List of the Mesozoic life of Maryland

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

A

  • Acirsa
    • †Acirsa americana – or unidentified related form
    • †Acirsa clathrata
    • †Acirsa flexicostata
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus
    †Acrocanthosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Acteon
    • †Acteon cicatricosus
  • †Acutostrea
    • †Acutostrea plumosa
  • †Aenona
    • †Aenona eufaulensis
    • †Aenona georgiana
  • †Agerostrea
    • †Agerostrea mesenterica
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus
    †Allognathosuchus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Allosaurus
  • †Ambigostrea
    • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • Amuletum
    • †Amuletum dumasensis
    • †Amuletum fasciolatum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda
    †Amyda
    • †Amyda prisca
  • †Anatimya
    • †Anatimya anteradiata
  • †Ancilla
    • †Ancilla acutula
  • †Anomalofusus
    • †Anomalofusus lemniscatus
  • †Anomia
    • †Anomia argentaria
    • †Anomia ornata
  • †Anomoeodus
    • †Anomoeodus latidens
    • †Anomoeodus phaseolus
  • †Anteglossia
  • †Aphrodina
    • †Aphrodina tippana
  • †Araloselachus
    • †Araloselachus cuspidata
  • †Arctostrea
    • †Arctostrea falacata
  • †Argillomys – type locality for genus
    • †Argillomys marylandensis – type locality for species
  • †Ariadnaesporites
    • †Ariadnaesporites intermedius – type locality for species
  • Arrhoges
  • †Arundelconodon – type locality for genus
  • †Arundelemys – type locality for genus
    • †Arundelemys dardeni – type locality for species
  • Astarte
    • †Astarte culebrensis
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur Astrodon
    †Astrodon

B

C

D

E

F

  • †Flabellosmilia
    • †Flabellosmilia vaughani
  • †Fulgerca
    • †Fulgerca attenuata – or unidentified related form
  • †Fusimilis
    • †Fusimilis kummeli
    • †Fusimilis novemcostatus
    • †Fusimilis tippanus

G

  • Galeorhinus
    • †Galeorhinus giradoti
  • Ginglymostoma
  • Glossus
  • Glycimeris
    • †Glycimeris mortoni
  • Glycymeris
  • †Glyptops
    • †Glyptops caelatus – type locality for species
  • †Goniochasma
  • †Goniopholis
    • †Goniopholis affinis – type locality for species
  • Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
    †Grallator – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Granocardium
    • †Granocardium dumosum
    • †Granocardium eufalense
    • †Granocardium kuemmeli
    • †Granocardium kummeli
    • †Granocardium lowei
  • †Graphidula
    • †Graphidula multicostata
    • †Graphidula terebriformis
  • †Gryphaeostrea
    • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
  • Gyrodes
    • †Gyrodes americanus
    • †Gyrodes spillmani
    • †Gyrodes subcarinatus
    • †Gyrodes supraplicatus

H

  • †Hadrodus
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
    †Halisaurus
  • †Hamatia – type locality for genus
    • †Hamatia elkneckensis – type locality for species
  • †Hamulus
    • †Hamulus falcatus
    • †Hamulus huntensis – tentative report
    • †Hamulus onyx
    • †Hamulus squamosus
  • †Hercorhynchus
    • †Hercorhynchus trililatus
  • †Hercorhyncus
    • †Hercorhyncus pagodaformis
    • †Hercorhyncus tippanus
  • Heterodontus
  • †Heteromorpha
    • †Heteromorpha ammonite
  • Fossil of the Jurassic-Paleogene lobster Hoploparia
    †Hoploparia
    • †Hoploparia gladiator
  • †Hybodus
  • †Hydrotribulus
    • †Hydrotribulus asper
  • †Hyposaurus
  • †Hypotodus
  • †Hypsiloichnus – type locality for genus
    • †Hypsiloichnus marylandicus – type locality for species

I

J

L

  • Laternula
    • †Laternula robusta
  • †Latiala
    • †Latiala lobata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shells in multiple views of Latiaxis coral sea snails
    Latiaxis
  • †Legumen
    • †Legumen ellipticum
    • †Legumen planulatum
  • Lepisosteus
  • †Leptosolen
    • †Leptosolen biplicata
    • †Leptosolen elongata
  • Lima
    • †Lima pelagica
  • Limatula
    • †Limatula acutilineata
  • †Linearia
    • †Linearia crebelli
  • †Linearis
    • †Linearis metastriata
  • †Liopeplum
    • †Liopeplum canalis
    • †Liopeplum coronatum
    • †Liopeplum cretaceum
  • †Liopistha
    • †Liopistha prolexta
    • †Liopistha protexta
  • Lithophaga
    • †Lithophaga carolinensis
    • †Lithophaga julia
  • †Longitubus
    • †Longitubus lineatus
  • †Longoconcha
  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
  • †Lowenstamia
    • †Lowenstamia cucullata
  • †Loxsomopteris – type locality for genus
    • †Loxsomopteris anasilla – type locality for species
  • †Lupira
  • †Lycettia
    • †Lycettia tippana
    • †Lycettia tippanus
  • †Lyriochlamys
    • †Lyriochlamys cretosa
    • †Lyriochlamys cretosus

M

N

  • †Napulus
    • †Napulus octoliratus
  • Close-up portrait of a living Nebrius nurse shark
    Nebrius
  • †Nemodon
    • †Nemodon eufalensis
    • †Nemodon eufaulensis
    • †Nemodon stantoni
  • †Nonactaeonina
    • †Nonactaeonina graphoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nucula
  • Nuculana
    • †Nuculana rostratruncata
    • †Nuculana whitfieldi
  • †Nymphalucina
    • †Nymphalucina linearia

O

  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
    • †Odontaspis aculeatus
    • †Odontaspis macrota
  • †Odontobasis
    • †Odontobasis sulcata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Oligoptycha
  • †Opertochasma
  • †Osteopygis
    • †Osteopygis emarginatus

P

  • †Paladmete
    • †Paladmete cancellaria
    • †Paladmete laevis
  • †Paleopsephaea
    • †Paleopsephaea tenuilirata
  • Panopea
    • †Panopea decisa
    • †Panopea monmouthensis
  • †Paralbula
    • †Paralbula casei
  • †Parmicorbula
    • †Parmicorbula percompressa
    • †Parmicorbula terramaria
  • †Pelletixia
    • †Pelletixia amelguita – type locality for species
  • †Periplomya
  • †Peritresius
    • †Peritresius ornatus
  • †Perrisonota
    • †Perrisonota littlei
    • †Perrisonota protexta
  • †Phelopteria
    • †Phelopteria linguaeformis
    • †Phelopteria linguiformis
  • Pholas
  • †Pinna
    • †Pinna laqueata
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    †Placenticeras
    • †Placenticeras placenta
    • †Placenticeras syrtale
  • †Platananthus
    • †Platananthus potomacensis – type locality for species
  • †Platanocarpus – type locality for genus
    • †Platanocarpus elkneckensis – type locality for species
    • †Platanocarpus marylandensis – type locality for species
  • †Pleuriocardia
    • †Pleuriocardia eufalensis
  • †Pleurocoelus – type locality for genus
  • †Plicatoscyllium
    • †Plicatoscyllium antiquum
    • †Plicatoscyllium derameei
  • Polinices
    • †Polinices kummeli
  • †Postligata
    • †Postligata wordeni
  • †Praeleda
    • †Praeleda compar
  • †Priconodon – type locality for genus
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
    †Prognathodon
  • †Promathildia
    • †Promathildia parvula – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Propanoplosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Protocallianassa
    • †Protocallianassa mortoni
  • †Protocardia
    • †Protocardia spillmani
  • †Pseudohypolophus
    • †Pseudohypolophus menultyi
  • †Pseudolimea
    • †Pseudolimea reticulata
    • †Pseudolimea serrata
  • Pseudomalaxis
    • †Pseudomalaxis pateriformis
    • †Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
    • †Pseudomalaxis stantoni
  • †Pteria
    • †Pteria rhombica
  • †Pterocerella
    • †Pterocerella tippana
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    †Pterotrigonia
  • †Ptychotrygon
    • †Ptychotrygon vermiculata
  • †Pugnellus
    • †Pugnellus densatus
  • Pycnodonte
  • †Pyrifusus
    • †Pyrifusus crassus
    • †Pyrifusus subdensatus
  • †Pyropsis
    • †Pyropsis perlata
    • †Pyropsis prolixa

R

S

T

U

  • †Urceolabrum
    • †Urceolabrum tuberculatum

V

  • †Veniella
    • †Veniella conradi
  • †Vetericardiella
    • †Vetericardiella crenalirata
  • †Vorhisia

W

  • †Weeksia
    • †Weeksia peplanata

X

  • †Xylophagella
    • †Xylophagella irregularis

References

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