List of the Mesozoic life of Delaware
This list of the Mesozoic life of Delaware contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Delaware and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
A
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail - †Acutostrea
- †Aenona– tentative report
- †Agerostrea
- †Amaurellina
- †Ambigostrea
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina - †Anaklinoceras
- †Anchura – tentative report
- †Anisomyon – tentative report
- †Anomalofusus
- †Anomalofusus substriatus – tentative report
- Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Aphrodina
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Apsopelix - †Apsopelix anglicus
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- †Araloselachus
- †Arca
- Architectonica – or unidentified comparable form
- Arrhoges
Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve - †Avellana
B
- †Baculites
- †Baculites haresi
- †Baculites minerensis
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites undatus
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- Barbatia
Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella - †Belemnitella americana
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- †Bellifusus
- †Belliscala – or unidentified comparable form
- †Beretra
- Bernaya
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Bonnerichthys with an anachronistic scuba diver to scale - †Bonnerichthys gladius
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- †Brachyrhizodus
- †Breviarca
- †Breviarca haddonfieldensis
- †Breviarca richardsi – tentative report
- †Buccinopsis
- †Bulla
C
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- †Caestocorbula crassiplica
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- †Calliomphalus
- †Calliomphalus americanus– tentative report
- †Calliomphalus nudus
- †Calliomphalus paucispirilus
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- †Camptonectes
- †Cantharulus – tentative report
Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails - Cardium
- Caryocorbula
- †Caveola
- †Cenomanocarcinus
- Cerithium
- †Chesapeakiceras
- †Chesapeakiceras nodatum – type locality for species
- Clavagella
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes - Cliona
- †Clisocolus
- †Coelosaurus
- †Coelosaurus antiquus
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- Corbula
- Crassatella
- †Crenella
- †Crenella serica
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- †Cretodus
- Cretolamna
- †Cretolamna appendiculata
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- †Cryptotexanites
- †Cryptotexanites paedomorphicus – type locality for species
- Cucullaea
- Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria grandis
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- Cylichna
- †Cylindrocanthus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymella
- †Cyprimeria
D
- †Dentalium
- †Dhondtichlamys – tentative report
Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Didymoceras - †Didymoceras binodosum
- †Didymoceras cheyennense
- †Didymoceras draconis
- †Didymoceras platycostatum
- †Didymoceras stevensoni
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- †Distefania
- †Drepanochilus
- †Dryptosaurus
E
- †Ecphora – tentative report
- †Ellipsoscapha
- Emarginula
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring" - †Endoptygma – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eoacteon
- †Etea
- †Eufistulana
- †Eulophoceras – tentative report
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- †Eutrephoceras dekayi
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- †Exiteloceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - †Exogyra cancellata
- †Exogyra costata
- †Exogyra ponderosa
- †Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata
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G
- Gastrochaena
- †Gegania
- †Gervilliopsis
- Ginglymostoma
- †Ginglyostoma
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens - †Globidens alabamensis
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- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Graciliala
- †Granocardium
- †Gryphaeostrea
- Gyrodes
- †Gyrodes abyssinus
- †Gyrodes americanus – tentative report
- †Gyrodes supraplicatus
- †Gyrodes vetrosus
H
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - †Halisaurus platyspondylus
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- †Hamulus
- †Harduinia
- Haustator– or unidentified comparable form
- Hemiaster
- †Hercorhyncus
- †Hoploscaphites
Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus - †Hypotodus
I
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Ischyodus
- †Ischyodus bifurcatus
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- †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza avonicola– or unidentified comparable form
- †Ischyrhiza mira
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J
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes - Juliacorbula – or unidentified comparable form
L
- †Latiala – or unidentified comparable form
- †Laxispira
- †Legumen
- †Legumen concentricum
- †Legumen ellipticum – tentative report
- †Legumen planulatum
Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar - †Leptosolen
- Lima
- †Linearis
- †Lingula– tentative report
- †Liopistha
- †Liopistha alternata – tentative report
- †Liopistha protexta
Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus - Lithophaga
- †Longoconcha
- Lopha
- †Lopha falcata
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- †Lucina
- †Lyriochlamys – or unidentified comparable form
- Malletia
- †Malletia longifrons
- †Malletia protexta – tentative report
- †Malletia stephensoni
- †Margaritella
- Martesia
- †Mathilda
- †Menabites
- †Menuites
- †Micrabacia
- †Morea – or unidentified comparable form
N
- †Napulus
- †Neithea
- †Neithea quinquecostata
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- †Nemocardium
- †Nemodon
- †Nonactaeonina
- †Notoceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - †Nucula percrassa
- †Nucula whitfieldi – tentative report
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- Nuculana
- †Nuculano
- †Nudivagus
- †Nymphalucina
O
A living Odontaspis sand shark - †Ornithomimus
- †Ornopsis – or unidentified comparable form
- Ostrea
P
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus - †Pachymelania
- †Paladmete
- †Palaeocypraea
- †Palaeocypraea grooti – type locality for species
- Panopea
- †Paralbula
- † Paranomia
- †Paranomotodon
- †Parietiplicatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Parmicorbula
- Patella
- †Pecten
- Pholadomya
- †Pholadomya occidentalis
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- Pholas – tentative report
- †Pinna
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras - †Pleuriocardia – or unidentified related form
- †Pleurocardia – tentative report
- †Plicatolamna
- Plicatula
- †Postligata
Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax - †Pseudohypolophus
- †Pseudolimea
- Pseudomalaxis
- †Pseudoschloenbachia
- †Pseudoschloenbachia chispaensis – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon - †Pteria
- †Pterocerella – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia bartrami
- †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
- †Pterotrigonia thoracia
- †Ptychotrygon
- Pycnodonte
- †Pycnodonte mutabilis
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- †Pygurostoma
- †Pyrifusus
- †Pyropsis
R
- †Radiopecten
- †Remera – tentative report
- Rhinobatos
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus - Ringicula
- †Ripleyella
S
- †Sargana
- †Scambula
Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus - †Scapanorhynchus texanus
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- †Scaphites
- †Scaphites hippocrepis
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- †Sclerorhynchus
- Serpula
- †Solenoceras
- †Sourimis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spiroxybeloceras
- Spondylus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - †Squalicorax falcatus
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- †Squalicorax pristodontus
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- Squatina
- †Stephanodus
- †Submortoniceras
- †Syncyclonema
- †Synodontaspis
T
- Tellina
- †Tenea
- Terebratulina
- †Texanites
- †Tintorium – tentative report
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys - Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium eufaulensis
- †Trachycardium longstreeti – tentative report
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- †Trigonia
- Trionyx
- †Trionyx halophilus – type locality for species
- †Tundora – or unidentified comparable form
- Turritella
- †Turritella lorillardensis
- †Turritella macnairyensis
- †Turritella marshalltownensis
- †Turritella merchantvillensis
- †Turritella quadrilira
- †Turritella tippana
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus - Tympanotonos – or unidentified comparable form
U
- †Unicardium – or unidentified comparable form
- †Urceolabrum
- †Urceolabrum mantachieensis – tentative report
V
W
- †Wadeopsamea – tentative report
- †Weeksia
- †Woodsella
X
- Xenophora
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
