List of the prehistoric life of New Mexico
(Redirected from Draft:List of the Cenozoic life of New Mexico)
This list of the prehistoric life of New Mexico contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Mexico.
Precambrian
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in New Mexico.
Paleozoic
edit- †Actinoceras
Fossil of the Early Devonian-Permian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Adelophthalmus - †Aenigmacaris
- †Aerosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Aerosaurus wellesi – type locality for species
- †Agassizodus
- †Amphiscapha
- †Ananias
- †Anconastes – type locality for genus
- †Anconastes vesperus – type locality for species
Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia - †Anomphalus
- †Aphlebia
- †Archaeocidaris
- Archaeolithophyllum
- †Archeria
- †Armenoceras
- †Aspidosaurus
- †Athyris
Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten - †Aviculopecten arctisulcatus
- †Aviculopecten basilicus
- †Aviculopecten coryeanus – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten moorei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Baldwinonus – type locality for genus
- †Bellerophon
- †Bourbonnella – or unidentified comparable form
- †Brachyphyllum
- †Calamites
- †Callipteris
- †Caninia
- †Cardiocarpus
- †Catenipora
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Chenoprosopus - †Chenoprosopus milleri – type locality for species
- †Chonetes
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Collemataria
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita - †Conjunctio – type locality for genus
- †Conjunctio multidens – type locality for species
- †Cordaites
- †Crania
- †Ctenacanthus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cypricardinia
- †Cyptendoceras – tentative report
- †Cystodictya
- †Cystothalamia
- †Dakeoceras
- †Desmatodon
- †Diadectes
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Dimetrodon - †Dimetrodon occidentalis – type locality for species
- †Diplocaulus
- †Domatoceras
- †Earlandia
- †Echinaria
- †Edaphosaurus
- †Edaphosaurus novomexicanus – type locality for species
- †Edmondia
- †Eldredgeops
- †Ellesmeroceras
- †Endorioceras – type locality for genus
- Eocaudina
- †Error
- †Eryops
- †Euomphalus
- †Fenestella
- †Fusulina
- †Girvanella
- †Glenopteris – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Carboniferous shark Glikmanius - †Gnathorhiza
- †Grewingkia
- †Guadalupia
- †Hedstroemia
- †Hexagonaria
- †Isogramma
- †Komia
- †Lambeoceras
- †Lepidodendron
Life restoration of the Permian reptile precursor Limnoscelis - †Lingula
- †Lioestheria – or unidentified comparable form
- †Liroceras
- Lithophaga
- †Lloydia
- † Madera – type locality for genus
- †Mariceras
- †Martinia
- †Metabaltoceras
- †Metacoceras
Fossilized shell of the Permian ammonoid cephalopod Metalegoceras - †Murchisonia
- †Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis judithae – or unidentified related form
- †Naticopsis scintilla
- †Neospirifer
- †Neospirifer cameratus
- †Neospirifer dunbari – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neospirifer goreii
- †Neospirifer latus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neospirifer triplicatus
- †Neuropteris
- †Nitosaurus – type locality for genus
- Nucula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Oedaleops – type locality for genus
- †Oedaleops campi – type locality for species
- †Onchiodon – tentative report
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon - †Ophiacodon mirus – type locality for species
- †Ophiacodon navajovicus – type locality for species
- †Ozarkodina
- †Pachyphyllum
- †Palmatolepis
- †Paraceltites
- †Paraschwagerina
- †Pecopteris
- †Pentremites
- †Petalodus
- †Phillipsia
- †Plaesiomys
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian sail-backed amphibian Platyhystrix - †Platystrophia
- †Plicochonetes – tentative report
- †Polygnathus
- †Posidonia – tentative report
- †Prodentalium
- †Rhiodenticulatus – type locality for genus
- †Rhiodenticulatus heatoni – type locality for species
- †Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Rioceras – type locality for genus
- †Ruthiromia – type locality for genus
- †Ruthiromia elcobriensis – type locality for species
- †Sallya
- †Samaropsis
- †Sandia
- †Schwagerina
- †Sigillaria
- Solemya
- †Solenopora
- †Spathognathodus
S. ferox and the larger S. ferocior - †Sphenacodon ferox – type locality for species
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
- †Spirifer
- Spirorbis
- †Stearoceras
Life restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus - †Streptognathodus
- †Strophomena
- †Syringopora
- †Tainoceras
- †Tetrataxis
- Textularia
- †Trimerorhachis
- †Walchia
- †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Zatrachys - †Zia
Mesozoic
edit- †Acanthoceras
- Acipenser
- †Adocus
- †Ahshislepelta – type locality for genus
- †Ahshislepelta minor – type locality for species
Diagram illustrating the sizes of three specimens of the Late Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Alamosaurus, with an anachronistic human to scale - †Alamosaurus sanjuanensis – type locality for species
- †Albanerpeton
- †Albertosaurus – tentative report
- †Allocrioceras
- †Allosaurus
- †Alphadon
- †Amblydactylus
- Amia
- †Anasazisaurus – type locality for genus
- †Anasazisaurus horneri – type locality for species
- Anatina
- †Anchisauripus
Fossilized skull of the Late Triassic phytosaur Angistorhinus - †Anisoceras
- †Ankylosaurus – tentative report
- †Anomia
- †Anomoepus – tentative report
- †Anomotodon
- †Apachesaurus
- †Apachesuchus – type locality for genus
- †Apatopus
- †Apatosaurus
- †Araucarioxylon
Petrified trunk segments of the Permian-Late Triassic conifer tree Araucarioxylon arizonicum
- †Arganodus
- †Arizonasaurus
- †Asplenium
- Astarte
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites - †Baculites asper
- †Baculites asperiformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Baculites codyensis
- †Baculites gregoryensis
- †Baculites haresi
- †Baculites maclearni
- †Baculites obtusus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Baculites perplexus
- †Baculites pseudovatus
- †Baculites rugosus
- †Baculites scotti – or unidentified related form
- †Baculites thomi
- †Baculites yokoyamai
- †Baiera
- †Basilemys
- †Basilemys gaffneyi – type locality for species
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Bistahieversor - †Brachychampsa
- †Brachychampsa montana
- †Brachychampsa sealeyi – type locality for species
- †Brachyphyllum
- †Buettneria
- Cadulus
- Callianassa
- Calliostoma
- †Calycoceras
- †Calyptosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Calyptosuchus wellesi – type locality for species
Life restoration of a herd of the Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Camarasaurus - † Canna – tentative report
- †Caririchnium
- Carota
- Carya
- Caryophyllia
- †Caseosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ceratops
- Cercidiphyllum
- Cerithiopsis
- †Chedighaii hutchisoni – type locality for species
- Chiloscyllium
- †Chindesaurus
Restoration of the Late Triassic coelacanth fish Chinlea - †Chirotherium
- †Cibolaites
- †Cimolestes – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cimolodon
- †Cimolomys
- Cinnamomum
- Cissus
- Cladophlebis
- †Coelodus
Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic theropod dinosaur Coelophysis with an anachronistic human to scale - †Coelophysis bauri – type locality for species
- †Coelosaurus
- †Coelurosaurichnus
- †Coilopoceras
- †Coilopoceras colleti
- †Coilopoceras inflatum – type locality for species
- †Coilopoceras springeri
- †Collignoniceras
- †Compsemys
- †Coniophis
- †Conlinoceras
- †Continuoolithus
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Cretolamna
- †Crosbysaurus
- Cucullaea
- †Cunningtoniceras
- †Cymatoceras
- †Daemonosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Daemonosaurus chauliodus – type locality for species
- †Daspletosaurus
- †Deinodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus - †Denazinemys
- †Denazinemys nodosa – type locality for species
- †Denazinosuchus
- Dentalium
- †Desmatosuchus
- †Desmoceras
- †Didymoceras
Life restoration of the Late Jurassic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus - †Dolabrosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Dolabrosaurus aquatilis – type locality for species
- †Doswellia
- †Doswellia sixmilensis – type locality for species
- †Drepanosaurus
- †Dromomeron – type locality for genus
- †Dromomeron romeri – type locality for species
- †Durania
Restoration of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Effigia - †Effigia okeeffeae – type locality for species
- †Enchodus
- †Eodelphis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eopelobates – tentative report
- †Essonodon
- †Eubostrychoceras
- †Eucalycoceras
- †Eucoelophysis – type locality for genus
- †Eucoelophysis baldwini – type locality for species
- †Euomphaloceras
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- †Exiteloceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - †Exogyra acroumbonata – or unidentified related form
- †Exogyra clarki
- †Exogyra levis
- †Exogyra trigeri
- †Exogyra whitneyi
- †Fagesia
- Fasciolaria – tentative report
- Ficus
- Gerrhonotus – or unidentified comparable form
- Glossus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Glyptodontopelta – type locality for genus
- †Glyptodontopelta mimus – type locality for species
- †Glyptops
- †Gojirasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Gojirasaurus quayi – type locality for species
- †Grallator
- †Hemicalypterus
- †Herrickiceras
Life restoration of the Late Triassic crocodile relative Hesperosuchus - †Hoplitoides
- †Hoplitoides koeneni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hoplitoides sandovalensis – type locality for species
- †Hoplitoides wohltmanni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hoploscaphites
- †Hybodus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Inoceramus arvanus
- †Inoceramus balticus
- †Inoceramus bellvuensis
- †Inoceramus browni
- †Inoceramus bueltenensis
- †Inoceramus cordiformis
- †Inoceramus cuvieri
- †Inoceramus deformis
- †Inoceramus dimidius
- †Inoceramus grandis
- †Inoceramus howelli
- †Inoceramus incertus
- †Inoceramus labiatoidiformis – or unidentified related form
- †Inoceramus longealatus
- †Inoceramus lundbreckensis
- †Inoceramus lundbrekensis
- †Inoceramus muelleri
- †Inoceramus mytiloidiformis
- †Inoceramus parvus
- †Inoceramus pertenuis – or unidentified related form
- †Inoceramus pictus
- †Inoceramus proximus – or unidentified related form
- †Inoceramus robertsoni – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus sagensis
- †Inoceramus schloenbachi
- †Inoceramus simpsoni
- †Inoceramus soukupi – or unidentified related form
- †Inoceramus subcompressus
- †Inoceramus turgidus – or unidentified related form
- †Inoceramus undabundus
- †Inoceramus vanuxemi
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza avonicola
- †Ischyrhiza mira
- †Ischyrhiza schneideri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Isopodichnus
- Isurus
- †Jeyawati – type locality for genus
- †Jeyawati rugoculus – type locality for species
- †Kamerunoceras
- †Kimbetohia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Koskinonodon
- †Kouphichnium
- †Kritosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Kritosaurus navajovius – type locality for species
A modern Lamna mackerel shark - Lepisosteus
- †Leptalestes
- †Leptalestes cooki
- †Leptalestes prokrejcii – type locality for species
- Lima
- †Linearis – tentative report
- Linuparus
- †Lissodus
- †Lonchidion
- Lopha
- †Lucianosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Lucianosaurus wildi – type locality for species
- † Lucina
Fossilized skull of the Late Triassic phytosaur Machaeroprosopus - †Machaeroprosopus bucercos
- †Machaeroprosopus buceros – type locality for species
- †Machaeroprosopus pristinus
- †Magnoavipes
- Magnolia
- †Mammites
- †Mantelliceras
- †Megalosauripus
- †Melvius
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Meniscoessus - †Menuites
- †Mesodma
- †Metoicoceras
- †Metoicoceras geslinianum
- †Metoicoceras mosbyense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Modiolus
- †Monoclonius
- †Morrowites
- †Morrowites depressus
- †Morrowites subdepressus – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Mortoniceras - †Myledaphus
- †Naashoibitosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Naashoibitosaurus ostromi – type locality for species
- †Navajodactylus – type locality for genus
- †Navajodactylus boerei – type locality for species
- †Neithea
- †Neocalamites
- †Neocardioceras
- †Neoptychites
- Nicaisolopha
- †Nodocephalosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous therizinosaur Nothronychus - †Nothronychus mckinleyi – type locality for species
- Odontaspis
- †Odontaspis cheethami
- †Odontaspis sanguinei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ojoceratops – type locality for genus
- †Ojoceratops fowleri – type locality for species
- †Ojoraptorsaurus – type locality for genus
- †Ojoraptorsaurus boerei – type locality for species
- †Ophiomorpha
- †Opisthotriton
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous ostrich dinosaur Ornithomimus - Ostrea
- †Pachydesmoceras
- †Pagiophyllum
- †Paleopsephurus
- †Panoplosaurus – tentative report
- †Paracimexomys
- †Paralbula
- †Parasaurolophus – type locality for genus
- †Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus – type locality for species
- †Parasaurolophus tubicen – type locality for species
- †Paratypothorax
- †Paronychodon
- †Parrishia
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Pentaceratops - †Pentaceratops sternbergii – type locality for species
- Pholadomya
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Planolites
- Platanus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - †Platyceramus
- †Platyceramus cycloides
- †Platyceramus ezoensis - or unidentified loosely related form
- †Platyceramus heinei
- †Platyceramus mantelli - or unidentified loosely related form
- †Platyceramus platinus
- Plicatula
- †Porituberoolithus
- †Postosuchus
- †Prenocephale
- †Prismatoolithus
- †Prodesmodon
- †Proganochelys – type locality for genus
- †Protocardia
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pseudoegertonia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudoperna
- †Pseudotetrasauropus
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychotrygon
- Pycnodonte
- Quercus – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Redondasaurus - †Redondasaurus bermani – type locality for species
- †Redondasaurus gregorii – type locality for species
- †Redondasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Redondavenator – type locality for genus
- †Redondavenator quayensis – type locality for species
- †Revueltosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Revueltosaurus callenderi – type locality for species
- †Rhamnus
- †Richardoestesia
- †Richardoestesia isosceles – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rioarribasuchus
- †Rioarribasuchus chamaensis – type locality for species
- †Romaniceras
- †Rutiodon
- Sabal
- Salix
- †Salvinia
- †Samaropsis
- †Samaropsis bigelowii – type locality for species
- †Samaropsis finchii – type locality for species
- †Samaropsis lamyensis – type locality for species
- †Samaropsis romeri – type locality for species
- †Samaropsis whitensis – type locality for species
- †Saurolophus – tentative report
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes preying upon a multituberculate mammal - †Saurornitholestes sullivani – type locality for species
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scaphites
- †Scotiophryne
- †Scoyenia
- †Semionotus
Base of the trunk of a living Sequoia tree with a human to scale - Serpula
- †Shuvosaurus
- Solemya
- †Sphaerotholus – type locality for genus
- †Sphaerotholus goodwini – type locality for species
- Spirorbis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Squalicorax
- Squatina
- †Squatirhina
- †Stagonolepis
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dome-headed dinosaur Stegoceras - †Stegoceras novomexicanum – type locality for species
- †Stegoceras validum
- †Struthiomimus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tawa – type locality for genus
- †Tawa hallae – type locality for species
- †Tecovasuchus
- Tellina
- †Teredina
- †Tetrasauropus – tentative report
- †Thalassinoides
- †Thescelosaurus – tentative report
- †Thoracosaurus – tentative report
- †Titanoceratops – type locality for genus
- †Titanoceratops ouranos – type locality for species
- †Torosaurus
- †Tragodesmoceras
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Triceratops - †Trilophosaurus
- †Triodus
- †Trochactaeon
- †Turrilites
- Turritella
- †Typothorax – type locality for genus
- †Tyrannosauripus – type locality for genus
- †Tyrannosauripus pillmorei – type locality for species
Probable footprint from New Mexico - Unio
- †Vancleavea
- †Vascoceras
- †Viburnum
- †Vinella
- †Vivaron – type locality for genus
- †Volviceramus
- †Watinoceras
- †Whitakersaurus – type locality for genus
- †Whitakersaurus bermani – type locality for species
- †Williamsonia
- †Woodwardia – tentative report
- †Xenacanthus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Xenophora
- †Zamites
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous armored dinosaur Ziapelta - †Ziapelta sanjuanensis – type locality for species
- Zizyphus
- †Zuniceratops – type locality for genus
- †Zuniceratops christopheri – type locality for species
Cenozoic
edit- Accipiter
- †Acritohippus
- Aechmophorus
- †Aelurodon
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920). - Aix
- †Akanthosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Akanthosuchus langstoni – type locality for species
- †Alforjas
- †Ambystoma
- Ammospermophilus
- †Ammospermophilus leucurus – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene beardog Amphicyon - †Anabernicula
- Anas
- †Anas acuta
- †Anas carolinensis – tentative report
- †Anas platyrhynchos
- †Anconodon
- †Ankalagon
- Antilocapra
- Antrozous
- Aphelocoma
- †Aphelops
- Aquila
- †Archaeohippus
- †Arctocyon
- †Arctodus
- †Artocarpus
- Asio
- †Astrohippus
- †Australocamelus
- Aythya
Fossilized teeth of the Pliocene-Pleistocene rabbit relative Aztlanolagus - †Baena
- Baiomys
- Bassariscus
- †Betonnia – type locality for genus
- Bison
- †Blancocamelus
- †Blastomeryx
- †Borealosuchus
- †Borophagus
Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus - †Brachyhyops
- †Breagyps
- Bubo
- Bufo
- Burhinus
- Buteo
- Callipepla – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops - Canis
- †Cantius
Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene dwarf pronghorn Capromeryx - Caracara
- †Carpocyon
- Castor
- Cathartes
- †Catopsalis
- Celtis
- †Cephalogale
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene horned gopher Ceratogaulus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - Cercidiphyllum
- †Cerdocyon
- †Chacomylus – type locality for genus
- †Chacopterygus – type locality for genus
- Chaetodipus
- †Chriacus
- Cissus
- Clethrionomys
- †Clethrionomys rutilus – or unidentified comparable form
- Cnemidophorus
- Colaptes
- Colinus – tentative report
- †Compsemys
- Conepatus
- †Copecion
- †Copelemur
- †Cophosaurus – tentative report
- Coragyps
- †Cormohipparion
- Corvus
Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920). - †Cosoryx
- †Cranioceras
- Cratogeomys
- Crotalus
- Crotaphytus
- Cryptotis
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius - Cyanocitta – tentative report
- †Cynarctoides
- †Cynarctoides acridens
- †Cynarctoides gawnae – type locality for species
- †Cynelos
- Cynomys
- Cyrtonyx – or unidentified comparable form
- †Daphoenodon
- †Desmatippus
- †Desmatochoerus
- †Desmocyon
A living Desmodus, or vampire bat - †Diacodexis
- †Didymictis
- †Dinohippus
- Dipodomys
- †Dipoides
- †Dissacus
- †Dromomeryx
Illustration of the fossilized jaws and teeth of the Eocene brontothere mammal Duchesneodus - †Echmatemys
- †Ectoconus
- †Ectopistes
- Elaphe
- †Eoconodon
- †Eoconodon coryphaeus
- †Eoconodon ginibitohia – type locality for species
- †Eohippus
Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon - Eptesicus
- Equus
- †Equus conversidens
- †Equus francisci
- †Equus niobrarensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Equus scotti
- †Equus simplicidens
- Erethizon
- †Eucastor
Life restoration of the Pleistocene bovid Euceratherium, or the shrub ox. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - †Eucommia
- †Eucosmodon
- †Eucosmodon americanus
- †Eucosmodon primus – type locality for species
- †Eucyon
- Eutamias
- Falco
A living Falco mexicanus, or prairie falcon - †Falco peregrinus – tentative report
- †Falco sparverius
- †Falco swarthi
- Ficus
- †Fulica
- †Gaillardia
- †Geococcyx
- Geomys
- †Gigantocamelus
- †Glossotherium – or unidentified comparable form
- Glyptostrobus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium - †Gomphotherium
- †Goniacodon
- Gopherus
- Grus
- Gymnogyps
- †Habrosaurus
- †Hadrianus
- †Hemiauchenia
- †Heptodon
- †Hesperotestudo
- †Hippotherium
- Homo
- †Homogalax – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hoplochelys
Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene creodont mammal Hyaenodon - †Hydromystria
- †Hyopsodus
- †Hypohippus
- †Hypolagus
- †Hyracodon – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyracotherium
- †Intyrictis
- †Kimbetohia – type locality for genus
- †Kimbetopsalis – type locality for genus
- †Kimbetopsalis simmonsae – type locality for species
- Kinosternon
- Lagurus
- Lampropeltis
- Laurus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus - Lemmiscus
- †Leptocyon
- Lepus
- †Listrognathosuchus
- †Longirostromeryx
- Lontra
- Loxia
A living Loxia curvirostra, or red crossbill
- Lynx
- Macrocranion
- Magnolia
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
- †Mammut raki – type locality for species
- †Mammuthus
Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909).
- Marmota
- Martes
- Masticophis
- †Masticophis flagellum – tentative report
- †Megahippus
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatylopus
- Meleagris
- †Meniscotherium
Life restoration of the Miocene rhinoceros Menoceras - Mephitis
- Mergus – tentative report
- †Merychippus
- †Merychyus
- †Merycodus
- †Mesodma
- †Metatomarctus
- †Michenia
- †Microsyops
- †Microtomarctus
- Microtus
A living Microtus californicus, or California vole - †Microtus longicaudus
- †Microtus mexicanus
- †Microtus ochrogaster
- †Microtus pennsylvanicus
- †Mimetodon
- †Mimetodon krausei – type locality for species
- †Mithrandir
- Mustela
- †Mustela richardsonii
A living Mustela nigripes, or black-footed ferret
- Myotis
- †Myotis lucifugus – tentative report
- †Myotis thysanodes
- †Myotis velifer
- †Nannippus
- †Navahoceros
- †Navahoceros fricki – type locality for species
- †Navajosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Navajosuchus mooki – type locality for species
Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - Neophrontops
- Neogale
- †Neogale frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neoplagiaulax
- †Neoplagiaulax macintyrei – type locality for species
- †Neoplagiaulax macrotomeus
- Neotamias
- †Neotamias dorsalis – tentative report
- Neotoma
Fossilized partial cranium of the Miocene saber-toothed cat Nimravides - †Notharctus
- †Nothrotherium
- Notiosorex
- †Odaxosaurus
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- Onychomys
- Oreamnos – or unidentified comparable form
- Oreortyx
- Oryzomys – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Miocene pronghorn Osbornoceros - †Osbornoceros osborni – type locality for species
- †Osbornodon
- Otus – or unidentified comparable form
- Ovis
- †Oxyacodon
- †Oxyaena
- †Oxydactylus
- †Pachyaena
- †Palaeoryctes
- Panthera
- †Pantolambda
- Pappogeomys
- †Paracynarctus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Paramylodon harlani – or unidentified comparable form
- †Paramys
- †Paratomarctus
- †Parectypodus
- †Parectypodus trovessartianus
- †Parectypodus vanvaleni – type locality for species
- †Parvitragulus
- †Pelycodus
- †Peraceras
- Perognathus
- Peromyscus
A living Peromyscus boylii, or brush mouse - †Peromyscus crinitus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus difficilis
- †Peromyscus eremicus
- †Peromyscus maniculatus
- †Peromyscus truei
- Persea
- Phalacrocorax
- †Phenacodus
- Phenacomys
- Phrynosoma
- Pituophis
- Platanus
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922). - Plecotus
- †Pleiolama
- †Plesiogulo
- †Pliohippus
- †Pliometanastes
- †Plithocyon
- Podiceps
- †Procamelus
- †Promartes
- †Promerycochoerus
Restorative models in multiple views of the Eocene brontothere Protitanotherium (figure 3) - †Protohippus
- †Protolabis
- †Protomarctus
- †Psalidocyon
- Pseudacris
- †Pseudaelurus
- †Pseudhipparion
- †Pseudocyon
- †Pseudoprotoceras
Life restoration of the Paleocene taeniodont mammal Psittacotherium multifragum - †Ptilodus
- †Ptilodus mediaevus
- †Ptilodus tsosiensis – type locality for species
- Puma
- †Ramoceros
- †Rana
- Reithrodontomys
- †Rhamnus
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium - Sabal
- †Salpinctes – or unidentified comparable form
- Salvadora
- †Saniwa
- Scalopus
- Scaphiopus
- †Scaphohippus
- Sceloporus
- Sciurus
- Sigmodon
- †Sinopa
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - Sorex
- Spea
- Spermophilus
- Spilogale
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon - †Stenomylus
- †Stenomylus gracilis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Stockoceros
- Strix
- †Strix occidentalis – or unidentified comparable form
- Sylvilagus
- Tadarida
- †Taeniolabis
- Tamias
- Tapirus
- Taxidea
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - †Telmatherium
- Terrapene – tentative report
- †Tetraclaenodon
- Thamnophis
- Thomomys
Fossilized skull of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Tomarctus - †Triisodon
- Trionyx
- Tympanuchus
- Tyto
- †Uintacyon
- Urocyon
- †Urosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
- Ursus
- †Ustatochoerus
- †Valenia
- †Vulpavus
- Vulpes
- Xanthocephalus
Life restoration of the Miocene bear dog Ysengrinia - Zenaida
- †Zenaidura
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.