List of the prehistoric life of Kansas
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This list of the prehistoric life of Kansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kansas.
Precambrian
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Kansas.
Paleozoic
editSelected Paleozoic taxa of Kansas
editLife restoration of the Early Devonian-Permian "spiny shark" Acanthodes - †Achistrum
- †Acitheca
- †Acrodus – tentative report
- †Acroplous
- †Actiobates – type locality for genus
- †Actiobates peabodyi – type locality for species
- †Agassizodus
- †Aglaocrinus
- †Alethopteris
- Ammodiscus – tentative report
- †Amphiscapha
- † Ananias – tentative report
- †Annularia
- †Aphlebia
- Archaeolithophyllum
Life restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Archaeovenator - †Archaeovenator hamiltonensis – type locality for species
- †Archimylacris
- †Aristoceras
- †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Asterotheca miltoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten arctisulcatus
- †Aviculopecten mccoyi – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten nodocosta
- †Aviculopecten occidentalis
- †Aviculopecten peculiaris – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten sumnerensis – type locality for species
Restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Belantsea - †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon graphicus – type locality for species
- †Blattoidea
- †Botryococcus
- †Calamites
- †Callipteris
- †Callipteris conferta
- †Callipteris lyratifolia – tentative report
- †Carbonita – tentative report
Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Caseodus - †Chomatodus
- †Chonetes
- †Cladodus
- Cladophlebis
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Composita
- †Cordaicarpus
- †Cordaites
Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus - †Cyathus
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cystodictya
- †Dentalium
- †Diplichnites
- †Ductilodon – type locality for genus
- †Dunbaria – type locality for genus
- †Echinaria
- †Edestus
- †Edestus heinrichi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Edmondia
Life restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Eocasea - †Eocasea martini – type locality for species
- †Eoscopus – type locality for genus
- †Eoscopus lockardi – type locality for species
- †Euconcordia – type locality for genus
- †Fenestella
- †Fusulina
- †Geinitzina
- †Gervillia
- †Glenopteris
- †Glikmanius
- †Glyptopleura
- †Gordia
- †Helminthopsis
- †Hybodus
Restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Ianthasaurus - †Ianthasaurus hardestiorum – type locality for species
- †Ianthodon – type locality for genus
- †Ianthodon schultzei – type locality for species
- †Isogramma
- †Janassa
- †Kawichthys – type locality for genus
- †Kawichthys moodiei – type locality for species
- †Kennedya – type locality for genus
- †Kirkella
- †Kouphichnium
- †Lepidodendron
- †Lingula
- †Lisca – type locality for genus
- †Lissodus
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Early Triassic cartilaginous fish Listracanthus - Lithophaga
- †Lysorophus
- †Meganeuropsis – type locality for genus
- †Meganeuropsis permiana – type locality for species
- †Megatypus – type locality for genus
- †Metacoceras
- †Minilya
- †Misthodotes – type locality for genus
- †Modiolus
- †Naticopsis
- †Neoaganides
- †Neospirifer
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris auriculata – tentative report
- †Neuropteris odontopteroides
- †Neuropteris ovata
- †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
- †Noeggerathia
- †Norwoodia
- Nucula
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon - †Ophiacodon hilli – type locality for species
- †Orodus
- †Orthacanthus
- †Palaeoniscus
- †Paleolimulus – type locality for genus
- †Pecopteris
- †Petalodus
- †Petrolacosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Petrolacosaurus kansensis – type locality for species
- †Phillipsia – tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras - †Platysomus
- Pleurotomaria
- †Samaropsis
- †Sandalodus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sigillaria
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
- †Sphenophyllum stoukenbergi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenophyllum thonii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenopteris
Restoration of the Carboniferous reptile Spinoaequalis - †Spirifer
- †Spirifer rockymontanus – tentative report
- Spirorbis
- †Stemmatodus
- †Streptognathodus
- †Syringopora
- †Tetrataxis
- †Therates – type locality for genus
- †Treptichnus
- †Undichna
- †Urba – type locality for genus
Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Permian conifer Walchia - †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
- †Xyrospondylus
- Yoldia
Mesozoic
editSelected Mesozoic taxa of Kansas
editFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Acanthoscaphites - †Alzadasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Ampullina
- †Anomia
- †Apateodus
- †Apatornis
- †Apatornis celer – type locality for species
- †Apsopelix
- Aralia
- Arundo
- †Asplenium
- †Aviculopecten
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites - †Baculites clinolobatus
- †Baculites compressus
- †Baculites grandis
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites pseudovatus – type locality for species
- †Bananogmius
- †Baptornis – type locality for genus
- †Baptornis advenus – type locality for species
- Botula
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Brachauchenius hunting a hesperornithiform bird - †Brachauchenius lucasi – type locality for species
- Brachidontes
- Cadulus
- †Calycoceras
- Carcharias
- Cardita
- †Cassiope
- †Ceratophyllum
- Chiloscyllium
- †Chondrites
- †Cimolichthys
- Cladophlebis
- †Claosaurus
- †Claosaurus agilis – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes - Cliona
- †Collignoniceras
- †Coniasaurus
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Cretolamna
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark - Ctenochelys
- Cucullaea
- †Cycadeoidea
- †Dakotasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Dakotasuchus kingi – type locality for species
- †Dawndraco – type locality for genus
- †Dawndraco kanzai – type locality for species
- †Desmatochelys
- †Discoscaphites
- †Dolichorhynchops – type locality for genus
- †Dolichorhynchops osborni – type locality for species
- †Durania
- †Ectenosaurus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Elasmosaurus with an anachronistic human to scale - †Elasmosaurus nobilis – type locality for species
- †Elasmosaurus platyurus – type locality for species
- †Elasmosaurus sternbergi – type locality for species
- †Enchodus
- †Euspira
- †Fagus
- †Gegania
- †Gervillia
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Gillicus - Gleichenia
- †Globidens
- †Gryphaea
- †Halisaurus
- †Halisaurus sternbergi – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Hesperornis - †Hesperornis crassipes – type locality for species
- †Hesperornis gracilis – type locality for species
- †Hesperornis regalis – type locality for species
- †Heteroceras
- †Hierosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Hoploscaphites
- †Iaceornis
- †Iaceornis marshi – type locality for species
- †Ichthyornis – type locality for genus
- †Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Inoceramus cuvieri
- †Inoceramus ginterensis
- †Inoceramus tenuistriatus – tentative report
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Jeletzkytes
- †Leiosphaeridia
- †Leptostyrax
- †Linearis
- †Lingula
- Linuparus
- Lopha
- †Magnoavipes
- Marsilea
- †Mathilda
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Megacephalosaurus - †Megacephalosaurus eulerti – type locality for species
- Membranipora
- †Modiolus
- †Niobrarasaurus
- †Niobrarasaurus coleii – type locality for species
- †Niobrarateuthis
- †Niobrarateuthis bonneri – type locality for species
- †Niobrarateuthis walkeri – type locality for species
- Nucula
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Nyctosaurus - †Nyctosaurus bonneri – type locality for species
- †Nyctosaurus gracilis – type locality for species
- †Nyctosaurus nanus – type locality for species
- †Ogmodirus – type locality for genus
- Ostrea
- †Pachyrhizodus
- †Pachyrhizodus caninus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pachyrhizodus minimus
- †Parahesperornis – type locality for genus
- †Parahesperornis alexi – type locality for species
- †Pecten
- Pholadomya
- Pinus
- †Placenticeras
- Platanus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - †Platecarpus planifrons – type locality for species
- †Platecarpus tympaniticus
- †Platyceramus
- †Platypterygius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Plesiochelys
- †Plesiosaurus
- Plicatula
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth - †Polycotylus latipinnis – type locality for species
- †Prisca – tentative report
- †Protocardia
- †Protosphyraena
- †Protostega
- †Pseudoperna
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon - †Pteranodon comptus – type locality for species
- †Pteranodon longiceps – type locality for species
- †Pteranodon sternbergi – type locality for species
- †Pteria
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychodus anonymus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ptychodus decurrens
- †Ptychodus mortoni
- †Ptychodus occidentalis
- †Ptychodus whipplei
- †Ptychotrygon
- Quercus
- †Repichnia
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhizocorallium
- Sassafras
Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus - †Scaphites
- †Scolicia
- Scyliorhinus
- †Selmasaurus
- †Selmasaurus johnsoni – type locality for species
- †Sequoia
- Serpula
- †Silvisaurus – type locality for genus
- †Silvisaurus condrayi – type locality for species
- Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax curvatus
- †Squalicorax falcatus
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- †Squalicorax pristodontus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Squalicorax volgensis
- Sterculia
Animated life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Styxosaurus - †Styxosaurus snowii – type locality for species
- Tellina
- †Terminonaris
- †Toxochelys
- Trachycardium
- †Tragodesmoceras
- †Trinacromerum – type locality for genus
- †Trinacromerum bentonianum – type locality for species
- Turritella
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus - †Tylosaurus dyspelor
- †Tylosaurus kansasensis – type locality for species
- †Tylosaurus proriger
- †Uintacrinus
- †Urenchelys
Fish in a fish specimen - Yoldia
Cenozoic
editSelected Cenozoic taxa of Kansas
edit- Acris
- †Adelphailurus
Fossilized skull of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Aelurodon - Agkistrodon
- †Agriocharis
- †Agriotherium
- †Alforjas
- †Allogona
- †Ambystoma
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932). - Amia
- †Amphimachairodus
- Anas
- †Aphelops
- Aplodinotus
- †Aplodinotus grunniens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arctodus
- †Arctodus pristinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arctodus simus
- †Astrohippus
- Baiomys
- †Barbourofelis
- Bassariscus
- Bison
- †Bison antiquus – type locality for species
- †Bison bison
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison
- Blarina
- †Borophagus
- †Borophagus diversidens
- †Borophagus hilli
- †Borophagus pugnator
- †Borophagus secundus – type locality for species
- Botaurus
- Bufo
- †Calippus
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops - Candona
- Canis
- †Capromeryx
- †Carpocyon
- Carychium
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Catostomus
- Celtis
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene horned gopher Ceratogaulus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - †Cervalces
- Cervus
- Chaetodipus
- Chara
- †Chasmaporthetes
- Chelydra
A living Chelydra serpentina, or common snapping turtle
- Chrysemys
- †Cionella
- Clethrionomys
- Cnemidophorus
- Coluber
Fossilized skull of the Miocene pronghorn Cosoryx - Crotalus
- †Cryptantha
- Cryptotis
- Cynomys
- †Cynomys gunnisoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cynomys ludovicianus
- Deroceras
- Diadophis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Dinohippus - Dipodomys
- †Dipodomys ordii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dipoides
- Discus
- Egretta
- Elaphe – type locality for genus
- Emydoidea
- †Epicyon
- Equus
- †Equus conversidens
- †Equus francisci
- †Equus giganteus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Equus niobrarensis
- †Equus scotti
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
- †Eucastor
- †Euconulus
- †Eucyon
- Eumeces
- Felis
- Ferrissia
- †Fundulus
- Gastrocopta
- Geochelone
- Geomys
- Gerrhonotus
- †Gigantocamelus
- †Gnathabelodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium - Gopherus
- Graptemys
- Grus
- Gyraulus
- Hawaiia
- Helicodiscus
- Helisoma
Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia - †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- †Hipparion
- †Hippotherium
- Holbrookia
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale - Homo
- †Homotherium
- Hyla
- †Hyla cinerea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla gratiosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla squirella – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla versicolor
Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920). - †Hypolagus
- Ictalurus
- †Ictiobus
- †Ischyrocyon – tentative report
- Kinosternon
A living Lampropeltis getula, or eastern kingsnake - Lasiurus
- Lepisosteus
- †Lepisosteus osseus
- †Lepisosteus platostomus – tentative report
- Lepomis
- †Lepomis cyanellus
- †Lepomis humilis – or unidentified comparable form
Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon - Lepus
- †Lepus californicus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Longirostromeryx
- Lontra
- Lymnaea
- Lynx
- †Machairodus
- Macrochelys
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909).
- Martes
- †Megalonyx
- †Megantereon
- †Megatylopus
- †Menetus
- Mephitis
- †Mephitis mephitis – tentative report
- †Merychyus
- Micropterus
- †Micropterus punctulatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Microtus
- †Minytrema – tentative report
- Musculium
- Mustela
- †Mustela richardsonii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mylagaulus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus - Myotis
- †Nannippus
- †Nassella
- Neofiber
- Neogale
- †Neogale frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neogale vison
- †Neohipparion
- Neotoma
- †Neotoma floridana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neotoma micropus
- Nerodia
- Nesovitrea
- †Nimravides
Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops - Notiosorex
- †Notropis – tentative report
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- Onychomys
- †Onychomys leucogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- Ophisaurus
- Ortalis
- Oryzomys
- †Panicum
- Panthera
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Pediomeryx
- †Peraceras
- Perca
- Perognathus
- Peromyscus
- Phenacomys
- †Phenacomys intermedius – or unidentified comparable form
- Phrynosoma
- Physa
- Pisidium
- Pituophis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon - †Platygonus
- †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
- Plegadis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pleiolama
- †Plesiogulo
- †Pliohippus
- †Pomoxis
- †Potamocypris
- †Pratifelis
- †Pratifelis martini – type locality for species
- †Procamelus
- †Procastoroides
- Procyon
Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus - †Protolabis
- Pseudacris
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudhipparion
- Puma
- Pupilla
- Pupoides
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene pronghorn Ramoceros and Cosoryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - †Rana
- †Rana areolata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana pipiens
- †Rana areolata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Regina
- Reithrodontomys
- †Reithrodontomys humulis
- †Reithrodontomys megalotis
- †Reithrodontomys montanus – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhinocheilus – tentative report
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium - †Satherium
- Scalopus
- Scaphiopus
- Sceloporus
- †Semotilus
- †Semotilus atromaculatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Sigmodon
- Sistrurus
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - †Soergelia
- †Soergelia mayfieldi – or unidentified comparable form
- Sorex
- Spea
- Spermophilus
- †Spermophilus franklinii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spermophilus richardsonii
- †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
- Sphaerium
- Spilogale
- Stagnicola
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon - †Stenotrema
- Sternotherus
- Storeria
- †Storeria dekayi – or unidentified comparable form
- Succinea
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- Tapirus
- Taxidea
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Terrapene
- Thamnophis
- †Thamnophis proximus
- †Thamnophis radix
- †Thamnophis saurita – or unidentified comparable form
- †Thamnophis sirtalis
- Thomomys
- Trachemys
A living Trachemys scripta, or pond slider
- †Trigonictis
- Trionyx
- Tropidoclonion
- Tympanuchus – or unidentified comparable form
- Urocyon
- †Ustatochoerus
- Vallonia
- Valvata
- Vertigo
- Vulpes
A living Vulpes velox, or swift fox
- Zapus
- Zonitoides
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.