List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey
This list of the prehistoric life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey.
Precambrian[]
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in New Jersey.
Paleozoic[]
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- †Coenites
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- †Favosites
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites - †Leiorhynchus
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Mesozoic[]
Selected Mesozoic taxa of New Jersey[]
- Acipenser
- Acteon
- †Adocus – type locality for genus
- †Adocus beatus – type locality for species
Shell and skeleton of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History
- †Aenona
- †Agerostrea
- †Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form
- Amauropsis
- Amia
- †Amyda
- †Anatalavis
- †Anatalavis rex – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus
- †Anchisauripus tuberosus
- †Ankylosaurus
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Anomoepus
Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus - †Apatopus
- †Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
- Arca
- †Argoides
- Astarte
- Astrangia
- Atractosteus
- †Atreipus
- Attagenus
- †Avellana
- †Axonoceras
- †Baculites
- †Baculites haresi
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites scotti – tentative report
- †Baikuris
- †Baikuris casei – type locality for species
- Barbatia
- †Belemnitella
- †Belemnitella americana
- Bernaya
- †Bottosaurus
- †Bottosaurus harlani – type locality for species
- Botula
- †Botula ripleyana
- Brachaelurus
- †Brachychampsa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Brontozoum
- †Brownimecia – type locality for genus
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Brownimecia- †Brownimecia clavata – type locality for species
- Caestocorbula
- †Caestocorbula crassaplica
- †Caestocorbula crassiplica
- †Caestocorbula percompressa
- Callianassa
- †Callianassa mortoni
- †Calliomphalus
- †Calliomphalus americanus
- Cardita
- †Catopygus
- †Ceratodus
- Cerithium
- Cheilotrichia
- †Chelone
- Chiloscyllium
- †Chirotherium
- †Chirotherium lulli – type locality for species
- Chlamys
- †Cimoliasaurus
- †Cimolomys – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys- †Cimolomys clarki
- †Cirroceras
- Clavagella
- †Clidastes
- Cliona
- †Coelosaurus
- †Coelosaurus antiquus – type locality for species
- †Coelurosaurichnus
- Corbula
- †Corsochelys
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
- †Crenella elegantula
- †Crenella serica
- †Cretolamna
- †Cretolamna appendiculata
- †Cretoxyrhina
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark- †Cretoxyrhina mantelli
- †Crocodilus
- Cucullaea
- †Cucullaea capax
- †Cucullaea littlei
- Culicoides
- Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria jerseyensis
- †Cylindracanthus
- †Cymella
- Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form
- Dasyatis
- †Deinosuchus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus- †Deinosuchus rugosus
- †Dentalium
- †Dentalium leve
- †Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form
- †Didymoceras
- †Diplocynodon
- †Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Discoscaphites
- †Discoscaphites conradi
- †Discoscaphites gulosus
- †Dolicholatirus
- Dosinia
- †Dryptosaurus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus- †Dryptosaurus aquilunguis – type locality for species
- Edaphodon
- †Edmontosaurus
- †Elasmosaurus
- †Elasmosaurus orientalis – type locality for species
- †Enchodus
- †Enchodus gladiolus
- †Epitonium
- †Epitonium sillimani
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- †Exogyra
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra- †Exogyra cancellata
- †Exogyra costata
- †Exogyra ponderosa
- Fasciolaria
- † Gegania
- †Gervillia
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycimeris
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris rotundata
- †Gonyaulax
- †Graculavus – type locality for genus
- †Grallator
- †Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
- †Gryphaea
- †Hadrosaurus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Hadrosaurus- †Hadrosaurus cavatus – type locality for species
- †Hadrosaurus foulkii – type locality for species
- †Hadrosaurus minor – type locality for species
- †Halisaurus
- †Halisaurus platyspondylus
- Hemiscyllium
- Heterodontus
- †Hoploparia
- †Hoploscaphites
- †Hybodus
- †Hyposaurus
- †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
- †Hypsibema
- †Hypsibema crassicauda
- †Hypsognathus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Triassic primitive reptile Hypsognathus- †Hypsognathus fenneri – type locality for species
- †Hypuronector – type locality for genus
- †Hypuronector limnaios – type locality for species
- †Icarosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Icarosaurus siefkeri – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Inoceramus proximus
- †Ischyodus
- †Ischyodus bifurcatus
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza mira
- †Jeletzkytes
- †Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
- †Kouphichnium
- †Laornis – type locality for genus
- †Laornis edvardsianus – type locality for species
- †Leidyosuchus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus - Leptoconops
- Lima
- Limatula
- † Limonia
- †Linearis
- Linuparus
- †Liodon
- †Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Lopha falcata
- †Lopha mesenterica
- Lunatia
A living Lunatia moon sea snail - Martesia
- †Megalocoelacanthus
- †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
- †Menuites
- †Metoicoceras
- †Milnesium
- †Modiolus
- †Modiolus sedesclaris
- †Modiolus sedesclarus
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- †Mosasaurus
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus- †Mosasaurus conodon – type locality for species
- †Mytilus – tentative report
- †Neithea
- †Neithea quinquecostata
- †Nostoceras
- Nucula
- †Nucula camia
- †Nucula cuneifrons
- †Nucula percrassa
- †Odaxosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
- Odontaspis
- Oecobius – tentative report
- †Ophiomorpha
- Orchestina
- †Osteopygis – type locality for genus
- Ostrea
- †Oxyrhina
- †Oxyrhina desorii
- †Pachydiscus
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus - Pagurus
- †Palaeoniscus
- †Palaeopagurus – tentative report
- †Palaeotringa – type locality for genus
- Panopea
- †Paracupes
- †Paralbula
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- †Parrisia – type locality for genus
- †Pecten
- †Peritresius
- Pholadomya
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya- †Pholadomya occidentalis
- Pholas
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Plagiostoma
- †Plesiosaurus
- Plicatula
- †Plioplatecarpus
- †Plioplatecarpus depressus – type locality for species
- †Plumalexius – type locality for genus
- †Plumalexius rasnitsyni – type locality for species
- Polinices
- †Pristis
- †Procolpochelys
- †Prognathodon
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon- †Prognathodon rapax – type locality for species
- †Protocardia
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pteria
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
- †Pterotrigonia cerulea
- †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
- †Ptychotrygon
- Pycnodonte
- †Pycnodonte mutabilis
- †Pycnodonte vesicularis
- Rangia – tentative report
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhombodus
- Ringicula
- †Ringicula clarki
- †Rutiodon
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon- †Rutiodon carolinensis
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- †Sauropus
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scapanorhynchus texanus
- †Scaphites
- †Scaphites hippocrepis
- †Sclerorhynchus
- †Scoyenia
- Segestria – tentative report
- †Semionotus
- Serpula
- †Serratolamna
- †Serratolamna serrata
- †Spathopria – type locality for genus
- †Sphecomyrma – type locality for genus
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma- †Sphecomyrma freyi – type locality for species
- †Sphecomyrma mesaki – type locality for species
- †Sphenodiscus
- †Sphenodiscus lobatus
- Spondylus
- Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- †Squalicorax pristodontus
- Squatina
- †Stegobium
- †Stegomus
- †Stephanodus
- †Steropoides
- †Symmorphus – tentative report
- †Tanytrachelos
- †Tanytrachelos ahynis
- †Taphrosaurus
- Tellina
- †Telmatornis – type locality for genus
- Tenagodus
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- †Thoracosaurus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus - †Tomodon – type locality for genus
- †Tomodon horrificus – type locality for species
- Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium eufaulensis
- †Trigonia
- Trionyx
- Turbinella
- Turbonilla
- Turritella
- †Turritella bilira
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
- †Volviceramus
- Vulsella – or unidentified comparable form
- Xanthosia
- †Xiphactinus
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus- †Xiphactinus audax
Cenozoic[]
Selected Cenozoic taxa of New Jersey[]
- †Acrodus
Fossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus - Acteocina
- Aetobatus
- Amyda
- Anachis
- Anadara
- Anomia
- Arca
- Architectonica
- Argopecten
- †Argopecten gibbus
- †Argopecten irradians
A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians), or Atlantic bay scallop
- Argyrotheca
- Astarte
- Astrangia
- †Astrangia danae
- Astyris
- †Astyris lunata
- Athleta
- Atrina
- †Aturia
- Balanophyllia
- Balanus
- Barbatia
- Barnea
- Bison
- †Bonellitia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bootherium
- †Bootherium bombifrons
Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene bovid Bootherium bombifrons, or Harlan's musk ox.
- Buccinum
- †Buccinum undatum
- Busycon
- †Busycon carica
- †Busycon perversum
- Busycotypus
- †Busycotypus canaliculatus
- Cadulus
- †Calappilia
- Callianassa – tentative report
- Calliostoma
- Calyptraea
- Carcharias
A living Carcharias sand tiger shark - Carcharodon
- †Carcharodon hastalis
- Cardita
- Carditamera
- Cardites
- †Castoroides
- †Catopygus
- Cerithiopsis
- †Cerithiopsis emersonii
- †Cervalces
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene cervid Cervalces, or the stag moose - Chaetopleura
- †Chaetopleura apiculata
- Chama
- Chelone
- †Chesapecten
- Chlamys
- Cidaris
- †Cistella
- Clavilithes
- Clementia
- Cliona – tentative report
- Conus
- Corbula
- †Coscinopleura
- Crassostrea
- †Crassostrea virginica
- Crenella
- Crepidula
- †Crepidula convexa
- †Crepidula fornicata
- †Crepidula plana
- †Cretolamna
- †Cretolamna appendiculata
- †Crocodilus
- Crocodylus
A living Crocodylus - Crucibulum
- †Crucibulum striatum
- Cucullaea
- Cumingia
- Cuspidaria
- Cyclocardia
- Cylichna
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cythara – tentative report
- Dasyatis
- Dentalium
- Diastoma
- †Diatryma
- †Diceratherium
Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - Diodora
- Discinisca
- †Dolicholatirus
- Donax
- †Donax fossor
- Dosinia
- Echinarachnius
- †Echinocorys
- †Echinopsis
- †Ecphora
- Edaphodon
- †Enchodus
- Ensis
- †Ensis directus
- †Eosphargis
- †Eosuchus
Fossilized cranium in multiple views of the Paleocene-Eocene gavial relative Eosuchus - Epitonium
- Equus
- Ervilia
- Eupleura
- †Eupleura caudata
- Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- Fasciolaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Flabellum
- Fossarus – tentative report
- Galeocerdo
A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark- †Galeocerdo aduncus
- Galeodea
- Gemma
- †Gemma gemma
- Geukensia
- Ginglymostoma
- Glans
- †Glomerula
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris subaustralis
- †Gorgonella
- †Gryphaea
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- Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
- Hemipristis
- †Hemipristis serra
Fossilized teeth of the Miocene weasel shark Hemipristis serra
- Heptranchias
- †Heptranchias howelli – type locality for species
- Hespererato
- Hexanchus
- Hiatella
- †Hiatella arctica
- Hydroides
- †Hyposaurus – type locality for genus
- †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
- Ilyanassa
- Ischadium
- †Ischadium recurvum
- †Ischyodus
Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Miocene Chimaera relative Ischyodus - †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza mira
- Isognomon
- Isurus
- Kurtziella
- †Kurtziella cerina
- Laevicardium
- Lamna
- Latirus
- Libinia
- †Libinia emarginata
Illustration of a living Libinia emarginata, or portly spider crab
- †Linthia
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- †Littoraria irrorata
- Lunatia
- Lunularia
- Macoma
- †Macoma balthica
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
- †Mammuthus
- †Megalonyx
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx - Melampus
- Melanella
- †Menoceras
- Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria mercenaria
- Mesodesma
- Mitrella
- Modiolus
- †Modiolus modiolus
- Morus
- Mulinia
- Murex
- Murexiella
- †Mya
- †Mya arenaria
- Myliobatis
Two living Myliobatis eagle rays - Mytilus
- †Mytilus edulis
- Nassarius
- †Nassarius acutus
- †Nassarius vibex
- Natica – or unidentified comparable form
- Neptunea
- †Neptunea lyrata
- Neverita
- Nucula
Exterior of the shell of a modern specimen of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula- †Nucula proxima
- Odobenus
- †Odobenus rosmarus
- Odontaspis
- Olivella
- †Ophiocoma – tentative report
- Ophiomusium
- Ostrea
- †Ostrea compressirostra
- †Otodus
- †Otodus megalodon
Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale
- Ovibos
- †Ovibos moschatus
- †Oxyrhina
- †Oxyrhina desorii
- †Palaeocarcharodon
- †Palaeophis
- Paliurus
- Pandora
- Panopea
- Panopeus
- Pecten
- Penion – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pentacrinites
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic-Eocene crinoid ("sea lily") Pentacrinites - †Peritresius
- †Peronidella
- Petricola
- †Petricola pholadiformis
- Phoca
- Phyllodus
- Phyllonotus
- Physeter
- Pinna
- Pitar
- †Plagiochasma
- Pleuromeris
- Pleurotomaria
Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail - Plicatula
- Polinices
- Pristis
- †Prosynthetoceras
- Protula
- Psammechinus
- Pseudoliva
- Pteria – tentative report
- †Puppigerus
Fossilized skull of the Eocene sea turtle Puppigerus. The shell belongs to another kind of turtle. - Pycnodonte
- Pyrgocythara
- †Pyrgocythara plicosa
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- Rhinoptera
- †Rhizocrinus
- †Rhombodus
- †Rotularia
- Scaphella
- Scyliorhinus
Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks - Seila
- Semele
- Serpula
- Serpulorbis
- Sinum
- Siphonalia
- †Solarium
- Solenosteira
- †Solenosteira cancellaria
- †Sphyraenodus
- †Squalodon – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon - Squalus
- Squatina
- Stellatoma
- Stewartia
- Stramonita
- †Striatolamia
- Strioterebrum
- Tagelus
- †Tapiravus
- Tapirus
- Tectonatica
- Tellina
- Tenagodus – tentative report
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- Teredo
- †Thecachampsa
Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa- †Thecachampsa antiqua
- †Thoracosaurus
- Tibia
- Trichechus
- Triphora
- Trochita
- Turbonilla
- Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Turritella
- †Turritella vertebroides
- Tylocidaris
- Tympanuchus
- Urosalpinx
- †Urosalpinx cinerea
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- Venericardia
- Venus
- Xenophora
- Xiphias
A living Xiphias, or swordfish - Yoldia
- †Zygaena
References[]
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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