page_title: List of the prehistoric life of North Carolina
section_title: Selected Mesozoic taxa of North Carolina
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of North Carolina / Mesozoic / Selected Mesozoic taxa of North Carolina
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil specimen in the Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of North Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Carolina.
context_section_description: Acesta
  Acirsa
  †Adocus
   †Aetosaurus
  †Ampullina – tentative report
  †Anomia
  †Anomoeodus
  †Apatopus
  †Arca
  Architectonica
  †Arganodus
  Astarte – tentative report
  †Asteracanthus
  †Atreipus
  †Baena – tentative report
  †Baikuris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Barbatia
   †Belemnitella
  †Belemnitella americana
  †Borealosuchus
  †Borealosuchus formidabilis
  †Boreogomphodon
  †Boreogomphodon jeffersoni
  Botula
  †Botula carolinensis
  †Brachymeris
  †Brachyphyllum
  Caestocorbula
  †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  Candona
  Carcharias – tentative report
   †Carnufex – type locality for genus
  †Carnufex carolinensis – type locality for species
  Cerithiella
  †Cerithiella nodoliratum
  †Cerithiella semirugatum
  †Cimolomys
  Cladophlebis
  Cliona
  †Coahomasuchus
  †Colognathus
  Corbula
  †Crenella
  †Crenella serica
   †Cretolamna
  †Crosbysaurus
  Cucullaea
  †Cucullaea capax
  Cylichna
  †Cylindracanthus
  †Cymella
  Cyzicus
   †Deinosuchus
  †Deinosuchus rugosus
  Dictyocephalus – type locality for genus
  †Diplurus
  †Dreissena – tentative report
  †Dromicosuchus – type locality for genus
  †Dromicosuchus grallator – type locality for species
  †Egertonia
  †Enchodus
  †Enchodus petrosus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Equisetum
  †Estheria
   †Euspira
  †Eutrephoceras
  †Exogyra
  †Exogyra cancellata
  †Exogyra costata
  Gegania
  Glycymeris
  †Gorgetosuchus – type locality for genus
  †Gorgosaurus
  †Hadrosaurus
  †Hadrosaurus minor – tentative report
   †Halisaurus
  †Hamulus
  †Hybodus
  †Hybodus montanensis
  †Hypophylloceras
  †Hypsibema – type locality for genus
  †Hypsibema crassicauda – type locality for species
  †Inoceramus
  †Ischyodus
  †Ischyodus bifurcatus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Ischyrhiza
  †Ischyrhiza mira
  Isognomon
  Isurus
   †Leidyosuchus – tentative report
  †Lepidodendron
  Lima
  Limatula
  †Linearis
  †Lingula
  †Linthia
  Lopha
  †Lopha falcata
  †Lucasuchus
  †Lucasuchus hunti
  †Lucina
  †Lytoceras
  Martesia – tentative report
  †Mecistotrachelos
  †Mecistotrachelos apeoros
  Melanatria – tentative report
  †Morea
   †Mosasaurus
  †Neocalamites
  Nerita
  Nucula
  Odontaspis
  †Ornithomimus – tentative report
  Ostrea
  †Pagiophyllum
  †Pannaulika
  Panopea
  †Paralbula
  †Paranomia
  †Pekinosaurus – type locality for genus
  †Pekinosaurus olseni – type locality for species
  Pholadidea – tentative report
  Pholadomya
  Phyllodus
  †Pinna
  †Placenticeras – tentative report
   †Placerias
  †Placerias hesternus
  †Platecarpus
  †Plinthogomphodon – type locality for genus
  †Plinthogomphodon herpetairus – type locality for species
  Polinices
  †Postosuchus
  †Postosuchus alisonae – type locality for species
  †Prognathodon
  †Protocardia
  †Pteria – tentative report
  †Pterophyllum
  †Pterotrigonia
  †Pterotrigonia cerulea
  †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
  †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
  Pycnodonte
  †Pycnodonte belli
  †Pycnodonte vesicularis
  †Revueltosaurus
  †Revueltosaurus olseni
  †Rhombodus
   †Rutiodon – type locality for genus
  †Rutiodon carolinensis – type locality for species
  †Saurodon
  †Scapanorhynchus
  †Scapanorhynchus texanus
  †Scoyenia – tentative report
  †Semionotus
  Serpula
  †Sphenodiscus
   Squalicorax
  †Squalicorax kaupi
  †Squalicorax pristodontus
  Squatina
  †Stegomus
  †Stephanodus
  †Tanytrachelos – type locality for genus
  †Tanytrachelos ahynis – type locality for species
  Trachycardium
  Trichotropis
  †Trigonia – tentative report
  Trionyx
  Turritella
  †Turritella trilira
   †Tylosaurus
  †Uatchitodon
  †Uatchitodon schneideri – type locality for species
  †Williamsonia
  †Xiphactinus
  †Xiphactinus audax
  †Zamites
  †Zamites powelli
caption: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
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