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Remnants of mammal fossils, as well as wood petrified over the ages, can be found eroding out of the sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone visible in the canyon today. Collection and study of these important fossils by permitted paleontologists helps document the evolution of many mammal species and contributes to our knowledge of the earth's history.
Angel Peak, a 7000-foot pinnacle capped by sandstone, is a prominent landmark near Bloomfield in northwestern New Mexico (Figure 2 ). Angel Peak National Recreation Area is located about 20 miles south of Bloomfield and can accessed via U.S. Highway 550.
Wind and water continue to sculpt the mudstone, siltstone and sandstone layers at Angel Peak, occasionally yielding new fossils. The fossilized remains of fish, lizards and crocodiles are embedded in the rock and petrified wood protrudes from the canyon walls.
You can see many kinds of fossils at Angel Peak Scenic Area: bones of animals, prints of leaves, and even whole branches and trunks of trees. If you are interested in fossils, you can collect a limited amount of fossils of plants, insects, shell and petrified wood on BLM land.
see around Angel Peak. The top layer you can see is mostly sandstone, much harder than the siltstones and mudstones below it. And as generations of animals and plants lived and died here, they were buried in the sand and silt, then preserved as fossils. Fossils You can see many kinds of fossils at Angel Peak Scenic Area – bones of
You can see many kinds of fossils at Angel Peak Scenic Area: bones of animals, prints of leaves, and even whole branches and trunks of trees. If you are interested in fossils, you can collect a limited amount of fossils of plants, insects, shell and petrified wood on BLM land.
The Angel Peak Scenic Area is a BLM recreation area located about 15 miles south of Bloomfield in San Juan County, New Mexico. The recreation area, more than 10,000 acres of rugged terrain, features Angel Peak (elevation 6,988 feet), colorful badlands and deep canyons.
