page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska
section_title: Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nebraska
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska / Cenozoic / Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nebraska
caption_attribution_description: English: Palaeocastor and burrow in National Museum of Natural History.
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Nebraska contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Nebraska.
context_section_description: Acer
  Acipenser
  Acris
  †Acris crepitans – or unidentified comparable form
  †Acritohippus
  †Acritohippus isonesus
  †Aelurodon
   †Aepycamelus
  †Aepycamelus major
  †Aepycamelus robustus
  Agkistrodon
  †Agnotocastor
  †Agriochoerus
  †Agriotherium
  †Aletomeryx
  †Alforjas
  Alligator
  Alnus
  †Ambrosia
  †Ambystoma
  †Ambystoma maculatum
  †Ambystoma tigrinum
   †Amebelodon
  Amia
  †Amia calva
  Ammospermophilus
  †Amphechinus
  †Amphicyon
  †Amphicyon frendens – type locality for species
  †Amphicyon galushai – type locality for species
  †Amphicyon ingens
  †Amphimachairodus
  †Anchitheriomys
   †Anchitherium
  †Andrias
  Antrozous – or unidentified comparable form
  Apalone
  †Apalone spinifera
  †Aphelops
  Aplodinotus
  †Aplodinotus grunniens
  Aramus
  †Archaeocyon
  †Archaeohippus
   †Archaeotherium
  †Arctodus
  †Arctodus simus
  †Arctonasua
  Ardea
  Arizona
  †Artemisia
  †Astrohippus
  Atractosteus
  †Atractosteus spatula
  Baiomys
  Balearica
  †Barbourofelis
  †Barbourofelis fricki
  †Barbourofelis morrisi – type locality for species
  †Barbourofelis whitfordi – type locality for species
  Bassariscus
  †Bathornis
  †Bathornis veredus
  †Bathygenys
  Betula – or unidentified comparable form
  Bison
   †Bison latifrons
  Blarina
  †Blarina brevicauda
  †Blastomeryx
  †Blastomeryx gemmifer – type locality for species
  †Bootherium
  †Bootherium bombifrons – type locality for species
  †Borophagus
  †Borophagus diversidens
  †Borophagus pugnator
  †Borophagus secundus
  †Bothriodon
  †Brachycrus
  †Brachypsalis
  †Brachyrhynchocyon
  †Brontops
  Bufo
  †Bufo cognatus
  Burhinus
  Buteo
  †Calippus
   †Camelops
  †Camelops hesternus
  Canis
  †Canis dirus
  †Canis edwardii
  †Canis ferox
  †Canis latrans
  †Canis lepophagus
  †Capromeryx
  †Carpocyon
  Carya
  Castor
  †Castor californicus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Castoroides
  Cedrela
  Celtis
  †Cephalogale
   †Ceratogaulus
  †Ceratogaulus anecdotus
  †Ceratogaulus hatcheri
  †Ceratogaulus rhinocerus
  †Cervalces
  Chaetodipus
  †Chaetodipus hispidus
  †Chamaecyparis
  Charina
  Chelydra
  †Chelydra serpentina
  †Chelydrops
  †Chelydrops stricta – type locality for species
  Chrysemys
  †Chrysemys picta
   Cladrastis
  Clethrionomys
  †Clethrionomys gapperi – or unidentified comparable form
  Cnemidophorus
  †Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
  Cocculus
  †Colodon
  Coluber
  †Coluber constrictor
  †Conuropsis
  †Cordia
  †Cormocyon
  †Cormohipparion
  †Cosoryx
  †Cosoryx furcatus
   †Cranioceras
  Crataegus
  Crotalus
  †Crotalus horridus
  Cryptotis
  †Cynarctoides
  †Cynarctoides acridens
  †Cynarctoides emryi – type locality for species
  †Cynarctoides roii
  †Cynarctus
  †Cynelos
  †Cynodesmus
  Cynomys
  †Daphoenictis
  †Daphoenodon
   †Daphoenus – type locality for genus
  Dasypus
  †Dasypus bellus
  †Desmatippus
  †Desmatochoerus
  †Desmocyon
  †Diceratherium
  Dicrostonyx
  †Dicrostonyx torquatus
   †Dinictis
  †Dinohippus
  †Dinohyus
  †Dinohyus hollandi – type locality for species
  †Diospyros
  Dipodomys
  †Dipoides
  †Diprionomys
  †Domnina
  †Dromomeryx
  †Dromomeryx borealis – type locality for species
  †Ectopocynus
  †Ekgmowechashala
  †Ekgmowechashala philotau
  Elaphe
  †Elaphe guttata
  †Elaphe obsoleta
  †Elaphe vulpina
   †Elomeryx – tentative report
  Emydoidea
  †Emydoidea blandingii
  †Enhydrocyon
  †Epicyon
  †Epicyon haydeni
  Equus
  †Equus conversidens – or unidentified comparable form
  †Equus francisci
  †Equus simplicidens
  Erethizon
  †Erethizon dorsatum
  Esox
   †Eubelodon
  †Eucastor
  †Eucyon
  †Eucyon davisi
  Eumeces
  †Euoplocyon
  Felis
  †Floridatragulus
  †Fraxinus
  †Gaillardia
  Geochelone
  Geomys
  †Geomys bursarius
  Geranoaetus
  Gerrhonotus
  †Gigantocamelus
  Glyptemys
   †Gomphotherium
  Gopherus
  Graptemys
  Grus
  †Hayoceros
  †Helodermoides
  †Helodermoides tuberculatus
  †Hemiauchenia
  †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
  †Herpetotherium
  †Herpetotherium fugax
   †Hesperocyon
  †Hesperotestudo
  Heterodon
  †Heterodon nasicus
  †Heterodon platyrhinos
  †Heteromeryx
  †Hipparion
  †Hipparion forcei
  †Hippotherium
  Holbrookia – tentative report
   †Homotherium
  †Homotherium crusafonti
  †Hoplophoneus
  †Hyaenodon
  †Hyaenodon crucians
  Hyla
  †Hyla gratiosa – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hyla squirella – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hyla versicolor – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hypertragulus
  †Hypisodus
  †Hypohippus
  †Hypolagus
  †Hypsiops
  †Hyracodon
  Ictalurus
  †Ictalurus punctatus – or unidentified comparable form
  Ilex
   †Indarctos
  †Ischyrocyo
caption: Spiral-shaped fossilized burrow and associated skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene beaver Palaeocastor
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