List of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina

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

A[]

  • Acesta
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • Acirsa
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  • †Adocus
  • Illustration of the reconstructed skeleton of the Late Triassic Aetosaurus. Othniel Charles Marsh (1895).
    †Aetosaurus
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
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  • †Ampullina – tentative report
  • – tentative report
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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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  • – tentative report
  • †Apatopus
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  • †Arca
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  • Architectonica
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    • † – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic lungfish Arganodus with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Arganodus
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • Astarte – tentative report
  • †Asteracanthus
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  • †Atreipus
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B[]

  • †Baena – tentative report
  • †Baikuris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Barbatia
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  • †Belemnitella
    • †Belemnitella americana
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  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene crocodilian Borealosuchus
    †Borealosuchus
    • †Borealosuchus formidabilis
  • †Boreogomphodon
    • †Boreogomphodon jeffersoni
  • †Bothremys
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  • Botula
    • †Botula carolinensis
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  • †Brachychirotherium – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Brachymeris
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  • †Brachyphyllum
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  • † – type locality for genus
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C[]

  • Caestocorbula
    • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
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    • † – tentative report
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  • Candona
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  • †Cantioscyllium [1]
    • † – type locality for species[1]
  • Carcharias – tentative report
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  • Known material diagram illustrating a reconstructed skull and body of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Carnufex
    †Carnufex – type locality for genus
    • †Carnufex carolinensis – type locality for species
  • Caryocorbula
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  • Cerithiella
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    • †Cerithiella nodoliratum
    • †Cerithiella semirugatum
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  • †Chedighaii
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  • Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys
    †Cimolomys
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  • Cladophlebis
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  • Cliona
  • †Coahomasuchus
  • †Colognathus
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Compsosaurus – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
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    • † – type locality for species
  • Corbula
    • † – tentative report
    • † – tentative report
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  • †Crenella
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    • †Crenella serica
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    †Cretolamna
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  • †Crosbysaurus
  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
    • †Cucullaea capax
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  • Cylichna
  • †Cylindracanthus
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  • †Cymella
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  • Cyzicus

D[]

  • †Darwinula
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
    †Deinosuchus
    • †Deinosuchus rugosus
  • Dictyocephalus – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
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  • †Diplurus
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Dreissena – tentative report
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • †Dromicosuchus – type locality for genus
    • †Dromicosuchus grallator – type locality for species

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G[]

  • †Geinitzia
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  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
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  • †Gorgetosuchus – type locality for genus
    • †Gorgetosuchus pekinensis – type locality for species
  • †Gorgosaurus
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    • † – tentative report
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H[]

  • †Hadrosaurus
    • †Hadrosaurus minor – tentative report
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
    †Halisaurus
  • †Hamulus
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hybodus
    • †Hybodus montanensis
  • †Hypolophus
  • †Hypophylloceras
  • Fossilized vertebra of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Hypsibema
    †Hypsibema – type locality for genus
    • †Hypsibema crassicauda – type locality for species

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L[]

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  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
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    • † – tentative report
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  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus
    †Leidyosuchus – tentative report
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  • †Lepidodendron
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  • Lima
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  • Limatula
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  • Limopsis
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  • †Linearis
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  • †Lingula
  • †Linthia
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    • † – type locality for species
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  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
    • †Lopha falcata
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    • † – tentative report
  • †Lucasuchus
    • †Lucasuchus hunti
  • †Lucina
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Lytoceras
    †Lytoceras

M[]

  • Martesia – tentative report
  • †Mecistotrachelos
    • †Mecistotrachelos apeoros
  • Melanatria – tentative report
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  • † – type locality for genus
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  • †Morea
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  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    †Mosasaurus
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O[]

P[]

  • Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous plant Pagiophyllum
    †Pagiophyllum
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • † – tentative report
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  • †Pannaulika
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  • Panopea
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  • †Paralbula
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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    • † – tentative report
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  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • †Pekinosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Pekinosaurus olseni – type locality for species
  • †Pelourdea
  • Phacoides
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  • †Phlebopteris
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  • Pholadidea – tentative report
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
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  • Phyllodus
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    • † – type locality for species
  • †Pinna
  • †Placenticeras – tentative report
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Placerias with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Placerias
    • †Placerias hesternus
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    • † – type locality for species
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    • † – type locality for species
  • †Platecarpus
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    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Plinthogomphodon – type locality for genus
    • †Plinthogomphodon herpetairus – type locality for species
  • †Podozamites
  • Polinices
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  • †Postosuchus
    • †Postosuchus alisonae – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
    †Prognathodon
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  • †Protocardia
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  • †Pseudoctenis
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  • † – type locality for genus
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  • †Pteria – tentative report
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  • †Pterophyllum
  • †Pterotrigonia
    • † – tentative report
    • †Pterotrigonia cerulea
    • †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
    • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
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  • Pycnodonte
    • †Pycnodonte belli
    • †Pycnodonte vesicularis
  • † – tentative report
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R[]

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  • †Revueltosaurus
    • †Revueltosaurus olseni
  • †Rhombodus
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
    †Rutiodon – type locality for genus
    • †Rutiodon carolinensis – type locality for species

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T[]

U[]

  • †Uatchitodon
    • †Uatchitodon schneideri – type locality for species
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V[]

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

W[]

  • †Williamsonia
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X[]

Y[]

  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
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Z[]

  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites
    †Zamites
    • †Zamites powelli

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gerard R. Case; Todd D. Cook; Taylor Kightlinger; Paul D. Borodin (2019). "Middle Campanian euselachian diversity of the southern region of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 7: 69–82. doi:10.18435/vamp29345.
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