List of the Mesozoic life of Kansas
This list of the Mesozoic life of Kansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kansas and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
A
- †Abietites
- †Abietites ernestinae
- †Abietites longifolius
- †Acanthoscaphites – tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Acanthoscaphites - †Alzadasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Alzadasaurus kansasensis – type locality for species
- †Amberleya
- †Ampullina
- †Anomia
- †Apateodus
- †Apateodus busseni – type locality for species
- †Apatornis
- †Apatornis celer – type locality for species
- †Apsopelix
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Apsopelix - †Aquatifolia
- †Aquatifolia fluitans
- Aralia
- †Aralia newberryi
- †Aralia polymorpha
- †Aralia ravniana
- †Araliopsoides
- †Araliopsoides cretacea
- †Arcellites
- †Arcellites disciformis
- †Archaeanthus – type locality for genus
- †Archaeanthus linnenbergeri – type locality for species
- †Archaeolamna
- †Archaeolamna kopingensis
- †Archaepetala – type locality for genus
- †Archaepetala beekeri – type locality for species
- †Archaepetala obscura – type locality for species
- †Arcopagella
- †Arcopagella mactroides
- †Ariadnaesporites
- †Ariadnaesporites ariadnae
- Arundo
- †Arundo groenlandica
- †Asplenium
- †Asplenium dicksonianum
- †Astrocoenia
- †Astrocoenia nidiformis
- †Aviculopecten
Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten
B
- †Baculites
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites- †Baculites clinolobatus
- †Baculites compressus
- †Baculites grandis
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites pseudovatus – type locality for species
- †Bacutriletes
- †Bacutriletes greenlandicus
- †Bananogmius
- †Bananogmius evolutus
- †Baptornis – type locality for genus
- †Baptornis advenus – type locality for species
- †Bassites – type locality for genus
- †Bassites reesidei – type locality for species
- Botula
- †Brachauchenius – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Brachauchenius hunting a hesperornithiform bird- †Brachauchenius lucasi – type locality for species
- Brachidontes
- †Brachidontes nonbifurcus
- †Brachyrhizodus
- †Brachyrhizodus mcnultyi
- †Brasenites
- †Brasenites kansense
- †Breviarca
- †Breviarca angulata
- †Breviarca habita
- †Breviarca salinaensis
- †Breviarca subovata
C
- Cadulus
- †Cadulus praetenuis
- †Caloda – type locality for genus
- †Caloda delevoryana – type locality for species
- †Calycoceras
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Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Calycoceras- †Calycoceras naviculare
- †Cantioscyllium
- †Cantioscyllium decipiens
- Carcharias
- †Carcharias amonensis
- †Carcharias saskatchewanensis
- †Carcharias tenuiplicatus
- Cardita
- †Cardita belviderensis
- †Carpolithus
- †Carpolithus belviderensis
- †Cassiope
- †Ceratophyllum
- Chiloscyllium
- †Chiloscyllium greeni
- †Chondrites
- †Cimolichthys
- Cladophlebis
- †Cladophlebis dakotensis
- †Claosaurus
- †Claosaurus agilis – type locality for species
- †Clidastes
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes - Cliona
- †Clioscaphites
- †Clioscaphites choteauensis
- †Collignoniceras
- †Coniasaurus
- †Coniasaurus crassidens – or unidentified comparable form
- Corbula
- †Corbula fenti
- †Corbula smolanensis
- †Costatheca
- †Costatheca diskoensis
- †Costatheca lata
- †Crassatellina
- †Crassatellina oblonga
- Crassinella
- †Crassinella semicostata
- Crassostrea
- †Crassostrea kiowana
- †Cretolamna
- †Cretoxyrhina
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark - †Crossopodia
- Ctenochelys
- †Ctenochelys procax
- †Ctenochelys stenoporus – type locality for species
- Cucullaea
- †Cucullaea herculea
- †Cucullaea recedens
- †Cupressinoxylon
- †Cupressinoxylon cheyennense
- †Cycadeoidea
- †Cycadeoidea munita
- †Cycadeospermum
- †Cycadeospermum lineatum
- †Cyprimeria
- †Cyprimeria kiowana
- Cytheridea
D
- †Dakotasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Dakotasuchus kingi – type locality for species
- †Dawndraco – type locality for genus
- †Dawndraco kanzai – type locality for species
- †Desmatochelys
- †Dictyothylakos
- †Discoscaphites
- †Discoscaphites constrictus
- †Discoscaphites nicoletti
- †Dolichorhynchops – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Dolichorhynchops- †Dolichorhynchops osborni – type locality for species
- †Donlesia
- †Donlesia dakotensis
- †Drepanocheilus
- †Drepanocheilus kiowanus
- †Durania
- †Durania maxima
E
- †Ectenosaurus
- †Eiffellithus
- †Eiffellithus turriseiffelii
- †Elasmosaurus – type locality for genus
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
- †Engonoceras
- †Engonoceras belviderense
- †Eprolithus
- †Eprolithus floralis
- †Erlansonisporites
- †Erlansonisporites erlansonii
- †Euspira
- †Euspira smolanensis
F
- †Fagus
- †Feistmantelia
- †Feistmantelia oblonga
- †Flaventia
- †Flaventia belviderensis
- †Fumicollis – type locality for genus
- †Fumicollis hoffmani – type locality for species
G
H
- †Hadrodus
- †Hadrodus priscus
- †Halisaurus
- †Halisaurus sternbergi – type locality for species
- †Heliocolithus
- †Heliocolithus trabeculatus
- †Henrisporites
- †Henrisporites angustus
- †Hesperornis – type locality for genus
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
- †Heteroceras tortum
- †Hierosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Hierosaurus sternbergii – type locality for species
- †Homomya
- †Hoploscaphites
- †Hughesisporites
- †Huhatanka
- †Huhatanka kiowana
I
- †Iaceornis
- †Iaceornis marshi – type locality for species
- †Ichthyornis – type locality for genus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis- †Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Inoceramus cuvieri
- †Inoceramus ginterensis
- †Inoceramus tenuistriatus – tentative report
- †Ischyrhiza
J
- †Jeletzkytes
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes
K
- †Kalymmanthus – type locality for genus
- †Kalymmanthus walkeri – type locality for species
L
- †Laminospondylus
- †Laminospondylus transversus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leiosphaeridia
- †Leptosolen
- †Leptosolen otterensis
- †Leptostyrax
- †Leptostyrax crassidens
- †Lesqueria
- †Lesqueria elocata
- †Linearis
- †Linearis kansasensis
- †Lingula
- †Lingula subspatula
- †Lingula subspatulata
- Linuparus
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A modern Linuparus spiny lobster- †Linuparus canadensis
- †Liriophyllum
- †Liriophyllum kansense – type locality for species
- Lopha
- †Lopha kansasensis
- †Lopha subovata
- †Lophochelys – type locality for genus
- †Lophochelys natatrix – type locality for species
- †Lophochelys niobrarae – type locality for species
M
- †Maexisporites
- †Maexisporites soldanellus
- †Magnoavipes
- Marsilea
- †Marsilea johnhallii
- †Mathilda
- †Megacephalosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Megacephalosaurus eulerti – type locality for species
- Membranipora
- †Microcarpolithes
- †Microcarpolithes hexagonalis
- †Minerisporites
- †Minerisporites dissimilis
- †Minerisporites marginatus
- †Minerisporites pterotus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Modiolus
Fossilized shell of the Devonian-modern marine bivalve Modiolus, or horsemussel - †Molaspora
- †Molaspora lobata
- †Molaspora salinum – type locality for species
- †Mytiloides
- †Mytiloides columbianus
N
- †Niobrarasaurus
- †Niobrarasaurus coleii – type locality for species
- †Niobrarateuthis
- †Niobrarateuthis bonneri – type locality for species
- †Niobrarateuthis walkeri – type locality for species
- Nucula
- †Nucula catherina
- †Nucula rivulana – or unidentified comparable form
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana mutata
- †Nyctosaurus
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
O
P
- †Pachyrhizodus
- †Pachyrhizodus caninus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pachyrhizodus minimus
- †Parahesperornis – type locality for genus
- †Parahesperornis alexi – type locality for species
- †Paraliodesmus
- †Paraliodesmus guadagnii
- †Paxillitriletes
- †Paxillitriletes dakotaensis
- †Paxillitriletes vittatus
- †Pecten
- †Pecten inconspicuus
- †Peilinia
- †Peilinia quadriplicata
- †Phelopteria
- †Phelopteria minuta
- Pholadomya
- †Pholadomya belviderensis
- Pinus
- †Pinus longifolius
- †Pirsila
- †Placenticeras
- Platanus
- †Platecarpus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus- †Platecarpus planifrons – type locality for species
- †Platecarpus tympaniticus
- †Platyceramus
- †Platypterygius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Plesiochelys
- †Plesiochelys belviderensis – type locality for species
- †Plesiosaurus
- †Plesiosaurus gulo – type locality for species
- Plicatula
- †Polyacrodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Polycotylus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth- †Polycotylus latipinnis – type locality for species
- †Porthochelys – type locality for genus
- †Porthochelys laticeps – type locality for species
- †Prionochelys
- †Prionochelys galeotergum – type locality for species
- †Prionocyclus
- †Prionocyclus hyatti
- †Prisca – tentative report
- †Protocardia
- †Protocardia texana
- †Protosphyraena
- †Protostega
- †Protostega copei – type locality for species
- †Pseudoperna
- †Pseudoperna bentonensis
- †Pseudoperna congesta
- †Pteranodon – type locality for genus
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
- †Pteria salinensis
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia emoryi
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychodus anonymus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ptychodus decurrens
- †Ptychodus mortoni
- †Ptychodus occidentalis
- †Ptychodus whipplei
- †Ptychotrygon
Q
R
- †Raninella
- †Raninella carlilensis
- †Repichnia
- Rhinobatos
A living Rhinobatos guitar fish - †Rhizocorallium
- †Ruffordia
- †Ruffordia goepperti – or unidentified comparable form
S
- †Sapindopsis
- †Sapindopsis belviderensis
- †Sapindopsis brevifolia
- †Sapindopsis magnifolia
- †Sapindopsis type A – informal
- †Sapindopsis type B – informal
- †Sapindopsis variabilis
- Sassafras
- †Sassafras mudgii
- †Sassafras mudgli
- †Scabratriletes
- †Scabtrigonia
- †Scabtrigonia emoryi
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scaphites
- †Scaphites plenus
- †Scolicia
- Scyliorhinus
- †Selmasaurus
- †Selmasaurus johnsoni – type locality for species
- †Sequoia
- †Sequoia condita
- Serpula
- †Silvisaurus – type locality for genus
Illustration of a fossilized cranium of the Late Cretaceous armored dinosaur Silvisaurus- †Silvisaurus condrayi – type locality for species
- †Spermatites
- †Spermatites piperiformis
- Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax curvatus
- †Squalicorax falcatus
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- †Squalicorax pristodontus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Squalicorax volgensis
- †Squalocorax
- Sterculia
- †Sterculia mucronata
- †Sterculia towneri
- †Stoveris
- †Stoveris achylosus
- †Stramentum
- †Stramentum elegans
- †Stramentum haworthi
- †Strepteneura
- †Striatriletes
- †Striatriletes radialis
- †Styxosaurus – type locality for genus
Animated life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Styxosaurus- †Styxosaurus snowii – type locality for species
T
- Tellina
- †Terminonaris
- †Terminonaris browni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Toxochelys
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys - Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium kansasense
- †Tragodesmoceras
- †Tragodesmoceras bassi
- †Trinacromerum – type locality for genus
- †Trinacromerum bentonianum – type locality for species
- Turritella
- †Turritella belviderei
- †Turritella belviderensis
- †Turritella kansasensis
- †Tylosaurus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus- †Tylosaurus dyspelor
- †Tylosaurus kansasensis – type locality for species
- †Tylosaurus proriger
U
- †Uintacrinus
Fossils of the Late Cretaceous crinoid ("sea lily") Uintacrinus - †Urenchelys
- †Urenchelys abditus – type locality for species
V
- †Vitiphyllum
X
- †Xiphactinus
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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