# List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey

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

## Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in New Jersey.

## Paleozoic

* †Archaeocyathus
* †Centroceras
** †Centroceras marcellense
* †Cladopora
* †Coenites
* †Cordilleracyathus – tentative report
* Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites †Favosites
* †Leiorhynchus
** †Leiorhynchus limitare
* †Leptodesma
** †Leptodesma laevis
* †Ophileta – type locality for genus
** †Ophileta polygyratus – type locality for species
* †Styliolina
** †Styliolina fissurella

## Mesozoic
### Selected Mesozoic taxa of New Jersey

* Acipenser
* Acteon
* †Adocus – type locality for genus
** Shell and skeleton of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History †Adocus beatus – type locality for species
* †Aenona
* †Agerostrea
* †Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form
* Amauropsis
* Amia
* †Amyda
* †Anatalavis
** †Anatalavis rex – type locality for species
* †Anchisauripus
** †Anchisauripus tuberosus
* †Ankylosaurus
* †Anomia
* †Anomoeodus
* Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus †Anomoepus
* †Apatopus
* †Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
* Arca
* †Argoides
* Astarte
* Astrangia
* Atractosteus
* †Atreipus
* Attagenus
* †Avellana
* †Axonoceras
* †Baculites
** †Baculites haresi
** †Baculites ovatus
** †Baculites scotti – tentative report
* †Baikuris
** †Baikuris casei – type locality for species
* Barbatia
* †Belemnitella
** †Belemnitella americana
* Bernaya
* †Bottosaurus
** †Bottosaurus harlani – type locality for species
* Botula
** †Botula ripleyana
* Brachaelurus
* †Brachychampsa – or unidentified comparable form
* †Brontozoum
* Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Brownimecia †Brownimecia – type locality for genus
** †Brownimecia clavata – type locality for species
* Caestocorbula
** †Caestocorbula crassaplica
** †Caestocorbula crassiplica
** †Caestocorbula percompressa
* Callianassa
** †Callianassa mortoni
* †Calliomphalus
** †Calliomphalus americanus
* Cardita
* †Catopygus
* †Ceratodus
* Cerithium
* Cheilotrichia
* †Chelone
* Chiloscyllium
* †Chirotherium
** †Chirotherium lulli – type locality for species
* Chlamys
* †Cimoliasaurus
* Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys †Cimolomys – or unidentified comparable form
** †Cimolomys clarki
* †Cirroceras
* Clavagella
* †Clidastes
* Cliona
* †Coelosaurus
** †Coelosaurus antiquus – type locality for species
* †Coelurosaurichnus
* Corbula
* †Corsochelys
* Crassostrea
* †Crenella
** †Crenella elegantula
** †Crenella serica
* †Cretolamna
** †Cretolamna appendiculata
* Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark †Cretoxyrhina
** †Cretoxyrhina mantelli
* †Crocodilus
* Cucullaea
** †Cucullaea capax
** †Cucullaea littlei
* Culicoides
* Cuspidaria
** †Cuspidaria jerseyensis
* †Cylindracanthus
* †Cymella
* Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form
* Dasyatis
* Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus †Deinosuchus
** †Deinosuchus rugosus
* †Dentalium
** †Dentalium leve
* †Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form
* †Didymoceras
* †Diplocynodon
* †Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
* †Discoscaphites
** †Discoscaphites conradi
** †Discoscaphites gulosus
* †Dolicholatirus
* Dosinia
* Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus †Dryptosaurus – type locality for genus
** †Dryptosaurus aquilunguis – type locality for species
* Edaphodon
** †Edaphodon mirificus
* †Edmontosaurus
* †Elasmosaurus
** †Elasmosaurus orientalis – type locality for species
* †Enchodus
** †Enchodus gladiolus
* †Epitonium
** †Epitonium sillimani
* †Euspira
* †Eutrephoceras
* Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra †Exogyra
** †Exogyra cancellata
** †Exogyra costata
** †Exogyra ponderosa
* Fasciolaria
* † Gegania
* †Gervillia
* Ginglymostoma
* Glossus
* Glycimeris
* Glycymeris
** †Glycymeris rotundata
* †Gonyaulax
* †Graculavus – type locality for genus
* †Grallator
* †Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
* †Gryphaea
* Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Hadrosaurus †Hadrosaurus – type locality for genus
** †Hadrosaurus cavatus – type locality for species
** †Hadrosaurus foulkii – type locality for species
** †Hadrosaurus minor – type locality for species
* †Halisaurus
** †Halisaurus platyspondylus
* Hemiscyllium
* Heterodontus
* †Hoploparia
* †Hoploscaphites
* †Hybodus
* †Hyposaurus
** †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
* †Hypsibema
** †Hypsibema crassicauda
* Life restoration of the Late Triassic primitive reptile Hypsognathus †Hypsognathus – type locality for genus
** †Hypsognathus fenneri – type locality for species
* †Hypuronector – type locality for genus
** †Hypuronector limnaios – type locality for species
* †Icarosaurus – type locality for genus
** †Icarosaurus siefkeri – type locality for species
* †Inoceramus
** †Inoceramus proximus
* †Ischyodus
** †Ischyodus bifurcatus
* †Ischyrhiza
** †Ischyrhiza mira
* †Jeletzkytes
** †Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
* †Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
* †Kouphichnium
* †Laornis – type locality for genus
** †Laornis edvardsianus – type locality for species
* Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus †Leidyosuchus
* Leptoconops
* Lima
* Limatula
* † Limonia
* †Linearis
* Linuparus
* †Liodon
* †Lissodus
* Lithophaga
* Lopha
** †Lopha falcata
** †Lopha mesenterica
* A living Lunatia moon sea snail Lunatia
* Martesia
* †Megalocoelacanthus
** †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
* †Menuites
* †Metoicoceras
* †Milnesium
* †Modiolus
** †Modiolus sedesclaris
** †Modiolus sedesclarus
* †Morea
* Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus †Mosasaurus
** †Mosasaurus conodon – type locality for species
* †Mytilus – tentative report
* †Neithea
** †Neithea quinquecostata
* †Nostoceras
* Nucula
** †Nucula camia
** †Nucula cuneifrons
** †Nucula percrassa
* †Odaxosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
* Odontaspis
* Oecobius – tentative report
* †Ophiomorpha
* Orchestina
* †Osteopygis – type locality for genus
* Ostrea
* †Oxyrhina
** †Oxyrhina desorii
* Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus †Pachydiscus
* Pagurus
* †Palaeoniscus
* †Palaeopagurus – tentative report
* †Palaeotringa – type locality for genus
* Panopea
* †Paracupes
* †Paralbula
* †Paranomia
* †Parrisia – type locality for genus
* †Pecten
* †Peritresius
* Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya Pholadomya
** †Pholadomya occidentalis
* Pholas
* †Pinna
* †Placenticeras
* †Plagiostoma
* †Plesiosaurus
* Plicatula
* †Plioplatecarpus
** †Plioplatecarpus depressus – type locality for species
* †Plumalexius – type locality for genus
** †Plumalexius rasnitsyni – type locality for species
* Polinices
* †Pristis
* †Procolpochelys
* Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon †Prognathodon
** †Prognathodon rapax – type locality for species
* †Protocardia
* †Pseudocorax
* †Pteria
* †Pterotrigonia
** †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
** †Pterotrigonia cerulea
** †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
** †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
* †Ptychotrygon
* Pycnodonte
** †Pycnodonte mutabilis
** †Pycnodonte vesicularis
* Rangia – tentative report
* Rhinobatos
* †Rhombodus
* Ringicula
** †Ringicula clarki
* Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon †Rutiodon
** †Rutiodon carolinensis
* †Sargana
* †Sauropus
* †Scapanorhynchus
** †Scapanorhynchus texanus
* †Scaphites
** †Scaphites hippocrepis
* †Sclerorhynchus
* †Scoyenia
* Segestria – tentative report
* †Semionotus
* Serpula
* †Serratolamna
** †Serratolamna serrata
* †Spathopria – type locality for genus
* Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma †Sphecomyrma – type locality for genus
** †Sphecomyrma freyi – type locality for species
** †Sphecomyrma mesaki – type locality for species
* †Sphenodiscus
** †Sphenodiscus lobatus
* Spondylus
* Squalicorax
** †Squalicorax kaupi
** †Squalicorax pristodontus
* Squatina
* †Stegobium
* †Stegomus
* †Stephanodus
* †Steropoides
* †Symmorphus – tentative report
* †Tanytrachelos
** †Tanytrachelos ahynis
* †Taphrosaurus
* Tellina
* †Telmatornis – type locality for genus
* Tenagodus
* †Tenea
* Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus †Thoracosaurus
* †Tomodon – type locality for genus
** †Tomodon horrificus – type locality for species
* Trachycardium
** †Trachycardium eufaulensis
* †Trigonia
* Trionyx
* Turbinella
* Turbonilla
* Turritella
** †Turritella bilira
** †Turritella trilira
** †Turritella vertebroides
* †Volviceramus
* Vulsella – or unidentified comparable form
* Xanthosia
* Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus †Xiphactinus
** †Xiphactinus audax

## Cenozoic
### Selected Cenozoic taxa of New Jersey

* Fossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus †Acrodus
* Acteocina
* Aetobatus
* Amyda
* Anachis
* Anadara
** †Anadara ovalis
** †Anadara transversa
* Angulus
* Anomia
** †Anomia simplex
* Arca
* Architectonica
* Argopecten
** †Argopecten gibbus
** A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians), or Atlantic bay scallop †Argopecten irradians
* Argyrotheca
* Astarte
** †Astarte castanea
* Astrangia
** †Astrangia danae
* Astyris
** †Astyris lunata
* Athleta
* Atrina
* †Aturia
* Balanophyllia
* Balanus
* Barbatia
* Barnea
* Bison
* †Bonellitia – or unidentified comparable form
* †Bootherium
** Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene bovid Bootherium bombifrons, or Harlan's musk ox. †Bootherium bombifrons
* Buccinum
** †Buccinum undatum
* Busycon
** †Busycon carica
** †Busycon perversum
* Busycotypus
** †Busycotypus canaliculatus
* Cadulus
* †Calappilia
* Callianassa – tentative report
* Calliostoma
* Calyptraea
* A living Carcharias sand tiger shark Carcharias
* Carcharodon
** †Carcharodon hastalis
* Cardita
* Carditamera
* Cardites
* †Castoroides
* †Catopygus
* Cerithiopsis
** †Cerithiopsis emersonii
* Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene cervid Cervalces, or the stag moose †Cervalces
* Chaetopleura
** †Chaetopleura apiculata
* Chama
** †Chama congregata
* Chelone
* †Chesapecten
* Chlamys
* Cidaris
* †Cistella
* Clavilithes
* Clementia
* Cliona – tentative report
* Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail Conus
* Corbula
* †Coscinopleura
** †Crassinella lunulata
* Crassostrea
** †Crassostrea virginica
* Crenella
** †Crenella glandula
* Crepidula
** †Crepidula convexa
** †Crepidula fornicata
** †Crepidula plana
* †Cretolamna
** †Cretolamna appendiculata
* †Crocodilus
* A living Crocodylus Crocodylus
* Crucibulum
** †Crucibulum striatum
* Cucullaea
* Cumingia
* Cuspidaria
* Cyclocardia
* Cylichna
* †Cylindracanthus
* Cythara – tentative report
* Cytherea
* Dasyatis
* Dentalium
* Diastoma
* †Diatryma
* Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). †Diceratherium
* Diodora
** †Diplodonta punctata
* Discinisca
* †Dolicholatirus
* Donax
** †Donax fossor
* Dosinia
* Echinarachnius
* †Echinocorys
* †Echinopsis
* †Ecphora
* Edaphodon
* †Enchodus
* Ensis
** †Ensis directus
* †Eosphargis
* Fossilized cranium in multiple views of the Paleocene-Eocene gavial relative Eosuchus †Eosuchus
* Epitonium
** †Epitonium humphreysii
* Equus
* Ervilia
* Eupleura
** †Eupleura caudata
* Euspira
** †Euspira heros
** †Euspira triseriata
* †Eutrephoceras
* Fasciolaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
* Flabellum
* Fossarus – tentative report
* A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark Galeocerdo
** †Galeocerdo aduncus
* Galeodea
* Gemma
** †Gemma gemma
* Geukensia
** †Geukensia demissa
* Ginglymostoma
* Glans
* †Glomerula
* Glossus
* Glycymeris
** †Glycymeris subaustralis
* †Gorgonella
* †Gryphaea
* †Hamulus – or unidentified comparable form
* Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
* Hemipristis
** Fossilized teeth of the Miocene weasel shark Hemipristis serra †Hemipristis serra
* Heptranchias
** †Heptranchias howelli – type locality for species
* Hespererato
* Hexanchus
* Hiatella
** †Hiatella arctica
* Hydroides
* †Hyposaurus – type locality for genus
** †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
* Ilyanassa
** †Ilyanassa obsoleta
** †Ilyanassa trivittata
* Ischadium
** †Ischadium recurvum
* Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Miocene Chimaera relative Ischyodus †Ischyodus
* †Ischyrhiza
** †Ischyrhiza mira
* Isognomon
* Isurus
* Kurtziella
** †Kurtziella cerina
* Laevicardium
** †Laevicardium mortoni
* Lamna
* Latirus
* Libinia
** Illustration of a living Libinia emarginata, or portly spider crab †Libinia emarginata
* †Linthia
* Lithophaga
* Littoraria
** †Littoraria irrorata
* Lunatia
* Lunularia
* Macoma
** †Macoma balthica
* Macrocallista
* Mactra
* †Mammut
** †Mammut americanum
* †Mammuthus
* Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx †Megalonyx
* Melampus
** †Melampus bidentatus
* Melanella
* †Menoceras
* Mercenaria
** †Mercenaria mercenaria
* Mesodesma
* Mitrella
* Modiolus
** †Modiolus modiolus
* Morus
* Mulinia
** †Mulinia lateralis
* Murex
* Murexiella
* †Mya
** †Mya arenaria
* Two living Myliobatis eagle rays Myliobatis
* Mytilus
** †Mytilus edulis
* Nassarius
** †Nassarius acutus
** †Nassarius vibex
* Natica – or unidentified comparable form
* Neptunea
** †Neptunea lyrata
* Neverita
* Exterior of the shell of a modern specimen of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula Nucula
** †Nucula proxima
* Odobenus
** †Odobenus rosmarus
* Odontaspis
* Olivella
** †Olivella mutica
* †Ophiocoma – tentative report
* Ophiomusium
* Ostrea
** †Ostrea compressirostra
* †Otodus
** Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale †Otodus megalodon
* Ovibos
** †Ovibos moschatus
* †Oxyrhina
** †Oxyrhina desorii
* †Palaeocarcharodon
* †Palaeophis
* Paliurus
* Pandora
* Panopea
* Panopeus
* Pecten
* Penion – or unidentified comparable form
* Life restoration of the Middle Triassic-Eocene crinoid ("sea lily") Pentacrinites †Pentacrinites
* †Peritresius
* †Peronidella
* Petricola
** †Petricola pholadiformis
* Phoca
* Phyllodus
* Phyllonotus
* Physeter
* Pinna
* Pitar
** †Pitar morrhuanus
* †Plagiochasma
* Pleuromeris
** †Pleuromeris tridentata
* Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail Pleurotomaria
* Plicatula
** †Plicatula gibbosa
* Polinices
* Pristis
* †Prosynthetoceras
* Protula
* Psammechinus
* Pseudoliva
* Pteria – tentative report
* Fossilized skull of the Eocene sea turtle Puppigerus. The shell belongs to another kind of turtle. †Puppigerus
* Pycnodonte
* Pyrgocythara
** †Pyrgocythara plicosa
* Rangia
* Rangifer
* Rhinoptera
* †Rhizocrinus
* †Rhombodus
* †Rotularia
* Scaphella
* Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks Scyliorhinus
* Seila
** †Seila adamsii
* Semele
* Serpula
* Serpulorbis
* Sinum
** †Sinum perspectivum
* Siphonalia
* †Solarium
* Solenosteira
** †Solenosteira cancellaria
* †Sphyraenodus
* Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon †Squalodon – type locality for genus
* Squalus
* Squatina
* Stellatoma
** †Stellatoma stellata
* Stewartia
* Stramonita
* †Striatolamia
* Strioterebrum
* Tagelus
* †Tapiravus
* Tapirus
* Tectonatica
** †Tectonatica pusilla
* Tellina
* Tenagodus – tentative report
* †Tenea
* Teredo
* Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa †Thecachampsa
** †Thecachampsa antiqua
* †Thoracosaurus
* Tibia
* Trichechus
* Triphora
* Trochita
* Turbonilla
** †Turbonilla interrupta
* Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
* Turritella
** †Turritella vertebroides
* Tylocidaris
* Tympanuchus
* Urosalpinx
** †Urosalpinx cinerea
* †Veleda
* Venericardia
* Venus
* Xenophora
* A living Xiphias, or swordfish Xiphias
* Yoldia
* †Zygaena