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This list of the prehistoric life of Nevada contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Nevada.

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada

• 

  †Acanthopyge
• †Acmarhachis
  • †Acmarhachis typicalis
• †Acodus
• †Acrothyra
• †Acutichiton
• †Adamsoceras
  • †Agnostotes clavata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Agnostus
• †Agoniatites
• †Amorphognathus
• †Amphiscapha
• †Ampyx – tentative report
• †Ampyx
• †Anabarella
• † Ananias
• †Anataphrus

• 

  †Anomalocaris
• †Anomphalus
  • †Anomphalus jaggerius – type locality for species
• †Apatolichas
• †Archaeocidaris
• †Athyris
  • †Athyris lamellosa
• †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Atrypa reticularis
• †Aulopora
• †Aviculopecten
• †Avonia
• †Bactroceras
• †Baltoceras

• 

  †Bathynotus
• †Bathyuriscus
• †Bellerophon
  • †Bellerophon needlensis – type locality for species
• †Benthamaspis
• †Biceratops – type locality for genus
• †Biciragnostus
• † Bija
• †Bimuria
• †Bolbocephalus – tentative report
• †Bolbolenellus
• †Bradyfallotaspis
• †Brevibelus
• †Bristolia
• †Brongniartella
• †Brunsia
• †Bumastus
• †Calymene
• †Calyptaulax
• †Camarotoechia

• 

  †Canadaspis
• †Cancelloceras
  • †Cancelloceras elegans – or unidentified comparable form
• †Caninia
• †Carinamala
• †Carolinites
• †Catenipora
• †Cavusgnathus
• †Cedaria
• †Ceratocephala – tentative report
• †Ceraurinella
• †Ceraurinus

• 

  †Ceraurus
• †Chancelloria
• †Chancia
• †Chonetes
  • †Chonetes logani
• †Cladochonus
• †Cladodus
• †Cleiothyridina
  • †Cleiothyridina ciriacksi
  • †Cleiothyridina deroissyi
  • †Cleiothyridina elegans
  • †Cleiothyridina orbicularis
• †Climacograptus
  • †Climacograptus innotatus
  • †Climacograptus phyllophorus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Cloacaspis
• †Coleoloides
• †Columnaria

• 

  †Composita
  • †Composita apheles – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Composita mexicana
  • †Composita mira
  • †Composita ovata
  • †Composita parasulcata
  • †Composita subquadrata
  • †Composita subtilita
  • †Composita trinuclea
• †Conchidium
• †Conocardium
• †Constellaria
• †Coosia
• †Cordylodus
• †Cornuodus
• †Cravenoceras
• †Culumbodina
• †Curtoceras
• †Cybelopsis
• †Cymbidium
• †Cypricardinia
• †Cyptendoceras

• 

  †Cyrtospirifer
  • †Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
• †Cystodictya
• †Dalmanites
• †Davidsonia
• Dentalium
• †Dicoelosia
• †Dictyonema
• †Didymograptus
• †Dimeropygiella
• †Diplograptus
• †Distomodus
• †Earlandia
• †Echinaria
• †Edmondia
• †Egania – type locality for genus
• †Ehmaniella
• †Elrathina
• †Emmonsia
• †Encrinuroides

• 

  †Encrinurus
• †Eospirifer
• †Epiphyton
• †Esmeraldina
• †Ethmophyllum
• †Euomphalus
• †Fallotaspis
• †Favosites
• †Fenestella
• †Flexicalymene
• †Fremontia
• †Geragnostus
• †Geraldinella
• †Girvanella
• †Glaphurochiton – tentative report
  • †Glyptagnostus reticulatus
• †Gnathodus
• †Gogia
• †Goniatites
• †Gracianella
• †Grandinasus
• †Gypospirifer
• †Halysites

• 

  †Helicoprion
• †Heliomera
• †Helminthochiton
• †Hintzeia
• †Holmiella
• †Homagnostus
• †Hunnebergia – tentative report
• †Hyolithellus
• †Hyolithes
• †Hypodicranotus
• †Iapetognathus
• †Icriodus
• †Illaenus
• †Ingria
• †Innitagnostus
• †Irvingella
• †Isograptus

• 

  †Isotelus
• †Jeffersonia
• †Kanoshia
• †Kawina
• †Komaspidella
• †Komia
• †Kootenia
• †Krausella
• †Lachnostoma
• †Ladatheca
• †Lehua
• †Leonardoceras
• †Leonaspis
• †Lingula

• 

  †Lingulella
• †Lonchodomas
• †Lotagnostus
  • †Lotagnostus trisectus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Martinia
• †Megalaspidella – tentative report
• †Megalaspides
• †Megistaspis
• †Meristella
• †Meristina
• †Metacoceras
• †Metaplasia
• †Michelinoceras
• †Micromitra
• †Microplasma
• †Modiolus
• †Monograptus
  • †Monograptus thomasi
  • †Monograptus yukonensis
• †Murchisonia
• †Nardophyllum

• 

  †Naticopsis
  • †Naticopsis glomerosa – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis inornata
  • †Naticopsis kaibabensis
• †Neospirifer
  • †Neospirifer cameratus
  • †Neospirifer dunbari
  • †Neospirifer goreii
  • †Neospirifer latus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neospirifer triplicatus
• †Nephrolenellus

• 

  †Nevadella
• †Nevadia
• †Niobe
• †Nisusia – tentative report
• †Noblella
• †Nuculoidea
• †Obolella
• †Obolus
• †Ogygopsis
• †Olenellus
  • †Olenellus fowleri – type locality for species
• †Olenoides
• †Olenus
• †Opipeuter
• †Orthoceras
• †Oryctocephalus
  • †Oryctocephalus indicus

• 

  †Ottoia
• †Oulodus
• †Ovatoryctocara – tentative report
• †Ozarkodina
• †Pachyphyllum
• †Paedeumias
• †Pagetia
• †Paladin
• †Palmettaspis – type locality for genus
• †Parafusulina
• †Paranevadella
• †Paterina
• †Peachella
• †Pelagiella
• †Pentamerus
• †Pentlandia

• 

  †Pentremites
• †Periodon
• †Permocalculus
• †Peronopsis
• †Perspicaris
• †Phacops
• †Phalacroma
• †Phillipsia
• †Phragmophora
• †Phyllograptus
• Pinna
• †Platyceras
• †Platycrinites
• †Platystrophia

• 

  †Pleurocystites
• †Polygnathus
  • †Polygnathus angusticostatus
  • †Polygnathus angustipennatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Polygnathus costatus
  • †Polygnathus eiflius
  • †Polygnathus linguiformis
  • †Polygnathus parawebbi
  • †Polygnathus pseudofoliatus
• †Posidonia
• †Prodentalium

• 

  †Proetus
• †Profallotaspis – tentative report
• †Protochonetes
• †Protospongia
• †Ptychagnostus
  • †Ptychagnostus atavus
• †Punka
• †Quadratia
• †Raymondaspis
• †Rayonnoceras

• 

  †Receptaculites
• †Remopleurides
• †Rensselaeria
• †Repinaella
• †Rhabdiferoceras – type locality for genus
• †Rioceras – tentative report
• †Rossodus – tentative report
• †Sabellidites
• †Sallya
• †Salterella
• †Schwagerina
• †Siphonodendron
• †Skenidioides
• †Sowerbyella
• †Spathognathodus
• †Sphaerocodium
• †Sphaerocoryphe
• †Sphenothallus
• †Spirifer
  • †Spirifer centronatus
  • †Spirifer opimus
  • †Spirifer rockymontanus
• †Spiriferina
• Spirorbis

• 

  †Stigmaria
• †Streptognathodus
• †Streptosolen
• †Stringocephalus
• †Strophomena
• †Stylonema – tentative report
• †Subulites
• †Syringopora
• †Tentaculites
• †Tetragraptus
• †Tetrataxis
• †Thoracocare
• †Triarthrus
• †Trinodus
• †Trocholites
• †Tuzoia
• †Tylonautilus
• †Uraloceras
  • †Uraloceras burtiense
  • †Uraloceras involutum
  • †Uraloceras nevadense – type locality for species

• 

  †Wanneria
• †Watsonella
• †Westergaardites
• †Worthenia
• †Wutinoceras
• Yoldia
• †Youngia – tentative report
• †Zacanthoides

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Nevada

• †Acrochordiceras – type locality for genus
• †Acrodus
  • †Acrodus alexandrae – type locality for species
  • †Acrodus cuneocostatus – type locality for species
  • †Acrodus oreodontus – type locality for species
  • †Acrodus spitzbergensis
  • †Acrodus vermicularis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Acuminatella

• 

  †Adocus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Alanites
  • †Alanites costatus – type locality for species
  • †Alanites mulleri – type locality for species
  • †Alanites obesus – type locality for species
• †Alsatites
• †Anaflemingites
• †Anagymnites
• †Anagymnotoceras
• †Anasibirites
  • †Anasibirites kingianus
• †Anatropites
• †Angulaticeras
• †Anolcites
• †Aplococeras
• †Arcestes
• †Arctoceras
• †Arctohungarites
• †Arctoprionites
• †Arenicolites
• †Aspenites
• Astarte
• Asteriacites
• Atrina

• 

  †Augustasaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Augustasaurus hagdorni – type locality for species
• †Avicularia
• †Balatonites
• †Birgeria
• †Calliconites
• Cardinia
• †Caucasorhynchia
• †Ceccaceras
• †Ceccaisculitoides
  • †Ceccaisculitoides elegans – type locality for species
• †Ceratites

• 

  †Ceratodus
• Chlamys
• †Chonespondylus
• †Claraia
  • †Claraia aurita
  • †Claraia clarai
  • †Claraia stachei
• †Colobodus
• †Coral
• Corbula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Coroniceras

• 

  †Cymbospondylus
  • †Cymbospondylus petrinus
  • †Cymbospondylus piscosus
• †Daonella
  • †Daonella americana – type locality for species
  • †Daonella dubia
  • †Daonella elongata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Daonella gabbi
  • †Daonella indica – or unidentified related form
  • †Daonella lindstroemi
  • †Daonella lommeli – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Daonella lommelli – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Daonella moussoni
  • †Daonella rieberi – type locality for species
  • †Daonella sturi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Daxatina
• †Decapod
• †Ellisonia – type locality for genus

• 

  †Encrinus
• †Epigondolella
  • †Epigondolella mosheri
• †Eremites
• †Frankites
• †Frechites
• †Germanonautilus
• †Gervillaria
• †Gervillia
• †Gondolella
  • †Gondolella carinita – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella denuda – or unidentified related form
  • †Gondolella eotriassica – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella milleri – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella nevadensis – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella planata – type locality for species
• †Goniatites – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Gryphaea
• †Grypoceras

• 

  †Gymnites
  • †Gymnites billingsi – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites calli – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites humboldti – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Gymnites perplanus – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites tozeri – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites tregorum – type locality for species
• †Gyrolepis – tentative report
• †Hybodus
• †Ichthyosaurus
• †Inyoites
  • †Inyoites oweni
• †Kraussodontus
• †Lecanites
• †Leiophyllites

• 

  †Leptolepis
• Limaria
• Lopha
• †Macroelongatoolithus
• †Meekoceras
  • †Meekoceras gracilitatis
• †Metapolygnathus
• †Metophioceras
• †Michelinoceras
• †Misikella

• 

  †Mixosaurus
• †Modiolus
• †Monophyllites
• †Myophoria
• †Mytilus
• †Naomichelys
• †Neogondolella
• †Neomegalodon
• †Neophyllites – or unidentified comparable form
• †Nerinea

• 

  †Omphalosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Omphalosaurus nevadanus – type locality for species
• †Ophiceras
• †Orthoceras
• Ostrea
• †Oulodus
• †Owenites
  • †Owenites koeneni
• †Oxytoma
• †Ozarkodina
• †Palaeospinax – tentative report
• †Paralepidotus – tentative report
• †Paranautilus

• 

  †Phalarodon
  • †Phalarodon fraasi
• Pholadomya
• Pinna
• †Plagiostoma
• †Planolites
• †Pleuronautilus
• Plicatula
• †Posidonia
• †Proclydonautilus
• †Protrachyceras
• †Psiloceras
• †Ptychites
• †Ptycholepis – tentative report
• †Rhacophyllites
• †Rhaetina
• †Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Saurichthys
• †Schlotheimia
• †Shonisaurus

  • 

    †Shonisaurus popularis
• †Sibyllonautilus
• †Sirenites
• †Solenopora
• †Spiriferina
  • †Spiriferina alia
  • †Spiriferina homfrayi – type locality for species
  • †Spiriferina roundyi
• †Stenopopanoceras
• †Sturia
• †Styrionautilus

• 

  †Thalattoarchon – type locality for genus
  • †Thalattoarchon saurophagis – type locality for species
• †Thamnasteria
• †Trichites
• †Trigonia
• †Tutcheria
• †Ussurites
• †Vermiceras
• †Vex
• †Wyomingites
• †Xenoceltites

• 

  †Xenodiscus

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nevada

• Abies
• Acer
• †Aelurodon

• 

  †Aepycamelus
  • †Aepycamelus bradyi – type locality for species
  • †Aepycamelus robustus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Aepycamelus stocki
• †Aesculus
• †Agriotherium
• †Agulla
  • †Agulla mineralensis – type locality for species
• †Aletomeryx
• †Alforjas
• Alnus
• Amelanchier
• †Amorpha
• †Anchitheriomys
• Antrozous
  • †Antrozous pallidus
• †Aphelops
• †Apis
  • †Apis nearctica – type locality for species
• Arbutus
  • †Arbutus menziesii
• †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• †Arctostaphylos
• †Astrohippus
• †Barbourofelis
  • †Barbourofelis fricki
• Bassariscus
• Betula
• †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  †Brachycrus
• Brachylagus
  • †Brachylagus idahoensis
• †Brachypsalis
• †Bumelia
• †Calocedrus
• †Camelops – tentative report
• Candona
• Canis
  • †Canis latrans
  • †Canis lepophagus
• †Carpocyon
• Carya
  • †Carya ovata
• Castanopsis
• Ceanothus
• Cedrela

• 

  †Ceratophyllum
• Cercis
• †Cercocarpus
• †Chamaebatia
• †Chamaecyparis
• Chara
• †Chrysolepis
• Cnemidophorus
  • †Cnemidophorus tigris
• Comptonia
• Cornus
• †Cosoryx
  • †Cosoryx furcatus
• Crataegus
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus atrox
  • †Crotalus viridis
• Crotaphytus
  • †Crotaphytus collaris

• 

  †Cuvieronius – tentative report
• †Desmatippus
• †Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form
• †Dinohippus
• †Diospyros
• Dipodomys
• †Dipoides
• †Diprionomys
• †Dromomeryx
  • †Dromomeryx borealis
• †Epicyon
• †Equisetum
• Equus
  • †Equus giganteus
  • †Equus idahoensis

  • 

    †Equus simplicidens
• †Eucastor
• †Euceratherium
  • †Euceratherium collinum
• †Eucyon
  • †Eucyon davisi
• Eugenia
• †Fraxinus
• Gambelia
• †Garrya
• †Gigantocamelus
• Glyptostrobus

• 

  †Gomphotherium
• Gopherus
  • †Gopherus agassizii
• †Gymnocladus
• †Helaletes
• Heloderma
  • †Heloderma suspectum
• †Hemiauchenia
  • †Hemiauchenia macrocephala – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hesperocamelus
• †Heteromeles
• †Hipparion
• †Hippotherium
• †Holodiscus
• Hydrangea
• †Hyopsodus
• †Hypohippus
• †Hypolagus
• †Hyrachyus
• †Ilingoceros
  • †Ilingoceros alexandrae – type locality for species

• 

  †Indarctos
• †Ischyrocyon
• Juglans
• Juniperus
• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
• Larix
• Lemmiscus
  • †Lemmiscus curtatus
• †Leptocyon
• †Leucothoe
• †Lithocarpus
• Lymnaea
• †Lyonothamnus

• 

  †Machairodus
• Mahonia
• †Mammut
  • †Mammut americanum
  • †Mammut matthewi
• Marmota
• Masticophis
  • †Masticophis flagellum
• †Mastodon
• †Megahippus
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx leptostomus
• †Megatylopus
• †Merychippus
• †Merychyus
• †Merycodus
• †Metalopex
• †Metatomarctus
• †Microtomarctus
• Microtus
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
• †Miopelodytes – type locality for genus
• †Monosaulax
• †Moropus
• Mustela
  • †Mustela nigripes
  • †Mustela nivalis
• Myotis
• †Neohipparion
• Neotoma
• †Notharctus
  • †Notharctus tenebrosus
• Notiosorex
• Odocoileus
• Ondatra
• Oreamnos
  • †Oreamnos americanus
• Ostrya
• Ovis
  • †Ovis canadensis
• †Pachystima
• †Paracamelus
• †Paracynarctus
• †Parahippus
• †Paratomarctus
• †Paronychomys
• †Peraceras
• Perognathus
• Peromyscus
• Phenacomys
• Phrynosoma
  • †Phrynosoma platyrhinos
• Picea
• Pinus
• Pituophis
  • †Pituophis catenifer
• Platanus

• 

  †Platygonus
• †Pleiolama
• †Pliauchenia
• †Pliohippus
• Populus
• †Procamelus
• †Protolabis
• †Protomarctus
• Prunus
• †Pseudaelurus
• †Pseudotsuga
• Pteridium
• Pterocarya
• Quercus
• †Rana
  • †Rana pipiens
• †Repomys
• †Rhamnus
• Rhododendron

• 

  †Rhynchotherium
• †Ribes
• †Robinia
• Rosa
• Salix
• †Satherium
  • †Satherium piscinarium
• Sauromalus
  • †Sauromalus obesus
• Scapanus
• Sciurus
• †Sequoiadendron
  • †Sequoiadendron chaneyi – type locality for species

• 

  †Sinopa
• †Sophora
• †Sorbus
• Sorex
• †Sparganium
• Spea
• Spermophilus
• Sphaerium
• †Steneofiber
• †Styrax
• †Subdromomeryx
  • †Subdromomeryx antilopinus – or unidentified related form
• †Symphoricarpos
• Tamias
• Taxidea
• Taxodium

• 

  †Teleoceras
  • †Teleoceras major
• Thomomys
• †Thuja
• †Ticholeptus
• Tipula
• †Tomarctus
  • †Tomarctus brevirostris
• †Torreya
• †Tsuga
• Typha
• Ulmus
• †Ursavus
• Ursus
  • †Ursus americanus
  • †Ursus arctos – or unidentified comparable form
• †Vaccinium
• †Viverravus
• Vulpes
• Zelkova

• 

  †Zygolophodon

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

• Paleontology in Nevada
• Lists of prehistoric life in the United States
• Nevada-related lists