# List of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina

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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Caestocorbula
** †Caestocorbula crassiplica
** †Caestocorbula williardi
* Callucina
** †Callucina ripleyana
* †Camptonectes
** †Camptonectes berryi – tentative report
** †Camptonectes bubonis
** †Camptonectes hilgardi
* Candona
** †Candona rogersii
* †Cantioscyllium
** †Cantioscyllium clementsi – type locality for species
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †Flemingostrea
** †Flemingostrea blackensis
** †Flemingostrea pratti
** †Flemingostrea subspatula
** †Flemingostrea subspatulata
* †Franxinopsis

## G

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* 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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †Uatchitodon
** †Uatchitodon schneideri – type locality for species
* †Uddenia
** †Uddenia carolinensis
* †Unicardium
** †Unicardium neusensis

## V

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †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

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †Williamsonia
* †Wingatea

## X

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus †Xiphactinus
** †Xiphactinus audax
** †Xiphactinus vetus

## Y

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †Yalea – type locality for genus
** †Yalea argentata – type locality for species
** †Yalea rectimedia

## Z

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* †Zamiostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
** †Zamiostrobus lissocardus
* Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites †Zamites
** †Zamites powelli