List of the Mesozoic life of Arizona

This list of the Mesozoic 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 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A

B

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
    †Baculites
  • Barbatia
    • †Barbatia tramitensis
  • †Barrancapus
  • †Batrachopus
    • †Batrachopus deweyi
  • †Bellifusus
    • †Bellifusus gracilistriatus
    • †Bellifusus willistoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Beudanticeras
    • †Beudanticeras victoris
  • Fossil slab and counterslab of the bony fish Boreosomus
    †Boreosomus – tentative report
  • †Borissiakoceras
  • †Borrissiakoceras
    • †Borrissiakoceras orbiculatum
  • Brachiodontes
    • †Brachiodontes filisculptus
  • †Brachychirotherium
  • †Brasilichnium – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Breviarca – tentative report
  • †Burroceras
    • †Burroceras clydense
    • †Burroceras transitorium

C

D

E

F

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Fagesia
    †Fagesia
    • †Fagesia catinus
  • †Felixigyra
  • †Flemingostrea
    • †Flemingostrea prudentia
  • †Fulpia
    • †Fulpia pinguis

G

  • †Gemmarcula
    • †Gemmarcula arizonensis – type locality for species
    • †Gemmarcula menardi
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Eocene bivalve Gervillia
    †Gervillia
  • Ginkgo
  • †Grallator
  • †Granocardium
    • †Granocardium trite
  • †Graphidula
    • †Graphidula walcotti
  • †Gregania – tentative report
  • Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea
    †Gryphaea
  • †Gryphaeostrea
    • †Gryphaeostrea elderi – type locality for species
    • †Gryphaeostrea nationsi – type locality for species
  • Gyrodes
    • †Gyrodes conradi
    • †Gyrodes depressa
    • †Gyrodes tramitensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Gyrolepis
  • †Gyrotropis
    • †Gyrotropis nationsi – type locality for species

H

I

K

L

  • †Lasalichthys – or unidentified comparable form
  • Laternula
    • †Laternula lineata
  • †Legumen
    • †Legumen ligula – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lepisosteus
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Triassic phytosaur Leptosuchus
    †Leptosuchus
  • †Levicerithium
    • †Levicerithium basicostae
    • †Levicerithium micronema – tentative report
    • †Levicerithium timberanum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lima
    • †Lima cholla
    • †Lima espinal
    • †Lima muralensis
    • †Lima utahensis
  • Limatula
    • †Limatula kochi
  • †Linearis
    • †Linearis striatimarginata
    • †Linearis whitei
  • †Lingula
    • †Lingula subspatula
  • †Liopistha
    • †Liopistha meeki
  • Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus
    †Lissodus – tentative report
  • †Lithocodium
  • Lithophaga
  • †Lonchidion
    • †Lonchidion humblei
  • †Longitubus
  • Lopha
    • †Lopha bellaplicata
    • †Lopha staufferi
  • †Lucina
    • †Lucina subundata
  • A living Lunatia moon sea snail
    Lunatia – tentative report
  • †Lutema
    • †Lutema hitzi

M

  • Fossilized skull of the Late Triassic phytosaur Machaeroprosopus
    †Machaeroprosopus – type locality for genus
  • †Mammillopora
    • †Mammillopora encrusta – type locality for species
  • †Mammites
    • †Mammites nodosoides
  • †Masculostrobus
    • †Masculostrobus clathratus – type locality for species
  • †Mathilia – tentative report
    • †Mathilia ripleyana
  • †Meekia
  • †Megalosauripus
  • †Melvius
  • Membranipora – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Mesolanites
  • †Mesostoma
  • †Metaptychoceras
    • †Metaptychoceras reesidei
  • †Metoicoceras
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic amphibian Metoposaurus with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Metoposaurus
    • †Metoposaurus fraasi – type locality for species
  • †Microsolena
    • †Microsolena texana
  • †Modiolus
    • †Modiolus attenuatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Modiolus coloradoensis
    • †Modiolus perryi – type locality for species
  • †Moenkopia – type locality for genus
    • †Moenkopia wellesi – type locality for species
  • †Monopleura
    • †Monopleura marcida – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Moremanoceras
    • †Moremanoceras scotti
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Middle Jurassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Morganucodon
    †Morganucodon
  • †Morrowites
  • †Mytiloides
    • †Mytiloides columbianus
    • †Mytiloides duplicostasus – or unidentified related form
    • †Mytiloides hercynicus
    • †Mytiloides kossmati
    • †Mytiloides labiatus
    • †Mytiloides latus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Mytiloides mytiloides
    • †Mytiloides opalensis
    • †Mytiloides submytiloides
  • †Mytilus – tentative report

N

O

  • †Obnixia – type locality for genus
    • †Obnixia thaynesiana
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic–Early Jurassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Oligokyphus
    †Oligokyphus
  • †Opis
    • †Opis elevata
  • †Orbitolina
    • †Orbitolina texana
  • Ostrea
    • †Ostrea anomioides
    • †Ostrea edwilsoni
  • †Oxytoma
    • †Oxytoma arizonensis – type locality for species

P

  • †Pachyrhizodus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Paleopsephea
    • †Paleopsephea arizonensis – type locality for species
  • †Paracanthohoplites
    • †Paracanthohoplites meridionalis
  • †Parasimilia
    • †Parasimilia spp.
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Parasuchus
    †Parasuchus
  • †Paratypothorax
  • †Parmicorbula
  • †Parrishea
  • †Parrishia – type locality for genus
    • †Parrishia mccreai – type locality for species
  • Parvilucina
    • †Parvilucina juvenis
  • †Pecten
    • †Pecten peregrina
  • †Perissoptera
    • †Perissoptera prolabiata
  • †Permocalculus
  • Petrophyllia
    • †Petrophyllia dartoni
  • †Pharodina
    • †Pharodina ferrana
  • †Phelopteria
    • †Phelopteria A – informal
    • †Phelopteria B – informal
    • †Phelopteria C – informal
    • †Phelopteria dalli
    • †Phelopteria E – informal
    • †Phelopteria F – informal
    • †Phelopteria gastrodes
    • †Phelopteria minuta
  • †Phoebodus
  • Pholadomya
    • †Pholadomya coloradoensis
  • Physa
    • †Physa reesidei – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pinna
    • †Pinna kauffmani – type locality for species
    • †Pinna petrina
  • †Pirsilia
  • †Placenticeras
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Placerias with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Placerias – type locality for genus
  • †Plastomenus
  • †Pleisiopinna – tentative report
  • †Pleisopinna – tentative report
  • †Pleuriocardia
    • †Pleuriocardia pauperculum
  • Plicatula
    • †Plicatula ferryi
    • †Plicatula hydrotheca
  • †Pollex – tentative report
  • Polydora – tentative report
  • †Polystrata
    • †Polystrata alba
  • †Polytremacis
  • Restoration of the Late Triassic crocodile relative Poposaurus with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Poposaurus
  • Poromya
    • †Poromya lohaliensis – type locality for species
  • †Postosuchus
  • †Pravusuchus
  • †Prionocyclus
    • †Prionocyclus hyatti
    • †Prionocyclus percarinatus
  • †Procolophonichnium
  • Life restoration of the Early Jurassic frog Prosalirus
    †Prosalirus – type locality for genus
  • †Protelliptio – tentative report
  • †Protome – type locality for genus
  • †Protosuchus – type locality for genus
  • †Pseudaspidoceras
    • †Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum
    • †Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides
  • †Pseudocalycoceras
    • †Pseudocalycoceras angolaense
  • †Pseudoperna
    • †Pseudoperna bentonense
    • †Pseudoperna bentonensis
  • †Pseudopetalodontia
    • †Pseudopetalodontia felixi
  • †Pseudoptera
    • †Pseudoptera propleura
  • †Psilomya
    • †Psilomya concentrica
    • †Psilomya elongata
    • †Psilomya meeki
  • †Psilothyris
    • †Psilothyris occidentalis
  • †Pteraichnus – type locality for genus
  • †Puebloites
    • †Puebloites greenhornensis
    • †Puebloites spiralis
  • Pycnodonte
  • †Pyktes
    • †Pyktes fusiformis
  • †Pyncnodonte
    • †Pyncnodonte kellumi – or unidentified related form
    • †Pyncnodonte newberryi
  • †Pyrgulifera
    • †Pyrgulifera ornata
  • †Pyropsis
    • †Pyropsis coloradoensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Pyropsis kochi – type locality for species

Q

R

  • †Radiolites
  • Ramphonotus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Rectithyris
    • †Rectithyris vespertina – type locality for species
  • †Reticulodus – type locality for genus
    • †Reticulodus synergus – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic crocodile relative Revueltosaurus
    †Revueltosaurus
  • †Rhadalognathus – type locality for genus
    • †Rhadalognathus boweni – type locality for species
  • †Rhamphinion – type locality for genus
  • †Rhombopsis – tentative report
    • †Rhombopsis huerfanensis
  • †Rhynchosauroides
    • †Rhynchosauroides schochardti
  • †Rhynchostreon
    • †Rhynchostreon levis
  • A living Ringicula sea snail
    Ringicula
    • †Ringicula codellana
  • †Rioarribasuchus
  • Rostellaria
    • †Rostellaria venenatus – tentative report
  • †Rotodactylus – type locality for genus
    • †Rotodactylus bradyi – type locality for species
    • †Rotodactylus cursorius – type locality for species
  • †Rubroceras
    • †Rubroceras rotundum
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
    †Rutiodon

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T

U

V

W

Y

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved December 17, 2021.
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