page_title: List of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi
section_title: L
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi / L
caption_attribution_description: English: Zelithophaga truncata from Browns Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Graham Bould. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:Graham Bould grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
context_page_description: This list of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Mississippi and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
context_section_description: †Lacrimiforma
  †Lacrimiforma secunda
  Laternula
  †Laternula robusta
  †Latiala
  †Latiala lobata
  †Latiata – tentative report
  †Laxispira
  †Laxispira lumbricalis
  †Laxispira monilifera
  †Lefortia
  †Lefortia trojana – type locality for species
  †Legumen
  †Legumen ellipticum
  †Lemniscolittorina
  †Lemniscolittorina berryi
  †Lemniscolittorina yonkersi
   Lepisosteus
  †Leptosolen
  †Leptosolen biplicata
  Lima
  †Lima deatsvillensis
  †Lima pelagica
  Limatula
  †Limatula acutilineata
  Limopsis
  †Limopsis meeki
  †Limopsis perbrevis
  †Linearis
  †Linearis magnoliensis
  †Linearis metastriata
  †Linearis pectinis
  †Linthia
  †Linthia variabilis
   Linuparus
  †Linuparus canadensis
  †Liopeplum
  †Liopeplum canalis
  †Liopeplum cretaceum
  †Liopeplum leioderma
  †Liopeplum nodosum
  †Liopeplum rugosum
  †Liopeplum spiculatum
  †Liopistha
  †Liopistha protexta
  †Liothyris
  †Liothyris carolinensis
  †Lispodesthes
  †Lispodesthes amplus
   Lithophaga
  †Lomirosa
  †Lomirosa carinata
  †Longitubus
  †Longoconcha
  †Longoconcha dalli
  †Longoconcha imbricatus
  †Longoconcha quadrilirata
  †Longoconcha tennesseensis
   Lopha
  †Lopha falcata
  †Lopha mesenterica
  †Lowenstamia
  †Lowenstamia cucullata
  †Lowenstamia funiculus
  †Lowenstamia liratus
  †Lowenstamia subplanus – or unidentified comparable form
  † Lucina – tentative report
  †Lupira
  †Lupira disparila
  †Lupira pyriformis
  †Lupira turbinea
  †Lycettia
  †Lycettia tippana
  †Lycettia tippanus
  †Lyriochlamys
  †Lyriochlamys cretosa
  †Lyriochlamys cretosus
caption: Shell of a Lithophaga, or date mussel
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