page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of California
section_title: N
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of California / N
caption_attribution_description: English: Jaw of Nannippus, an extinct three-toed horse.
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: †Nannippus
  †Nannocetus – type locality for genus
  †Nannocetus eremus – type locality for species
  †Nannolithax – type locality for genus
  †Nannolithax gracilis – type locality for species
  †Nanotragulus
  †Nanotragulus ordinatus – tentative report
  Narona
  †Narona clavatula
  Nassa
  †Nassa cerritensis
  †Nassa delosi
  †Nassa fossata
  †Nassa mendica
  †Nassa perpinguis
  †Nassa tegula
  Nassarius
  †Nassarius californianus
  †Nassarius cerritensis
   †Nassarius fossatus
  †Nassarius grammatus
  †Nassarius hamlini
  †Nassarius inquus
  †Nassarius mendicus
  †Nassarius perpinguis
  †Nassarius stocki
  †Nassarius tegula
  †Nassarius whitneyi
  Natica
  †Natica lewisi – or unidentified related form
  †Natica recluziana
  †Natica uvasana
  Naticarius
  †Naticarius unifasciata
   †Navahoceros
  Nectandra
  †Nectandra presanguinea
  Negaprion
  †Negaprion antiquus
  †Negaprion elongata – or unidentified comparable form
  †Nekrolagus
  †Nelumbium
  †Nelumbium lacunosum – type locality for species
  Nemocardium
  †Nemocardium centifilosum
  †Nemocardium linteum
  †Neobernaya
  †Neobernaya fernandoensis
  †Neobernaya spadicea
  †Neoculicoides – type locality for genus
  †Neoculicoides jeanneae – type locality for species
  †Neogyps
  †Neogyps errans
  †Neohipparion
  †Neohipparion eurystyle
  †Neohipparion gidleyi – type locality for species
  †Neohipparion leptode
  †Neohipparion trampasense
  †Neoliotomus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Neolitsea
  †Neolitsea lata – type locality for species
   †Neoparadoxia – type locality for genus
  †Neoparadoxia cecilialina – type locality for species
  †Neoparadoxia repenningi – type locality for species
  Neophrontops
  †Neophrontops americanus
  †Neoplagiaulax
  Neotamias
  †Neotamias senex
  †Neotherium – type locality for genus
  †Neotherium mirum – type locality for species
  Neotoma
  †Neotoma cinerea – type locality for species
  †Neotoma fossilis
  †Neotoma fuscipes
  †Neotoma lepida
  †Neotoma quadriplicata
  †Neotoma sawrockensis
  †Neotoma taylori
  Neptunea
  †Neptunea andersoni
  †Neptunea eurekaensis
  †Neptunea lawsoni
  †Neptunea lirata
  †Neptunea mucronata
  †Neptunea pulchra
  †Neptunea scotiaensis
  †Neptunea tabiilata – or unidentified comparable form
  †Neptunea tabulata
  Nerita
  †Nerita beali – tentative report
   Neritina
  †Neritina picta
  †Nerium
  †Nerium hinoidea – type locality for species
  †Nerterogeomys
  †Nerterogeomys anzensis
  †Nerterogeomys garbanii
  Neverita
  †Neverita alta
  †Neverita callosa
  †Neverita globosa
  †Neverita reclusiana
  †Neverita reclusianus
  †Neverita recluziana
  †Neverita recluzianus
  †Neverita secta – or unidentified comparable form
  †Neverita thomsonae
  Nicrophorus
  †Nicrophorus guttula
  †Nicrophorus marginatus – type locality for species
  †Nicrophorus nigrita
  †Nimravides
  †Nimravides thinobates
   †Nimravus
  Niso – tentative report
  †Niso antiselli
  †Nitzschia
  †Nitzschia reinholdi
  †Nitzschia romana
  Nodipecten
  †Nodipecten cerrosensis
  †Nodipecten estrellanus
  †Nodipecten subnodosus
  Nodogenerina
  †Nodogenerina adolphina
  †Nodogenerina advena
  †Nodogenerina sanctaecrucis
  †Nodogenerina wegemanni
  Nodosaria
  †Nodosaria holserica
  †Nodosaria longiscata
  †Nodosaria pyrula
  Nonion
  †Nonion incisum
  †Nonomys
  †Nonomys gutzleri – type locality for species
  Norrisia
  †Norrisia norrisi
  †Nothroptheriops
  †Nothroptheriops shastense – or unidentified comparable form
   †Nothrotheriops
  †Nothrotheriops texanus
  †Nothrotherium
  †Nothrotherium shastense – type locality for species
  Notiosorex
  †Notiosorex crawfordi
  †Notiosorex jacksoni
  Notoacmea
  †Notoacmea inessa
  Notorhynchus
  †Nototamias
  Nucella
  †Nucella elsmerensis
  †Nucella emarginata
  †Nucella lamellosa
  †Nucella lima
  †Nucella spirata
  †Nucella trancosana
  Nucula
  †Nucula exigua
  †Nucula gabbiana
  †Nucula washingtonensis
  Nuculana
  †Nuculana gabbi – or unidentified comparable form
  †Nuculana ochsneri
  †Nuculana ramonensis
  Numenius
   †Numenius phaeopus
  Nutricola
  †Nutricola cymata
  †Nutricola ovalis
  †Nutricola salmonea
  †Nutricola tantilla
  Nuttallia
  †Nuttallia nuttallii
  †Nyctitherium – or unidentified comparable form
  Nyctoporis
  †Nyctoporis carinata
  †Nyssa
  †Nyssa californica
  †Nyssa copeana
caption: Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
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