List of the Cenozoic life of Arkansas
This list of the Cenozoic life of Arkansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Arkansas and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
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- †Abdounia
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- Acteon
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- Agaronia
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- Antalis
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- Architectonica
A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail- †
- Arius – or unidentified comparable form
- Astrangia
- † – type locality for species
- Athleta
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B[]
- Barbatia
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- †Basilosaurus
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus- †Basilosaurus cetoides
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- Blarina
- †Blarina brevicauda
- †Bootherium
- †Bootherium bombifrons
- Brachidontes
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- †Brachyprotoma
- †Brachyprotoma obtusata
- Bullia
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- Caestocorbula
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- Canis
- †Canis armbrusteri
Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized skull of the Pleistocene Canis armbrusteri, or Armbruster's wolf - †Canis latrans
- Carcharhinus
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- Carcharias
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- Caryocorbula
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- Castor
- †Castor canadensis
- Cervus
- Chlamys
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- Clavilithes
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- Coluber
- †Coluber constrictor – or unidentified comparable form
- Conomitra
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- Conopeum
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- Conus
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- Corbula
Shell of a Corbula basket clam- †
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- Crassostrea
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- Crotalus
- – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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- Dasyatis
A living Dasyatis stingray - Dentalium
- †Diaphyodus
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- Diplodonta
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- † – type locality for genus
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- †Eopleurotoma – tentative report
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- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus
- Equus
- †Equus scotti – tentative report
Restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene horse Equus scotti, or Scott's horse
- Erethizon
- †Erethizon dorsatum
- Eurytellina
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- Galeocerdo
A living Galeocerdo requiem shark- †
- Galeodea
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- Galeorhinus
- Geomys
- †Geomys bursarius
- Ginglymostoma
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- Hemipristis
A living Hemipristis weasel shark - Hemisinus
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- Hexaplex
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- †Hilgardia
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- †Iridomyrmex
A living Iridomyrmex, or rainbow ant- †Iridomyrmex mapesi – type locality for species
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L[]
- †Lacunaria
- Latirus
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- Lepisosteus
Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar - Lepus
- †Lepus alleni
- †Lepus americanus – tentative report
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- †Linthia
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- Lynx
- †Lynx rufus
A living Lynx rufus, or bobcat
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- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus columbi
Mounted fossilized skeleton of a Mammuthus columbi or Columbian mammoth
- Marmota
- †Marmota monax
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- Mephitis
- †Mephitis mephitis
- Mesalia
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- Microtus
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- †Miracinonyx
Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah- †Miracinonyx studeri
- Mustela
- Myliobatis
- †Mylohyus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus- †Mylohyus fossilis
- Myotis
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- Mytilus
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- Odocoileus
- †Odocoileus virginianus
A living Odocoileus virginianus, or white-tailed deer
- Ondatra
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- Ostrea
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- †Pachecoa
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- Panthera
- †Panthera onca
A living Panthera onca, or jaguar
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- †Papillina
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- Pekania
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- Periploma
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- Peromyscus
- Pitar
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- Pituophis
- Pitymys
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- Pleuromeris
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- Polinices
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- Pristis
A living Pristis sawfish - Procyon
- †Procyon lotor
- Propeamussium
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- †Protocardia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Protrechina – type locality for genus
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- Pseudoliva
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- †Pterosphenus
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R[]
- Reithrodontomys
A living Reithrodontomys, or groove-toothed New World harvest mouse - Retusa
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- Scalopus
- †Scalopus aquaticus
- †Sinistrella
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- †Smilodon
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon- †Smilodon fatalis
- Sorex
- †Sorex cinereus
- †Sorex fumeus
- †Sorex minutus
- †Sorex monticolus
- Spermophilus
- †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus – tentative report
- Sphyraena
A living Sphyraena, or barracuda - Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius – tentative report
- Spisula
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- Sylvilagus
- †Sylvilagus floridanus – tentative report
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- Tamiasciurus
- †Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
A living Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, or American red squirrel
- Terebra
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- Teredo
- Trichiurus
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- Turritella
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U[]
- Urocyon
- †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Ursus
- †Ursus americanus
A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear
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- Venericardia
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- Vulpes
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- Yoldia
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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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