List of the Mesozoic life of Delaware

This list of the Mesozoic life of Delaware contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Delaware and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A

  • A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
    †Acteon
  • †Acutostrea
    • †Acutostrea plumosa
  • †Aenona – tentative report
    • †Aenona eufaulensis
  • †Agerostrea
    • †Agerostrea mesenterica
  • †Amaurellina
    • †Amaurellina stephensoni
  • †Ambigostrea
    • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina
    †Ampullina
    • †Ampullina lepta
    • †Ampullina lirata
    • †Ampullina meekana
  • †Anaklinoceras
    • †Anaklinoceras reflexum
    • †Anaklinoceras tenuicostatum
  • †Anchura – tentative report
  • †Anisomyon – tentative report
    • †Anisomyon borealis
    • †Anisomyon jessupi
  • †Anomalofusus
    • †Anomalofusus substriatus – tentative report
  • Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell
    †Anomia
    • †Anomia argentaria
    • †Anomia radiata
    • †Anomia tellinoides
  • †Anomoeodus
    • †Anomoeodus phaseolus
  • †Aphrodina
    • †Aphrodina eufaulensis
    • †Aphrodina tippana
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Apsopelix
    †Apsopelix
  • †Araloselachus
    • †Araloselachus cuspidata
  • †Arca
    • †Arca macnairyensis
  • Architectonica – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Architectonica voragiformis
  • Arrhoges
  • Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve
    Astarte – tentative report
  • †Avellana
    • †Avellana bullata

B

C

D

E

G

  • Gastrochaena
  • †Gegania
    • †Gegania bella
  • †Gervilliopsis
  • Ginglymostoma
    • †Ginglymostoma globidens
  • †Ginglyostoma
    • †Ginglyostoma globidens
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens
    †Globidens
  • Glossus
  • Glycymeris
    • †Glycymeris mortoni
  • †Graciliala
    • †Graciliala johnsoni
  • †Granocardium
    • †Granocardium dumosum
    • †Granocardium kummeli
    • †Granocardium tenuistriatum
  • †Gryphaeostrea
    • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
  • Gyrodes
    • †Gyrodes abyssinus
    • †Gyrodes americanus – tentative report
    • †Gyrodes supraplicatus
    • †Gyrodes vetrosus

H

  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
    †Halisaurus
  • †Hamulus
    • †Hamulus major
    • †Hamulus onyx
  • †Harduinia
    • †Harduinia florealis
  • Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Haustator lenolensis
  • Hemiaster
    • †Hemiaster delawarensis
    • †Hemiaster ungula
  • †Hercorhyncus
  • †Hoploscaphites
    • †Hoploscaphites vistulensis
  • Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    †Hybodus
  • †Hypotodus
    • †Hypotodus aculeatus

I

J

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes
    †Jeletzkytes
    • †Jeletzkytes compressus
  • Juliacorbula – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Juliacorbula swedesboroensis

L

  • †Latiala – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Latiala lobata
  • †Laxispira
    • †Laxispira lumbricalis
    • †Laxispira monilifera
  • †Legumen
    • †Legumen concentricum
    • †Legumen ellipticum – tentative report
    • †Legumen planulatum
  • Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar
    Lepisosteus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Leptosolen
    • †Leptosolen biplicata
  • Lima
    • †Lima lorillardensis
  • †Linearis
    • †Linearis contracta
    • †Linearis magnoliensis
    • †Linearis metastriata
  • †Lingula – tentative report
  • †Liopistha
    • †Liopistha alternata – tentative report
    • †Liopistha protexta
  • Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus
    †Lissodus
    • †Lissodus babulskii
  • Lithophaga
    • †Lithophaga julia
  • †Longoconcha
  • Lopha
  • †Lucina
  • †Lyriochlamys – or unidentified comparable form
  • Malletia
    • †Malletia longifrons
    • †Malletia protexta – tentative report
    • †Malletia stephensoni
  • †Margaritella
  • Martesia
  • †Mathilda
  • †Menabites
    • †Menabites delawarensis
    • †Menabites vanuxemi
  • †Menuites
    • †Menuites portlocki
  • †Micrabacia
    • †Micrabacia marylandica
  • †Morea – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Morea marylandica

N

  • †Napulus
    • †Napulus reesidei
  • †Neithea
  • †Nemocardium
    • †Nemocardium parahillanum
  • †Nemodon
    • †Nemodon eufaulensis
  • †Nonactaeonina
  • †Notoceras
    • †Notoceras monotuberculatum
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
  • Nuculana
    • †Nuculana compressifrons
    • †Nuculana marlboroensis
  • †Nuculano
    • †Nuculano stephensani
  • †Nudivagus
  • †Nymphalucina
    • †Nymphalucina parva

O

  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
    • †Odontaspis macrota
    • †Odontaspis sahammeri
    • †Odontaspis samhammeri
  • †Ornithomimus
    • †Ornithomimus antique
  • †Ornopsis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Ornopsis digressa
  • Ostrea

P

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
    †Pachydiscus
  • †Pachymelania
  • †Paladmete
    • †Paladmete cancellaria
    • †Paladmete gardnerae
  • †Palaeocypraea
    • †Palaeocypraea grooti – type locality for species
  • Panopea
    • †Panopea decisa
  • †Paralbula
    • †Paralbula casei
  • † Paranomia
    • †Paranomia scabra
  • †Paranomotodon
    • †Paranomotodon agustidens
    • †Paranomotodon angustidens
  • †Parietiplicatum – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Parietiplicatum conicum
  • †Parmicorbula
    • †Parmicorbula bisulcata
  • Patella
    • †Patella tentorium
  • †Pecten
  • Pholadomya
  • Pholas – tentative report
  • †Pinna
    • †Pinna laqueata
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    †Placenticeras
    • †Placenticeras placenta
    • †Placenticeras syrtale
  • †Pleuriocardia – or unidentified related form
    • †Pleuriocardia donohuensis
  • †Pleurocardia – tentative report
    • †Pleurocardia uniformis
  • †Plicatolamna
    • †Plicatolamna arcuata
  • Plicatula
    • †Plicatula mullicaensis
  • †Postligata
    • †Postligata crenata
    • †Postligata wordeni
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax
    †Pseudocorax
    • †Pseudocorax granti
  • †Pseudohypolophus
  • †Pseudolimea
    • †Pseudolimea kerri
    • †Pseudolimea reticulata
  • Pseudomalaxis
  • †Pseudoschloenbachia
    • †Pseudoschloenbachia chispaensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon
    †Pteranodon – tentative report
  • †Pteria
  • †Pterocerella – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Pterocerella poinsettiformis
  • †Pterotrigonia
  • †Ptychotrygon
    • †Ptychotrygon vermiculata
  • Pycnodonte
  • †Pygurostoma
    • †Pygurostoma geometricum
  • †Pyrifusus
    • †Pyrifusus sinuocostatus
  • †Pyropsis
    • †Pyropsis perlata

R

  • †Radiopecten
    • †Radiopecten mississippiensis
  • †Remera – tentative report
  • Rhinobatos
    • †Rhinobatos casieri
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    †Rhombodus
    • †Rhombodus laevis
  • Ringicula
  • †Ripleyella

S

T

U

  • †Unicardium – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Unicardium umbonatum
  • †Urceolabrum
    • †Urceolabrum mantachieensis – tentative report

V

  • †Veniella
    • †Veniella conradi
  • †Vetericardiella
    • †Vetericardiella subcircula
  • †Volutomorpha

W

  • †Wadeopsamea – tentative report
  • †Weeksia
  • †Woodsella
    • †Woodsella typica

X

References

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