# List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Mexico

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New Mexico, U.S.

## Sites

| Group or Formation | Period |
| Abiquiu Formation | Neogene |
| Abo Formation | Permian |
| Abo Group/Cutler Formation | Permian, Carboniferous |
| Alamitos Formation | Carboniferous |
| Aleman Formation | Ordovician |
| Armendaris Group/Elephant Butte Formation | Carboniferous |
| Armendaris Group/Garcia Formation | Carboniferous |
| Armendaris Group/Whiskey Canyon Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Arroyo Penasco Group | Mississippian |
| Arroyo del Agua Formation | Permian |
| Atarque Sandstone | Cretaceous |
| Atrasado Formation | Pennsylvanian |
| Baca Formation | Paleogene |
| Bar B Formation | Carboniferous |
| Bell Canyon Formation | Permian |
| Bolander Formation | Carboniferous |
| Bone Spring Formation | Permian |
| Buda Limestone | Cretaceous |
| Bursum Formation | Carboniferous |
| Caballero Formation | Carboniferous |
| Camp Rice Formation | Pliocene-Pleistocene |
| Capitan Formation | Permian |
| Carthage Formation | Cretaceous |
| Chamita Formation | Neogene |
| Cherry Canyon Formation | Permian |
| Chinle Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Bluewater Creek Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Bull Canyon Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Garita Creek Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Pedro Arroyo Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Petrified Forest Member | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Redonda Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Salitral Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/San Pedro Arroyo Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Santa Rosa Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Sheep Pen Sandstone | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Sloan Canyon Formation | Triassic |
| Chinle Group/Trujillo Formation | Triassic |
| Colorado Group/Carlile Shale | Cretaceous |
| Colorado Group/Niobrara Formation | Cretaceous |
| Contadero Formation | Devonian |
| Crevasse Canyon Formation | Cretaceous |
| Cub Mountain Formation | Paleogene |
| Cutter Dolomite | Ordovician |
| Dakota Formation | Cretaceous |
| Dakota Formation | Cretaceous |
| Dakota Sandstone | Cretaceous |
| Dakota Group/Mesa Rica Sandstone | Cretaceous |
| Dakota Group/Pajarito Formation | Cretaceous |
| Dalton Sandstone | Cretaceous |
| Dawson Arkose | Paleogene |
| Del Norte Formation | Cretaceous |
| Diamond Trail Formation | Paleogene |
| Dockum Formation | Triassic |
| Dockum Group/Bull Canyon Formation | Triassic |
| Edith Formation | United States |
| El Cobre Canyon Formation | Pennsylvanian to Permian |
| El Paso Group/Cook Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Cooks Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Florida Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/José Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Mud Springs Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Mud Springs Mountain Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Padre Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Scenic Drive Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Sierrite Formation | Ordovician |
| El Paso Group/Victorio Formation | Ordovician |
| Finlay Formation | Cretaceous |
| Fite Ranch Sandstone | Cretaceous |
| Flechado Formation | Carboniferous |
| Fort Union Formation | Paleogene |
| Fruitland Formation | Cretaceous |
| Galisteo Formation | Paleogene |
| Garita Creek Formation | Triassic |
| Gila Formation | Neogene |
| Gila Conglomerate Formation | Pliocene – Pleistocene |
| Gray Mesa Formation | Pennsylvanian |
| Green Canyon Group/Apodaca Formation | Carboniferous |
| Green Canyon Group/Arrey Formation | Carboniferous |
| Greenhorn Limestone | Cretaceous |
| Gym Formation | Permian |
| Hart Mine Formation | Paleogene |
| Holder Formation | Carboniferous |
| Hueco Formation | Permian |
| Kelly Limestone | Carboniferous |
| Kirtland Formation | Cretaceous |
| La Pasada Formation | Carboniferous |
| Laborcita Formation | Permian |
| Lake Valley Formation | Carboniferous |
| Lewis Shale | Cretaceous |
| Madera Formation | Permian, Carboniferous |
| Madera Group/Wild Cow Formation | Carboniferous |
| Mancos Shale | Cretaceous |
| Mancos Group/Gullup Formation | Cretaceous |
| Manzano Formation | Permian |
| McRae Formation | Cretaceous |
| Menefee Formation | Cretaceous |
| Mesaverde Formation | Cretaceous |
| Mesaverde Group/Crevasse Canyon Formation | Cretaceous |
| Mesaverde Group/Menefee Formation | Cretaceous |
| Mesilla Valley Formation | Cretaceous |
| Mesilla Valley Shale | Cretaceous |
| Moenkopi Formation | Triassic |
| Mojado Formation | Cretaceous |
| Montoya Group/Aleman Formation | Ordovician |
| Montoya Group/Cutter Formation | Ordovician |
| Montoya Group/Second Value Formation | Ordovician |
| Moreno Hill Formation | Cretaceous |
| Morrison Formation | Jurassic |
| Mud Springs Group/Cuchillo Negro Formation | Carboniferous |
| Mud Springs Group/Fra Cristobal Formation | Carboniferous |
| Muleros Formation | Cretaceous |
| Nacimiento Formation | Paleogene, Cretaceous |
| Niobrara Formation | Cretaceous |
| Ojo Alamo Formation | Cretaceous |
| Onate Formation | Devonian |
| Osha Canyon Formation | Bashkirian |
| Palm Peak Formation | Paleogene |
| Palomas Formation | Neogene |
| Panther Seep Formation | Carboniferous |
| Percha Shale | Devonian |
| Pictured Cliffs Sandstone | Cretaceous |
| Pierre Shale | Cretaceous |
| Point Lookout Formation | Cretaceous |
| Popotosa Formation | Neogene |
| Puerco Formation | Paleogene |
| Raton Formation | Paleogene, Cretaceous |
| Red Tanks Formation | Pennsylvanian |
| Rincon Valley Formation | Neogene |
| Ringbone Formation | Cretaceous |
| Rubio Peak Formation | Paleogene |
| San Andres Formation | Permian |
| San Jose Formation | Paleogene |
| Sandia Formation | Pennsylvanian |
| Sandstone of Inman Ranch | Paleogene |
| Sangre de Cristo Formation | Permian |
| Santa Fe Formation | Neogene |
| Santa Fe Formation | Neogene |
| Santa Rosa Formation | Triassic |
| Second Value Dolomite | Ordovician |
| Seven Rivers Formation | Permian |
| Shalem Colony Formation | Permian |
| Sierra Ladrones Formation | Neogene |
| Sloan Canyon Formation | Triassic |
| Sly Gap Formation | Devonian |
| Smeltertown Formation | Cretaceous |
| Summerville Formation | Jurassic |
| Tansill Formation | Permian |
| Tererro Formation | Carboniferous |
| Tesuque Formation | Neogene |
| Throughgood Formation | Devonian |
| Todilto Formation | Jurassic |
| Travesser Formation | Triassic |
| Tucumcari Formation | Cretaceous |
| Wasatch Formation | Paleogene |
| Wild Cow Formation | Carboniferous |
| Yates Formation | Permian |
| Yeso Formation | Permian |
| Zia Formation | Neogene |