page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of California
section_title: H
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of California / H
caption_attribution_description: Harpagolestes immanis
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: †Hadrogyps – type locality for genus
  †Hadrogyps aigialeus – type locality for species
  Haliaeetus
  †Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  †Haliaetus
  †Haliaetus leucocephalus
  †Halonanus
  †Halonanus horni
  †Hamamelites
  †Hamamelites voyana
   Haminoea
  †Haminoea postangulata – type locality for species
  †Haminoea vesicula
  Hanetia
  †Hanetia elegans
  †Hantkenina
  †Hantkenina alabamensis
  Haplophragmoides
  †Haplophragmoides flagleri
  †Haplophragmoides obliquicameratus
   †Harpagolestes – or unidentified comparable form
  †Harrymys
  †Harrymys magnus
  Harvella
  †Harvella elegans
  †Hastigerinella
  †Hastigerinella eocenica
  †Hayia – type locality for genus
  †Hayia daulica – type locality for species
  †Heliscomys
  †Heliscomys walshi – type locality for species
  Heloderma
  †Hemiacodon
  †Hemiacodon gracilis
   †Hemiauchenia
  †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
  Hemipristis
  †Hemipristis heteropleurus
  †Hemipristis serra
  Hemitelia
  †Hemitelia pinnata – type locality for species
  Hemitoma
  †Hemitoma cantonensis – type locality for species
  †Hercoglossa
  †Hercoglossa merriami – type locality for species
  †Hercoglossa simiensis – type locality for species
  Here
  †Here excavata
  †Herpetocetus
  †Herpetocetus bramblei – type locality for species
  †Herpetocetus morrowi – type locality for species
   †Herpetotherium
  †Herpetotherium innominatum – or unidentified comparable form
  †Herpetotherium knighti – or unidentified comparable form
  †Herpetotherium valens
  †Hesperaletes
  †Hesperaletes borineyi – type locality for species
  †Hesperaletes walshi – type locality for species
  Hespererato
  †Hespererato columbella
  †Hesperhys
  †Hesperhys vagrans
  †Hesperocamelus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hesperocetus – type locality for genus
  †Hesperocetus californicus – type locality for species
  †Hesperolagomys
  Hesperomys
  †Hesperomys nematodon
  †Hesperotestudo
  †Hesperotestudo orthopygia
   Heterodontus
  †Heterodontus francisi – or unidentified comparable form
  †Heteropliohippus
  †Heteropliohippus hulberti – type locality for species
  Heterosilpha
  †Heterosilpha ramosa
  Heteroterma
  †Heteroterma striata
  †Heteroterma trochoidea
  †Hexacanthus
  Hexagrammos
  †Hexagrammos achrestus – type locality for species
   Hexanchus
  †Hexanchus aus
  †Hexanchus bus
  Hiatella
  †Hiatella arctica
  †Hilgardia – tentative report
  †Hilgardia parkei
  †Hiltonius
  †Hiltonius australis – type locality for species
   †Hipparion
  †Hipparion forcei
  †Hipparion tehonense
  †Hippidion
  †Hippipeda
  †Hippnoe
  †Hippnoe californica
  Hipponix
  †Hipponix craniodes
  †Hipponix tumens
  †Hipponoe
  †Hipponoe californica
  †Hippotherium
  Histrionicus
  †Histrionicus histrionicus – tentative report
  Hodomys
  Homalopoma
  †Homalopoma carpenteri
  †Homalopoma domenginensis
  †Homalopoma pacifica
  †Homalopoma wattsi
  Homo
  †Homo sapiens
  †Homomya
   †Homotherium
  †Homotherium serum – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hopkinsina
  †Hopkinsina compressa
  †Hoplictis
  †Hoplictis grangerensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hoplophoneus
  †Hoplophoneus cerebralis
  †Humilaria
  †Humilaria perlaminosa
   †Hyaenodon
  †Hyaenodon venturae
  †Hyaenodon vetus – type locality for species
  Hyalina
  †Hyalina californica
  †Hyalinonetrion
  †Hyalinonetrion clavatum
  Hydrangea
  †Hydrangea californica – type locality for species
  †Hydrodamalis
  †Hydrodamalis cuestae – type locality for species
   †Hydrodamalis gigas
  Hydrophilus
  Hyla
  †Hyopsodus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hyperbaena
  †Hyperbaena diforma
  †Hypertragulus
  †Hypertragulus calcaratus
  †Hypertragulus hesperius
  †Hypohippus
  †Hypolagus
  †Hypolagus edensis – type locality for species
  †Hypolagus fontinalis
  †Hypolagus furlongi
  †Hypolagus gidleyi
  †Hypolagus parviplicatus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hypolagus tedfordi
  †Hypolagus vetus
  †Hyrachyus
caption: Fossilized skull of the mesonychian mammal Harpagolestes
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