List of the Cenozoic life of New Jersey

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

A

• †Acanthionella
  • †Acanthionella simplex
• Acanthodesia
  • †Acanthodesia savarti

• 

  Fossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus

  †Acrodus
  • †Acrodus humilus
• Actaeonema
  • †Actaeonema priscum
• Acteocina
  • †Acteocina canaliculata
  • †Acteocina kirkwoodiana – type locality for species
• Aetobatus
  • †Aetobatus irregularis
• †Agabelus – type locality for genus
  • †Agabelus porcatus – type locality for species
• Aligena
  • †Aligena elevata
• †Ambigostrea
  • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
• †Ammodon
  • †Ammodon leidyanum – type locality for species
• Amphiblestrum
  • †Amphiblestrum heteropora

• 

  Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda

  Amyda
  • †Amyda lima – type locality for species
  • †Amyda pennata – type locality for species
• Anachis
  • †Anachis avara
• Anadara
  • †Anadara lienosa
  • †Anadara ovalis
  • †Anadara transversa
• †Anchippodus
  • †Anchippodus riparius
• Angulus
  • †Angulus agilis
  • †Angulus producta
• Anomia
  • †Anomia simplex
• †Araloselachus
  • †Araloselachus cuspidata
• Arca
  • †Arca improcera
  • †Arca millvillensis
  • †Arca quindecemradiata
• Architectonica
  • †Architectonica annosa
• Argopecten
  • †Argopecten gibbus
  • †Argopecten irradians
• Argyrotheca
  • †Argyrotheca beecheri

• 

  Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve

  Astarte
  • †Astarte castanea
  • †Astarte castanella
  • †Astarte cuneiformis
  • †Astarte distans
  • †Astarte perplana
  • †Astarte planimarginata
  • †Astarte symmetrica
  • †Astarte thomasii
  • †Astarte undulata
• Astrangia
  • †Astrangia danae
• Astyris
  • †Astyris communis
  • †Astyris lunata
• Athleta
  • †Athleta abbotti
  • †Athleta cancellatus
• Atrina
  • †Atrina rostriformis

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia

  †Aturia
  • †Aturia vanuxemi
• †Aturoidea
  • †Aturoidea paucifex – type locality for species
  • †Aturoidea pilsbryi – type locality for species

B

• Balanophyllia
  • †Balanophyllia inauris – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized shells of the Jurassic-modern barnacle Balanus

  Balanus
• Barbatia
  • †Barbatia marylandica
• Barnea
  • †Barnea truncata
• †Bathosella
  • †Bathosella aspera
• Bathytormus
  • †Bathytormus alaeformis
• †Belosphys
• Bicorbula
  • †Bicorbula idonea
• Bison
• †Bonellitia – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Bonellitia rudis
• †Bootherium

  • 

    Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene bovid Bootherium bombifrons, or Harlan's musk ox.

    †Bootherium bombifrons
• Buccinum
  • †Buccinum undatum
• †Bulliopsis
  • †Bulliopsis integra
• Busycon
  • †Busycon carica
  • †Busycon perversum
• Busycotypus
  • †Busycotypus canaliculatus

C

• Cadulus
  • †Cadulus conradi
• †Calappilia
• Callianassa – tentative report
• Calliostoma
  • †Calliostoma eboreum
  • †Calliostoma tullneri
• Calyptraea
• †Calyptraphorus
  • †Calyptraphorus jacksoni
• Carcharias
  • †Carcharias teretidens
• Carcharodon

  • 

    Fossilized tooth of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Cosmopolitodus hastalis, or broad-toothed mako

    †Carcharodon hastalis
• Cardita
  • †Cardita aculeata
• Carditamera
  • †Carditamera arata
• Cardites
  • †Cardites antiquata
• Cardium
  • †Cardium knappi
  • †Cardium nucleolum
• †Caricella
  • †Caricella lelia
  • †Caricella plicata
  • †Caricella ponderosa
  • †Caricella vesta
• †Carinorbis
  • †Carinorbis dalli
• †Carolinapecten
  • †Carolinapecten eboreus
• Caryocorbula
  • †Caryocorbula contracta

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides

  †Castoroides
• †Catopygus
  • †Catopygus oviformis
• Cavilinga
  • †Cavilinga trisulcata
• †Cavoscala
  • †Cavoscala annulata
• Cerithiopsis
  • †Cerithiopsis emersonii
• †Cervalces
• Chaetopleura
  • †Chaetopleura apiculata
• Chama
  • †Chama congregata
• †Cheilophis
  • †Cheilophis huerfanoensis
• Cheilopora – tentative report
  • †Cheilopora jabiosa
• Chelone
  • †Chelone parvitecta – type locality for species
• †Chesacardium
  • †Chesacardium craticuloides
  • †Chesacardium laqueatum

• 

  Fossilized shells of the Miocene-Pleistocene scallop Chesapecten

  †Chesapecten
  • †Chesapecten madisonius
• Chionopsis
  • †Chionopsis intapurpurea
• Chlamys
  • †Chlamys kneiskerni
  • †Chlamys rigbyi
• Cidaris
  • †Cidaris splendens – type locality for species
• †Cistella
  • †Cistella plicatilis

• 

  Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Pliocene spindle sea snail Clavilithes

  Clavilithes
  • †Clavilithes hercules
  • †Clavilithes nobilis
  • †Clavilithes paucicostatus
  • †Clavilithes propinquus
  • †Clavilithes samsoni
• Clementia
  • †Clementia inoceriformis
• Cliona – tentative report
• Conus
  • †Conus sauridens
• Corbula
  • †Corbula elevata
  • †Corbula ima
  • †Corbula inaequalis
  • †Corbula nasutoides
• †Coscinopleura
  • †Coscinopleura digitata
• Crassatella
  • †Crassatella compressirostrea
  • †Crassatella conradi
  • †Crassatella littoralis
  • †Crassatella obliquata
  • †Crassatella rhombea
  • †Crassatella vadosa
• Crassinella
  • †Crassinella lunulata
  • †Crassinella profundorum
• Crassostrea
  • †Crassostrea virginica
• Crenella
  • †Crenella glandula
• Crepidula
  • †Crepidula convexa
  • †Crepidula fornicata
  • †Crepidula plana

• 

  Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna

  †Cretolamna
  • †Cretolamna appendiculata
• †Crocodilus
  • †Crocodilus basitruncatus – type locality for species
• Crocodylus
  • †Crocodylus clavirostris – type locality for species
• †Crommyodus
  • †Crommyodus irregularis
• Crucibulum
  • †Crucibulum costata
  • †Crucibulum striatum
• †Cryphaeostrea
  • †Cryphaeostrea vomer
• †Ctenocella
  • †Ctenocella rutgersensis
• †Cubitostrea
  • †Cubitostrea linguafelis

• 

  Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell

  Cucullaea
  • †Cucullaea antrosa
  • †Cucullaea compressirostra
  • †Cucullaea macrodonta
  • †Cucullaea vulgaris
• Cumingia
  • †Cumingia tellinoides
• Cuspidaria
  • †Cuspidaria aequivalvis
• Cyclocardia
  • †Cyclocardia granulata
• Cylichna
  • †Cylichna conica
• †Cylindracanthus
  • †Cylindracanthus acus
  • †Cylindracanthus rectus
• Cythara – tentative report
• Cytherea

D

• †Dallarca
  • †Dallarca idonea
  • †Dallarca staminea
  • †Dallarca subrostrata

• 

  A living Dasyatis stingray

  Dasyatis
  • †Dasyatis crosswickense – type locality for species
• Dentalina
  • †Dentalina fissicostata – or unidentified comparable form
• Dentalium
• †Dhondtichlamys
  • †Dhondtichlamys delawarensis – type locality for species
• Diaperoecia
  • †Diaperoecia varians
• Diastoma
  • †Diastoma insulaemaris
• †Diatryma
  • †Diatryma regens

• 

  Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).

  †Diceratherium
  • †Diceratherium matutinum
• Diodora
  • †Diodora griscomi
• Diplodonta
  • †Diplodonta acclinis
  • †Diplodonta punctata
  • †Diplodonta shilohensis
• Diplosolen
  • †Diplosolen compactum
• Discinisca
  • †Discinisca lugubris
• Divalinga
  • †Divalinga quadrisulcata
• †Dolicholatirus
  • †Dolicholatirus eocenensis
• †Dollochelys
• Donax
  • †Donax abesconi
  • †Donax fossor

• 

  Fossil shell of the Cretaceous-modern marine venus clam Dosinia

  Dosinia
  • †Dosinia acetabulum
• †Dromiopsis
  • †Dromiopsis americana

E

• Echinarachnius
• †Echinocorys
  • †Echinocorys ovalis – type locality for species
• †Echinopsis
  • †Echinopsis diatreta – type locality for species

• 

  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora

  †Ecphora
  • †Ecphora tricostata
• Edaphodon
  • †Edaphodon agassizi
  • †Edaphodon eocaenus
  • †Edaphodon mantelli
• Ellisina
  • †Ellisina angusta
  • †Ellisina spiculosa
• †Emballorhynchus – type locality for genus
  • †Emballorhynchus kinnei – type locality for species
• †Enchodus
  • †Enchodus ferox
• Endopachys
• Ensis
  • †Ensis directus
• †Eocypraea
  • †Eocypraea sabuloviridis
• Eontia
  • †Eontia palmerae
  • †Eontia ponderosa
• †Eopleurotoma – tentative report
  • †Eopleurotoma altispira
  • †Eopleurotoma regularicostata
• †Eosphargis
  • †Eosphargis insularis – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized cranium in multiple views of the Paleocene-Eocene gavial relative Eosuchus

  †Eosuchus
  • †Eosuchus minor – type locality for species
• Epitonium
  • †Epitonium annulatum
  • †Epitonium humphreysii
  • †Epitonium rupicola
  • †Epitonium tenuiliratum
• Equus
• Ervilia
• †Etea
  • †Etea delawarensis
  • †Etea delwarensis
• Eupleura
  • †Eupleura caudata
• †Euritina
  • †Euritina torta
• Euspira
  • †Euspira halli
  • †Euspira heros
  • †Euspira triseriata
• †Eutrephoceras
• †Eutrophoceras
  • †Eutrophoceras dekayi

F

• Falsifusus
  • †Falsifusus hector

• 

  Shell of a Fasciolaria, or tulip sea snail

  Fasciolaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Fasciolaria crookiana
• Flabellum
  • †Flabellum cuneiformis
  • †Flabellum mortoni – type locality for species
• †Florimetis
  • †Florimetis biplicata
• Fossarus – tentative report
  • †Fossarus lyra

G

• 

  A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark

  Galeocerdo
  • †Galeocerdo aduncus
  • †Galeocerdo egertonii
• Galeodea
• †Gauthieria
  • †Gauthieria speciosa – type locality for species
• Gemma
  • †Gemma gemma
• Geukensia
  • †Geukensia demissa
• Ginglymostoma
  • †Ginglymostoma obliquum
• Glans
  • †Glans intermedia

• 

  Fossil tube of the Jurassic-modern polychaete worm Glomerula

  †Glomerula
  • †Glomerula vincentownensis
• Glossus
  • †Glossus conradi
  • †Glossus vetus
• Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris conradi
  • †Glycymeris parilis
  • †Glycymeris subaustralis
• †Gorgonella
• †Graphaeostrea
  • †Graphaeostrea vomer
• †Graphularia
  • †Graphularia ambigua

• 

  Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea

  †Gryphaea
  • †Gryphaea dissimilaris
• †Gryphaeostrea
  • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
• Gyrodes

H

• †Hadranderaster
  • †Hadranderaster asperulus
• †Hamulus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hamulus falcatus
• Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Haustator elongatus
• Hemiaster
  • †Hemiaster parastatus – type locality for species
  • †Hemiaster stella – type locality for species
  • †Hemiaster ungula
• Hemimactra
  • †Hemimactra solidissima
• Hemipristis

  • 

    Fossilized teeth of the Miocene weasel shark Hemipristis serra

    †Hemipristis serra
• Heptranchias
  • †Heptranchias howelli – type locality for species
• Hespererato
  • †Hespererato emmonsi
• †Hesperhys
  • †Hesperhys antiquus
• Heteropora
  • †Heteropora tecta
• Hexanchus
  • †Hexanchus ensis
  • †Hexanchus microdon
  • †Hexanchus primigenius
• Hiatella

  • 

    Two modern shells, closed (left) and open (right), of Hiatella arctica, also known as the wrinkled rock-borer

    †Hiatella arctica
  • †Hiatella myaeformis
  • †Hiatella parilis
• †Histiophorus
  • †Histiophorus homalorhamphus
  • †Histiophorus parvulus – type locality for species
• †Holaster
  • †Holaster cinctus – type locality for species
• Hydroides
  • †Hydroides primitiva
• †Hypolophites
  • †Hypolophites hutchinsi – type locality for species
• †Hypolophodon
  • †Hypolophodon sylvestris
• †Hyposaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species

I

• Ilyanassa
  • †Ilyanassa obsoleta
  • †Ilyanassa trivittata
• Ischadium
  • †Ischadium recurvum
• †Ischnodactylus
  • †Ischnodactylus cultellus

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Miocene Chimaera relative Ischyodus

  †Ischyodus
  • †Ischyodus williamsae
• †Ischyrhiza
  • †Ischyrhiza mira
• Isognomon
  • †Isognomon maxillata
• Isurus
  • †Isurus acuminatus
• †Ixacanthus
  • †Ixacanthus coelospondylus

K

• †Kapalmerella
  • †Kapalmerella mortoni
• †Kummelia
  • †Kummelia americana
  • †Kummelia mortoni
• †Kummelonautilus
  • †Kummelonautilus bryani
  • †Kummelonautilus cookanus
• Kurtziella
  • †Kurtziella cerina

L

• Laevicardium
  • †Laevicardium mortoni

• 

  A modern Lamna mackerel shark

  Lamna
  • †Lamna obliqua
• Latirus
  • †Latirus angularis
  • †Latirus perobesus
  • †Latirus pleuricostatus
• †Lekythionia
  • †Lekythionia dichotoma
• †Lembonax
  • †Lembonax propylaeus – type locality for species
• Lemintina
  • †Lemintina granifera
• †Leptomactra
  • †Leptomactra delumbis
• Leptomaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Leptomaria pergranulosa
• Libinia

  • 

    Illustration of a living Libinia emarginata, or portly spider crab

    †Libinia emarginata
• †Linthia
  • †Linthia tumidula
• Lirophora
  • †Lirophora latilirata
• Lithophaga
  • †Lithophaga subalveata
• Littoraria
  • †Littoraria irrorata
• †Longitubus
• Lunatia
  • †Lunatia hemicrypta
• Lunularia
  • †Lunularia reversa

M

• Macoma
  • †Macoma balthica
  • †Macoma calcarea
• Macrocallista
  • †Macrocallista marylandica
• Macropora
  • †Macropora aquiae
• Mactra
  • †Mactra clathrodon
  • †Mactra insulaemaris
• †Mammut

  • 

    Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon

    †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
• †Mariacolpus
  • †Mariacolpus plebeia
• Marshallora
  • †Marshallora nigrocincta
• †Marvacrassatella
  • †Marvacrassatella melina

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx

  †Megalonyx
• Melampus
  • †Melampus bidentatus
• Melanella
  • †Melanella eborea
  • †Melanella retrocita
• †Melosia
  • †Melosia staminea
• Membraniporella
  • †Membraniporella crassula
  • †Membraniporella modesta
• †Membraniporina
  • †Membraniporina rimulata
• †Meniscopora
  • †Meniscopora sultplana

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene rhinoceros Menoceras

  †Menoceras
  • †Menoceras barbouri – or unidentified comparable form
• Mercenaria
  • †Mercenaria campechiensis
  • †Mercenaria ducatelli
  • †Mercenaria mercenaria
  • †Mercenaria plena
• Mesodesma
  • †Mesodesma arctatum
  • †Mesodesma deauratum
• Mitrella
  • †Mitrella laevis
• Modiolus
  • †Modiolus ducatellii
  • †Modiolus johnsoni

  • 

    Shells of Modiolus modiolus, or northern horsemussels

    †Modiolus modiolus
  • †Modiolus ovata
  • †Modiolus ovatus
  • †Modiolus subinflatus
• †Montlivaltia
  • †Montlivaltia atlantica
• Morus
  • †Morus atlanticus – type locality for species
• Mulinia
  • †Mulinia lateralis
• Murex
  • †Murex laevavaricosus
  • †Murex millvillensis
• Murexiella
  • †Murexiella cumberlandiana
  • †Murexiella shilohensis
• †Muricidea
  • †Muricidea burnsi
• †Mya
  • †Mya arenaria
  • †Mya producta
• †Myliobates
  • †Myliobates bisulcus – type locality for species

• 

  Two living Myliobatis eagle rays

  Myliobatis
  • †Myliobatis dixoni – type locality for species
  • †Myliobatis fastigiatus
  • †Myliobatis jugosus
  • †Myliobatis magister
  • †Myliobatis obesus
  • †Myliobatis striatus
• Mytilus
  • †Mytilus edulis
  • †Mytilus incurvus

N

• 

  A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail

  Nassarius
  • †Nassarius acutus
  • †Nassarius trivittatoides
  • †Nassarius vibex
• Natica – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Natica globulella
• Nemocardium
  • †Nemocardium curtum
• †Nemodon
  • †Nemodon brevifrons
• Neptunea
  • †Neptunea lyrata
  • †Neptunea stonei
• Neverita
  • †Neverita duplicatus
• Nodosaria
  • †Nodosaria zippei
• Notidanus
  • †Notidanus primigenius
• Nucleolites
  • †Nucleolites aequoreus

• 

  Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula

  Nucula
  • †Nucula circe
  • †Nucula major
  • †Nucula proxima
  • †Nucula secunda
  • †Nucula sinaria
• Nuculana
  • †Nuculana albaria
  • †Nuculana cultelliformis
  • †Nuculana liciata

O

• Odobenus

  • 

    A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus

    †Odobenus rosmarus
• Odontaspis
  • †Odontaspis macrota
• †Odontofusus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Odotus
  • †Odotus obliquus
• †Oleneothyris
  • †Oleneothyris harlani
• †Olenothyria
  • †Olenothyria harlani
• †Olenothyris
  • †Olenothyris harlani
• Olivella
  • †Olivella mutica
• Ophiacantha – tentative report
• †Ophiocoma – tentative report
  • †Ophiocoma senonensis
• Ophiomusium
  • †Ophiomusium stephensoni
• †Ophiotitanos – tentative report
  • †Ophiotitanos serrata
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea bryani
  • †Ostrea compressirostra
  • †Ostrea compressirostrea
  • †Ostrea dissimilaris
  • †Ostrea glandiformis
  • †Ostrea glauconoides
  • †Ostrea panda
• †Otodus
  • †Otodus angustidens

  • 

    Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale

    †Otodus megalodon
• Ovibos
  • †Ovibos moschatus
• †Oxyrhina
  • †Oxyrhina desorii
  • †Oxyrhina minuta
  • †Oxyrhina nova
  • †Oxyrhina xiphiodon

P

• †Palaeocarcharodon
• †Palaeogaleus
  • †Palaeogaleus vincenti
• †Palaeohypotodus
  • †Palaeohypotodus rutoti

• 

  Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis

  †Palaeophis
  • †Palaeophis grandis – type locality for species
  • †Palaeophis halidanus – type locality for species
  • †Palaeophis littoralis
• Paliurus
  • †Paliurus triangularis
• Pandora
  • †Pandora gouldiana
  • †Pandora trilineata
• Panopea
  • †Panopea elliptica
  • †Panopea whifieldi
• Panopeus
  • †Panopeus estellensis
  • †Panopeus jerseyensis
• †Papillina
  • †Papillina conradi
  • †Papillina eocenica
• Parapholas
  • †Parapholas kneiskerni
• †Partretocycloecia
  • †Partretocycloecia dumosa
• Parvilucina
  • †Parvilucina crenulata
  • †Parvilucina prunus
• Pecten
  • †Pecten humphreysii
  • †Pecten madisonius
  • †Pecten madisonus
• Penion – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Penion multicostatus

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Triassic-Eocene crinoid ("sea lily") Pentacrinites

  †Pentacrinites
  • †Pentacrinites bryani
• †Pentacrinus
  • †Pentacrinus bryani
• Periploma
  • †Periploma peralta
• †Periplomya
  • †Periplomya truncata
• †Perissolax
  • †Perissolax trivolva
  • †Perissolax trivolvus
• †Peritresius
  • †Peritresius ornatus
• †Peronidella
  • †Peronidella dichotoma
• Petricola
  • †Petricola novaegyptica
  • †Petricola pholadiformis
• †Phacodus – type locality for genus
  • †Phacodus irregularis – type locality for species
• †Phasganodus
  • †Phasganodus gentryi – type locality for species
• Phoca
• Phyllodus
  • †Phyllodus curvidens
  • †Phyllodus elegans – type locality for species
  • †Phyllodus toliapicus – type locality for species
• Phyllonotus
  • †Phyllonotus millvillensis

• 

  A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale

  Physeter
  • †Physeter antiquus
• †Piestochilus
  • †Piestochilus kanei
• Pinna
  • †Pinna rostriformis
• Pitar
  • †Pitar morrhuanus
  • †Pitar ovalis
  • †Pitar ovatus
  • †Pitar veta
  • †Pitar vetus
• †Plagiochasma
  • †Plagiochasma crucifer
• Plagioecia
  • †Plagioecia subramosa
• Platidia
  • †Platidia cretacea
• Pleuromeris
  • †Pleuromeris tridentata

• 

  Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail

  Pleurotomaria
  • †Pleurotomaria brittoni
  • †Pleurotomaria crotaloides
  • †Pleurotomaria perlata
  • †Pleurotomaria tintonensis
• †Pleurotrema
  • †Pleurotrema solariforme
  • †Pleurotrema solariformis
• Plicatula
  • †Plicatula densata
  • †Plicatula gibbosa
  • †Plicatula inornata
• †Plinthicus
  • †Plinthicus stenodon

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices

  Polinices
  • †Polinices triseriata
  • †Polinices tuomeyi
• †Polorthus
  • †Polorthus tibialis
• †Priscodelphinus
  • †Priscodelphinus atropius
  • †Priscodelphinus conradi
  • †Priscodelphinus harlani – type locality for species
  • †Priscodelphinus stenus
• Pristis
  • †Pristis amblodon
  • †Pristis brachyodon
  • †Pristis curvidens
• †Prosynthetoceras

• 

  A living Protula polychaete worm

  Protula
  • †Protula vincentownensis
• Psammechinus
  • †Psammechinus cingulatus
• Pseudoliva
• Pteria – tentative report
  • †Pteria annosa
• †Pterosphenus
  • †Pterosphenus schucherti – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Eocene sea turtle Puppigerus. The shell belongs to another kind of turtle.

  †Puppigerus
  • †Puppigerus grandaevus
• Pycnodonte
  • †Pycnodonte convexa
  • †Pycnodonte dissimilaris
  • †Pycnodonte percrassa
• Pyrgocythara
  • †Pyrgocythara plicosa
• †Pyropsis

R

• Raeta
  • †Raeta plicatella
• Ramphonotus
  • †Ramphonotus laevis
• Rangia
  • †Rangia cuneata
• Rangifer
• †Recurvaster
  • †Recurvaster mammillatus
• †Rhetechelys
  • †Rhetechelys platyops
• Rhinoptera
• †Rhizocrinus
  • †Rhizocrinus cylindricus

• 

  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus

  †Rhombodus
• †Rhopostoma
  • †Rhopostoma crucifer – type locality for species
• †Rotularia
  • †Rotularia rotula

S

• Salenia
  • †Salenia tumidula – type locality for species
• Scalaria
  • †Scalaria marylandica
  • †Scalaria virginiana
• Scalpellum
  • †Scalpellum conradi

• 

  Shell of a Scaphella volute sea snail

  Scaphella
  • †Scaphella biconica
  • †Scaphella intermedia
  • †Scaphella parvula
  • †Scaphella perelevata
  • †Scaphella scaphoides
• Scyliorhinus
  • †Scyliorhinus gilberti
• Seila
  • †Seila adamsii
  • †Seila clavulus
• Semele
  • †Semele burnsi
  • †Semele johnsoni
• †Septastrea
  • †Septastrea marylandica

• 

  A living Serpula, or calcareous tubeworm

  Serpula
  • †Serpula habrogamma
  • †Serpula howelli
  • †Serpula jerseyensis
  • †Serpula tristiata
• Serpulorbis
  • †Serpulorbis granifera
• Sinum
  • †Sinum fragile
  • †Sinum perspectivum
• Siphonalia
  • †Siphonalia devexus
  • †Siphonalia johnsoni
• †Solarium
  • †Solarium trilineatum
• Solenosteira
  • †Solenosteira cancellaria
• Solidobalanus
• †Solyma
  • †Solyma elliptica
• †Sphyraenodus
  • †Sphyraenodus silovianus – type locality for species
  • †Sphyraenodus speciosus
• Sportella
  • †Sportella whitfieldi

• 

  Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon

  †Squalodon – type locality for genus
  • †Squalodon atlanticus – type locality for species
• Squalus
  • †Squalus minor
• Squatina
• †Stamenocella
  • †Stamenocella cylindrica
• Stellatoma
  • †Stellatoma stellata
• Stewartia
  • †Stewartia anodonta
• Stramonita
  • †Stramonita haemostoma
• Striarca
  • †Striarca centenaria

• 

  Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia

  †Striatolamia
• Strioterebrum
  • †Strioterebrum dislocatum
• Surculites
  • †Surculites annosus
  • †Surculites cadaverosus
• †Surculoma – tentative report
  • †Surculoma perobesa

T

• Tagelus
  • †Tagelus plebeius
• †Taphrosphys
  • †Taphrosphys sulcatus
• †Tapiravus
  • †Tapiravus validus

• 

  A living Tapirus, or tapir

  Tapirus
• Tectonatica
  • †Tectonatica pusilla
• Tellina
  • †Tellina capillifera
  • †Tellina declivis
  • †Tellina peracuta
• Tenagodus – tentative report
• †Tenea
  • †Tenea pinguis
• Teredo
  • †Teredo emacerata

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa

  †Thecachampsa
  • †Thecachampsa antiqua
• †Thoracosaurus
  • †Thoracosaurus basifissus
  • †Thoracosaurus basitruncatus
  • †Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
• Tibia
• †Tornatellaea
  • †Tornatellaea bella
  • †Tornatellaea lata
• †Trematofusus
  • †Trematofusus venustus
• †Tretosphys
  • †Tretosphys grandaevus – type locality for species
  • †Tretosphys lacertosus
  • †Tretosphys uraeus – type locality for species

• 

  A living Trichechus, or manatee

  Trichechus
• Triphora
  • †Triphora terebrata
• †Tritonopsis
  • †Tritonopsis ecclesiastica
• Trochita
  • †Trochita aperta
• Trochocyathus
  • †Trochocyathus conoides
• †Trochosmilia – tentative report
  • †Trochosmilia inauris
• Turbonilla
  • †Turbonilla interrupta
• Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Turris farmingdalensis
• Turritella
  • †Turritella aequistriata
  • †Turritella cumberlandia
  • †Turritella secta
  • †Turritella vertebroides
• Tylocidaris
  • †Tylocidaris walcotti – type locality for species

• 

  A living Tympanuchus, or prairie chicken

  Tympanuchus
  • †Tympanuchus lulli – type locality for species

U

• Urosalpinx

  • 

    A living Urosalpinx sea snail, or oyster drill

    †Urosalpinx cinerea

V

• †Veleda
  • †Veleda equilatera
• Venericardia
  • †Venericardia brittoni
  • †Venericardia intermedia
  • †Venericardia perantiqua
• †Veniella
  • †Veniella decisa
  • †Veniella rhomboidea
• Venus
  • †Venus ducatellii
  • †Venus submercenaria
• †Viperecucullus – type locality for genus
  • †Viperecucullus kuehnei – type locality for species
• †Volutoderma
• †Volutomorpha
  • †Volutomorpha conradi

W

• †Weltonia
  • †Weltonia ancistrodon

X

• Xenophora
  • †Xenophora lapiferens

• 

  A living Xiphias, or swordfish

  Xiphias
  • †Xiphias antiquus
• Xiphodolamia – type locality for genus
  • †Xiphodolamia enis
  • †Xiphodolamia ensis – type locality for species

Y

• Yoldia
  • †Yoldia laevis

Z

• †Zanthopsis
  • †Zanthopsis milleri
• †Zarhachis
  • †Zarhachis velox – type locality for species

• 

  A living Zygaena moth

  †Zygaena
  • †Zygaena prisca

References

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