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
Hell Creek Fm. · named 1905
Tyrannosaurus rex
12 mCarnivoreLate Cretaceous
Hell Creek Fm. · named 1889
Triceratops
9 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Stegosaurus
9 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Allosaurus
9.5 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic
Kirtland Fm. · named 1922
Parasaurolophus
9.5 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Morrison Fm. · named 1878
Diplodocus
26 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Apatosaurus
22 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Chinle Fm. · named 1889
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