List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska

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

Precambrian[]

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

Paleozoic[]

• †Achistrum
• †Acroplous
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• †Agassizodus
  • †Agassizodus variabilis
• †Aglaocrinus
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• †Ameura
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• Ammodiscus
• †Amphiscapha
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• †Amphissites
• † Ananias
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• †Atrypa
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• †Barbclabornia
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  Restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Belantsea
  †Belantsea
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• †Bobbodus – type locality for genus
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• †Chonetes
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• †Cladodus – type locality for genus
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• †Composita
  • †Composita subtilita
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• †Crurithyris
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  Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus
  †Ctenacanthus
  • †Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias
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• †Delocrinus
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• †Ditomopyge
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• †Endothyra
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• Eocaudina
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• †Euphemites
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  Fossil in multiple views of the Late Devonian-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
  †Favosites
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  Life restoration of the Carboniferous shark Glikmanius
  †Glikmanius
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  • †Glikmanius occidentalis
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  Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Halysites
  †Halysites
• †Helodus
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  Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Iniopteryx
  †Iniopteryx – type locality for genus
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  • †Iniopteryx rushlaui
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• †Janassa
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• †Juresania
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• †Linoproductus
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  Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras
  †Metacoceras
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• †Monongahela
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• ��Mycterops
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• †Neospirifer
  • †Neospirifer dunbari
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  Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian freshwater shark Orthacanthus
  †Orthacanthus
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• †Ozarkodina
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  Fossil of the Carboniferous crustacean Peachocaris
  †Peachocaris
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• †Petalodus
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  Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras
  †Platyceras
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• Pleurotomaria
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• †Rhipidomella
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• †Rhombopora
• †Romerodus – type locality for genus
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• †Stearoceras
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  Life restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus
  †Stethacanthus
  • †Stethacanthus altonensis
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• †Streptognathodus
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• †Syringopora
• †Tainoceras
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Mesozoic[]

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  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid Collignoniceras
  †Collignoniceras
  • †Collignoniceras percarinatum
  • †Collignoniceras praecox
  • †Collignoniceras vermilionense
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• †Didymoceras
  • †Didymoceras cheyennense
• †Inoceramus
  • †Inoceramus apicalis
  • †Inoceramus cuvieri
  • †Inoceramus fragilis
• †Landonia – type locality for genus
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  Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
  †Mosasaurus
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• †Pseudoperna
  • †Pseudoperna congesta
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• †Rhaeboceras
• †Rosselia – or unidentified comparable form
• †Scaphites
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• †Skolithos – or unidentified comparable form
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  Animated life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Styxosaurus
  †Styxosaurus – type locality for genus
• †Volviceramus
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Cenozoic[]

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nebraska[]

• Acer
• Acipenser
• Acris
  • †Acris crepitans – or unidentified comparable form
• †Acritohippus
  • †Acritohippus isonesus
• †Aelurodon
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  Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
  †Aepycamelus
  • †Aepycamelus major
  • †Aepycamelus robustus
• Agkistrodon
• †Agnotocastor
• †Agriochoerus
• †Agriotherium
• †Aletomeryx
• †Alforjas
• Alligator
• Alnus
• †Ambrosia
• †Ambystoma
  • †Ambystoma maculatum
  • †Ambystoma tigrinum
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  Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932).
  †Amebelodon
• Amia
  • †Amia calva
• Ammospermophilus
• †Amphechinus
• †Amphicyon
  • †Amphicyon frendens – type locality for species
  • †Amphicyon galushai – type locality for species
  • †Amphicyon ingens
• †Amphimachairodus
• †Anchitheriomys
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  Fossilized mandibles of the Miocene three-toed horse Anchitherium
  †Anchitherium
• †Andrias
• Antrozous – or unidentified comparable form
• Apalone
  • †Apalone spinifera
• †Aphelops
• Aplodinotus
  • †Aplodinotus grunniens
• Aramus
• †Archaeocyon
• †Archaeohippus
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene entelodont mammal Archaeotherium
  †Archaeotherium
• †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• †Arctonasua
• Ardea
• Arizona
• †Artemisia
• †Astrohippus
• Atractosteus
  • †Atractosteus spatula
• Baiomys
• Balearica
• †Barbourofelis
  • †Barbourofelis fricki
  • †Barbourofelis morrisi – type locality for species
  • †Barbourofelis whitfordi – type locality for species
• Bassariscus
• †Bathornis
  • †Bathornis veredus
• †Bathygenys
• Betula – or unidentified comparable form
• Bison
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    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison
    †Bison latifrons
• Blarina
  • †Blarina brevicauda
• †Blastomeryx
  • †Blastomeryx gemmifer – type locality for species
• †Bootherium
  • †Bootherium bombifrons – type locality for species
• †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens
  • †Borophagus pugnator
  • †Borophagus secundus
• †Bothriodon
• †Brachycrus
• †Brachypsalis
• †Brachyrhynchocyon
• †Brontops
• Bufo
  • †Bufo cognatus
• Burhinus
• Buteo
• †Calippus
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  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
  †Camelops
  • †Camelops hesternus
• Canis
  • †Canis dirus
  • †Canis edwardii
  • †Canis ferox
  • †Canis latrans
  • †Canis lepophagus
• †Capromeryx
• †Carpocyon
• Carya
• Castor
  • †Castor californicus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Castoroides
• Cedrela
• Celtis
• †Cephalogale
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  Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene horned gopher Ceratogaulus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
  †Ceratogaulus
  • †Ceratogaulus anecdotus
  • †Ceratogaulus hatcheri
  • †Ceratogaulus rhinocerus
• †Cervalces
• Chaetodipus
  • †Chaetodipus hispidus
• †Chamaecyparis
• Charina
• Chelydra
  • †Chelydra serpentina
• †Chelydrops
  • †Chelydrops stricta – type locality for species
• Chrysemys
  • †Chrysemys picta
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  Flowers of a living Cladrastis, or yellowwood
  Cladrastis
• Clethrionomys
  • †Clethrionomys gapperi – or unidentified comparable form
• Cnemidophorus
  • †Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
• Cocculus
• †Colodon
• Coluber
  • †Coluber constrictor
• †Conuropsis
• †Cordia
• †Cormocyon
• †Cormohipparion
• †Cosoryx
  • †Cosoryx furcatus
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  Restoration of the Miocene palaeomerycid Cranioceras, a relative of modern deer, with anachronistic human to scale
  †Cranioceras
• Crataegus
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus horridus
• Cryptotis
• †Cynarctoides
  • †Cynarctoides acridens
  • †Cynarctoides emryi – type locality for species
  • †Cynarctoides roii
• †Cynarctus
• †Cynelos
• †Cynodesmus
• Cynomys
• †Daphoenictis
• †Daphoenodon
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene bear dog Daphoenus
  †Daphoenus – type locality for genus
• Dasypus
  • †Dasypus bellus
• †Desmatippus
• †Desmatochoerus
• †Desmocyon
• †Diceratherium
• Dicrostonyx
  • †Dicrostonyx torquatus
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene false saber-toothed cat Dinictis. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
  †Dinictis
• †Dinohippus
• †Dinohyus
  • †Dinohyus hollandi – type locality for species
• †Diospyros
• Dipodomys
• †Dipoides
• †Diprionomys
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• †Dromomeryx
  • †Dromomeryx borealis – type locality for species
• †Ectopocynus
• †Ekgmowechashala
  • †Ekgmowechashala philotau
• Elaphe
  • †Elaphe guttata
  • †Elaphe obsoleta
  • †Elaphe vulpina
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene anthracothere mammal Elomeryx
  †Elomeryx – tentative report
• Emydoidea
  • †Emydoidea blandingii
• †Enhydrocyon
• †Epicyon
  • †Epicyon haydeni
• Equus
  • †Equus conversidens – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Equus francisci
  • †Equus simplicidens
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon dorsatum
• Esox
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  Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Eubelodon
  †Eubelodon
• †Eucastor
• †Eucyon
  • †Eucyon davisi
• Eumeces
• †Euoplocyon
• Felis
• †Floridatragulus
• †Fraxinus
• †Gaillardia
• Geochelone
• Geomys
  • †Geomys bursarius
• Geranoaetus
• Gerrhonotus
• †Gigantocamelus
• Glyptemys
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium
  †Gomphotherium
• Gopherus
• Graptemys
• Grus
• †Hayoceros
• †Helodermoides
  • †Helodermoides tuberculatus
• †Hemiauchenia
  • †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
• †Herpetotherium
  • †Herpetotherium fugax
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene dog Hesperocyon. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
  †Hesperocyon
• †Hesperotestudo
• Heterodon
  • †Heterodon nasicus
  • †Heterodon platyrhinos
• †Heteromeryx
• †Hipparion
  • †Hipparion forcei
• †Hippotherium
• Holbrookia – tentative report
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  Restoration of Pliocene-Pleistocene Homotherium, or scimitar cat
  †Homotherium
  • †Homotherium crusafonti
• †Hoplophoneus
• †Hyaenodon
  • †Hyaenodon crucians
• Hyla
  • †Hyla gratiosa – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hyla squirella – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hyla versicolor – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hypertragulus
• †Hypisodus
• †Hypohippus
• †Hypolagus
• †Hypsiops
• †Hyracodon
• Ictalurus
  • †Ictalurus punctatus – or unidentified comparable form
• Ilex
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  Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos
  †Indarctos
• †Ischyrocyon
• †Ischyromys
• Juglans
• †Kalobatippus
• Kinosternon
  • †Kinosternon flavescens
• †Lambdoceras
• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis calligaster
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
  • †Lampropeltis triangulum
• Lasiurus
• Leiocephalus
• Lepisosteus
• Lepomis
  • †Lepomis microlophus
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  Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene oreodont mammal Leptauchenia
  †Leptauchenia
• †Leptocyon
• †Leptomeryx
• Lepus
  • †Lepus californicus – or unidentified comparable form
• Lichanura
• Liquidambar
• †Longirostromeryx
• Lontra
• Lycopodium
• †Machairodus
• Macrochelys
  • †Macrochelys temminckii
• Mahonia
• †Mammacyon
• †Mammut
  • †Mammut matthewi
• †Mammuthus
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    Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909).
    †Mammuthus columbi
• Martes
• Masticophis
  • †Masticophis flagellum
• †Mediochoerus
• †Megacamelus
• †Megahippus
• †Megalictis
  • †Megalictis ferox
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx leptostomus
• †Megantereon – tentative report
• †Megatylopus
• †Meliosma
• †Menoceras
• Mephitis
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    A living Mephitis mephitis, or striped skunk
    †Mephitis mephitis
• †Merychippus
• †Merychyus
• †Merycochoerus
• †Merycodus
• †Merycoides
• †Merycoidodon
• †Mesocyon – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Mesohippus
• †Mesoreodon
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Metailurus
  †Metailurus
• †Metalopex
• †Metatomarctus
• †Michenia
• Micropterus
• †Microtomarctus
• Microtus
  • †Microtus ochrogaster
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
• Micrurus
• †Migmacastor – type locality for genus
  • †Migmacastor procumbodens – type locality for species
• †Miniochoerus
• †Miohippus
• †Miotapirus
  • †Miotapirus harrisonensis
• †Miotylopus
• †Monosaulax
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  Life restoration of the Miocene chalicothere mammal Moropus threatening a pair of the bear-dog Daphoenodon. Jay Matternes (1964).
  †Moropus
• Mustela
  • †Mustela frenata
  • †Mustela nigripes
  • †Mustela vison
• Mycteria
• †Mylagaulus
• †Mylohyus
• Myodes
• Myotis
• †Nannippus
• †Nanotragulus
• Natrix – or unidentified comparable form
• †Neohipparion
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene Neophrontops
  Neophrontops
• Neotamias
• Neotoma
• Nerodia
  • †Nerodia rhombifera
  • †Nerodia sipedon
• †Nexuotapirus
• †Nimravides
  • †Nimravides pedionomus – type locality for species
• †Nordenosaurus
• †Nototamias
• †Nyssa
• Ochotona
  • †Ochotona spanglei – or unidentified comparable form
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  A living Odocoileus deer
  Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus
• †Oligobunis
• Ondatra
  • †Ondatra zibethicus
• Onychomys
  • †Onychomys leucogaster – or unidentified comparable form
• Opheodrys – or unidentified comparable form
• Ophisaurus
  • †Ophisaurus ventralis
• Ortalis
• †Osbornodon
  • †Osbornodon iamonensis
• †Oxetocyon
• †Oxydactylus
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  Spiral-shaped fossilized burrow and associated skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene beaver Palaeocastor
  †Palaeocastor
• †Palaeogale
• †Palaeolagus
• Panthera
  • †Panthera leo
• †Paracynarctus
• †Paradaphoenus
• †Paraenhydrocyon
• †Parahippus
• †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani
• †Paramys
• Parascalops – or unidentified comparable form
• †Paratomarctus
• †Paratylopus
• †Parictis
• †Paronychomys
• †Parvitragulus – tentative report
• †Pediolophodon
• †Pediomeryx
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  Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene lizard Peltosaurus
  †Peltosaurus
  • †Peltosaurus granulosus
• †Peraceras
• Perognathus
• Peromyscus
• †Phasianus
• †Phenacocoelus
• Phenacomys
  • †Phenacomys intermedius – or unidentified comparable form
• †Phlaocyon
  • †Phlaocyon annectens
  • †Phlaocyon mariae – type locality for species
  • †Phlaocyon minor
  • †Phlaocyon yatkolai – type locality for species
• Phrynosoma
  • †Phrynosoma cornutum
• Picea
• Pinus
• Pituophis
  • †Pituophis catenifer
  • †Pituophis melanoleucus
• Platanus
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon
  †Platybelodon
• †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus compressus
• †Pleiolama
• †Plesiogulo
• †Pliauchenia
• †Pliocyon
• †Pliohippus
• †Pliometanastes
• †Plionarctos
• †Plithocyon
• †Poebrotherium
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  Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene false faber-toothed cat Pogonodon
  †Pogonodon
• Populus
• †Proantilocapra
• †Procamelus
  • †Procamelus occidentalis
• †Procastoroides
• †Procranioceras
• †Promartes
• †Promerycochoerus
• †Proscalops
• †Prosynthetoceras
• †Proterix
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  Life restoration of a female (left) and male of the Oligocene-Miocene even-toed ungulate Protoceras. Charles R. Knight (1896).
  †Protoceras
• †Protohippus
• †Protolabis
• †Protomarctus
• Prunus
  • †Prunus acuminata – type locality for species
• †Psalidocyon
• Pseudacris
• †Pseudaelurus
• †Pseudhipparion
• †Pseudocyon
• †Pseudolabis
• †Pseudoprotoceras
• Pterocarya
• †Pylodictis
  • †Pylodictis olivaris
• Quercus
  • †Quercus parvula – type locality for species
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  Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene pronghorn Ramoceros and Cosoryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
  †Ramoceros
• †Ramoceros
• †Rana
  • †Rana catesbeiana
  • †Rana clamitans
  • †Rana pipiens
  • †Rana sylvatica
• †Regina – or unidentified comparable form
• Reithrodontomys
• †Repomys
• Rhineura
• Rhinocheilus
  • †Rhinocheilus lecontei
• †Ribes
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  Flowers of a living Robinia
  †Robinia
• Salix
• Salvadora
• †Sarcobatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Satherium
  • †Satherium piscinarium
• Scalopus
  • †Scalopus aquaticus
• Scaphiopus
• †Scaphohippus
• Sceloporus
  • †Sceloporus undulatus
• Sequoia – or unidentified comparable form
• †Serbelodon
• †Sespia
• Sigmodon
• Siren
• Sistrurus
  • †Sistrurus catenatus
• †Skinnerhyus – type locality for genus
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  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
  †Smilodon
  • †Smilodon fatalis – or unidentified comparable form
• Sorex
  • †Sorex arcticus
  • †Sorex cinereus
  • †Sorex palustris
• Spea
  • †Spea bombifrons
• Spermophilus
  • †Spermophilus elegans
  • †Spermophilus franklinii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Spermophilus richardsonii
  • †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
• Spizaetus
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon
  †Stegomastodon
• †Steneofiber
• †Stenomylus
  • †Stenomylus gracilis
  • †Stenomylus hitchcocki – type locality for species
• Sthenictis
• †Stylemys
• †Subdromomeryx
  • †Subdromomeryx antilopinus
• †Subhyracodon
• †Sunkahetanka
  • †Sunkahetanka geringensis
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus floridanus
• Synaptomys
  • †Synaptomys cooperi
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  Restoration of the Miocene protoceratid mammal Syndyoceras
  †Syndyoceras
  • †Syndyoceras cooki – type locality for species
• †Synthetoceras
  • †Synthetoceras tricornatus
• Tamias
• †Tanymykter
• Tapirus
  • †Tapirus johnsoni – type locality for species
  • †Tapirus polkensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Taxidea
  • †Taxidea taxus
• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
  †Teleoceras
  • †Teleoceras major – type locality for species
• †Temnocyon
• †Tephrocyon
• Terrapene
  • †Terrapene ornata – type locality for species
• †Tetrabelodon
• Thamnophis
  • †Thamnophis proximus
  • †Thamnophis radix
  • †Thamnophis sirtalis
• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene ground sloth Thinobadistes
  †Thinobadistes
• Thomomys
• †Ticholeptus
• Tilia
• †Titanotylopus
• †Tomarctus
  • †Tomarctus brevirostris
  • †Tomarctus hippophaga – type locality for species
• Trachemys
• †Trigenicus
• †Trigonias
  • †Trigonictis macrodon
• Trionyx
• Tropidoclonion – or unidentified comparable form
• †Tylocephalonyx
• Ulmus
• Urocyon
• †Ursavus
• †Ustatochoerus
• Vitis
• Vulpes
  • †Vulpes velox
• †Ysengrinia
• †Yumaceras
• Zapus
  • †Zapus hudsonius
• †Zodiolestes
• 

  Known material diagram depicting the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon with a human to scale
  †Zygolophodon

References[]

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