List of the prehistoric life of Kansas
This list of the prehistoric life of Kansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kansas.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Kansas.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Kansas
- †Acanthodes
Life restoration of the Early Devonian-Permian "spiny shark" Acanthodes - †Achistrum
- †Acitheca
- †Acrodus – tentative report
- †Acroplous
- †Actiobates – type locality for genus
- †Actiobates peabodyi – type locality for species
- †Agassizodus
- †Aglaocrinus
- †Alethopteris
- Ammodiscus – tentative report
- †Amphiscapha
- † Ananias – tentative report
- †Annularia
- †Aphlebia
- Archaeolithophyllum
- †Archaeovenator – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Archaeovenator- †Archaeovenator hamiltonensis – type locality for species
- †Archimylacris
- †Aristoceras
- †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Asterotheca miltoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten arctisulcatus
- †Aviculopecten mccoyi – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten nodocosta
- †Aviculopecten occidentalis
- †Aviculopecten peculiaris – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten sumnerensis – type locality for species
- †Belantsea – or unidentified comparable form
Restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Belantsea - †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon graphicus – type locality for species
- †Blattoidea
- †Botryococcus
- †Calamites
- †Callipteris
- †Callipteris conferta
- †Callipteris lyratifolia – tentative report
- †Carbonita – tentative report
- †Caseodus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Caseodus - †Chomatodus
- †Chonetes
- †Cladodus
- Cladophlebis
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Composita
- †Cordaicarpus
- †Cordaites
- †Ctenacanthus
Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus - †Cyathus
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cystodictya
- †Dentalium
- †Diplichnites
- †Ductilodon – type locality for genus
- †Dunbaria – type locality for genus
- †Echinaria
- †Edestus
- †Edestus heinrichi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Edmondia
- †Eocasea – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Eocasea- †Eocasea martini – type locality for species
- †Eoscopus – type locality for genus
- †Eoscopus lockardi – type locality for species
- †Euconcordia – type locality for genus
- †Fenestella
- †Fusulina
- †Geinitzina
- †Gervillia
- †Glenopteris
- †Glikmanius
- †Glyptopleura
- †Gordia
- †Helminthopsis
- †Hybodus
- †Ianthasaurus – type locality for genus
Restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Ianthasaurus- †Ianthasaurus hardestiorum – type locality for species
- †Ianthodon – type locality for genus
- †Ianthodon schultzei – type locality for species
- †Isogramma
- †Janassa
- †Kawichthys – type locality for genus
- †Kawichthys moodiei – type locality for species
- †Kennedya – type locality for genus
- †Kirkella
- †Kouphichnium
- †Lepidodendron
- †Lingula
- †Lisca – type locality for genus
- †Lissodus
- †Listracanthus
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Early Triassic cartilaginous fish Listracanthus - Lithophaga
- †Lysorophus
- †Meganeuropsis – type locality for genus
- †Meganeuropsis permiana – type locality for species
- †Megatypus – type locality for genus
- †Metacoceras
- †Minilya
- †Misthodotes – type locality for genus
- †Modiolus
- †Naticopsis
- †Neoaganides
- †Neospirifer
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris auriculata – tentative report
- †Neuropteris odontopteroides
- †Neuropteris ovata
- †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
- †Noeggerathia
- †Norwoodia
- Nucula
- †Ophiacodon – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon- †Ophiacodon hilli – type locality for species
- †Orodus
- †Orthacanthus
- †Palaeoniscus
- †Paleolimulus – type locality for genus
- †Pecopteris
- †Petalodus
- †Petrolacosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Petrolacosaurus kansensis – type locality for species
- †Phillipsia – tentative report
- †Platyceras
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras - †Platysomus
- Pleurotomaria
- †Samaropsis
- †Sandalodus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sigillaria
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
- †Sphenophyllum stoukenbergi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenophyllum thonii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenopteris
- †Spinoaequalis – type locality for genus
Restoration of the Carboniferous reptile Spinoaequalis - †Spirifer
- †Spirifer rockymontanus – tentative report
- Spirorbis
- †Stemmatodus
- †Streptognathodus
- †Syringopora
- †Tetrataxis
- †Therates – type locality for genus
- †Treptichnus
- †Undichna
- †Urba – type locality for genus
- †Walchia
Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Permian conifer Walchia - †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
- †Xyrospondylus
- Yoldia
Mesozoic
Selected Mesozoic taxa of Kansas
- †Acanthoscaphites – tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Acanthoscaphites - †Alzadasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Ampullina
- †Anomia
- †Apateodus
- †Apatornis
- †Apatornis celer – type locality for species
- †Apsopelix
- Aralia
- Arundo
- †Asplenium
- †Aviculopecten
- †Baculites
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites- †Baculites clinolobatus
- †Baculites compressus
- †Baculites grandis
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites pseudovatus – type locality for species
- †Bananogmius
- †Baptornis – type locality for genus
- †Baptornis advenus – 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
- Cadulus
- †Calycoceras
- Carcharias
- Cardita
- †Cassiope
- †Ceratophyllum
- Chiloscyllium
- †Chondrites
- †Cimolichthys
- Cladophlebis
- †Claosaurus
- †Claosaurus agilis – type locality for species
- †Clidastes
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes - Cliona
- †Collignoniceras
- †Coniasaurus
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Cretolamna
- †Cretoxyrhina
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark - Ctenochelys
- Cucullaea
- †Cycadeoidea
- †Dakotasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Dakotasuchus kingi – type locality for species
- †Dawndraco – type locality for genus
- †Dawndraco kanzai – type locality for species
- †Desmatochelys
- †Discoscaphites
- †Dolichorhynchops – type locality for genus
- †Dolichorhynchops osborni – type locality for species
- †Durania
- †Ectenosaurus
- †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
- †Euspira
- †Fagus
- †Gegania
- †Gervillia
- †Gillicus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Gillicus - Gleichenia
- †Globidens
- †Gryphaea
- †Halisaurus
- †Halisaurus sternbergi – type locality for species
- †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
- †Hierosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Hoploscaphites
- †Iaceornis
- †Iaceornis marshi – type locality for species
- †Ichthyornis – type locality for genus
- †Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size- †Inoceramus cuvieri
- †Inoceramus ginterensis
- †Inoceramus tenuistriatus – tentative report
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Jeletzkytes
- †Leiosphaeridia
- †Leptostyrax
- †Linearis
- †Lingula
- Linuparus
- Lopha
- †Magnoavipes
- Marsilea
- †Mathilda
- †Megacephalosaurus – type locality for genus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Megacephalosaurus- †Megacephalosaurus eulerti – type locality for species
- Membranipora
- †Modiolus
- †Niobrarasaurus
- †Niobrarasaurus coleii – type locality for species
- †Niobrarateuthis
- †Niobrarateuthis bonneri – type locality for species
- †Niobrarateuthis walkeri – type locality for species
- Nucula
- †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
- †Ogmodirus – type locality for genus
- Ostrea
- †Pachyrhizodus
- †Pachyrhizodus caninus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pachyrhizodus minimus
- †Parahesperornis – type locality for genus
- †Parahesperornis alexi – type locality for species
- †Pecten
- Pholadomya
- Pinus
- †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
- †Plesiosaurus
- Plicatula
- †Polycotylus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth- †Polycotylus latipinnis – type locality for species
- †Prisca – tentative report
- †Protocardia
- †Protosphyraena
- †Protostega
- †Pseudoperna
- †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
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychodus anonymus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ptychodus decurrens
- †Ptychodus mortoni
- †Ptychodus occidentalis
- †Ptychodus whipplei
- †Ptychotrygon
- Quercus
- †Repichnia
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhizocorallium
- Sassafras
- †Scapanorhynchus
Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus - †Scaphites
- †Scolicia
- Scyliorhinus
- †Selmasaurus
- †Selmasaurus johnsoni – type locality for species
- †Sequoia
- Serpula
- †Silvisaurus – type locality for genus
- †Silvisaurus condrayi – type locality for species
- Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax curvatus
- †Squalicorax falcatus
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- †Squalicorax pristodontus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Squalicorax volgensis
- Sterculia
- †Styxosaurus – type locality for genus
Animated life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Styxosaurus- †Styxosaurus snowii – type locality for species
- Tellina
- †Terminonaris
- †Toxochelys
- Trachycardium
- †Tragodesmoceras
- †Trinacromerum – type locality for genus
- †Trinacromerum bentonianum – type locality for species
- Turritella
- †Tylosaurus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus- †Tylosaurus dyspelor
- †Tylosaurus kansasensis – type locality for species
- †Tylosaurus proriger
- †Uintacrinus
- †Urenchelys
- †Xiphactinus
Fish in a fish specimen - Yoldia
Cenozoic
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Kansas
- Acris
- †Acris crepitans
- †Adelphailurus
- †Aelurodon
Fossilized skull of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Aelurodon - Agkistrodon
- †Agriocharis
- †Agriotherium
- †Alforjas
- †Allogona
- †Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma maculatum
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
- †Amebelodon
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932). - Amia
- †Amphimachairodus
- Anas
- †Anas crecca
- †Aphelops
- Aplodinotus
- †Aplodinotus grunniens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arctodus
- †Arctodus pristinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arctodus simus
- †Astrohippus
- Baiomys
- †Barbourofelis
- Bassariscus
- Bison
- †Bison antiquus – type locality for species
- †Bison bison
- †Bison latifrons
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Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison
- Blarina
- †Blarina brevicauda
- †Blarina carolinensis
- †Borophagus
- †Borophagus diversidens
- †Borophagus hilli
- †Borophagus pugnator
- †Borophagus secundus – type locality for species
- Botaurus
- Bufo
- †Calippus
- †Camelops
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops - Candona
- Canis
- †Canis armbrusteri
- †Canis dirus
- †Canis edwardii
- †Canis ferox
- †Canis latrans
- †Canis lepophagus
- †Capromeryx
- †Carpocyon
- Carychium
- Castor
- †Castor canadensis
- †Castoroides
- †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Catostomus
- Celtis
- †Ceratogaulus
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene horned gopher Ceratogaulus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - †Cervalces
- Cervus
- Chaetodipus
- Chara
- †Chasmaporthetes
- Chelydra
- †Chelydra serpentina
A living Chelydra serpentina, or common snapping turtle
- Chrysemys
- †Cionella
- Clethrionomys
- Cnemidophorus
- Coluber
- †Cosoryx
Fossilized skull of the Miocene pronghorn Cosoryx - Crotalus
- †Cryptantha
- Cryptotis
- †Cryptotis parva
- Cynomys
- †Cynomys gunnisoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cynomys ludovicianus
- Deroceras
- Diadophis
- †Dinohippus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Dinohippus - Dipodomys
- †Dipodomys ordii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dipoides
- Discus
- Egretta
- Elaphe – type locality for genus
- Emydoidea
- †Epicyon
- Equus
- †Equus conversidens
- †Equus francisci
- †Equus giganteus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Equus niobrarensis
- †Equus scotti
- †Equus simplicidens
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
- †Eucastor
- †Euconulus
- †Eucyon
- Eumeces
- Felis
- Ferrissia
- †Fundulus
- Gastrocopta
- Geochelone
- Geomys
- Gerrhonotus
- †Gigantocamelus
- †Gnathabelodon
- †Gomphotherium
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium - Gopherus
- Graptemys
- †Graptemys geographica
- Grus
- Gyraulus
- Hawaiia
- Helicodiscus
- Helisoma
- †Hemiauchenia
Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia - †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- †Heterodon nasicus
- †Heterodon platyrhinos
- †Hipparion
- †Hippotherium
- Holbrookia
- †Holmesina
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale - Homo
- †Homotherium
- Hyla
- †Hyla cinerea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla gratiosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla squirella – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla versicolor
- †Hypohippus
Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920). - †Hypolagus
- Ictalurus
- †Ictiobus
- †Ischyrocyon – tentative report
- Kinosternon
- Lampropeltis
A living Lampropeltis getula, or eastern kingsnake - Lasiurus
- Lepisosteus
- †Lepisosteus osseus
- †Lepisosteus platostomus – tentative report
- Lepomis
- †Lepomis cyanellus
- †Lepomis humilis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leptocyon
Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon - Lepus
- †Lepus californicus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Longirostromeryx
- Lontra
- †Lontra canadensis
- Lymnaea
- Lynx
- †Machairodus
- Macrochelys
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus columbi
Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909).
- Martes
- †Megalonyx
- †Megantereon
- †Megatylopus
- †Menetus
- Mephitis
- †Mephitis mephitis – tentative report
- †Merychyus
- Micropterus
- †Micropterus punctulatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Microtus
- †Minytrema – tentative report
- Musculium
- Mustela
- †Mustela erminea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mustela vison
- †Mylagaulus
- †Mylohyus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus - Myotis
- †Nannippus
- †Nassella
- Neofiber
- †Neohipparion
- Neotoma
- †Neotoma floridana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neotoma micropus
- Nerodia
- Nesovitrea
- †Nimravides
- †Nothrotheriops
Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops - Notiosorex
- †Notropis – tentative report
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- Onychomys
- †Onychomys leucogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- Ophisaurus
- Ortalis
- Oryzomys
- †Panicum
- Panthera
- †Paramylodon
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Pediomeryx
- †Peraceras
- Perca
- Perognathus
- Peromyscus
- Phenacomys
- †Phenacomys intermedius – or unidentified comparable form
- Phrynosoma
- Physa
- Pisidium
- Pituophis
- †Platybelodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon - †Platygonus
- †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
- Plegadis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pleiolama
- †Plesiogulo
- †Pliohippus
- †Pomoxis
- †Potamocypris
- †Pratifelis
- †Pratifelis martini – type locality for species
- †Procamelus
- †Procastoroides
- Procyon
- †Protohippus
Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus - †Protolabis
- Pseudacris
- †Pseudacris triseriata
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudhipparion
- Puma
- Pupilla
- Pupoides
- †Ramoceros
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene pronghorn Ramoceros and Cosoryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - †Rana
- †Rana areolata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana pipiens
- †Rana areolata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana pipiens
- †Regina
- Reithrodontomys
- †Reithrodontomys humulis
- †Reithrodontomys megalotis
- †Reithrodontomys montanus – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhinocheilus – tentative report
- †Rhynchotherium
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium - †Satherium
- Scalopus
- Scaphiopus
- Sceloporus
- †Semotilus
- †Semotilus atromaculatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Sigmodon
- Sistrurus
- †Smilodon
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - †Soergelia
- †Soergelia mayfieldi – or unidentified comparable form
- Sorex
- Spea
- Spermophilus
- †Spermophilus franklinii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spermophilus richardsonii
- †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
- Sphaerium
- Spilogale
- Stagnicola
- †Stegomastodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon - †Stenotrema
- Sternotherus
- Storeria
- †Storeria dekayi – or unidentified comparable form
- Succinea
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- Tapirus
- Taxidea
- †Teleoceras
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Terrapene
- Thamnophis
- †Thamnophis proximus
- †Thamnophis radix
- †Thamnophis sauritus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Thamnophis sirtalis
- Thomomys
- †Thomomys talpoides
- Trachemys
- †Trachemys scripta
A living Trachemys scripta, or pond slider
- †Trigonictis
- Trionyx
- Tropidoclonion
- Tympanuchus – or unidentified comparable form
- Urocyon
- †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- †Urocyon progressus
- †Ustatochoerus
- Vallonia
- Valvata
- Vertigo
- Vulpes
- †Vulpes velox
A living Vulpes velox, or swift fox
- Zapus
- Zonitoides
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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