page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of California
section_title: L
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of California / L
caption_attribution_description: English: Crop of file in filename
context_page_description: This list of the Cenozoic life of California contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of California and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
context_section_description: †Labyrinthus
  †Labyrinthus obtusus – type locality for species
  Lacuna
  †Lacuna carinata
  †Lacuna porrecta
  †Lacuna solidula
  †Lacuna unifasciata
  †Lacunaria
  †Lacunaria striata – or unidentified related form
  Laevicardium
   †Laevicardium elatum
  †Laevicardium substriatum
  Lagena
  †Lagena isabella
  †Lagena strumosa
  †Lagena substriata
  †Lagena sulcata
  †Lagena vulgaris
  Lagenorhynchus
  Lamelliconcha
  †Lamelliconcha clarki
  Lamna
  Lampanyctus
  †Lampris – type locality for genus
   †Lampris zatima – type locality for species
  †Lamprolithax – type locality for genus
  †Lamprolithax annectens – type locality for species
  †Lamprolithax simulans – type locality for species
  Lampropeltis
  †Lampropeltis getulus
  †Lantanotherium
  †Lantanotherium dehmi
  †Lantanotherium sawini
  †Lapparia
  †Lapparia eomagna
  Larus
   †Larus californicus
  †Larus delawarensis
  †Larus glaucescens
  †Larus philadelphia
  Latirus
  †Latirus buwaldana
  †Latirus nightingalei – or unidentified comparable form
  †Latirus roseburgensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Laurophyllum
  †Laurophyllum fremontensis
  †Laurophyllum litseaefolia
  †Laytonia – type locality for genus
  †Laytonia californica – type locality for species
  Lechytia
  Leda
  †Leda gabbi
  †Legionarictis – type locality for genus
  †Legionarictis fortidens – type locality for species
  †Leidymys
  †Lembicus – type locality for genus
  †Lembicus meiklejohni – type locality for species
  Lenticulina
  †Lenticulina convergens
  Lepeta
  †Lepeta concentrica
   Lepidochitona
  †Lepidochitona keepiana
  †Lepidogobias
  †Lepidogobias lepidus
  Lepidozona
  †Lepidozona pectinulatus
  Lepisosteus
  †Lepisosteus spatula – or unidentified comparable form
  †Leptacanthichthys
  †Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis
  †Leptarctus
  †Leptarctus ancipidens
  †Leptarctus wortmani
   †Leptocyon
  †Leptocyon leidyi
  †Leptocyon tejonensis – type locality for species
  †Leptocyon vafer
  †Leptocyon vulpinus
  †Leptodontomys
  †Leptodontomys stirtoni
  †Leptomeryx
  †Leptomeryx blacki
  Leptopecten
  †Leptopecten andersoni
   †Leptopecten latiauratus
  †Leptoreodon
  †Leptoreodon edwardsi – type locality for species
  †Leptoreodon golzi – type locality for species
  †Leptoreodon leptolophus – type locality for species
  †Leptoreodon major – type locality for species
  †Leptoreodon marshi – or unidentified comparable form
  †Leptoreodon pusillus – type locality for species
  †Leptoreodon stocki – type locality for species
  †Leptotomus
  †Leptotomus caryophilus
  Lepus
  †Lepus americanus
  †Lepus californicus
  †Lepus callotis
  Leukoma
  †Leukoma staminea
  Lima
  Limaria
  †Limaria hemphilli
   †Limnocyon
  †Limnoecus
  †Limnoecus tricuspis – type locality for species
  †Limosa
  †Limosa fedoa
  †Limosa vanrossemi – type locality for species
  Linga
  †Linophryne
  †Linophryne indica
  †Liolithax – type locality for genus
  †Liolithax kernensis – type locality for species
  Liquidambar
  †Liquidambar californicum
  Lirobittium – tentative report
  †Lirosceles
  †Lirosceles elegans – type locality for species
  Lirularia
  †Lirularia funiculata
  †Lirularia lirulata
  Lissodelphis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Lithocarpus
  †Lithocarpus klamathensis
  †Lithocarpus nevadensis
  Lithophaga
  †Lithophaga plumula
  Lithophyllum
  †Lithophyllum sierraeblancae – type locality for species
   †Lithornis – or unidentified comparable form
  Lithothamnion
  †Lithothamnion grahami
  †Lithothamnion laminosum – type locality for species
  †Lithothamnion luxurum
  †Lithothamnion manni
  †Lithothamnion meganosium
  †Lithothamnion validum – or unidentified related form
  †Lithothamnion wallisium
  †Litorhadia
  †Litorhadia washingtonensis – or unidentified comparable form
  Littorina
  †Littorina petricola
  †Littorina planaxis
  †Littorina scutulata
  †Lituyapecten
  †Lituyapecten purisimaensis
   †Lompoquia – type locality for genus
  †Lompoquia retropes – type locality for species
  †Lonchodelphis
  †Lonchodelphis occiduus – type locality for species
  Lontra
  †Lontra canadensis
  †Lophar – type locality for genus
  †Lophar miocaenus – type locality for species
  †Lophocetus
  †Lophocetus repenningi – type locality for species
  †Lophortyx
  †Lophortyx californica
  †Lora
  †Losinia
  Lottia
  †Lottia limatula
   †Lottia scabra
  †Loxolithax – type locality for genus
  †Loxolithax sinuosa – type locality fo
caption: A living Leptopecten latiauratus, or kelp scallop
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