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
  • †
    Agassizodus variabilis
• †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

• 

  †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
  • †
    Composita subtilita
• †Concavicaris
  • †Concavicaris sinuata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Contocrinus
  • †Contocrinus stantonensis
• †Cooleyella
• †Coryellites
• †Costistricklandia
  • †Costistricklandia castellana
• †Crurithyris
  • †Crurithyris expansa

• 

  †Ctenacanthus
  • †
    Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias
• †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

• 

  †Favosites
• †Fissodus
  • †Fissodus inaequalis
• †Gilliodus
  • †Gilliodus peyeri
• †Glabrocingulum
  • †Glabrocingulum grayvillense
• †Glaukosocrinus
  • †Glaukosocrinus berryi – type locality for species

• 

  †Glikmanius
  • †
    Glikmanius myachkovensis
  • †
    Glikmanius occidentalis
• †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

• 

  †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

• 

  †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

• 

  †Metacoceras
• †Microcaracrinus
  • †Microcaracrinus twenhofeli
• †Monongahela
• †Moreyella
• †Mycterops
  • †
    Mycterops whitei
• †Nebraskacrinus
  • †Nebraskacrinus tourteloti
• †Neochonetes
  • †Neochonetes granulifer
• †Neospirifer
  • †
    Neospirifer dunbari
• †Nodosinella – tentative report

• 

  †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

• 

  †Peachocaris
  • †
    Peachocaris acanthouraea
• †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

• 

  †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

• 

  †Stethacanthus
  • †
    Stethacanthus altonensis
• †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

• 

  †Collignoniceras
  • †
    Collignoniceras percarinatum
  • †
    Collignoniceras praecox
  • †
    Collignoniceras vermilionense
• †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
  • †
    Didymoceras cheyennense
• †Inoceramus
  • †
    Inoceramus apicalis
  • †Inoceramus cuvieri
  • †
    Inoceramus fragilis
• †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

• 

  †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
  • †
    Pseudoperna congesta
• †Reynoldsiophyllum
  • †Reynoldsiophyllum nebrascense – type locality for species
• †Rhaeboceras
• †Rosselia – or unidentified comparable form
• †Scaphites
  • †Scaphites patulus
• †Skolithos – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  †Styxosaurus – type locality for genus
• †Volviceramus
  • †Volviceramus involutus

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Nebraska

• Acer
• Acipenser
• Acris
  • †
    Acris crepitans
    – or unidentified comparable form
• †Acritohippus
  • †
    Acritohippus isonesus
• †Aelurodon

• 

  †Aepycamelus
  • †
    Aepycamelus major
  • †
    Aepycamelus robustus
• Agkistrodon
• †Agnotocastor
• †Agriochoerus
• †Agriotherium
• †Aletomeryx
• †Alforjas
• Alligator
• Alnus
• †Ambrosia
• †
  Ambystoma
  • †
    Ambystoma maculatum
  • †
    Ambystoma tigrinum

• 

  †Amebelodon
• Amia
  • †
    Amia calva
• Ammospermophilus
• †Amphechinus
• †Amphicyon
  • †
    Amphicyon frendens
    – type locality for species
  • †
    Amphicyon galushai
    – type locality for species
  • †
    Amphicyon ingens
• †Amphimachairodus
• †Anchitheriomys

• 

  †Anchitherium
• †Andrias
• Antrozous
  – or unidentified comparable form
• Apalone
  • †
    Apalone spinifera
• †Aphelops
• Aplodinotus
  • †
    Aplodinotus grunniens
• Aramus
• †Archaeocyon
• †Archaeohippus

• 

  †Archaeotherium
• †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• †Arctonasua
• Ardea
• Arizona
• †Artemisia
• †Astrohippus
• Atractosteus
  • †
    Atractosteus spatula
• Baiomys
• Balearica
• †Barbourofelis
  • †
    Barbourofelis fricki
  • †
    Barbourofelis morrisi
    – type locality for species
  • †
    Barbourofelis whitfordi
    – type locality for species
• Bassariscus
• †Bathornis
  • †
    Bathornis veredus
• †Bathygenys
• Betula
  – or unidentified comparable form
• Bison

  • 

    †Bison latifrons
• Blarina
  • †
    Blarina brevicauda
• †Blastomeryx
  • †
    Blastomeryx gemmifer
    – type locality for species
• †Bootherium
  • †
    Bootherium bombifrons
    – type locality for species
• †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens
  • †Borophagus pugnator
  • †Borophagus secundus
• †Bothriodon
• †Brachycrus
• †Brachypsalis
• †Brachyrhynchocyon
• †
  Brontops
• Bufo
  • †
    Bufo cognatus
• Burhinus
• Buteo
• †
  Calippus

• 

  †Camelops
  • †
    Camelops hesternus
• Canis
  • †
    Canis dirus
  • †Canis edwardii
  • †Canis ferox
  • †
    Canis latrans
  • †Canis lepophagus
• †Capromeryx
• †Carpocyon
• Carya
• Castor
  • †Castor californicus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Castoroides
• Cedrela
• Celtis
• †Cephalogale

• Ceratogaulus

  • †
    Ceratogaulus anecdotus
  • †
    Ceratogaulus hatcheri
  • †
    Ceratogaulus rhinocerus

• †Cervalces
• Chaetodipus
  • †
    Chaetodipus hispidus
• †Chamaecyparis
• Charina
• Chelydra
  • †
    Chelydra serpentina
• †Chelydrops
  • †
    Chelydrops stricta
    – type locality for species
• Chrysemys
  • †
    Chrysemys picta

• 

  Cladrastis
• Clethrionomys
  • †
    Clethrionomys gapperi
    – or unidentified comparable form
• Cnemidophorus
  • †
    Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
• Cocculus
• †Colodon
• Coluber
  • †
    Coluber constrictor
• †
  Conuropsis
• †Cordia
• †Cormocyon
• †Cormohipparion
• †Cosoryx
  • †
    Cosoryx furcatus

• palaeomerycid Cranioceras, a relative of modern deer, with anachronistic human to scale

  †Cranioceras