New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting — Abstracts

We present here an electronic update of Kues and Lucas’ (1993) bibliography of New Mexico fossil vertebrates. The bibliography has been improved by indexing references by taxonomic groups covered as well as geological age (time periods or epochs.) References considered to contain only incidental information about New Mexico fossil vertebrates were deleted from the Kues and Lucas bibliography. The current bibliography was assembled using Thomson Reasearchsoft Endnote 7, references for the updated bibliography were compiled from personal Endnote libraries, Kues and Lucas (1993), personal bibliographies and curriculum vitae, Georef, New Mexico Geological Society guidebooks, and New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) bulletins. References from these were compiled onto one Endnote library, which will be made available from download on the NMMNHS Geosciences Collection’s website (www.nmfossils.org), and a searchable database of the bibliography will be also incorporated into that website.

The bibliography reflects the continued interest in fossil vertebrates from New Mexico, and contains more than 2000 references, a ~30% increase since 1992, the last year indexed by Kues and Lucas (1993). This reflects the ongoing work of the NMMNHS staff, associated volunteers, and University of New Mexico students, as well as researchers outside of the state. Areas of particular growth include the upper Paleozoic, particularly the Permo-Pennsylvanian footprint record, Late Triassic nonmarine tetrapod record, Jurassic Morrison Formation (particularly the Peterson Quarry), and the Neogene (particularly the Plio-Pleistocene). Cretaceous and Paleocene vertebrates from the San Juan Basin still comprise a substantial portion of the bibliography.