List of the Mesozoic life of Tennessee

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This list of the Mesozoic life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee 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
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  • †Aenona
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  • Amauropsis
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  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina
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  • †Ancilla
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  • Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell
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  • †Anomoeodus
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  • †Arca
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  • Arctica
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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 grandis
    • †Baculites ovatus
  • Barbatia
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  • Brachidontes
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  • Cadulus
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  • Caestocorbula
    • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  • Callianassa
    • †Callianassa mortoni
  • †Calliomphalus
    • †Calliomphalus americanus – type locality for species
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  • Callopora
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  • Shell of a Cancellaria nutmeg sea snail
    Cancellaria
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  • Capulus
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  • †Caveola
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  • Cerithiopsis
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  • Two views of a Cerithium cerith sea snail
    Cerithium
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  • Charonia
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  • Chiton
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  • Clavagella
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  • A living Cliona sponge
    Cliona
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  • Conopeum
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  • †Conorbis
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  • Corbula
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  • †Crania – tentative report
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  • †Crenella
    • †Crenella elegantula
    • †Crenella serica
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  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
    • †Cucullaea capax
    • †Cucullaea littlei
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  • Cylichna
    • †Cylichna incisa
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  • Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
    †Dentalium
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
    †Discoscaphites
    • †Discoscaphites iris
  • †Dolicholatirus
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  • †Ecphora
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  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    †Enchodus
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  • †Eothoracosaurus
    • †Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis
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  • †Eulima
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  • †Euspira
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  • †Eutrephoceras
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  • †Exilia
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  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    †Exogyra
    • †Exogyra cancellata
    • †Exogyra costata

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  • Shell of a Fasciolaria, or tulip sea snail
    Fasciolaria – tentative report
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  • Gastrochaena
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  • †Gegania
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  • Fossilized shell of a Gemmula sea snail, or gem turrid
    Gemmula
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  • Glossus
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  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
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  • †Hamulus
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  • †Helicoceras
    • †Helicoceras navarroense
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  • Heteropora
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  • Fossil of the Jurassic-Paleogene lobster Hoploparia
    †Hoploparia
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
    †Inoceramus
    • †Inoceramus proximus
    • †Inoceramus sagensis
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  • †Ischyrhiza
    • †Ischyrhiza mira

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  • Shells in multiple views of Latiaxis coral sea snails
    Latiaxis
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  • Limatula
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  • Limopsis
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  • †Linearis
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  • Lithophaga
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  • Shells in differing orientation of a Littorina sea snail, or periwinkle
    Littorina
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  • Lopha
    • †Lopha falcata
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  • †Lucina
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  • †Mammila
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  • Martesia
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  • †Mathilda
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  • Melanatria
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  • Living Membranipora bryozoan
    Membranipora
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  • Meretrix
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  • †Mesostoma
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  • †Metopaster
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  • Micropora
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  • †Morea
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  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    †Mosasaurus
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  • †Neithea
    • †Neithea quinquecostata
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  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
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    • †Nucula percrassa
  • Nuculana
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  • †Obeliscus
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  • Shell of an Odostomia fusulus pyram sea snail
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  • Opalia
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  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
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  • Panopea
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  • † Paranomia
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  • Shells of Pecten scallops
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  • †Pedalion
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  • †Peneus
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  • Periploma
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  • Pholadomya
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    • †Pholadomya occidentalis
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  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Plioplatecarpus
    †Plioplatecarpus
    • †Plioplatecarpus depressus
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  • Polinices
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  • †Prognathodon
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  • †Protocardia
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  • †Pteria
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  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    †Pterotrigonia
    • †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
    • †Pterotrigonia thoracica
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  • Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
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  • Ringicula
  • Fossilized shells of the sea snail Rissoina
    Rissoina
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  • Rostellaria – tentative report
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  • †Sargana
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  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Saurodon
    †Saurodon – tentative report
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  • Scaphander
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites
    †Scaphites
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  • †Schizobasis
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  • Seila
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  • †Seminola
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  • Serpula
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  • Serpulorbis
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  • Shell of a Siphonaria false limpet sea snail
    †Siphonaria
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  • †Solyma
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  • Striarca
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  • Teinostoma
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  • Shell of a Tellina, or tellin
    Tellina
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  • †Tenea
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  • †Teredo
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  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys
    †Toxochelys
    • †Toxochelys latiremis
  • Trichotropis
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  • †Trigonia
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  • Trochus
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  • †Tuba
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  • A living Turbinella, or chank
    Turbinella
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  • †Turricula
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  • Turris
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  • Turritella
    • †Turritella bilira
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    • †Turritella paravertebroides
    • †Turritella tippana
    • †Turritella trilira
    • †Turritella vertebroides

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W[]

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  • †Wormaldia
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  • Yoldia
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References[]

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