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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Virginia

• †Acmarhachis
• †Amplexopora
• †Ampyx

• 

  †Archimedes
• †Arthrorhachis
• †Athyris
  • †Athyris lamellosa
• †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa reticularis
• †Aulopora
• †Aviculopecten
• †Bassleroceras
• †Bellerophon
  • †Bellerophon spergensis – tentative report
• †Bimuria
• †Blountiella

• 

  †Bothriolepis
• †Bumastus
  • †Bumastus lioderma – or unidentified comparable form
• †Callixylon
• †Calymene
• †Calyptaulax
• †Camarotoechia
  • †Camarotoechia contracta
• †Campbelloceras
• †Cardiopteris
• †Ceratocephala
• †Ceratopsis
• †Ceraurinella – type locality for genus
• †Ceraurus
• †Chasmatopora
• †Chonetes
  • †Chonetes chesterensis
  • †Chonetes novascoticus
• †Christiania

• 

  †Cincinnetina
  • †Cincinnetina meeki
  • †Cincinnetina multisecta
• †Clarkoceras – tentative report
• †Cleiothyridina
  • †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa – or unidentified comparable form
• †Climacograptus
• †Coleoloides
• †Columnaria
• †Composita
  • †Composita subquadrata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Conocardium
• †Constellaria
• †Coosia
• †Coosina
• †Cornulites
  • †Cornulites flexuosus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Craniops
• †Crepicephalus
• †Cryptophragmus

• 

  †Cyrtoceras
• †Cyrtospirifer
• †Cystodictya
  • †Cystodictya lineata
• †Dakeoceras
• †Dalmanites – or unidentified comparable form
• †Diplograptus
• †Echinosphaerites
• †Edmondia
• †Encrinuroides
• †Eophacops
• †Epiphyton

• 

  †Ethmophyllum
• †Favosites
• †Fletcheria – tentative report
• †Flexicalymene
  • †Flexicalymene senaria
• †Foerstia
• †Girvanella
• †Glauconome
• †Gonioceras
• †Hallopora
• †Helcionella
• †Heliomeroides
• †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
• †Holia
• †Holopea
• †Homagnostus
• †Hyolithellus
• †Hyolithes
• †Hypseloconus
• †Illaenus

• 

  †Isotelus
  • †Isotelus maximus
• †Kingstonia
• †Kionoceras
• †Komaspidella
• †Kootenia
• †Krausella
• †Kutorgina
• †Labyrinthus
• †Latouchella

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  †Lepidodendron
• †Levisoceras
• Lingula
• †Lingulella – tentative report
• †Llanoaspis
• †Lonchodomas
• †Maryvillia
• †Meteoraspis
• †Michelinoceras
• †Microplasma
• †Miraspis
• †Naticopsis
• †Niobe
• †Nisusia
• Nucula
• †Odontopleura
• †Olenellus
• †Olenoides
• †Orthoceras
• †Oulodus
• †Ozarkodina
• †Pagetia
• †Paractinoceras
• †Paterina
• †Pemphigaspis

• 

  †Pentremites
• †Phillipsia
• †Phragmolites
• †Phylloporina
• Pinna
• †Plaesiomys
• †Platyceras
• †Platystrophia
• †Plectoceras
• †Posidonia
• †Proetus
• †Protobarinophyton
• †Raymondaspis

• 

  †Receptaculites
• †Remopleurides
• †Rhodea
• †Rothpletzella
• †Salterella
• †Siphonodella
• †Skenidioides
• Solemya
• †Solenopora
  • †Solenopora compacta
• †Sowerbyella
• †Spathognathodus
• †Sphaerexochus
• †Sphaerocoryphe
• †Spirifer
• †Spyroceras
• †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena filitexta
  • †Strophomena incurvata
• †Subligaculum
• †Subulites
• †Syringopora

• 

  †Tentaculites
• †Terranovella
• †Tetradium
• †Tricrepicephalus
• †Trinodus
• Trypanites
• †Wilkingia

Mesozoic

• †Abietites – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Abietites longifolius
• †Acrostichites
  • †Acrostichites linnaeaefolius
• †Agrestipus – type locality for genus
  • †Agrestipus hottoni – type locality for species
• †Alisporites
  • †Alisporites aequalis
• †Amblydactylus
  • †Amblydactylus gethingi
• †Anchisauripus
  • †Anchisauripus parallelus

• 

  †Anomoepus
• †Appomatoxia – type locality for genus
  • †Appomatoxia ancistrophora – type locality for species
• † Aquia – type locality for genus
• † Aquia
  • †Aquia brookensis – type locality for species
• Aralia
  • †Aralia dubia
• †Aratrisporites
  • †Aratrisporites scabratus
• †Araucarites
  • †Araucarites aquiensis
• †Arcellites
  • †Arcellites disciformis
  • †Arcellites pyriformis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Athrotaxis
  • †Athrotaxis ungeri – or unidentified comparable form
• †Athrotaxopsis
• †Atreipus
  • †Atreipus milfordensis
• †Auriculophora
  • †Auriculophora acrostichoides
• †Boreogomphodon – type locality for genus
  • †Boreogomphodon jeffersoni – type locality for species
• †Brachyphyllum
  • †Brachyphyllum crassicaule
• †Brenneria – type locality for genus
  • †Brenneria potomacensis – type locality for species
• †Brennerispermum – type locality for genus
  • †Brennerispermum potomacensis – type locality for species

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  †Brontopodus
  • †Brontopodus birdi
• †Caririchnium
  • †Caririchnium leonardii
• †Carpestella – type locality for genus
  • †Carpestella lacunata – type locality for species
• †Chirotherium
  • †Chirotherium lulli
  • †Chirotherium parvum
• Cladophlebis
  • †Cladophlebis auriculata
  • †Cladophlebis constricta
  • †Cladophlebis mexicana
• †Classopollis
• †Clathropteris
  • †Clathropteris meniscoides
• †Colpectopollis
  • †Colpectopollis ellipsoideus
• †Crudia
  • †Crudia grahamiana – type locality for species
• †Crybelosporites
  • †Crybelosporites striatus
• †Cyathocaulis
  • †Cyathocaulis carolinensis
• †Cyathoforma
  • †Cyathoforma carolinensis
  • †Cyathoforma minuta
  • †Cyathoforma penticarpa
• †Danaeopsis
  • †Danaeopsis virginiensis
• †Decussosporites
  • †Decussosporites microreticulatus
• †Delosorus
  • †Delosorus heterophyllus
• †Dichotozamites
  • †Dichotozamites cycadopsis
• Dicotylophyllum
  • †Dicotylophyllum ovatodecurrens – type locality for species
• Dicranopteris
• †Dictyophylum
• †Dictyopygae
• †Dictyothylakos
  • †Dictyothylakos pesslerae
• †Diplurus

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  †Doswellia – type locality for genus
  • †Doswellia kaltenbachi – type locality for species
• †Drewria
• †Echitriletes
  • †Echitriletes lanatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Emydhipus – or unidentified related form
• †Equisetites
  • †Equisetites milleri
  • †Equisetites richmondensis
  • †Equisetites rogersii
• †Equisetum
  • †Equisetum lyellii – or unidentified comparable form
• †Erlansonisporites
  • †Erlansonisporites erlansonii

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  †Eubrontes
  • †Eubrontes approximus
  • †Eubrontes giganteus
• †Eucommiidites
• †Euscolosuchus – type locality for genus
  • †Euscolosuchus olseni – type locality for species
• †Exesipollenites
• †Ficophyllum
  • †Ficophyllum crassinerve
• †Gleichenites
  • †Gleichenites distans
• †Gomphiosauridion – type locality for genus
  • †Gomphiosauridion baileyae – type locality for species

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  †Grallator
  • †Grallator cuneatus
  • †Grallator formosus
• †Gregaripus
• †Gwyneddichnium
  • †Gwyneddichnium majore
• †Gypsichnites
  • †Gypsichnites pacensis
• †Hypsiloichnus
  • †Hypsiloichnus marylandicus
• †Isoetodendron
  • †Isoetodendron striata
• †Juglandiphyllum
  • †Juglandiphyllum integrifolium
• †Kayentapus
  • †Kayentapus minor
• †Kenella – or unidentified related form
• †Lagenella
  • †Lagenella martinii
• †Landonia
  • †Landonia calophylla – or unidentified comparable form
• †Lapposisporites
  • †Lapposisporites loricatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Leptocyclotes
  • †Leptocyclotes americana

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  †Lissodus
• †Lonchopteris
  • †Lonchopteris oblonga
• †Lunatisporites
  • †Lunatisporites acutus
• †Macrotaeniopteris
  • †Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis
  • †Macrotaeniopteris magnifolia
• †Megalosauropus
• †Mertensides
  • †Mertensides bullatus
• †Microconodon
  • †Microconodon tenuirostris
• †Nageiopsis
  • †Nageiopsis longifolia
• †Nelumbites
  • †Nelumbites extenuinervis – type locality for species
  • †Nelumbites minimus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Neocalamites
  • †Neocalamites delawarensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neocalamites knowltonii
  • †Neocalamites virginiensis
• †Onychopsis
  • †Onychopsis latiloba
• †Ornithomimipus
  • †Ornithomimipus angustus

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  †Osmundites
  • †Osmundites winterpockensis
• †Ovalipollis
  • †Ovalipollis ovalis
• †Pabiania – or unidentified related form
• †Patinasporites
  • †Patinasporites densus
• †Paxillitriletes
• †Pecopteris
  • †Pecopteris rarinervis
• †Phlebopteris
  • †Phlebopteris smithii – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pityopollenites
  • †Pityopollenites neomundanus
• †Platanocarpus
  • †Platanocarpus brookensis – type locality for species
• †Platanophyllum
  • †Platanophyllum crassinerve
• †Plesiornis
  • †Plesiornis pilulatus
• †Plicarizamites
  • †Plicarizamites lanceolatus
• †Podozamites
  • †Podozamites acutifolius
  • †Podozamites lanceolatus
  • †Podozamites tenuistriatus
• †Populophyllum
  • †Populophyllum crassinerve
• †Potomacanthus
  • †Potomacanthus lobatus
• †Primaraucaria
  • †Primaraucaria wielandii
• †Protodiploxypinus
  • †Protodiploxypinus doubingeri
• †Protohaploxypinus
• †Pseudofrenelopsis
  • †Pseudofrenelopsis nathorstiana – type locality for species
  • †Pseudofrenelopsis parceramosa
• †Pteridocaulis
  • †Pteridocaulis facialis
  • †Pteridocaulis rhombiformis
• †Pterophyllum
  • †Pterophyllum affine
  • †Pterophyllum braunianum
  • †Pterophyllum descussatum
  • †Pterophyllum giganteum
  • †Pterophyllum grandifolium
  • †Pterophyllum taxinum
  • †Pterophyllum tenuinervis
• †Ptycholepis
  • †Ptycholepis marshi
• †Redfieldius
• †Rothwellia – type locality for genus.
  • †Rothwellia foveata – type locality for species

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  †Rutiodon
  • †Rutiodon manhattanensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sagenopteris
  • †Sagenopteris rhoifolia
• †Sanmiguelia – tentative report
• †Sapindopsis
  • †Sapindopsis – or unidentified comparable form magnifolia/variabilis – informal
  • †Sapindopsis minutifolia – type locality for species
  • †Sapindopsis obtusifolia
• Sassafras
  • †Sassafras bilobata

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  †Sphenobaiera
  • †Sphenobaiera striata
• †Sphenolepis
  • †Sphenolepis sternbergiana
• †Sphenopteris
  • †Sphenopteris lobata
  • †Sphenopteris sitholeyi
• †Sphenozamites
  • †Sphenozamites rogersianus
• †Stangerites
  • †Stangerites obliqua
  • †Stangerites planus

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  Sterculia
  • †Sterculia elegans
• †Sulcatisporites
  • †Sulcatisporites kraeuseli
• †Taeniopteris
  • †Taeniopteris diminuta
• †Tetrapodosaurus
  • †Tetrapodosaurus borealis
• †Thodaya – type locality for genus. Preoccupied.
  • †Thodaya sykesiae – type locality for species
• †Thylakosporites
  • †Thylakosporites retiarius
• †Trassiflorites
  • †Trassiflorites grandiflora
• †Triadispora
  • †Triadispora modesta
  • †Triadispora verrucata
• †Uatchitodon – type locality for genus
  • †Uatchitodon kroehleri – type locality for species
• †Ulmiphyllum
  • †Ulmiphyllum crassinerve
• †Vallasporites
  • †Vallasporites ignacii
  • †Vallasporites perspicuus
• †Verrutriletes
  • †Verrutriletes carbunculus
• †Virginianthus – type locality for genus
  • †Virginianthus calycanthoides – type locality for species
• †Watsoniocladus – type locality for genus
  • †Watsoniocladus florinii – type locality for species
  • †Watsoniocladus obatae
  • †Watsoniocladus pseudoexpansum
  • †Watsoniocladus ramonensis
  • †Watsoniocladus valdensis
  • †Watsoniocladus virginiensis – type locality for species
• †Xenodiphyodon – type locality for genus
  • †Xenodiphyodon petraios – type locality for species
• †Zamiostrobus
  • †Zamiostrobus lissocardius
  • †Zamiostrobus triasiccus

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  †Zamites
  • †Zamites buchianus
  • †Zamites powellii

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Virginia

• Abies
• †Abra
• Acanthocybium
• Accipiter

  • 

    †Accipiter striatus
• Acipenser
• Acmaea
• Acteocina
• Acteon
• †Actinocyclus
• Actitis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Actitis macularia
• †Adeorbis
• Aegolius
  • †Aegolius acadicus
• Aequipecten
• Aetobatus
• Aetomylaeus
• Agelaius
  • †Agelaius phoeniceus

• 

  †Aglaocetus
• †Aglyptorhynchus
• Albula
• Alca
  • †Alca torda – or unidentified comparable form
• Alces – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Alces alces

• 

  †Allaeochelys
• Alnus
• Alopias
• Aluterus
• †Ambystoma
• Amia
• Ammonia
  • †Ammonia tepida
• †Amonia
• †Ampelopsis
• Amyda – or unidentified comparable form
• Anachis
• Anadara
  • †Anadara ovalis

  • 

    †Anadara transversa
• Anas
  • †Anas crecca
  • †Anas discors
  • †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
• Anguilla
• †Anguispira
  • †Anguispira alternata
• Angulus
• Anomia
  • †Anomia simplex
• †Anomotodon

• 

  Anoxypristis
• †Anthus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Anthus spinoletta
• Aporrhais
• Arbacia
• †Archaeohippus
• †Archaeomanta
• Architectonica

• 

  †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• Argobuccinum
• Argopecten
  • †Argopecten gibbus
• Arius – tentative report
• Asio
  • †Asio flammeus – or unidentified comparable form
• Astarte
  • †Astarte castanea
• Astrangia
  • †Astrangia danae
• Astyris
  • †Astyris lunata
• Athleta
• Balaena
• Balaenoptera

• 

  †Balaenotus
• Balanophyllia
• Balanus
  • †Balanus improvisus
• Barbatia
• Barnea
• Bartramia
  • †Bartramia longicauda
• †Basilotritus
• Betula
• Bison
  • †Bison bison
• Bittiolum
  • †Bittiolum alternatum
• Blarina
  • †Blarina brevicauda
• †Bohaskaia – type locality for genus
  • †Bohaskaia monodontoides – type locality for species
• †Bolcyrus – or unidentified comparable form
• Bombycilla
  • †Bombycilla cedrorum
• Bonasa
  • †Bonasa umbellus
• †Bootherium

  • 

    †Bootherium bombifrons
• Boreotrophon
• Bos
  • †Bos taurus
• Bostrycapulus
  • †Bostrycapulus aculeatus
• Botaurus
  • †Botaurus lentiginosus
• Brachidontes
• Branta
  • †Branta bernicla
• †Brevoortia
• †Brychaetus
• Bubo

  • 

    †Bubo virginianus
• Buccella
• Buccinum
  • †Buccinum undatum
• Bucephala
  • †Bucephala albeola
• Bufo
  • †Bufo woodhousei
• †Burnhamia
• Busycon
  • †Busycon carica
  • †Busycon contrarium
• Busycotypus
  • †Busycotypus canaliculatus
• Buteo

  • 

    †Buteo jamaicensis
  • †Buteo lineatus
  • †Buteo platypterus
• Cadulus
• Caecum
  • †Caecum cooperi
• Caestocorbula
• †Calippus
• Calliostoma
• †Callippus
• Callista
• Calonectris
• Cambarus
  • †Cambarus bartonii – or unidentified comparable form
• †Canarium
• Cancellaria
• Cancer
  • †Cancer irroratus
• Canis

  • 

    †Canis dirus
  • †Canis latrans
  • †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
• Cantharus
• Canthon
• Capella
  • †Capella gallinago
• Carcharhinus
• Carcharias
• Carcharodon
  • †Carcharodon hastalis
• Carditamera
• †Carolinochelys
  • †Carolinochelys wilsoni
• Carphophis
  • †Carphophis amoenus
• Carya
• Castor
  • †Castor canadensis

• 

  †Castoroides
  • †Castoroides ohioensis
• Catharus
• †Catinella
• Catoptrophorus
  • †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
• †Catostomus
• Celtis
  • †Celtis occidentalis
• Cerithiopsis
  • †Cerithiopsis greenii
• Certhia
  • †Certhia familiaris
• †Cervalces – tentative report
  • †Cervalces scotti
• Cervus
  • †Cervus elaphus
• Cetorhinus

• 

  †Cetotherium
• Chaetura
  • †Chaetura pelagica
• Chama
  • †Chama congregata
• Charadrius
  • †Charadrius vociferus
• Chelydra
  • †Chelydra serpentina
• †Chesapecten

  • 

    †Chesapecten jeffersonius
• Chione
  • †Chione cancellata
• Chlamys
• †Chordeiles
  • †Chordeiles minor
• Cibicides
• Cingula
• Circulus
• Cirsotrema
• Cistothorus
  • †Cistothorus platensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Clavus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Clethrionomys
  • †Clethrionomys gapperi

• 

  Cliona
• Coccyzus
• Colaptes
  • †Colaptes auratus
• Colinus
  • †Colinus virginianus
• Coluber
  • †Coluber constrictor
• †Columella
• Colus
  • †Colus pygmaeus
• Condylura
  • †Condylura cristata
• Contopus
  • †Contopus virens
• Conus

• 

  Corbula
• Corvus
  • †Corvus brachyrhynchos
• Cotonopsis
  • †Cotonopsis lafresnayi
• †Coupatezia
  • †Crassinella lunulata
• Crassostrea
  • †Crassostrea virginica
• Crepidula
  • †Crepidula convexa
  • †Crepidula fornicata
  • †Crepidula plana

• 

  †Cretolamna
  • †Cretolamna appendiculata
• Crocodylus
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus adamanteus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Crotalus horridus
• Crucibulum
  • †Crucibulum striatum
• Cryptobranchus

  • 

    †Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
• †Cryptogramma
  • †Cryptosula pallasiana
• Cryptotis
  • †Cryptotis parva
• Cucullaea
• Cumingia
• Cupuladria
• Cyanocitta
  • †Cyanocitta cristata
• Cyclocardia
  • †Cyclocardia borealis

• 

  †Cyclopoma
• Cylichna
• †Cylindracanthus
• Cymatosyrinx
• †Cynelos
• Cynoscion
  • †Cyrtopleura costata
• Dasyatis
• Dasypus

  • 

    †Dasypus bellus – or unidentified comparable form
• Dendrocopos
• †Dendroica – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Dendroica coronata
• Dentalium
• Dentimargo
  • †Dentimargo aureocinctus
• Desmognathus
• Diadophis
• Dicaelus
• Dinocardium
  • †Dinocardium robustum
• Diodora
• †Diorocetus

• 

  †Diplocynodon
  • †Diplodonta punctata
• Discinisca
• †Discoaster
• Discus
  • †Discus catskillensis
• †Dolicholatirus
• †Dolichonyx – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Dolichonyx oryzivorus
• Donax

  • 

    †Donax variabilis
• Dosinia
  • †Dosinia discus
• Dryocopus
  • †Dryocopus pileatus
• Echinocardium
• Echinorhinus
• †Ecphora
  • †Ecphora gardnerae
• †Ectopistes
  • †Ectopistes migratorius
• †Egertonia
• Elaphe
  • †Elaphe guttata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Elaphe obsoleta – or unidentified comparable form
• Electra
• Elphidium
• †Empidonax
• Ensis
  • †Ensis directus

• 

  †Eobalaenoptera – type locality for genus
  • †Eobalaenoptera harrisoni – type locality for species
• †Eosphargis
• †Eosuchus
  • †Eosuchus lerichei
• Epitonium
  • †Epitonium humphreysii
• Eptesicus
  • †Eptesicus fuscus
• Equus
  • †Equus fraternus
• Eremophila
  • †Eremophila alpestris
• Erethizon

  • 

    †Erethizon dorsatum
• Erolia
• Eschrichtius
  • †Eschrichtius robustus
• Esox
  • †Esox americanus – or unidentified comparable form
• Eulima
• Eumeces
  • †Eumeces laticeps – or unidentified comparable form
• Eupleura
  • †Eupleura caudata

• 

  †Eurhinodelphis
  • †Eurhinodelphis longirostris
• Euspira
  • †Euspira heros
• Eutamias
  • †Eutamias minimus
• Euvola
• Falco
  • †Falco sparverius
• Felis
  • †Felis domesticus
• Ficus
• Flabellum
• Fossarus
• Fusinus
• Gadus

• 

  Galeocerdo
  • †Galeocerdo aduncus
  • †Galeocerdo contortus
• Galeodea
• Galeorhinus
• Galerita
  • †Galerita bicolor – or unidentified comparable form
• Gallinula
  • †Gallinula chloropus
• Gari
• Gastrochaena
• Gastrocopta
  • †Gastrocopta armifera
  • †Gastrocopta contracta
• Gavia

• 

  †Gavialosuchus
• Gemma
  • †Gemma purpurea
• Genota – or unidentified comparable form
• Geomys
• Geukensia
  • †Geukensia demissa
• Gibbula – tentative report
• Ginglymostoma
• Glaucomys

  • 

    †Glaucomys sabrinus
• Globigerina
• Globulina
• Glossus
• Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris americana
• Granulina
• Grus
  • †Grus americana
• †Hadrodelphis – or unidentified comparable form
• Halichoerus

  • 

    †Halichoerus grypus
• Hastula
• Helicodiscus
  • †Helicodiscus parallelus
• Hemipristis
  • †Hemipristis serra
• Heterodontus
• Hexanchus
• Hiatella
  • †Hiatella arctica
• Hipponix

• 

  †Homogalax – or unidentified related form
• Hydrobia
  • †Hydrobia truncata
• Hydroides
• Hyla
  • †Hyla crucifer – or unidentified comparable form
• Hylocichla
• †Hyopsodus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hyposaurus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Icterus – or unidentified comparable form

  • 

    †Icterus spurius
• Ilyanassa
  • †Ilyanassa obsoleta
  • †Ilyanassa trivittata
• Ischadium
  • †Ischadium recurvum
• Isistius
• Isognomon
• Istiophorus
• Isurus
• Junco
  • †Junco hyemalis

• 

  †Kentriodon
• Kuphus
• Kurtziella
  • †Kurtziella cerina
• Lagena
• †Lagopus
  • †Lagopus mutus – or unidentified comparable form
• Lamna
• Lampropeltis
• Larus

  • 

    †Larus hyperboreus
• Lasiurus
  • †Lasiurus borealis
• Latirus
• Lepisosteus
• †Leptophoca
  • †Leptophoca lenis
• †Leptoxis
  • †Leptoxis carinata
• Lepus

  • 

    †Lepus americanus
• Libinia
  • †Libinia dubia
  • †Libinia emarginata
• †Limosa – or unidentified comparable form
• Linga
  • †Lingulodinium machaerophorum
• Litiopa
• Littoraria
  • †Littoraria irrorata
• Lontra
  • †Lontra canadensis

• 

  Lophius
• Lophodytes
  • †Lophodytes cucullatus
• Lopholatilus
• Loxia
• Lucina
• Lunatia
• Lymnaea
• Lynx

  • 

    †Lynx rufus – or unidentified comparable form
• Lyonsia
• Macoma
  • †Macoma balthica
  • †Macoma tenta
• Macrocallista
• Makaira
  • †Makaira nigricans – or unidentified comparable form
• †Mammut
  • †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
  • †Mammuthus columbi

  • 

    †Mammuthus primigenius
• †Margaritaria
• Marginella
• Marmota
  • †Marmota monax
• Masticophis
  • †Masticophis flagellum
• Megaceryle
  • †Megaceryle alcyon

• 

  †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx jeffersonii
• Megalops
• Megaptera
• Melanerpes
  • †Melanerpes carolinus
  • †Melanerpes erythrocephalus
• Meleagris
  • †Meleagris gallopavo
• Melospiza
  • †Melospiza melodia

• 

  Membranipora
• Mephitis
  • †Mephitis mephitis
• Mercenaria
  • †Mercenaria mercenaria
• Mergus
• †Merychippus
• †Mesocetus
• Mesoplodon

• 

  †Metaxytherium
• †Metopocetus – type locality for genus
• Microtus
  • †Microtus chrotorrhinus
  • †Microtus ochrogaster
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • †Microtus pinetorum
  • †Microtus xanthognathus
• Mitrella
• Modiolus
• Mola
• Molothrus
  • †Molothrus ater
• †Monotherium
  • †Monotherium wymani
• Morus

  • 

    †Morus bassanus
• †Moxostoma
• Mulinia
  • †Mulinia lateralis
• Musculus
  • †Musculus lateralis
• Mustela
  • †Mustela nivalis
  • †Mustela richardsonii
• †Mya
  • †Mya arenaria
• Myliobatis

• 

  †Mylohyus
  • †Mylohyus fossilis
• Myotis
  • †Myotis grisescens
  • †Myotis keenii
  • †Myotis lucifugus
• Myriophyllum
• Mytilus
  • †Mytilus edulis
• Napaeozapus
  • †Napaeozapus insignis
• Nassarius
• Naticarius
• Natrix
• Nebrius
• Negaprion
• Neofiber
  • †Neopanope texana
• Neogale
  • †Neogale frenata
  • †Neogale vison
• Neotoma

  • 

    †Neotoma floridana
• Nerodia
  • †Nerodia sipedon
• Neverita
• †Nipa – or unidentified comparable form
• Niso
• †Nocomis
  • †Nocomis raneyi – or unidentified comparable form
• Notophthalmus
  • †Notophthalmus viridescens – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Notorhynchus
• Notorynchus
• †Noturus
• Nucula
  • †Nucula proxima
  • †Nuculana acuta
• †Nyssa
• Ochotona
• Ocypode
• Odobenus
  • †Odobenus rosmarus
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus
• Odontaspis

• 

  †Odontopteryx – tentative report
• Odostomia
• Oliva
  • †Oliva sayana
• Olivella
  • †Olivella mutica
• Ondatra
  • †Ondatra zibethicus
• Onthophagus
• †Ontocetus – type locality for genus
  • †Ontocetus emmonsi – type locality for species
• Opheodrys
• †Opsanus
• †Orycterocetus
• †Osteopygis
• †Ostracion
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea compressirostra
• †Otodus

  • 

    †Otodus megalodon
• Otus
  • †Otus asio
• †Oxyrhina
• †Oxyura
  • †Oxyura jamaicensis
• †Pachecoa
• †Palaeophis
• †Palaeorhincodon
• †Palaeosinopa – or unidentified comparable form
• Pandora
• Panopea
• Panopeus
  • †Panopeus herbstii
• Panthera

  • 

    †Panthera leo
• †Paralbula
• Parascalops
  • †Parascalops breweri
• †Parietobalaena
  • †Parietobalaena palmeri
• Parus
  • †Parus bicolor
• Parvanachis
  • †Parvanachis obesa
• Passerella
  • †Passerella iliaca
• Pecten
• †Pedalion
• Pedioecetes
  • †Pedioecetes phasianellus
• Pekania
  • †Pekania pennanti – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  †Pelagornis
• †Pelocetus
• †Perimyotis
  • †Perimyotis subflavus
• Perisoreus
  • †Perisoreus canadensis
• Peristernia
• Peromyscus
  • †Peromyscus leucopus
  • †Peromyscus maniculatus
• Petaloconchus
• Petricola
  • †Petricola pholadiformis
• Petrochelidon
  • †Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Phalacrocorax

  • 

    †Phalacrocorax auritus
• Phenacomys
  • †Phenacomys intermedius
  • †Phenacomys ungava – or unidentified comparable form
• †Phocageneus – type locality for genus
• Pholadomya
• Pholas
• Phyllodus
• Physa
  • †Physa heterostropha
• †Physogaleus
  • †Physogaleus contortus
• †Phytolacca
  • †Phytolacca decandra
• Pica

  • 

    †Pica pica
• Picea
• †Pinguinus
  • †Pinguinus impennis
• Pinicola – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pinicola enucleator
• Pinus
• Pipistrellus
  • †Pipistrellus subflavus
• Piranga
• Pisania
• Pisidium
• Pitar
  • †Pitar morrhuanus
• Placopecten

• 

  †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus compressus
• Plecotus
  • †Plecotus townsendii – or unidentified comparable form
• Pleuromeris
  • †Pleuromeris tridentata
• Plicatula
  • †Plicatula gibbosa
• Pluvialis
  • †Pluvialis dominica
• Podiceps
  • †Podiceps auritus
• Podilymbus

  • 

    †Podilymbus podiceps
• Pogonias
• Polinices
• Polydora
• Polygonum
• †Pomatiopsis
  • †Pomatiopsis lapidaria
• †Pooecetes
  • †Pooecetes gramineus
• Porzana
  • †Porzana carolina
• †Potamogeton
• †Prionodon
• Prionotus
• Pristis
• †Procamelus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Procolpochelys
• Procyon
  • †Procyon lotor
• †Prolates
• †Protautoga
• Prunum
  • †Prunum roscidum
• Psammechinus
• †Psephophorus
• Pseudochama
• Pseudoliva
• Pseudotorinia
• Pteria
  • †Pteria colymbus
• Pteromeris
• Pteromylaeus
• †Ptychosalpinx
• †Puppigerus
• Pycnodonte

• 

  Pycnodus
• Quercus
• Quinqueloculina
• Raja
• Rallus
  • †Rallus limicola
• †Rana
  • †Rana catesbiana – lapsus calami of Rana catesbeiana
  • †Rana clamitans – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Rana palustris
  • †Rana pipiens
  • †Rana sylvatica – or unidentified comparable form
• Rangia
• Rangifer

  • 

    †Rangifer tarandus
• Ranzania
• †Retinella
• Retusa
  • †Retusa obtusa
• Rhinobatos
• Rhinoptera
• Rosalina
• Rostellaria
• †Sarda
• Sayornis
  • †Sayornis phoebe
• †Scala
• Scalopus
  • †Scalopus aquaticus
• Scaphella
• Scaphiopus
  • †Scaphiopus holbrooki
• Sceloporus
  • †Sceloporus undulatus
• †Sceptrum

• 

  †Schizodelphis
• Schizoporella
• Sciaenops
  • †Sciaenops ocellatus
• †Sciaenurus – or unidentified comparable form
• Sciurus
  • †Sciurus carolinensis
• Scolopax

  • 

    †Scolopax minor
• Scomberomorus
• †Scombrinus
• Scyliorhinus
• Seila
  • †Seila adamsii
• †Seiurus
• Semele
• †Semotilus
  • †Semotilus corporalis – or unidentified comparable form
• Serpulorbis

• 

  †Serratolamna
  • †Serratolamna lerichei
• †Sialia – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sialia sialis
• Sinum
• Sitta
  • †Sitta canadensis
• †Solarium
• Solemya
  • †Solemya velum
• Solen
• Solenosteira
  • †Solenosteira cancellaria
• Sorex
  • †Sorex arcticus
  • †Sorex cinereus
  • †Sorex dispar
  • †Sorex fumeus
  • †Sorex hoyi

  • 

    †Sorex palustris
• †Spatangus
• Spermophilus
  • †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
• Sphaerium
• Sphyraena
• †Sphyrapicus
  • †Sphyrapicus varius
• Sphyrna
• Spilogale
  • †Spilogale putorius
• Spisula

• 

  †Squalodon
  • †Squalodon calvertensis
• Squalus
• Squatina
• †Stenotrema
  • †Stenotrema hirsutum
• Stewartia
• Storeria
• †Striatolamia
• Strioterebrum

• 

  Strobilops
• Strombiformis
• Sturnella – or unidentified comparable form
• Sveltia – or unidentified comparable form
• †Syllomus
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus transitionalis
• Symplocos
• Synaptomys
  • †Synaptomys cooperi
• Tagelus
• Tamias
  • †Tamias striatus
• Tamiasciurus
  • †Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

• 

  Tapirus
  • †Tapirus veroensis
• Tautoga
  • †Tautoga onitis
• Tectonatica
  • †Tectonatica pusilla
• Teinostoma
• Tellina
• Terebra
• Teredo
• Terrapene
  • †Terrapene carolina
• Textularia
• Thamnophis
  • †Thamnophis sirtalis

• 

  †Thecachampsa
  • †Thecachampsa antiqua
• †Thoracosaurus
• Thracia
• †Thuja
  • †Thuja occidentalis
• Thunnus
• Tilia
• Toxostoma
  • †Toxostoma rufum
• Triakis
• Trigonostoma
• Tringa – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Tringa solitaria
• †Triodopsis

  • 

    †Triodopsis tridentata
• Triphora
• Trochita
  • †Trochita trochiformis
• Trox
• †Tsuga
  • †Tsuga canadensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Tucetona
• Turbonilla
  • †Turbonilla interrupta
• Turdus

  • 

    †Turdus migratorius
• Turritella
• Uria
  • †Uria aalge
• Urosalpinx
  • †Urosalpinx cinerea
• Ursus
  • †Ursus americanus
• Vallonia
  • †Vallonia costata
• Valvata
• Venericardia
• Vermetus
• Vertigo
• Vitis
• Vitrinella
• †Voltaconger
• Voluta
• Volutifusus
• Vulpes
• Xenophora

• 

  †Xiphiacetus
• Yoldia
  • †Yoldia limatula
• Zapus
  • †Zapus hudsonius
• Zonotrichia
  • †Zonotrichia albicollis

References

1. ^ Else Marie Friis; Peter R. Crane; Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen (2019). "Chlamydospermous seeds document the diversity and abundance of extinct gnetalean relatives in Early Cretaceous vegetation". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 180 (7): 643–666. doi:10.1086/704356.

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