Tularosa Locality is a fossil collection site in Otero, New Mexico, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Laborcita Formation, dated to the Wolfcampian (298.9–286 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as floodplain. Documented finds include Acanthodes, Edops, Platyhystrix rugosus, Ophiacodon, Sphenacodon ferox, Sphenacodon.

Geologic setting

Formation: Laborcita
Geologic interval: Wolfcampian
Age: 298.9–286 Ma
Depositional environment: "floodplain"
Recorded occurrences: 8

Locality notes

Locality lies 3.2km west of the town of Tularosa, Otero County. Sites from which fossils have been collected are scattered along a 20km NW-SE line at this point.

Fossils found here

Acanthodes

Acanthodii · Acanthodidae

Edops

Amphibia · Edopidae

Platyhystrix rugosus

Amphibia · Dissorophidae

Ophiacodon

Osteichthyes · Ophiacodontidae

Sphenacodon ferox

Osteichthyes · Sphenacodontidae

Sphenacodon

Osteichthyes · Sphenacodontidae

Edaphosaurus novomexicanus

Osteichthyes · Edaphosauridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 181077 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Tularosa Locality

Can you collect at Tularosa Locality?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Tularosa Locality?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.