page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of North Carolina
section_title: M
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of North Carolina / M
caption_attribution_description: Line drawing of Microgadus tomcod
context_page_description: This list of the Cenozoic life of North Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Carolina and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
context_section_description: Macoma
  †Macoma carolinensis
  Macrocallista
  †Macrocallista acuminata
  †Macrocallista greeni
  †Macrocallista minuscula – type locality for species
  †Macrocallista neusensis
  †Macrocallista nimbosa
  †Macrocallista perovata
  †Macrocallista reposta
  †Macrocallista tia – type locality for species
  Macrocyprina
  †Macrocyprina gibsonensis
  †Macromphalina
  †Macromphalina hanseni
  †Macromphalina pierrot
  Macropneustes
  †Macropneustes carolinensis
  †Macrora
  †Macrora stella
  Mactrotoma
  †Mactrotoma fragilis
  Makaira
  †Makaira indica
  †Makaira nigricans
  †Makaira purdyi – type locality for species
  Malzella
  †Malzella conradi
  †Malzella evexa
  †Mammut
   †Mammut americanum
  Manta
  †Manta melanyae – type locality for species
  Maretia
  †Maretia subostrata
  †Maretia subrostrata
  †Maretia subrostratus
  Marevalvata
  †Marevalvata tricarinata
  Marginella
  †Marginella denticulata
  †Marvacrassatella
  †Marvacrassatella kauffmani
  †Marvacrassatella turgidula – tentative report
  †Marvacrassatella undulatus
  †Matutites
  †Matutites miltonorum – type locality for species
  †Mclelannia
  †Mclelannia aenigma
  †Mediaria
  †Mediaria splendida
   Megachasma
  Megalops
  †Megalops atlanticus – or unidentified comparable form
  Megaptera
  †Megascyliorhinus
  †Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus
  †Meherrinia – type locality for genus
  †Meherrinia isoni – type locality for species
  Meiocardia
  †Meiocardia carolinae
  Melanella
  †Melanella conoidea
  †Melanella eborea
  †Melanella jamaicensis
  Melanitta
  †Melanitta nigra – or unidentified related form
  †Melanitta perspicillata – or unidentified related form
  Melanogrammus
   †Melanogrammus aeglefinus – or unidentified comparable form
  Meleagris
  Mellita
  †Mellita aclinensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Melosira
  †Melosira westii
  Menippe – tentative report
  Mercenaria
  †Mercenaria campechiensis
  †Mercenaria capax
  †Mercenaria carolinensis
  †Mercenaria corrugata
  †Mercenaria druidi
  †Mercenaria erecta – type locality for species
  †Mercenaria gardnerae – type locality for species
   †Mercenaria mercenaria
  †Mercenaria permagna
  Meretrix
  †Meretrix securiformis – tentative report
  Mergus
  †Mergus serrator – or unidentified related form
  †Merlangiogadus
  †Merlangiogadus congatus
  Merluccius
  †Merluccius albidus
  †Merluccius bilinearis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Mesocena
  †Mesocena elliptica – or unidentified comparable form
   Mesoplodon
  †Mesoplodon longirostris
  †Mesoteras – type locality for genus
  †Mesoteras kerrianus – type locality for species
  Metulella
  †Metulella styliola
  Microcytherura
  †Microcytherura choctawhatcheensis
  †Microcytherura d informal
  †Microcytherura expanda
  †Microcytherura h informal
  †Microcytherura m informal
  †Microcytherura minuta
  †Microcytherura p informal
  †Microcytherura r informal
  †Microcytherura similis
  Microgadus
   †Microgadus tomcod – or unidentified comparable form
  Micropogonias
  Miltha
  †Miltha pandata
  †Miltha pandatus – tentative report
  †Miocepphus
  †Miocepphus mcclungi
  †Miocepphus mergulellus – type locality for species
  †Miocepphus undescribedspecies informal
  Mitra
  †Mitra carolinensis
  Mitrella
  †Mitrella gardnerae
  †Mitrella waccamawensis
  Mobula
  Modiolus
  †Modiolus ducatellii
  †Modiolus modiolus
  Mola
  †Mola chelonopsis
   Monodon – or unidentified comparable form
  Morum
  †Morum harpula
  Morus
  †Morus atlanticus
  †Morus avitus
  †Morus loxostylus
  †Morus peninsularis
  †Morus undescribedspeciesone informal
  †Morus undescribedspeciestwo informal
  Muellerina
  †Muellerina bassiounii
  †Muellerina blowi
  †Muellerina ohmerti
  †Muellerina p informal
  †Muellerina petersburgensis
  †Muellerina wardi
  Mulinia
  †Mulinia congesta
  †Mulinia lateralis
  †Murrayina
  †Murrayina barclayi
  Musculus
  †Musculus lateralis
  Mustelus
  †Mya
  †Mya arenaria
  †Mya wilsoni
  Mycteroperca
   Myliobatis
  Myochama
  Myriophyllum
  †Myriophyllum heterophyllum
  †Myriophyllum scabratum
  Mysella
  †Mysella beaufortensis
  †Mysella bladenensis
  †Mysella majorina
  †Mysella planulata
  †Mysella stantoni
  †Mysella velaini
  Mytilus
  †Mytilus conradinus
caption: Illustration of a living Microgadus tomcod
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