.; Hunt, A.P. (1987). 743:Beyl, Nesbitt & Stocker 2020 430:, which is primarily sandstone. 335: 328: 307: 300: 1079:U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 949:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.04.001 902:U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 881:U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 825:U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1: 857:10.1080/02724634.2020.1765788 524:dermopteric, and scales from 319:Show map of the United States 404:. The formation lies on the 1098:American Journal of Science 767:Hager & Robitaille 1919 511:Santa Fe County, New Mexico 1161: 803:Finch, Lupe & Ash 1988 370:that was deposited in the 18: 1140:Triassic geology of Texas 294: 108: 33: 632:History of investigation 1118:10.2475/ajs.s5-2.11.295 408:and is overlain by the 162:32 meters (105 ft) 410:Garita Creek Formation 400:with some interbedded 347:Show map of New Mexico 273:Santa Rosa, New Mexico 143:Garita Creek Formation 993:Kelley, V.C. (1972). 929:Earth-Science Reviews 923:Fröbisch, J. (2009). 872:Darton, N.H. (1922). 731:Hunt & Lucas 1995 683:Lucas & Hunt 1989 671:Lucas & Hunt 1987 643:Anton Chico Formation 406:Anton Chico Formation 153:Anton Chico Formation 437:sheets deposited by 360:Santa Rosa Formation 224:34.9620°N 104.6902°W 29:Santa Rosa Formation 21:Santa Rosa Formation 19:For other uses, see 1110:1921AmJS....2..295R 1081:. 1804-C: C19–C27. 1073:Lupe, R.D. (1988). 941:2009ESRv...95..119F 827:. 1804-C: C19–C27. 548:. Reptiles include 428:Tres Lagunas Member 220: /  35:Stratigraphic range 883:. 726-E: E173–E275 819:Ash, S.R. (1988). 424:Los Esteros Member 229:34.9620; -104.6902 530:, including from 356: 355: 1152: 1121: 1092: 1090: 1069: 1067: 1065: 1048: 1046: 1044: 1016: 1014: 1012: 999: 989: 987: 985: 971: 961: 952: 935:(3–4): 119–157. 919: 917: 892: 890: 888: 878: 868: 838: 836: 806: 800: 794: 788: 782: 776: 770: 764: 758: 752: 746: 740: 734: 728: 722: 716: 710: 704: 698: 692: 686: 680: 674: 668: 639:Spencer G. 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Santa Rosa Formation
Stratigraphic range
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Formation
Garita Creek Formation
Anton Chico Formation
Sandstone
mudstone
Conglomerate
Coordinates
34°57′43″N 104°41′25″W / 34.9620°N 104.6902°W / 34.9620; -104.6902
New Mexico
Texas
United States
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Santa Rosa Formation, New Mexico is located in the United States
Santa Rosa Formation, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
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