List of the Cenozoic life of Alaska

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

A

• 

  Acanthocardia
  • †Acanthocardia brewerii
• Acila
  • †Acila brevis – or unidentified related form
  • †Acila castrensis
  • †Acila ermani
  • †Acila gettysburgensis
  • †Acila praedivaricata – or unidentified related form
  • †Acila shumardi
  • †Acila taliaferroi
• Acirsa
  • †Acirsa borealis
• Acmaea
  • †Acmaea sybaritica
• Acrotrichis – tentative report
• †Ademete
• Agonum
• †
  Ainus
• Alaocybites
  • †Alaocybites egorovi – tentative report

• Alces

• Alnus
  • †Alnus carpinoides
• Alopex
  • †
    Alopex lagopus
• Alvania
  • †Alvania aurivillii
• Amara
• Amauropsis
  • †Amauropsis fetteri – type locality for species
• Anabathron
  • †Anabathron muriel
• Ancistrolepis
  • †Ancistrolepis beringianus
  • †Ancistrolepis eucosmius
• †Anechinocardium
  • †Anechinocardium lorenzanum – or unidentified related form
• Angulus
  • †Angulus lutea
• †
  Anomalosipho
  – tentative report
• Anomia – tentative report
• †Aperiploma
  • †Aperiploma bainbridgensis
• Aphaenogaster
• Arca
• Arctica
  • †Arctica carteriana
  • †Arctica ovata
• †Arcticlam – type locality for genus
  • †Arcticlam nanseni – type locality for species
• †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• Argobuccinum
  • †Argobuccinum oregonensis

• 

  †Arktocara – type locality for genus
  • †
    Arktocara yakataga
    – type locality for species
• Arrhenopeplus
  • †Arrhenopeplus tesserula
• Asaphidion
  • †Asaphidion yukonense – or unidentified comparable form
• Asinus
  • †Asinus kiang – or unidentified comparable form
• Astarte
  • †Astarte arctica
  • †Astarte bennetti
  • †Astarte borealis
  • †Astarte compacta
  • †Astarte crenata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Astarte hemicymata
  • †Astarte laurentiana – or unidentified related form
  • †Astarte martini
  • †Astarte nortonensis
  • †Astarte vernicosa
• Astrangia
  • †Astrangia boreas – type locality for species

• 

  †Aturia
  • †Aturia alaskensis – type locality for species
  • †Aturia angustata
• Axinopsida
  • †Axinopsida orbiculata – or unidentified comparable form

B

• Balanus
  • †
    Balanus balanoides
  • †Balanus balanus

  • 

    †Balanus crenatus
  • †Balanus evermanni
  • †Balanus nubilus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Balanus rostratus
• Bembidion
• Beringius
  • †Beringius crebricostatus
  • †Beringius hertleini
• Betula
• Bibio
• Bison

  • Bison priscus

• Bolivina
  • †Bolivina decussata
  • †Bolivina pseudopicata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Bootherium
  • †
    Bootherium bombifrons
• Boreotrophon
  • †Boreotrophon beringi
  • †Boreotrophon rotundatus – or unidentified comparable form
• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes matchgaransis – or unidentified comparable form
• Brachypimpla – tentative report

• 

  †Branchioplax
  • †
    Branchioplax washingtoniana
• †Bruclarkia
  • †Bruclarkia andersoni – or unidentified comparable form
• Buccella
  • †Buccella frigida
• Buccinum
  • †Buccinum angulosum
  • †Buccinum glaciale
  • †Buccinum kurodai – tentative report
  • †Buccinum ochotense – or unidentified related form
  • †Buccinum pemphigus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Buccinum percrassum
  • †Buccinum physematum
  • †Buccinum planeticum – or unidentified comparable form
• Bulbus
  • †Bulbus fragilis
• Byrrhus

C

• Cadulus
  • †Cadulus arcticus
• Calliostoma
• Callorhinus
  • †
    Callorhinus ursinus
• Calyptraea
  • †Calyptraea alaskana – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Calyptraea diegoana – or unidentified comparable form
• Camponotus
• Cancellaria
• Canis

  • Canis lupus

• Carabus
  • †Carabus nemoralis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Carabus truncaticollis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Carex
• Caryophyllia
  • †Caryophyllia arnoldi
• Cassidulina
  • †Cassidulina californica
  • †Cassidulina islandica
  • †Cassidulina teretis
  • †Cassidulina tortuosa
• Castalia
• †Castanaea
  • †Castanaea castaneaefolia
• Castanea
  • †Castanea cataneaefolia
• Cepheus
  • †Cepheus corae – or unidentified comparable form
• Ceratoppia – tentative report

• 

  †Cervalces
• Cervus
  • †
    Cervus elaphus
• Ceutorhynchus – tentative report
• Chama
• Chione
  • †Chione ensifera
• Chirona
  • †Chirona alaskana – type locality for species
  • †Chirona evermanni
• Chlamys
  • †Chlamys alaskensis
  • †Chlamys albida
  • †Chlamys aquilonia
  • †Chlamys ashiyaensis – or unidentified related form
  • †Chlamys ashiynensis
  • †Chlamys coatsi
  • †Chlamys cosibensis

  • 

    †Chlamys islandica
  • †Chlamys nuwokensis
  • †Chlamys rubida
• †
  Chrysodomus
  – tentative report
• Chrysolina
• †Chrysomelites – type locality for genus
  • †Chrysomelites alaskanus – type locality for species
• Cibicides
  • †Cibicides lobatulus
• Ciliatocardium
  • †Ciliatocardium ciliatum
  • †Ciliatocardium islandicum – or unidentified related form
• Cingula
  • †Cingula martyni

• 

  Clinocardium
  • †Clinocardium californiense – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Clinocardium hannibali
  • †Clinocardium makiyamae
  • †Clinocardium meekianum
  • †
    Clinocardium nuttallii
  • †Clinocardium pristinum
• Colus
  • †Colus halibrectus – or unidentified related form
  • †Colus spitsbergensis
• †Conchocele
  • †Conchocele bisecta
• Corbicula
  • †Corbicula bibaiensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Corbicula muratai – or unidentified comparable form
• Corbula
  • †Corbula betsyae – type locality for species
• †Cornwallius
  • †Cornwallius sookensis

• Corylus

  • †Corylus macquarri

• Costacallista
  • †Costacallista conradiana
• Crassatella
  • †Crassatella mathewsoni – or unidentified related form
  • †Crassatella nipponicus – or unidentified comparable form
• Crenella
  • †Crenella kannoi – type locality for species
  • †Crenella porterensis
• Crepidula
  • †Crepidula ungana
• Cryptonatica
  • †Cryptonatica affinis
• Cyclocardia
  • †Cyclocardia belogolovensis
  • †Cyclocardia crassidens
  • †Cyclocardia crebricostata
  • †Cyclocardia ezoensis
  • †Cyclocardia nuwokensis
  • †Cyclocardia roundiformis
  • †Cyclocardia sakamotoi
  • †Cyclocardia subcrassidens
  • †Cyclocardia subnipponica – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Cyclocardia tokunagai – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Cyclocardia wajampolkensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Cyclocardium
  • †Cyclocardium roundiformis – or unidentified comparable form
• Cylichna
• Cyperus
• Cyrtodaria
  • †Cyrtodaria katieae – type locality for species
  • †Cyrtodaria kurriana
  • †Cyrtodaria rutupiensis

D

• Dasiops – tentative report
• Delphinapterus
  – tentative report
• Dentalium
  • †Dentalium nunomae – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  †Desmatophoca – tentative report
• Diacheila
  • †Diacheila matthewsi
• Dicrostonyx
• Diestothyris
  • †Diestothyris frontalis
• Dioon
  • †Dioon praespinulosum – type locality for species
• Diplodonta
  • †Diplodonta aleutica
  • †Diplodonta parilis
• †Dryophyllum
  • †Dryophyllum stanleyanum
• Dyschirius

E

• 

  Echinarachnius
• Echinophoria
  • †Echinophoria apta
• †Ellipsoscapha
  • †Ellipsoscapha sohli – type locality for species
• Elphidiella
  • †Elphidiella arctica
• Elphidium
  • †Elphidium alaskense
  • †Elphidium clavatum
  • †Elphidium frigidum

• Enhydra lutris, or sea otter

  Enhydra