NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Scientists are studying the 60-million-year-old remains of a very very early resident of New Mexico. "This was a tree dwelling mammal, weighing about 3 pounds. So it would've been bigger than your typical squirrel that you would see around here," said Dr. Thomas Williamson, Ne w Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Spring Fest returns to EXPO New Mexico Mixodecties punges lived about 4 million years after most of the dinosaurs died off. A skeleton was found near Farmington, which at the time was a tropical forest. The remains show traits similar to modern primates and Dr. Williamson said he had help tracking down the little critter. "I drove them up there on a weekend and we went fossil hunting. My kids were 10 years old at the time. They're twins. We were looking around, and one of them stumbled upon this site," said Dr. Williamson. The area between Farmington and Cuba is known as one of the best places in the world to find fossils from this ancient era. ...read more read less