List of the prehistoric life of Utah

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

Precambrian[]

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

Paleozoic[]

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Utah[]

  • Acodus
  • Agnostus
  • Amphiscapha
  • Amplexus[clarification needed]
  • Annularia
    • Annularia stellata
  • Anomalocaris
  • Anomphalus
  • Archimedes
    • Archimedes macfarlani
  • Arcuolimbus
  • Arenicolites
  • Artisia
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Asaphiscus
    Asaphiscus
    • Asaphiscus wheeleri
  • Athyris
    • Athyris lamellosa
  • Atrypa
    • Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
  • Atrypid
  • Aulopora – tentative report
  • Aviculopecten
    • Aviculopecten girtyi
    • Aviculopecten kaibabensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Aysheaia
  • Bathyuriscus
  • Beckwithia
  • Benthamaspis
  • Beyrichoceras
  • Biscoia
  • Bolbocephalus
  • Bonneterrina
  • Bourbonnella
  • Bowmania
  • Life restoration of the mysterious Cambrian animal Branchiocaris
    Branchiocaris
  • Brassicicephalus
  • Calamites
    • Calamites cistii – or unidentified comparable form
    • Calamites suckowii
  • Callipteris – tentative report
  • Callocladia
  • Camarotoechia
  • Campbelloceras – tentative report
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left)
    Canadaspis
    • Canadaspis perfecta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Canadia
  • Caninia
  • Cardiopteris
  • Carolinites
  • Cavusgnathus
  • Cedaria
  • Chancelloria
  • Chancia (genus)
  • Choia
  • Chondrites
  • Chonetes
  • Cladochonus
  • Cleiothyridina
  • Clonograptus
  • Coenites
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    Composita
    • Composita mira
    • Composita ovata
    • Composita parasulcata
    • Composita plana
    • Composita subtilita
    • Composita trinuclea
  • Coosella
  • Coosina
  • Cordaicarpus
  • Cordaites
    • Cordaites principalis
  • Crania
  • Cravenoceras
  • Crepicephalus
  • Cruziana
  • Restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ctenospondylus
    Ctenospondylus
  • Cybelopsis
  • Cyclopteris
  • Cystodictya
  • Deiracephalus
  • Dentalium
  • Diadectes
  • Diagoniella
  • Dictyonema
  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician graptolite Didymograptus
    Didymograptus
    • Didymograptus nitidus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dimeropygiella
  • Diplorrhina
  • Donaldina
  • Dresbachia
  • Echinaria[clarification needed]
  • Ectosteorhachis – or unidentified related form
  • Ehmaniella
  • Eldonia
  • Eleutherocentrus
  • Elrathia
  • Elrathina
  • Emeraldella
  • Endoceras
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Eryops
    Eryops
  • Euptychaspis
  • Fenestella
  • Forteyops
  • Genevievella
  • Girvanella
  • Gnathodus
  • Gogia
  • Goniatites
  • Gunterichthys – type locality for genus
  • Hamptonia
  • Haplophrentis
  • Hazelia
  • Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
    Helicoprion
  • Hematites
  • Hemirhodon
  • Hindia[clarification needed]
  • Hintzeia
  • Homagnostus
  • Huronia
  • Hyolithellus
  • Hyolithes
  • Idiognathodus
  • Illaenus
  • Irvingella[clarification needed]
  • Jeffersonia
  • Kanoshia
  • Kawina
  • Kingstonia
  • Kirkella[clarification needed]
  • Komia[clarification needed]
  • Kootenia
  • Lachnostoma
  • Life restoration in multiple views of the Cambrian arthropod Leanchoilia
    Leanchoilia
  • Lejopyge
  • Lepidodendron
    • Lepidodendron aculeatum
    • Lepidodendron obovatum
  • Lepidophyllum
  • Lepidostrobus
  • Leptomitus
  • Lima[clarification needed]
  • Limatula
  • Lingula
  • Lingulella
  • Llanoaspis
  • Lochriea
  • Lonchocephalus
  • Lyracystis
  • Margaretia
    • Margaretia dorus
  • Marpolia
  • Matthevia
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras
    Metacoceras
  • Meteoraspis
  • Micromitra
  • Modiolus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Mollisonia
  • Morania
  • Naraoia
  • Naticopsis
  • Neospirifer
    • Neospirifer cameratus
    • Neospirifer kansasensis
    • Neospirifer triplicatus
  • Neuropteris
    • Neuropteris gigantea
    • Neuropteris heterophylla
  • Niobe[clarification needed] – tentative report
  • Nisusia
  • Norwoodia
  • Obolus[clarification needed]
  • Ogygopsis
  • Olenellus
  • Olenoides
    • Olenoides nevadensis
    • Olenoides serratus
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon
    Ophiacodon
    • Ophiacodon navajovicus
  • Orthis
  • Oryctocephalus
  • Ottoia
    • Ottoia prolifica
  • Ozarkodina
  • Pagetia
  • Paladin
  • Palaeoaplysina
  • Palaeoscolex
  • Pelagiella
  • Pentamerus
  • Peronopsis
    • Peronopsis interstricta
  • Perspicaris
  • Phillipsia
  • Phyllograptus
  • Pinna – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Platycrinites
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian sail-backed amphibian Platyhystrix
    Platyhystrix – or unidentified comparable form
    • Platyhystrix rugosus
  • Prodentalium
  • Prohedinia
  • Protopliomerella
  • Protospongia
  • Ptychagnostus
  • Pugnax[clarification needed]
  • Punka[clarification needed]
  • Quadratia
  • Rayonnoceras
  • Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites
    Receptaculites
  • Ribeiria
  • Rusophycus
  • Saukiella
  • Scenella
  • Schmalenseeia
  • Schwagerina
  • Scolicia
  • Selkirkia
    • Selkirkia columbia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sidneyia
  • Sigillaria
    • Sigillaria brardii
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Sphenacodon
    Sphenacodon
  • Sphenophyllum
    • Sphenophyllum angustifolium
    • Sphenophyllum verticillatum
  • Sphenopteris
  • Spinofacia – type locality for genus
  • Spirifer
    • Spirifer centronatus
    • Spirifer opimus
  • Spiriferina
  • Spirorbis
  • Stenorhachis – tentative report
  • Fossil preserved in situ of a Carboniferous tree-like club moss relative with attached Stigmaria rhizome system
    Stigmaria
  • Syringopora
  • Teichichnus – tentative report
  • Terranovella
  • Tetragraptus
  • Thalassinoides – tentative report
  • Tricrepicephalus
  • Trigonocercella
  • Trinodus
  • Triplagnostus
  • Trocholites
  • Tseajaia
    • Tseajaia campi – type locality for species
  • Tuzoia
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous amphibian Utaherpeton
    Utaherpeton – type locality for genus
  • Vauxia
  • Walcottoceras – tentative report
  • Waptia
    • Waptia fieldensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Weeksina
  • Wilkingia
  • Wiwaxia
    • Wiwaxia corrugata
  • Worthenia
  • Xenacanthus – or unidentified related form
  • Yuknessia
  • Zacanthoides
  • Zittelloceras

Mesozoic[]

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Utah[]

  • Abydosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Abydosaurus mcintoshi – type locality for species
  • Acristavus
    • Acristavus gagslarsoni
  • Adelolophus – type locality for genus
    • Adelolophus hutchisoni – type locality for species
  • Adocus
  • Alamosaurus
    • Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
  • Albanerpeton
    • Albanerpeton cifellii – type locality for species
    • Albanerpeton galaktion
    • Albanerpeton gracilis
    • Albanerpeton nexuosus
  • Allocrioceras
  • Life restoration of the Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur Allosaurus
    Allosaurus
    • Allosaurus fragilis
  • Alphadon
    • Alphadon attaragos
    • Alphadon eatoni – type locality for species
    • Alphadon halleyi
    • Alphadon marshi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Alphadon sahnii
  • Amblotherium
  • Ameribaatar – type locality for genus
    • Ameribaatar zofiae – type locality for species
  • A living Amia, or bowfin
    Amia
  • Anaflemingites
  • Anasibirites
    • Anasibirites angulosus
    • Anasibirites bastini
    • Anasibirites hircinus
    • Anasibirites kingianus
    • Anasibirites mojsisovicsi
    • Anasibirites multiformis
    • Anasibirites tenuistriatus
  • Anchisauripus
  • Anemia
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Cretaceous armored dinosaur Animantarx
    Animantarx – type locality for genus
    • Animantarx ramaljonesi – type locality for species
  • Anomia
  • Anomoepus
  • Apatopus
  • Apatosaurus
    • Apatosaurus louisae – type locality for species
  • Araeodon
  • Araucarioxylon
  • Arctoceras
  • Arctoprionites
  • Arvinachelys – type locality for genus
  • Aspenites
  • Astarte
  • Asteriacites
  • Astroconodon
    • Astroconodon delicatus – type locality for species
  • Atreipus
  • Illustration of fossilized teeth from the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Aublysodon
    Aublysodon – tentative report
  • Baena
  • Barosaurus
    • Barosaurus lentus
  • Basilemys
  • Bernissartia
  • Brachauchenius
    • Brachauchenius lucasi
  • Brachiosaurus
  • Brachyphyllum
  • Brontomerus – type locality for genus
    • Brontomerus mcintoshi – type locality for species
  • Brontopodus
  • Life restoration of a herd of the Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Brontosaurus
    Brontosaurus
    • Brontosaurus parvus
  • Bryceomys
    • Bryceomys fumosus – type locality for species
    • Bryceomys hadrosus
    • Bryceomys intermedius – type locality for species
  • Calycoceras
  • Camarasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Camarasaurus lentus – type locality for species
  • Campeloma
  • Camptosaurus
    • Camptosaurus dispar
  • Carmelopodus – type locality for genus
  • Cassiope
  • Cedaromys
    • Cedaromys bestia – type locality for species
    • Cedaromys parvus – type locality for species
  • Cedarosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Cedarosaurus weiskopfae – type locality for species
  • Cedarpelta – type locality for genus
    • Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum – type locality for species
  • Cedrorestes – type locality for genus
    • Cedrorestes crichtoni – type locality for species
  • Ceratodus
  • Restoration of the Late Jurassic ceratosaur Ceratosaurus
    Ceratosaurus
    • Ceratosaurus nasicornis
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Chamops
  • Chinlea – type locality for genus
  • Chirotherium
    • Chirotherium rex – or unidentified comparable form
  • Chlamys
  • Chondrites
  • Cimexomys
    • Cimexomys antiquus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cimolodon
    • Cimolodon electus
    • Cimolodon nitidus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Cimolodon similis
  • Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys
    Cimolomys
    • Cimolomys clarki
    • Cimolomys milliensis – type locality for species
  • Cladophlebis
    • Cladophlebis constricta
    • Cladophlebis parva
  • Claraia
  • Coelophysis – tentative report
  • Coelurus
    • Coelurus fragilis
  • Compsemys
  • Coniophis
  • Shell of a Corbula basket clam
    Corbula
  • Cretorectolobus
  • Ctenacodon
  • Cteniogenys
  • Cucullaea
  • Cycadeoidea
  • Cylichna
  • Dakotamys
    • Dakotamys malcolmi – type locality for species
  • Dakotasuchus
    • Dakotasuchus kingi
  • Deinonychus
  • Denazinemys
    • Denazinemys nodosa
  • Dentalium
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Diabloceratops
    Diabloceratops – type locality for genus
    • Diabloceratops eatoni – type locality for species
  • Dinehichnus – type locality for genus
  • Dinochelys – type locality for genus
  • Diplodocus
    • Diplodocus hallorum
    • Diplodocus longus
  • Discinisca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Docodon
  • Dolichorhynchops
    • Dolichorhynchops tropicensis – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic reptile Doswellia
    Doswellia
  • Dryolestes
  • Dryosaurus
    • Dryosaurus altus
  • Dystrophaeus – type locality for genus
    • Dystrophaeus viaemalae – type locality for species
  • Elliptio
  • Enchodus
  • Enneabatrachus
  • Entradasuchus – type locality for genus
    • Entradasuchus spinosus – type locality for species
  • Eocephalites
  • Eodelphis
  • Illustration of a reconstructed skull and restorative portrait of the Late Cretaceous primitive duck-billed dinosaur Eolambia
    Eolambia – type locality for genus
    • Eolambia caroljonesa – type locality for species
  • Eopolycotylus – type locality for genus
    • Eopolycotylus rankini – type locality for species
  • Equisetum
  • Eryma
  • Eucalyptus
  • Eunaticina
  • Euomphaloceras
  • Euspira
  • Euthlastus
  • Eutretauranosuchus
  • Exogyra
    • Exogyra acroumbonata
    • Exogyra levis
  • Fabrosaurus – tentative report
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous therizinossaur Falcarius
    Falcarius – type locality for genus
    • Falcarius utahensis – type locality for species
  • Ficus
  • Flemingites
  • Gastonia – type locality for genus
    • Gastonia burgei – type locality for species
  • Geminiraptor
    • Geminiraptor suarezarum
  • Germanonautilus – tentative report
  • Gervillaria
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Eocene bivalve Gervillia
    Gervillia
  • Gleichenia
  • Glirodon – type locality for genus
    • Glirodon grandis – type locality for species
  • Globularia – tentative report
  • Glyptops
  • Gondolella
    • Gondolella planata
  • Goniobasis – tentative report
  • Goniopholis
  • Grallator
  • Gryphaea
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Gryposaurus
    Gryposaurus
    • Gryposaurus monumentensis – type locality for species
  • Hagryphus – type locality for genus
    • Hagryphus giganteus – type locality for species
  • Hamulus – tentative report
  • Hausmania
  • Hedenstroemia
  • Hemicalypterus – type locality for genus
  • Hippodraco – type locality for genus
    • Hippodraco scutodens – type locality for species
  • Hispanosauropus
  • Homalopoma
  • Hoplitosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hoplosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Hoplosuchus kayi – type locality for species
  • Hybodus
  • Iguanacolossus – type locality for genus
    • Iguanacolossus fortis – type locality for species
  • Iguanodon
    • Iguanodon ottingeri – type locality for species
  • Ilex
    • Ilex serrata
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
    Inoceramus
    • Inoceramus albertensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus flavus
    • Inoceramus gilberti
    • Inoceramus koeneni
    • Inoceramus pictus
    • Inoceramus tenuistriatus – tentative report
    • Inoceramus undabundus
  • Inyoites
    • Inyoites beaverensis – type locality for species
    • Inyoites oweni
  • Iridotriton – type locality for genus
  • Ischyrhiza – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized shell of the Permian-modern marine bivalve Isognomon
    Isognomon
  • Janumys – type locality for genus
    • Janumys erebos – type locality for species
    • Janumys erebros
  • Jugulator
    • Jugulator amplissimus
  • Kallirhynchia
  • Kamerunoceras
  • Kayentapus
  • Koparion – type locality for genus
    • Koparion douglassi – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Kosmoceratops
    Kosmoceratops – type locality for genus
    • Kosmoceratops richardsoni – type locality for species
  • Kouphichnium
  • Leidyosuchus
  • Lepidotes
  • Lepisosteus
  • Leptalestes
  • Lima
  • Lissodus
  • Lonchidion
  • Lopha
  • Lucina
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Lythronax
    Lythronax – type locality for genus
    • Lythronax argestes – type locality for species
  • Machairoceratops – type locality for genus
    • Machairoceratops cronusi – type locality for species
  • Macroelongatoolithus
  • Magnolia
  • Mammites
  • Marshosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Marshosaurus bicentesimus – type locality for species
  • Martharaptor – type locality for genus
    • Martharaptor greenriverensis – type locality for species
  • Meekoceras
    • Meekoceras davisi
    • Meekoceras gracilitatis
    • Meekoceras millardense – type locality for species
    • Meekoceras olivieri – type locality for species
  • Megalosauripus
  • Megasphaeroceras
  • Melvius
    • Melvius chauliodous – or unidentified comparable form
  • Meniscoessus
    • Meniscoessus intermedius
  • Mesodma
    • Mesodma formosa – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma hensleighi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma minor – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma thompsoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Metoicoceras
    • Metoicoceras geslinianum
  • Mounted fossilized skeletons of the Early Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Moabosaurus
    Moabosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Modiolus
  • Monanthesia
  • Myledaphus
    • Myledaphus bipartitus
  • Myophorella
    • Myophorella livinigstonensis
    • Myophorella monatanaensis
    • Myophorella yellowstonensis
  • Myophoria
  • Mytilus
  • Naomichelys
  • Known material diagram of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Nasutoceratops
    Nasutoceratops – type locality for genus
    • Nasutoceratops titusi – type locality for species
  • Naticopsis
    • Naticopsis depressispira
    • Naticopsis fenestravella – type locality for species
    • Naticopsis utahensis – type locality for species
  • Nedcolbertia – type locality for genus
  • Neocardioceras
    • Neocardioceras juddii
  • Nerinea – tentative report
  • Neritina
  • Nezpercius
  • Normannites – tentative report
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Nothronychus
    Nothronychus
    • Nothronychus graffami – type locality for species
  • Nucula
  • Odaxosaurus
    • Odaxosaurus piger – or unidentified comparable form
    • Odaxosaurus priscus
    • Odaxosaurus roosevelti – type locality for species
  • Opisthias
  • Ornithomimus
  • Ostrea
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Jurassic herbivorous dinosaur Othnielosaurus
    Othnielosaurus
    • Othnielosaurus consors
  • Otozoum
  • Ovaloolithus
    • Ovaloolithus tenuisus – type locality for species
    • Ovaloolithus utahensis – type locality for species
  • Owenites
    • Owenites carpenteri
    • Owenites koeneni
  • Pagiophyllum
  • Palmulasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Palmulasaurus quadratus – type locality for species
  • Paracimexomys
    • Paracimexomys judithae – or unidentified comparable form
    • Paracimexomys magnus
    • Paracimexomys perplexus – type locality for species
    • Paracimexomys priscus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Paracimexomys robisoni – type locality for species
  • Paramacellodus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Parasaurolophus
    Parasaurolophus
    • Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
  • Paronychodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Parotosuchus
  • Peloroplites – type locality for genus
    • Peloroplites cedrimontanus – type locality for species
  • Pholadomya
    • Pholadomya inaequiplicata
    • Pholadomya kingi
  • Pinacosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Pinacosuchus mantiensis – type locality for species
  • Pinna
  • Pistia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    Placenticeras
    • Placenticeras cumminsi
  • Plagiostoma
  • Planicoxa – type locality for genus
    • Planicoxa venenica – type locality for species
  • Planolites
  • Pleuronautilus
  • Pleurotomaria – tentative report
  • Plicatula
  • Poposaurus
    • Poposaurus gracilis
  • Preprismatoolithus
  • Priacodon
  • Prismatoolithus
    • Prismatoolithus jenseni – type locality for species
  • Proplacenticeras
  • Protocardia
  • Pseudomelania
  • Pseudotetrasauropus
  • Pteraichnus
    • Pteraichnus saltwashensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Pteraichnus stokesi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pycnodonte
    • Pycnodonte newberryi
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Redondasaurus
    Redondasaurus
    • Redondasaurus gregorii
  • Rhadinosteus – type locality for genus
    • Rhadinosteus parvus – type locality for species
  • Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Richardoestesia
    • Richardoestesia isosceles – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rogerella
  • Salix
  • Sauropelta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Scapherpeton
  • Schillerosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Scotiophryne
  • Scoyenia
  • Known material diagram of the Early Jurassic primitive long-necked dinosaur Seitaad
    Seitaad – type locality for genus
    • Seitaad ruessi – type locality for species
  • Semionotus
    • Semionotus kanabensis – type locality for species
  • Serpula
  • Sexta
  • Siats – type locality for genus
    • Siats meekerorum – type locality for species
  • Skolithos
  • Solemya
  • Spheroolithus
  • Spirorbis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Squatirhina
    • Squatirhina americana
  • Stagonolepis
  • Stegopodus – type locality for genus
  • Restoration of the Late Jurassic stegosaur Stegosaurus
    Stegosaurus
    • Stegosaurus stenops – or unidentified comparable form
    • Stegosaurus ungulatus
  • Stephanoceras
  • Stokesosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Stokesosaurus clevelandi – type locality for species
  • Talos – type locality for genus
    • Talos sampsoni – type locality for species
  • Tanycolagreus
    • Tanycolagreus topwilsoni
  • Tempskya
    • Tempskya jonesii – type locality for species
    • Tempskya knowltoni
    • Tempskya minor
    • Tempskya superba
    • Tempskya whiteheadi – type locality for species
  • Tenontosaurus
  • Known material diagram of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Teratophoneus
    Teratophoneus – type locality for genus
    • Teratophoneus curriei – type locality for species
  • Teredolites
  • Tetrasauropus
  • Thalassinoides
  • Therangospodus – type locality for genus
  • Theretairus
  • Thracia
  • Torvosaurus
  • Toxolophosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Trachodon
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Triceratops
    Triceratops
  • Triconolestes – type locality for genus
    • Triconolestes curvicuspis – type locality for species
  • Trigonia
    • Trigonia americana
    • Trigonia elegantissima
    • Trigonia montanaensis
  • Trinacromerum
    • Trinacromerum bentonianum – tentative report
  • Trisauropodiscus
  • Turritella
  • Tyrannosauripus – type locality for genus
  • Ussurites
    • Ussurites hosei
  • Utahceratops – type locality for genus
    • Utahceratops gettyi – type locality for species
  • Diagram illustrating the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurid ("raptor") Utahraptor with an anachronistic human to scale
    Utahraptor – type locality for genus
    • Utahraptor ostrommaysi – type locality for species
  • Uteodon
    • Uteodon aphanoecetes
  • Valvata
  • Vancleavea
    • Vancleavea campi
  • Venenosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Venenosaurus dicrocei – type locality for species
  • Viviparus
  • Worthenia
    • Worthenia windowblindensis – type locality for species
  • Wyomingites
  • Xenoceltites
    • Xenoceltites cordilleranus
    • Xenoceltites subevolutus
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurid ("raptor") Yurgovuchia
    Yurgovuchia – type locality for genus
    • Yurgovuchia doellingi – type locality for species
  • Zamites
    • Zamites powelli
    • Zamites tidwellii – type locality for species

Cenozoic[]

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Utah[]

  • Abies
  • Acrocera
  • Agriochoerus
  • Alligator
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus
    Allognathosuchus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amia
  • Amyda
  • Anosteira
  • Anthonomus
  • Antilocapra
    • Antilocapra americana – or unidentified comparable form
  • Apalone
  • Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
    Arctodus
    • Arctodus simus
  • Artemisia
  • Baena
  • Basirepomys
  • Bembidium
  • Bison
    • Bison latifrons – tentative report
  • Bittacus
  • Bootherium
    • Bootherium bombifrons
  • Boverisuchus
    • Boverisuchus vorax – type locality for species
  • Brachyhyops
  • Brachylagus
    • Brachylagus idahoensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
    Camelops
    • Camelops hesternus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Camponotus
  • Canis
    • Canis dirus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Canis latrans – tentative report
    • Canis lupus
  • Catopsalis
    • Catopsalis fissidens
  • Champsosaurus
  • Chara
  • Cheilosia
  • Chipetaia
    • Chipetaia lamporea – type locality for species
  • Chisternon
  • Chriacus
  • Colodon
  • Compsemys
  • Coniatus
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Coryphodon
  • Crocodylus
    • Crocodylus acer – type locality for species
    • Crocodylus affinis
  • Culex
  • Cuterebra
  • Dicranomyia
  • Dinohippus
  • Diplacodon
  • Diprionomys
  • Duchesnehippus
  • Duchesneodus
  • Echmatemys
  • Ectoconus
  • Elliptio
  • Life restoration of a pair of the Eocene uintathere mammal Eobasileus. Charles R. Knight (1890s).
    Eobasileus
    • Eobasileus cornutus
  • Eoconodon
  • Eonessa – type locality for genus
    • Eonessa anaticula – type locality for species
  • Epicaerus
  • Epihippus
  • Epiphanis
  • Equus
    • Equus conversidens – tentative report
  • Erethizon
    • Erethizon dorsatum – tentative report
  • Eucastor
  • Fossil of the Eocene bee Euglossopteryx
    Euglossopteryx – type locality for genus
    • Euglossopteryx biesmeijeri – type locality for species
  • Eutamias
    • Eutamias minimus
  • Goniacodon
  • Hadrianus
  • Haplolambda – or unidentified comparable form
  • Harpagolestes
  • Helaletes
  • Helodermoides – tentative report
  • Herpetotherium
  • Heteraletes
  • Hoplochelys
  • Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene creodont mammal Hyaenodon
    Hyaenodon
    • Hyaenodon vetus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hydrobia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hylobius
  • Hyopsodus
  • Hypohippus
  • Hypolagus
  • Hyrachyus
  • Hyracodon
  • Hyracotherium
    • Hyracotherium vasacciense
  • Kimbetohia
  • Laccophilus
  • Lambdotherium
  • Lemmiscus
    • Lemmiscus curtatus
  • Lepisosteus
  • Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene even-toed ungulate Leptomeryx
    Leptomeryx
  • Leptoreodon
  • Leptotragulus
  • Lepus
    • Lepus townsendii – or unidentified comparable form
  • Limnocyon
    • Limnocyon verus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lynx
    • Lynx canadensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mammut
    • Mammut americanum
  • Mammuthus
    • Mammuthus columbi
    • Life restorations of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left)
      Mammuthus primigenius
  • Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
  • Menops
  • Merriamoceros
  • Mesonyx
    • Mesonyx obtusidens
  • Metaliomys – type locality for genus
  • Metarhinus
  • Metatelmatherium
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene mammal Miacis
    Miacis
  • Microsyops
  • Microtus
    • Microtus montanus
  • Miocyon
  • Mustela
    • Mustela richardsonii – tentative report
  • Nemotelus
  • Neogale
    • Neogale vison
  • Neoplagiaulax
    • Neoplagiaulax macintyrei
  • Neotamias
  • Neotoma
  • Notharctus
    • Notharctus tenebrosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Odocoileus
  • Ondatra
  • Oodectes – tentative report
  • Ophryastes
  • Oxyacodon
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    Paramylodon
    • Paramylodon harlani – or unidentified comparable form
  • Paramys
  • Parectypodus
  • Paronychomys
  • Peratherium
  • Peromyscus
    • Peromyscus maniculatus
  • Phenacomys
    • Phenacomys intermedius
  • Phyllobius
  • Phyllophaga
  • Physa
  • Picea
  • Pinus
  • Plastomenoides
  • Plecia
  • Poabromylus
  • Poebrodon
  • Polemonium – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene waterfowl Presbyornis
    Presbyornis – type locality for genus
  • Procaimanoidea – type locality for genus
    • Procaimanoidea utahensis – type locality for species
  • Procas
  • Procynodictis
  • Prodaphaenus
  • Protitanotherium
  • Protylopus
  • Proviverra
  • Ptilodus
    • Ptilodus mediaevus
    • Ptilodus tsosiensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rhinoclemmys – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Saniwa
    • Saniwa ensidens
  • Sargus
  • Sinopa
  • Smilodectes
    • Smilodectes gracilis
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
    • Smilodon fatalis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sorex
    • Sorex palustris
  • Spermophilus
    • Spermophilus armatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sphenocoelus
  • Sthenodectes
  • Stygimys
    • Stygimys kuszmauli
  • Stylemys
  • Life restoration of the Eocene taeniodont mammal Stylinodon
    Stylinodon
  • Taeniolabis
    • Taeniolabis taoensis
  • Tapocyon
  • Taxidea
    • Taxidea taxus
  • Thomomys
    • Thomomys talpoides
  • Trogosus
  • Tylocephalonyx
  • Uintacyon
  • Life restoration of the Eocene mammal Uintatherium
    Uintatherium
  • Valenia
  • Viverravus
  • Viviparus
  • Vulpes
    • Vulpes vulpes
  • Zapus

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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