List of the Cenozoic life of Arizona
This list of the Cenozoic life of Arizona contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Arizona and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
A
- †Adelphailurus
Fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pleistocene bear Agriotherium - †Alforjas
- †Alilepus
- †Alilepus browni
- †Alilepus wilsoni
- †Aluralagus
- †Aluralagus bensonensis
- †Aluralagus virginiae – type locality for species
- †Ambystoma
Fossilized skull of the Miocene saber-toothed cat Amphimachairodus - †Amphimachairodus coloradensis
- †Amplibuteo
- †Antecalomys
- †Antecalomys vasquezi
- Antrozous
- Aquila
- †Aquila bivia
Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale - †Aztlanolagus
B
- Baiomys
- Bassariscus
- †Bensonomys
- †Bensonomys arizonae
- †Bensonomys elachys – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bensonomys gidleyi
- †Bensonomys yazhi
- Bison
- †Boreohippidion
- †Boreohippidion galushai
Restoration of two of the Miocene-Pliocene bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964). - †Borophagus diversidens
- †Borophagus parvus – type locality for species
- Brachylagus
- Bufo
- †Bufo pliocompactilis
- †Bufo woodhousei
C
- †Calcibacunculus – type locality for genus
- †Calcibacunculus tenuis – type locality for species
- †Calciphilus – type locality for genus
- †Calciphilus abboti – type locality for species
- †Calcitro – type locality for genus
- †Calcitro fisheri – type locality for species
- †Calcoschizomus – type locality for genus
- †Calcoschizomus latisternum – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops - †Camelops hesternus – or unidentified comparable form
- Canis
- †Canis armbrusteri
- †Canis dirus
- †Canis edwardii
- †Canis ferox
- †Canis latrans
- †Canis thooides – type locality for species
- †Capromeryx
- †Capromeryx arizonensis
- †Capromeryx gidleyi
- †Carpocyon
- Castor
- Celtis
- †Cernictis
- †Cernictis repenningi – type locality for species
- Cervus
Fossilized cranium of the Pliocene-Pleistocene hyena Chasmaporthetes - †Chasmaporthetes ossifragus – type locality for species
- †Chrysocyon
- †Chrysocyon nearcticus – type locality for species
- †Citellus
- †Citellus bensoni
- †Citellus cochisei
- Cnemidophorus
- †Copemys
- Cratogeomys
- †Cratogeomys bensoni
- †Cratogeomys sansimonensis
- Crotaphytus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cupidinimus
- †Cupidinimus bidahochiensis
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius
D
A living Desmodus, or vampire bat - †Diceratherium
- †Dinohippus
- †Dinohippus leidyanus
- Dipodomys
- †Dipodomys gidleyi
- †Dipodomys hibbardi
- †Dipodomys minor
- †Dipoides
- †Dipoides williamsi – type locality for species
- †Domninoides – tentative report
E
- †Epicyon
- Eptesicus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
Restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene horse Equus scotti, or Scott's horse - †Equus simplicidens
- Erethizon
- †Erethizon bathygnathum
- †Eucyon
- Eumeces
- Eumops
- †Eumops perotis – or unidentified comparable form
G
- †Galushamys
- †Galushamys redingtonensis
- †Geococcyx
- Geomys
- †Geomys minor
Restoration of a herd of the Pliocene-Holocene ground sloth Glossotherium - †Glossotherium chapadmalense
- †Glyptotherium
- †Glyptotherium arizonae
- †Glyptotherium texanum
H
- †Hemiauchenia
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- †Heterodon nasicus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Histiotus
- †Histiotus stocki
Restoration of Pliocene-Pleistocene Homotherium, or scimitar cat - Hyla
- †Hypolagus
- †Hypolagus arizonensis – type locality for species
- †Hypolagus edensis
- †Hypolagus ringoldensis
- †Hypolagus tedfordi
- †Hypolagus vetus
I
- Ictalurus – tentative report
Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos
J
- †Jacobsomys
- †Jacobsomys verdensis
K
- †Kansasimys
- †Kansasimys wilsoni
A living Kinosternon, or mud turtle - †Kinosternon arizonense – type locality for species
L
- Lampropeltis
- Lasiurus
A living Lasiurus blossevillii, or desert red bat
- Lemmiscus
- Lepus
- †Lepus benjamini – type locality for species
- Lynx
M
- †Machairodus
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of a Mammuthus columbi or Columbian mammoth
- Marmota
- †Marmota arizonae – type locality for species
- Martes
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatylopus
- †Megatylopus matthewi
- Meleagris
- †Meleagris crassipes – or unidentified comparable form
- †Meleagris progenes – or unidentified comparable form
- †Merychyus
- †Merychyus calaminthus
- †Metalopex
- Microtus
- Mictomys
- †Mictomys vetus
- †Morrillia
- †Morrillia barbouri
- Mustela
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- Myotis
N
Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus - †Nannippus peninsulatus
- †Nekrolagus
- †Nekrolagus progressus
- †Neochoerus
- Neotoma
- †Neotoma albigula – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neotoma cinerea
- †Neotoma fossilis
- †Neotoma mexicana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neotoma quadriplicata
- †Neotoma taylori
- †Neotoma vaughani – type locality for species
- Nerodia
- †Nerterogeomys
- †Nerterogeomys persimilis
Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops - †Nothrotherium
- †Nothrotherium shastense
- Notiosorex
- †Notolagus
- †Notolagus lepusculus
O
A living Odocoileus deer - Ogmodontomys
- Ondatra
- †Ondatra idahoensis
- †Ondatra meadensis
- †Ondatra zibethicus
- †Onychocampodea – type locality for genus
- †Onychocampodea onychis – type locality for species
- †Onychojapyx – type locality for genus
- †Onychojapyx schmidti – type locality for species
- †Onycholepisma – type locality for genus
- †Onycholepisma arizonae – type locality for species
- †Onychomachilis – type locality for genus
- †Onychomachilis fisheri – type locality for species
- Onychomys
- †Onychomys bensoni
- †Onychomys pedroensis
- †Onychothelyphonus – type locality for genus
- †Onychothelyphonus bonneri – type locality for species
- †Ophiomys
- †Ophiomys taylori – or unidentified comparable form
- Ovis
A living Ovis canadensis, or bighorn sheep
P
- †Paenemarmota
- †Paleokoenenia – type locality for genus
- †Paleokoenenia mordax – type locality for species
- Panthera
- †Parajulus
- †Parajulus onychis – type locality for species
- †Paramachaerodus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Paronychomys
- †Paronychomys alticuspis – type locality for species
- †Paronychomys lemredfieldi
- †Paronychomys tuttlei
- Perognathus
- †Perognathus gidleyi
- †Perognathus henryredfieldi
- †Perognathus mclaughlini
- †Perognathus pearlettensis
- †Perognathus strigipredus – type locality for species
- Peromyscus
- †Peromyscus brachygnathus
- †Peromyscus hagermanensis
- †Peromyscus minimus
- †Phugatherium
- †Phugatherium dichroplax
- Pituophis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene peccary Platygonus - †Pleiolama
- †Pleiolama vera
- †Plesiogulo
- †Plesiogulo lindsayi
- †Plesiogulo marshalli
- †Pliogale
- †Pliogale furlongi
- †Plionarctos
- †Pliophenacomys
- †Pliophenacomys primaevus
- †Plioprojapyx – type locality for genus
- †Plioprojapyx primitivus – type locality for species
- †Pliotaxidea
- †Pliotaxidea nevadensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Prodipodomys
- †Prodipodomys idahoensis
- †Prodipodomys kansensis
- †Prosigmodon
- †Prosigmodon holocuspis
- †Protolabis
- †Protolabis coartatus
- †Protolabis yavapaiensis – type locality for species
Restoration of the Miocene cat Pseudaelurus - Ptinus
- †Ptinus priminidi
R
- †Rana
- Reithrodontomys
- †Reithrodontomys galushai
- †Reithrodontomys rexroadensis
- †Reithrodontomys wetmorei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Repomys
- †Repomys arizonensis
- †Repomys panacaensis – or unidentified comparable form
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium - †Rhynchotherium falconeri – tentative report
S
- Scaphiopus
- Sciurus
A living Sciurus aberti, or Abert's squirrel
- Sigmodon
- †Sigmodon curtisi
- †Sigmodon minor
- Sorex
- †Sorex taylori
- Spermophilus
- †Spermophilus tuitus
- †Spermophilus variegatus
- †Sphenophalos
- †Sphenophalos nevadanus
- Spilogale
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon - †Stenomylus
- †Stockoceros
- †Stockoceros conklingi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Stockoceros onusrosagris
- Sylvilagus
- †Sylvilagus audubonii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sylvilagus cunicularis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sylvilagus hibbardi
T
- Tapirus
- †Tapirus merriami – or unidentified comparable form
- Taxidea
- Tayassu
- †Teleoceras
- †Teleoceras hicksi
- Terrapene
- †Terrapene ornata – or unidentified comparable form
Restoration of the Pleictocene pronghorn Tetrameryx - †Texoceros
- †Texoceros minorei
- Thamnophis
- Thomomys
- †Titanotylopus
- †Trigonictis
U
A living Urocyon fox - †Urocyon galushai – type locality for species
V
- Vulpes
- †Vulpes stenognathus
A living Vulpes velox, or swift fox
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved December 17, 2021.