List of the Mesozoic life of Texas

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

A[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Early-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Acanthoceras
    Acanthoceras
    • Acanthoceras adkinsi
    • Acanthoceras amphibolum
    • Acanthoceras barcusi
    • Acanthoceras eulessanum
    • Acanthoceras johnsonanum
    • Acanthoceras tarrantense
    • Acanthoceras wintoni
    • Acanthoceras worthense
  • Acesta
  • Acila
  • Acirsa
    • – tentative report
  • Acmaea
  • Acompsoceras
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus
    Acrocanthosaurus
    • Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
  • Acteon
    • – tentative report
  • Acteonella
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Adelobasileus
    Adelobasileus – type locality for genus
    • Adelobasileus cromptoni – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Adkinsia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Adocus
  • Aenona
  • Aetodactylus – type locality for genus
    • Aetodactylus halli – type locality for species
  • Agerostrea
  • Agujaceratops
    • Agujaceratops mariscalensis – type locality for species
  • Akera
  • Alamosaurus
    Alamosaurus
    • Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
  • Albanerpeton
    • – type locality for species
    • Albanerpeton gracilis
    • Albanerpeton nexuosus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Allocrioceras
  • Alnus
  • Restorative model of the Late Cretaceous mammal Alphadon
    Alphadon
    • Alphadon halleyi – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina
    Ampullina – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amusium
    • – tentative report
  • Anaklinoceras
    • – tentative report
  • Ancilla
  • Angistorhinus
    • – type locality for species
    • Angistorhinus grandis
  • Reconstructive illustration of a fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Angulomastacator
    Angulomastacator – type locality for genus
    • Angulomastacator daviesi – type locality for species
  • Anisoceras
    • – tentative report
  • Anomia
  • Anomoeodus
  • Anomotodon
    • – type locality for species
  • Apachesaurus
    • Apachesaurus gregorii
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Aquilarhinus – type locality for genus[1]
    • Aquilarhinus palimentus – type locality for species[2]
  • Arca
  • Architectonica
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic lungfish Arganodus with an anachronistic human to scale
    Arganodus
    • Arganodus dorotheae – type locality for species
  • Arrhoges
  • Aspidoceras
  • Astarte
  • Electron micrograph and gross view of an Astrangia stony coral
    Astrangia
    • – type locality for species
  • Astreopora – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Astroconodon – type locality for genus
    • Astroconodon denisoni – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Astrodon
    Astrodon
    • Astrodon johnstoni
  • Astrophocaudia – type locality for genus
    • Astrophocaudia slaughteri – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Axonoceras
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species

B[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
    Baculites
    • Baculites aquilaensis - or unidentified loosely related form
    • Baculites haresi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Baculites ovatus
    • Baculites scotti
    • Baculites tippahensis
  • Baena – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Banis
  • Barbatia – tentative report
  • Barroisiceras
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Cretaceous turtle Basilemys
    Basilemys
  • Bathycyathus – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Belemnitella
    • Belemnitella americana
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Belodon
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Belonostomus
    Belonostomus
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous crocodilian relative Bernissartia
    Bernissartia – tentative report
  • Betelgeusia – type locality for genus
    • Betelgeusia reidi – type locality for species
  • Bostrychoceras
  • Botula
    • Botula carolinensis
    • Botula conchafodentis
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Brachauchenius hunting a hesperornithiform bird
    Brachauchenius
    • Brachauchenius lucasi
  • Brachidontes
  • Brachychampsa
  • – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Brachysuchus – type locality for genus
    • Brachysuchus megalodon – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Bravoceratops
    Bravoceratops – type locality for genus
    • Bravoceratops polyphemus – type locality for species
  • Brontopodus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Busycon – tentative report

C[]

  • Cadulus
  • Caestocorbula
    • Caestocorbula crassaplica
    • Caestocorbula crassiplica
    • Caestocorbula suffalciata
    • Caestocorbula terramaria
  • Callianassa
  • Calliomphalus
    • Calliomphalus americanus
  • Callodus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Calyptosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Calyptosuchus wellesi – type locality for species
  • Three modern shells of Calyptraea, or Chinese hat snails
    Calyptraea
  • Cancellaria
    • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Cantharus – tentative report
  • Cantioscyllium
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous marine bivalve Caprina
    Caprina
  • Capulus
    • – tentative report
  • A living Carcharias sand tiger shark
    Carcharias
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Caririchnium
    • – type locality for species
  • Carota
  • Caryocorbula
  • A living Caryophyllia solitary coral
    Caryophyllia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Caseosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Caseosaurus crosbyensis – type locality for species
  • Casierius
  • Catactegenys – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Permian-Early Cretaceous bony fish Caturus
    Caturus
  • Caveola
    • – tentative report
  • Cedarosaurus
    • Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
    Ceratodus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ceratotrochus – tentative report
  • Cerithiella
    • Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
    • Cerithiella semirugatum
  • Cerithium
  • Chamops
  • Champsosaurus
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic theropod dinosaur Chindesaurus
    Chindesaurus
    • Chindesaurus bryansmalli
  • Chinlea
  • Chirostenotes
    • – type locality for species
  • Chupacabrachelys – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Cidaris
  • Cimexomys
  • Cimoliasaurus
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Cimoliopterus (left) stealing fish from another pterosaur
    Cimoliopterus
    • Cimoliopterus dunni – type locality for species
  • Cimolodon
    • Cimolodon electus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cimolomys
    • Cimolomys clarki
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
  • Cladoceramus
  • Clevosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes
    Clidastes
    • Clidastes liodontus
  • Cliona
  • Coahomasuchus – type locality for genus
    • Coahomasuchus kahleorum – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Coelodus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic theropod dinosaur Coelophysis with an anachronistic human to scale
    Coelophysis
  • Coilopoceras
    • Coilopoceras springeri
  • Collignoniceras
    • Collignoniceras woollgari
  • Colognathus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Coniasaurus
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Conopeum
  • Continuoolithus
  • Conulus
    • – type locality for species
  • Convolosaurus – type locality for genus[3]
    • Convolosaurus marri – type locality for species[4]
  • A living Corbicula basket clam
    Corbicula
  • Corbula
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – tentative report
  • Coupatezia
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea
    Crassostrea
  • Crenella
    • Crenella elegantula
    • Crenella serica
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    Cretolamna
    • Cretolamna appendiculata
  • Cretorectolobus
    • Cretorectolobus olsoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Crosbysaurus – type locality for genus
    • Crosbysaurus harrisae – type locality for species
  • Ctena
  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
    • Cucullaea capax
    • Cucullaea powersi
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Cuspidaria
    • Cuspidaria ampulla
    • Cuspidaria grandis
    • Cuspidaria grovensis
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Cyathophora
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cyclothyris
  • Cylichna
    • Cylichna incisa
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Oligocene nautiloid cephalopod Cymatoceras
    Cymatoceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cymella
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Cytherella
  • Cyzicus – tentative report

D[]

  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive mosasaur Dallasaurus
    Dallasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Dallasaurus turneri – type locality for species
  • Darwinula
  • Dasmosmilia
    • Dasmosmilia kochii – type locality for species
  • Dasyatis
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
    Deinosuchus
    • Deinosuchus riograndensis
    • Deinosuchus rugosus – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
  • Dentalium
    • Dentalium leve
    • Dentalium pauperculum
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic aetosaur Desmatosuchus with an anachronistic human to scale
    Desmatosuchus
    • Desmatosuchus haplocerus
    • Desmatosuchus smalli – type locality for species
    • Desmatosuchus spurensis – type locality for species
  • Desmoceras
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Diodora – tentative report
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic tuatara relative Diphydontosaurus
    Diphydontosaurus – or unidentified related form
  • Diploastrea
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Discorbis
  • Discoscaphites
    • Discoscaphites conradi
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Dolichorhynchops
    Dolichorhynchops
    • Dolichorhynchops bonneri
  • !-- Doswellia: Automatic taxobox --> †Doswellia
  • Douvilleiceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
  • Shell of a Dreissena freshwater mussel
    Dreissena
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic dinosaur relative Dromomeron
    Dromomeron
    • Dromomeron gregorii – type locality for species
  • Dryptosaurus
  • Dufrenoyia
    • Dufrenoyia justinae
  • Durania

E[]

  • Echinocorys
  • Ecphora
  • Fossilized partial skeleton of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Ectenosaurus
    Ectenosaurus
  • Edmontonia – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    Enchodus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
  • Epiphaxum
    • – type locality for species
  • Episcoposaurus – type locality for genus
    • Episcoposaurus haplocerus – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Epitonium
    • Epitonium sillimani
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Eubostrychoceras
    Eubostrychoceras
  • Eucalycoceras
    • – type locality for species
  • Eugyra
    • – type locality for species
  • Euhoplites – tentative report
  • Eulima
  • Euomphaloceras
  • Eupachydiscus
  • Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail
    Euspira
  • – or unidentified related form
  • Eutrephoceras
  • Ewingia – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    Exogyra
    • Exogyra cancellata
    • Exogyra costata

F[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Fagesia
    Fagesia
  • Faujasia
    • – type locality for species
  • Favia
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Flexomornis – type locality for genus
    • Flexomornis howei – type locality for species
  • Flickia
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Forbesiceras
  • Forresteria
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Fusinus sea snail
    Fusinus
    • – or unidentified related form

G[]

  • A living Galeorhinus galeus school shark
    Galeorhinus
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
  • Gastrochaena
  • Gegania
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Eocene bivalve Gervillia
    Gervillia
    • – tentative report
  • Ginglymostoma
    • – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a reconstructed skull of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens
    Globidens
    • Globidens dakotensis
  • Globigerina
    • Globigerina cretacea
  • Glossus
  • Glycymeris
    • Glycymeris rotundata
  • Fossilized skull and shell of the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous turtle Glyptops
    Glyptops – tentative report
  • Gobiates
    • – tentative report
    • – tentative report
  • Gryphaea
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Restorative portrait of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Gryposaurus.
    Gryposaurus – tentative report
    • Gryposaurus alsatei
  • Gypsichnites
  • Gyronchus

H[]

  • Shell of Haminoea bubble shell sea snail
    Haminoea – tentative report
  • Hamites
    • – type locality for species
  • Hamulus
  • Helicoceras
    • Helicoceras navarroense
    • – type locality for species
  • Hemicalypterus – tentative report
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Heterodontus
    • – type locality for species
  • Heteromorpha
  • Illustration of a living Hexanchus, or sixgill shark
    Hexanchus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Late Cretaceous lobster
    Homarus
    • – tentative report
  • Hoplochelys
  • Hoploscaphites
  • Life restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    --> †Hybodus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Hydnophora – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hypolophus
    • – type locality for species
  • Hypophylloceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form

I[]

  • Ichthyodectes
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis
    Ichthyornis
    • Ichthyornis dispar
  • Idoceras
  • Iguanodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
    Inoceramus
    • Inoceramus anomalus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus arnoldi
    • Inoceramus arvanus
    • Inoceramus balticus
    • Inoceramus cordiformis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus deformis
    • Inoceramus dimidius
    • Inoceramus fragilis
    • Inoceramus prefragilis
    • Inoceramus vanuxemi – tentative report
  • Irenesauripus
  • Isastrea
    • – type locality for species
  • Ischyrhiza
    • Ischyrhiza avonicola
    • Ischyrhiza mira
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species

J[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes
    Jeletzkytes
    • Jeletzkytes brevis

K[]

  • Kamerunoceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – tentative report
    • – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Koskinonodon – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Kritosaurus
    Kritosaurus

L[]

    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • A modern Lamna mackerel shark
    Lamna
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
  • Laternula
  • Shells in multiple views of Latiaxis coral sea snails
    Latiaxis
  • Latiscopus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Lepidotes
  • Lepisosteus
Fossilized foot bones of the Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur Leptorhynchos

Leptorhynchos – type locality for genus

    • Leptorhynchos gaddisi – type locality for species
  • Leptostyrax
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Triassic phytosaur Leptosuchus
    Leptosuchus
    • Leptosuchus crosbiensis – type locality for species
    • Leptosuchus imperfecta – type locality for species
    • Leptosuchus studeri – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
  • Lewesiceras
  • Leyvachelys
    • Leyvachelys cipadi
  • Libognathus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Libonectes with an anachronistic scuba diver to scale
    Libonectes
    • Libonectes morgani – type locality for species
  • Lima
  • Limatula
  • Limea
  • Limopsis
  • Linearis
  • Lingula
  • Linthia
  • A modern Linuparus spiny lobster
    Linuparus
  • Lioestheria – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Liquidambar – tentative report
  • Lissodus
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Lithacoceras
    Lithacoceras
  • Lithophaga
  • Lonchidion
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic aetosaur Longosuchus
    Longosuchus
    • Longosuchus meadei – type locality for species
  • Lopha
    • Lopha falcata
    • Lopha mesenterica
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lucasuchus – type locality for genus
    • Lucasuchus hunti – type locality for species
  • Lucina
  • – tentative report

M[]

  • Macrepistius
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Magnoavipes – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic reptile Malerisaurus
    Malerisaurus
  • Mammites
    • – type locality for species
  • Mantelliceras
    • Mantelliceras cantianum
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized shell of the Early-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Mariella
    Mariella
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mathilda
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Megalomphalus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Megalosauropus – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Melanatria
  • Membranipora
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Meniscoessus
    Meniscoessus
  • Menuites
  • Mesalia
  • Mesodma
    • – type locality for species
  • Metoicoceras
    • Metoicoceras geslinianum
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic amphibian Metoposaurus with an anachronistic human to scale
    Metoposaurus
    • Metoposaurus bakeri – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Micraster
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Devonian-modern marine bivalve Modiolus, or horsemussel
    Modiolus
    • Modiolus sedesclaris
    • Modiolus sedesclarus
  • Monodonta – tentative report
  • Monopleura – tentative report
  • Montastraea
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Morea
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mortoniceras
  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    Mosasaurus
    • Mosasaurus missouriensis – tentative report
  • Muensterella[5]
    • – type locality for species[5]
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Mytilus

N[]

  • Naomichelys
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell belonging to a Natica moon snail
    Natica
  • Nebrius
  • Neithea
    • Neithea bexarensis
    • Neithea quinquecostata
  • Nemocardium
  • Neocardioceras
    • Neocardioceras juddii
  • Opalized guard of the belemnoid cephalopod Neohibolites
    Neohibolites
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Neoptychites
  • Nerinea – tentative report
  • Nerita
  • Living Neritina or nerite snails
    Neritina
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Nostoceras
    Nostoceras
    • Nostoceras approximans
    • Nostoceras splendidum
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • Nucula camia
    • Nucula cuneifrons
    • Nucula percrassa
  • Nuculana
  • – tentative report
  • Nyssa

O[]

  • Odaxosaurus
    • Odaxosaurus piger
  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Oklatheridium
    • Oklatheridium minax
    • Oklatheridium szalayi
    • – tentative report
  • Onchopristis
  • Fossilized vertebrae of the Cretaceous sawfish Onchosaurus
    Onchosaurus
  • Ophiomorpha
  • Ophiopsis – tentative report
  • Ophiura
    • – type locality for species
  • Opis
    • – tentative report
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous ostrich dinosaur Ornithomimus
    Ornithomimus
  • Ostlingoceras
  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
    Ostrea
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Otischalkia – type locality for genus
    • Otischalkia elderae – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Oxyrhina
    • – or unidentified comparable form

P[]

  • Pachycheilosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Pachycheilosuchus trinquei – type locality for species
  • Pachydesmoceras
  • Pachydiscus
  • Restorative portrait of the Early Jurassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Pachygenelus
    Pachygenelus
    • – type locality for species
  • Pachymelania
  • Pagurus
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Palaeobalistum
    Palaeobalistum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Palaeoctonus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Paleorhinus
    Paleorhinus
    • Paleorhinus sawini – type locality for species
  • Paluxysuchus – type locality for genus
    • Paluxysuchus newmani – type locality for species
  • Panis
  • Panopea
    • – type locality for species
  • Pappotherium – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Paracimexomys
  • – tentative report
  • Paraisurus
  • Paramicrodon – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Parapuzosia with a human indicating its size
    Parapuzosia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Parasuchus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic aetosaur Paratypothorax
    Paratypothorax
  • Paronychodon
    • Paronychodon lacustris – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
  • Fossilized skull in multiple views of the Early Cretaceous armored dinosaur Pawpawsaurus
    Pawpawsaurus – type locality for genus
    • Pawpawsaurus campbelli – type locality for species
  • Pecten
  • Pekinosaurus – or unidentified related form
    • Pekinosaurus olseni
  • Periploma
  • Perna – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Petrophyllia
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Phacoides
  • Pholadidea
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
    • Pholadomya occidentalis
  • Pholas
  • Phymosoma
  • Phytosaurus
  • Pinna
  • Pitar
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    Placenticeras
    • Placenticeras meeki
  • Planocephalosaurus
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus
    Platecarpus
    • Platecarpus planifrons
    • Platecarpus somenensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Platecarpus tympaniticus
  • Platyceramus
    • Platyceramus cycloides
    • Platyceramus mantelli - or unidentified loosely related form
  • Life restoration of the Early-Late Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius
    Platypterygius
  • Plesiosaurus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail
    Pleurotomaria
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Plicatoscyllium – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Plicatula
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Plioplatecarpus
    Plioplatecarpus – tentative report
  • Polinices
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Polyptychodon
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Poposaurus
    • Poposaurus gracilis
  • Porituberoolithus
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic crocodile relative Postosuchus with an anachronistic human to scale
    Postosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Postosuchus kirkpatricki – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Procardia
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
    Prognathodon – tentative report
  • Promystriosuchus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Proraster
  • Prosiren – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Protecovasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Protecovasaurus lucasi – type locality for species
  • Protoavis – type locality for genus
    • Protoavis texensis – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Protocardia
  • Protohadros – type locality for genus
    • Protohadros byrdi – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Protosphyraena
    Protosphyraena
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax
    Pseudocorax
  • Fossilized shell of a Pseudomelania sea snail
    Pseudomelania
  • Pseudoperna
    • Pseudoperna congesta
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon
    Pteranodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pteria
    • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    Pterotrigonia
    • Pterotrigonia eufalensis
    • Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
  • Ptychotrygon
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Early-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Puzosia
    Puzosia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pycnodonte
    • Pycnodonte belli
    • Pycnodonte mutabilis
    • Pycnodonte vesicularis
    • – or unidentified related form

Q[]

  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus
    Quetzalcoatlus – type locality for genus
    • Quetzalcoatlus northropi – type locality for species
  • Quitmaniceras

R[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Raja
    • – type locality for species
  • Reptomulticava
  • Rewaconodon – or unidentified related form
    • Rewaconodon tikiensis
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Rhinobatos
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    Rhombodus
  • – tentative report
  • Richardoestesia
    • Richardoestesia gilmorei
    • Richardoestesia isosceles – type locality for species
  • Rileymillerus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Ringicula sea snail
    Ringicula
  • Rogerella
    • – type locality for species
  • Romaniceras
  • Rostellaria – tentative report
  • Russellosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Russellosaurus coheni – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
    Rutiodon

S[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Sanmiguelia
  • Sargana
  • Diagram illustrating the Early Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Sauroposeidon with anachronistic humans to scale
    Sauroposeidon
    • Sauroposeidon proteles
  • Saurornitholestes
    • Saurornitholestes langstoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sauvagesia – tentative report
  • – tentative report
  • Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus
    Scapanorhynchus
    • Scapanorhynchus texanus
  • Scapherpeton
  • Scaphites
    • – type locality for species
    • Scaphites hippocrepis - or unidentified loosely related form
    • Scaphites warreni
  • Schizobasis
  • – tentative report
  • Fossilized snout of the Late Cretaceous ray relative Sclerorhynchus
    Sclerorhynchus
    • – type locality for species
  • Scolomastax – type locality for genus[6]
    • – type locality for species[7]
  • Scyliorhinus
    • – type locality for species
  • Selaginella – or unidentified comparable form
  • Seminola – tentative report
  • Semionotus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Senis
  • Serpula
  • Serratolamna
    • Serratolamna serrata
  • Sexta
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Shuvosaurus
    Shuvosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Shuvosaurus inexpectatus – type locality for species
  • Siderastrea
    • – type locality for species
  • Sierritasuchus – type locality for genus
    • Sierritasuchus macalpini – type locality for species
  • Fossils of the Cambrian-modern worm burrow ichnogenus Skolithos
    Skolithos
    • – type locality for species
  • Solemya
    • – tentative report
  • ���Solyma
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Opalized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Sphenodiscus
    Sphenodiscus
    • Sphenodiscus lobatus
    • Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
  • Spinosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Spinosuchus caseanus – type locality for species
  • Spironema
  • Spondylus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
    Squalicorax
    • Squalicorax kaupi
    • Squalicorax pristodontus
  • Squalus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Squatirhina
    • Squatirhina americana
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Stomatopora
  • – tentative report
  • Striarca
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous ostrich dinosaur Struthiomimus
    Struthiomimus – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report

T[]

  • – tentative report
  • Tarsomordeo – type locality for genus[8]
    • – type locality for species[9]
  • Technosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Technosaurus smalli – type locality for species
  • Tecovasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Tecovasaurus murryi – type locality for species
  • Tecovasuchus – type locality for genus
    • Tecovasuchus chatterjeei – type locality for species
  • Teinostoma
  • Shell of a Tellina, or tellin
    Tellina
  • Tenea
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon relative Tenontosaurus
    Tenontosaurus
    • Tenontosaurus dossi – type locality for species
  • Terebratulina
  • Teredolites
  • Terlinguachelys – type locality for genus
    • Terlinguachelys fischbecki – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian relative Terminonaris
    Terminonaris
    • Terminonaris robusta – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Texacephale – type locality for genus
    • Texacephale langstoni – type locality for species
  • Texasetes – type locality for genus
    • Texasetes pleurohalio – type locality for species
  • Texigryphaea
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-modern foraminiferan Textularia
    Textularia
  • Thamnasteria
    • – type locality for species
  • Thamnoseris – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Thomasites
  • [10]
    • – type locality for species[10]
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Trachycardium
    • Trachycardium eufaulensis
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Triceratops
    Triceratops
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
  • Trigonia
  • Trilophosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Trilophosaurus buettneri – type locality for species
    • Trilophosaurus jacobsi
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Trinacromerum
    Trinacromerum – type locality for genus
    • Trinacromerum bentonianum – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Triodus
  • Triopticus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell in multiple views of the Early-Late Cretaceous sea snail Trochactaeon
    Trochactaeon
  • Trochocyathus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Tryonia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Turrilites
    • Turrilites acutus
  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
    • Turritella bilira
    • Turritella forgemoli – or unidentified comparable form
    • Turritella hilgardi
    • Turritella paravertebroides
    • Turritella trilira
    • Turritella vertebroides
  • Turseodus – tentative report
  • Tylosaurus
    • Tylosaurus kansasensis
    • Tylosaurus nepaeolicus
    • Tylosaurus proriger – or unidentified comparable form
  • Typothorax
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Tyrannosaurus
    Tyrannosaurus

U[]

  • Uktenadactylus
    • Uktenadactylus wadleighi – type locality for species
  • Unio
  • A living Upogebia mud shrimp
    Upogebia
    • – tentative report

V[]

  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic reptile Vancleavea
    Vancleavea
    • Vancleavea campi
  • Vascellum
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Vascoceras
    Vascoceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Venericardia
  • Vinella
  • Shell of a Viviparus freshwater snail
    Viviparus – tentative report
  • Volsella
  • Vulsella

W[]

  • Fossilized partial skulls of the Early Cretaceous crocodilian Wannchampsus
    Wannchampsus – type locality for genus
    • Wannchampsus kirpachi – type locality for species
  • Wannia
    • Wannia scurriensis – type locality for species
  • Woodbinesuchus – type locality for genus
    • Woodbinesuchus byersmauricei – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Wrightoceras

X[]

  • Xanthosia
  • Xenacanthus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Xenophora
  • Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
    Xiphactinus

Y[]

  • Yezoites
  • Yoldia


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