List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska
Appearance
This list of the prehistoric life of Nebraska contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Nebraska.
Precambrian
[edit]The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
[edit]- †Achistrum
- †Acroplous
- †Adacrinus
- †Adacrinus edema – type locality for species
- †Aesiocrinus
- †Agassizodus
- †Aglaocrinus
- †Allosocrinus
- †Ameura
- Ammodiscus
- †Amphiscapha
- †Amphissites
- † Ananias
- †Ananias marcouiana – type locality for species
- †Anthracospirifer
- †Apographiocrinus
- †Atrypa
- †Aviculopinna
- †Barbclabornia
- †Bathronocrinus
- †Belantsea
- †Bobbodus – type locality for genus
- †Bobbodus schaefferi – type locality for species
- †Chonetes
- †Chonetinella
- †Cibolocrinus
- †Cladodus – type locality for genus
- †Cladodus knightianus – type locality for species
- †Composita
- †Concavicaris
- †Concavicaris sinuata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Contocrinus
- †Cooleyella
- †Coryellites
- †Costistricklandia
- †Crurithyris
- †Ctenacanthus
- †Cymatospira
- †Delocrinus
- †Deltodus
- †Derbyia
- †Dibunophyllum
- †Ditomopyge
- †Elibatocrinus
- †Endothyra
- †Enteletes
- †Enteletes hemiplicata – or unidentified comparable form
- Eocaudina
- †Erisocrinus
- †Euphemites
- †Exocrinus
- †Exoriocrinus
- †Favosites
- †Fissodus
- †Gilliodus
- †Glabrocingulum
- †Glaukosocrinus
- †Glaukosocrinus berryi – type locality for species
- †Glikmanius
- †Gorgonophontes
- †Gorgonophontes peleron – type locality for species
- †Graffhamicrinus
- †Graffhamicrinus boellstorffi – type locality for species
- †Graffhamicrinus magnijkus
- †Graffhamicrinus subcoronatus
- †Graphiocrinus
- †Graphiocrinus scopulus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Halogetocrinus
- †Halogetocrinus boellstorffae – type locality for species
- †Halysites
- †Helodus
- †Heslerodus
- †Hollinella
- †Holmsella
- †Hustedia
- †Hypselentoma
- †Hypselentoma inornata – type locality for species
- †Hypselentoma perhumerosa
- †Hystriculina
- †Ianthinopsis
- †Iniopera
- †Iniopteryx – type locality for genus
- †Iniopteryx rushlau – type locality for species
- †Iniopteryx rushlaui
- †Iniopteryx tedwhitei – type locality for species
- †Inioxyele – type locality for genus
- †Inioxyele whitei – type locality for species
- †Isorthis
- †Janassa
- †Janassa maxima – type locality for species
- †Janassa unguicula – type locality for species
- †Juresania
- †Kallimorphocrinus
- †Linoproductus
- †Lissochonetes
- †Lophophyllidium
- Macrocypris
- †Metacoceras
- †Microcaracrinus
- †Monongahela
- †Moreyella
- †Mycterops
- †Nebraskacrinus
- †Neochonetes
- †Neospirifer
- †Nodosinella – tentative report
- †Orthacanthus
- †Orthonema
- †Orthonema nebrascense – type locality for species
- †Orthonema subtaeniatum – type locality for species
- †Ozarkodina
- †Paleochiridota
- †Paramphicrinus
- †Parethelocrinus
- †Parulocrinus
- †Peachocaris
- †Pentameroides
- †Peripristis
- †Persephonichthys – type locality for genus
- †Persephonichthys chthonica – type locality for species
- †Petalocrinus
- †Petalodus
- †Petalodus alleghaniensis
- †Petalodus arcuatus – type locality for species
- †Petalodus destructor
- †Pharkidonotus
- †Pharkidonotus percarinatus – type locality for species
- †Phoebodus
- †Phoebodus knightianus – type locality for species
- †Plagioglypta
- †Plagioglypta meekiana – type locality for species
- †Platyceras
- †Platyxystrodus – tentative report
- †Platyxystrodus occidentalis – type locality for species
- †Plaxocrinus
- Pleurotomaria
- †Plummericrinus
- †Polusocrinus
- †Polypora
- †Porpites
- †Promexyele
- †Promexyele bairdi – type locality for species
- †Protocaudina
- Psammosphaera
- †Ptylopora
- †Punctospirifer
- †Reticulatia
- †Retispira
- †Retispira marcouianus – type locality for species
- †Rhipidomella
- †Rhombopora
- †Romerodus – type locality for genus
- †Romerodus orodontus – type locality for species
- †Royalella
- †Royalella swallowiana – type locality for species
- †Sciadiocrinus
- †Shumardella
- †Sibyrhynchus
- †Stearoceras
- †Stearoceras sublaeve – type locality for species
- †Stellarocrinus
- †Stethacanthus
- †Streblodus
- †Streblodus angustus – type locality for species
- †Streptognathodus
- †Synarmocrinus
- †Syringopora
- †Tainoceras
- †Terpnocrinus
- †Tetravirga
- †Triceracrinus
- †Ulocrinus
- †Vertigocrinus
- †Wellerella
- †Wellerella cooperi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Wellerella delicatula – or unidentified comparable form
- †Wellergyi
- †Wellergyi subdecussatus – type locality for species
Mesozoic
[edit]- †Acanthichthys – type locality for genus
- †Acanthichthys major – type locality for species
- †Acritodromum – type locality for genus
- †Acritodromum ellipticum – type locality for species
- †Anisodromum – type locality for genus
- †Anisodromum wolfei – type locality for species
- †Arcellites
- †Citrophyllum
- †Citrophyllum doylei – type locality for species
- †Collignoniceras
- †Crassidenticulum
- †Densinervum – type locality for genus
- †Densinervum kaulii – type locality for species
- Dicotylophyllum
- †Dicotylophyllum aliquantuliserratum – type locality for species
- †Dicotylophyllum angularis – type locality for species
- †Dicotylophyllum expansolobum – type locality for species
- †Dicotylophyllum myrtophylloides – type locality for species
- †Dicotylophyllum rosafluviatilis – type locality for species
- †Didromophyllum – type locality for genus
- †Didromophyllum basingerii – type locality for species
- †Didymoceras
- †Inoceramus
- †Landonia – type locality for genus
- †Landonia calophylla – type locality for species
- †Longstrethia – type locality for genus
- †Longstrethia varidentata – type locality for species
- †Minerisporites
- †Minerisporites dissimilis – type locality for species
- †Mosasaurus
- †Mytiloides
- †Pabiania – type locality for genus
- †Pabiania variloba – type locality for species
- †Pandemophyllum – type locality for genus
- †Pandemophyllum attenuatum – type locality for species
- †Pandemophyllum kvacekii – type locality for species
- †Perotriletes
- †Pseudoperna
- †Reynoldsiophyllum
- †Reynoldsiophyllum nebrascense – type locality for species
- †Rhaeboceras
- †Rosselia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Scaphites
- †Skolithos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Styxosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Volviceramus
Cenozoic
[edit]Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nebraska
[edit]- Acer
- Acipenser
- Acris
- †Acris crepitans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Acritohippus
- †Aelurodon
- †Aepycamelus
- Agkistrodon
- †Agnotocastor
- †Agriochoerus
- †Agriotherium
- †Aletomeryx
- †Alforjas
- Alligator
- Alnus
- †Ambrosia
- †Ambystoma
- †Amebelodon
- Amia
- Ammospermophilus
- †Amphechinus
- †Amphicyon
- †Amphicyon frendens – type locality for species
- †Amphicyon galushai – type locality for species
- †Amphicyon ingens
- †Amphimachairodus
- †Anchitheriomys
- †Anchitherium
- †Andrias
- Antrozous – or unidentified comparable form
- Apalone
- †Aphelops
- Aplodinotus
- Aramus
- †Archaeocyon
- †Archaeohippus
- †Archaeotherium
- †Arctodus
- †Arctonasua
- Ardea
- Arizona
- †Artemisia
- †Astrohippus
- Atractosteus
- Baiomys
- Balearica
- †Barbourofelis
- †Barbourofelis fricki
- †Barbourofelis morrisi – type locality for species
- †Barbourofelis whitfordi – type locality for species
- Bassariscus
- †Bathornis
- †Bathygenys
- Betula – or unidentified comparable form
- Bison
- Blarina
- †Blastomeryx
- †Blastomeryx gemmifer – type locality for species
- †Bootherium
- †Bootherium bombifrons – type locality for species
- †Borophagus
- †Bothriodon
- †Brachycrus
- †Brachypsalis
- †Brachyrhynchocyon
- †Brontops
- Bufo
- Burhinus
- Buteo
- †Calippus
- †Camelops
- Canis
- †Capromeryx
- †Carpocyon
- Carya
- Castor
- †Castor californicus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Castoroides
- Cedrela
- Celtis
- †Cephalogale
- †Ceratogaulus
- †Cervalces
- Chaetodipus
- †Chamaecyparis
- Charina
- Chelydra
- †Chelydrops
- †Chelydrops stricta – type locality for species
- Chrysemys
- Cladrastis
- Clethrionomys
- †Clethrionomys gapperi – or unidentified comparable form
- Cnemidophorus
- Cocculus
- †Colodon
- Coluber
- †Conuropsis
- †Cordia
- †Cormocyon
- †Cormohipparion
- †Cosoryx
- †Cranioceras
- Crataegus
- Crotalus
- Cryptotis
- †Cynarctoides
- †Cynarctoides acridens
- †Cynarctoides emryi – type locality for species
- †Cynarctoides roii
- †Cynarctus
- †Cynelos
- †Cynodesmus
- Cynomys
- †Daphoenictis
- †Daphoenodon
- †Daphoenus – type locality for genus
- Dasypus
- †Desmatippus
- †Desmatochoerus
- †Desmocyon
- †Diceratherium
- Dicrostonyx
- †Dinictis
- †Dinohippus
- †Dinohyus
- †Dinohyus hollandi – type locality for species
- †Diospyros
- Dipodomys
- †Dipoides
- †Diprionomys
- †Domnina
- †Dromomeryx
- †Dromomeryx borealis – type locality for species
- †Ectopocynus
- †Ekgmowechashala
- Elaphe
- †Elomeryx – tentative report
- Emydoidea
- †Enhydrocyon
- †Epicyon
- Equus
- †Equus conversidens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Equus francisci
- †Equus simplicidens
- Erethizon
- Esox
- †Eubelodon
- †Eucastor
- †Eucyon
- Eumeces
- †Euoplocyon
- Felis
- †Floridatragulus
- †Fraxinus
- †Gaillardia
- Geochelone
- Geomys
- Geranoaetus
- Gerrhonotus
- †Gigantocamelus
- Glyptemys
- †Gomphotherium
- Gopherus
- Graptemys
- Grus
- †Hayoceros
- †Helodermoides
- †Hemiauchenia
- †Herpetotherium
- †Hesperocyon
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- †Heteromeryx
- †Hipparion
- †Hippotherium
- Holbrookia – tentative report
- †Homotherium
- †Hoplophoneus
- †Hyaenodon
- Hyla
- †Hyla gratiosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla squirella – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyla versicolor – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hypertragulus
- †Hypisodus
- †Hypohippus
- †Hypolagus
- †Hypsiops
- †Hyracodon
- Ictalurus
- †Ictalurus punctatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Ilex
- †Indarctos
- †Ischyrocyon
- †Ischyromys
- Juglans
- †Kalobatippus
- Kinosternon
- †Lambdoceras
- Lampropeltis
- Lasiurus
- Leiocephalus
- Lepisosteus
- Lepomis
- †Leptauchenia
- †Leptocyon
- †Leptomeryx
- Lepus
- †Lepus californicus – or unidentified comparable form
- Lichanura
- Liquidambar
- †Longirostromeryx
- Lontra
- Lycopodium
- †Machairodus
- Macrochelys
- Mahonia
- †Mammacyon
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
- Martes
- Masticophis
- †Mediochoerus
- †Megacamelus
- †Megahippus
- †Megalictis
- †Megalonyx
- †Megantereon – tentative report
- †Megatylopus
- †Meliosma
- †Menoceras
- Mephitis
- †Merychippus
- †Merychyus
- †Merycochoerus
- †Merycodus
- †Merycoides
- †Merycoidodon
- †Mesocyon – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Mesohippus
- †Mesoreodon
- †Metailurus
- †Metalopex
- †Metatomarctus
- †Michenia
- Micropterus
- †Microtomarctus
- Microtus
- Micrurus
- †Migmacastor – type locality for genus
- †Migmacastor procumbodens – type locality for species
- †Miniochoerus
- †Miohippus
- †Miotapirus
- †Miotylopus
- †Monosaulax
- †Moropus
- Mustela
- Mycteria
- †Mylagaulus
- †Mylohyus
- Myotis
- †Nannippus
- †Nanotragulus
- Natrix – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neohipparion
- Neophrontops
- Neotamias
- Neotoma
- Nerodia
- †Nexuotapirus
- †Nimravides
- †Nimravides pedionomus – type locality for species
- †Nordenosaurus
- †Nototamias
- †Nyssa
- Ochotona
- †Ochotona spanglei – or unidentified comparable form
- Odocoileus
- †Oligobunis
- Ondatra
- Onychomys
- †Onychomys leucogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- Opheodrys – or unidentified comparable form
- Ophisaurus
- Ortalis
- †Osbornodon
- †Oxetocyon
- †Oxydactylus
- †Palaeocastor
- †Palaeogale
- †Palaeolagus
- Panthera
- †Paracynarctus
- †Paradaphoenus
- †Paraenhydrocyon
- †Parahippus
- †Paramylodon
- †Paramys
- Parascalops – or unidentified comparable form
- †Paratomarctus
- †Paratylopus
- †Parictis
- †Paronychomys
- †Parvitragulus – tentative report
- †Pediolophodon
- †Pediomeryx
- †Peltosaurus
- †Peraceras
- Perognathus
- Peromyscus
- †Phasianus
- †Phenacocoelus
- Phenacomys
- †Phenacomys intermedius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Phlaocyon
- †Phlaocyon annectens
- †Phlaocyon mariae – type locality for species
- †Phlaocyon minor
- †Phlaocyon yatkolai – type locality for species
- Phrynosoma
- Picea
- Pinus
- Pituophis
- Platanus
- †Platybelodon
- †Platygonus
- †Pleiolama
- †Plesiogulo
- †Pliauchenia
- †Pliocyon
- †Pliohippus
- †Pliometanastes
- †Plionarctos
- †Plithocyon
- †Poebrotherium
- †Pogonodon
- Populus
- †Proantilocapra
- †Procamelus
- †Procastoroides
- †Procranioceras
- †Promartes
- †Promerycochoerus
- †Proscalops
- †Prosynthetoceras
- †Proterix
- †Protoceras
- †Protohippus
- †Protolabis
- †Protomarctus
- Prunus
- †Prunus acuminata – type locality for species
- †Psalidocyon
- Pseudacris
- †Pseudaelurus
- †Pseudhipparion
- †Pseudocyon
- †Pseudolabis
- †Pseudoprotoceras
- Pterocarya
- †Pylodictis
- Quercus
- †Quercus parvula – type locality for species
- †Ramoceros
- †Ramoceros
- †Rana
- †Regina – or unidentified comparable form
- Reithrodontomys
- †Repomys
- Rhineura
- Rhinocheilus
- †Ribes
- †Robinia
- Salix
- Salvadora
- †Sarcobatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Satherium
- Scalopus
- Scaphiopus
- †Scaphohippus
- Sceloporus
- Sequoia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Serbelodon
- †Sespia
- Sigmodon
- Siren
- Sistrurus
- †Skinnerhyus – type locality for genus
- †Smilodon
- †Smilodon fatalis – or unidentified comparable form
- Sorex
- Spea
- Spermophilus
- †Spermophilus elegans
- †Spermophilus franklinii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spermophilus richardsonii
- †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
- Spizaetus
- †Stegomastodon
- †Steneofiber
- †Stenomylus
- †Stenomylus gracilis
- †Stenomylus hitchcocki – type locality for species
- Sthenictis
- †Stylemys
- †Subdromomeryx
- †Subhyracodon
- †Sunkahetanka
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- †Syndyoceras
- †Syndyoceras cooki – type locality for species
- †Synthetoceras
- Tamias
- †Tanymykter
- Tapirus
- †Tapirus johnsoni – type locality for species
- †Tapirus polkensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Taxidea
- †Teleoceras
- †Teleoceras major – type locality for species
- †Temnocyon
- †Tephrocyon
- Terrapene
- †Terrapene ornata – type locality for species
- †Tetrabelodon
- Thamnophis
- †Thinobadistes
- Thomomys
- †Ticholeptus
- Tilia
- †Titanotylopus
- †Tomarctus
- †Tomarctus brevirostris
- †Tomarctus hippophaga – type locality for species
- Trachemys
- †Trigenicus
- †Trigonias
- Trionyx
- Tropidoclonion – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tylocephalonyx
- Ulmus
- Urocyon
- †Ursavus
- †Ustatochoerus
- Vitis
- Vulpes
- †Ysengrinia
- †Yumaceras
- Zapus
- †Zodiolestes
- †Zygolophodon
References
[edit]- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.