page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Virginia
section_title: Selected Cenozoic taxa of Virginia
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Virginia / Cenozoic / Selected Cenozoic taxa of Virginia
caption_attribution_description: Kentriodon pernix, an odontocete dolphin-like whale from the Miocene, pencil drawing, digital coloring
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia.
context_section_description: Abies
  †Abra
  Acanthocybium
  Accipiter
   †Accipiter striatus
  Acipenser
  Acmaea
  Acteocina
  Acteon
  †Actinocyclus
  Actitis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Actitis macularia
  †Adeorbis
  Aegolius
  †Aegolius acadicus
  Aequipecten
  Aetobatus
  Aetomylaeus
  Agelaius
  †Agelaius phoeniceus
   †Aglaocetus
  †Aglyptorhynchus
  Albula
  Alca
  †Alca torda – or unidentified comparable form
  Alces – or unidentified comparable form
  †Alces alces
   †Allaeochelys
  Alnus
  Alopias
  Aluterus
  †Ambystoma
  Amia
  Ammonia
  †Ammonia tepida
  †Amonia
  †Ampelopsis
  Amyda – or unidentified comparable form
  Anachis
  Anadara
  †Anadara ovalis
   †Anadara transversa
  Anas
  †Anas crecca
  †Anas discors
  †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
  Anguilla
  †Anguispira
  †Anguispira alternata
  Angulus
  Anomia
  †Anomia simplex
  †Anomotodon
   Anoxypristis
  †Anthus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Anthus spinoletta
  Aporrhais
  Arbacia
  †Archaeohippus
  †Archaeomanta
  Architectonica
   †Arctodus
  †Arctodus simus
  Argobuccinum
  Argopecten
  †Argopecten gibbus
  Arius – tentative report
  Asio
  †Asio flammeus – or unidentified comparable form
  Astarte
  †Astarte castanea
  Astrangia
  †Astrangia danae
  Astyris
  †Astyris lunata
  Athleta
  Balaena
  Balaenoptera
   †Balaenotus
  Balanophyllia
  Balanus
  †Balanus improvisus
  Barbatia
  Barnea
  Bartramia
  †Bartramia longicauda
  †Basilotritus
  Betula
  Bison
  †Bison bison
  Bittiolum
  †Bittiolum alternatum
  Blarina
  †Blarina brevicauda
  †Bohaskaia – type locality for genus
  †Bohaskaia monodontoides – type locality for species
  †Bolcyrus – or unidentified comparable form
  Bombycilla
  †Bombycilla cedrorum
  Bonasa
  †Bonasa umbellus
  †Bootherium
   †Bootherium bombifrons
  Boreotrophon
  Bos
  †Bos taurus
  Bostrycapulus
  †Bostrycapulus aculeatus
  Botaurus
  †Botaurus lentiginosus
  Brachidontes
  Branta
  †Branta bernicla
  †Brevoortia
  †Brychaetus
  Bubo
   †Bubo virginianus
  Buccella
  Buccinum
  †Buccinum undatum
  Bucephala
  †Bucephala albeola
  Bufo
  †Bufo woodhousei
  †Burnhamia
  Busycon
  †Busycon carica
  †Busycon contrarium
  Busycotypus
  †Busycotypus canaliculatus
  Buteo
   †Buteo jamaicensis
  †Buteo lineatus
  †Buteo platypterus
  Cadulus
  Caecum
  †Caecum cooperi
  Caestocorbula
  †Calippus
  Calliostoma
  †Callippus
  Callista
  Calonectris
  Cambarus
  †Cambarus bartonii – or unidentified comparable form
  †Canarium
  Cancellaria
  Cancer
  †Cancer irroratus
  Canis
   †Canis dirus
  †Canis latrans
  †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
  Cantharus
  Canthon
  Capella
  †Capella gallinago
  Carcharhinus
  Carcharias
  Carcharodon
  †Carcharodon hastalis
  Carditamera
  †Carolinochelys
  †Carolinochelys wilsoni
  Carphophis
  †Carphophis amoenus
  Carya
  Castor
  †Castor canadensis
   †Castoroides
  †Castoroides ohioensis
  Catharus
  †Catinella
  Catoptrophorus
  †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  †Catostomus
  Celtis
  †Celtis occidentalis
  Cerithiopsis
  †Cerithiopsis greenii
  Certhia
  †Certhia familiaris
  †Cervalces – tentative report
  †Cervalces scotti
  Cervus
  †Cervus elaphus
  Cetorhinus
   †Cetotherium
  Chaetura
  †Chaetura pelagica
  Chama
  †Chama congregata
  Charadrius
  †Charadrius vociferus
  Chelydra
  †Chelydra serpentina
  †Chesapecten
   †Chesapecten jeffersonius
  Chione
  †Chione cancellata
  Chlamys
  †Chordeiles
  †Chordeiles minor
  Cibicides
  Cingula
  Circulus
  Cirsotrema
  Cistothorus
  †Cistothorus platensis – or unidentified comparable form
  Clavus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Clethrionomys
  †Clethrionomys gapperi
   Cliona
  Coccyzus
  Colaptes
  †Colaptes auratus
  Colinus
  †Colinus virginianus
  Coluber
  †Coluber constrictor
  †Columella
  Colus
  †Colus pygmaeus
  Condylura
  †Condylura cristata
  Contopus
  †Contopus virens
  Conus
   Corbula
  Corvus
  †Corvus brachyrhynchos
  Cotonopsis
  †Cotonopsis lafresnayi
  †Coupatezia
  †Crassinella lunulata
  Crassostrea
  †Crassostrea virginica
  Crepidula
  †Crepidula convexa
  †Crepidula fornicata
  †Crepidula plana
   †Cretolamna
  †Cretolamna appendiculata
  Crocodylus
  Crotalus
  †Crotalus adamanteus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Crotalus horridus
  Crucibulum
  †Crucibulum striatum
  Cryptobranchus
   †Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
  †Cryptogramma
  †Cryptosula pallasiana
  Cryptotis
  †Cryptotis parva
  Cucullaea
  Cumingia
  Cupuladria
  Cyanocitta
  †Cyanocitta cristata
  Cyclocardia
  †Cyclocardia borealis
   †Cyclopoma
  Cylichna
  †Cylindracanthu
caption: Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene dolphin Kentriodon
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