Trilobites:
Ameropiltonia perplexa Brezinski, 2000
Brachymetopus indianwellensis Brezinski, 2000
Comptonaspis swallowi (Shumard, 1855)
Dixiphopyge
armata (Vogdes,
1891)
Griffithidella
caballeroensis
Brezinski, 2000
Kollarcephalus
granati Brezinski,
2000
Namuropyge
sp. A (in Brezinski, 2000)
Gen.
and sp. indet. (in Brezinski, 2000)
Lake
Valley Formation (Dona Ana, Arcente, Tierra Blanca, Nunn, Alamogordo, and
Andrecito Members), lower Mississippian, southern New Mexico:
Trilobites:
Australosutura llanoensis Brezinski, 1998
Australosutura sp. (in Brezinski, 2000)
Breviphillipsia semeretis Hessler, 1963
Griffithidella caballeroensis Brezinski, 2000
Griffithidella doris (Hall, 1860)
Hesslerides arcentensis Brezinski, 2000
Namuropyge newmexicoensis Brezinski, 2000
Namuropyge sp. B (in Brezinski, 2000)
Nunnaspis stitti Brezinski, 2000
Phillibole planucauda (Brezinski, 1998)
Piltonia
carlakertisae
Brezinski, 2000
Proetides
sp. (in Brezinski, 2000)
Pudoproetus
fernglenensis (Weller,
1909)
Thigriffides(?)
alamogordoensis Brezinski, 2000
Thigriffides
triangulatus
Brezinski, 2000
Thigriffides sp. (in Brezinski, 2000)
Brezinski
(2000) divided the lower Mississipian strata of New Mexico (Caballero and Lake
Valley Formations) into 3 trilobite faunas:
Comptonaspis
swallowi fauna (lowest,
in the Caballero Fm.):
Ameropiltonia perplexa Brezinski, 2000
Brachymetopus indianwellensis Brezinski, 2000
Comptonaspis swallowi (Shumard, 1855)
Dixiphopyge
armata (Vogdes, 1891)
Griffithidella
caballeroensis Brezinski,
2000
Kollarcephalus
granati Brezinski, 2000
Breviphillipsia
semeretis fauna
(Andrecito, Alamogordo, Nunn, and Tierra Blanca Members of the Lake Valley Fm.):
Australosutura
llanoensis Brezinski, 1998
Breviphillipsia
semeretis Hessler, 1963
Griffithidella doris (Hall, 1860)
Namuropyge newmexicoensis Brezinski, 2000
Nunnaspis stitti Brezinski, 2000
Phillibole planucauda (Brezinski, 1998)
Piltonia
carlakertisae Brezinski,
2000
Pudoproetus
fernglenensis (Weller, 1909)
Thigriffides(?)
alamogordoensis Brezinski, 2000
Hesslerides
arcentensis fauna
(lower Dona Ona, Arcente, and upper Tierra Blanca Members of the Lake Valley
Fm.):
Australosutura
sp. (in Brezinski, 2000)
Pudoproetus
fernglenensis (Weller, 1909)
Thigriffides
triangulatus Brezinski, 2000
REFERENCES:
Armstrong, A. K. (1958) The Mississippian of west-central New Mexico. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 5, 32 pp.
Brezinski,
D. K. (2000) Lower Mississippian
trilobites from southern New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 74, No. 6,
pp. 1043-1066
Brezinski,
D. K. (1999) The rise and fall of
late Paleozoic trilobites of the United States, Journal of Paleontology, Vol.
73, No. 2, pp. 164-175
OTHER trilobite-bearing formations in New Mexico:
We do not as yet have much information on these formations.
Kelly
Formation, Ladron Mountains, western New Mexico
“Phillipsia”
sp. (probably conspecific with Hesslerides arcentensis Brezinski, 2000)
References:
Armstrong,
A. K. (1958) The Mississippian of west-central New Mexico. New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 5, 32 pp.
Brezinski,
D. K. (2000) Lower Mississippian
trilobites from southern New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 74, No. 6,
pp. 1043-1066
Brezinski,
D. K. (1999) The rise and fall of
late Paleozoic trilobites of the United States, Journal of Paleontology, Vol.
73, No. 2, pp. 164-175
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San Andreas Formation, Permian, New Mexico
References:
Brezinski,
D. K. (2000) Lower Mississippian
trilobites from southern New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 74, No. 6,
pp. 1043-1066
Brezinski, D. K. (1999) The rise and fall of late Paleozoic trilobites of the United States, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 164-175
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