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

Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of Nevada

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada

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  Fossil of the Silurian-Middle Devonian trilobite Acanthopyge

  † Acanthopyge
• † Acmarhachis
  • † Acmarhachis typicalis
• † Acodus
• † Acrothyra
• † Acutichiton
• † Adamsoceras
  • † Agnostotes clavata – or unidentified comparable form
• † Agnostus
• † Agoniatites
• † Amorphognathus
• † Amphiscapha
• † Ampyx – tentative report
• † Ampyx
• † Anabarella
• † Ananias
• † Anataphrus

• 

  Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris

  † Anomalocaris
• † Anomphalus
  • † Anomphalus jaggerius – type locality for species
• † Apatolichas
• † Archaeocidaris
• † Athyris
  • † Athyris lamellosa
• † Atrypa
  • † Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Atrypa reticularis
• † Aulopora
• † Aviculopecten
• † Avonia
• † Bactroceras
• † Baltoceras

• 

  Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Bathynotus

  † 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

• 

  Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left)

  † Canadaspis
• † Cancelloceras
  • † Cancelloceras elegans – or unidentified comparable form
• † Caninia
• † Carinamala
• † Carolinites
• † Catenipora
• † Cavusgnathus
• † Cedaria
• † Ceratocephala – tentative report
• † Ceraurinella
• † Ceraurinus

• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus

  † Ceraurus
• † Chancelloria
• † Chancia
• † Chonetes
  • † Chonetes logani
• † Cladochonus
• † Cladodus
• † Cleiothyridina
  • † Cleiothyridina ciriacksi
  • † Cleiothyridina deroissyi
  • † Cleiothyridina elegans
  • † Cleiothyridina orbicularis
• † Climacograptus
  • † Climacograptus innotatus
  • † Climacograptus phyllophorus – or unidentified comparable form
• † Cloacaspis
• † Coleoloides
• † Columnaria

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita

  † 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

• 

  Fossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer

  † Cyrtospirifer
  • † Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
• † Cystodictya
• † Dalmanites
• † Davidsonia
• Dentalium
• † Dicoelosia
• † Dictyonema
• † Didymograptus
• † Dimeropygiella
• † Diplograptus
• † Distomodus
• † Earlandia
• † Echinaria
• † Edmondia
• † Egania – type locality for genus
• † Ehmaniella
• † Elrathina
• † Emmonsia
• † Encrinuroides

• 

  Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Encrinurus

  † Encrinurus
• † Eospirifer
• † Epiphyton
• † Esmeraldina
• † Ethmophyllum
• † Euomphalus
• † Fallotaspis
• † Favosites
• † Fenestella
• † Flexicalymene
• † Fremontia
• † Geragnostus
• † Geraldinella
• † Girvanella
• † Glaphurochiton – tentative report
  • † Glyptagnostus reticulatus
• † Gnathodus
• † Gogia
• † Goniatites
• † Gracianella
• † Grandinasus
• † Gypospirifer
• † Halysites

• 

  Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion

  † Helicoprion
• † Heliomera
• † Helminthochiton
• † Hintzeia
• † Holmiella
• † Homagnostus
• † Hunnebergia – tentative report
• † Hyolithellus
• † Hyolithes
• † Hypodicranotus
• † Iapetognathus
• † Icriodus
• † Illaenus
• † Ingria
• † Innitagnostus
• † Irvingella
• † Isograptus

• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus .

  † Isotelus
• † Jeffersonia
• † Kanoshia
• † Kawina
• † Komaspidella
• † Komia
• † Kootenia
• † Krausella
• † Lachnostoma
• † Ladatheca
• † Lehua
• † Leonardoceras
• † Leonaspis
• † Lingula

• 

  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella

  † Lingulella
• † Lonchodomas
• † Lotagnostus
  • † Lotagnostus trisectus – or unidentified comparable form
• † Martinia
• † Megalaspidella – tentative report
• † Megalaspides
• † Megistaspis
• † Meristella
• † Meristina
• † Metacoceras
• † Metaplasia
• † Michelinoceras
• † Micromitra
• † Microplasma
• † Modiolus
• † Monograptus
  • † Monograptus thomasi
  • † Monograptus yukonensis
• † Murchisonia
• † Nardophyllum

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis

  † 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

• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadella

  † Nevadella
• † Nevadia
• † Niobe
• † Nisusia – tentative report
• † Noblella
• † Nuculoidea
• † Obolella
• † Obolus
• † Ogygopsis
• † Olenellus
  • † Olenellus fowleri – type locality for species
• † Olenoides
• † Olenus
• † Opipeuter
• † Orthoceras
• † Oryctocephalus
  • † Oryctocephalus indicus

• 

  Life restoration of the Cambrian priapulid worm relative Ottoia

  † Ottoia
• † Oulodus
• † Ovatoryctocara – tentative report
• † Ozarkodina
• † Pachyphyllum
• † Paedeumias
• † Pagetia
• † Paladin
• † Palmettaspis – type locality for genus
• † Parafusulina
• † Paranevadella
• † Paterina
• † Peachella
• † Pelagiella
• † Pentamerus
• † Pentlandia

• 

  Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites

  † Pentremites
• † Periodon
• † Permocalculus
• † Peronopsis
• † Perspicaris
• † Phacops
• † Phalacroma
• † Phillipsia
• † Phragmophora
• † Phyllograptus
• Pinna
• † Platyceras
• † Platycrinites
• † Platystrophia

• 

  Fossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites

  † Pleurocystites
• † Polygnathus
  • † Polygnathus angusticostatus
  • † Polygnathus angustipennatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Polygnathus costatus
  • † Polygnathus eiflius
  • † Polygnathus linguiformis
  • † Polygnathus parawebbi
  • † Polygnathus pseudofoliatus
• † Posidonia
• † Prodentalium

• 

  Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus

  † Proetus
• † Profallotaspis – tentative report
• † Protochonetes
• † Protospongia
• † Ptychagnostus
  • † Ptychagnostus atavus
• † Punka
• † Quadratia
• † Raymondaspis
• † Rayonnoceras

• 

  Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites

  † 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
  • † Spirifer centronatus
  • † Spirifer opimus
  • † Spirifer rockymontanus
• † Spiriferina
• Spirorbis

• 

  Fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian tree-like club moss relative rhizome Stigmaria

  † 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

• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Wanneria

  † Wanneria
• † Watsonella
• † Westergaardites
• † Worthenia
• † Wutinoceras
• Yoldia
• † Youngia – tentative report
• † Zacanthoides

Mesozoic

Main article: List of the Mesozoic life of Nevada

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

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus

  † Adocus – or unidentified comparable form
• † Alanites
  • † Alanites costatus – type locality for species
  • † Alanites mulleri – type locality for species
  • † Alanites obesus – type locality for species
• † Alsatites
• † Anaflemingites
• † Anagymnites
• † Anagymnotoceras
• † Anasibirites
  • † Anasibirites kingianus
• † Anatropites
• † Angulaticeras
• † Anolcites
• † Aplococeras
• † Arcestes
• † Arctoceras
• † Arctohungarites
• † Arctoprionites
• † Arenicolites
• † Aspenites
• Astarte
• Asteriacites
• Atrina

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Triassic plesiosaur relative Augustasaurus

  † Augustasaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Augustasaurus hagdorni – type locality for species
• † Avicularia
• † Balatonites
• † Birgeria
• † Calliconites
• Cardinia
• † Caucasorhynchia
• † Ceccaceras
• † Ceccaisculitoides
  • † Ceccaisculitoides elegans – type locality for species
• † Ceratites

• 

  Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus

  † Ceratodus
• Chlamys
• † Chonespondylus
• † Claraia
  • † Claraia aurita
  • † Claraia clarai
  • † Claraia stachei
• † Colobodus
• † Coral
• Corbula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• † Coroniceras

• 

  Diagram illustrating the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus with an anachronistic human to scale.

  † Cymbospondylus
  • † Cymbospondylus petrinus
  • † Cymbospondylus piscosus
• † 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

• 

  Fossils of the Middle Triassic crinoid ("sea lily") Encrinus

  † Encrinus
• † Epigondolella
  • † Epigondolella mosheri
• † 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

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Gymnites

  † 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
  • † Inyoites oweni
• † Kraussodontus
• † Lecanites
• † Leiophyllites

• 

  Restoration of a school of the Middle Triassic-Early Cretaceous bony fish Leptolepis

  † Leptolepis
• Limaria
• Lopha
• † Macroelongatoolithus
• † Meekoceras
  • † Meekoceras gracilitatis
• † Metapolygnathus
• † Metophioceras
• † Michelinoceras
• † Misikella

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus

  † Mixosaurus
• † Modiolus
• † Monophyllites
• † Myophoria
• † Mytilus
• † Naomichelys
• † Neogondolella
• † Neomegalodon
• † Neophyllites – or unidentified comparable form
• † Nerinea

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus

  † Omphalosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Omphalosaurus nevadanus – type locality for species
• † Ophiceras
• † Orthoceras
• Ostrea
• † Oulodus
• † Owenites
  • † Owenites koeneni
• † Oxytoma
• † Ozarkodina
• † Palaeospinax – tentative report
• † Paralepidotus – tentative report
• † Paranautilus

• 

  Life restoration of the Triassic ichthyosaur Phalarodon

  † Phalarodon
  • † Phalarodon fraasi
• 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

  • 

    Diagram illustrating Shonisaurus (green) and Shastasaurus sikanniensis (red) with an anachronistic human to scale

    † Shonisaurus popularis
• † Sibyllonautilus
• † Sirenites
• † Solenopora
• † Spiriferina
  • † Spiriferina alia
  • † Spiriferina homfrayi – type locality for species
  • † Spiriferina roundyi
• † Stenopopanoceras
• † Sturia
• † Styrionautilus

• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Thalattoarchon

  † Thalattoarchon – type locality for genus
  • † Thalattoarchon saurophagis – type locality for species
• † Thamnasteria
• † Trichites
• † Trigonia
• † Tutcheria
• † Ussurites
• † Vermiceras
• † Vex
• † Wyomingites
• † Xenoceltites

• 

  Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus

  † Xenodiscus

Cenozoic

Main article: List of the Cenozoic life of Nevada

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nevada

• Abies
• Acer
• † Aelurodon

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus , or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).

  † Aepycamelus
  • † 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
  • † Antrozous pallidus
• † Aphelops
• † Apis
  • † Apis nearctica – type locality for species
• Arbutus
  • † Arbutus menziesii
• † Arctodus
  • † Arctodus simus
• † Arctostaphylos
• † Astrohippus
• † Barbourofelis
  • † Barbourofelis fricki
• Bassariscus
• Betula
• † Borophagus
  • † Borophagus diversidens – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus

  † Brachycrus
• Brachylagus
  • † Brachylagus idahoensis
• † Brachypsalis
• † Bumelia
• † Calocedrus
• † Camelops – tentative report
• Candona
• Canis
  • † Canis latrans
  • † Canis lepophagus
• † Carpocyon
• Carya
  • † Carya ovata
• Castanopsis
• Ceanothus
• Cedrela

• 

  Living Ceratophyllum , also known as coontails or hornworts

  † Ceratophyllum
• Cercis
• † Cercocarpus
• † Chamaebatia
• † Chamaecyparis
• Chara
• † Chrysolepis
• Cnemidophorus
  • † Cnemidophorus tigris
• Comptonia
• Cornus
• † Cosoryx
  • † Cosoryx furcatus
• Crataegus
• Crotalus
  • † Crotalus atrox
  • † Crotalus viridis
• Crotaphytus
  • † Crotaphytus collaris

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius

  † Cuvieronius – tentative report
• † Desmatippus
• † Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form
• † Dinohippus
• † Diospyros
• Dipodomys
• † Dipoides
• † Diprionomys
• † Dromomeryx
  • † Dromomeryx borealis
• † Epicyon
• † Equisetum
• Equus
  • † Equus giganteus
  • † Equus idahoensis

  • 

    Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens , also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra

    † Equus simplicidens
• † Eucastor
• † Euceratherium
  • † Euceratherium collinum
• † Eucyon
  • † Eucyon davisi
• Eugenia
• † Fraxinus
• Gambelia
• † Garrya
• † Gigantocamelus
• Glyptostrobus

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium

  † Gomphotherium
• Gopherus
  • † Gopherus agassizii
• † Gymnocladus
• † Helaletes
• Heloderma
  • † Heloderma suspectum
• † Hemiauchenia
  • † Hemiauchenia macrocephala – or unidentified comparable form
• † Hesperocamelus
• † Heteromeles
• † Hipparion
• † Hippotherium
• † Holodiscus
• Hydrangea
• † Hyopsodus
• † Hypohippus
• † Hypolagus
• † Hyrachyus
• † Ilingoceros
  • † Ilingoceros alexandrae – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos

  † Indarctos
• † Ischyrocyon
• Juglans
• Juniperus
• Lampropeltis
  • † Lampropeltis getulus
• Larix
• Lemmiscus
  • † Lemmiscus curtatus
• † Leptocyon
• †Leucothoe
• † Lithocarpus
• Lymnaea
• † Lyonothamnus

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus

  † Machairodus
• Mahonia
• † Mammut
  • † Mammut americanum
  • † Mammut matthewi
• Marmota
• Masticophis
  • † Masticophis flagellum
• † Mastodon
• † Megahippus
• † Megalonyx
  • † Megalonyx leptostomus
• † Megatylopus
• † Merychippus
• † Merychyus
• † Merycodus
• † Metalopex
• † Metatomarctus
• † Microtomarctus
• Microtus
  • † Microtus pennsylvanicus
• † Miopelodytes – type locality for genus
• † Monosaulax
• † Moropus
• Mustela
  • † Mustela nigripes
  • † Mustela nivalis
• Myotis
• † Neohipparion
• Neotoma
• † Notharctus
  • † Notharctus tenebrosus
• Notiosorex
• Odocoileus
• Ondatra
• Oreamnos
  • † Oreamnos americanus
• Ostrya
• Ovis
  • † Ovis canadensis
• † Pachystima
• † Paracamelus
• † Paracynarctus
• † Parahippus
• † Paratomarctus
• † Paronychomys
• † Peraceras
• Perognathus
• Peromyscus
• Phenacomys
• Phrynosoma
  • † Phrynosoma platyrhinos
• Picea
• Pinus
• Pituophis
  • † Pituophis catenifer
• Platanus

• 

  Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus . Charles R. Knight (1922).

  † Platygonus
• † Pleiolama
• † Pliauchenia
• † Pliohippus
• Populus
• † Procamelus
• † Protolabis
• † Protomarctus
• Prunus
• † Pseudaelurus
• † Pseudotsuga
• Pteridium
• Pterocarya
• Quercus
• † Rana
  • † Rana pipiens
• † Repomys
• † Rhamnus
• Rhododendron

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium

  † Rhynchotherium
• † Ribes
• † Robinia
• Rosa
• Salix
• † Satherium
  • † Satherium piscinarium
• Sauromalus
  • † Sauromalus obesus
• Scapanus
• Sciurus
• † Sequoiadendron
  • † Sequoiadendron chaneyi – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa

  † Sinopa
• † Sophora
• † Sorbus
• Sorex
• † Sparganium
• Spea
• Spermophilus
• Sphaerium
• † Steneofiber
• † Styrax
• † Subdromomeryx
  • † Subdromomeryx antilopinus – or unidentified related form
• † Symphoricarpos
• Tamias
• Taxidea
• Taxodium

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras

  † Teleoceras
  • † Teleoceras major
• Thomomys
• † Thuja
• † Ticholeptus
• Tipula
• † Tomarctus
  • † Tomarctus brevirostris
• † Torreya
• † Tsuga
• Typha
• Ulmus
• † Ursavus
• Ursus
  • † Ursus americanus
  • † Ursus arctos – or unidentified comparable form
• † Vaccinium
• † Viverravus
• Vulpes
• Zelkova

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon

  † Zygolophodon

References

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