# 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
### Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada

* 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
### 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
### 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