List of the prehistoric life of Nevada

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

Precambrian[]

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

Paleozoic[]

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada[]

  • Fossil of the Silurian-Middle Devonian trilobite Acanthopyge
    Acanthopyge
  • Acmarhachis
    • Acmarhachis typicalis
  • Acodus
  • Acrothyra
  • Acutichiton
  • Adamsoceras
    • Agnostotes clavata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Agnostus
  • Agoniatites
  • Amorphognathus
  • Amphiscapha
  • Ampyx – tentative report
  • Ampyx
  • Anabarella
  • Ananias
  • Anataphrus
  • Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris
    Anomalocaris
  • Anomphalus
    • Anomphalus jaggerius – type locality for species
  • Apatolichas
  • Archaeocidaris
  • Athyris
    • Athyris lamellosa
  • Atrypa
  • Aulopora
  • Aviculopecten
  • Avonia
  • Bactroceras
  • Baltoceras
  • Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Bathynotus
    Bathynotus
  • Bathyuriscus
  • Bellerophon
    • Bellerophon needlensis – type locality for species
  • Benthamaspis
  • Biceratops – type locality for genus
  • Biciragnostus
  • Bija
  • Bimuria
  • Bolbocephalus – tentative report
  • Bolbolenellus
  • Bradyfallotaspis
  • Brevibelus
  • Bristolia
  • Brongniartella
  • Brunsia
  • Bumastus
  • Calymene
  • Calyptaulax
  • Camarotoechia
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left)
    Canadaspis
  • Cancelloceras
    • Cancelloceras elegans – or unidentified comparable form
  • Caninia
  • Carinamala
  • Carolinites
  • Catenipora
  • Cavusgnathus
  • Cedaria
  • Ceratocephala – tentative report
  • Ceraurinella
  • Ceraurinus
  • Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
    Ceraurus
  • Chancelloria
  • Chancia
  • Chonetes
    • Chonetes logani
  • Cladochonus
  • Cladodus
  • Cleiothyridina
    • Cleiothyridina ciriacksi
    • Cleiothyridina deroissyi
    • Cleiothyridina elegans
    • Cleiothyridina orbicularis
  • Climacograptus
    • Climacograptus innotatus
    • Climacograptus phyllophorus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cloacaspis
  • Coleoloides
  • Columnaria
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    Composita
    • Composita apheles – or unidentified comparable form
    • Composita mexicana
    • Composita mira
    • Composita ovata
    • Composita parasulcata
    • Composita subquadrata
    • Composita subtilita
    • Composita trinuclea
  • Conchidium
  • Conocardium
  • Constellaria
  • Coosia
  • Cordylodus
  • Cornuodus
  • Cravenoceras
  • Culumbodina
  • Curtoceras
  • Cybelopsis
  • Cymbidium
  • Cypricardinia
  • Cyptendoceras
  • Fossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer
    Cyrtospirifer
    • Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
  • Cystodictya
  • Dalmanites
  • Davidsonia
  • Dentalium
  • Dicoelosia
  • Dictyonema
  • Didymograptus
  • Dimeropygiella
  • Diplograptus
  • Distomodus
  • Earlandia
  • Echinaria
  • Egania – type locality for genus
  • Ehmaniella
  • Elrathina
  • Emmonsia
  • Encrinuroides
  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Encrinurus
    Encrinurus
  • Eospirifer
  • Epiphyton
  • Esmeraldina
  • Ethmophyllum
  • Euomphalus
  • Fallotaspis
  • Favosites
  • Fenestella
  • Flexicalymene
  • Fremontia
  • Geragnostus
  • Geraldinella
  • Girvanella
  • Glaphurochiton – tentative report
  • Gnathodus
  • Gogia
  • Goniatites
  • Gracianella
  • Grandinasus
  • Gypospirifer
  • Halysites
  • Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
    Helicoprion
  • Heliomera
  • Helminthochiton
  • Hintzeia
  • Holmiella
  • Homagnostus
  • Hunnebergia – tentative report
  • Hyolithellus
  • Hyolithes
  • Hypodicranotus
  • Iapetognathus
  • Icriodus
  • Illaenus
  • Ingria
  • Innitagnostus
  • Irvingella
  • Isograptus
  • Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
    Isotelus
  • Jeffersonia
  • Kanoshia
  • Kawina
  • Komaspidella
  • Komia
  • Kootenia
  • Krausella
  • Lachnostoma
  • Ladatheca
  • Lehua
  • Leonardoceras
  • Leonaspis
  • Lingula
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
    Lingulella
  • Lonchodomas
  • Lotagnostus
    • Lotagnostus trisectus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Martinia
  • Megalaspidella – tentative report
  • Megalaspides
  • Megistaspis
  • Meristella
  • Meristina
  • Metacoceras
  • Metaplasia
  • Michelinoceras
  • Micromitra
  • Microplasma
  • Modiolus
  • Monograptus
    • Monograptus thomasi
    • Monograptus yukonensis
  • Murchisonia
  • Nardophyllum
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
    Naticopsis
    • Naticopsis glomerosa – type locality for species
    • Naticopsis inornata
    • Naticopsis kaibabensis
  • Neospirifer
    • Neospirifer cameratus
    • Neospirifer dunbari
    • Neospirifer goreii
    • Neospirifer latus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Neospirifer triplicatus
  • Nephrolenellus
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadella
    Nevadella
  • Nevadia
  • Niobe
  • Nisusia – tentative report
  • Noblella
  • Nuculoidea
  • Obolella
  • Obolus
  • Ogygopsis
  • Olenellus
    • Olenellus fowleri – type locality for species
  • Olenoides
  • Olenus
  • Opipeuter
  • Orthoceras
  • Oryctocephalus
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian priapulid worm relative Ottoia
    Ottoia
  • Oulodus
  • Ovatoryctocara – tentative report
  • Ozarkodina
  • Pachyphyllum
  • Paedeumias
  • Pagetia
  • Paladin
  • Palmettaspis – type locality for genus
  • Parafusulina
  • Paranevadella
  • Paterina
  • Peachella
  • Pelagiella
  • Pentamerus
  • Pentlandia
  • Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites
    Pentremites
  • Periodon
  • Permocalculus
  • Peronopsis
  • Perspicaris
  • Phacops
  • Phalacroma
  • Phillipsia
  • Phragmophora
  • Phyllograptus
  • Pinna
  • Platyceras
  • Platycrinites
  • Platystrophia
  • Fossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites
    Pleurocystites
  • Polygnathus
    • Polygnathus angusticostatus
    • Polygnathus angustipennatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Polygnathus costatus
    • Polygnathus eiflius
    • Polygnathus linguiformis
    • Polygnathus parawebbi
    • Polygnathus pseudofoliatus
  • Posidonia
  • Prodentalium
  • Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus
    Proetus
  • Profallotaspis – tentative report
  • Protochonetes
  • Protospongia
  • Ptychagnostus
  • Punka
  • Quadratia
  • Raymondaspis
  • Rayonnoceras
  • Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites
    Receptaculites
  • Remopleurides
  • Rensselaeria
  • Repinaella
  • Rhabdiferoceras – type locality for genus
  • Rioceras – tentative report
  • Rossodus – tentative report
  • Sabellidites
  • Sallya
  • Salterella
  • Schwagerina
  • Siphonodendron
  • Skenidioides
  • Sowerbyella
  • Spathognathodus
  • Sphaerocodium
  • Sphaerocoryphe
  • Sphenothallus
  • Spirifer
    • Spirifer centronatus
    • Spirifer opimus
    • Spirifer rockymontanus
  • Spiriferina
  • Spirorbis
  • Fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian tree-like club moss relative rhizome Stigmaria
    Stigmaria
  • Streptognathodus
  • Streptosolen
  • Stringocephalus
  • Strophomena
  • Stylonema – tentative report
  • Subulites
  • Syringopora
  • Tentaculites
  • Tetragraptus
  • Tetrataxis
  • Thoracocare
  • Triarthrus
  • Trinodus
  • Trocholites
  • Tuzoia
  • Tylonautilus
  • Uraloceras
    • Uraloceras burtiense
    • Uraloceras involutum
    • Uraloceras nevadense – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Wanneria
    Wanneria
  • Watsonella
  • Westergaardites
  • Worthenia
  • Wutinoceras
  • Yoldia
  • Youngia – tentative report
  • Zacanthoides

Mesozoic[]

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Nevada[]

  • Acrochordiceras – type locality for genus
  • Acrodus
    • Acrodus alexandrae – type locality for species
    • Acrodus cuneocostatus – type locality for species
    • Acrodus oreodontus – type locality for species
    • Acrodus spitzbergensis
    • Acrodus vermicularis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Acuminatella
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus
    Adocus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Alanites
    • Alanites costatus – type locality for species
    • Alanites mulleri – type locality for species
    • Alanites obesus – type locality for species
  • Alsatites
  • Anaflemingites
  • Anagymnites
  • Anagymnotoceras
  • Anasibirites
    • Anasibirites kingianus
  • Anatropites
  • Angulaticeras
  • Anolcites
  • Aplococeras
  • Arcestes
  • Arctoceras
  • Arctohungarites
  • Arctoprionites
  • Arenicolites
  • Aspenites
  • Astarte
  • Asteriacites
  • Atrina
  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic plesiosaur relative Augustasaurus
    Augustasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Augustasaurus hagdorni – type locality for species
  • Avicularia
  • Balatonites
  • Birgeria
  • Calliconites
  • Caucasorhynchia
  • Ceccaceras
  • Ceccaisculitoides
    • Ceccaisculitoides elegans – type locality for species
  • Ceratites
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
    Ceratodus
  • Chlamys
  • Chonespondylus
  • Claraia
    • Claraia aurita
    • Claraia clarai
    • Claraia stachei
  • Colobodus
  • Coral
  • Corbula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Coroniceras
  • Diagram illustrating the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus with an anachronistic human to scale.
    Cymbospondylus
    • Cymbospondylus petrinus
    • Cymbospondylus piscosus
  • Daonella
    • Daonella americana – type locality for species
    • Daonella dubia
    • Daonella elongata – or unidentified comparable form
    • Daonella gabbi
    • Daonella indica – or unidentified related form
    • Daonella lindstroemi
    • Daonella lommeli – or unidentified comparable form
    • Daonella lommelli – or unidentified comparable form
    • Daonella moussoni
    • Daonella rieberi – type locality for species
    • Daonella sturi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Daxatina
  • Decapod
  • Ellisonia – type locality for genus
  • Fossils of the Middle Triassic crinoid ("sea lily") Encrinus
    Encrinus
  • Epigondolella
    • Epigondolella mosheri
  • Eremites
  • Frankites
  • Frechites
  • Germanonautilus
  • Gervillaria
  • Gervillia
  • Gondolella
    • Gondolella carinita – type locality for species
    • Gondolella denuda – or unidentified related form
    • Gondolella eotriassica – type locality for species
    • Gondolella milleri – type locality for species
    • Gondolella nevadensis – type locality for species
    • Gondolella planata – type locality for species
  • Goniatites – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Gryphaea
  • Grypoceras
  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Gymnites
    Gymnites
    • Gymnites billingsi – type locality for species
    • Gymnites calli – type locality for species
    • Gymnites humboldti – or unidentified comparable form
    • Gymnites perplanus – type locality for species
    • Gymnites tozeri – type locality for species
    • Gymnites tregorum – type locality for species
  • Gyrolepis – tentative report
  • Hybodus
  • Ichthyosaurus
  • Inyoites
    • Inyoites oweni
  • Kraussodontus
  • Lecanites
  • Leiophyllites
  • Restoration of a school of the Middle Triassic-Early Cretaceous bony fish Leptolepis
    Leptolepis
  • Limaria
  • Lopha
  • Macroelongatoolithus
  • Meekoceras
    • Meekoceras gracilitatis
  • Metapolygnathus
  • Metophioceras
  • Michelinoceras
  • Misikella
  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus
    Mixosaurus
  • Modiolus
  • Monophyllites
  • Myophoria
  • Mytilus
  • Naomichelys
  • Neogondolella
  • Neomegalodon
  • Neophyllites – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nerinea
  • Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus
    Omphalosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Omphalosaurus nevadanus – type locality for species
  • Ophiceras
  • Orthoceras
  • Ostrea
  • Oulodus
  • Owenites
    • Owenites koeneni
  • Oxytoma
  • Ozarkodina
  • Palaeospinax – tentative report
  • Paralepidotus – tentative report
  • Paranautilus
  • Life restoration of the Triassic ichthyosaur Phalarodon
    Phalarodon
    • Phalarodon fraasi
  • Pholadomya
  • Pinna
  • Plagiostoma
  • Planolites
  • Pleuronautilus
  • Plicatula
  • Posidonia
  • Proclydonautilus
  • Protrachyceras
  • Psiloceras
  • Ptychites
  • Ptycholepis – tentative report
  • Rhacophyllites
  • Rhaetina
  • Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Saurichthys
  • Schlotheimia
  • Shonisaurus
    • Diagram illustrating Shonisaurus (green) and Shastasaurus sikanniensis (red) with an anachronistic human to scale
      Shonisaurus popularis
  • Sibyllonautilus
  • Sirenites
  • Solenopora
  • Spiriferina
    • Spiriferina alia
    • Spiriferina homfrayi – type locality for species
    • Spiriferina roundyi
  • Stenopopanoceras
  • Sturia
  • Styrionautilus
  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Thalattoarchon
    Thalattoarchon – type locality for genus
    • Thalattoarchon saurophagis – type locality for species
  • Thamnasteria
  • Trichites
  • Trigonia
  • Tutcheria
  • Ussurites
  • Vermiceras
  • Wyomingites
  • Xenoceltites
  • Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus
    Xenodiscus

Cenozoic[]

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nevada[]

  • Abies
  • Acer
  • Aelurodon
  • Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Aepycamelus
    • Aepycamelus bradyi – type locality for species
    • Aepycamelus robustus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Aepycamelus stocki
  • Aesculus
  • Agriotherium
  • Agulla
    • Agulla mineralensis – type locality for species
  • Aletomeryx
  • Alforjas
  • Alnus
  • Amelanchier
  • Amorpha
  • Anchitheriomys
  • Antrozous
    • Antrozous pallidus
  • Aphelops
  • Apis
    • Apis nearctica – type locality for species
  • Arbutus
    • Arbutus menziesii
  • Arctodus
    • Arctodus simus
  • Arctostaphylos
  • Astrohippus
  • Barbourofelis
    • Barbourofelis fricki
  • Bassariscus
  • Betula
  • Borophagus
    • Borophagus diversidens – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus
    Brachycrus
  • Brachylagus
    • Brachylagus idahoensis
  • Brachypsalis
  • Bumelia
  • Calocedrus
  • Camelops – tentative report
  • Candona
  • Canis
    • Canis latrans
    • Canis lepophagus
  • Carpocyon
  • Carya
    • Carya ovata
  • Castanopsis
  • Ceanothus
  • Cedrela
  • Living Ceratophyllum, also known as coontails or hornworts
    Ceratophyllum
  • Cercis
  • Cercocarpus
  • Chamaebatia
  • Chamaecyparis
  • Chara
  • Chrysolepis
  • Cnemidophorus
    • Cnemidophorus tigris
  • Comptonia
  • Cornus
  • Cosoryx
    • Cosoryx furcatus
  • Crataegus
  • Crotalus
    • Crotalus atrox
    • Crotalus viridis
  • Crotaphytus
    • Crotaphytus collaris
  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius
    Cuvieronius – tentative report
  • Desmatippus
  • Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dinohippus
  • Diospyros
  • Dipodomys
  • Dipoides
  • Diprionomys
  • Dromomeryx
    • Dromomeryx borealis
  • Epicyon
  • Equisetum
  • Equus
    • Equus giganteus
    • Equus idahoensis
    • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
      Equus simplicidens
  • Eucastor
  • Euceratherium
    • Euceratherium collinum
  • Eucyon
    • Eucyon davisi
  • Eugenia
  • Fraxinus
  • Gambelia
  • Garrya
  • Gigantocamelus
  • Glyptostrobus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium
    Gomphotherium
  • Gopherus
    • Gopherus agassizii
  • Gymnocladus
  • Helaletes
  • Heloderma
    • Heloderma suspectum
  • Hemiauchenia
    • Hemiauchenia macrocephala – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hesperocamelus
  • Heteromeles
  • Hipparion
  • Hippotherium
  • Holodiscus
  • Hydrangea
  • Hyopsodus
  • Hypohippus
  • Hypolagus
  • Hyrachyus
  • Ilingoceros
    • Ilingoceros alexandrae – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos
    Indarctos
  • Ischyrocyon
  • Juglans
  • Juniperus
  • Lampropeltis
    • Lampropeltis getulus
  • Larix
  • Lemmiscus
    • Lemmiscus curtatus
  • Leptocyon
  • Leucothoe
  • Lithocarpus
  • Lymnaea
  • Lyonothamnus
  • Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus
    Machairodus
  • Mahonia
  • Mammut
    • Mammut americanum
    • Mammut matthewi
  • Marmota
  • Masticophis
    • Masticophis flagellum
  • Mastodon
  • Megahippus
  • Megalonyx
    • Restoration of two Megalonyx leptostomus ground sloths. Jay Matternes.
      Megalonyx leptostomus
  • Megatylopus
  • Merychippus
  • Merychyus
  • Merycodus
  • Metalopex
  • Metatomarctus
  • Microtomarctus
  • Microtus
    • Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • Miopelodytes – type locality for genus
  • Monosaulax
  • Life restoration of the Miocene chalicothere mammal Moropus threatening a pair of the bear-dog Daphoenodon. Jay Matternes (1964).
    Moropus
  • Mustela
    • Mustela nigripes
    • Mustela nivalis
  • Myotis
  • Neohipparion
  • Neotoma
  • Notharctus
    • Notharctus tenebrosus
  • Notiosorex
  • Odocoileus
  • Ondatra
  • Oreamnos
    • Oreamnos americanus
  • Ostrya
  • Ovis
    • Ovis canadensis
  • Pachystima
  • Paracamelus
  • Paracynarctus
  • Parahippus
  • Paratomarctus
  • Paronychomys
  • Peraceras
  • Perognathus
  • Peromyscus
  • Phenacomys
  • Phrynosoma
    • Phrynosoma platyrhinos
  • Picea
  • Pinus
  • Pituophis
    • Pituophis catenifer
  • Platanus
  • Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
    Platygonus
  • Pleiolama
  • Pliauchenia
  • Pliohippus
  • Populus
  • Procamelus
  • Protolabis
  • Protomarctus
  • Prunus
  • Pseudaelurus
  • Pseudotsuga
  • Pteridium
  • Pterocarya
  • Quercus
  • Rana
    • Rana pipiens
  • Repomys
  • Rhamnus
  • Rhododendron
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium
    Rhynchotherium
  • Ribes
  • Robinia
  • Rosa
  • Salix
  • Satherium
    • Satherium piscinarium
  • Sauromalus
    • Sauromalus obesus
  • Scapanus
  • Sciurus
  • Sequoiadendron
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa
    Sinopa
  • Sophora
  • Sorbus
  • Sorex
  • Sparganium
  • Spea
  • Spermophilus
  • Sphaerium
  • Steneofiber
  • Styrax
  • Subdromomeryx
    • Subdromomeryx antilopinus – or unidentified related form
  • Symphoricarpos
  • Tamias
  • Taxidea
  • Taxodium
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
    • Teleoceras major
  • Thomomys
  • Thuja
  • Ticholeptus
  • Tipula
  • Tomarctus
    • Tomarctus brevirostris
  • Torreya
  • Tsuga
  • Typha
  • Ulmus
  • Ursavus
  • Ursus
    • Ursus americanus
    • Ursus arctos – or unidentified comparable form
  • Vaccinium
  • Viverravus
  • Vulpes
  • Zelkova
  • Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon
    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)
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