page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Kansas
section_title: Selected Cenozoic taxa of Kansas
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Kansas / Cenozoic / Selected Cenozoic taxa of Kansas
caption_attribution_description: Skull of Aelurodon taxoides, a fossil canid
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Kansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kansas.
context_section_description: Acris
  †Acris crepitans
  †Adelphailurus
   †Aelurodon
  Agkistrodon
  †Agriocharis
  †Agriotherium
  †Alforjas
  †Allogona
  †Allogona profunda
  †Ambystoma
  †Ambystoma maculatum
  †Ambystoma tigrinum
   †Amebelodon
  Amia
  †Amia calva
  †Amphimachairodus
  Anas
  †Anas crecca
  †Aphelops
  Aplodinotus
  †Aplodinotus grunniens – or unidentified comparable form
  †Arctodus
  †Arctodus pristinus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Arctodus simus
  †Astrohippus
  Baiomys
  †Barbourofelis
  Bassariscus
  Bison
  †Bison antiquus – type locality for species
  †Bison bison
   †Bison latifrons
  Blarina
  †Blarina brevicauda
  †Blarina carolinensis
  †Borophagus
  †Borophagus diversidens
  †Borophagus hilli
  †Borophagus pugnator
  †Borophagus secundus – type locality for species
  Botaurus
  Bufo
  †Bufo cognatus
  †Bufo hemiophrys
  †Bufo marinus
  †Bufo woodhousei
  †Calippus
   †Camelops
  Candona
  Canis
  †Canis armbrusteri
  †Canis dirus
  †Canis edwardii
  †Canis ferox
  †Canis latrans
  †Canis lepophagus
  †Capromeryx
  †Carpocyon
  Carychium
  †Carychium exiguum
  Castor
  †Castor canadensis
  †Castoroides
  †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Catostomus
  †Catostomus commersoni
  Celtis
   †Ceratogaulus
  †Ceratogaulus hatcheri
  †Ceratogaulus minor
  †Cervalces
  †Cervalces scotti
  Cervus
  †Cervus elaphus
  Chaetodipus
  †Chaetodipus hispidus
  Chara
  †Chasmaporthetes
  Chelydra
   †Chelydra serpentina
  Chrysemys
  †Chrysemys picta
  †Cionella
  †Cionella lubrica
  Clethrionomys
  †Clethrionomys gapperi
  Cnemidophorus
  †Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
  Coluber
  †Coluber constrictor
   †Cosoryx
  †Cosoryx furcatus
  Crotalus
  †Crotalus viridis
  †Cryptantha
  Cryptotis
  †Cryptotis parva
  Cynomys
  †Cynomys gunnisoni – or unidentified comparable form
  †Cynomys ludovicianus
  Deroceras
  Diadophis
  †Diadophis punctatus
   †Dinohippus
  Dipodomys
  †Dipodomys ordii – or unidentified comparable form
  †Dipoides
  Discus
  Egretta
  Elaphe – type locality for genus
  †Elaphe obsoleta
  †Elaphe vulpina
  Emydoidea
  †Epicyon
  †Epicyon haydeni
  Equus
  †Equus conversidens
  †Equus francisci
  †Equus giganteus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Equus niobrarensis
  †Equus scotti
   †Equus simplicidens
  †Eucastor
  †Euconulus
  †Euconulus fulvus
  †Eucyon
  †Eucyon davisi
  Eumeces
  †Eumeces fasciatus
  †Eumeces obsoletus
  †Eumeces septentrionalis
  Felis
  Ferrissia
  †Fundulus
  Gastrocopta
  †Gastrocopta armifera
  Geochelone
  Geomys
  †Geomys bursarius
  Gerrhonotus
  †Gigantocamelus
  †Gnathabelodon
   †Gomphotherium
  Gopherus
  Graptemys
  †Graptemys geographica
  Grus
  †Grus americana
  Gyraulus
  †Gyraulus parvus
  Hawaiia
  †Hawaiia minuscula
  Helicodiscus
  †Helicodiscus parallelus
  Helisoma
  †Helisoma anceps
  †Helisoma trivolvis
   †Hemiauchenia
  †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
  †Hesperotestudo
  Heterodon
  †Heterodon nasicus
  †Heterodon platyrhinos
  †Hipparion
  †Hippotherium
  Holbrookia
  †Holbrookia maculata
   †Holmesina
  Homo
  †Homo sapiens
  †Homotherium
  †Homotherium serum
  Hyla
  †Hyla cinerea – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hyla gratiosa – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hyla squirella – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hyla versicolor
   †Hypohippus
  †Hypolagus
  Ictalurus
  †Ictalurus melas
  †Ictalurus punctatus
  †Ictiobus
  †Ischyrocyon – tentative report
  Kinosternon
  †Kinosternon flavescens
  †Kinosternon subrubrum
   Lampropeltis
  †Lampropeltis calligaster
  †Lampropeltis getulus
  Lasiurus
  †Lasiurus cinereus
  Lepisosteus
  †Lepisosteus osseus
  †Lepisosteus platostomus – tentative report
  Lepomis
  †Lepomis cyanellus
  †Lepomis humilis – or unidentified comparable form
   †Leptocyon
  Lepus
  †Lepus californicus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Longirostromeryx
  Lontra
  †Lontra canadensis
  Lymnaea
  Lynx
  †Machairodus
  Macrochelys
  †Macrochelys temminckii
  †Mammut
  †Mammut americanum
  †Mammuthus
   †Mammuthus columbi
  Martes
  †Megalonyx
  †Megalonyx jeffersonii
  †Megalonyx leptostomus
  †Megantereon
  †Megatylopus
  †Menetus
  Mephitis
  †Mephitis mephitis – tentative report
  †Merychyus
  Micropterus
  †Micropterus punctulatus – or unidentified comparable form
  Microtus
  †Microtus ochrogaster
  †Microtus pennsylvanicus
  †Minytrema – tentative report
  Musculium
  †Musculium transversum
  Mustela
  †Mustela erminea – or unidentified comparable form
  †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
  †Mustela vison
  †Mylagaulus
   †Mylohyus
  †Mylohyus fossilis
  Myotis
  †Na
caption: Fossilized skull of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Aelurodon
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