List of the Mesozoic life of Nevada

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

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  • †Acrochordiceras – type locality for genus
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  • Fossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus
    †Acrodus
    • †Acrodus alexandrae – type locality for species
    • †Acrodus cuneocostatus – type locality for species
    • †Acrodus oreodontus – type locality for species
    • †Acrodus spitzbergensis
    • †Acrodus vermicularis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Acuminatella
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus
    †Adocus – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Alanites
    • †Alanites costatus – type locality for species
    • †Alanites mulleri – type locality for species
    • †Alanites obesus – type locality for species
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  • †Alsatites
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  • †Anaflemingites
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  • †Anagymnites
  • †Anagymnotoceras
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  • †Anasibirites
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    • †Anasibirites kingianus
  • †Anatropites
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  • †Angulaticeras
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  • †Anolcites
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  • †Aplococeras
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  • Life restoration of two species of the Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Arcestes
    †Arcestes
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  • †Arctoceras
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  • †Arctohungarites
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  • †Arctoprionites
  • †Ardoreosomus – type locality for genus[1]
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  • †Arenicolites
  • †Aspenites
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  • Astarte
  • Fossil of the Ordovician-Modern sea star trace fossil ichnogenus Asteriacites
    Asteriacites
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  • Atrina
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  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic plesiosaur relative Augustasaurus
    †Augustasaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Augustasaurus hagdorni – type locality for species
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  • †Avicularia
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  • †Balatonites
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  • Life restoration of the Triassic bony fish Birgeria
    †Birgeria
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  • †Brasilichnium
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  • †Calliconites
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  • †Candelarialepis – type locality for genus[1]
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  • †Caucasorhynchia
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  • †Ceccaceras
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  • †Ceccaisculitoides
    • †Ceccaisculitoides elegans – type locality for species
  • †Ceratites
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  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
    †Ceratodus
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  • Chlamys
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  • †Chonespondylus
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  • †Claraia
    • †Claraia aurita
    • †Claraia clarai
    • †Claraia stachei
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  • Fossil of the Triassic bony fish Colobodus
    †Colobodus
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  • †Coral
  • Corbula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic ammonoid cephalopod Coroniceras
    †Coroniceras
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  • Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus
    †Cymbospondylus
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    • †Cymbospondylus petrinus
    • †Cymbospondylus piscosus
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  • Fossilized shell of the Middle-Late Triassic marine bivalve Daonella
    †Daonella
    • †Daonella americana – type locality for species
    • †Daonella dubia
    • †Daonella elongata – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Daonella gabbi
    • †Daonella indica – or unidentified related form
    • †Daonella lindstroemi
    • †Daonella lommeli – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Daonella lommelli – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Daonella moussoni
    • †Daonella rieberi – type locality for species
    • †Daonella sturi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Daxatina
  • †Decapod
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  • †Ellisonia – type locality for genus
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  • Fossils of the Middle Triassic crinoid ("sea lily") Encrinus
    †Encrinus
  • †Endothyra – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Epigondolella
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    • †Epigondolella mosheri
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  • †Eremites
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  • †Frankites
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  • †Frechites
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  • †Germanonautilus
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  • †Gervillaria
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  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Eocene bivalve Gervillia
    †Gervillia
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  • †Gondolella
    • †Gondolella carinita – type locality for species
    • †Gondolella denuda – or unidentified related form
    • †Gondolella eotriassica – type locality for species
    • †Gondolella milleri – type locality for species
    • †Gondolella nevadensis – type locality for species
    • †Gondolella planata – type locality for species
  • †Goniatites – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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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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  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Gymnites
    †Gymnites
    • †Gymnites billingsi – type locality for species
    • †Gymnites calli – type locality for species
    • †Gymnites humboldti – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Gymnites perplanus – type locality for species
    • †Gymnites tozeri – type locality for species
    • †Gymnites tregorum – type locality for species
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  • †Gyrolepis – tentative report

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  • Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    †Hybodus
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  • †Ichthyosaurus
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  • †Inyoites
    • †Inyoites oweni
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J[]

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  • †Juraphyllites - broadly construed
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  • †Kraussodontus
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  • †Lecanites
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  • †Leiophyllites
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  • Restoration of a school of the Middle Triassic-Early Cretaceous bony fish Leptolepis
    †Leptolepis
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  • Limaria
  • †Liostrea – tentative report
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  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
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M[]

  • Fossils of the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur egg oogenus Macroelongatoolithus
    †Macroelongatoolithus
    • †Macroelongatoolithus carlylei – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Meekoceras
    • †Meekoceras gracilitatis
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  • †Metapolygnathus
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  • †Metophioceras
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  • †Michelinoceras
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  • †Misikella
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  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus
    †Mixosaurus
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  • †Modiolus
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  • Fossilized shell of the Middle Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Monophyllites
    †Monophyllites
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Myophoria
    †Myophoria
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  • †Mytilus
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  • †Naomichelys
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  • †Neogondolella
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  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic bivalve Neomegalodon
    †Neomegalodon
  • †Neophyllites – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Nerinea
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  • Nuculana
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  • Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus
    †Omphalosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Omphalosaurus nevadanus – type locality for species
  • †Ophiceras
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  • †Orthoceras
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  • Ostrea
  • †Oulodus
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  • Restoration of the Early Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Owenites
    †Owenites
    • †Owenites koeneni
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  • †Oxytoma
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  • †Ozarkodina
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  • †Palaeobates
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  • †Palaeospinax – tentative report
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  • Fossilized skeleton of the Triassic bony fish Paralepidotus
    †Paralepidotus – tentative report
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  • †Paranautilus
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  • †Parvigondolella
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  • Life restoration of the Triassic ichthyosaur Phalarodon
    †Phalarodon
    • †Phalarodon fraasi
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  • Pholadomya
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  • Pinna
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  • †Plagiostoma
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  • Fossils of the burrow ichnogenus Planolites
    †Planolites
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  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Triassic nautiloid cephalopod Pleuronautilus
    †Pleuronautilus
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  • Plicatula
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  • †Posidonia
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  • †Proclydonautilus
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  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Protrachyceras
    †Protrachyceras
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  • †Psiloceras
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  • †Pteronisculus[1]
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  • †Ptychites
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  • Fossilized skeleton of the bony fish Ptycholepis
    †Ptycholepis – tentative report
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  • †Rhacophyllites
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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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  • Fossilized skeleton of the Early Triassic-Middle Jurassic bony fish Saurichthys
    †Saurichthys
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  • †Schlotheimia
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  • Diagram illustrating Shonisaurus (green) and Shastasaurus sikanniensis (red) with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Shonisaurus
    • †Shonisaurus popularis
  • †Sibyllonautilus
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  • †Sirenites
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  • Fossils of the red alga Solenopora
    †Solenopora
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  • †Spiriferina
    • †Spiriferina alia
    • †Spiriferina homfrayi – type locality for species
    • †Spiriferina roundyi
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  • †Stenopopanoceras
  • †
    • †
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sturia
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Styrionautilus
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
    • †
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
    • † – type locality for species

T[]

  • †
    • †
  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Thalattoarchon
    †Thalattoarchon – type locality for genus
    • †Thalattoarchon saurophagis – type locality for species
  • †Thamnasteria
    • †
    • †
    • †
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • † – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • †
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • †Trichites
  • Fossilized shell of the Permian-Paleocene marine bivalve Trigonia
    †Trigonia
    • † – or unidentified related form
  • †
    • †
  • †
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
    • †
    • †
    • †
    • †
    • †
  • †
    • †
  • †Tutcheria

U[]

  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
    • †
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
  • †Ussurites
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • † – type locality for species

V[]

  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
  • †Vermiceras
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
    • †
  • †
    • †

W[]

  • † – tentative report
  • †
  • †Wyomingites
    • †
    • †
    • †

X[]

Z[]

  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Zieglericonus
    • †
  • † – type locality for genus
    • †
    • † – type locality for species

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Carlo Romano; Adriana López-Arbarello; David Ware; James F. Jenks; Winand Brinkmann (2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA)". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (5): 971–1000. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.18.
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