List of the prehistoric life of Texas

This list of the prehistoric life of Texas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Texas.

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Texas

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Texas

Restoration of the Permian amphibian Acheloma
†Acheloma – type locality for genus
- †Acheloma cumminsi
  – type locality for species
†Achistrum
- †Achistrum ludwigi
  – type locality for species
†Acrodus – tentative report
- †Acrodus olsoni
  – type locality for species
- †Acrodus sweetlacruzensis
  – type locality for species
†Actinoconchus
†Acutichiton
†Adamantina
†Adrianites – tentative report
†Agathiceras
- †Agathiceras applini – type locality for species
†Alegeinosaurus
†Alethopteris
†Almites
†Altudoceras
†Alveus
– type locality for genus
†Amphiscapha
†Amplexus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-modern scallop Amusium
Amusium – tentative report
†Ananias
†Anatsabites
†Angelosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Angelosaurus dolani
  – type locality for species
†Anisodexis
†Annularia
- †Annularia stellata
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Anomalesia
†Anomphalus
†Aphetoceras
†Aphlebia
†Apsisaurus – type locality for genus
- †Apsisaurus witteri
  – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Permian reptile Araeoscelis
†Araeoscelis – type locality for genus
†Archaeocidaris
Archaeolithophyllum
†Archeria – type locality for genus
- †Archeria crassidisca
  – type locality for species
†Archimedes
†Arcuolimbus
†Aristoceras
†Armenoceras
†Artisia
†Aspidosaurus – type locality for genus
†Athyris
†Aulopora – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten
†Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten ballingerana
- †Aviculopecten girtyi
  – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten gryphus
  – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten occidentalis
- †Aviculopecten sumnerensis
†Avonia
†Barnesoceras – type locality for genus
†Bathyglyptus
– type locality for genus
†Bellerophon – tentative report
†Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon graphicus
†Bembexia
†Bitaunioceras
†Blountiella
Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Permian primitive reptile Bolosaurus
†Bolosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Bolosaurus major
  – type locality for species
- †Bolosaurus striatus
  – type locality for species
†Brachydectes
†Brachyphyllum – tentative report
†Branneroceras
†Broiliellus – type locality for genus
- †Broiliellus brevis
  – type locality for species
- †Broiliellus olsoni
  – type locality for species
- †Broiliellus texensis
  – type locality for species
†Burenoceras
Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Cacops
†Cacops
- †Cacops aspidephorus
  – type locality for species
†Calamites
- †Calamites undulatus
†Callipteridium
†Callipteris
- †Callipteris conferta
†Calophyllum – tentative report
†Camarotoechia
†Captorhinus – type locality for genus
- †Captorhinus aguti
  – type locality for species
†Carbonicola
†Cardiocephalus – type locality for genus
- †Cardiocephalus sternbergi
  – type locality for species
†Carrolla – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Casea
†Casea – type locality for genus
- †Casea broilii
  – type locality for species
†Caseoides – type locality for genus
†Caseopsis
†Cassiavellia – type locality for genus
- †Cassiavellia galtarae
  – type locality for species
†Catenipora
†Cedaria
†Chancelloria – tentative report
†Chonetes
- †Chonetes flemingi
  – tentative report
- †Chonetes verneuilianus
†Cibolites – type locality for genus
†Clarkoceras
Fossilized shell of the Middle Devonian-Permian brachiopod Cleiothyridina
†Cleiothyridina
- †Cleiothyridina mulsa
- †Cleiothyridina nana
- †Cleiothyridina pilularis
- †Cleiothyridina rara
- †Cleiothyridina rectimarginata
  – type locality for species
†Climacograptus
†Clitendoceras
†Clonograptus
†Coenocystis – type locality for genus
†Collemataria – type locality for genus
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
†Composita
- †Composita affinis
- †Composita apheles
  – type locality for species
- †Composita apsidata
- †Composita bucculenta
  – type locality for species
- †Composita costata
- †Composita cracens
- †Composita crassa
  – type locality for species
- †Composita discina
- †Composita emarginata
- †Composita enormis
  – type locality for species
- †Composita imbricata
  – type locality for species
- †Composita mexicana
- †Composita mira
- †Composita nucella
- †Composita ovata
- †Composita parasulcata
  – type locality for species
- †Composita pilula
- †Composita prospera
- †Composita pyriformis
- †Composita quantilla
- †Composita stalagmium
- †Composita strongyle
  – type locality for species
- †Composita subcircularis
- †Composita subtilita
†Conjunctio
†Conocardium – tentative report
†Cooperoceras – type locality for genus
†Coosella
†Coosia
†Cordaites
- †Cordaites principalis
†Cotteroceras
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Cotylorhynchus
†Cotylorhynchus
- †Cotylorhynchus hancocki
  – type locality for species
Crania
†Cravenoceras – tentative report
†Cricotus
†Crossotelos
†Ctenacanthus
- †Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias
  – type locality for species
†Ctenospondylus – type locality for genus
†Cylicioscapha
†Cypricardinia – tentative report
†Cyptendoceras
†Cystothalamia – type locality for genus
- †Cystothalamia megacysta
- †Cystothalamia nodulifera
†Dadoxylon
†Dakeoceras – tentative report
†Dasyceps
†Deiracephalus
Dentalium
†Diadectes – type locality for genus
†Dimacrodon – type locality for genus
Restoration of D. giganhomogenes with exposed neural spine tips
†Dimetrodon – type locality for genus
- †Dimetrodon booneorum
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon dollovianus
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon gigashomogenes
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon grandis
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon kempae
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon limbatus
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon loomisi
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon macrospondylus
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon milleri
  – type locality for species
- †Dimetrodon natalis
  – type locality for species
†Diplocaulus – type locality for genus
- †Diplocaulus magnicornis
  – type locality for species
†Diraphora
†Dissorophus – type locality for genus
- †Dissorophus multicinctus
  – type locality for species
†Domatoceras
†Driveria – type locality for genus
†Echinaria
†Ectenolites
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Edaphosaurus
†Edaphosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Edaphosaurus boanerges
- †Edaphosaurus cruciger
  – or unidentified related form
- †Edaphosaurus pogonias
  – type locality for species
†Edestus
†Edmondia
†Edops
- †Edops craigi
†Ellesmeroceras
†Empedias
†Endoceras
†Endolobus
Eocaudina
†Eosyodon – type locality for genus
†Eothyris – type locality for genus
- †Eothyris parkeyi
  – type locality for species
†Eowellerites
†Epiphyton
†error
†Error
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Eryops
†Eryops – type locality for genus
- †Eryops megacephalus
  – type locality for species
†Estheria
†Euomphalus
†Euryodus – type locality for genus
- †Euryodus primus
  – type locality for species
†Exovasa – type locality for genus
- †Exovasa cystauletoides
  – type locality for species
†Fenestella
†Fusulina
– report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Gastrioceras
†Geinitzina
†Genevievella
†Geragnostus
Life restoration of the Permian frog precursor Gerobatrachus
†Gerobatrachus – type locality for genus
- †Gerobatrachus hottoni
  – type locality for species
†Gervillia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Girvanella
†Glaucosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Glaucosaurus megalops
  – type locality for species
†Glikmanius
- †Glikmanius occidentalis
†Gnathorhiza
†Goniatites
†Gorgodon – type locality for genus
- †Gorgodon minutus
  – type locality for species
†Grewingkia
†Guadalupia
- †Guadalupia auricula
  – type locality for species
- †Guadalupia cupulosa
  – type locality for species
- †Guadalupia microcamera
  – type locality for species
- †Guadalupia ramescens
  – type locality for species
- †Guadalupia vasa
  – type locality for species
†Gypospirifer – type locality for genus
- †Gypospirifer condor
†Helicoconchus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
†Helicoprion
- †Helicoprion davisii
†Helminthochiton
†Hercosestria
†Hoffmannia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Homagnostus
†Hybodus
†Hypseloconus
†Icriodus
†Incisimura – type locality for genus
- †Incisimura bella
  – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Isodectes
†Isodectes
†Isogramma
†Janassa
†Jeffersonia
†Jinogondolella
†Kingstonia
†Knoxosaurus – type locality for genus
†Kockelella
†Komia
†Labidosaurikos
†Labidosaurus
†Lambeoceras
†Lepidophyllum
†Levisoceras
†Limbella
Lingula
†Liroceras
†Llanoaspis
Lysorophus
†Martinia
†Mastersonia – type locality for genus
†Mcqueenoceras
†Metacoceras
†Metalegoceras
†Meteoraspis
†Metoptoma
†Michelinoceras – tentative report
†Micraroter – tentative report
- †Micraroter erythrogeios
†Microbaltoceras – type locality for genus
†Minilya
†Murchisonia
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Mycterosaurus
†Mycterosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Mycterosaurus longiceps
  – type locality for species
†Nanobamus – type locality for genus
†Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis judithae
- †Naticopsis remex
- †Naticopsis transversa
  – type locality for species
†Neldasaurus
†Neoaganides
†Neocalamites – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian brachiopod Neospirifer
†Neospirifer
- †Neospirifer amphigyus
  – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer apothescelus
  – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer bakeri
  – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer cameratus
  – tentative report
- †Neospirifer formulosus
- †Neospirifer huecoensis
  – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer kansasensis
- †Neospirifer mansuetus
- †Neospirifer neali
- †Neospirifer notialis
- †Neospirifer placidus
- †Neospirifer triplicatus
- †Neospirifer venezuelensis
†Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris cordata
  – tentative report
†Nielsenoceras
†Norwoodia
Nucula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Nybyoceras
†Olenus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon
†Ophiacodon – type locality for genus
- †Ophiacodon major
  – type locality for species
- †Ophiacodon retroversus
  – type locality for species
- †Ophiacodon uniformis
  – type locality for species
†Ormoceras
†Orodus
†Orthacanthus
†Ostodolepis – type locality for genus
†Oulodus
†Ozarkodina
†Pachylyroceras
†Paladin
†Palaeoniscus
– tentative report
Pantylus
†Pantylus – type locality for genus
- †Pantylus cordatus
  – type locality for species
†Paraceltites
†Parafusulina
†Paralegoceras
†Paraschwagerina
†Pariotichus – type locality for genus
†Parioxys – type locality for genus
Patella – tentative report
Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris
†Pecopteris
- †Pecopteris arborescens
- †Pecopteris hemitelioides
- †Pecopteris unita
†Pedanochiton – type locality for genus
†Pelodosotis – type locality for genus
- †Pelodosotis elongatum
  – type locality for species
†Peripetoceras
†Petalodus
†Phlegethontia – tentative report
†Phonerpeton
- †Phonerpeton pricei
  – type locality for species
†Pinnularia
†Plaesiomys
†Plagiostoma – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Platyceras
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian sail-backed amphibian Platyhystrix
†Platyhystrix – or unidentified comparable form
†Plectronoceras
†Pleuronautilus
Pleurotomaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Plicochonetes
†Posidonia
Priscopedatus
†Prodentalium
†Prostacheoceras
- †Prostacheoceras skinneri
  – type locality for species
†Protocaptorhinus – type locality for genus
- †Protocaptorhinus pricei
  – type locality for species
†Protorothyris – type locality for genus
- †Protorothyris archeri
  – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Devonian-Permian tree fern Psaronius. Auguste Faguet (1877).
†Psaronius
†Pseudomelania – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Pterochiton
†Pugnax
†Quadratia
†Quasicaecilia – type locality for genus
†Rananasus
†Rayonnoceras
†Reiszorhinus – type locality for genus
†Retaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Rhabdiferoceras
†Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Ribeiria
†Rioceras
†Romeria – type locality for genus
- †Romeria prima
  – type locality for species
- †Romeria texana
  – type locality for species
†Rota
Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Rubeostratilia
†Rubeostratilia – type locality for genus
†Rugaria
†Ruthenoceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Sagenodus
†Sallya
†Samaropsis
†Sauropleura
†Scapanops – type locality for genus
- †Scapanops neglecta
  – type locality for species
†Schwagerina
†Secodontosaurus
- †Secodontosaurus obtusidens
  – type locality for species
Serpula – tentative report
Fossilized skeleton of the Permian primitive four-limbed animal Seymouria
†Seymouria – type locality for genus
- †Seymouria baylorensis
  – type locality for species
†Shouchangoceras
†Sigillaria
- †Sigillaria brardii
†Slaugenhopia – type locality for genus
Solemya – tentative report
†Solenochilus
†Solenopora
†Spermatodus
Life restoration of the Late Devonian-Permian Sphenacanthus
†Sphenacanthus
†Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
†Sphenopteris
†Spica
†Spirifer
- †Spirifer rockymontanus
Spirorbis
†Stearoceras
†Steppesaurus – type locality for genus
†Stereophallodon – type locality for genus
- †Stereophallodon ciscoensis
  – type locality for species
Life restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus
†Stethacanthus
†Strepsodiscus
†Strophomena
- †Strophomena neglecta
†Syringopora – tentative report
†Tainoceras
†Tappenosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Tappenosaurus magnus
  – type locality for species
†Tarphyceras
†Terebratula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Tersomius – type locality for genus
- †Tersomius texensis
  – type locality for species
†Tesnusocaris – type locality for genus
- †Tesnusocaris goldichi
  – type locality for species
Restorative portrait of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Tetraceratops
†Tetraceratops – type locality for genus
- †Tetraceratops insignis
  – type locality for species
†Tetrataxis
†Texoceras
†Trichasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Trichasaurus texensis
  – type locality for species
†Tricrepicephalus
†Trimerorhachis
- †Trimerorhachis greggi
  – type locality for species
- †Trimerorhachis insignis
  – type locality for species
†Triproetus
Trochus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Tunstallia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Turbo – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Varanops
- †Varanops brevirostris
  – type locality for species
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Varanosaurus
†Varanosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Varanosaurus acutirostris
  – type locality for species
†Vidria
†Waagenina
†Waagenoceras
†Waggoneria – type locality for genus
†Walchia
†Wattia – type locality for genus
†Wilkingia
†Worthenia
†Wurmiella
- †Wurmiella excavata
†Xenacanthus
†Xyloiulus – tentative report
Yoldia – tentative report
Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Zatrachys
†Zatrachys

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Texas

Fossilized shell of the Early-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Acanthoceras
†Acanthoceras
- †Acanthoceras adkinsi
- †Acanthoceras amphibolum
- †Acanthoceras barcusi
- †Acanthoceras eulessanum
- †Acanthoceras johnsonanum
- †Acanthoceras tarrantense
- †Acanthoceras wintoni
- †Acanthoceras worthense
Acesta
Acirsa
Acmaea
†Acompsoceras
Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus
†Acrocanthosaurus
- †Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Acteon
†Acteonella
†Adelobasileus – type locality for genus
- †Adelobasileus cromptoni
  – type locality for species
†Adkinsia
†Adocus
†Aenona
†Aetodactylus – type locality for genus
- †Aetodactylus halli
  – type locality for species
†Agerostrea
†Agujaceratops
- †Agujaceratops mariscalensis
  – type locality for species
†Akera
Alamosaurus
†Alamosaurus
- †Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
†Albanerpeton
- †Albanerpeton gracilis
- †Albanerpeton nexuosus
†Allocrioceras
Alnus
†Alphadon
- †Alphadon halleyi
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Ampullina – or unidentified comparable form
Amusium
†Anaklinoceras
†Ancilla
†Angistorhinus
- †Angistorhinus grandis
†Angulomastacator – type locality for genus
- †Angulomastacator daviesi
  – type locality for species
†Anisoceras
Anomia
†Anomoeodus
†Anomotodon
†Apachesaurus
- †Apachesaurus gregorii
Arca
Architectonica
Restoration of the Late Triassic lungfish Arganodus with an anachronistic human to scale
†Arganodus
- †Arganodus dorotheae
  – type locality for species
Arrhoges
†Aspidoceras
Astarte
Astrangia
Astreopora – tentative report
†Astroconodon – type locality for genus
- †Astroconodon denisoni
  – type locality for species
†Astrodon
- †Astrodon johnstoni
†Astrophocaudia – type locality for genus
- †Astrophocaudia slaughteri
  – type locality for species
†Axonoceras
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
†Baculites
- †Baculites aquilaensis
  - or unidentified loosely related form
- †Baculites haresi
  – or unidentified comparable form
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites scotti
- †Baculites tippahensis
†Baena – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Banis
Barbatia – tentative report
†Barroisiceras
†Basilemys
†Belemnitella
- †Belemnitella americana
†Belodon
†Belonostomus
†Bernissartia – tentative report
†Betelgeusia – type locality for genus
- †Betelgeusia reidi
  – type locality for species
†Bostrychoceras
Botula
- †Botula carolinensis
- †Botula conchafodentis
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Brachauchenius hunting a hesperornithiform bird
†Brachauchenius
- †Brachauchenius lucasi
Brachidontes
†Brachychampsa
†Brachysuchus – type locality for genus
- †Brachysuchus megalodon
  – type locality for species
†Bravoceratops – type locality for genus
- †Bravoceratops polyphemus
  – type locality for species
Fossil of the sauropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Brontopodus
†Brontopodus – type locality for genus
Busycon – tentative report
Cadulus
Caestocorbula
- †Caestocorbula crassaplica
- †Caestocorbula crassiplica
- †Caestocorbula suffalciata
- †Caestocorbula terramaria
Callianassa
†Calliomphalus
- †Calliomphalus americanus
†Calyptosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Calyptosuchus wellesi
  – type locality for species
Calyptraea
Cancellaria
Cantharus
– tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous marine bivalve Caprina
†Caprina
Capulus
Carcharias
†Caririchnium
Carota
Caryophyllia
†Caseosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Caseosaurus crosbyensis
  – type locality for species
†Casierius
†Catactegenys – type locality for genus
†Caturus
†Caveola
†Cedarosaurus
- †Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
Ceratodus
Cerithiella
- †Cerithiella nodoliratum
  – or unidentified related form
- †Cerithiella semirugatum
Cerithium
†Chamops
†Champsosaurus
†Chindesaurus
- †Chindesaurus bryansmalli
†Chinlea
†Chirostenotes
†Chupacabrachelys – type locality for genus
Cidaris
†Cimexomys
†Cimoliasaurus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Cimoliopterus (left) stealing fish from another pterosaur
†Cimoliopterus
- †Cimoliopterus dunni
  – type locality for species
†Cimolodon
- †Cimolodon electus
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Cimolomys
- †Cimolomys clarki
†Clevosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
†Clidastes
- †Clidastes liodontus
Cliona
†Coahomasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Coahomasuchus kahleorum
  – type locality for species
†Coelodus
†Coelophysis
†Coilopoceras
- †Coilopoceras springeri
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid Collignoniceras
†Collignoniceras
- †Collignoniceras woollgari
†Colognathus – type locality for genus
†Coniasaurus
†Continuoolithus
†Conulus
Corbicula
Corbula
†Coupatezia
Crassostrea
†Crenella
- †Crenella elegantula
- †Crenella serica
Cretolamna
- †Cretolamna appendiculata
†Cretorectolobus
- †Cretorectolobus olsoni
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Crosbysaurus – type locality for genus
- †Crosbysaurus harrisae
  – type locality for species
Cucullaea
- †Cucullaea capax
- †Cucullaea powersi
Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria ampulla
- †Cuspidaria grandis
- †Cuspidaria grovensis
†Cyathophora
†Cyclothyris
Cylichna
- †Cylichna incisa
†Cymatoceras
†Cymella
Cyzicus – tentative report
†Dallasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Dallasaurus turneri
  – type locality for species
Dasmosmilia
- †Dasmosmilia kochii
  – type locality for species
Dasyatis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
†Deinosuchus
- †Deinosuchus riograndensis
- †Deinosuchus rugosus
  – type locality for species
Dentalium
- †Dentalium leve
- †Dentalium pauperculum
†Desmatosuchus
- †Desmatosuchus haplocerus
- †Desmatosuchus smalli
  – type locality for species
- †Desmatosuchus spurensis
  – type locality for species
†Desmoceras
Diodora – tentative report
†Diphydontosaurus – or unidentified related form
†Diploastrea
Discorbis
†Discoscaphites
- †Discoscaphites conradi
†Doswellia
†Douvilleiceras
†Dreissena
Restoration of the Late Triassic dinosaur relative Dromomeron
†Dromomeron
- †Dromomeron gregorii
  – type locality for species
†Dryptosaurus
†Dufrenoyia
- †Dufrenoyia justinae
†Durania
†Echinocorys
†Ecphora
†Ectenosaurus
†Edmontonia – or unidentified comparable form
†Elea – tentative report
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
†Enchodus
†Episcoposaurus
– type locality for genus
- †Episcoposaurus haplocerus
  – type locality for species
†Epitonium
- †Epitonium sillimani
†Eubostrychoceras
†Eucalycoceras
†Eugyra
†Euhoplites – tentative report
†Eulima
†Euomphaloceras
†Eupachydiscus
†Euspira
†Eutrephoceras
†Ewingia – type locality for genus
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
†Exogyra
- †Exogyra cancellata
- †Exogyra costata
†Fagesia
†Faujasia
†Favia
†Flexomornis – type locality for genus
- †Flexomornis howei
  – type locality for species
†Flickia
†Forbesiceras
†Forresteria
Fusinus
Galeorhinus
Gastrochaena
Gegania
†Gervillia
Ginglymostoma
Illustration of a reconstructed skull of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens
†Globidens
- †Globidens dakotensis
Globigerina
Glossus
Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris rotundata
†Glyptops – tentative report
†Gobiates
†Gryphaea
†Gryposaurus – tentative report
†Gypsichnites
†Gyronchus
Haminoea – tentative report
†Hamites
†Hamulus
†Helicoceras
- †Helicoceras navarroense
†Hemicalypterus – tentative report
Heterodontus
†Heteromorpha
Hexanchus
Homarus
†Hoplochelys
†Hoploscaphites
†Hybodus
†Hydnophora – tentative report
†Hypophylloceras
†Ichthyodectes
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis
†Ichthyornis
- †Ichthyornis dispar
†Idoceras
†Iguanodon – or unidentified comparable form
†Inoceramus
- †Inoceramus anomalus
  – or unidentified comparable form
- †Inoceramus arnoldi
- †Inoceramus arvanus
- †Inoceramus balticus
- †Inoceramus cordiformis
  – or unidentified comparable form
- †Inoceramus deformis
- †Inoceramus dimidius
- †Inoceramus fragilis
- †Inoceramus prefragilis
- †Inoceramus vanuxemi
  – tentative report
†Irenesauripus
†Isastrea
†Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza avonicola
- †Ischyrhiza mira
†Jeletzkytes
- †Jeletzkytes brevis
†Kamerunoceras
Koskinonodon
– type locality for genus
†Kritosaurus
Lamna
Latiaxis
†Lepidotes
Lepisosteus
†Leptorhynchos
– type locality for genus
- †Leptorhynchos gaddisi – type locality for species
†Leptostyrax
†Leptosuchus
- †Leptosuchus crosbiensis
  – type locality for species
- †Leptosuchus imperfecta
  – type locality for species
- †Leptosuchus studeri
  – type locality for species
†Lewesiceras
†Leyvachelys
- †Leyvachelys cipadi
†Libognathus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Libonectes with an anachronistic scuba diver to scale
†Libonectes
- †Libonectes morgani
  – type locality for species
Lima
Limatula
†Linearis
Lingula
†Linter
†Linthia
Linuparus
†Lioestheria – tentative report
Liquidambar – tentative report
†Lissodus
†Lithacoceras
Lithophaga
†Lonchidion
Life restoration of the Late Triassic aetosaur Longosuchus
†Longosuchus
- †Longosuchus meadei
  – type locality for species
Lopha
- †Lopha falcata
- †Lopha mesenterica
†Lucasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Lucasuchus hunti
  – type locality for species
Lucina
†Macrepistius
†Magnoavipes – type locality for genus
†Malerisaurus
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Mammites
†Mammites
†Mantelliceras
- †Mantelliceras cantianum
†Mariella
†Martinectes
- †Martinectes bonneri
†Mathilda
Megalomphalus – or unidentified comparable form
†Megalosauropus
– tentative report
Melanatria
Membranipora
†Meniscoessus
†Menuites
Mesalia
†Mesodma
†Metoicoceras
- †Metoicoceras geslinianum
Life restoration of the Late Triassic amphibian Metoposaurus with an anachronistic human to scale
†Metoposaurus
- †Metoposaurus bakeri
  – type locality for species
†Micraster
†Modiolus
- †Modiolus sedesclaris
- †Modiolus sedesclarus
Monodonta – tentative report
†Monopleura – tentative report
†Morea
†Mortoniceras
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
†Mosasaurus
- †Mosasaurus missouriensis
  – tentative report
†Mytilus
†Naomichelys
Natica
Nebrius
†Neithea
- †Neithea bexarensis
- †Neithea quinquecostata
†Neocardioceras
- †Neocardioceras juddii
Opalized guard of the belemnoid cephalopod Neohibolites
†Neohibolites
†Neoptychites
†Nerinea – tentative report
Nerita
Neritina
†Nostoceras
- †Nostoceras approximans
- †Nostoceras splendidum
Nucula
- †Nucula camia
- †Nucula cuneifrons
- †Nucula percrassa
†Nyssa
†Odaxosaurus
- †Odaxosaurus piger
Odontaspis
†Oklatheridium
- †Oklatheridium minax
- †Oklatheridium szalayi
Fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous giant sawfish Onchopristis
†Onchopristis
†Onchosaurus
†Ophiomorpha
†Ophiopsis – tentative report
†Opis
†Ornithomimus
†Ostlingoceras
Ostrea
†Otischalkia – type locality for genus
- †Otischalkia elderae
  – type locality for species
†Oxyrhina
†Pachycheilosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Pachycheilosuchus trinquei
  – type locality for species
†Pachydesmoceras
†Pachydiscus
Restorative portrait of the Early Jurassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Pachygenelus
†Pachygenelus
†Pachymelania
Pagurus
†Palaeobalistum
†Palaeoctonus
†Paleorhinus
- †Paleorhinus sawini
  – type locality for species
†
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†Paluxysuchus – type locality for genus
- †Paluxysuchus newmani
  – type locality for species
†Panis
Panopea
†Pappotherium – type locality for genus
†Paracimexomys
†Paramicrodon – type locality for genus
†Paranomia
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Parapuzosia with a human indicating its size
†Parapuzosia
†Parasuchus
†Paratypothorax
†Paronychodon
- †Paronychodon lacustris
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Pawpawsaurus – type locality for genus
- †Pawpawsaurus campbelli
  – type locality for species
†Pecten
†Pekinosaurus
– or unidentified related form
- †Pekinosaurus olseni
Perna – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Pholadidea
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
Pholadomya
- †Pholadomya occidentalis
Pholas
†Phymosoma
†Phytosaurus
†Pinna
Pitar
†Placenticeras
- †Placenticeras meeki
†Planocephalosaurus
†Platecarpus
- †Platecarpus planifrons
- †Platecarpus somenensis
  – or unidentified comparable form
- †Platecarpus tympaniticus
†Platyceramus
- †Platyceramus cycloides
- †Platyceramus mantelli
  - or unidentified loosely related form
Life restoration of the Early-Late Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius
†Platypterygius
†Plesiosaurus
Pleurotomaria
†Plicatoscyllium – type locality for genus
Plicatula
†Plioplatecarpus – tentative report
Polinices
†Pollex
†Polyptychodon
†Poposaurus
- †Poposaurus gracilis
†Porituberoolithus
Restoration of the Late Triassic crocodile relative Postosuchus with an anachronistic human to scale
†Postosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Postosuchus kirkpatricki
  – type locality for species
†Procardia
†Prognathodon – tentative report
†Promystriosuchus
– type locality for genus
†Prosiren – type locality for genus
†Protecovasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Protecovasaurus lucasi
  – type locality for species
†Protoavis – type locality for genus
- †Protoavis texensis
  – type locality for species
†Protocardia
†Protohadros – type locality for genus
- †Protohadros byrdi
  – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Protosphyraena
†Protosphyraena
†Pseudocorax
†Pseudomelania
†Pseudoperna
- †Pseudoperna congesta
†Pteranodon – or unidentified comparable form
†Pteria
†Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
†Ptychotrygon
†Puzosia
Pycnodonte
- †Pycnodonte belli
- †Pycnodonte mutabilis
- †Pycnodonte vesicularis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus
†Quetzalcoatlus – type locality for genus
- †Quetzalcoatlus northropi
  – type locality for species
†Quitmaniceras
Raja
†Rewaconodon – or unidentified related form
- †Rewaconodon tikiensis
Rhinobatos
†Rhombodus
†Richardoestesia
- †Richardoestesia gilmorei
- †Richardoestesia isosceles
  – type locality for species
†Rileymillerus – type locality for genus
Ringicula
- †Ringicula pulchella
Rogerella
†Romaniceras
Rostellaria
– tentative report
†Russellosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Russellosaurus coheni
  – type locality for species
†Rutiodon
†Sargana
Diagram illustrating the Early Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Sauroposeidon with anachronistic humans to scale
†Sauroposeidon
- †Sauroposeidon proteles
†Saurornitholestes
- †Saurornitholestes langstoni
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Sauvagesia – tentative report
†Scapanorhynchus
- †Scapanorhynchus texanus
†Scapherpeton
†Scaphites
- †Scaphites hippocrepis
  - or unidentified loosely related form
- †Scaphites warreni
†Schizobasis
Scintilla – tentative report
†Sclerorhynchus
Scyliorhinus
†Selaginella – or unidentified comparable form
†Seminola – tentative report
†Semionotus – or unidentified comparable form
†Senis
Serpula
†Serratolamna
- †Serratolamna serrata
†Sexta
Life restoration of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Shuvosaurus
†Shuvosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Shuvosaurus inexpectatus
  – type locality for species
†Siderastrea
†Sierritasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Sierritasuchus macalpini
  – type locality for species
†Skolithos
Solemya
†Sphenodiscus
- †Sphenodiscus lobatus
- †Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
†Spinosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Spinosuchus caseanus
  – type locality for species
†Spironema
Spondylus
Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- †Squalicorax pristodontus
Squalus
†Squatirhina
- †Squatirhina americana
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous ostrich dinosaur Struthiomimus
†Struthiomimus – or unidentified comparable form
†Technosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Technosaurus smalli
  – type locality for species
†Tecovasaurus – type locality for genus
- †Tecovasaurus murryi
  – type locality for species
†Tecovasuchus – type locality for genus
- †Tecovasuchus chatterjeei
  – type locality for species
Teinostoma
Tellina
†Tenea
Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon relative Tenontosaurus
†Tenontosaurus
- †Tenontosaurus dossi
  – type locality for species
Teredolites
†Terlinguachelys – type locality for genus
- †Terlinguachelys fischbecki
  – type locality for species
†Terminonaris
- †Terminonaris robusta
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Texacephale – type locality for genus
- †Texacephale langstoni
  – type locality for species
†Texasetes – type locality for genus
- †Texasetes pleurohalio
  – type locality for species
Textularia
†Thamnasteria
†Thamnoseris – tentative report
†Thomasites
Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium eufaulensis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Triceratops
†Triceratops
†Trigonia
†Trilophosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Trilophosaurus buettneri
  – type locality for species
- †Trilophosaurus jacobsi
†Trinacromerum – type locality for genus
- †Trinacromerum bentonianum
  – type locality for species
†Triodus
†Triopticus – type locality for genus
†Trochactaeon
Tryonia
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Turrilites
†Turrilites
- †Turrilites acutus
Turritella
- †Turritella bilira
- †Turritella forgemoli
  – or unidentified comparable form
- †Turritella hilgardi
- †Turritella paravertebroides
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
†Tylosaurus
- †Tylosaurus kansasensis
- †Tylosaurus nepaeolicus
- †Tylosaurus proriger
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Typothorax
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Tyrannosaurus
†Tyrannosaurus
- †Tyrannosaurus rex
†Uktenadactylus
Unio
†Upogebia
†Vancleavea
- †Vancleavea campi
†Vascellum
†Vascoceras
Venericardia
†Vinella
Viviparus – tentative report
Volsella
Vulsella
Fossilized partial skulls of the Early Cretaceous crocodilian Wannchampsus
†Wannchampsus – type locality for genus
†Wannia
- †Wannia scurriensis
  – type locality for species
†Woodbinesuchus – type locality for genus
- †Woodbinesuchus byersmauricei
  – type locality for species
†Wrightoceras
Xanthosia
†Xenacanthus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Xenophora
†Xiphactinus
†Yezoites
Yoldia

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Texas

Abra
Acanthocardia
Acar
Acirsa
†Aclistomycter
Acris
- †Acris crepitans
Acteocina
Acteon
Admetula
Adrana
Aedes
†Aelurodon
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
†Aepycamelus
Agaronia
Agkistrodon
†Agriocharis
†Agriochoerus
†Agriotherium
†Aguascalientia
Akera
†Alforjas
Aliculastrum
†Allaeochelys – or unidentified comparable form
Alligator
- †Alligator mississipiensis
- †Alligator mississippiensis
- †Alligator olseni
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus
†Allognathosuchus
†Allomorone
Alvania
†Amblema
- †Amblema plicata
†Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
†Amebelodon
†Ameiurus
Amnicola
†Amphicyon
†Amphimachairodus
Amphiuma
†Ampullina
Amusium
Anadara
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Anancus
†Anancus
†Anchitheriomys
†Anchitherium
Ancilla
†Angelarctocyon
- †Angelarctocyon australis
  – type locality for species
†Annona
Anodontia
Anomia
Antalis
Anthonomus – tentative report
Antillophos
Antrozous
- †Antrozous pallidus
†Aphelops
†Aplexia
Aplodinotus
- †Aplodinotus grunniens
Aquila
- †Aquila chrysaetos
Arca
†Archaeohippus
†Archaeotherium
Architectonica
†Arctocyon
Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
†Arctodus
- †Arctodus simus
†Arctonasua
Argobuccinum
Argyrotheca
Arius – or unidentified comparable form
Arizona
- †Arizona elegans
†Artocarpus
Astarte
Asthenotoma
†Astrohippus
Athleta
Atlanta
Atractosteus
- †Atractosteus spatula
- †Atractosteus tristoechus
  – tentative report
Atrina
Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
†Aturia
Atys
†Australocamelus
†Awateria
Baiomys
†Baiotomeus
- †Baiotomeus douglassi
Balanophyllia
Balanus
†Baluchicardia
Bankia
Barbatia
†Barbourofelis
- †Barbourofelis whitfordi
Bassariscus
†Bathygenys
Bathytoma
- †Bathytoma nonplicata – or unidentified comparable form
†Batrachosauroides
Bela – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Belosaepia
†Belosepia
Bison
- †Bison antiquus
- Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, or long-horned bison
  †Bison latifrons
Bittiolum – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Bittium
†Blancocamelus
Blarina
- †Blarina brevicauda
  – or unidentified comparable form
†Blastomeryx
†Boavus – tentative report
†Bonellitia
†Borealosuchus
bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964).
†Borophagus