This list of the prehistoric life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of MissouriSelected Paleozoic taxa of Missouri
- †Achatella
- †Achistrum
- †Acutimitoceras – tentative report
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris - †Amphiscapha
- † Ananias
- †Annularia
- †Anomphalus
- †Anthracoceras
Restoration of the Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Aphetoceras being preyed upon by a Cameroceras - †Aphlebia
- †Archeognathus – type locality for genus
- †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Athyris
- †Aulochiton – type locality for genus
- †Aviculopecten
- †Avonia
- †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon graphicus
- †Bellerophon jeffersonensis – type locality for species
- †Bembexia
- †Beyrichoceras
- †Bisatoceras
- †Bolbocephalus
- †Bumastus
Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites - †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Campbelloceras
- †Cardiocarpus
- †Cavusgnathus
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus - †Chelodes
- †Chonetes
- †Clarkoceras
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cliftonia
- †Coenocystis
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita - †Conocardium
- †Coolinia
- †Cordaicarpus
- †Cordaites
- †Cornuella – type locality for genus
- †Cornulites
- †Crania
- †Crepipora
- †Crepipora globulifera – type locality for species
- †Curtognathus
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cyrtoceras
- †Cyrtolites
- †Dalmanites
- †Deckera
- † Della
- †Dicoelosia
Illustration of the jaws of Dinichthys - †Domatoceras
- †Dorycordaites
- †Earlandia
- †Echinosphaerites
- †Edmondia
- †Ellesmeroceras
- Eocaudina
- †Eospirifer
- †Euomphalus
Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Fadenia - †Favosites
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gervillia
- †Glossina
- †Gnathodus
- †Gondolella
- †Halysites
- †Helcionopsis
- †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
- †Hindia
- †Holia – type locality for genus
- †Holopea
- †Hyolithes
- †Hypseloconus
- †Idiognathodus
- †Irvingella
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. - †Jeffersonia
- †Kendallina
- †Kirengella
- †Kirkella – type locality for genus
- †Lepidophyllum
- †Lingula
- †Liroceras
- †Matthevia
- †Maximites
- †Meristella
- †Meristina
- †Metacoceras
- †Murchisonia – tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis - †Naticopsis judithae – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis marthaae – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis scintilla – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis wortheniana – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer
- †Neuropteris
- Nucula
- †Oncagnostus
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian cartilaginous fish Orodus - †Orthoceras
- †Orygmaspis
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Palaeoniscus
- †Paradycheia – type locality for genus
- †Pecopteris
- †Phillipsia – tentative report
- †Phragmolites
- †Pinnularia
- †Platyceras
- †Pleurocystites
- †Plicochonetes
- †Polygnathus
- †Prioniodus
- †Proetus
- †Pseudopolygnathus
- †Pteridosperm
- †Pterotheca
Life restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Ptyctodus - †Quadratia
- †Receptaculites
- †Remopleurides
- †Robustum – type locality for genus
- †Robustum nodum – type locality for species
- †Rota
- †Shelbyoceras – type locality for genus
- †Sigillaria
- †Skenidioides
- Solemya
- †Spathognathodus
- †Sphaerocoryphe
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer - Spirorbis
- †Spyroceras
- †Strepsodiscus
- †Streptognathodus
- †Streptognathodus clarki – type locality for species
- †Strophomena
- †Subulites
- †Tarphyceras
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus - †Tryblidium
- †Vellamo
- †Whiteavesia
- †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
Mesozoic
- †Acteon
Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus - †Aenona
- †Albertosaurus
- †Ambigostrea
- Amuletum
- †Anatimya
- †Anchura
- †Anomia
- †Aphrodina
- Arrhoges
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites - †Bellifusus
- †Belliscala
- †Bullopsis
- Caestocorbula
- †Camptonectes
- †Caveola
- Cerithiella
- †Clavipholas
- Cliona
- †Clisocolus
Shell of a Corbula basket clam - Crassatella
- †Crenella
- Cucullaea
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymella
- †Cyprimeria
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites - †Drilluta
- †Eoacteon
- †Eoharpa
- †Eubaculites
- †Eufistulana
- †Eufistulina
- †Euspira
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - †Fulgerca
- Fusinus
- †Fusinus macnairyensis – or unidentified related form
- Glycymeris
- †Goniochasma – tentative report
- †Granocardium
- †Gryphaeostrea
- Gyrodes
- †Hamulus
- †Helicaulax
- Juliacorbula
- †Legumen
- †Leptosolen
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Liopeplum
- †Liopistha
- †Liothyris
- †Lowenstamia
- †Lycettia
- Malletia
- †Micrabacia
- †Morea
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus - †Naomichelys
- †Napulus
- †Nemocardium
- †Nemodon
- Nucula
- Nuculana
- †Opertochasma
- †Paladmete
- Panopea
- †Parmicorbula
- †Parrosaurus – type locality for genus
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya - †Pinna
- †Pleuriocardia
- †Praeleda
- †Protocardia
- Pseudomalaxis
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pyropsis
- †Scambula
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites - Serpula
- Striarca
- †Syncyclonema
- Tellina
- †Tellinimera
- †Tenea
- †Tenuipteria
- Trachycardium
- †Trobus
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella - †Unicardium
- †Urceolabrum
- †Veniella
- †Volutomorpha
- †Weeksia
Cenozoic
- Alligator
- †Arctodus
- Bison
- †Bootherium
- Bufo
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops - Canis
- Cnemidophorus
- Crotalus
- Dasypus
- Elaphe
- Equus
- Geomys
- Lepus
- †Mammut
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- Marmota
- †Megalonyx
- †Megalonyx jeffersonii – or unidentified comparable form
- Microtus
- †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- †Microtus pennsylvanicus
- †Mylohyus
- Neotoma
- Nerodia
- Ochrotomys
- †Ochrotomys nuttalli – or unidentified comparable form
- Odocoileus
- Panthera
A living Panthera onca, or jaguar
- †Platygonus
- Procyon
- Puma
- †Puma concolor – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rana
- Sceloporus
- Sciurus
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - Spermophilus
- Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- †Tanupolama
- †Tanupolama parvus – type locality for species
A living Tapirus, or tapir - Urocyon
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References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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