List of the Mesozoic life of Alabama

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This list of the Mesozoic life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

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• Acirsa
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• Acmaea
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  A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
  †Acteon
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• †Agerostrea
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• †Albertosaurus
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  Illustration of a living Albula bonefish
  †Albula
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• †Ampullina
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• †Ancilla
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  Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell
  †Anomia
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• †Anomoeodus
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• Antropora – tentative report
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  Fossilized skull and skeleton of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Appalachiosaurus
  †Appalachiosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis – type locality for species
• Arca
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• Architectonica
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• Arrhoges
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• Astarte
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• †Avellana
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  Fossil of the Late Cretaceous crab Avitelmessus
  †Avitelmessus
  • †Avitelmessus grapsoideus

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  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
  †Baculites
  • †Baculites arculus
  • †Baculites asper – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Baculites capensis
  • †Baculites tippahensis
• †Bananogmius
  • †Bananogmius crieleyi – type locality for species
  • †Bananogmius zitteli – or unidentified comparable form
• †Banis
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• Barbatia
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  Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella
  †Belemnitella
  • †Belemnitella americana
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• †Belemnitida
• †Belonostomus
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• †Bothremys
• Botula
  • †Botula carolinensis
  • †Botula conchafodentis
  • †Botula ripleyana
• Brachidontes – tentative report
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• †Bulla – tentative report

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• Cadulus
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• Caestocorbula
  • †Caestocorbula crassaplica
  • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  • †Caestocorbula percompressa
  • †Caestocorbula suffalciata
  • †Caestocorbula terramaria
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• Callianassa
  • †Callianassa mortoni
• †Calliomphalus
  • †Calliomphalus americanus
  • †Calliomphalus nudus
• Calyptraea
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  Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails
  Capulus
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• Caryocorbula – tentative report
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• †Caveola
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• Cerithiella
  • †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
  • †Cerithiella semirugatum
• Cerithiopsis
• Cerithium
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• Charonia
• †Chedighaii
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  Illustration of a fossilized skull found in Alabama; the type specimen of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Chelosphargis
  †Chelosphargis
  • †Chelosphargis advena – or unidentified comparable form
• Chlamys
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• †Chondrites
• Cidaris
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• †Cimolichthys
  • †Cimolichthys nepaholica
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• Clavagella
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  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes
  †Clidastes
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  • †Clidastes liodontus
  • †Clidastes propython – type locality for species
• Cliona
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• Corbula
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• †Corsochelys – type locality for genus
  • †Corsochelys haliniches – type locality for species
• Crassatella
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  Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea
  Crassostrea
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• †Crenella
  • †Crenella elegantula
  • †Crenella senica
  • †Crenella serica
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• †Cretodus
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• †Cretolamna
  • †Cretolamna appendiculata
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  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark
  †Cretoxyrhina
  • †Cretoxyrhina mantelli
• Crucibulum
• Ctena
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• Ctenochelys – type locality for genus
  • †Ctenochelys acris – type locality for species
  • †Ctenochelys tenuitesta – type locality for species
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  Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
  Cucullaea
  • †Cucullaea capax
  • †Cucullaea littlei
  • †Cucullaea powersi – or unidentified comparable form
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• Cuspidaria
  • †Cuspidaria ampulla
  • †Cuspidaria grandis
  • †Cuspidaria grovensis
  • †Cuspidaria jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
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• Cylichna
  • †Cylichna diversilirata
  • †Cylichna incisa
• Cylichnella
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• †Cymella
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  Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail
  Cypraea – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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• Cytherella
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• Dasmosmilia
  • †Dasmosmilia kochii
  • †Dasmosmilia reesidi
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  Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
  †Dentalium
  • †Dentalium leve
  • †Dentalium pauperculum
  • †Dentalium ripleyana
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• †Discosaurus
  • †Discosaurus vetustus
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
  †Discoscaphites
  • †Discoscaphites conradi
  • †Discoscaphites iris
• †Dolicholatirus
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• †Ecphora
• Edaphodon
  • †Edaphodon barberi – type locality for species
  • †Edaphodon mirificus
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  Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
  †Enchodus
  • †Enchodus petrosus
  • †Enchodus saevus – or unidentified comparable form
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  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Eotrachodon
  †Eotrachodon – type locality for genus
  • †Eotrachodon orientalis – type locality for species
• †Epitonium
  • †Epitonium sillimani
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• †Eulima
  • †Eulima gracilistylis
  • †Eulima monmouthensis
• †Euspira
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• †Eutrephoceras
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  Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
  †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra costata
  • †Exogyra ponderosa
  • †Exogyra upatoiensis

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  Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern spindle sea snail Fusinus
  Fusinus
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G[]

• †Gegania
• Gemmula
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• †Gervillia
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  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens
  †Globidens – type locality for genus
  • †Globidens alabamensis – type locality for species
• Glossus
• Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris hamula
  • †Glycymeris rotundata
  • †Glycymeris subaustralis
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• †Halimornis – type locality for genus
  • †Halimornis thompsoni – type locality for species
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  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
  †Halisaurus
  • †Halisaurus sternbergi
• †Hamulus
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• Haustator
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• †Helicoceras
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• – tentative report
• Hoplopteryx – tentative report
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  Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
  †Hybodus
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• †Hypolophus

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• † – tentative report
• †Ichthyodectes
  • †Ichthyodectes ctenodon – or unidentified comparable form
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  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis
  †Ichthyornis – type locality for genus
  • †Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
• †Inoceramus
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• †Ischyrhiza
  • †Ischyrhiza mira
• Isognomon
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• Laternula
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• Lima
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• Limatula
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• Limopsis
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• †Linearis
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• †Linthia
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• Lithophaga
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• Lopha
  • †Lopha falcata
  • †Lopha mesenterica
  • †Lopha ucheensis
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  Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Lophorhothon
  †Lophorhothon – type locality for genus
  • †Lophorhothon atopus – type locality for species
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• †Loxotoma
• †Lucina
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• Martesia
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• †Mathilda
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  Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus
  †Megalocoelacanthus – type locality for genus
  • †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei – type locality for species
• Menippe
• †Mesostoma
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• †Modiolus
  • †Modiolus sedesclaris
  • †Modiolus sedesclarus
  • †Modiolus trigonus
• †Moorevillia – type locality for genus
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• †Morea
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• †Neithea
  • †Neithea bexarensis
  • †Neithea quinquecostata
  • †Neithea quinquecostatus
• †Nemocardium
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• Nozeba
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  Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
  Nucula
  • †Nucula camia
  • †Nucula cuneifrons
  • †Nucula percrassa
  • †Nucula severnensis
• Nuculana
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  A living Odontaspis sand shark
  Odontaspis
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• Ostrea
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• †Pachydiscus
• †Pachymelania – tentative report
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  Fossilized skeletons of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Pachyrhizodus
  †Pachyrhizodus
  • †Pachyrhizodus caninus
  • †Pachyrhizodus kingi
  • †Pachyrhizodus minimus
• Pagurus
  • †Pagurus convexus �� type locality for species
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• † – tentative report
• Panopea
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• †Paranomia
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• †Pecten
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• Phacoides
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• Pholadomya
  • †Pholadomya occidentalis
  • †Pholadomya tippana
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• †Pinna
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• †Placenticeras
  • †Placenticeras benningi
• †Plagiostoma
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  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus
  †Platecarpus
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• Plicatula
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• Polinices
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  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth
  †Polycotylus
  • †Polycotylus latipinnis
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• †Prognathodon
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• †Protocardia
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• †Protosphyraena
  • †Protosphyraena nitida – tentative report
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Protostega
  †Protostega
  • †Protostega dixie – type locality for species
  • †Protostega gigas
• †Pseudocorax
  • †Pseudocorax affinis
  • †Pseudocorax laevis
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• †Pteria
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• †Pterotrigonia
  • †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
  • †Pterotrigonia cerulea
  • †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
  • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
  • †Pterotrigonia thoracica
• †Ptychodus
  • †Ptychodus mortoni
  • †Ptychodus polygyrus
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• †Ptychotrygon
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• Pycnodonte
  • †Pycnodonte belli
  • †Pycnodonte mutabilis
  • †Pycnodonte vesicularis
  • †Pycnodonte wratheri
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  A living Ringicula sea snail
  Ringicula
  • †Ringicula clarki
  • †Ringicula pulchella
• Rissoina
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• Rostellaria – tentative report

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• †Sargana
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• †Saurocephalus
  • †Saurocephalus lanciformis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Saurodon
  • †Saurodon leanus
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  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes preying upon a multituberculate mammal
  †Saurornitholestes – or unidentified comparable form
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• †Scapanorhynchus
  • †Scapanorhynchus rapax
  • †Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
• †Scaphites
• †Schizobasis
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  Mounted fossilized skull and neck of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Selmasaurus
  †Selmasaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Selmasaurus russelli – type locality for species
• Serpula
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• Solemya
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• †Solyma
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• †Sphenodiscus
  • †Sphenodiscus lobatus
  • †Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
• †Spirorbula
• Spondylus
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  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
  Squalicorax
  • †Squalicorax falcatus
  • †Squalicorax pristodontus
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  Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Stratodus
  †Stratodus
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• Striarca
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• Teinostoma
• Tellina
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• †Tenea
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• Terebratulina
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• Teredo
• †Thalassinoides
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys
  †Toxochelys
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• Trachycardium
  • †Trachycardium efaulense
  • †Trachycardium eufaulense
  • †Trachycardium eufaulensis
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• Trochocyathus – tentative report
• Turritella
  • †Turritella bilira
  • †Turritella chalybeatensis
  • †Turritella forgemoli – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Turritella hilgardi
  • †Turritella paravertebroides
  • †Turritella tippana
  • †Turritella trilira
  • †Turritella vertebroides
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
  

  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
  †Tylosaurus
  • †Tylosaurus zangerli

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• Xenophora
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  Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
  †Xiphactinus
  • †Xiphactinus audax

References[]

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)