List of the Cenozoic life of Arizona

This list of the Cenozoic life of Arizona contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Arizona and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A

• †Adelphailurus
  • †Adelphailurus kansensis

• 

  Fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pleistocene bear Agriotherium

  †Agriotherium
• †Alforjas
• †Alilepus
  • †Alilepus browni
  • †Alilepus wilsoni
• †Aluralagus
  • †Aluralagus bensonensis
  • †Aluralagus virginiae – type locality for species
• †Ambystoma
  • †Ambystoma tigrinum

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene saber-toothed cat Amphimachairodus

  †Amphimachairodus
  • †Amphimachairodus coloradensis
• †Amplibuteo
  • †Amplibuteo concordatus
• †Antecalomys
  • †Antecalomys vasquezi
• Antrozous
  • †Antrozous pallidus
• Aquila
  • †Aquila bivia

• 

  Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale

  †Arctodus
• †Aztlanolagus
  • †Aztlanolagus agilis

B

• Baiomys
• Bassariscus
• †Bensonomys
  • †Bensonomys arizonae
  • †Bensonomys elachys – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Bensonomys gidleyi
  • †Bensonomys yazhi
• Bison
• †Boreohippidion
  • †Boreohippidion galushai

• 

  Restoration of two of the Miocene-Pliocene bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964).

  †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens
  • †Borophagus parvus – type locality for species
• Brachylagus
• Bufo
  • †Bufo pliocompactilis
  • †Bufo woodhousei

C

• †Calcibacunculus – type locality for genus
  • †Calcibacunculus tenuis – type locality for species
• †Calciphilus – type locality for genus
  • †Calciphilus abboti – type locality for species
• †Calcitro – type locality for genus
  • †Calcitro fisheri – type locality for species
• †Calcoschizomus – type locality for genus
  • †Calcoschizomus latisternum – type locality for species

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops

  †Camelops
  • †Camelops hesternus – or unidentified comparable form
• Canis
  • †Canis armbrusteri
  • †Canis dirus
  • †Canis edwardii
  • †Canis ferox
  • †Canis latrans
  • †Canis thooides – type locality for species
• †Capromeryx
  • †Capromeryx arizonensis
  • †Capromeryx gidleyi
• †Carpocyon
  • †Carpocyon robustus
• Castor
• Celtis
  • †Celtis reticulata
• †Cernictis
  • †Cernictis repenningi – type locality for species
• Cervus

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Pliocene-Pleistocene hyena Chasmaporthetes

  †Chasmaporthetes
  • †Chasmaporthetes ossifragus – type locality for species
• †Chrysocyon
  • †Chrysocyon nearcticus – type locality for species
• †Citellus
  • †Citellus bensoni
  • †Citellus cochisei
• Cnemidophorus
• †Copemys
• Cratogeomys
  • †Cratogeomys bensoni
  • †Cratogeomys sansimonensis
• Crotaphytus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Cupidinimus
  • †Cupidinimus bidahochiensis

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius

  †Cuvieronius

D

• 

  A living Desmodus, or vampire bat

  Desmodus
  • †Desmodus stocki
• †Diceratherium
• †Dinohippus
  • †Dinohippus leidyanus
• Dipodomys
  • †Dipodomys gidleyi
  • †Dipodomys hibbardi
  • †Dipodomys minor
• †Dipoides
  • †Dipoides williamsi – type locality for species
• †Domninoides – tentative report

E

• †Epicyon
  • †Epicyon haydeni
• Eptesicus – or unidentified comparable form
• Equus

  • 

    Restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene horse Equus scotti, or Scott's horse

    †Equus scotti – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Equus simplicidens
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon bathygnathum
• †Eucyon
  • †Eucyon davisi
• Eumeces
• Eumops
  • †Eumops perotis – or unidentified comparable form

G

• †Galushamys
  • †Galushamys redingtonensis
• †Geococcyx
  • †Geococcyx californianus
• Geomys
  • †Geomys minor

• 

  Restoration of a herd of the Pliocene-Holocene ground sloth Glossotherium

  †Glossotherium
  • †Glossotherium chapadmalense
• †Glyptotherium
  • †Glyptotherium arizonae
  • †Glyptotherium texanum

H

• †Hemiauchenia
• †Hesperotestudo
• Heterodon
  • †Heterodon nasicus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Histiotus
  • †Histiotus stocki

• 

  Restoration of Pliocene-Pleistocene Homotherium, or scimitar cat

  †Homotherium – tentative report
• Hyla
• †Hypolagus
  • †Hypolagus arizonensis – type locality for species
  • †Hypolagus edensis
  • †Hypolagus ringoldensis
  • †Hypolagus tedfordi
  • †Hypolagus vetus

I

• Ictalurus – tentative report

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos

  †Indarctos – tentative report

J

• †Jacobsomys
  • †Jacobsomys verdensis

K

• †Kansasimys
  • †Kansasimys wilsoni

• 

  A living Kinosternon, or mud turtle

  Kinosternon
  • †Kinosternon arizonense – type locality for species

L

• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
• Lasiurus

  • 

    A living Lasiurus blossevillii, or desert red bat

    †Lasiurus blossevillii – or unidentified comparable form
• Lemmiscus
  • †Lemmiscus curtatus
• Lepus
  • †Lepus benjamini – type locality for species
• Lynx

M

• †Machairodus
• †Mammut
• †Mammuthus

  • 

    Mounted fossilized skeleton of a Mammuthus columbi or Columbian mammoth

    †Mammuthus columbi
• Marmota
  • †Marmota arizonae – type locality for species
• Martes
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx jeffersonii
• †Megatylopus
  • †Megatylopus matthewi
• Meleagris
  • †Meleagris crassipes – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Meleagris progenes – or unidentified comparable form
• †Merychyus
  • †Merychyus calaminthus
• †Metalopex
  • †Metalopex macconnelli
• Microtus
• Mictomys
  • †Mictomys vetus
• †Morrillia
  • †Morrillia barbouri
• Mustela
  • †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
• Myotis
  • †Myotis thysanodes
  • †Myotis velifer

N

• 

  Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus

  †Nannippus
  • †Nannippus peninsulatus
• †Nekrolagus
  • †Nekrolagus progressus
• †Neochoerus
• Neotoma
  • †Neotoma albigula – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neotoma cinerea
  • †Neotoma fossilis
  • †Neotoma mexicana – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neotoma quadriplicata
  • †Neotoma taylori
  • †Neotoma vaughani – type locality for species
• Nerodia
• †Nerterogeomys
  • †Nerterogeomys persimilis

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops

  †Nothrotheriops
• †Nothrotherium
  • †Nothrotherium shastense
• Notiosorex
  • †Notiosorex crawfordi
• †Notolagus
  • †Notolagus lepusculus

O

• 

  A living Odocoileus deer

  Odocoileus
• Ogmodontomys
• Ondatra
  • †Ondatra idahoensis
  • †Ondatra meadensis
  • †Ondatra zibethicus
• †Onychocampodea – type locality for genus
  • †Onychocampodea onychis – type locality for species
• †Onychojapyx – type locality for genus
  • †Onychojapyx schmidti – type locality for species
• †Onycholepisma – type locality for genus
  • †Onycholepisma arizonae – type locality for species
• †Onychomachilis – type locality for genus
  • †Onychomachilis fisheri – type locality for species
• Onychomys
  • †Onychomys bensoni
  • †Onychomys pedroensis
• †Onychothelyphonus – type locality for genus
  • †Onychothelyphonus bonneri – type locality for species
• †Ophiomys
  • †Ophiomys taylori – or unidentified comparable form
• Ovis

  • 

    A living Ovis canadensis, or bighorn sheep

    †Ovis canadensis – type locality for species

P

• †Paenemarmota
• †Paleokoenenia – type locality for genus
  • †Paleokoenenia mordax – type locality for species
• Panthera
  • †Panthera leo
• †Parajulus
  • †Parajulus onychis – type locality for species
• †Paramachaerodus

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon

  †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani
• †Paronychomys
  • †Paronychomys alticuspis – type locality for species
  • †Paronychomys lemredfieldi
  • †Paronychomys tuttlei
• Perognathus
  • †Perognathus gidleyi
  • †Perognathus henryredfieldi
  • †Perognathus mclaughlini
  • †Perognathus pearlettensis
  • †Perognathus strigipredus – type locality for species
• Peromyscus
  • †Peromyscus brachygnathus
  • †Peromyscus hagermanensis
  • †Peromyscus minimus
• †Phugatherium
  • †Phugatherium dichroplax
• Pituophis
  • †Pituophis melanoleucus

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene peccary Platygonus

  †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus compressus
• †Pleiolama
  • †Pleiolama vera
• †Plesiogulo
  • †Plesiogulo lindsayi
  • †Plesiogulo marshalli
• †Pliogale
  • †Pliogale furlongi
• †Plionarctos
• †Pliophenacomys
  • †Pliophenacomys primaevus
• †Plioprojapyx – type locality for genus
  • †Plioprojapyx primitivus – type locality for species
• †Pliotaxidea
  • †Pliotaxidea nevadensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Prodipodomys
  • †Prodipodomys idahoensis
  • †Prodipodomys kansensis
• †Prosigmodon
  • †Prosigmodon holocuspis
• †Protolabis
  • †Protolabis coartatus
  • †Protolabis yavapaiensis – type locality for species

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene cat Pseudaelurus

  †Pseudaelurus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Ptinus
  • †Ptinus priminidi

R

• †Rana
• Reithrodontomys
  • †Reithrodontomys galushai
  • †Reithrodontomys rexroadensis
  • †Reithrodontomys wetmorei – or unidentified comparable form
• †Repomys
  • †Repomys arizonensis
  • †Repomys panacaensis – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium

  †Rhynchotherium
  • †Rhynchotherium falconeri – tentative report

S

• Scaphiopus
• Sciurus

  • 

    A living Sciurus aberti, or Abert's squirrel

    †Sciurus aberti – or unidentified comparable form
• Sigmodon
  • †Sigmodon curtisi
  • †Sigmodon minor
• Sorex
  • †Sorex taylori
• Spermophilus
  • †Spermophilus tuitus
  • †Spermophilus variegatus
• †Sphenophalos
  • †Sphenophalos nevadanus
• Spilogale
  • †Spilogale putorius

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon

  †Stegomastodon
  • †Stegomastodon mirificus
• †Stenomylus
• †Stockoceros
  • †Stockoceros conklingi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Stockoceros onusrosagris
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus audubonii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sylvilagus cunicularis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sylvilagus hibbardi

T

• Tapirus
  • †Tapirus merriami – or unidentified comparable form
• Taxidea
  • †Taxidea taxus
• Tayassu
  • †Tayassu tajacu
• †Teleoceras
  • †Teleoceras hicksi
• Terrapene
  • †Terrapene ornata – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Restoration of the Pleictocene pronghorn Tetrameryx

  †Tetrameryx – or unidentified comparable form
• †Texoceros
  • †Texoceros minorei
• Thamnophis
• Thomomys
• †Titanotylopus
  • †Titanotylopus nebraskensis
• †Trigonictis
  • †Trigonictis macrodon

U

• 

  A living Urocyon fox

  Urocyon
  • †Urocyon galushai – type locality for species

V

• Vulpes
  • †Vulpes stenognathus

  • 

    A living Vulpes velox, or swift fox

    †Vulpes velox

References

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