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
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada
- † Acanthopyge
Fossil of the Silurian-Middle Devonian trilobite Acanthopyge - † Acmarhachis
- † Acodus
- † Acrothyra
- † Acutichiton
- † Adamsoceras
- † Agnostotes clavata – or unidentified comparable form
- † Agnostus
- † Agoniatites
- † Amorphognathus
- † Amphiscapha
- †Ampyx – tentative report
- † Ampyx
- † Anabarella
- † Ananias
- † Anataphrus
- † Anomalocaris
Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris - † Anomphalus
- † Anomphalus jaggerius – type locality for species
- † Apatolichas
- † Archaeocidaris
- † Athyris
- † Atrypa
- † Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
- † Atrypa reticularis
- † Aulopora
- † Aviculopecten
- † Avonia
- † Bactroceras
- † Baltoceras
- † Bathynotus
Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite 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
- † Canadaspis
Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left) - † Cancelloceras
- † Cancelloceras elegans – or unidentified comparable form
- † Caninia
- † Carinamala
- † Carolinites
- † Catenipora
- † Cavusgnathus
- † Cedaria
- † Ceratocephala – tentative report
- † Ceraurinella
- † Ceraurinus
- † Ceraurus
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus - † Chancelloria
- † Chancia
- † Chonetes
- † Cladochonus
- † Cladodus
- † Cleiothyridina
- † Climacograptus
- † Climacograptus innotatus
- † Climacograptus phyllophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- † Cloacaspis
- † Coleoloides
- † Columnaria
- † Composita
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod 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
- † Cyrtospirifer
Fossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer - † Cystodictya
- † Dalmanites
- † Davidsonia
- Dentalium
- † Dicoelosia
- † Dictyonema
- † Didymograptus
- † Dimeropygiella
- † Diplograptus
- † Distomodus
- † Earlandia
- † Echinaria
- † Edmondia
- † Egania – type locality for genus
- † Ehmaniella
- † Elrathina
- † Emmonsia
- † Encrinuroides
- † Encrinurus
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Encrinurus - † Eospirifer
- † Epiphyton
- † Esmeraldina
- † Ethmophyllum
- † Euomphalus
- † Fallotaspis
- † Favosites
- † Fenestella
- † Flexicalymene
- † Fremontia
- † Geragnostus
- † Geraldinella
- † Girvanella
- † Glaphurochiton – tentative report
- † Gnathodus
- † Gogia
- † Goniatites
- † Gracianella
- † Grandinasus
- † Gypospirifer
- † Halysites
- † Helicoprion
Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion - † Heliomera
- † Helminthochiton
- † Hintzeia
- † Holmiella
- † Homagnostus
- † Hunnebergia – tentative report
- † Hyolithellus
- † Hyolithes
- † Hypodicranotus
- † Iapetognathus
- † Icriodus
- † Illaenus
- † Ingria
- † Innitagnostus
- † Irvingella
- † Isograptus
- † Isotelus
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. - † Jeffersonia
- † Kanoshia
- † Kawina
- † Komaspidella
- † Komia
- † Kootenia
- † Krausella
- † Lachnostoma
- † Ladatheca
- † Lehua
- † Leonardoceras
- † Leonaspis
- † Lingula
- † Lingulella
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella - † Lonchodomas
- † Lotagnostus
- † Lotagnostus trisectus – or unidentified comparable form
- † Martinia
- † Megalaspidella – tentative report
- † Megalaspides
- † Megistaspis
- † Meristella
- † Meristina
- † Metacoceras
- † Metaplasia
- † Michelinoceras
- † Micromitra
- † Microplasma
- † Modiolus
- † Monograptus
- † Murchisonia
- † Nardophyllum
- † Naticopsis
Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail 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
- † Nevadella
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadella - † Nevadia
- † Niobe
- † Nisusia – tentative report
- † Noblella
- † Nuculoidea
- † Obolella
- † Obolus
- † Ogygopsis
- † Olenellus
- † Olenellus fowleri – type locality for species
- † Olenoides
- † Olenus
- † Opipeuter
- † Orthoceras
- † Oryctocephalus
- † Ottoia
Life restoration of the Cambrian priapulid worm relative Ottoia - † Oulodus
- † Ovatoryctocara – tentative report
- † Ozarkodina
- † Pachyphyllum
- † Paedeumias
- † Pagetia
- † Paladin
- † Palmettaspis – type locality for genus
- † Parafusulina
- † Paranevadella
- † Paterina
- † Peachella
- † Pelagiella
- † Pentamerus
- † Pentlandia
- † Pentremites
Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites - † Periodon
- † Permocalculus
- † Peronopsis
- † Perspicaris
- † Phacops
- † Phalacroma
- † Phillipsia
- † Phragmophora
- † Phyllograptus
- Pinna
- † Platyceras
- † Platycrinites
- † Platystrophia
- † Pleurocystites
Fossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites - † Polygnathus
- † Polygnathus angusticostatus
- † Polygnathus angustipennatus – or unidentified comparable form
- † Polygnathus costatus
- † Polygnathus eiflius
- † Polygnathus linguiformis
- † Polygnathus parawebbi
- † Polygnathus pseudofoliatus
- † Posidonia
- † Prodentalium
- †Proetus
Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus - † Profallotaspis – tentative report
- † Protochonetes
- † Protospongia
- † Ptychagnostus
- † Punka
- † Quadratia
- † Raymondaspis
- † Rayonnoceras
- † Receptaculites
Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga 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
- † Spiriferina
- Spirorbis
- † Stigmaria
Fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian tree-like club moss relative rhizome 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
- † Wanneria
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Wanneria - † Watsonella
- † Westergaardites
- † Worthenia
- † Wutinoceras
- Yoldia
- † Youngia – tentative report
- † Zacanthoides
Mesozoic
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
- † Adocus – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus - † Alanites
- † Alanites costatus – type locality for species
- † Alanites mulleri – type locality for species
- † Alanites obesus – type locality for species
- † Alsatites
- † Anaflemingites
- † Anagymnites
- † Anagymnotoceras
- † Anasibirites
- † Anatropites
- † Angulaticeras
- † Anolcites
- † Aplococeras
- † Arcestes
- † Arctoceras
- † Arctohungarites
- † Arctoprionites
- † Arenicolites
- † Aspenites
- Astarte
- Asteriacites
- Atrina
- † Augustasaurus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic plesiosaur relative Augustasaurus- † Augustasaurus hagdorni – type locality for species
- † Avicularia
- † Balatonites
- † Birgeria
- † Calliconites
- Cardinia
- † Caucasorhynchia
- † Ceccaceras
- † Ceccaisculitoides
- † Ceccaisculitoides elegans – type locality for species
- † Ceratites
- † Ceratodus
Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus - Chlamys
- † Chonespondylus
- † Claraia
- † Colobodus
- † Coral
- Corbula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- † Coroniceras
- † Cymbospondylus
Diagram illustrating the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus with an anachronistic human to scale. - † 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
- † Encrinus
Fossils of the Middle Triassic crinoid ("sea lily") Encrinus - † Epigondolella
- † 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
- † Gymnites
Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod 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
- † Kraussodontus
- † Lecanites
- † Leiophyllites
- † Leptolepis
Restoration of a school of the Middle Triassic-Early Cretaceous bony fish Leptolepis - Limaria
- Lopha
- † Macroelongatoolithus
- † Meekoceras
- † Metapolygnathus
- † Metophioceras
- † Michelinoceras
- † Misikella
- † Mixosaurus
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus - †Modiolus
- † Monophyllites
- † Myophoria
- †Mytilus
- † Naomichelys
- † Neogondolella
- † Neomegalodon
- † Neophyllites – or unidentified comparable form
- † Nerinea
- † Omphalosaurus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus- † Omphalosaurus nevadanus – type locality for species
- † Ophiceras
- † Orthoceras
- Ostrea
- † Oulodus
- † Owenites
- † Oxytoma
- † Ozarkodina
- † Palaeospinax – tentative report
- † Paralepidotus – tentative report
- † Paranautilus
- † Phalarodon
Life restoration of the Triassic ichthyosaur Phalarodon - 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
- † Shonisaurus popularis
Diagram illustrating Shonisaurus (green) and Shastasaurus sikanniensis (red) with an anachronistic human to scale
- † Sibyllonautilus
- † Sirenites
- † Solenopora
- † Spiriferina
- † Spiriferina alia
- † Spiriferina homfrayi – type locality for species
- † Spiriferina roundyi
- † Stenopopanoceras
- † Sturia
- † Styrionautilus
- † Thalattoarchon – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Thalattoarchon- † Thalattoarchon saurophagis – type locality for species
- † Thamnasteria
- † Trichites
- † Trigonia
- † Tutcheria
- † Ussurites
- † Vermiceras
- † Vex
- † Wyomingites
- † Xenoceltites
- † Xenodiscus
Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus
Cenozoic
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nevada
- Abies
- Acer
- †Aelurodon
- †Aepycamelus
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).- †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
- †Aphelops
- †Apis
- †Apis nearctica – type locality for species
- Arbutus
- †Arctodus
- †Arctostaphylos
- †Astrohippus
- †Barbourofelis
- Bassariscus
- Betula
- †Borophagus
- †Borophagus diversidens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Brachycrus
Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus - Brachylagus
- †Brachypsalis
- †Bumelia
- †Calocedrus
- †Camelops – tentative report
- Candona
- Canis
- †Carpocyon
- Carya
- Castanopsis
- Ceanothus
- Cedrela
- †Ceratophyllum
Living Ceratophyllum, also known as coontails or hornworts - Cercis
- †Cercocarpus
- †Chamaebatia
- †Chamaecyparis
- Chara
- †Chrysolepis
- Cnemidophorus
- Comptonia
- Cornus
- †Cosoryx
- Crataegus
- Crotalus
- †Crotalus atrox
- †Crotalus viridis
- Crotaphytus
- †Crotaphytus collaris
- †Cuvieronius – tentative report
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius - †Desmatippus
- †Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dinohippus
- †Diospyros
- Dipodomys
- †Dipoides
- †Diprionomys
- †Dromomeryx
- †Epicyon
- †Equisetum
- Equus
- †Equus giganteus
- †Equus idahoensis
- †Equus simplicidens
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
- †Eucastor
- †Euceratherium
- †Eucyon
- Eugenia
- †Fraxinus
- Gambelia
- †Garrya
- †Gigantocamelus
- Glyptostrobus
- †Gomphotherium
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium - Gopherus
- †Gymnocladus
- †Helaletes
- Heloderma
- †Hemiauchenia
- †Hemiauchenia macrocephala – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hesperocamelus
- †Heteromeles
- †Hipparion
- †Hippotherium
- †Holodiscus
- Hydrangea
- †Hyopsodus
- †Hypohippus
- †Hypolagus
- †Hyrachyus
- †Ilingoceros
- †Ilingoceros alexandrae – type locality for species
- †Indarctos
Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos - †Ischyrocyon
- Juglans
- Juniperus
- Lampropeltis
- Larix
- Lemmiscus
- †Leptocyon
- †Leucothoe
- †Lithocarpus
- Lymnaea
- †Lyonothamnus
- †Machairodus
Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus - Mahonia
- †Mammut
- Marmota
- Masticophis
- †Mastodon
- †Megahippus
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatylopus
- †Merychippus
- †Merychyus
- †Merycodus
- †Metalopex
- †Metatomarctus
- †Microtomarctus
- Microtus
- †Miopelodytes – type locality for genus
- †Monosaulax
- †Moropus
Life restoration of the Miocene chalicothere mammal Moropus threatening a pair of the bear-dog Daphoenodon. Jay Matternes (1964). - Mustela
- †Mustela nigripes
- †Mustela nivalis
- Myotis
- †Neohipparion
- Neotoma
- †Notharctus
- Notiosorex
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- Oreamnos
- Ostrya
- Ovis
- †Pachystima
- †Paracamelus
- †Paracynarctus
- †Parahippus
- †Paratomarctus
- †Paronychomys
- †Peraceras
- Perognathus
- Peromyscus
- Phenacomys
- Phrynosoma
- Picea
- Pinus
- Pituophis
- Platanus
- †Platygonus
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922). - †Pleiolama
- †Pliauchenia
- †Pliohippus
- Populus
- †Procamelus
- †Protolabis
- †Protomarctus
- Prunus
- †Pseudaelurus
- †Pseudotsuga
- Pteridium
- Pterocarya
- Quercus
- †Rana
- †Rana pipiens
- †Repomys
- †Rhamnus
- Rhododendron
- †Rhynchotherium
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium - †Ribes
- †Robinia
- Rosa
- Salix
- †Satherium
- Sauromalus
- Scapanus
- Sciurus
- †Sequoiadendron
- †Sequoiadendron chaneyi – type locality for species
- †Sinopa
Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa - †Sophora
- †Sorbus
- Sorex
- †Sparganium
- Spea
- Spermophilus
- Sphaerium
- †Steneofiber
- †Styrax
- †Subdromomeryx
- †Subdromomeryx antilopinus – or unidentified related form
- †Symphoricarpos
- Tamias
- Taxidea
- Taxodium
- †Teleoceras
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Thomomys
- †Thuja
- †Ticholeptus
- Tipula
- †Tomarctus
- †Torreya
- †Tsuga
- Typha
- Ulmus
- †Ursavus
- Ursus
- †Ursus americanus
- †Ursus arctos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Vaccinium
- †Viverravus
- Vulpes
- Zelkova
- †Zygolophodon
Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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