New fossil localities in the Verde Formation, Verde Valley, Arizona
Twenter FR. 1962. New fossil localities in the Verde Formation, Verde Valley, Arizona. Pages 109-114. In Author unknown: New Mexico Geological Society, Thirteenth Field Conference
This paper details fossil locations within the Verde Valley, Arizona; some locales are within Montezuma Castle National Monument; includes maps and a list of references cited. Very few fossils and fossil localities were known in the Verde Formation until a recent study of the Verde Valley by the United States Geological Survey. During this study, many new localities (Figs. 1, 2), some containing numerous and excellently preserved fossils (Fig. 3), were discovered. The purpose of this paper is to identify and generally describe some of the areas from which fossils have been collected or noted. A more complete collection and a thorough study of the fossils in the Verde Formation probably will reveal new evidence as to the age of the formation. At the time of this writing, identification of the fossils collected by the author was not complete. (Introduction copied verbatim from the proceeding paper.)