# List of the prehistoric life of Mississippi

This list of the prehistoric life of Mississippi contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Mississippi.

## Precambrian-Paleozoic

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian or Paleozoic fossils in Mississippi.

## Mesozoic

* Acesta
* Acirsa
* Acmaea
* A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail †Acteon
* †Aenona
* †Agerostrea
* Alvania
* †Ampullina
* Anatina
* †Ancilla
* †Anomia
* †Anomoeodus
* †Arca
* Architectonica
* Arrhoges
* Astarte
* Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus Atractosteus
* †Baculites
** †Baculites arculus
** †Baculites capensis
** †Baculites grandis – or unidentified comparable form
** †Baculites tippahensis
* Barbatia
* †Belemnitella
** †Belemnitella americana
* Bernaya
* Illustration of the shell in multiple views of a Bittium cerith sea snail Bittium – tentative report
* Botula
** †Botula carolinensis
** †Botula ripleyana
* Brachidontes
* Bulla – tentative report
* Cadulus
* Caestocorbula
** †Caestocorbula crassaplica
** †Caestocorbula crassiplica
** †Caestocorbula suffalciata
** †Caestocorbula terramaria
* †Calliomphalus
** †Calliomphalus americanus
** †Calliomphalus nudus
* Calyptraea
* Cantharus
* Capulus
* A living Carcharias sand tiger shark Carcharias – tentative report
* Caryophyllia
* †Catopygus
* †Caveola
* Ceratia
* Cerithiella
** †Cerithiella nodoliratum
** †Cerithiella semirugatum
* Cerithium
* Chlamys
* †Chondrites
* Cidaris
* Clavagella
* Cliona
* Corbula
* Crenella
** †Crenella elegantula
** †Crenella serica
* Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna †Cretolamna
** †Cretolamna appendiculata
* Crucibulum
* Cucullaea
** †Cucullaea capax
** †Cucullaea littlei
* Cuspidaria
** †Cuspidaria grandis
** †Cuspidaria jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
* Cylichna
** †Cylichna diversilirata
** †Cylichna incisa
* †Cymella
* Dasmosmilia
** †Dasmosmilia kochii
* Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell †Dentalium
** †Dentalium leve
* Dimya
* †Discoscaphites
** †Discoscaphites conradi
** †Discoscaphites iris
* †Dolicholatirus
* †Ecphora
* Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring" †Enchodus
** †Enchodus petrosus
* †Eothoracosaurus – type locality for genus
** †Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis – type locality for species
* †Epitonium
** †Epitonium sillimani
* †Eryma – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
* †Eulima
** †Eulima gracilistylis
** †Eulima monmouthensis
* †Euspira
* †Eutrephoceras
* Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra †Exogyra
** †Exogyra costata
** †Exogyra ponderosa
** †Exogyra upatoiensis
* Fusinus
* †Gegania
* Gemmula
* †Gervillia
* Ginglymostoma
* Glossus
* Glycymeris
** †Glycymeris rotundata
* †Gryphaea
* †Gyrineum
* †Hadrosaurus – tentative report
* †Hamites
* †Hamulus
* †Helicoceras
* Hemiscyllium
* †Hoploparia
* Hyala
* †Hybodus
* Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size †Inoceramus
* †Ischyrhiza
** †Ischyrhiza mira
* Lepisosteus
* Lima
* Limatula
* †Linearis
* †Linthia
* Linuparus
* Lithophaga
* Lopha
** †Lopha falcata
** †Lopha mesenterica
* †Lucina – tentative report
* †Mathilda
* Meretrix – tentative report
* †Micraster
* Modiolus
** †Modiolus sedesclaris
** †Modiolus sedesclarus
* †Morea
* Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus †Mosasaurus
* †Mytilus – tentative report
* †Neithea
** †Neithea bexarensis
* Nerita
* Neritina
* †Nostoceras
* Nozeba
* Nucula
** †Nucula camia
** †Nucula cuneifrons
** †Nucula percrassa
* Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster Ostrea
* †Pachydiscus
* †Pachymelania – tentative report
* Panopea
* †Paranomia
* Pecten
* Pholadomya
** †Pholadomya occidentalis
* Pinna
* †Placenticeras
* †Plagiostoma
* Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus †Platecarpus – type locality for genus
** †Platecarpus tympaniticus – type locality for species
* †Plesiotriton
* Plicatula
* Polinices
* †Protocardia
* †Pseudocorax
* †Pteria
* †Pterotrigonia
** †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
** †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
** †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
** †Pterotrigonia thoracica
* †Ptychodus
** †Ptychodus mortoni
* †Ptychotrygon
* Pycnodonte
** †Pycnodonte belli
** †Pycnodonte mutabilis
** †Pycnodonte vesicularis
* Ringicula
** †Ringicula clarki
** †Ringicula pulchella
* †Sargana
* †Sassia
* Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus †Scapanorhynchus
** †Scapanorhynchus texanus
* †Scaphites
** †Scaphites leei
* †Sclerorhynchus
* Seila
* Serpula
* †Sphenodiscus
** †Sphenodiscus beecheri
** †Sphenodiscus lobatus
** †Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
* Spondylus
* Squalicorax
** †Squalicorax kaupi
* Stosicia
* Teinostoma
* Tellina
* †Tenea
* Thracia
* †Tornus – tentative report
* Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle Trachycardium
** †Trachycardium eufaulensis
* Trichotropis
* †Trigonia
* †Trigonostoma
* †Turrilites
* Turritella
** †Turritella bilira
** †Turritella chalybeatensis
** †Turritella hilgardi
** †Turritella paravertebroides
** †Turritella tippana
** †Turritella trilira
** †Turritella vertebroides
* †Tympanotonus
* Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus †Xiphactinus
** †Xiphactinus audax

## Cenozoic

* Abra
* Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle Acanthocardia
* Acar
* Acirsa – tentative report
* Aclis
* †Acra
* Acteocina
* Acteon
* Aequipecten
* Aetobatus
* Agaronia
* Agatrix
* Alaba
* Alabina
* Albula
* Alligator
** A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator †Alligator mississippiensis
* †Altrix
* Americardia
* Ammonia
* †Amonia
* Anadara
* Ancilla
* Anodontia
* Anomia
* †Anomotodon
* Antalis
* Apiotoma
* Multiple views of a shell of an Aporrhais pelican foot sea snail Aporrhais
* †Arbia
* †Archaeomanta
* Architectonica
* Arene
* Arius
* Astarte
* Asthenotoma
* Astrangia
* Athleta
* Atrina
* †Aturia
* Atys
* Axelella
* Balanophyllia
* †Baluchicardia
* Barbatia
* Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus †Basilosaurus
** †Basilosaurus cetoides
* Bathytoma
* †Belosaepia
* Bison
* Bittium
* †Bonellitia
* Bos
* Brachidontes
* Bregmaceros
* †Brychaetus
* Bulla
* Bullia
* †Burnhamia
* Busycon
* Cadulus
* Caecum
* Caestocorbula
* Callianassa
* Calliostoma
* Callista
* Calotrophon
** †Calotrophon ostrearum
* Calyptraea
* Cantharus
* Capulus
* Carcharhinus
* Carcharias
* A living Carcharodon shark Carcharodon
* Cassis
* Cerithiella
* Cervus
* Chama
* Chamelea
* Chaoborus
* Chelonibia
* Chicoreus
* Chione
* Chiton
* Chlamys
* Circulus
* Cirsotrema
* Clathurella
* Clava
* Clavilithes
* Clio
* Closia
* Clypeaster
* Cochlespira
* Codakia
* Columbellopsis
* Conger
* Conomitra
* †Conorbis
* Conus
* Coralliophila
* Corbula
* Cordieria
* †Corvina
* Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920). †Coryphodon
* †Coupatezia
* Crassispira
* Crassostrea
* Crenella
* Crepidula
* †Cretolamna
* Crisia
* †Crommium
* Cuna – tentative report
* Cuspidaria
* Cylichna
* †Cylindracanthus
* Cymatium
* Cymatosyrinx
* Cymia
* Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus †Cynthiacetus – type locality for genus
* Cypraea
* Cypraedia
* Daphnella
* Dasyatis
* Dendrophyllia
* Dentalium
* Dermomurex
* †Diacodexis
* Dimya
* Dinocardium
* Diodon
* Diodora
* Discopsis
* Distorsio
* †Dolicholatirus
* Donax
* †Dorudon
* Fossilized skull of the Paleocene-Eocene mammal Ectocion †Ectocion
* †Egertonia
* Elphidium
* Emydoidea
** †Emydoidea blandingii
* Enaeta
* †Eosurcula
* Epitonium
* Equus
* Ervilia
* Erycina
* Eulima
* Eulimella
* Eumetula
* Eunaticina
* †Eunicella
* Euspira
* †Exilia
* †Fedora
* †Ficopsis
* A living Ficus, or fig tree Ficus
* Flabellum
* Fulgurofusus
* Fusinus
* Fustiaria
* Galeocerdo
* Galeodea
* Galeorhinus
* Galeus
* Gari
* Gastrochaena
* Gegania
* Gemmula
* Genota
* Geochelone
* Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus †Georgiacetus
** †Georgiacetus vogtlensis
* †Gigantostrea
* Ginglymostoma
* Globigerina
* Globularia
* Glycymeris
* Glyptemys
** †Glyptemys insculpta
* Glyptoactis
* †Gracilocyon
* Graptemys
* Harpa
* †Harpactocarcinus
* Hastula
* Haustator
* †Hemiauchenia
** †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
* Hemipristis
* †Hemisurcula
* †Hesperotestudo
* Heterodontus
* Hexaplex
* Hipponix
* Homo
* Illustration of a fossilized partial cranium of the Eocene odd-toed ungulates Hyracotherium †Hyracotherium
* Isurus
* †Jefitchia
* Kellia
* Kuphus
* Laevicardium
* Lamna
* Latirus
* Lepisosteus
* Lima
* Limacina
* Living Limaria, or file shells Limaria
* Linga
* Litiopa
* Lopha
* Lophius
* Lucina
* Lunularia
* Lyria
* Macrocallista
* Mactra
* †Mammut
** Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon †Mammut americanum
* Maretia
* Margaretta
* Marginella
* †Mastigophora
* Mathilda – tentative report
* Mathilda
* †Megalonyx
** †Megalonyx jeffersonii
* Melanella
* Mesalia
* Restoration of the Eocene-Miocene swamp rhinoceros Metamynodon. Charles R. Knight (1896). †Metamynodon
** †Metamynodon planifrons
* Metula
* †Miacis
* †Michela
* Microdrillia
* †Mimoperadectes
* Mitra
* Mitrella
* Modiolus – tentative report
* Mulinia
** †Mulinia lateralis
* Murex
* Murexiella
* Mustelus
* Myliobatis
* Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene ground sloth Mylodon with an inset depicting its excrement and a skin fragment †Mylodon
* †Nannippus
* Nassarius
* †Natchitochia
* Natica
* Naticarius
* Nebrius
* Neverita
* Niso
* Norrisia
* †Notiotitanops – type locality for genus
* Nucula
* Oculina
* Odontaspis
* Odostomia
* Oliva
* †Ophiomorpha
* Ostrea
* †Otodus
* †Oxyrhina
* †Pachecoa
* Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis †Palaeophis
* †Palaeosinopa
* Panopea
* Panthera
** †Panthera leo
* †Paramys
* Pecten
* Penion
* †Peratherium
* Petaloconchus
* Phalium
* Philine
* Pholadomya
* Pholas
* Phos
* Phyllodus
* Phyllonotus
* †Physogaleus
* Pitar
* A living Platyrhina ray Platyrhina
* Pleurofusia
** †Pleurofusia fluctuosa
** †Pleurofusia longirostropsis
* Pleuromeris
* †Pleurostoma
* Plicatula
* Poirieria
* Polinices
* Polyschides
* Porella
* †Potamides
* A living Pristis sawfish Pristis
* Prunum
* †Pseudolatirus
* Pseudoliva
* Pteria
* †Pterochelus
* Pterynotus
* Puncturella
* Pycnodonte
* Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Pycnodus Pycnodus
* Pyramidella
* Rangia
* Raphitoma
* Reteporella
* Retusa
* Rhinobatos
* Rhinoptera
* Rhynchoconger
* Rictaxis
* Ringicula
* Rissoina
* Sassia
* Scaphander
* Scapharca
* Scaphella – or unidentified comparable form
* Schizaster
* Sconsia
* Scyliorhinus
* Seila
* Semele
* A living Semicassis helmet sea snail Semicassis
* †Seraphs
* Serpulorbis
* Sigatica
* †Sinistrella
* Sinum
* Siphonalia
* Siphonochelus
* Skena
* Solariella
* Solecurtus
* Sphyraena – tentative report
* Spisula
* Spondylus
* †Striatolamia
* Strioterebrum
* Strombiformis
* Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene cow-sized rhinoceros Subhyracodon. Charles R. Knight (1890s). †Subhyracodon
* Sveltella
* Syntomodrillia
** †Syntomodrillia tantula
* †Teilhardina
** †Teilhardina magnoliana
* Teinostoma
* Tellina
* Tenagodus
* Terebra
* Teredo
* Terrapene
** †Terrapene carolina
* Thracia
* Tornus
* Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle Trachycardium
* Trigonostoma
* †Trinacria
* Triphora
* Trochita
* †Trygon
* Turbonilla
** †Turbonilla major
* Turricula
* Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
* Turritella
* Typhina
* Typhis
* †Uintacyon
* Umbraculum
* †Unitas
* Urosalpinx
* Ursus
** A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear †Ursus americanus
* †Vassacyon
* Vasum
* Venericardia
* Venus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
* Verticordia
* Vexillum
* Vitrinella
* †Viverravus
* Volema
* Xenophora
* †Xiphiorhynchus
* Xylophaga – tentative report
* Yoldia
* Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza †Zygorhiza
** †Zygorhiza kochii