List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska

This list of the prehistoric life of Nebraska contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Nebraska.

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.

Paleozoic

  • †Achistrum
  • †Acroplous
    • †Acroplous vorax
  • †Adacrinus
    • †Adacrinus edema – type locality for species
  • †Aesiocrinus
    • †Aesiocrinus detrusus
  • †Agassizodus
  • †Aglaocrinus
    • †Aglaocrinus compactus
  • †Allosocrinus
    • †Allosocrinus bronaughi
  • †Ameura
    • †Ameura missouriensis
  • Ammodiscus
  • †Amphiscapha
    • †Amphiscapha muricata
  • †Amphissites
  • † Ananias
    • †Ananias marcouiana – type locality for species
  • †Anthracospirifer
  • †Apographiocrinus
    • †Apographiocrinus platybasis
    • †Apographiocrinus typicalis
  • †Atrypa
  • †Aviculopinna
  • †Barbclabornia
    • †Barbclabornia luedersensis
  • †Bathronocrinus
    • †Bathronocrinus wolfriverensis
  • Restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Belantsea
    †Belantsea
    • †Belantsea occidentalis
  • †Bobbodus – type locality for genus
    • †Bobbodus schaefferi – type locality for species
  • †Chonetes
  • †Chonetinella
  • †Cibolocrinus
  • †Cladodus – type locality for genus
    • †Cladodus knightianus – type locality for species
  • †Composita
  • †Concavicaris
    • †Concavicaris sinuata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Contocrinus
    • †Contocrinus stantonensis
  • †Cooleyella
  • †Coryellites
  • †Costistricklandia
    • †Costistricklandia castellana
  • †Crurithyris
    • †Crurithyris expansa
  • Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus
    †Ctenacanthus
  • †Cymatospira
    • †Cymatospira montfortianus
  • †Delocrinus
    • †Delocrinus admirensis
    • †Delocrinus vastus
    • †Delocrinus vulgatus
  • †Deltodus
  • †Derbyia
    • †Derbyia crassa
  • †Dibunophyllum
  • †Ditomopyge
    • †Ditomopyge scitula
    • †Ditomopyge whitei
  • †Elibatocrinus
  • †Endothyra
  • †Enteletes
    • †Enteletes hemiplicata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eocaudina
  • †Erisocrinus
    • †Erisocrinus longwelli
    • †Erisocrinus typus
  • †Euphemites
    • †Euphemites vittatus
  • †Exocrinus
    • †Exocrinus multirami
  • †Exoriocrinus
  • Fossil in multiple views of the Late Devonian-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
    †Favosites
  • †Fissodus
    • †Fissodus inaequalis
  • †Gilliodus
    • †Gilliodus peyeri
  • †Glabrocingulum
    • †Glabrocingulum grayvillense
  • †Glaukosocrinus
    • †Glaukosocrinus berryi – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous shark Glikmanius
    †Glikmanius
  • †Gorgonophontes
    • †Gorgonophontes peleron – type locality for species
  • †Graffhamicrinus
    • †Graffhamicrinus boellstorffi – type locality for species
    • †Graffhamicrinus magnijkus
    • †Graffhamicrinus subcoronatus
  • †Graphiocrinus
    • †Graphiocrinus scopulus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Halogetocrinus
    • †Halogetocrinus boellstorffae – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Halysites
    †Halysites
  • †Helodus
    • †Helodus rugosus
  • †Heslerodus
    • †Heslerodus divergens
  • †Hollinella
  • †Holmsella
  • †Hustedia
    • †Hustedia mormoni
  • †Hypselentoma
    • †Hypselentoma inornata – type locality for species
    • †Hypselentoma perhumerosa
  • †Hystriculina
    • †Hystriculina wabashensis
  • †Ianthinopsis
    • †Ianthinopsis pulchellus
  • †Iniopera
    • †Iniopera richardsoni
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Iniopteryx
    †Iniopteryx – type locality for genus
    • †Iniopteryx rushlau – type locality for species
    • †Iniopteryx rushlaui
    • †Iniopteryx tedwhitei – type locality for species
  • †Inioxyele – type locality for genus
    • †Inioxyele whitei – type locality for species
  • †Isorthis
  • †Janassa
    • †Janassa maxima – type locality for species
    • †Janassa unguicula – type locality for species
  • †Juresania
  • †Kallimorphocrinus
  • †Linoproductus
  • †Lissochonetes
    • †Lissochonetes geronticus
  • †Lophophyllidium
  • Macrocypris
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras
    †Metacoceras
  • †Microcaracrinus
    • †Microcaracrinus twenhofeli
  • †Monongahela
  • †Moreyella
  • †Mycterops
  • †Nebraskacrinus
    • †Nebraskacrinus tourteloti
  • †Neochonetes
    • †Neochonetes granulifer
  • †Neospirifer
  • †Nodosinella – tentative report
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian freshwater shark Orthacanthus
    †Orthacanthus
    • †Orthacanthus compressus
  • †Orthonema
    • †Orthonema nebrascense – type locality for species
    • †Orthonema subtaeniatum – type locality for species
  • †Ozarkodina
  • †Paleochiridota
  • †Paramphicrinus
  • †Parethelocrinus
    • †Parethelocrinus variabilis
  • †Parulocrinus
    • †Parulocrinus blairi
  • Fossil of the Carboniferous crustacean Peachocaris
    †Peachocaris
  • †Pentameroides
    • †Pentameroides corrugatus
  • †Peripristis
    • †Peripristis semicircularis
  • †Persephonichthys – type locality for genus
    • †Persephonichthys chthonica – type locality for species
  • †Petalocrinus
  • †Petalodus
    • †Petalodus alleghaniensis
    • †Petalodus arcuatus – type locality for species
    • †Petalodus destructor
  • †Pharkidonotus
    • †Pharkidonotus percarinatus – type locality for species
  • †Phoebodus
    • †Phoebodus knightianus – type locality for species
  • †Plagioglypta
    • †Plagioglypta meekiana – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras
    †Platyceras
  • †Platyxystrodus – tentative report
    • †Platyxystrodus occidentalis – type locality for species
  • †Plaxocrinus
    • †Plaxocrinus crassidiscus
  • Pleurotomaria
    • †Pleurotomaria haydeniana
  • †Plummericrinus
  • †Polusocrinus
    • †Polusocrinus rosa
  • †Polypora
  • †Porpites
  • †Promexyele
    • †Promexyele bairdi – type locality for species
  • †Protocaudina
  • Psammosphaera
  • †Ptylopora
  • †Punctospirifer
    • †Punctospirifer kentuckensis
  • †Reticulatia
    • †Reticulatia huecoensis
  • †Retispira
    • †Retispira marcouianus – type locality for species
  • †Rhipidomella
    • †Rhipidomella carbonaria
  • †Rhombopora
  • †Romerodus – type locality for genus
    • †Romerodus orodontus – type locality for species
  • †Royalella
    • †Royalella swallowiana – type locality for species
  • †Sciadiocrinus
    • †Sciadiocrinus humilis
  • †Shumardella
  • †Sibyrhynchus
    • †Sibyrhynchus denisoni
  • †Stearoceras
    • †Stearoceras sublaeve – type locality for species
  • †Stellarocrinus
    • †Stellarocrinus stillativus
  • Life restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus
    †Stethacanthus
  • †Streblodus
    • †Streblodus angustus – type locality for species
  • †Streptognathodus
  • †Synarmocrinus
    • †Synarmocrinus iatani
  • †Syringopora
  • †Tainoceras
    • †Tainoceras nebrascense
  • †Terpnocrinus
  • †Tetravirga
  • †Triceracrinus
  • †Ulocrinus
  • †Vertigocrinus
    • †Vertigocrinus parilis
  • †Wellerella
    • †Wellerella cooperi – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Wellerella delicatula – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Wellergyi
    • †Wellergyi subdecussatus – type locality for species

Mesozoic

  • †Acanthichthys – type locality for genus
    • †Acanthichthys major – type locality for species
  • †Acritodromum – type locality for genus
    • †Acritodromum ellipticum – type locality for species
  • †Anisodromum – type locality for genus
    • †Anisodromum wolfei – type locality for species
  • †Arcellites
    • †Arcellites disciformis
  • †Citrophyllum
    • †Citrophyllum doylei – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid Collignoniceras
    †Collignoniceras
  • †Crassidenticulum
    • †Crassidenticulum decurrens
  • †Densinervum – type locality for genus
    • †Densinervum kaulii – type locality for species
  • Dicotylophyllum
    • †Dicotylophyllum aliquantuliserratum – type locality for species
    • †Dicotylophyllum angularis – type locality for species
    • †Dicotylophyllum expansolobum – type locality for species
    • †Dicotylophyllum myrtophylloides – type locality for species
    • †Dicotylophyllum rosafluviatilis – type locality for species
  • †Didromophyllum – type locality for genus
    • †Didromophyllum basingerii – type locality for species
  • †Didymoceras
  • †Inoceramus
  • †Landonia – type locality for genus
    • †Landonia calophylla – type locality for species
  • †Longstrethia – type locality for genus
    • †Longstrethia varidentata – type locality for species
  • †Minerisporites
    • †Minerisporites dissimilis – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    †Mosasaurus
  • †Mytiloides
    • †Mytiloides labiatus
    • †Mytiloides mytiloides
  • †Pabiania – type locality for genus
    • †Pabiania variloba – type locality for species
  • †Pandemophyllum – type locality for genus
    • †Pandemophyllum attenuatum – type locality for species
    • †Pandemophyllum kvacekii – type locality for species
  • †Perotriletes
    • †Perotriletes striatus
  • †Pseudoperna
  • †Reynoldsiophyllum
    • †Reynoldsiophyllum nebrascense – type locality for species
  • †Rhaeboceras
  • †Rosselia – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Scaphites
    • †Scaphites patulus
  • †Skolithos – or unidentified comparable form
  • Animated life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Styxosaurus
    †Styxosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Volviceramus
    • †Volviceramus involutus

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nebraska

References

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