page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Mississippi
section_title: Mesozoic
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Mississippi / Mesozoic
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil valve of Trachycardium multicostatum from Pliocene of Italy, on display at the Museo Paleontologico, Asti
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Acesta
  Acirsa
  Acmaea
   †Acteon
  †Aenona
  †Agerostrea
  Alvania
  †Ampullina
  Anatina
  †Ancilla
  †Anomia
  †Anomoeodus
  †Arca
  Architectonica
  Arrhoges
  Astarte
   Atractosteus
  †Baculites
  †Baculites arculus
  †Baculites capensis
  †Baculites grandis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Baculites tippahensis
  Barbatia
  †Belemnitella
  †Belemnitella americana
  Bernaya
   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
   Carcharias – tentative report
  Caryophyllia
  †Catopygus
  †Caveola
  Ceratia
  Cerithiella
  †Cerithiella nodoliratum
  †Cerithiella semirugatum
  Cerithium
  Chlamys
  †Chondrites
  Cidaris
  Clavagella
  Cliona
  Corbula
  Crenella
  †Crenella elegantula
  †Crenella serica
   †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
   †Dentalium
  †Dentalium leve
  Dimya
  †Discoscaphites
  †Discoscaphites conradi
  †Discoscaphites iris
  †Dolicholatirus
  †Ecphora
   †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
   †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
   †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
   †Mosasaurus
  †Mytilus – tentative report
  †Neithea
  †Neithea bexarensis
  Nerita
  Neritina
  †Nostoceras
  Nozeba
  Nucula
  †Nucula camia
  †Nucula cuneifrons
  †Nucula percrassa
   Ostrea
  †Pachydiscus
  †Pachymelania – tentative report
  Panopea
  †Paranomia
  Pecten
  Pholadomya
  †Pholadomya occidentalis
  Pinna
  †Placenticeras
  †Plagiostoma
   †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
   †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
   Trachycardium
  †Trachycardium eufaulensis
  Trichotropis
  †Trigonia
  †Trigonostoma
  †Turrilites
  Turritella
  †Turritella bilira
  †Turritella chalybeatensis
  †Turritella hilgardi
  †Turritella paravertebroides
  †Turritella tippana
  †Turritella trilira
  †Turritella vertebroides
  †Tympanotonus
   †Xiphactinus
  †Xiphactinus audax
caption: Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle
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