List of the Mesozoic life of North Dakota
Appearance
A
[edit]- Acipenser
- †Adocus
†AlphadonRestorative model of the Late Cretaceous mammal Alphadon - †Altacreodus
- †Amersinia
- †Amersinia FU082 – informal
- †Amersinia FU82 – informal
- †Amesoneuron
- †Amesoneuron FU037 – informal
- †Amesoneuron FU37 – informal
- †Ampelopsis
- †Anomia
- †Anzu
- †Araliaephyllum
†ArchelonMounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Archelon - †Artocarpus
- †Asimina
- Aspideretes
- Atractosteus
- †Avisaurus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Axestemys
- Azolla
- †Azolla gigantea – type locality for species
B
[edit]- †Basilemys
- †Belonostomus
- †Bisonia
†BorealosuchusMounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian Borealosuchus - †Boremys
- †Brachychampsa
C
[edit]- Campeloma
CarchariasA living Carcharias sand tiger shark - †Carpites
- †Cedrobaena
- †Celastrus
- †Ceratophyllum
- †Ceratophyllum FU080 – informal
- †Cercidiphyllales
- †Cercidiphyllales HC355 – informal
- Cercidiphyllum
†ChampsosaurusLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene choristoderan reptile Champsosaurus - †Cimolodon
- Cinnamomum
- †Cissites
- †Clisocolus
- †Cocculus
- †Compsemys – type locality for genus
- †Compsemys victa – type locality for species
- †Corbulamella
- †Coriops
- †Coriops amnicolus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cornophyllum
- Cornus – or unidentified related form
- †Crassatellina
CrassostreaFossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea - †Crenella
- †Cretalamna [1]
- †Cretalamna feldmanni – type locality for species[1]
- Cucullaea
- †Cupressinocladus
- †Cuspidaria
- †Cyclurus
- †Cymbophora
- †Cypercites – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
D
[edit]- †Dalbergites – or unidentified related form
- †Dammarites
- †Dammarites HC257 – informal
- †Dasyatis [1]
- †Dasyatis northdakotaensis – type locality for species[1]
- Dicotylophyllum
†DidelphodonLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous marsupial relative Didelphodon - †Dosiniopsis
- †Dryophyllum
E
[edit]- †Edmontosaurus
†Edmontosaurus annectensLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens
- †Elasmodus
- †Elatides
- †Emarginachelys
- †Enchodus
- †Equisetum
- †Equisetum FU036 – informal
- †Equisetum FU36 – informal
- †Erlingdorfia
- †Essonodon
- †Ethmocardium
F
[edit]G
[edit]- †Gamerabaena – type locality for genus
- †Gamerabaena sonsalla – type locality for species
- †Gilmoremys
GinkgoFossilized leaf of the Permian-modern tree Ginkgo - †Glasbius
- Glyptostrobus
- †Glyptostrobus europaeus
- †Glyptostrobus HC9 – informal
- †Goniomya
- †Grammatodon
- †Grewiopsis
- †Gypsonictops
- †Gyrostrea
H
[edit]- †Habrosaurus
- †Harmsia
- †Helopanoplia
- †Hoplochelys
- †Hoplochelys clark – type locality for species
†HoploscaphitesFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Hoploscaphites - †Hummelichelys
- †Humulus
- †Humulus HC243 – informal
- †Hydropteris
- †Hypoxytoma
I
[edit] †Inoceramus – tentative reportFossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Ischyodus
- †Ischyodus rayhaasi – type locality for species
- †Ischyrhiza
J
[edit]- †Judithemys
- Juglans – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
L
[edit] LamnaA modern Lamna mackerel shark - †Laurophyllum
- †Leepierceia
- †Lemnaceae
LepisosteusIllustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar - Limopsis
- †Lioplacodes
- †Liriodendrites
†Liriodendron – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclatureFoliage and flower of a living Liriodendron tulipifera, or American Tulip-tree - †Lisserpeton
- †Lisserpeton bairdi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Lonchidion
M
[edit]- †Macclintockia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Malletia
- Marchantia
- †Marmarthia
- †Melvius
†MeniscoessusFossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Meniscoessus - †Mesocyparis
- †Mesodma
- Metasequoia
- †Metasequoia HC035 – informal
- †Metasequoia HC35 – informal
- †Metasequoia occidentalis
- †Modiolus
- †Myledaphus
- Myliobatis
- †Myliobatis foxhillsensis – type locality for species[1]
- Myrica
N
[edit] †NelumboA living Nelumbo lotus - †Nelumbo FU062 – informal
- †Nelumbo FU085 – informal
- †Nelumbo FU62 – informal
- †Nelumbo HC202 – informal
- †Neurankylus
- †Nilsonia
- †Nilssoniocladus
- †Nordenskioldia
NuculaInterior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - Nuculana
- †Nyssidium
O
[edit] OdontaspisA living Odontaspis sand shark - †Ophiomorpha
- †Opisthotriton
- †Osmunda
P
[edit] †PachycephalosaurusFossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous dome-headed dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus - †Palaeosaniwa
- †Palatobaena
- †Palatobaena cohen – type locality for species
- †Paleoaster
- †Paloreodoxites
- Panopea
- †Paranymphaea
†ParonychodonElectron micrograph of the fossilized teeth in multiple views of the Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Paronychodon - Periploma
- †Phelopteria
- †Philodendron
- †Philodendron HC201 – informal
- Physa
- †Piceoerpeton
- †Pistia
- †Platanites
- Platanus
†PlatecarpusRestoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - †Plesiobaena
- †Plioplatecarpus
- Populus
- †Protocardia
- †Protolambda
- †Protochelydra
- †Pseudoptera
- †Pterospermites
Q
[edit]R
[edit]- †Rhamnus
†RichardoestesiaMicrograph with magnified inset of a fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Richardoestesia
S
[edit]- †Salvinia
- †Salvinia HC312 – informal
†SaurornitholestesLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes preying upon a multituberculate mammal - †Scapanorhynchus – tentative report
- †Scapherpeton
- †Scaphites
†SequoiaBase of the trunk of a living Sequoia tree with a human to scale - †Sequoia HC070 – informal
- †Sequoia HC70 – informal
- †Sequoia obovata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sourimis
- Sphaerium
- †Squatirhina
- †Syncyclonema
T
[edit]- †Tancredia
- Taxodium
- †Taxodium HC071 – informal
- †Taxodium olrikii
- †Tellinimera
†ThescelosaurusLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur Thescelosaurus - †Thoracosaurus
- †Torosaurus
- †Trachodon
- †Triceratops
- †Trochodendroides
- †Troodon
†TyrannosaurusFossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Tyrannosaurus
V
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e John W. Hoganson; J. Mark Erickson; F. D. Holland, Jr. (2019). "Chondrichthyan and osteichthyan paleofaunas from the Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) Fox Hills Formation of North Dakota, USA: Paleoecology, paleogeography, and extinction" (PDF). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 398: 1–94. doi:10.32857/bap.2019.398.