page_title: List of the prehistoric life of North Dakota
section_title: Mesozoic
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of North Dakota / Mesozoic
caption_attribution_description: Tyrannosaurus rex holotype specimen at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh.
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of North Dakota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Dakota.
context_section_description: Acipenser
  †Adocus
  †Aletridelphys
  †Aletridelphys florencae
   †Alphadon
  †Alphadon marshi
  †Altacreodus
  †Altacreodus magnus
  †Amersinia
  †Amersinia FU082 – informal
  †Amersinia FU82 – informal
  †Amesoneuron
  †Amesoneuron FU037 – informal
  †Amesoneuron FU37 – informal
  †Ampelopsis
  †Ampelopsis acerifolia
  † Anomia
  †Anomia gryphorhyncha
  †Anzu
  †Anzu wyliei
  †Araliaephyllum
  †Araliaephyllum polevoi
   †Archelon
  †Artocarpus
  †Artocarpus lessigiana
  †Asimina
  †Asimina knowltonia
  Aspideretes
  Atractosteus
  †Avisaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Avisaurus archibaldi
  †Axestemys
  †Axestemys splendida
  Azolla
  †Azolla gigantea – type locality for species
  †Basilemys
  †Basilemys sinuosa
  †Belonostomus
  †Belonostomus longirostris
  †Bisonia
  †Bisonia niemii
   †Borealosuchus
  †Borealosuchus sternbergii
  †Boremys
  †Brachychampsa
  †Brachychampsa montana
  Campeloma
  †Campeloma acroterion
  Carcharias
  †Carpites
  †Carpites ulmiformis
  †Carpites verrucosus
  †Cedrobaena
  †Cedrobaena brinkman
  †Cedrobaena putorius
  †Celastrus
  †Celastrus taurenensis
  †Ceratophyllum
  †Ceratophyllum FU080 – informal
  †Cercidiphyllales
  †Cercidiphyllales HC355 – informal
  Cercidiphyllum
  †Cercidiphyllum ellipticum
  †Cercidiphyllum genetrix
  †Cercidiphyllum HC124 – informal
   †Champsosaurus
  †Champsosaurus laramiensis
  †Cimolodon
  †Cimolodon nitidus
  Cinnamomum
  †Cinnamomum lineafolia
  †Cissites
  †Cissites acerifolia
  †Cissites insignis
  †Cissites lobata
  †Cissites puilosokensis
  †Clisocolus
  †Clisocolus moreauensis
  †Cocculus
  †Cocculus flabella
  †Compsemys – type locality for genus
  †Compsemys victa – type locality for species
  †Corbulamella
  †Corbulamella inornata
  †Coriops
  †Coriops amnicolus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Cornophyllum
  †Cornophyllum newberryi
  Cornus – or unidentified related form
  †Crassatellina
  †Crassatellina hollandi
   Crassostrea
  † Crenella
  †Crenella elegantula
  Cucullaea
  †Cucullaea nebrascensis
  †Cupressinocladus
  †Cupressinocladus interruptus
  † Cuspidaria
  †Cuspidaria ventricosa
  †Cyclurus
  †Cyclurus fragosus
  †Cymbophora
  †Cymbophora warrenana
  †Cypercites – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  †Dalbergites – or unidentified related form
  †Dalbergites simplex
  †Dammarites
  †Dammarites HC257 – informal
  Dicotylophyllum
  †Dicotylophyllum anomalum
   †Didelphodon
  †Didelphodon vorax
  †Dosiniopsis
  †Dosiniopsis deweyi
  †Dryophyllum
  †Dryophyllum subfalcatum
  †Dryophyllum tenneseensis
  †Dryophyllum tennesseensis
  †Dryophyllum tennessensis
  †Edmontosaurus
   †Edmontosaurus annectens
  †Elasmodus
  †Elatides
  †Elatides longifolia
  †Emarginachelys
  †Emarginachelys cretacea
  †Enchodus
  †Equisetum
  †Equisetum FU036 – informal
  †Equisetum FU36 – informal
  †Erlingdorfia
  †Erlingdorfia montana
  †Essonodon
  †Essonodon browni
  †Ethmocardium
  †Ethmocardium whitei
  Ficus
  †Ficus planicostata
  †Fokieniopsis
  †Fokieniopsis catenulata
  †Gamerabaena – type locality for genus
  †Gamerabaena sonsalla – type locality for species
  †Gilmoremys
  †Gilmoremys lancensis
   Ginkgo
  †Ginkgo adiantoides
  †Glasbius
  †Glasbius twitchelli
  Glyptostrobus
  †Glyptostrobus europaeus
  †Glyptostrobus HC9 – informal
  †Goniomya
  †Goniomya americana
  †Grammatodon
  †Grammatodon sulcatinus
  †Grewiopsis
  †Grewiopsis saportana
  †Gypsonictops
  †Gypsonictops illuminatus
  †Gyrostrea
  †Gyrostrea subtrigonalis
  †Habrosaurus
  †Habrosaurus dilatus
  †Harmsia
  †Harmsia hydrocotyloidea
  †Helopanoplia
  †Helopanoplia distincta
  †Hoplochelys
  †Hoplochelys clark – type locality for species
   †Hoploscaphites
  †Hoploscaphites nicolletii
  †Hummelichelys
  †Hummelichelys foveatus
  †Humulus
  †Humulus HC243 – informal
  †Hydropteris
  †Hydropteris pinnata
  †Hypoxytoma
  †Hypoxytoma nebrascana
  †Inoceramus – tentative report
  †Ischyodus
  †Ischyodus rayhaasi – type locality for species
  †Ischyrhiza
  †Ischyrhiza avonicola
  †Judithemys
  †Judithemys backmani
  Juglans – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  †Juglans arctica
   Lamna
  †Lamna mediavia
  †Laurophyllum
  †Laurophyllum lanceolatum
  †Laurophyllum wardiana
  †Leepierceia
  †Leepierceia preartocarpoides
  †Lemnaceae
  †Lemnaceae scutatum
  Lepisosteus
  †Lepisosteus occidentalis
  Limopsis
  †Limopsis striatopunctatus
  †Lioplacodes
  †Liriodendrites
  †Liri
caption: Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Tyrannosaurus
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