List of the Mesozoic life of Idaho

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

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  • †Albanites [1]
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  • †Anaflemingites
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  • †Anasibirites
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  • †Anemia
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  • Life restoration of two species of the Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Arcestes
    †Arcestes – tentative report
  • †Arctomeekoceras
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  • †Aspenites
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  • Astarte
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  • Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten
    †Aviculopecten – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Aviculopecten altus – type locality for species
    • †Aviculopecten idahoensis
    • †Aviculopecten pealei – type locality for species

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  • †Carteria – type locality for genus
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  • †Ceccaisculitoides
    • †Ceccaisculitoides hammondi
  • Fossillized shell of a Chlamys bivalve
    Chlamys
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  • †Cimolodon[2]
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  • †Claraia
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    • †Claraia stachei
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  • A living Corbicula basket clam
    Corbicula
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  • †Cycadeoidea
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  • Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus
    †Cymbospondylus

D[]

  • †Dagnoceras
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  • †Dennstaedtia – tentative report
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  • †Enoploceras
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  • †Germanonautilus
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  • †Gervillia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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  • Gleichenia
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  • Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea
    †Gryphaea
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  • †Grypoceras
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H[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Hedenstroemia
    †Hedenstroemia
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I[]

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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
    †Inoceramus
  • †Inyoites
    • †Inyoites oweni
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K[]

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L[]

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  • †Lecanites
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  • †Lingula
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  • †Liostrea
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  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
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M[]

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  • †Meekoceras
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    • †Meekoceras gracilitatis – type locality for species
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  • †Megasphaeroceras
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N[]

  • †Naticopsis – tentative report
  • †Nemacanthus
    • †Nemacanthus elegans – type locality for species
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  • †Neogondolella
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  • †Neospathodus
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  • †Nerinea
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  • Fossilized shell of the Middle Jurassic ammonoid cephalopod Normannites
    †Normannites
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O[]

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  • †Orthoceras
  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
    Ostrea
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  • †Owenites
    • †Owenites koeneni – or unidentified comparable form

P[]

  • Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous plant Pagiophyllum
    †Pagiophyllum
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  • †Palaeophyllites – tentative report
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  • †Phaedrysmocheilus
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
    • †Pholadomya inaequiplicata
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  • †Plagiostoma
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  • †Platymya
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  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Triassic nautiloid cephalopod Pleuronautilus
    †Pleuronautilus
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  • †Protocardia
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  • Fossilized shell of a Pseudomelania sea snail
    †Pseudomelania – tentative report
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  • †Pteria – tentative report
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Rhaetina
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  • Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Eocene articulate brachiopod Rhynchonella
    †Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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S[]

  • Fossilized skeleton of the Early Triassic-Middle Jurassic bony fish Saurichthys
    †Saurichthys
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  • †Spiriferina
    • †Spiriferina roundyi
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  • Fossilized shell of the Middle Jurassic ammonoid cephalopod Stephanoceras
    †Stephanoceras
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T[]

  • † – tentative report
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  • †Tempskya
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  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon relative Tenontosaurus
    †Tenontosaurus
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  • †Thamnasteria
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  • †Tirolites
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  • Fossilized shell of the Permian-Paleocene marine bivalve Trigonia
    †Trigonia
    • †Trigonia montanaensis
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  • †Ussuria
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  • †Ussurites
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W[]

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  • †Worthenia
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Wyomingites – type locality for genus
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X[]

  • †Xenoceltites
    • †Xenoceltites cordilleranus
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  • Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus
    †Xenodiscus
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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Arnaud Brayard; James F. Jenks; Kevin G. Bylund; the Paris Biota Team (2019). "Ammonoids and nautiloids from the earliest Spathian Paris Biota and other early Spathian localities in southeastern Idaho, USA". Geobios. 54: 13–36. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.007.
  2. ^ a b Lucas N. Weaver; Gregory P. Wilson; L. J. Krumenacker; Kayla Mclaughlin; Jason R. Moore; David J. Varricchio (2019). "New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the early evolution of Cimolodonta". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition: e1604532. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532.
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