List of the prehistoric life of Missouri
This list of the prehistoric life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Missouri
- †Achatella
- †Achistrum
- †Acutimitoceras – tentative report
- †AlethopterisFossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
- †Amphiscapha
- † Ananias
- †Annularia
- †Anomphalus
- †Anthracoceras
- †AphetocerasRestoration of the Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Aphetoceras being preyed upon by a Cameroceras
- †Aphlebia
- †Archeognathus – type locality for genus
- †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Athyris
- †Aulochiton – type locality for genus
- †Aviculopecten
- †Avonia
- †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon graphicus
- †Bellerophon jeffersonensis – type locality for species
- †Bembexia
- †Beyrichoceras
- †Bisatoceras
- †Bolbocephalus
- †Bumastus
- †CalamitesFossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Campbelloceras
- †Cardiocarpus
- †Cavusgnathus
- †CeraurusFossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
- †Chelodes
- †Chonetes
- †Clarkoceras
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cliftonia
- †Coenocystis
- †CompositaFossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
- †Conocardium
- †Coolinia
- †Cordaicarpus
- †Cordaites
- †Cornuella – type locality for genus
- †Cornulites
- †Crania
- †Crepipora
- †Crepipora globulifera – type locality for species
- †Curtognathus
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cyrtoceras
- †Cyrtolites
- †Dalmanites
- †Deckera
- † Della
- †Dicoelosia
- †DinichthysIllustration of the jaws of Dinichthys
- †Domatoceras
- †Dorycordaites
- †Earlandia
- †Echinosphaerites
- †Edmondia
- †Ellesmeroceras
- Eocaudina
- †Eospirifer
- †Euomphalus
- †FadeniaLife restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Fadenia
- †Favosites
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gervillia
- †Glossina
- †Gnathodus
- †Gondolella
- †Halysites
- †Helcionopsis
- †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
- †Hindia
- †Holia – type locality for genus
- †Holopea
- †Hyolithes
- †Hypseloconus
- †Idiognathodus
- †Irvingella
- †IsotelusFossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
- †Isotelus gigas
- †Isotelus maximus
- †Jeffersonia
- †Kendallina
- †Kirengella
- †Kirkella – type locality for genus
- †Lepidophyllum
- †Lingula
- †Liroceras
- †Matthevia
- †Maximites
- †Meristella
- †Meristina
- †Metacoceras
- †Murchisonia – tentative report
- †NaticopsisFossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis judithae – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis marthaae – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis scintilla – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis wortheniana – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer
- †Neuropteris
- Nucula
- †Oncagnostus
- †OrodusRestoration of the Carboniferous-Permian cartilaginous fish Orodus
- †Orthoceras
- †Orygmaspis
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Palaeoniscus
- †Paradycheia – type locality for genus
- †Pecopteris
- †Phillipsia – tentative report
- †Phragmolites
- †Pinnularia
- †Platyceras
- †Pleurocystites
- †Plicochonetes
- †Polygnathus
- †Prioniodus
- †Proetus
- †Pseudopolygnathus
- †Pteridosperm
- †Pterotheca
- †PtyctodusLife restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Ptyctodus
- †Quadratia
- †Receptaculites
- †Remopleurides
- †Robustum – type locality for genus
- †Robustum nodum – type locality for species
- †Rota
- †Shelbyoceras – type locality for genus
- †Sigillaria
- †Skenidioides
- Solemya
- †Spathognathodus
- †Sphaerocoryphe
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
- †SpiriferFossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
- Spirorbis
- †Spyroceras
- †Strepsodiscus
- †Streptognathodus
- †Streptognathodus clarki – type locality for species
- †Strophomena
- †Subulites
- †Tarphyceras
- †TricrepicephalusFossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus
- †Tryblidium
- †Vellamo
- †Whiteavesia
- †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
Mesozoic
- †Acteon
- †AdocusFossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus
- †Aenona
- †Aenona eufaulensis
- †Albertosaurus
- †Ambigostrea
- †Ambigostrea tecticosta
- Amuletum
- †Anatimya
- †Anatimya anteradiata
- †Anchura
- †Anomia
- †Anomia ornata
- †Aphrodina
- †Aphrodina tippana
- Arrhoges
- †BaculitesFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
- †Bellifusus
- †Belliscala
- †Bullopsis
- †Bullopsis cretacea
- Caestocorbula
- †Camptonectes
- †Camptonectes bubonis
- †Camptonectes hilgardi
- †Caveola
- Cerithiella
- †Clavipholas
- †Clavipholas pectorosa
- Cliona
- †Clisocolus
- CorbulaShell of a Corbula basket clam
- Crassatella
- †Crassatella vadosa
- †Crenella
- Cucullaea
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymbophora appressa
- †Cymbophora berryi
- †Cymella
- †Cymella bella
- †Cyprimeria
- †Cyprimeria alta
- †DiscoscaphitesFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
- †Drilluta
- †Eoacteon
- †Eoacteon linteus
- †Eoharpa
- †Eoharpa sinuosa
- †Eubaculites
- †Eubaculites carinatus
- †Eufistulana
- †Eufistulana ripleyana
- †Eufistulina
- †Euspira
- †Euspira rectilabrum
- †ExogyraInterior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
- †Fulgerca
- Fusinus
- †Fusinus macnairyensis – or unidentified related form
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris compressa
- †Glycymeris rotundata
- †Goniochasma – tentative report
- †Granocardium
- †Granocardium lowei
- †Granocardium tippananum
- †Granocardium tippanum
- †Gryphaeostrea
- †Gryphaeostrea vomer
- Gyrodes
- †Gyrodes spillmani
- †Gyrodes supraplicatus
- †Hamulus
- †Hamulus onyx
- †Hamulus squamosus
- †Helicaulax
- †Helicaulax formosa
- Juliacorbula
- †Juliacorbula monmouthensis
- †Legumen
- †Legumen ellipticum
- †Leptosolen
- †Leptosolen biplicata
- Lima
- †Lima pelagica
- Limatula
- †Limatula acutilineata
- †Linearis
- †Linearis metastriata
- †Liopeplum
- †Liopeplum rugosum
- †Liopistha
- †Liopistha protexta
- †Liothyris
- †Lowenstamia
- †Lycettia
- †Lycettia tippana
- †Lycettia tippanus
- Malletia
- †Malletia longfrons
- †Malletia longifrons
- †Micrabacia
- †Morea
- †Morea transenna
- †MosasaurusLife restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
- †Naomichelys
- †Napulus
- †Napulus octoliratus
- †Nemocardium
- †Nemocardium fragile
- †Nemodon
- †Nemodon eufalensis
- †Nemodon eufaulensis
- Nucula
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana whitfieldi
- †Opertochasma
- †Paladmete
- †Paladmete cancellaria
- Panopea
- †Panopea monmouthensis
- †Parmicorbula
- †Parmicorbula percompressa
- †Parrosaurus – type locality for genus
- PholadomyaFossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
- †Pinna
- †Pinna laqueata
- †Pleuriocardia
- †Praeleda
- †Praeleda compar
- †Protocardia
- †Protocardia spillmani
- Pseudomalaxis
- †Pseudomalaxis pateriformis
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pyropsis
- †Scambula
- †Scambula perplana
- †ScaphitesFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites
- Serpula
- Striarca
- †Striarca cuneata
- †Striarca saffordi
- †Syncyclonema
- †Syncyclonema simplicius
- Tellina
- †Tellinimera
- †Tellinimera buboana
- †Tenea
- †Tenea parilis
- †Tenuipteria
- †Tenuipteria argentea
- †Tenuipteria argenteus
- Trachycardium
- †Trobus
- †Trobus buboanus
- TurritellaFossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
- †Unicardium
- †Urceolabrum
- †Urceolabrum tuberculatum
- †Veniella
- †Veniella conradi
- †Volutomorpha
- †Weeksia
Cenozoic
- Alligator – tentative report
- †Arctodus
- Bison
- †Bootherium
- Bufo
- †CamelopsLife restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
- Canis
- †Canis dirus
- †Canis latrans
- Cnemidophorus
- Crotalus
- Dasypus
- Elaphe
- Equus
- †Equus complicatus
- Geomys
- Lepus
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanumRestoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- Marmota
- †Megalonyx
- †Megalonyx jeffersonii – or unidentified comparable form
- Microtus
- †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- †Microtus pennsylvanicus
- †Mylohyus
- Neotoma
- Nerodia
- Ochrotomys
- †Ochrotomys nuttalli – or unidentified comparable form
- Odocoileus
- Panthera
- †Panthera oncaA living Panthera onca, or jaguar
- †Platygonus
- Procyon
- Puma
- †Puma concolor – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rana
- †Rana pipiens
- Sceloporus
- Sciurus
- †SmilodonLife restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
- Spermophilus
- Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- †Tanupolama
- †Tanupolama parvus – type locality for species
- TapirusA living Tapirus, or tapir
- Urocyon
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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