List of the prehistoric life of Nevada

This list of the prehistoric life of Nevada contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Nevada.

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.

Paleozoic

Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of Nevada

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada

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  Fossil of the Silurian-Middle Devonian trilobite Acanthopyge

  †Acanthopyge
• †Acmarhachis
  • †Acmarhachis typicalis
• †Acodus
• †Acrothyra
• †Acutichiton
• †Adamsoceras
  • †Agnostotes clavata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Agnostus
• †Agoniatites
• †Amorphognathus
• †Amphiscapha
• †Ampyx – tentative report
• †Ampyx
• †Anabarella
• † Ananias
• †Anataphrus

• 

  Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris

  †Anomalocaris
• †Anomphalus
  • †Anomphalus jaggerius – type locality for species
• †Apatolichas
• †Archaeocidaris
• †Athyris
  • †Athyris lamellosa
• †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Atrypa reticularis
• †Aulopora
• †Aviculopecten
• †Avonia
• †Bactroceras
• †Baltoceras

• 

  Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Bathynotus

  †Bathynotus
• †Bathyuriscus
• †Bellerophon
  • †Bellerophon needlensis – type locality for species
• †Benthamaspis
• †Biceratops – type locality for genus
• †Biciragnostus
• † Bija
• †Bimuria
• †Bolbocephalus – tentative report
• †Bolbolenellus
• †Bradyfallotaspis
• †Brevibelus
• †Bristolia
• †Brongniartella
• †Brunsia
• †Bumastus
• †Calymene
• †Calyptaulax
• †Camarotoechia

• 

  Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left)

  †Canadaspis
• †Cancelloceras
  • †Cancelloceras elegans – or unidentified comparable form
• †Caninia
• †Carinamala
• †Carolinites
• †Catenipora
• †Cavusgnathus
• †Cedaria
• †Ceratocephala – tentative report
• †Ceraurinella
• †Ceraurinus

• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus

  †Ceraurus
• †Chancelloria
• †Chancia
• †Chonetes
  • †Chonetes logani
• †Cladochonus
• †Cladodus
• †Cleiothyridina
  • †Cleiothyridina ciriacksi
  • †Cleiothyridina deroissyi
  • †Cleiothyridina elegans
  • †Cleiothyridina orbicularis
• †Climacograptus
  • †Climacograptus innotatus
  • †Climacograptus phyllophorus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Cloacaspis
• †Coleoloides
• †Columnaria

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita

  †Composita
  • †Composita apheles – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Composita mexicana
  • †Composita mira
  • †Composita ovata
  • †Composita parasulcata
  • †Composita subquadrata
  • †Composita subtilita
  • †Composita trinuclea
• †Conchidium
• †Conocardium
• †Constellaria
• †Coosia
• †Cordylodus
• †Cornuodus
• †Cravenoceras
• †Culumbodina
• †Curtoceras
• †Cybelopsis
• †Cymbidium
• †Cypricardinia
• †Cyptendoceras

• 

  Fossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer

  †Cyrtospirifer
  • †Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
• †Cystodictya
• †Dalmanites
• †Davidsonia
• Dentalium
• †Dicoelosia
• †Dictyonema
• †Didymograptus
• †Dimeropygiella
• †Diplograptus
• †Distomodus
• †Earlandia
• †Echinaria
• †Edmondia
• †Egania – type locality for genus
• †Ehmaniella
• †Elrathina
• †Emmonsia
• †Encrinuroides

• 

  Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Encrinurus

  †Encrinurus
• †Eospirifer
• †Epiphyton
• †Esmeraldina
• †Ethmophyllum
• †Euomphalus
• †Fallotaspis
• †Favosites
• †Fenestella
• †Flexicalymene
• †Fremontia
• †Geragnostus
• †Geraldinella
• †Girvanella
• †Glaphurochiton – tentative report
  • †Glyptagnostus reticulatus
• †Gnathodus
• †Gogia
• †Goniatites
• †Gracianella
• †Grandinasus
• †Gypospirifer
• †Halysites

• 

  Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion

  †Helicoprion
• †Heliomera
• †Helminthochiton
• †Hintzeia
• †Holmiella
• †Homagnostus
• †Hunnebergia – tentative report
• †Hyolithellus
• †Hyolithes
• †Hypodicranotus
• †Iapetognathus
• †Icriodus
• †Illaenus
• †Ingria
• †Innitagnostus
• †Irvingella
• †Isograptus

• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.

  †Isotelus
• †Jeffersonia
• †Kanoshia
• †Kawina
• †Komaspidella
• †Komia
• †Kootenia
• †Krausella
• †Lachnostoma
• †Ladatheca
• †Lehua
• †Leonardoceras
• †Leonaspis
• †Lingula

• 

  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella

  †Lingulella
• †Lonchodomas
• †Lotagnostus
  • †Lotagnostus trisectus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Martinia
• †Megalaspidella – tentative report
• †Megalaspides
• †Megistaspis
• †Meristella
• †Meristina
• †Metacoceras
• †Metaplasia
• †Michelinoceras
• †Micromitra
• †Microplasma
• †Modiolus
• †Monograptus
  • †Monograptus thomasi
  • †Monograptus yukonensis
• †Murchisonia
• †Nardophyllum

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis

  †Naticopsis
  • †Naticopsis glomerosa – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis inornata
  • †Naticopsis kaibabensis
• †Neospirifer
  • †Neospirifer cameratus
  • †Neospirifer dunbari
  • †Neospirifer goreii
  • †Neospirifer latus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neospirifer triplicatus
• †Nephrolenellus

• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadella

  †Nevadella
• †Nevadia
• †Niobe
• †Nisusia – tentative report
• †Noblella
• †Nuculoidea
• †Obolella
• †Obolus
• †Ogygopsis
• †Olenellus
  • †Olenellus fowleri – type locality for species
• †Olenoides
• †Olenus
• †Opipeuter
• †Orthoceras
• †Oryctocephalus
  • †Oryctocephalus indicus

• 

  Life restoration of the Cambrian priapulid worm relative Ottoia

  †Ottoia
• †Oulodus
• †Ovatoryctocara – tentative report
• †Ozarkodina
• †Pachyphyllum
• †Paedeumias
• †Pagetia
• †Paladin
• †Palmettaspis – type locality for genus
• †Parafusulina
• †Paranevadella
• †Paterina
• †Peachella
• †Pelagiella
• †Pentamerus
• †Pentlandia

• 

  Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites

  †Pentremites
• †Periodon
• †Permocalculus
• †Peronopsis
• †Perspicaris
• †Phacops
• †Phalacroma
• †Phillipsia
• †Phragmophora
• †Phyllograptus
• Pinna
• †Platyceras
• †Platycrinites
• †Platystrophia

• 

  Fossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites

  †Pleurocystites
• †Polygnathus
  • †Polygnathus angusticostatus
  • †Polygnathus angustipennatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Polygnathus costatus
  • †Polygnathus eiflius
  • †Polygnathus linguiformis
  • †Polygnathus parawebbi
  • †Polygnathus pseudofoliatus
• †Posidonia
• †Prodentalium

• 

  Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus

  †Proetus
• †Profallotaspis – tentative report
• †Protochonetes
• †Protospongia
• †Ptychagnostus
  • †Ptychagnostus atavus
• †Punka
• †Quadratia
• †Raymondaspis
• †Rayonnoceras

• 

  Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites

  †Receptaculites
• †Remopleurides
• †Rensselaeria
• †Repinaella
• †Rhabdiferoceras – type locality for genus
• †Rioceras – tentative report
• †Rossodus – tentative report
• †Sabellidites
• †Sallya
• †Salterella
• †Schwagerina
• †Siphonodendron
• †Skenidioides
• †Sowerbyella
• †Spathognathodus
• †Sphaerocodium
• †Sphaerocoryphe
• †Sphenothallus
• †Spirifer
  • †Spirifer centronatus
  • †Spirifer opimus
  • †Spirifer rockymontanus
• †Spiriferina
• Spirorbis

• 

  Fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian tree-like club moss relative rhizome Stigmaria

  †Stigmaria
• †Streptognathodus
• †Streptosolen
• †Stringocephalus
• †Strophomena
• †Stylonema – tentative report
• †Subulites
• †Syringopora
• †Tentaculites
• †Tetragraptus
• †Tetrataxis
• †Thoracocare
• †Triarthrus
• †Trinodus
• †Trocholites
• †Tuzoia
• †Tylonautilus
• †Uraloceras
  • †Uraloceras burtiense
  • †Uraloceras involutum
  • †Uraloceras nevadense – type locality for species

• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Wanneria

  †Wanneria
• †Watsonella
• †Westergaardites
• †Worthenia
• †Wutinoceras
• Yoldia
• †Youngia – tentative report
• †Zacanthoides

Mesozoic

Main article: List of the Mesozoic life of Nevada

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Nevada

• †Acrochordiceras – type locality for genus
• †Acrodus
  • †Acrodus alexandrae – type locality for species
  • †Acrodus cuneocostatus – type locality for species
  • †Acrodus oreodontus – type locality for species
  • †Acrodus spitzbergensis
  • †Acrodus vermicularis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Acuminatella

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus

  †Adocus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Alanites
  • †Alanites costatus – type locality for species
  • †Alanites mulleri – type locality for species
  • †Alanites obesus – type locality for species
• †Alsatites
• †Anaflemingites
• †Anagymnites
• †Anagymnotoceras
• †Anasibirites
  • †Anasibirites kingianus
• †Anatropites
• †Angulaticeras
• †Anolcites
• †Aplococeras
• †Arcestes
• †Arctoceras
• †Arctohungarites
• †Arctoprionites
• †Arenicolites
• †Aspenites
• Astarte
• Asteriacites
• Atrina

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Triassic plesiosaur relative Augustasaurus

  †Augustasaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Augustasaurus hagdorni – type locality for species
• †Avicularia
• †Balatonites
• †Birgeria
• †Calliconites
• Cardinia
• †Caucasorhynchia
• †Ceccaceras
• †Ceccaisculitoides
  • †Ceccaisculitoides elegans – type locality for species
• †Ceratites

• 

  Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus

  †Ceratodus
• Chlamys
• †Chonespondylus
• †Claraia
  • †Claraia aurita
  • †Claraia clarai
  • †Claraia stachei
• †Colobodus
• †Coral
• Corbula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Coroniceras

• 

  Diagram illustrating the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus with an anachronistic human to scale.

  †Cymbospondylus
  • †Cymbospondylus petrinus
  • †Cymbospondylus piscosus
• †Daonella
  • †Daonella americana – type locality for species
  • †Daonella dubia
  • †Daonella elongata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Daonella gabbi
  • †Daonella indica – or unidentified related form
  • †Daonella lindstroemi
  • †Daonella lommeli – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Daonella lommelli – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Daonella moussoni
  • †Daonella rieberi – type locality for species
  • †Daonella sturi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Daxatina
• †Decapod
• †Ellisonia – type locality for genus

• 

  Fossils of the Middle Triassic crinoid ("sea lily") Encrinus

  †Encrinus
• †Epigondolella
  • †Epigondolella mosheri
• †Eremites
• †Frankites
• †Frechites
• †Germanonautilus
• †Gervillaria
• †Gervillia
• †Gondolella
  • †Gondolella carinita – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella denuda – or unidentified related form
  • †Gondolella eotriassica – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella milleri – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella nevadensis – type locality for species
  • †Gondolella planata – type locality for species
• †Goniatites – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Gryphaea
• †Grypoceras

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Gymnites

  †Gymnites
  • †Gymnites billingsi – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites calli – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites humboldti – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Gymnites perplanus – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites tozeri – type locality for species
  • †Gymnites tregorum – type locality for species
• †Gyrolepis – tentative report
• †Hybodus
• †Ichthyosaurus
• †Inyoites
  • †Inyoites oweni
• †Kraussodontus
• †Lecanites
• †Leiophyllites

• 

  Restoration of a school of the Middle Triassic-Early Cretaceous bony fish Leptolepis

  †Leptolepis
• Limaria
• Lopha
• †Macroelongatoolithus
• †Meekoceras
  • †Meekoceras gracilitatis
• †Metapolygnathus
• †Metophioceras
• †Michelinoceras
• †Misikella

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus

  †Mixosaurus
• †Modiolus
• †Monophyllites
• †Myophoria
• †Mytilus
• †Naomichelys
• †Neogondolella
• †Neomegalodon
• †Neophyllites – or unidentified comparable form
• †Nerinea

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus

  †Omphalosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Omphalosaurus nevadanus – type locality for species
• †Ophiceras
• †Orthoceras
• Ostrea
• †Oulodus
• †Owenites
  • †Owenites koeneni
• †Oxytoma
• †Ozarkodina
• †Palaeospinax – tentative report
• †Paralepidotus – tentative report
• †Paranautilus

• 

  Life restoration of the Triassic ichthyosaur Phalarodon

  †Phalarodon
  • †Phalarodon fraasi
• Pholadomya
• Pinna
• †Plagiostoma
• †Planolites
• †Pleuronautilus
• Plicatula
• †Posidonia
• †Proclydonautilus
• †Protrachyceras
• †Psiloceras
• †Ptychites
• †Ptycholepis – tentative report
• †Rhacophyllites
• †Rhaetina
• †Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Saurichthys
• †Schlotheimia
• †Shonisaurus

  • 

    Diagram illustrating Shonisaurus (green) and Shastasaurus sikanniensis (red) with an anachronistic human to scale

    †Shonisaurus popularis
• †Sibyllonautilus
• †Sirenites
• †Solenopora
• †Spiriferina
  • †Spiriferina alia
  • †Spiriferina homfrayi – type locality for species
  • †Spiriferina roundyi
• †Stenopopanoceras
• †Sturia
• †Styrionautilus

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Thalattoarchon

  †Thalattoarchon – type locality for genus
  • †Thalattoarchon saurophagis – type locality for species
• †Thamnasteria
• †Trichites
• †Trigonia
• †Tutcheria
• †Ussurites
• †Vermiceras
• †Vex
• †Wyomingites
• †Xenoceltites

• 

  Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus

  †Xenodiscus

Cenozoic

Main article: List of the Cenozoic life of Nevada

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nevada

• Abies
• Acer
• †Aelurodon

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).

  †Aepycamelus
  • †Aepycamelus bradyi – type locality for species
  • †Aepycamelus robustus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Aepycamelus stocki
• †Aesculus
• †Agriotherium
• †Agulla
  • †Agulla mineralensis – type locality for species
• †Aletomeryx
• †Alforjas
• Alnus
• Amelanchier
• †Amorpha
• †Anchitheriomys
• Antrozous
  • †Antrozous pallidus
• †Aphelops
• †Apis
  • †Apis nearctica – type locality for species
• Arbutus
  • †Arbutus menziesii
• †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• †Arctostaphylos
• †Astrohippus
• †Barbourofelis
  • †Barbourofelis fricki
• Bassariscus
• Betula
• †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus

  †Brachycrus
• Brachylagus
  • †Brachylagus idahoensis
• †Brachypsalis
• †Bumelia
• †Calocedrus
• †Camelops – tentative report
• Candona
• Canis
  • †Canis latrans
  • †Canis lepophagus
• †Carpocyon
• Carya
  • †Carya ovata
• Castanopsis
• Ceanothus
• Cedrela

• 

  Living Ceratophyllum, also known as coontails or hornworts

  †Ceratophyllum
• Cercis
• †Cercocarpus
• †Chamaebatia
• †Chamaecyparis
• Chara
• †Chrysolepis
• Cnemidophorus
  • †Cnemidophorus tigris
• Comptonia
• Cornus
• †Cosoryx
  • †Cosoryx furcatus
• Crataegus
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus atrox
  • †Crotalus viridis
• Crotaphytus
  • †Crotaphytus collaris

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius

  †Cuvieronius – tentative report
• †Desmatippus
• †Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form
• †Dinohippus
• †Diospyros
• Dipodomys
• †Dipoides
• †Diprionomys
• †Dromomeryx
  • †Dromomeryx borealis
• †Epicyon
• †Equisetum
• Equus
  • †Equus giganteus
  • †Equus idahoensis

  • 

    Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra

    †Equus simplicidens
• †Eucastor
• †Euceratherium
  • †Euceratherium collinum
• †Eucyon
  • †Eucyon davisi
• Eugenia
• †Fraxinus
• Gambelia
• †Garrya
• †Gigantocamelus
• Glyptostrobus

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium

  †Gomphotherium
• Gopherus
  • †Gopherus agassizii
• †Gymnocladus
• †Helaletes
• Heloderma
  • †Heloderma suspectum
• †Hemiauchenia
  • †Hemiauchenia macrocephala – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hesperocamelus
• †Heteromeles
• †Hipparion
• †Hippotherium
• †Holodiscus
• Hydrangea
• †Hyopsodus
• †Hypohippus
• †Hypolagus
• †Hyrachyus
• †Ilingoceros
  • †Ilingoceros alexandrae – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos

  †Indarctos
• †Ischyrocyon
• Juglans
• Juniperus
• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
• Larix
• Lemmiscus
  • †Lemmiscus curtatus
• †Leptocyon
• †Leucothoe
• †Lithocarpus
• Lymnaea
• †Lyonothamnus

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus

  †Machairodus
• Mahonia
• †Mammut
  • †Mammut americanum
  • †Mammut matthewi
• Marmota
• Masticophis
  • †Masticophis flagellum
• †Mastodon
• †Megahippus
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx leptostomus
• †Megatylopus
• †Merychippus
• †Merychyus
• †Merycodus
• †Metalopex
• †Metatomarctus
• †Microtomarctus
• Microtus
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
• †Miopelodytes – type locality for genus
• †Monosaulax
• †Moropus
• Mustela
  • †Mustela nigripes
  • †Mustela nivalis
• Myotis
• †Neohipparion
• Neotoma
• †Notharctus
  • †Notharctus tenebrosus
• Notiosorex
• Odocoileus
• Ondatra
• Oreamnos
  • †Oreamnos americanus
• Ostrya
• Ovis
  • †Ovis canadensis
• †Pachystima
• †Paracamelus
• †Paracynarctus
• †Parahippus
• †Paratomarctus
• †Paronychomys
• †Peraceras
• Perognathus
• Peromyscus
• Phenacomys
• Phrynosoma
  • †Phrynosoma platyrhinos
• Picea
• Pinus
• Pituophis
  • †Pituophis catenifer
• Platanus

• 

  Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).

  †Platygonus
• †Pleiolama
• †Pliauchenia
• †Pliohippus
• Populus
• †Procamelus
• †Protolabis
• †Protomarctus
• Prunus
• †Pseudaelurus
• †Pseudotsuga
• Pteridium
• Pterocarya
• Quercus
• †Rana
  • †Rana pipiens
• †Repomys
• †Rhamnus
• Rhododendron

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium

  †Rhynchotherium
• †Ribes
• †Robinia
• Rosa
• Salix
• †Satherium
  • †Satherium piscinarium
• Sauromalus
  • †Sauromalus obesus
• Scapanus
• Sciurus
• †Sequoiadendron
  • †Sequoiadendron chaneyi – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa

  †Sinopa
• †Sophora
• †Sorbus
• Sorex
• †Sparganium
• Spea
• Spermophilus
• Sphaerium
• †Steneofiber
• †Styrax
• †Subdromomeryx
  • †Subdromomeryx antilopinus – or unidentified related form
• †Symphoricarpos
• Tamias
• Taxidea
• Taxodium

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras

  †Teleoceras
  • †Teleoceras major
• Thomomys
• †Thuja
• †Ticholeptus
• Tipula
• †Tomarctus
  • †Tomarctus brevirostris
• †Torreya
• †Tsuga
• Typha
• Ulmus
• †Ursavus
• Ursus
  • †Ursus americanus
  • †Ursus arctos – or unidentified comparable form
• †Vaccinium
• †Viverravus
• Vulpes
• Zelkova

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  Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon

  †Zygolophodon

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.