List of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina

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

A
  • Acesta
  • †Achrostichites – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Achrostichites linnaeafolius
  • Acirsa
  • †Acutostrea
    • †Acutostrea plumosa
  • †Adocus
  • Illustration of the reconstructed skeleton of the Late Triassic Aetosaurus. Othniel Charles Marsh (1895).
    †Aetosaurus
  • †Aldebarania – type locality for genus
    • †Aldebarania arenitea – type locality for species
  • †Alinka – type locality for genus
    • †Alinka cara – type locality for species
  • †Alisporites
    • †Alisporites ovatus
  • †Ambigostrea
    • †Ambigostrea sloani
    • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • †Ampullina – tentative report
  • Amuletum – tentative report
  • †Anchura
  • †Androvettia
    • †Androvettia carolinensis
    • †Androvettia statenensis
  • Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell
    †Anomia
    • †Anomia argentaria
    • †Anomia fearensis
    • †Anomia fulleri
    • †Anomia linifera
    • †Anomia lintea
    • †Anomia lintea donohuensis
    • †Anomia olmstedi
    • †Anomia ornata
    • †Anomia penderana
    • †Anomia tellinoides
  • †Anomoeodus
    • †Anomoeodus phaseolus
  • Anteglosia – tentative report
  • †Apatopus
    • †Apatopus lineatus
  • †Aphrodina
    • †Aphrodina tippana
  • †Arca
    • †Arca bladensis
  • Architectonica
  • †Architipula
    • †Architipula youngi – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic lungfish Arganodus with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Arganodus
  • †Argyrarachne – type locality for genus
    • †Argyrarachne solitus – type locality for species
  • Astarte – tentative report
  • †Asteracanthus
  • Ataphrus
    • †Ataphrus kerri
  • †Atreipus
    • †Atreipus milfordensis

B

C
  • Caestocorbula
  • Callucina
    • †Callucina ripleyana
  • †Camptonectes
    • †Camptonectes berryi – tentative report
    • †Camptonectes bubonis
    • †Camptonectes hilgardi
  • Candona
    • †Candona rogersii
  • †Cantioscyllium [1]
    • †Cantioscyllium clementsi – type locality for species[1]
  • Carcharias – tentative report
  • Cardium
  • Known material diagram illustrating a reconstructed skull and body of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Carnufex
    †Carnufex – type locality for genus
  • Caryocorbula
    • †Caryocorbula oxynema
  • Cerithiella
  • †Cerithioderma
  • †Chedighaii
    • †Chedighaii barberi
  • †Chedignaii
    • †Chedignaii hutchisoni
  • Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys
    †Cimolomys
  • †Cionichthys
  • Cladophlebis
    • †Cladophlebis microphylla
  • Cliona
  • †Coahomasuchus
  • †Colognathus
    • †Colognathus obscurus
  • †Compostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Compostrobus neotericus
  • †Compsosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Compsosaurus priscus – type locality for species
  • †Compsostrobus
    • †Compsostrobus neotericus – type locality for species
  • Corbula
    • †Corbula carolinensis – tentative report
    • †Corbula subgibbosa – tentative report
  • †Costellacesta
    • †Costellacesta insolita
  • Crassatella
    • †Crassatella hodgei
    • †Crassatella neusensis
    • †Crassatella vadosa
  • †Crenella
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    †Cretolamna
    • †Cretolamna appendiculata lata
    • †Cretolamna biauriculata
    • †Cretolamna serrata
  • †Crosaphis
    • †Crosaphis virginiensis
  • †Crosbysaurus
  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
  • †Cyathofoma
  • Cylichna
  • †Cylindracanthus
    • †Cylindracanthus rectus
  • †Cymbophora
    • †Cymbophora cancellosa
    • †Cymbophora conradi
    • †Cymbophora trigonalis
  • †Cymella
  • †Cyprimeria
    • †Cyprimeria coonensis
    • †Cyprimeria depressa
    • †Cyprimeria gabbi
  • Cyzicus

D
  • †Darwinula
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
    †Deinosuchus
  • Dictyocephalus – type locality for genus
    • †Dictyocephalus elegans – type locality for species
  • †Dictyophyllum
  • †Diplurus
    • †Diplurus newarki – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Dreissena – tentative report
  • †Dromatherium – type locality for genus
    • †Dromatherium sylvestre – type locality for species
  • †Dromicosuchus – type locality for genus

E

F
  • †Flemingostrea
    • †Flemingostrea blackensis
    • †Flemingostrea pratti
    • †Flemingostrea subspatula
    • †Flemingostrea subspatulata
  • †Franxinopsis

G
  • Gegania
  • †Geinitzia
    • †Geinitzia reichenbachii
  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
    • †Glycymeris subgyrata
  • †Gorgetosuchus – type locality for genus
  • †Gorgosaurus
  • †Graciliala
    • †Graciliala johnsoni – tentative report
  • †Granocardium
    • †Granocardium alabamense
  • Gyrodes
  • †Gyrotropis
    • †Gyrotropis kerri

H

I

L
  • †Laccopteris
    • †Laccopteris smithii
  • †Lamellaptychus
    • †Lamellaptychus beyrichodidayi
  • †Laxispira
    • †Laxispira monilifera
  • †Leehermania – type locality for genus
    • †Leehermania prorova – type locality for species
  • †Legumen
    • †Legumen carolinensis – tentative report
    • †Legumen concentricum
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus
    †Leidyosuchus – tentative report
  • †Lepacyclotes
  • †Lepidodendron
  • †Leptocycas – type locality for genus
    • †Leptocycas gracilis – type locality for species
  • †Leptosolen
    • †Leptosolen biplicata
  • Lima
    • †Lima oxypleura
    • †Lima pelagica
  • Limatula
    • †Limatula acutilineata
  • Limopsis
    • †Limopsis meeki
  • †Linearis
    • †Linearis magnoliensis
    • †Linearis metastriata
  • †Lingula
  • †Linthia
    • †Linthia variabilis
  • †Liopeplum
    • †Liopeplum tarensis
  • †Liothyris
    • †Liothyris carolinensis
  • †Liriodendroidea
    • †Liriodendroidea carolinensis – type locality for species
    • †Liriodendroidea latirapha – type locality for species
  • †Lonchopteris
    • †Lonchopteris virginiensis
  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
  • †Lowenstamia
    • †Lowenstamia liratus – tentative report
  • †Lucasuchus
  • †Lucina
    • †Lucina repleyana
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Lytoceras
    †Lytoceras

M
  • Martesia – tentative report
  • †Mecistotrachelos
  • Melanatria – tentative report
  • †Metarchilimonia
    • †Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum
    • †Metarchilimonia solita
  • †Metreophyllum
  • †Micrabacia
  • †Microconodon – type locality for genus
    • †Microconodon tenuirostris – type locality for species
  • †Morea
    • †Morea cancellaria
  • †Moriconia
    • †Moriconia cyclotoxon
  • †Mormolucoides
    • †Mormolucoides articulatus
  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    †Mosasaurus
    • †Mosasaurus impar

N
  • †Napulus
  • †Nemodon
    • †Nemodon brevifrons
  • Fossilized foliage of the Triassic-Middle Jurassic horsetail relative Neocalamites
    †Neocalamites
    • †Neocalamites knowltoni
    • †Neocalamites knowtonii – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Neocalamites virginiensis
  • Nerita
  • Nucula
    • †Nucula stantoni
  • Nuculana
    • †Nuculana kerrensis
    • †Nuculana multiconcentrica
  • †Nymphalucina
    • †Nymphalucina parva

O
  • Odontaspis
    • †Odontaspis samhammeri
  • †Opertochasma
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous ostrich dinosaur Ornithomimus
    †Ornithomimus – tentative report
  • †Ornopsis
  • †Osteopleurus
  • Ostrea
    • †Ostrea sloani
  • †Otozamites
    • †Otozamites hespera
    • †Otozamites powelli

P
  • Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous plant Pagiophyllum
    †Pagiophyllum
    • †Pagiophyllum diffusum
    • †Pagiophyllum simpsoniae
  • †Paladmete – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Paladmete gardnerae
  • †Palaeolimnadia – tentative report
  • †Palinandromeda
    • †Palinandromeda novaecaesareae
  • †Pannaulika
    • †Pannaulika triassic
  • Panopea
    • †Panopea decisa
    • †Panopea monmouthensis
  • †Paralbula
    • †Paralbula casei
  • †Paranomia
    • †Paranomia scabra
  • †Pariostegus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Parmicorbula
    • †Parmicorbula bisulcata – tentative report
    • †Parmicorbula suffalciata
  • †Pekinopteris – type locality for genus
    • †Pekinopteris auriculata – type locality for species
  • †Pekinosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Pelourdea
  • Phacoides
    • †Phacoides glebula
  • †Phlebopteris
    • †Phlebopteris smithii
  • Pholadidea – tentative report
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
    • †Pholadomya littlei
    • †Pholadomya sublevis
  • Phyllodus
  • †Phyloblatta
    • †Phyloblatta grimaldii – type locality for species
  • †Pinna
  • †Placenticeras – tentative report
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Placerias with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Placerias
    • †Placerias hesternus
  • †Platananthus
    • †Platananthus hueberi – type locality for species
  • †Platanocarpus
    • †Platanocarpus carolinensis – type locality for species
  • †Platecarpus
  • †Pleuriocardia
    • †Pleuriocardia donohuense
    • †Pleuriocardia donohuensis
    • †Pleuriocardia penderense
  • †Plicatolamna
    • †Plicatolamna arcuata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Plinthogomphodon – type locality for genus
  • †Podozamites
  • Polinices
  • †Postligata
    • †Postligata greenensis
  • †Postosuchus
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
    †Prognathodon
  • †Prosechamyia
    • †Prosechamyia dimedia
    • †Prosechamyia trimedia
  • †Protocardia
    • †Protocardia spillmani
  • †Protodonax
  • †Pseudoctenis
  • †Pseudolimea
    • †Pseudolimea kerri
    • †Pseudolimea reticulata
  • †Pseudopolycentropodes – type locality for genus
    • †Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus – type locality for species
  • †Pteria – tentative report
  • †Pterocerella
  • †Pterophyllum
  • †Pterotrigonia
  • †Pugnellus
  • Pycnodonte
  • †Pyrgulifera – tentative report
  • †Pyropsis

R

S

T
  • †Tanytrachelos – type locality for genus
  • †Taphrosphys
    • †Taphrosphys dares – type locality for species
  • †Tellinimera
    • †Tellinimera gabbi
    • †Tellinimera stephensoni
  • Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle
    Trachycardium
    • †Trachycardium carolinensis
    • †Trachycardium longstreeti
    • †Trachycardium vaughani
  • †Trachytriton – tentative report
  • †Triassopsychoda
    • †Triassopsychoda olseni
  • †Triassothrips – type locality for genus
    • †Triassothrips virginicus – type locality for species
  • Trichotropis
    • †Trichotropis squamosa
  • †Trigonarca
    • †Trigonarca elongata
    • †Trigonarca maconensis
    • †Trigonarca triquetra
  • †Trigonia – tentative report
  • Trionyx
    • †Trionyx halophilus
  • Turritella
  • †Turseodus
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
    †Tylosaurus

U

V
  • †Variseila – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Variseila meeki
  • †Veniella
    • †Veniella conradi
    • †Veniella mullinensis
  • †Veriplecia
    • †Veriplecia rugosa
  • †Vetericardiella
  • †Virginiptera
    • †Virginiptera certa
    • †Virginiptera lativentra – type locality for species
    • †Virginiptera similis
  • †Voltzia
    • †Voltzia andrewsii – type locality for species

W

X

Y
  • †Yalea – type locality for genus
    • †Yalea argentata – type locality for species
    • †Yalea rectimedia

Z
  • †Zamiostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Zamiostrobus lissocardus
  • Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites
    †Zamites

References
  1. Gerard R. Case; Todd D. Cook; Taylor Kightlinger; Paul D. Borodin (2019). "Middle Campanian euselachian diversity of the southern region of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 7: 69–82. doi:10.18435/vamp29345.
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