List of the Cenozoic life of Nevada

This list of the Cenozoic life of Nevada contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Nevada and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A

• 

  Living Abies, or fir trees

  Abies
  • †Abies concoloroides
  • †Abies klamathensis
  • †Abies laticarpus
  • †Abies nevadensis
  • †Abies scherri
  • †Abies scherrii
• Acer
  • †Acer chaneyii
  • †Acer cyaneyii
  • †Acer glabroides
  • †Acer medianum
  • †Acer middlegatensis
  • †Acer negundoides
  • †Acer nevadensis
  • †Acer oregonianum
  • †Acer scottiae
  • †Acer septilobatum
  • †Acer trainii
  • †Acer tyrrelli
  • †Acer tyrrellii
• †Actiocyon
  • †Actiocyon parverratis – type locality for species
• †Aelurodon
  • †Aelurodon asthenostylus
  • †Aelurodon taxoides

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).

  †Aepycamelus
  • †Aepycamelus bradyi – type locality for species
  • †Aepycamelus robustus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Aepycamelus stocki
• †Aesculus
  • †Aesculus ashleyi – type locality for species
  • †Aesculus preglabra
• †Agriotherium
• †Agulla
  • †Agulla mineralensis – type locality for species

• 

  Restorative model of the Miocene deer relative Aletomeryx

  †Aletomeryx
• †Alforjas
• †Alilepus
  • †Alilepus hibbardi
  • †Alilepus vagus
• †Allophaiomys
  • †Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
• †Alluvisorex
  • †Alluvisorex chasseae
• Alnus
  • †Alnus harneyana
  • †Alnus largei
  • †Alnus latahensis
  • †Alnus pyramidensis
  • †Alnus smithiana – type locality for species
  • †Alnus spokanensis
• †Alphagaulus
  • †Alphagaulus pristinus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Alphagaulus vetus

• 

  Flowers and foliage of Amelanchier, or shadbush

  Amelanchier
  • †Amelanchier alvordensis
  • †Amelanchier apiculata
  • †Amelanchier desatoyana
  • †Amelanchier grayi
  • †Amelanchier nevadensis – type locality for species
• †Americaphis – type locality for genus
  • †Americaphis longipes – type locality for species
• †Amorpha
  • †Amorpha oblongifolia
  • †Amorpha stenophylla
• †Anchitheriomys
• †Ansomys
  • †Ansomys nevadensis – type locality for species
• †Antecalomys
  • †Antecalomys valensis
  • †Antecalomys vasquezi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Antiacodon
  • †Antiacodon pygmaeus
• Antrozous
  • †Antrozous pallidus
• †Apatemys
  • †Apatemys bellus
• †Aphelops
  • †Aphelops malacorhinus
  • †Aphelops megalodus
• †Apis
  • †Apis nearctica – type locality for species
• Arbutus
  • †Arbutus idahoensis
  • †Arbutus matthesii
  • †Arbutus menziesii
  • †Arbutus prexalapensis

• 

  Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale

  †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• †Arctostaphylos
  • †Arctostaphylos verdiana
• †Astrohippus

B

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene-Pliocene false saber-toothed cat Barbourofelis

  †Barbourofelis
  • †Barbourofelis fricki
• †Bassaricyonoides – type locality for genus
  • †Bassaricyonoides stewartae – type locality for species
• Bassariscus
  • †Bassariscus antiquus
• †Bensonomys
  • †Bensonomys arizonae – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Bensonomys coffeyi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Bensonomys lindsayi – type locality for species
• Betula
  • †Betula ashleyi
  • †Betula ashleyii
  • †Betula desatoyana
  • †Betula idahoensis
  • †Betula smithiana
  • †Betula thor
  • †Betula vera
• †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens – or unidentified comparable form
• †Bouromeryx
  • †Bouromeryx americanus
  • †Bouromeryx submilleri

• 

  Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus

  †Brachycrus
• †Brachyerix
  • †Brachyerix incertis
• Brachylagus
  • †Brachylagus idahoensis
• †Brachypsalis
  • †Brachypsalis pachycephalus
• †Brevimalictis – type locality for genus
  • †Brevimalictis chikasha – type locality for species
• †Bumelia
  • †Bumelia beaverana

C

• †Calocedrus
  • †Calocedrus masonii

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops

  †Camelops – tentative report
• Candona
• Canis
  • †Canis latrans
  • †Canis lepophagus
• †Capricamelus
• †Carpocyon
  • †Carpocyon compressus
• Carya
  • †Carya bendirei
  • †Carya ovata

• 

  Castanopsis

  Castanopsis
  • †Castanopsis sonomensis
• Ceanothus
  • †Ceanothus chaneyi
  • †Ceanothus leitchii
  • †Ceanothus precuneatus
• Cedrela
  • †Cedrela trainii
• †Ceratophyllum
  • †Ceratophyllum praedemersum
• Cercis
  • †Cercis carsoniana – type locality for species
• †Cercocarpus
  • †Cercocarpus antiquus
  • †Cercocarpus eastgatensis
  • †Cercocarpus linearifolius
  • †Cercocarpus nevadensis – type locality for species
  • †Cercocarpus ovatifolius

• 

  Chamaebatia

  †Chamaebatia
  • †Chamaebatia nevadensis
• †Chamaecyparis
  • †Chamaecyparis cordillerae
  • †Chamaecyparis linguaefolia
• Chara
  • †Chara verdiana
• †Chrysolepis
  • †Chrysolepis convexa
  • †Chrysolepis sonomensis
• Cnemidophorus
  • †Cnemidophorus tigris
• Comptonia
  • †Comptonia parvifolia – type locality for species
• †Copemys
  • †Copemys esmeraldensis – type locality for species
  • †Copemys loxodon
• Cornus
  • †Cornus ovalis

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene pronghorn-relative Cosoryx

  †Cosoryx
  • †Cosoryx furcatus
• Crataegus
  • †Crataegus gracilens
  • †Crataegus middlegatensis
  • †Crataegus newberryi
  • †Crataegus pacifica
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus atrox
  • †Crotalus mitchelli
  • †Crotalus viridis
• Crotaphytus
  • †Crotaphytus collaris
• †Cupidinimus
  • †Cupidinimus cuyamensis
  • †Cupidinimus magnus
  • †Cupidinimus tertius

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius

  †Cuvieronius – tentative report

D

• †Desmathyus
  • †Desmathyus pinensis
• †Desmatippus
  • †Desmatippus avus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Dinohippus

  †Dinohippus
• †Diospyros
  • †Diospyros oregonianum
• Dipodomys
  • †Dipodomys gidleyi
• †Dipoides
  • †Dipoides stirtoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Dipoides wilsoni – or unidentified comparable form
• †Diprionomys
  • †Diprionomys minimus – type locality for species
  • †Diprionomys parvus – type locality for species
• †Domninoides
  • †Domninoides riparensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Dromomeryx
  • †Dromomeryx borealis

E

• †Elkobatrachus – type locality for genus
  • †Elkobatrachus brocki – type locality for species
• †Elymys
  • †Elymys complexus
• †Eorubeta – type locality for genus
  • †Eorubeta nevadensis – type locality for species

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon

  †Epicyon
  • †Epicyon saevus
• †Equisetum
  • †Equisetum alexanderi
• Equus
  • †Equus giganteus
  • †Equus idahoensis
  • †Equus simplicidens
• †Eriosaphis – type locality for genus
  • †Eriosaphis leei – type locality for species
• †Eriosomaphis – type locality for genus
  • †Eriosomaphis jesperi – type locality for species
  • †Eriosomaphis occidentalis – type locality for species
• †Eucastor

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene bovid Euceratherium, or the shrub ox. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).

  †Euceratherium
  • †Euceratherium collinum
• †Eucyon
  • †Eucyon davisi
• Eugenia
  • †Eugenia nevadensis

F

• †Fouchia
  • †Fouchia elyensis

• 

  Illustrations of the flowers and foliage of a living Fraxinus, or ash tree, with insets further detailing its anatomy

  †Fraxinus
  • †Fraxinus alcorni – type locality for species
  • †Fraxinus caudata
  • †Fraxinus coulteri
  • †Fraxinus desatoyana
  • †Fraxinus eastgatensis
  • †Fraxinus millsiana

G

• Gambelia
• †Garrya
  • †Garrya idahoensis
• †Gigantocamelus
  • †Gigantocamelus spatulus
• Glyptostrobus
  • †Glyptostrobus oregonensis

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium

  †Gomphotherium
  • †Gomphotherium obscurum
• Gopherus
  • †Gopherus agassizii
• †Gymnocladus
  • †Gymnocladus dayana

H

• †Helaletes
  • †Helaletes nanus
• Heloderma

  • 

    Gila monster

    †Heloderma suspectum
• †Hemiauchenia
  • †Hemiauchenia macrocephala – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hesperhys
  • †Hesperhys vagrans – or unidentified related form
• †Hesperocamelus
  • †Hesperocamelus stylodon – type locality for species
• †Hesperogaulus
• †Hesperolagomys
  • †Hesperolagomys galbreathi – type locality for species
• †Heteromeles
  • †Heteromeles desatoyana
  • †Heteromeles sonomensis
  • †Heteromeles stenophylla – type locality for species
• †Hexobelomeryx

• 

  Life restoration of a herd of the Miocene-Pleistocene horse Hipparion. Heinrich Harder (1920).

  †Hipparion
  • †Hipparion tehonense
• †Hippotherium
• †Holodiscus
  • †Holodiscus idahoensis
• Hydrangea
  • †Hydrangea bendirei
  • †Hydrangea ovatifolius
• †Hyopsodus
  • †Hyopsodus paulus

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920).

  †Hypohippus
  • †Hypohippus affinis
  • †Hypohippus nevadensis – type locality for species
  • †Hypohippus osborni – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hypolagus
  • †Hypolagus edensis
  • †Hypolagus fontinalis
  • †Hypolagus furlongi
  • †Hypolagus gidleyi
  • †Hypolagus parviplicatus – type locality for species
  • †Hypolagus ringoldensis
  • †Hypolagus tedfordi
  • †Hypolagus vetus – type locality for species

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene odd-toed ungulate Hyrachyus

  †Hyrachyus
  • †Hyrachyus modestus
• †Hystricops – tentative report

I

• †Ilingoceros
  • †Ilingoceros alexandrae – type locality for species
  • †Ilingoceros schizoceras – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos

  †Indarctos
  • †Indarctos nevadensis
• †Ischyrocyon
• †Isectolophus
  • †Isectolophus latidens

J

• Juglans
  • †Juglans desatoyana
  • †Juglans nevadensis

• 

  A living Juniperus, or juniper tree

  Juniperus
  • †Juniperus desatoyana
  • †Juniperus nevadensis

K

• †Knightomys

L

• †Lachnarius – type locality for genus
  • †Lachnarius miocaenicus – type locality for species

• 

  A living Lampropeltis getula, or eastern kingsnake

  Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
• Larix
  • †Larix cassiana
  • †Larix churchillensis
  • †Larix fernleyii – type locality for species
  • †Larix nevadensis
• Lemmiscus
  • †Lemmiscus curtatus
• †Lepoides
  • †Lepoides lepoides

• 

  Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon

  †Leptocyon
  • †Leptocyon leidyi
  • †Leptocyon matthewi
  • †Leptocyon vafer
• †Leucothoe
  • †Leucothoe nevadensis
• †Limnoecus
  • †Limnoecus compressus
  • †Limnoecus tricuspis
• Limnonyx
• †Liodontia
  • †Liodontia alexandrae – type locality for species
  • †Liodontia furlongi
• †Lithocarpus
  • †Lithocarpus nevadensis
• †Lutravus
  • †Lutravus halli – type locality for species

• 

  A living Lymnaea (larger) freshwater snail, or Melantho snail

  Lymnaea
• †Lyonothamnus
  • †Lyonothamnus cedrusensis
  • †Lyonothamnus parvifolius

M

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus

  †Machairodus
• †Macrognathomys
  • †Macrognathomys nanus – type locality for species
• Mahonia
  • †Mahonia macginitiei
  • †Mahonia marginata
  • †Mahonia reticulata
  • †Mahonia reticulate
  • †Mahonia simplex
  • †Mahonia trainii
• †Mammut
  • †Mammut americanum
  • †Mammut matthewi
• Marmota
  • †Marmota korthi – type locality for species
  • †Marmota minor
• †Marshochoerus
  • †Marshochoerus socialis
• †Martinogale – tentative report
• Masticophis
  • †Masticophis flagellum

• 

  Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon

  †Mastodon
  • †Mastodon proavus
• †Mattimys
• †Megahippus
  • †Megahippus matthewi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Megahippus mckennai
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx leptostomus
• †Megapeomys
  • †Megapeomys bobwilsoni – type locality for species
• †Megatylopus
• †Meniscomys
  • †Meniscomys hippodus
• †Merychippus
  • †Merychippus brevidontus
  • †Merychippus calamarius
  • †Merychippus californicus
  • †Merychippus close
• †Merychyus
  • †Merychyus elegans
  • †Merychyus novomexicanus

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene pronghorn Merycodus

  †Merycodus
  • †Merycodus hookwayi – type locality for species
• †Metalopex
  • †Metalopex merriami
• †Metatomarctus
• †Metechinus
  • †Metechinus nevadensis – type locality for species
• †Microparamys
  • †Microparamys sambucus
• †Microtomarctus
  • †Microtomarctus conferta
• Microtus
  • †Microtus meadensis
  • †Microtus paroperarius
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
• Mictomys
  • †Mictomys meltoni
• †Mimomys
  • †Mimomys panacaensis – type locality for species
  • †Mimomys virginianus
• †Mioedipoda – type locality for genus
  • †Mioedipoda reisereri – type locality for species
• †Miopelodytes – type locality for genus
  • †Miopelodytes gilmorei – type locality for species
• †Miospermophilus
  • †Miospermophilus wyomingensis
• †Monosaulax
  • †Monosaulax curtus
  • †Monosaulax skinneri
• †Moropus
  • †Moropus merriami
• Mustela
  • †Mustela americana
  • †Mustela nigripes
  • †Mustela nivalis
• Myotis
• †Mystipterus
  • †Mystipterus vespertilio – type locality for species

N

• †Negodiaetictis – type locality for genus
  • †Negodiaetictis rugatrulleum – type locality for species
• †Nekrolagus
  • †Nekrolagus progressus

• 

  Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).

  †Neohipparion
  • †Neohipparion leptode – type locality for species
• Neotoma
  • †Neotoma vaughani – or unidentified comparable form
• †Neotragocerus – tentative report
• †Nerterogeomys – tentative report
• †Nevaphis – type locality for genus
  • †Nevaphis nevadensis – type locality for species
• †Notharctus
  • †Notharctus tenebrosus
• Notiosorex
• †Nymphaeites
  • †Nymphaeites nevadensis

O

• Odocoileus
• Ondatra
  • †Ondatra idahoensis – tentative report
• †Ophiomys
  • †Ophiomys magilli
• Oreamnos

  • 

    A living Oreamnos americanus, or mountain goat

    †Oreamnos americanus
• †Oregonomys
  • †Oregonomys sargenti – or unidentified comparable form
• †Oreolagus
  • †Oreolagus nevadensis – type locality for species
• Ostrya
  • †Ostrya oregoniana
• Ovis
  • †Ovis canadensis

P

• †Pachystima
  • †Pachystima nevadensis
• †Paciculus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Paenemarmota
  • †Paenemarmota nevadensis
• †Palaeogreenidea – type locality for genus
  • †Palaeogreenidea rittae – type locality for species
• †Pantolestes
  • †Pantolestes longieundus

• 

  Paracamelus

  †Paracamelus
• †Paracosoryx
  • †Paracosoryx alticornis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Paracosoryx loxoceros
  • †Paracosoryx nevadensis
  • †Paracosoryx wilsoni – or unidentified related form
• †Paracynarctus
  • †Paracynarctus kelloggi
• †Parahippus
  • †Parahippus pawniensis
• †Parapliohippus
  • †Parapliohippus carrizoensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Parapliosaccomys
  • †Parapliosaccomys oregonensis
• †Paratomarctus
  • †Paratomarctus temerarius
• †Paronychomys
  • †Paronychomys lemredfieldi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pauromys
  • †Pauromys exallos
• †Peraceras
  • †Peraceras profectum
  • †Peraceras superciliosum
• †Perognathoides
  • †Perognathoides quartus
• Perognathus
  • †Perognathus minutus – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  A living Peromyscus, or deer mouse

  Peromyscus
  • †Peromyscus antiquus – type locality for species
  • †Peromyscus dentalis
• †Pewelagus
  • †Pewelagus dawsonae
• Phenacomys
  • †Phenacomys gryci – or unidentified comparable form
• Phrynosoma
  • †Phrynosoma platyrhinos
• Picea
  • †Picea lahontense
  • †Picea magna
  • †Picea sonomensis

• 

  A living Pinus, or pine tree

  Pinus
  • †Pinus alvordensis
  • †Pinus balfouroides
  • †Pinus florissanti
  • †Pinus ponderosoides
  • †Pinus prelambertiana
  • †Pinus quinifolia
  • †Pinus sturgisii
  • †Pinus tiptoniana
  • †Pinus wheeleri
• Pituophis
  • †Pituophis catenifer
• Platanus
  • †Platanus bendirei
  • †Platanus dissecta
  • †Platanus paucidentata

• 

  Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).

  †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus pearcei – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pleiolama
  • †Pleiolama vera
• †Plesiosorex
  • †Plesiosorex latidens
• †Pliauchenia
• †Pliogale
  • †Pliogale furlongi – type locality for species
• †Pliohippus
  • †Pliohippus fairbanksi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pliohippus spectans
• †Pliosaccomys
  • †Pliosaccomys dubius – type locality for species
• †Pliotaxidea
  • †Pliotaxidea nevadensis
• †Pliozapus
  • †Pliozapus solus – type locality for species
• †Pontoniella – tentative report
• †Populas
  • †Populas eotremuloides

• 

  Montage of photographs in spring (top left), summer (top right), autumn (bottom left), and winter (bottom right) of Populus, or poplar tree

  Populus
  • †Populus alexanderi
  • †Populus bonhamii
  • †Populus cedrusensis
  • †Populus eotremuloidea
  • †Populus eotremuloides
  • †Populus payettensis
  • †Populus pliotremuloides
  • †Populus sonorensis
  • †Populus subwashoensis – type locality for species
  • †Populus washoensis
• †Problastomeryx
  • †Problastomeryx primus
• †Procamelus
  • †Procamelus grandis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Prodipodomys
• †Prodipoides
  • †Prodipoides dividerus – type locality for species
  • †Prodipoides lecontei
• †Pronotolagus
  • †Pronotolagus nevadensis – type locality for species
• †Prosthennops
  • †Prosthennops niobrarensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Protolabis
  • †Protolabis coartatus
  • †Protolabis heterodontus
• †Protomarctus
  • †Protomarctus optatus
• †Protomelanitta
  • †Protomelanitta bakeri – type locality for species
• †Protospermophilus
  • †Protospermophilus angusticeps
• Prunus
  • †Prunus chaneyi
  • †Prunus chaneyii
  • †Prunus moragensis
  • †Prunus treasheri

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene cat Pseudaelurus

  †Pseudaelurus
  • †Pseudaelurus intrepidus
• †Pseudocamponotus – type locality for genus
  • †Pseudocamponotus elkoanus – type locality for species
• †Pseudotrimylus
• †Pseudotsuga
  • †Pseudotsuga sonomensis
• Pteridium
  • †Pteridium scalabazensis
• Pterocarya
  • †Pterocarya mixta

Q

• 

  A living Quercus, or oak tree

  Quercus
  • †Quercus hannibali
  • †Quercus hannibalii
  • †Quercus pollardiana
  • †Quercus prelobata
  • †Quercus renoana
  • †Quercus shrevoides
  • †Quercus simulata
  • †Quercus wislizenoides

R

• †Rana
  • †Rana johnsoni – type locality for species

  • 

    A living Lithobates pipiens (sometimes Rana pipiens), or northern leopard frog

    †Rana pipiens
• †Reithroparamys
  • †Reithroparamys delicatissimus
  • †Reithroparamys huerfanensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Repomys
  • †Repomys gustelyi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Repomys panacaensis
• †Rhamnus
  • †Rhamnus columbiana
  • †Rhamnus precalifornica
• Rhododendron
  • †Rhododendron gianellana

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium

  †Rhynchotherium
• Rhyncolus
  • †Rhyncolus kathrynae – type locality for species
• †Ribes
  • †Ribes barrowsii
  • †Ribes bonhamii
  • †Ribes galeana
  • †Ribes stanfordianum
  • †Ribes webbi
• †Robinia
  • †Robinia bisonensis
  • †Robinia californica
• Rosa
  • †Rosa harneyana
  • †Rosa schornii

S

• 

  A living Salix, or willow

  Salix
  • †Salix boisiensis
  • †Salix churchillensis
  • †Salix desatoyana
  • †Salix inquirenda
  • †Salix knowltoni
  • †Salix laevigatoides
  • †Salix owyheeana
  • †Salix payettensis
  • †Salix pelviga
  • †Salix storeyana
  • †Salix truckeana
  • †Salix venosiuscula
  • †Salix wildcatensis
• †Satherium
  • †Satherium piscinarium
• Sauromalus

  • 

    Chuckwalla

    †Sauromalus obesus
• Scapanus
• †Sciuravus
• Sciurus
  • †Sciurus olsoni – type locality for species
• †Sequoiadendron
  • †Sequoiadendron chaneyi – type locality for species
  • †Sequoiadendron chaneyii
• †Similidrepan – type locality for genus
  • †Similidrepan pulawskii – type locality for species
• †Sinocapra
  • †Sinocapra willdownsi – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa

  †Sinopa
  • †Sinopa rapax
• †Sophora
  • †Sophora spokanensis
• †Sorbus
  • †Sorbus cassiana
  • †Sorbus idahoensis
  • †Sorbus macjannetii
• Sorex
• †Sparganium
  • †Sparganium nevadense
• Spea
  • †Spea alexanderi – type locality for species
• Spermophilus
  • †Spermophilus argonautus
  • †Spermophilus howelli
  • †Spermophilus wellingtonensis
• Sphaerium
• †Sphenophalos
  • †Sphenophalos nevadanus – type locality for species
• †Steneofiber
  • †Steneofiber gradatus
• †Styrax
  • †Styrax middlegatensis

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene deer relative Subdromomeryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).

  †Subdromomeryx
  • †Subdromomeryx antilopinus – or unidentified related form
• †Symphoricarpos
  • †Symphoricarpos wassukana – type locality for species

T

• Tamias
  • †Tamias ateles
• †Tardontia
  • †Tardontia nevadans – type locality for species
  • †Tardontia occidentale
• Taxidea
• Taxodium
  • †Taxodium oregonensis

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras

  †Teleoceras
  • †Teleoceras fossiger
  • †Teleoceras hicksi
  • †Teleoceras major
  • †Teleoceras medicornutum
• †Tetrapassalus – tentative report
  • †Tetrapassalus mckennai – or unidentified comparable form
• †Texoceros
• Thomomys
  • †Thomomys carsonensis – type locality for species
• †Thuja
  • †Thuja dimorpha

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene oreodont mammal Ticholeptus

  †Ticholeptus
  • †Ticholeptus zygomaticus
• Tipula
  • †Tipula nevadensis – type locality for species
• †Tomarctus
  • †Tomarctus brevirostris
• †Torreya
  • †Torreya nancyana – type locality for species
• †Trogolemur
  • †Trogolemur myodes
• †Tsuga
  • †Tsuga mertensioides
  • †Tsuga sonomensis
• Typha
  • †Typha lesquereuxi
  • †Typha lesquereuxii

U

• †Uintasorex
• Ulmus
  • †Ulmus moorei
  • †Ulmus speciosa
• †Ursavus
  • †Ursavus brevirhinus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Ursavus pawniensis
  • †Ursavus primaevus – or unidentified comparable form
• Ursus
  • †Ursus abstrusus
  • †Ursus americanus

  • 

    A living Ursus arctos, or brown bear

    †Ursus arctos – or unidentified comparable form

V

• 

  A variety of modern Vaccinium species, clockwise from top right: cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries, and huckleberries

  †Vaccinium
  • †Vaccinium sophoroides
• †Viverravus
  • †Viverravus minutus
• Vulpes
  • †Vulpes stenognathus

Z

• Zelkova
  • †Zelkova brownii
  • †Zelkova nevadensis – type locality for species

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon

  †Zygolophodon

References

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