Dinosaurs found in
New Mexico
49 kinds of dinosaur have been found in New Mexico, United States, from 154 recorded finds. The best known are Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus.
Most of the fossils come from the Kirtland Formation, the Ojo Alamo Formation, the Fruitland Formation, the Chinle Formation and the Morrison Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from New Mexico
Tyrannosaurus rex
12 mCarnivoreLate Cretaceous
Triceratops
9 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Stegosaurus
9 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Allosaurus
9.5 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Parasaurolophus
9.5 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Diplodocus
26 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Apatosaurus
22 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Coelophysis
3 mCarnivoreLate Triassic
All 49 dinosaurs found in New Mexico
- Tyrannosaurus
- Triceratops
- Stegosaurus
- Allosaurus
- Parasaurolophus
- Diplodocus
- Apatosaurus
- Coelophysis
- Alamosaurus
- Camarasaurus
- Daspletosaurus
- Ornithomimus
- Torosaurus
- Gojirasaurus
- Pentaceratops
- Saurornitholestes
- Bistahieversor
- Stegoceras
- Nothronychus
- Zuniceratops
- Xenovenator
- Daemonosaurus
- Monoclonius
- Kritosaurus
- Ptychotherates
- Dynamoterror
- Prenocephale
- Suskityrannus
- Ahshislesaurus
- Sphaerotholus
- Dineobellator
- Ahshislepelta
- Paronychodon
- Nodocephalosaurus
- Sierraceratops
- Navajoceratops
- Bisticeratops
- Ziapelta
- Anasazisaurus
- Menefeeceratops
- Glyptodontopelta
- Eucoelophysis
- Terminocavus
- Invictarx
- Jeyawati
- Ornatops
- Krzyzanowskisaurus
- Naashoibitosaurus
- Tawa