List of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina

Last updated February 13, 2024

This list of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Carolina and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A

Acesta
† Achrostichites – or unidentified comparable form
- † Achrostichites linnaeafolius
Acirsa
† Acutostrea
- † Acutostrea plumosa
† Adocus
Illustration of the reconstructed skeleton of the Late Triassic Aetosaurus . Othniel Charles Marsh (1895).
† Aetosaurus
† Aldebarania – type locality for genus
- † Aldebarania arenitea – type locality for species
† Alinka – type locality for genus
- † Alinka cara – type locality for species
† Alisporites
- † Alisporites ovatus
† Ambigostrea
- † Ambigostrea sloani
- † Ambigostrea tecticosta
† Ampullina – tentative report
Amuletum – tentative report
† Anchura
† Androvettia
- † Androvettia carolinensis
- † Androvettia statenensis
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia , or jingle shell
† Anomia
- † Anomia argentaria
- † Anomia fearensis
- † Anomia fulleri
- † Anomia linifera
- † Anomia lintea
- † Anomia lintea donohuensis
- † Anomia olmstedi
- † Anomia ornata
- † Anomia penderana
- † Anomia tellinoides
† Anomoeodus
- † Anomoeodus phaseolus
Anteglosia – tentative report
† Apatopus
- † Apatopus lineatus
† Aphrodina
- † Aphrodina tippana
† Arca
- † Arca bladensis
Architectonica
† Architipula
- † Architipula youngi – type locality for species
Restoration of the Late Triassic lungfish Arganodus with an anachronistic human to scale
† Arganodus
† Argyrarachne – type locality for genus
- † Argyrarachne solitus – type locality for species
Astarte – tentative report
† Asteracanthus
Ataphrus
- † Ataphrus kerri
† Atreipus
- † Atreipus milfordensis

B

† Baena – tentative report
† Baikuris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Barbatia
- † Barbatia carolinensis
† Belemnitella
- † Belemnitella americana
† Beretra
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene crocodilian Borealosuchus
† Borealosuchus
- † Borealosuchus formidabilis
† Boreogomphodon
- † Boreogomphodon jeffersoni
† Bothremys
- † Bothremys cooki
Botula
- † Botula carolinensis
† Brachiophyllum
† Brachychirotherium – or unidentified comparable form
† Brachymeris
- † Brachymeris alta
† Brachyphyllum
- † Brachyphyllum squammosum
- † Brachyphyllum squamosum
† Brachyrhizodus
- † Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
- † Brachyrhizodus witchitaensis
† Brachyrhyphus – type locality for genus
- † Brachyrhyphus distortus – type locality for species
† Buccinopsis
- † Buccinopsis globosa

C

Caestocorbula
- † Caestocorbula crassiplica
- † Caestocorbula williardi
Callucina
- † Callucina ripleyana
† Camptonectes
- † Camptonectes berryi – tentative report
- † Camptonectes bubonis
- † Camptonectes hilgardi
Candona
- † Candona rogersii
† Cantioscyllium ^[1]
- † Cantioscyllium clementsi – type locality for species^[1]
Carcharias – tentative report
Cardium [ fr; nl; sv ]
Known material diagram illustrating a reconstructed skull and body of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Carnufex
† Carnufex – type locality for genus
- † Carnufex carolinensis – type locality for species
Caryocorbula
- † Caryocorbula oxynema
Cerithiella
- † Cerithiella imlayi
- † Cerithiella nodoliratum
- † Cerithiella semirugatum
† Cerithioderma
† Chedighaii
- † Chedighaii barberi
† Chedignaii
- † Chedignaii hutchisoni
Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys
† Cimolomys
† Cionichthys
Cladophlebis
- † Cladophlebis microphylla
Cliona
† Coahomasuchus
† Colognathus
- † Colognathus obscurus
† Compostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
- † Compostrobus neotericus
† Compsosaurus – type locality for genus
- † Compsosaurus priscus – type locality for species
† Compsostrobus
- † Compsostrobus neotericus – type locality for species
Corbula
- † Corbula carolinensis – tentative report
- † Corbula subgibbosa – tentative report
† Costellacesta
- † Costellacesta insolita
Crassatella
- † Crassatella hodgei
- † Crassatella neusensis
- † Crassatella vadosa
† Crenella
- † Crenella mitchelli
- † Crenella serica
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
† Cretolamna
- † Cretolamna appendiculata lata
- † Cretolamna biauriculata
- † Cretolamna serrata
† Crosaphis
- † Crosaphis virginiensis
† Crosbysaurus
Shell of a Cucullaea , or false ark shell
Cucullaea
- † Cucullaea capax
† Cyathofoma
Cylichna
† Cylindracanthus
- † Cylindracanthus rectus
† Cymbophora
- † Cymbophora cancellosa
- † Cymbophora conradi
- † Cymbophora trigonalis
† Cymella
† Cyprimeria
- † Cyprimeria coonensis
- † Cyprimeria depressa
- † Cyprimeria gabbi
Cyzicus

D

† Darwinula
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
† Deinosuchus
- † Deinosuchus rugosus
Dictyocephalus – type locality for genus
- † Dictyocephalus elegans – type locality for species
† Dictyophyllum
† Diplurus
- † Diplurus newarki – or unidentified comparable form
† Dreissena – tentative report
† Dromatherium – type locality for genus
- † Dromatherium sylvestre – type locality for species
† Dromicosuchus – type locality for genus
- † Dromicosuchus grallator – type locality for species

E

† Egertonia
† Elatocladus – or unidentified comparable form
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus , or the "saber-toothed herring"
† Enchodus
- † Enchodus petrosus – or unidentified comparable form
† Equisetum
† Estheria
- † Estheria ovata
† Etea
- † Etea grandis
† Euspira
- † Euspira rectilabrum
† Eutrephoceras
- † Eutrephoceras dekayi
† Exogyra
- † Exogyra cancellata
- † Exogyra costata
- † Exogyra costata spinosa
- † Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata

F

† Flemingostrea
- † Flemingostrea blackensis
- † Flemingostrea pratti
- † Flemingostrea subspatula
- † Flemingostrea subspatulata
† Franxinopsis

G

Gegania
† Geinitzia
- † Geinitzia reichenbachii
Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris , or bittersweet clam
Glycymeris
- † Glycymeris subgyrata
† Gorgetosuchus – type locality for genus
- † Gorgetosuchus pekinensis – type locality for species
† Gorgosaurus
† Graciliala
- † Graciliala johnsoni – tentative report
† Granocardium
- † Granocardium alabamense
Gyrodes
† Gyrotropis
- † Gyrotropis kerri

H

† Hadrosaurus
- † Hadrosaurus minor – tentative report
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
† Halisaurus
† Hamulus
- † Hamulus onyx
- † Hamulus walkerensis
† Harduinia
- † Harduinia kellumi
- † Harduinia moretonis
- † Harduinia mortonis
† Himeriella – or unidentified comparable form
† Hybodus
- † Hybodus montanensis
† Hypolophus
† Hypophylloceras
Fossilized vertebra of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Hypsibema
† Hypsibema – type locality for genus
- † Hypsibema crassicauda – type locality for species

I

Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
† Inoceramus
† Ischyodus
- † Ischyodus bifurcatus – or unidentified comparable form
† Ischyrhiza
- † Ischyrhiza mira
Isognomon
- † Isognomon holmesi
Isurus

L

† Laccopteris
- † Laccopteris smithii
† Lamellaptychus
- † Lamellaptychus beyrichodidayi
† Laxispira
- † Laxispira monilifera
† Leehermania – type locality for genus
- † Leehermania prorova – type locality for species
† Legumen
- † Legumen carolinensis – tentative report
- † Legumen concentricum
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus
† Leidyosuchus – tentative report
† Lepacyclotes
† Lepidodendron
† Leptocycas – type locality for genus
- † Leptocycas gracilis – type locality for species
† Leptosolen
- † Leptosolen biplicata
Lima
- † Lima oxypleura
- † Lima pelagica
Limatula
- † Limatula acutilineata
Limopsis
- † Limopsis meeki
† Linearis
- † Linearis magnoliensis
- † Linearis metastriata
† Lingula
† Linthia
- † Linthia variabilis
† Liopeplum
- † Liopeplum tarensis
† Liothyris
- † Liothyris carolinensis
† Liriodendroidea
- † Liriodendroidea carolinensis – type locality for species
- † Liriodendroidea latirapha – type locality for species
† Lonchopteris
- † Lonchopteris virginiensis
Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
Lopha
- † Lopha falcata
† Lowenstamia
- † Lowenstamia liratus – tentative report
† Lucasuchus
- † Lucasuchus hunti
† Lucina
- † Lucina repleyana
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Lytoceras
† Lytoceras

M

Martesia – tentative report
† Mecistotrachelos
- † Mecistotrachelos apeoros
Melanatria – tentative report
† Metarchilimonia
- † Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum
- † Metarchilimonia solita
† Metreophyllum
† Micrabacia
† Microconodon – type locality for genus
- † Microconodon tenuirostris – type locality for species
† Morea
- † Morea cancellaria
† Moriconia
- † Moriconia cyclotoxon
† Mormolucoides
- † Mormolucoides articulatus
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
† Mosasaurus
- † Mosasaurus impar

N

† Napulus
† Nemodon
- † Nemodon brevifrons
Fossilized foliage of the Triassic-Middle Jurassic horsetail relative Neocalamites
† Neocalamites
- † Neocalamites knowltoni
- † Neocalamites knowtonii – or unidentified comparable form
- † Neocalamites virginiensis
Nerita
Nucula
- † Nucula stantoni
Nuculana
- † Nuculana kerrensis
- † Nuculana multiconcentrica
† Nymphalucina
- † Nymphalucina parva

O

Odontaspis
- † Odontaspis samhammeri
† Opertochasma
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous ostrich dinosaur Ornithomimus
† Ornithomimus – tentative report
† Ornopsis
† Osteopleurus
Ostrea
- † Ostrea sloani
† Otozamites
- † Otozamites hespera
- † Otozamites powelli

P

Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous plant Pagiophyllum
† Pagiophyllum
- † Pagiophyllum diffusum
- † Pagiophyllum simpsoniae
† Paladmete – or unidentified comparable form
- † Paladmete gardnerae
† Palaeolimnadia – tentative report
† Palinandromeda
- † Palinandromeda novaecaesareae
† Pannaulika
- † Pannaulika triassic
Panopea
- † Panopea decisa
- † Panopea monmouthensis
† Paralbula
- † Paralbula casei
† Paranomia
- † Paranomia scabra
† Pariostegus – or unidentified comparable form
† Parmicorbula
- † Parmicorbula bisulcata – tentative report
- † Parmicorbula suffalciata
† Pekinopteris – type locality for genus
- † Pekinopteris auriculata – type locality for species
† Pekinosaurus – type locality for genus
- † Pekinosaurus olseni – type locality for species
† Pelourdea
Phacoides
- † Phacoides glebula
† Phlebopteris
- † Phlebopteris smithii
Pholadidea – tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
Pholadomya
- † Pholadomya littlei
- † Pholadomya sublevis
Phyllodus
† Phyloblatta
- † Phyloblatta grimaldii – type locality for species
† Pinna
† Placenticeras – tentative report
Restoration of the Late Triassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Placerias with an anachronistic human to scale
† Placerias
- † Placerias hesternus
† Platananthus
- † Platananthus hueberi – type locality for species
† Platanocarpus
- † Platanocarpus carolinensis – type locality for species
† Platecarpus
† Pleuriocardia
- † Pleuriocardia donohuense
- † Pleuriocardia donohuensis
- † Pleuriocardia penderense
† Plicatolamna
- † Plicatolamna arcuata – or unidentified comparable form
† Plinthogomphodon – type locality for genus
- † Plinthogomphodon herpetairus – type locality for species
† Podozamites
Polinices
† Postligata
- † Postligata greenensis
† Postosuchus
- † Postosuchus alisonae – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
† Prognathodon
† Prosechamyia
- † Prosechamyia dimedia
- † Prosechamyia trimedia
† Protocardia
- † Protocardia spillmani
† Protodonax
† Pseudoctenis
† Pseudolimea
- † Pseudolimea kerri
- † Pseudolimea reticulata
† Pseudopolycentropodes – type locality for genus
- † Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus – type locality for species
† Pteria – tentative report
† Pterocerella
† Pterophyllum
† Pterotrigonia
- † Pterotrigonia bartrami – tentative report
- † Pterotrigonia cerulea
- † Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- † Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
† Pugnellus
Pycnodonte
- † Pycnodonte belli
- † Pycnodonte vesicularis
† Pyrgulifera – tentative report
† Pyropsis

R

† Radiopecten
- † Radiopecten mississippiensis
- † Radiopecten quinquinarius
† Revueltosaurus
- † Revueltosaurus olseni
† Rhombodus
- † Rhombodus binkhorsti – or unidentified comparable form
- † Rhombodus laevis
† Rostellites
Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
† Rutiodon – type locality for genus
- † Rutiodon carolinensis – type locality for species

S

Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Saurodon
† Saurodon
† Scapanorhynchus
- † Scapanorhynchus texanus
† Schizoneura
- † Schizoneura virginiensis
† Scoyenia – tentative report
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic bony fish Semionotus
† Semionotus
Serpula
- † Serpula cretacea
† Solyma
- † Solyma elliptica
- † Solyma levis
† Sphaenobaeria
† Sphenodiscus
† Sphenozamites
† Spirematospermum
- † Spirematospermum chandlerae
Fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
Squalicorax
- † Squalicorax kaupi
- † Squalicorax pristodontus
Squatina
- † Squatina hassei
† Stegomus
- † Stegomus arcuatus
† Stephanodus
† Stephanophyllia
- † Stephanophyllia cribraria – type locality for species
Striarca
† Striaticostatum
† Syncyclonema
- † Syncyclonema simplicius
† Synodontaspis
- † Synodontaspis holmdelensis
† Synorichthys

T

† Tanytrachelos – type locality for genus
- † Tanytrachelos ahynis – type locality for species
† Taphrosphys
- † Taphrosphys dares – type locality for species
† Tellinimera
- † Tellinimera gabbi
- † Tellinimera stephensoni
Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle
Trachycardium
- † Trachycardium carolinensis
- † Trachycardium longstreeti
- † Trachycardium vaughani
† Trachytriton – tentative report
† Triassopsychoda
- † Triassopsychoda olseni
† Triassothrips – type locality for genus
- † Triassothrips virginicus – type locality for species
Trichotropis
- † Trichotropis squamosa
† Trigonarca
- † Trigonarca elongata
- † Trigonarca maconensis
- † Trigonarca triquetra
† Trigonia – tentative report
Trionyx
- † Trionyx halophilus
Turritella
- † Turritella kerrensis
- † Turritella quadrilira
- † Turritella trilira
† Turseodus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
† Tylosaurus

U

† Uatchitodon
- † Uatchitodon schneideri – type locality for species
† Uddenia
- † Uddenia carolinensis
† Unicardium
- † Unicardium neusensis

V

† Variseila – or unidentified comparable form
- † Variseila meeki
† Veniella
- † Veniella conradi
- † Veniella mullinensis
† Veriplecia
- † Veriplecia rugosa
† Vetericardiella
† Virginiptera
- † Virginiptera certa
- † Virginiptera lativentra – type locality for species
- † Virginiptera similis
† Voltzia
- † Voltzia andrewsii – type locality for species

W

† Williamsonia
† Wingatea

X

Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
† Xiphactinus
- † Xiphactinus audax
- † Xiphactinus vetus

Y

† Yalea – type locality for genus
- † Yalea argentata – type locality for species
- † Yalea rectimedia

Z

† Zamiostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
- † Zamiostrobus lissocardus
Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites
† Zamites
- † Zamites powelli

References

1 2 Gerard R. Case; Todd D. Cook; Taylor Kightlinger; Paul D. Borodin (2019). "Middle Campanian euselachian diversity of the southern region of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 7: 69–82. doi: 10.18435/vamp29345 .

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

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[case-etal-2019-1] 1 2 Gerard R. Case; Todd D. Cook; Taylor Kightlinger; Paul D. Borodin (2019). "Middle Campanian euselachian diversity of the southern region of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 7: 69–82. doi: 10.18435/vamp29345 .

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List of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina

Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

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