List of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi

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

A[]

A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
Shell of an Ancilla sea snail
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell
Interior of the shell of an Arca ark clam
  • Acesta
  • Acirsa
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Acmaea
  • – tentative report
  • Acteon
  • Aenona
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea
    Agerostrea
  • Shells in multiple views of Alvania sea snails
    Alvania
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina
    Ampullina
    • – tentative report
  • Anatina
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – tentative report
  • Ancilla
  • Anomia
  • Anomoeodus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
  • Arca
  • A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail
    Architectonica
  • Arrhoges
  • Astarte
  • Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus
    Atractosteus

B[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
    Baculites
    • Baculites arculus
    • Baculites capensis
    • Baculites grandis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Baculites tippahensis
  • Shell of a Barbatia, or bearded ark clam
    Barbatia
  • Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella
    Belemnitella
    • Belemnitella americana
  • Bernaya
  • Illustration of the shell in multiple views of a Bittium cerith sea snail
    Bittium – tentative report
  • Botula
    • Botula carolinensis
    • Botula ripleyana
  • Brachidontes
  • Bulla – tentative report

C[]

  • Cadulus
  • Caestocorbula
    • Caestocorbula crassaplica
    • Caestocorbula crassiplica
    • Caestocorbula suffalciata
    • Caestocorbula terramaria
  • Calliomphalus
    • Calliomphalus americanus
    • Calliomphalus nudus
  • Calyptraea
  • Cantharus
  • Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails
    Capulus
  • A living Carcharias sand tiger shark
    Carcharias – tentative report
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  • A living Caryophyllia solitary coral
    Caryophyllia
    • – type locality for species
  • Catopygus
    • – type locality for species
  • Caveola
  • Ceratia
  • Illustration of a shell of a Cerithiella cerith sea snail
    Cerithiella
    • – informal
    • Cerithiella nodoliratum
    • Cerithiella semirugatum
  • Two views of a Cerithium cerith sea snail
    Cerithium
  • Chlamys
  • Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian-modern burrow ichnogenus Chondrites
    Chondrites
  • Shell and spines of a Cidaris sea urchin
    Cidaris
  • Clavagella
  • Cliona
  • – tentative report
  • Shell of a Corbula basket clam
    Corbula
  • Crassatella
  • Crenella
    • Crenella elegantula
    • Crenella serica
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    Cretolamna
    • Cretolamna appendiculata
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Crucibulum
  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
    • Cucullaea capax
    • Cucullaea littlei
    • – tentative report
  • Cuspidaria
    • Cuspidaria grandis
    • Cuspidaria jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cylichna
    • Cylichna diversilirata
    • Cylichna incisa
  • Cymella
    • – tentative report

D[]

Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell

E[]

  • Ecclesiogyra
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora
    Ecphora
  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    Enchodus
    • Enchodus petrosus
  • Eothoracosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis – type locality for species
  • Epitonium
    • Epitonium sillimani
  • Fossil of the crustacean Eryma
    Eryma – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Eulima
    • Eulima gracilistylis
    • Eulima monmouthensis
  • Euspira
  • Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras
    Eutrephoceras
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    Exogyra
    • Exogyra costata
    • Exogyra ponderosa
    • Exogyra upatoiensis

F[]

    • – tentative report
  • shell of Fusinus inglorius
    Fusinus

G[]

H[]

  • Hadrosaurus – tentative report
  • Hamites
  • Hamulus
  • Heliacus
  • Helicoceras
  • Hemiscyllium
  • Fossil of the Jurassic-Paleogene lobster Hoploparia
    Hoploparia
  • Hyala
  • Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    Hybodus
  • – tentative report
  • Hypolophus

I[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
    Inoceramus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ischyrhiza
    • Ischyrhiza mira

J[]

K[]

L[]

  • Laternula
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar
    Lepisosteus
  • Lima
  • Limatula
  • Limopsis
  • Linearis
  • Linthia
  • A modern Linuparus spiny lobster
    Linuparus
  • Shell of a Lithophaga, or date mussel
    Lithophaga
  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
    • Lopha falcata
    • Lopha mesenterica
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lucina – tentative report

M[]

Shells washed ashore of Mytilus mussels
  • Mathilda
  • Meretrix – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene sea urchin Micraster
    Micraster
  • Fossilized shell of the Devonian-modern marine bivalve Modiolus, or horsemussel
    Modiolus
    • Modiolus sedesclaris
    • Modiolus sedesclarus
  • Morea
  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    Mosasaurus
  • Mytilus – tentative report

N[]

  • Neithea
    • Neithea bexarensis
  • Nemocardium
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shell in multiple views of a Nerita polita sea snail
    Nerita
  • Neritina
    • – tentative report
  • Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Nostoceras
    Nostoceras
    • – tentative report
  • Nozeba
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • Nucula camia
    • Nucula cuneifrons
    • Nucula percrassa
  • Nuculana

O[]

  • – tentative report
  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
    Ostrea

P[]

Interior and exterior of the shell of a Pteria, or winged oyster
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
    Pachydiscus
  • Shell of a Pachymelania freshwater snail
    Pachymelania – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Panopea
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Pecten
  • Phacoides
    • – tentative report
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
    • Pholadomya occidentalis
  • Pinna
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    Placenticeras
  • Plagiostoma
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus
    Platecarpus – type locality for genus
    • Platecarpus tympaniticus – type locality for species
  • Plesiotriton
  • Plicatula
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
    Polinices
  • Protocardia
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax
    Pseudocorax
  • Pteria
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    Pterotrigonia
    • Pterotrigonia angulicostata
    • Pterotrigonia eufalensis
    • Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
    • Pterotrigonia thoracica
  • Ptychodus
  • Ptychotrygon
  • Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
    Pycnodonte
    • Pycnodonte belli
    • Pycnodonte mutabilis
    • Pycnodonte vesicularis

R[]

S[]

T[]

  • Teinostoma
  • Shell of a Tellina, or tellin
    Tellina
  • Tenea
  • Thracia
  • Tornus – tentative report
  • Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle
    Trachycardium
    • Trachycardium eufaulensis
  • Trichotropis
  • Fossilized shell of the Permian-Paleocene marine bivalve Trigonia
    Trigonia
  • Shell of a Trigonostoma nutmeg sea snail
    Trigonostoma
  • Trochocyathus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Turrilites
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
    • Turritella bilira
    • Turritella chalybeatensis
    • Turritella hilgardi
    • Turritella paravertebroides
    • Turritella tippana
    • Turritella trilira
    • Turritella vertebroides
  • Tympanotonus

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References[]

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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