List of the Cenozoic life of New Jersey

This list of the Cenozoic life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A
  • †Acanthionella
    • †Acanthionella simplex
  • Acanthodesia
    • †Acanthodesia savarti
  • Fossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus
    †Acrodus
    • †Acrodus humilus
  • Actaeonema
    • †Actaeonema priscum
  • Acteocina
    • †Acteocina canaliculata
    • †Acteocina kirkwoodiana – type locality for species
  • Aetobatus
    • †Aetobatus irregularis
  • †Agabelus – type locality for genus
    • †Agabelus porcatus – type locality for species
  • Aligena
    • †Aligena elevata
  • †Ambigostrea
    • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • †Ammodon
    • †Ammodon leidyanum – type locality for species
  • Amphiblestrum
    • †Amphiblestrum heteropora
  • Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda
    Amyda
    • †Amyda lima – type locality for species
    • †Amyda pennata – type locality for species
  • Anachis
    • †Anachis avara
  • Anadara
  • †Anchippodus
    • †Anchippodus riparius
  • Angulus
    • †Angulus agilis
    • †Angulus producta
  • Anomia
  • †Araloselachus
    • †Araloselachus cuspidata
  • Arca
    • †Arca improcera
    • †Arca millvillensis
    • †Arca quindecemradiata
  • Architectonica
    • †Architectonica annosa
  • Argopecten
  • Argyrotheca
    • †Argyrotheca beecheri
  • Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve
    Astarte
    • †Astarte castanea
    • †Astarte castanella
    • †Astarte cuneiformis
    • †Astarte distans
    • †Astarte perplana
    • †Astarte planimarginata
    • †Astarte symmetrica
    • †Astarte thomasii
    • †Astarte undulata
  • Astrangia
  • Astyris
  • Athleta
    • †Athleta abbotti
    • †Athleta cancellatus
  • Atrina
    • †Atrina rostriformis
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
    †Aturia
    • †Aturia vanuxemi
  • †Aturoidea
    • †Aturoidea paucifex – type locality for species
    • †Aturoidea pilsbryi – type locality for species

B

C

D
  • †Dallarca
    • †Dallarca idonea
    • †Dallarca staminea
    • †Dallarca subrostrata
  • A living Dasyatis stingray
    Dasyatis
    • †Dasyatis crosswickense – type locality for species
  • Dentalina
    • †Dentalina fissicostata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dentalium
  • †Dhondtichlamys
    • †Dhondtichlamys delawarensis – type locality for species
  • Diaperoecia
    • †Diaperoecia varians
  • Diastoma
    • †Diastoma insulaemaris
  • †Diatryma
    • †Diatryma regens
  • Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    †Diceratherium
    • †Diceratherium matutinum
  • Diodora
    • †Diodora griscomi
  • Diplodonta
  • Diplosolen
    • †Diplosolen compactum
  • Discinisca
    • †Discinisca lugubris
  • Divalinga
    • †Divalinga quadrisulcata
  • †Dolicholatirus
    • †Dolicholatirus eocenensis
  • †Dollochelys
  • Donax
  • Fossil shell of the Cretaceous-modern marine venus clam Dosinia
    Dosinia
    • †Dosinia acetabulum
  • †Dromiopsis
    • †Dromiopsis americana

E
  • Echinarachnius
  • †Echinocorys
    • †Echinocorys ovalis – type locality for species
  • †Echinopsis
    • †Echinopsis diatreta – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora
    †Ecphora
    • †Ecphora tricostata
  • Edaphodon
    • †Edaphodon agassizi
    • †Edaphodon eocaenus
    • †Edaphodon mantelli
  • Ellisina
    • †Ellisina angusta
    • †Ellisina spiculosa
  • †Emballorhynchus – type locality for genus
    • †Emballorhynchus kinnei – type locality for species
  • †Enchodus
    • †Enchodus ferox
  • Endopachys
  • Ensis
  • †Eocypraea
    • †Eocypraea sabuloviridis
  • Eontia
    • †Eontia palmerae
    • †Eontia ponderosa
  • †Eopleurotoma – tentative report
    • †Eopleurotoma altispira
    • †Eopleurotoma regularicostata
  • †Eosphargis
    • †Eosphargis insularis – type locality for species
  • Fossilized cranium in multiple views of the Paleocene-Eocene gavial relative Eosuchus
    †Eosuchus
    • †Eosuchus minor – type locality for species
  • Epitonium
  • Equus
  • Ervilia
  • †Etea
    • †Etea delawarensis
    • †Etea delwarensis
  • Eupleura
  • †Euritina
    • †Euritina torta
  • Euspira
  • †Eutrephoceras
  • †Eutrophoceras
    • †Eutrophoceras dekayi

F
  • Falsifusus
    • †Falsifusus hector
  • Shell of a Fasciolaria, or tulip sea snail
    Fasciolaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Fasciolaria crookiana
  • Flabellum
    • †Flabellum cuneiformis
    • †Flabellum mortoni – type locality for species
  • †Florimetis
    • †Florimetis biplicata
  • Fossarus – tentative report
    • †Fossarus lyra

G

H
  • †Hadranderaster
    • †Hadranderaster asperulus
  • †Hamulus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Hamulus falcatus
  • Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Haustator elongatus
  • Hemiaster
    • †Hemiaster parastatus – type locality for species
    • †Hemiaster stella – type locality for species
    • †Hemiaster ungula
  • Hemimactra
    • †Hemimactra solidissima
  • Hemipristis
  • Heptranchias
  • Hespererato
    • †Hespererato emmonsi
  • †Hesperhys
    • †Hesperhys antiquus
  • Heteropora
    • †Heteropora tecta
  • Hexanchus
    • †Hexanchus ensis
    • †Hexanchus microdon
    • †Hexanchus primigenius
  • Hiatella
    • Two modern shells, closed (left) and open (right), of Hiatella arctica, also known as the wrinkled rock-borer
      †Hiatella arctica
    • †Hiatella myaeformis
    • †Hiatella parilis
  • †Histiophorus
    • †Histiophorus homalorhamphus
    • †Histiophorus parvulus – type locality for species
  • †Holaster
    • †Holaster cinctus – type locality for species
  • Hydroides
    • †Hydroides primitiva
  • †Hypolophites
    • †Hypolophites hutchinsi – type locality for species
  • †Hypolophodon
    • †Hypolophodon sylvestris
  • †Hyposaurus – type locality for genus

I

K
  • †Kapalmerella
    • †Kapalmerella mortoni
  • †Kummelia
    • †Kummelia americana
    • †Kummelia mortoni
  • †Kummelonautilus
    • †Kummelonautilus bryani
    • †Kummelonautilus cookanus
  • Kurtziella

L

M
  • Macoma
  • Macrocallista
    • †Macrocallista marylandica
  • Macropora
    • †Macropora aquiae
  • Mactra
    • †Mactra clathrodon
    • †Mactra insulaemaris
  • †Mammut
  • †Mammuthus
  • †Mariacolpus
    • †Mariacolpus plebeia
  • Marshallora
    • †Marshallora nigrocincta
  • †Marvacrassatella
    • †Marvacrassatella melina
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx
    †Megalonyx
  • Melampus
  • Melanella
    • †Melanella eborea
    • †Melanella retrocita
  • †Melosia
    • †Melosia staminea
  • Membraniporella
    • †Membraniporella crassula
    • †Membraniporella modesta
  • †Membraniporina
    • †Membraniporina rimulata
  • †Meniscopora
    • †Meniscopora sultplana
  • Life restoration of the Miocene rhinoceros Menoceras
    †Menoceras
  • Mercenaria
  • Mesodesma
    • †Mesodesma arctatum
    • †Mesodesma deauratum
  • Mitrella
    • †Mitrella laevis
  • Modiolus
    • †Modiolus ducatellii
    • †Modiolus johnsoni
    • Shells of Modiolus modiolus, or northern horsemussels
      †Modiolus modiolus
    • †Modiolus ovata
    • †Modiolus ovatus
    • †Modiolus subinflatus
  • †Montlivaltia
    • †Montlivaltia atlantica
  • Morus
    • †Morus atlanticus – type locality for species
  • Mulinia
  • Murex
    • †Murex laevavaricosus
    • †Murex millvillensis
  • Murexiella
    • †Murexiella cumberlandiana
    • †Murexiella shilohensis
  • †Muricidea
    • †Muricidea burnsi
  • †Mya
  • †Myliobates
    • †Myliobates bisulcus – type locality for species
  • Two living Myliobatis eagle rays
    Myliobatis
    • †Myliobatis dixoni – type locality for species
    • †Myliobatis fastigiatus
    • †Myliobatis jugosus
    • †Myliobatis magister
    • †Myliobatis obesus
    • †Myliobatis striatus
  • Mytilus

N
  • A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail
    Nassarius
  • Natica – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Natica globulella
  • Nemocardium
    • †Nemocardium curtum
  • †Nemodon
    • †Nemodon brevifrons
  • Neptunea
  • Neverita
    • †Neverita duplicatus
  • Nodosaria
    • †Nodosaria zippei
  • Notidanus
    • †Notidanus primigenius
  • Nucleolites
    • †Nucleolites aequoreus
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • †Nucula circe
    • †Nucula major
    • †Nucula proxima
    • †Nucula secunda
    • †Nucula sinaria
  • Nuculana
    • †Nuculana albaria
    • †Nuculana cultelliformis
    • †Nuculana liciata

O

P
  • †Palaeocarcharodon
  • †Palaeogaleus
    • †Palaeogaleus vincenti
  • †Palaeohypotodus
    • †Palaeohypotodus rutoti
  • Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis
    †Palaeophis
    • †Palaeophis grandis – type locality for species
    • †Palaeophis halidanus – type locality for species
    • †Palaeophis littoralis
  • Paliurus
    • †Paliurus triangularis
  • Pandora
    • †Pandora gouldiana
    • †Pandora trilineata
  • Panopea
    • †Panopea elliptica
    • †Panopea whifieldi
  • Panopeus
    • †Panopeus estellensis
    • †Panopeus jerseyensis
  • †Papillina
    • †Papillina conradi
    • †Papillina eocenica
  • Parapholas
    • †Parapholas kneiskerni
  • †Partretocycloecia
    • †Partretocycloecia dumosa
  • Parvilucina
    • †Parvilucina crenulata
    • †Parvilucina prunus
  • Pecten
    • †Pecten humphreysii
    • †Pecten madisonius
    • †Pecten madisonus
  • Penion – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Penion multicostatus
  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic-Eocene crinoid ("sea lily") Pentacrinites
    †Pentacrinites
    • †Pentacrinites bryani
  • †Pentacrinus
    • †Pentacrinus bryani
  • Periploma
    • †Periploma peralta
  • †Periplomya
    • †Periplomya truncata
  • †Perissolax
    • †Perissolax trivolva
    • †Perissolax trivolvus
  • †Peritresius
    • †Peritresius ornatus
  • †Peronidella
    • †Peronidella dichotoma
  • Petricola
  • †Phacodus – type locality for genus
    • †Phacodus irregularis – type locality for species
  • †Phasganodus
    • †Phasganodus gentryi – type locality for species
  • Phoca
  • Phyllodus
    • †Phyllodus curvidens
    • †Phyllodus elegans – type locality for species
    • †Phyllodus toliapicus – type locality for species
  • Phyllonotus
    • †Phyllonotus millvillensis
  • A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale
    Physeter
  • †Piestochilus
    • †Piestochilus kanei
  • Pinna
    • †Pinna rostriformis
  • Pitar
    • †Pitar morrhuanus
    • †Pitar ovalis
    • †Pitar ovatus
    • †Pitar veta
    • †Pitar vetus
  • †Plagiochasma
    • †Plagiochasma crucifer
  • Plagioecia
    • †Plagioecia subramosa
  • Platidia
    • †Platidia cretacea
  • Pleuromeris
  • Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail
    Pleurotomaria
    • †Pleurotomaria brittoni
    • †Pleurotomaria crotaloides
    • †Pleurotomaria perlata
    • †Pleurotomaria tintonensis
  • †Pleurotrema
    • †Pleurotrema solariforme
    • †Pleurotrema solariformis
  • Plicatula
  • †Plinthicus
    • †Plinthicus stenodon
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
    Polinices
    • †Polinices triseriata
    • †Polinices tuomeyi
  • †Polorthus
    • †Polorthus tibialis
  • †Priscodelphinus
    • †Priscodelphinus atropius
    • †Priscodelphinus conradi
    • †Priscodelphinus harlani – type locality for species
    • †Priscodelphinus stenus
  • Pristis
    • †Pristis amblodon
    • †Pristis brachyodon
    • †Pristis curvidens
  • †Prosynthetoceras
  • A living Protula polychaete worm
    Protula
    • †Protula vincentownensis
  • Psammechinus
    • †Psammechinus cingulatus
  • Pseudoliva
  • Pteria – tentative report
    • †Pteria annosa
  • †Pterosphenus
    • †Pterosphenus schucherti – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized skull of the Eocene sea turtle Puppigerus. The shell belongs to another kind of turtle.
    †Puppigerus
    • †Puppigerus grandaevus
  • Pycnodonte
    • †Pycnodonte convexa
    • †Pycnodonte dissimilaris
    • †Pycnodonte percrassa
  • Pyrgocythara
  • †Pyropsis

R
  • Raeta
    • †Raeta plicatella
  • Ramphonotus
    • †Ramphonotus laevis
  • Rangia
  • Rangifer
  • †Recurvaster
    • †Recurvaster mammillatus
  • †Rhetechelys
    • †Rhetechelys platyops
  • Rhinoptera
  • †Rhizocrinus
    • †Rhizocrinus cylindricus
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    †Rhombodus
  • †Rhopostoma
    • †Rhopostoma crucifer – type locality for species
  • †Rotularia
    • †Rotularia rotula

S
  • Salenia
    • †Salenia tumidula – type locality for species
  • Scalaria
    • †Scalaria marylandica
    • †Scalaria virginiana
  • Scalpellum
    • †Scalpellum conradi
  • Shell of a Scaphella volute sea snail
    Scaphella
    • †Scaphella biconica
    • †Scaphella intermedia
    • †Scaphella parvula
    • †Scaphella perelevata
    • †Scaphella scaphoides
  • Scyliorhinus
    • †Scyliorhinus gilberti
  • Seila
  • Semele
    • †Semele burnsi
    • †Semele johnsoni
  • †Septastrea
    • †Septastrea marylandica
  • A living Serpula, or calcareous tubeworm
    Serpula
    • †Serpula habrogamma
    • †Serpula howelli
    • †Serpula jerseyensis
    • †Serpula tristiata
  • Serpulorbis
    • †Serpulorbis granifera
  • Sinum
  • Siphonalia
    • †Siphonalia devexus
    • †Siphonalia johnsoni
  • †Solarium
    • †Solarium trilineatum
  • Solenosteira
  • Solidobalanus
  • †Solyma
    • †Solyma elliptica
  • †Sphyraenodus
    • †Sphyraenodus silovianus – type locality for species
    • †Sphyraenodus speciosus
  • Sportella
    • †Sportella whitfieldi
  • Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
    †Squalodon – type locality for genus
    • †Squalodon atlanticus – type locality for species
  • Squalus
    • †Squalus minor
  • Squatina
  • †Stamenocella
    • †Stamenocella cylindrica
  • Stellatoma
  • Stewartia
    • †Stewartia anodonta
  • Stramonita
    • †Stramonita haemostoma
  • Striarca
    • †Striarca centenaria
  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia
    †Striatolamia
  • Strioterebrum
    • †Strioterebrum dislocatum
  • Surculites
    • †Surculites annosus
    • †Surculites cadaverosus
  • †Surculoma – tentative report
    • †Surculoma perobesa

T

U

V
  • †Veleda
    • †Veleda equilatera
  • Venericardia
    • †Venericardia brittoni
    • †Venericardia intermedia
    • †Venericardia perantiqua
  • †Veniella
    • †Veniella decisa
    • †Veniella rhomboidea
  • Venus
    • †Venus ducatellii
    • †Venus submercenaria
  • †Viperecucullus – type locality for genus
    • †Viperecucullus kuehnei – type locality for species
  • †Volutoderma
  • †Volutomorpha
    • †Volutomorpha conradi

W
  • †Weltonia
    • †Weltonia ancistrodon

X
  • Xenophora
    • †Xenophora lapiferens
  • A living Xiphias, or swordfish
    Xiphias
    • †Xiphias antiquus
  • Xiphodolamia – type locality for genus
    • †Xiphodolamia enis
    • †Xiphodolamia ensis – type locality for species

Y

Z
  • †Zanthopsis
    • †Zanthopsis milleri
  • †Zarhachis
    • †Zarhachis velox – type locality for species
  • A living Zygaena moth
    †Zygaena
    • †Zygaena prisca

References
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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