List of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi

This list of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Mississippi and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
Shell of an Ancilla sea snail
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell
Interior of the shell of an Arca ark clam
  • Acesta
    • † Acesta riddlei
  • † Aciculiscala
    • † Aciculiscala acuta
    • † Aciculiscala coffea
  • Acirsa
    • † Acirsa clathrata
    • † Acirsa culmosa
    • † Acirsa flexicostata
    • † Acirsa gravida
    • † Acirsa implexa
    • † Acirsa microstriata – or unidentified comparable form
    • † Acirsa wadei
  • Acmaea
  • † Acrocoelum – tentative report
    • † Acrocoelum cereum
  • † Acteon
    • † Acteon cicatricosus
    • † Acteon pistilliformis
  • † Acutostrea
    • † Acutostrea plumosa
  • † Aenona
    • † Aenona eufaulensis
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea
    † Agerostrea
    • † Agerostrea mesenterica
  • † Aliofusus
    • † Aliofusus stamineus
  • Shells in multiple views of Alvania sea snails
    Alvania
    • † Alvania tallahatchiensis
  • † Amaurellina
    • † Amaurellina stephensoni
  • † Ambigostrea
    • † Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina
    † Ampullina
    • † Ampullina lepta
    • † Ampullina potens
  • Amuletum
    • † Amuletum costata
    • † Amuletum costatum – tentative report
    • † Amuletum dumasensis
    • † Amuletum fasciolatum
    • † Amuletum limbatum
    • † Amuletum macnairyensis
    • † Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum
    • † Amuletum wadei
  • † Anatimya
    • † Anatimya anteradiata
    • † Anatimya postsulcata
  • Anatina
    • † Anatina jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Anchura
    • † Anchura abrupta
    • † Anchura chapelvillensis
    • † Anchura coffea
    • † Anchura corniculata
    • † Anchura noakensis – tentative report
    • † Anchura substriata
  • † Ancilla
    • † Ancilla acutula
  • † Anisomyon
  • † Anomalofusus
    • † Anomalofusus lemniscatus
    • † Anomalofusus subnodosus
  • † Anomia
    • † Anomia argentaria
    • † Anomia ornata
    • † Anomia tellinoides
  • † Anomoeodus
    • † Anomoeodus latidens – type locality for species
    • † Anomoeodus mississippiensis – type locality for species
    • † Anomoeodus phaseolus
  • Anteglosia
    • † Anteglosia tennesseensis
  • † Anteglossia
  • † Antillocaprina
  • † Aphrodina
    • † Aphrodina eufaulensis – tentative report
    • † Aphrodina regia
    • † Aphrodina tippana
  • † Arca
    • † Arca rostellata
  • A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail
    Architectonica
  • † Arcoscalpellum
    • † Arcoscalpellum bakeri
    • † Arcoscalpellum campus
    • † Arcoscalpellum withersi
  • † Arctostrea
    • † Arctostrea falacata
  • Arrhoges
    • † Arrhoges plenacosta
  • † Ascaulocardium
    • † Ascaulocardium armatum
  • Astarte
    • † Astarte culebrensis
  • Ataphrus
    • † Ataphrus griffini
  • Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus
    Atractosteus
  • † Atreta
    • † Atreta melleni

B
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
    † Baculites
  • Shell of a Barbatia, or bearded ark clam
    Barbatia
    • † Barbatia carolinensis
    • † Barbatia lintea
  • † Bathytormus
    • † Bathytormus pteropsis
  • Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella
    † Belemnitella
  • † Bellifusus
    • † Bellifusus angulicostatus
    • † Bellifusus curvicostatus
    • † Bellifusus curvicostatus crenulatus
    • † Bellifusus spinosus
  • † Belliscala
    • † Belliscala lirata
    • † Belliscala nodosa
    • † Belliscala rockensis
  • † Beretra
    • † Beretra gracilis
    • † Beretra preclara
    • † Beretra ripleyana
  • Bernaya
    • † Bernaya mississippiensis
  • Illustration of the shell in multiple views of a Bittium cerith sea snail
    Bittium – tentative report
  • † Bizarrus
    • † Bizarrus abnormalis
  • † Boehmoceras
    • † Boehmoceras arculus
  • Botula
  • Brachidontes
  • † Brachylepas
    • † Brachylepas angulosa
  • † Breviarca
    • † Breviarca umbonata
  • † Buccinopsis
    • † Buccinopsis crassicostata
    • † Buccinopsis crassus
    • † Buccinopsis dorothiella
    • † Buccinopsis solida
  • Bulla – tentative report
  • † Bullopsis
    • † Bullopsis cretacea
    • † Bullopsis demersus

C

D
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
  • † Dakoticancer
    • † Dakoticancer australis
  • † Damesia
    • † Damesia keownvillensis
  • Dasmosmilia
  • † Dentalium
  • † Deussenia
    • † Deussenia bellalirata
    • † Deussenia ripleyana
    • † Deussenia travisana – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Dhondtichlamys
    • † Dhondtichlamys venustus
  • † Dictyaraea
  • Dimya
    • † Dimya melleni
  • † Diplomoceras
    • † Diplomoceras trabeatus
  • † Dircella
    • † Dircella spillmani
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
    † Discoscaphites
  • Shell of a Dolicholatirus sea snail
    † Dolicholatirus
    • † Dolicholatirus torquatus
  • † Drepanocheilus
  • † Drepanochilus
    • † Drepanochilus triliratus
  • † Drilluta
    • † Drilluta buboanus
    • † Drilluta distans
    • † Drilluta lemniscata
    • † Drilluta major

E
  • † Ecclesiogyra
    • † Ecclesiogyra heliclina
    • † Ecclesiogyra inflata
  • † Echinimathilda
    • † Echinimathilda corona
    • † Echinimathilda microstriata
    • † Echinimathilda parvula
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora
    † Ecphora
    • † Ecphora proquadricostata
  • † Ellipsoscapha
    • † Ellipsoscapha mortoni
  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    † Enchodus
  • † Endoptygma
    • † Endoptygma leprosa
  • † Entomope
    • † Entomope ponderi
  • † Eoacteon
    • † Eoacteon ithyocheilus
    • † Eoacteon linteus
  • † Eoharpa
    • † Eoharpa sinuosa
  • Eonavicula
    • † Eonavicula rostellata
  • † Eothoracosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Epitonium
  • Fossil of the crustacean Eryma
    † Eryma – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • † Eryma flecta
  • † Etea
    • † Etea carolinensis
  • † Eubaculites
    • † Eubaculites carinatus
  • † Eufistulana
    • † Eufistulana ripleyana
  • † Eufistulina
    • † Eufistulina ripleyana
  • † Eulima
  • † Euspira
    • † Euspira rectilabrum
  • Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras
    † Eutrephoceras
    • † Eutrephoceras dekayi
    • † Eutrephoceras perlatus
  • † Exechocirsus
    • † Exechocirsus cowickeensis
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    † Exogyra

F
  • † Flemingostrea
    • † Flemingostrea subspatula
  • † Fulgerca
    • † Fulgerca attenuata – tentative report
    • † Fulgerca compressilirata
  • † Fusimilis
    • † Fusimilis kummeli
    • † Fusimilis novemcostatus
    • † Fusimilis tippanus
  • shell of Fusinus inglorius
    Fusinus
    • † Fusinus macnairyensis

G
  • † Gegania
    • † Gegania bella
    • † Gegania bella prodiga
    • † Gegania mississippiensis
    • † Gegania parabella
  • Fossilized shell of a Gemmula sea snail, or gem turrid
    Gemmula
    • † Gemmula cretacea
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Eocene bivalve Gervillia
    † Gervillia
  • † Gervilliopsis
    • † Gervilliopsis ensiformis
  • A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark
    Ginglymostoma
    • † Ginglymostoma globidens
  • Glossus
  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
  • † Glyptoxoceras
  • † Goniocylichna
    • † Goniocylichna bisculpturata
    • † Goniocylichna elongata
  • † Graciliala
    • † Graciliala calcaris
    • † Graciliala decemlirata
    • † Graciliala johnsoni
  • † Granocardium
    • † Granocardium dumosum
    • † Granocardium kuemmeli
    • † Granocardium kummeli
    • † Granocardium lowei
    • † Granocardium tippananum
    • † Granocardium tippanum
  • † Granosolarium
    • † Granosolarium coffea
  • † Graphidula
    • † Graphidula melanopsis
    • † Graphidula multicostata
    • † Graphidula terebriformis
  • Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea
    † Gryphaea
    • † Gryphaea convexa
  • † Gryphaeostrea
    • † Gryphaeostrea vomer
  • † Gymnentome
    • † Gymnentome canalis
    • † Gymnentome unicarinata
  • Gyrineum
    † Gyrineum
    • † Gyrineum gwinae
  • Gyrodes
    • † Gyrodes abyssinus
    • † Gyrodes americanus
    • † Gyrodes major
    • † Gyrodes petrosus
    • † Gyrodes spillmani
    • † Gyrodes supraplicatus
  • † Gyropleura

H
  • † Hadrosaurus – tentative report
  • † Hamites
  • † Hamulus
    • † Hamulus onyx
    • † Hamulus ripleyanus
    • † Hamulus squamosus
  • † Harduinia
    • † Harduinia aequorea
    • † Harduinia dalli
    • † Harduinia mortoni
    • † Harduinia mortonis
    • † Harduinia weatherbyi
  • † Heliacus
    • † Heliacus reticulatus
  • † Helicaulax
    • † Helicaulax formosa
  • † Helicoceras
  • Hemiaster
    • † Hemiaster humphreysanus
    • † Hemiaster wetherbyi
  • Hemiscyllium
  • † Hercorhynchus
    • † Hercorhynchus quadriliratus
  • † Hercorhyncus
    • † Hercorhyncus bicarinatus
    • † Hercorhyncus pagodaformis
    • † Hercorhyncus tippanus
    • † Hercorhyncus triliratus
  • Fossil of the Jurassic-Paleogene lobster Hoploparia
    † Hoploparia
    • † Hoploparia tennesseensis
  • Hyala
    • † Hyala fragila
  • Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    † Hybodus
  • † Hydrotribulus
    • † Hydrotribulus elegans
  • † Hyphantoceras – tentative report
    • † Hyphantoceras amapondense
  • † Hypolophus
    • † Hypolophus mcnultyi

I

J
  • Juliacorbula
    • † Juliacorbula monmouthensis

K
  • † Kummelia

L
  • † Lacrimiforma
    • † Lacrimiforma secunda
  • Laternula
    • † Laternula robusta
  • † Latiala
    • † Latiala lobata
  • † Latiata – tentative report
  • † Laxispira
    • † Laxispira lumbricalis
    • † Laxispira monilifera
  • † Lefortia
    • † Lefortia trojana – type locality for species
  • † Legumen
    • † Legumen ellipticum
  • † Lemniscolittorina
    • † Lemniscolittorina berryi
    • † Lemniscolittorina yonkersi
  • Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar
    Lepisosteus
  • † Leptosolen
    • † Leptosolen biplicata
  • Lima
    • † Lima deatsvillensis
    • † Lima pelagica
  • Limatula
    • † Limatula acutilineata
  • Limopsis
    • † Limopsis meeki
    • † Limopsis perbrevis
  • † Linearis
    • † Linearis magnoliensis
    • † Linearis metastriata
    • † Linearis pectinis
  • † Linthia
    • † Linthia variabilis
  • A modern Linuparus spiny lobster
    Linuparus
    • † Linuparus canadensis
  • † Liopeplum
    • † Liopeplum canalis
    • † Liopeplum cretaceum
    • † Liopeplum leioderma
    • † Liopeplum nodosum
    • † Liopeplum rugosum
    • † Liopeplum spiculatum
  • † Liopistha
    • † Liopistha protexta
  • † Liothyris
    • † Liothyris carolinensis
  • † Lispodesthes
    • † Lispodesthes amplus
  • Shell of a Lithophaga, or date mussel
    Lithophaga
  • † Lomirosa
    • † Lomirosa carinata
  • † Longitubus
  • † Longoconcha
    • † Longoconcha dalli
    • † Longoconcha imbricatus
    • † Longoconcha quadrilirata
    • † Longoconcha tennesseensis
  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
  • † Lowenstamia
    • † Lowenstamia cucullata
    • † Lowenstamia funiculus
    • † Lowenstamia liratus
    • † Lowenstamia subplanus – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Lucina – tentative report
  • † Lupira
    • † Lupira disparila
    • † Lupira pyriformis
    • † Lupira turbinea
  • † Lycettia
    • † Lycettia tippana
    • † Lycettia tippanus
  • † Lyriochlamys
    • † Lyriochlamys cretosa
    • † Lyriochlamys cretosus

M
Shells washed ashore of Mytilus mussels
  • Malletia
    • † Malletia longfrons
    • † Malletia longifrons
    • † Malletia stephensoni
  • † Margaritella
    • † Margaritella pumila
  • † Mataxa
    • † Mataxa elegans
    • † Mataxa leioderma
  • † Mathilda
    • † Mathilda cedarensis
    • † Mathilda corona
    • † Mathilda hexalira
    • † Mathilda pentalira
    • † Mathilda ripleyana
    • † Mathilda unionensis
  • † Menabites
    • † Menabites danei
    • † Menabites delawarensis
  • Meretrix – tentative report
  • † Mesodendriurn
    • † Mesodendriurn oktibbehaensis
  • † Micrabacia
    • † Micrabacia marylandica – type locality for species
    • † Micrabacia radiata – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene sea urchin Micraster
    † Micraster
    • † Micraster americanus
  • Fossilized shell of the Devonian-modern marine bivalve Modiolus, or horsemussel
    Modiolus
  • † Monroea
    • † Monroea coffea
  • † Morea
    • † Morea corsicanensis
    • † Morea corsicanensis depressa
    • † Morea marylandica
    • † Morea rotunda
    • † Morea transenna
  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    † Mosasaurus
  • † Myobarbum
    • † Myobarbum laevigatum
  • Myrtea
    • † Myrtea stephensoni
  • † Mytilus – tentative report

N
  • † Napulus
    • † Napulus fragilis
    • † Napulus octoliratus
  • † Neamphitomaria
    • † Neamphitomaria planospira
    • † Neamphitomaria reticulata
    • † Neamphitomaria stantoni
  • † Neithea
  • † Nemoarca
  • † Nemocardium
    • † Nemocardium fragile
  • † Nemodon
    • † Nemodon brevifrons
    • † Nemodon eufalensis
    • † Nemodon eufaulensis
    • † Nemodon grandis – or unidentified comparable form
    • † Nemodon neusensis
  • Shell in multiple views of a Nerita polita sea snail
    Nerita
    • † Nerita reticulirata
  • Neritina
    • † Neritina densata – tentative report
  • † Nonactaeonina
  • Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Nostoceras
    † Nostoceras
    • † Nostoceras turrilites – tentative report
  • † Notopocorystes
    • † Notopocorystes testacea
  • Nozeba
    • † Nozeba crassa
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
  • Nuculana
    • † Nuculana tarensis
    • † Nuculana whitfieldi
  • † Nudivagus
  • † Nymphalucina
    • † Nymphalucina linearia
    • † Nymphalucina parva

O
  • † Odontobasis – tentative report
    • † Odontobasis sulcata
  • † Oligoptycha
    • † Oligoptycha corrugata
  • Opaliopsis
    • † Opaliopsis angustocota
  • † Opertochasma
  • † Ornopsis
    • † Ornopsis digressa
    • † Ornopsis elevata
    • † Ornopsis modica
  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
    Ostrea
    • † Ostrea sloani

P
Interior and exterior of the shell of a Pteria, or winged oyster
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
    † Pachydiscus
  • Shell of a Pachymelania freshwater snail
    † Pachymelania – tentative report
  • † Paladmete
    • † Paladmete cancellaria
    • † Paladmete gardnerae
    • † Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea
    • † Paladmete laevis
  • † Palaeoxantho – type locality for genus
    • † Palaeoxantho libertiensis – type locality for species
  • † Paleofusimitra
    • † Paleofusimitra elongata
  • † Paleopsephaea
    • † Paleopsephaea mutabilis
    • † Paleopsephaea tenuilirata
  • Panopea
    • † Panopea monmouthensis
  • † Parafusus
    • † Parafusus callilateris
    • † Parafusus coloratus
    • † Parafusus saffordi
  • † Paranomia
    • † Paranomia scabra
  • † Parapaguristes
    • † Parapaguristes tuberculatus – type locality for species
    • † Parapaguristes whitteni – type locality for species
  • † Parmicorbula
    • † Parmicorbula suffalciata
    • † Parmicorbula terramaria
    • † Parmicorbula torta
  • † Pauciacirsa
    • † Pauciacirsa simplex
  • Pecten
    • † Pecten venustus
  • † Periplomya
    • † Periplomya applicata
  • † Perissoptera
    • † Perissoptera prolabiata mississippiensis
  • † Perrisonota
    • † Perrisonota protexta
  • Phacoides
    • † Phacoides mattiformis – tentative report
  • † Phelopteria
    • † Phelopteria linguaeformis
    • † Phelopteria linguiformis
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
  • † Piestochilus
    • † Piestochilus curviliratus
  • Pinna
    • † Pinna laqueata
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    † Placenticeras
    • † Placenticeras placenta
    • † Placenticeras syrtale
  • † Plagiostoma
    • † Plagiostoma woodsi
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus
    † Platecarpus – type locality for genus
  • † Plectomya
  • † Plesiotriton
    • † Plesiotriton cretaceus
  • † Pleuriocardia
    • † Pleuriocardia eufaulense
  • Plicatula
    • † Plicatula mullicaensis
    • † Plicatula tetrica
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
    Polinices
    • † Polinices kummeli
  • † Postligata
    • † Postligata wordeni
  • † Praeleda
    • † Praeleda compar
  • † Prehepatus
    • † Prehepatus harrisi
  • † Promathildia
    • † Promathildia parvula
  • † Protobusycon
    • † Protobusycon binodosum
  • † Protocallianassa
    • † Protocallianassa mortoni
  • † Protocardia
    • † Protocardia spillmani
    • † Protocardia stantoni
  • † Pseudoclaviscala
    • † Pseudoclaviscala laevicosta
    • † Pseudoclaviscala rugacosta
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax
    † Pseudocorax
    • † Pseudocorax granti
  • † Pseudolimea
    • † Pseudolimea reticulata
    • † Pseudolimea sellardsi
  • Pseudomalaxis
    • † Pseudomalaxis pateriformis
    • † Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
    • † Pseudomalaxis stantoni
  • † Pseudoptera
  • † Pseudoschloenbachia
    • † Pseudoschloenbachia mexicana
  • † Pteria
    • † Pteria rhombica
  • † Pterocerella
    • † Pterocerella maryea
    • † Pterocerella poinsettiformis
    • † Pterocerella pontotocensis
    • † Pterocerella tippana
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    † Pterotrigonia
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shell-crushing shark Ptychodus with an anachronistic human to scale
    † Ptychodus
  • † Ptychosyca
    • † Ptychosyca inornata
  • † Ptychotrygon
    • † Ptychotrygon vermiculata
  • † Pugnellus
    • † Pugnellus densatus
    • † Pugnellus goldmani
  • Pulvinites
    • † Pulvinites argenteus
  • Punctiscala
    • † Punctiscala melaniea
  • Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
    Pycnodonte
  • † Pyrifusus
    • † Pyrifusus sinuocostatus
    • † Pyrifusus subdensatus
  • † Pyropsis
    • † Pyropsis cornutus
    • † Pyropsis interstriatus
    • † Pyropsis perlata
    • † Pyropsis prolixa

R
  • † Rachiosoma
    • † Rachiosoma mortoni
  • † Radiopecten
    • † Radiopecten mississippiensis
  • † Raninella
    • † Raninella tridens
  • † Reginaites
    • † Reginaites exilis – type locality for species
    • † Reginaites leei
  • † Remera
    • † Remera flexicostata
    • † Remera microstriata
    • † Remera stephensoni
  • † Remnita
    • † Remnita anomalocostata
  • † Rhombopsis
    • † Rhombopsis molinoensis
  • A living Ringicula sea snail
    Ringicula

S

T
Tympanotonos fuscatus

U
  • † Uddenia
  • † Unicardium
    • † Unicardium concentricum
  • † Urceolabrum
    • † Urceolabrum mantachieensis
    • † Urceolabrum tuberculatum
    • † Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum

V
  • † Variseila
    • † Variseila meeki
  • † Veniella
    • † Veniella conradi
  • † Vetericardiella
    • † Vetericardiella crenalirata
    • † Vetericardiella webbervillensis
  • † Volutomorpha
    • † Volutomorpha aspera
    • † Volutomorpha dumasensis
    • † Volutomorpha producta
    • † Volutomorpha retifera
    • † Volutomorpha splendida
    • † Volutomorpha valida

W
  • † Weeksia
    • † Weeksia amplificata
    • † Weeksia deplanata

X

Z
  • † Zikkuratia
    • † Zikkuratia tabanneensis


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