After visiting my crew out in Placitas (short drive from ABQ), I decided to stop at a BLM open space at the roadside. There is a supposed Upper Cretaceous section exposed here and I figured I would eat my lunch and go for a short walk. If there was an K section, it did not look the part...
...the surface of the slopes are covered with Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) rocks. I mosied along the trail, munching on a granola bar when I spotted some concretions and shale up a gully...
...and upon further inspection, an ammonite!
I quickly marched my coiled companion to the truck...back to work! There is definitely some Upper Cretaceous rocks here and well worth a return trip.
Planned or impromptu...happy hunting!
-P.