List of the prehistoric life of Missouri

This list of the prehistoric life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri.

Precambrian[]

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.

Paleozoic[]

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Missouri[]

• †Achatella
• †Achistrum
• †Acutimitoceras – tentative report
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  Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
  †Alethopteris
  • †Alethopteris davreuxi
  • †Alethopteris decurrens
  • †Alethopteris grandini
  • †Alethopteris serlii
  • †Alethopteris valida
• †Amphiscapha
• † Ananias
• †Annularia
  • †Annularia sphenophylloides
  • †Annularia stellata
• †Anomphalus
• †Anthracoceras
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  Restoration of the Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Aphetoceras being preyed upon by a Cameroceras
  †Aphetoceras
• †Aphlebia
• †Archeognathus – type locality for genus
• †Artisia
• †Asterotheca
• †Athyris
  • †Athyris fultonensis
  • †Athyris lamellosa
• †Aulochiton – type locality for genus
• †Aviculopecten
  • †Aviculopecten gradicosta
• †Avonia
• †Bellerophon
  • †Bellerophon graphicus
  • †Bellerophon jeffersonensis – type locality for species
• †Bembexia
• †Beyrichoceras
• †Bisatoceras
• †Bolbocephalus
• †Bumastus
  • †Bumastus trentonensis
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  Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
  †Calamites
  • †Calamites carinatus
  • †Calamites cistii
  • †Calamites cruciatus
  • †Calamites suckowii
• †Calyptaulax
• †Camarotoechia
  • †Camarotoechia elegantula
  • †Camarotoechia horsfordi
  • †Camarotoechia tuta
• †Campbelloceras
• †Cardiocarpus
• †Cavusgnathus
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  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
  †Ceraurus
• †Chelodes
• †Chonetes
  • †Chonetes geniculatus
  • †Chonetes mesoloba
  • †Chonetes ornatus
• †Clarkoceras
• †Cleiothyridina
  • †Cleiothyridina incrassata
  • †Cleiothyridina orbicularis
• †Cliftonia
• †Coenocystis
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
  †Composita
  • †Composita elongata
  • †Composita ovata
  • †Composita subtilita
  • †Composita tetralobata
• †Conocardium
• †Coolinia
• †Cordaicarpus
• †Cordaites
  • †Cordaites crassinervis
  • †Cordaites principalis
• †Cornuella – type locality for genus
• †Cornulites
• †Crania
• †Crepipora
  • †Crepipora globulifera – type locality for species
• †Curtognathus
• †Cyclonema
• †Cyclopteris
• †Cyphaspis
• †Cyrtoceras
• †Cyrtolites
• †Dalmanites
• †Deckera
• † Della
• †Dicoelosia
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  Illustration of the jaws of Dinichthys
  †Dinichthys
• †Domatoceras
• †Dorycordaites
• †Earlandia
• †Echinosphaerites
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• †Ellesmeroceras
• Eocaudina
• †Eospirifer
• †Euomphalus
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  Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Fadenia
  †Fadenia
• †Favosites
• †Flexicalymene
  • †Flexicalymene senaria
• †Gervillia
• †Glossina
• †Gnathodus
  • †Gnathodus typicus
• †Gondolella
• †Halysites
• †Helcionopsis
• †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
• †Hindia
• †Holia – type locality for genus
• †Holopea
• †Hyolithes
• †Hypseloconus
• †Idiognathodus
• †Irvingella
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  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
  †Isotelus
  • †Isotelus gigas
  • †Isotelus maximus
• †Jeffersonia
• †Kendallina
• †Kirengella
• †Kirkella – type locality for genus
• †Lepidophyllum
• †Lingula
• †Liroceras
• †Matthevia
• †Maximites
• †Meristella
• †Meristina
• †Metacoceras
• †Murchisonia – tentative report
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  Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
  †Naticopsis
  • †Naticopsis judithae – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis marthaae – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis scintilla – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis wortheniana – type locality for species
• †Neospirifer
  • †Neospirifer cameratus
  • †Neospirifer goreii
  • †Neospirifer latus
  • †Neospirifer triplicatus
• †Neuropteris
  • †Neuropteris caudata
  • †Neuropteris flexuosa
  • †Neuropteris heterophylla
  • †Neuropteris ovata
  • †Neuropteris rarinervis
  • †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
  • †Neuropteris tenuifolia
• Nucula
• †Oncagnostus
  • †Oncagnostus tumidosus
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  Restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian cartilaginous fish Orodus
  †Orodus
• †Orthoceras
• †Orygmaspis
• †Oulodus
• †Ozarkodina
• †Palaeoniscus
• †Paradycheia – type locality for genus
• †Pecopteris
  • †Pecopteris unita
• †Phillipsia – tentative report
• †Phragmolites
• †Pinnularia
• †Platyceras
• †Pleurocystites
• †Plicochonetes
• †Polygnathus
  • †Polygnathus communis
• †Prioniodus
• †Proetus
• †Pseudopolygnathus
• †Pteridosperm
• †Pterotheca
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  Life restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Ptyctodus
  †Ptyctodus
• †Quadratia
• †Receptaculites
• †Remopleurides
• †Robustum – type locality for genus
  • †Robustum nodum – type locality for species
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• †Shelbyoceras – type locality for genus
• †Sigillaria
• †Skenidioides
• Solemya
• †Spathognathodus
• †Sphaerocoryphe
• †Sphenophyllum
  • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
  • †Sphenophyllum longifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum majus
• †Sphenopteris
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
  †Spirifer
  • †Spirifer marionensis
  • †Spirifer opimus
  • †Spirifer rockymontanus
• Spirorbis
• †Spyroceras
• †Strepsodiscus
• †Streptognathodus
  • †Streptognathodus clarki – type locality for species
• †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena incurvata
• †Subulites
• †Tarphyceras
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  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus
  †Tricrepicephalus
• †Tryblidium
• †Vellamo
• †Whiteavesia
• †Wilkingia
• †Worthenia

Mesozoic[]

• †Acteon
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  Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus
  †Adocus
• †Aenona
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• †Albertosaurus
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• †Anomia
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• Arrhoges
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
  †Baculites
  • †Baculites tippahensis
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• Caestocorbula
  • †Caestocorbula crassaplica
  • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  • †Caestocorbula percompressa
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• †Caveola
• Cerithiella
  • †Cerithiella semirugatum
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• Cliona
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  Shell of a Corbula basket clam
  Corbula
• Crassatella
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• †Crenella
  • †Crenella elegantula
  • †Crenella serica
• Cucullaea
  • †Cucullaea capax
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• †Cymella
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
  †Discoscaphites
  • †Discoscaphites iris
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• †Euspira
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  Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
  †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra costata
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• Fusinus
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• Glycymeris
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  • †Glycymeris rotundata
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• †Hamulus
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• Lima
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• Limatula
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• †Linearis
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• †Morea
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  Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
  †Mosasaurus
  • †Mosasaurus hoffmanni
• †Naomichelys
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• †Nemocardium
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• Nucula
  • †Nucula camia
  • †Nucula percrassa
• Nuculana
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• Panopea
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• †Parrosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Parrosaurus missouriensis
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  Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
  Pholadomya
  • †Pholadomya occidentalis
• †Pinna
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• †Protocardia
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• †Pterotrigonia
  • †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
  • †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
  • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites
  †Scaphites
• Serpula
• Striarca
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• Tellina
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• †Tenea
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• Trachycardium
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  Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
  Turritella
  • †Turritella bilira
  • †Turritella chalybeatensis
  • †Turritella tippana
  • †Turritella vertebroides
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Cenozoic[]

• Alligator
• †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• Bison
• †Bootherium
• Bufo
  • †Bufo woodhousei
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  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
  †Camelops
• Canis
  • †Canis dirus
  • †Canis latrans
• Cnemidophorus
  • †Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus horridus
• Dasypus
  • †Dasypus bellus
• Elaphe
  • †Elaphe vulpina
• Equus
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• Geomys
• Lepus
  • †Lepus americanus
• †Mammut
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    Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
    †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
• Marmota
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx jeffersonii – or unidentified comparable form
• Microtus
  • †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
• †Mylohyus
• Neotoma
  • †Neotoma floridana
• Nerodia
  • †Nerodia sipedon
• Ochrotomys
  • †Ochrotomys nuttalli – or unidentified comparable form
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus
• Panthera
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    A living Panthera onca, or jaguar
    †Panthera onca
• †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus compressus
• Procyon
  • †Procyon lotor
• Puma
  • †Puma concolor – or unidentified comparable form
• †Rana
  • †Rana pipiens
• Sceloporus
  • †Sceloporus undulatus
• Sciurus
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  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
  †Smilodon
• Spermophilus
• Spilogale
  • †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus aquaticus
• Synaptomys
  • †Synaptomys cooperi
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  A living Tapirus, or tapir
  Tapirus
• Urocyon

References[]

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