page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of Virginia
section_title: M
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of Virginia / M
caption_attribution_description: Limecola balthica&#160;(Linnaeus, 1758) English: Baltic tellin from the southern North Sea - Belgium.
context_page_description: This list of the Cenozoic life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
context_section_description: Macoma
   †Macoma balthica
  †Macoma calcarea
  †Macoma constricta
  †Macoma tenta
  Macrocallista
  †Macrocallista reposta
  †Macrocallista subimpressa
  Mactrodesma
  †Mactrodesma subponderosa
  †Mactropsis
  †Mactropsis olssoni
  Makaira
  †Makaira nigricans – or unidentified comparable form
  †Mammut
  †Mammut americaneum
  †Mammut americanum
  †Mammuthus
  †Mammuthus columbi
   †Mammuthus primigenius
  Marevalvata
  †Marevalvata tricarinata
  †Margaritaria
  †Margaritaria abrupta
  Marginella
  †Marginella bella
  †Marginella denticulata
  †Mariacolpus
  †Mariacolpus plebeia
  †Mariafusus
  †Mariafusus marylandica
  Marmota
   †Marmota monax
  †Marvacrassatella
  †Marvacrassatella cyclopterus
  †Marvacrassatella marylandica
  †Marvacrassatella surryensis
  †Marvacrassatella turgidula
  †Marvacrassatella undulata
  †Marvacrassatella undulatus
  †Marvacrassatella urbannaensis
  †Marvacrassatella urbannensis
  Massilina
  Masticophis
  †Masticophis flagellum
  †Mclelannia
  †Mclelannia aenigma
  Megaceryle
  †Megaceryle alcyon
   †Megalonyx
  †Megalonyx jeffersonii
  Megalops
  Megaptera
  †Megaptera expansa
  Melanerpes
  †Melanerpes carolinus
  †Melanerpes erythrocephalus
  Meleagris
  †Meleagris gallopavo
  Mellita
  †Mellita aclinensis
  †Mellita aclinus
  Melospiza
  †Melospiza melodia
  Membranipora
  †Membranipora tenuis
  Membraniporella
  †Membraniporella petasus – or unidentified comparable form
  Mephitis
  †Mephitis mephitis
  Mercenaria
  †Mercenaria campechiensis
  †Mercenaria capax
  †Mercenaria corrugata
  †Mercenaria cuneata
  †Mercenaria druidi
  †Mercenaria inflata
   †Mercenaria mercenaria
  †Mercenaria tetrica
  Mergus
  †Meridiania
  †Meridiania conyexa
  †Merychippus
  †Mesocetus
  †Mesocetus pusillus
  †Mesocetus siphunculus – type locality for species
  Mesoplodon
  †Mesoplodon longirostris – or unidentified comparable form
  †Mesorhytis – tentative report
  †Mesorhytis pomonkensis
   †Metaxytherium
  †Metaxytherium crataegense
  †Metaxytherium cratagense
  †Metopocetus – type locality for genus
  †Metopocetus durinasus – type locality for species
  Microporella
  †Microporella ciliata
  Microtus
  †Microtus chrotorrhinus
  †Microtus ochrogaster
  †Microtus pennsylvanicus
   †Microtus pinetorum
  †Microtus xanthognathus
  †Microtus zanthognathus
  Mictomys
  †Mictomys borealis
  Miltha
  †Miltha aquiana
  †Miocepphus
  †Miocepphus blowi – type locality for species
  †Miocepphus bohaskai
  †Miocepphus mcclungi
  Mitrella
  †Mitrella communius
  Modiolus
  †Modiolus ducateli
  †Modiolus squamosus
  Mola
  Molothrus
   †Molothrus ater
  †Monotherium
  †Monotherium wymani
  Morus
  †Morus bassanus
  †Moxostoma
  Mulinia
  †Mulinia congesta
  †Mulinia congregata
  †Mulinia lateralis
  †Multiporina
  †Multiporina cornuta
  Musculus
  †Musculus lateralis
  †Musculus virginica
  Mustela
  †Mustela americana
  †Mustela erminea
  †Mustela frenata
  †Mustela nivalis
  †Mustela vison
  †Mya
  †Mya arenaria
  †Mya wilsoni – tentative report
  Myliobatis
  †Myliobatis dixoni
  †Myliobatis latidens
  †Myliobatis striatus
   †Mylohyus
  †Mylohyus fossilis
  Myochama
  Myotis
  †Myotis grisescens
  †Myotis keenii
  †Myotis lucifugus
  Myriophyllum
  Myrtea – tentative report
  †Myrtea curta – or unidentified comparable form
  †Myrtea uhleri
  Mytilus
  †Mytilus edulis
caption: Shell of a Limecola balthica, or Baltic clam
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