List of the prehistoric life of Arkansas
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This article needs attention from an expert in Palaeontology. The specific problem is: Several of the genus names (including but not necessarily limited to those tagged as {{dn}}) appear to be invalid. E.g. (1) Sandia, a brachiopod, name preoccupied by a butterfly, possibly now Neosandia or Brasilioproductus. E.g. (2) Cytherea, a mollusc, name preoccupied by a fly, now apparently split into Callista and Neocallista.. (May 2018) |
This list of the prehistoric life of Arkansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Arkansas.
Precambrian
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
editSelected Paleozoic taxa of Arkansas
edit- †Adnatoceras
- †Amphiscapha
- †Amplexus
- †Ananaspis
- †Anthracoceras
- †Aphelaeceras
- †Arcanoceras
- †Archaeocidaris
- Archaeolithophyllum – tentative report
Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes - †Archimylacris
- †Arkanites
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Aviculopecten
- † Avonia
- †Axinolobus
- †Bactritimimus
- †Baschkirites
- †Bellerophon
- †Bisatoceras
- †Bistrialites
- †Branneroceras
- †Cancelloceras
- †Cavusgnathus
- †Cheirurus
- †Chonetes
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Composita
- †Cornuproetus
- †Cravenoceras
- †Cypricardinia – tentative report
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites - †Deiphon
- †Delops
- †Diacalymene
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dolorthoceras
- †Echinaria
- †Edmondia
- †Encrinurus
- †Endolobus
- †Eophacops
- †Eospirifer
- †Eowellerites
Fossilized calyx of the Silurian-Middle Devonian crinoid ("sea lily") Eucalyptocrinites - †Euomphalus
- †Gastrioceras
- Gastrochaenolites
- †Girvanella
- †Glyptambon – type locality for genus
- †Glyptopleura
- †Gnathodus
- †Goniatites
- †Goniatites crenistria – or unidentified related form
- †Hematites
- †Irvingella
- †Kazakhstania – tentative report
- †Lingula
- †Liroceras – tentative report
- †Mariceras
- †Meristina
Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras - †Michelinoceras
- †Naticopsis
- †Ozarcus – type locality for genus
- †Ozarcus mapesae – type locality for species
- †Pachylyroceras
- †Paladin
- †Paleoconus
- †Paralegoceras
- †Pentremites
- †Peripetoceras
- †Platyceras
- †Plectodonta – tentative report
- †Plicochonetes
- †Posidonia
- †Proetus
- †Quinnites
- †Rayonnoceras
- †Sandia
- †Solenochilus
- †Solenomorpha
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Sphaerexochus - †Spirifer
- †Stearoceras
- †Stigmaria
- †Stroboceras
- †Sutherlandia
- †Tesuquea
- †Triboloceras – tentative report
- †Tripteroceroides – tentative report
- Trypanites
- †Tylonautilus
- †Valhallites
- †Wilkingia
- †Zia
Mesozoic
editSelected Mesozoic taxa of Arkansas
edit- †Anomia
- †Baculites
- Botula
Fossil of the sauropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Brontopodus - Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- Caryophyllia
- †Cirroceras
- Cliona
- Corbicula
- †Crenella
Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell - Cylichna
- †Cymella
- †Dentalium
- †Desmophyllites
- †Didymoceras
- †Discoscaphites
- †Douvilleiceras
- †Echinocorys
- †Eutrephoceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - †Gaudryceras
- †Heminautilus
- †Hoploscaphites
- †Inoceramus
- †Jeletzkytes
- Limatula
- †Linthia
- †Mathilda
- †Menuites
- †Micraster
- Micropora – tentative report
- †Naomichelys
- †Nostoceras
- †Pachydiscus
- Panopea
- †Placenticeras
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - †Protocardia
- †Pteria
- †Pterotrigonia
- Pycnodonte
- Serpula
- †Sphenodiscus
- Spondylus
- †Stylina
- †Tenea
- †Thamnasteria
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys - †Toxochelys latiremis – type locality for species
- Trachycardium
- Turritella
- †Uhligella – tentative report
Cenozoic
editSelected Cenozoic taxa of Arkansas
edit- Acteon
- Agaronia
- Antalis
- Architectonica
- Arius – or unidentified comparable form
- Astrangia
- Athleta
- Barbatia
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus - Blarina
- †Bootherium
- Brachidontes
- †Brachyprotoma
- Bullia
- Caestocorbula
- Canis
Illustration of a fossilized cranium of the Pleistocene Canis armbrusteri, or Armbruster's wolf - †Canis latrans
- Carcharhinus
- Carcharias
- Castor
- Cervus
- Chlamys
- Clavilithes
- Coluber
A living Coluber constrictor, or eastern racer
- Conomitra
- Conus
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- Crotalus
- Cytherea – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Dasyatis
- Dentalium
- †Diaphyodus
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- Equus
Restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene horse Equus scotti, or Scott's horse
- Erethizon
- Galeocerdo
- Galeodea
- Galeorhinus
- Geomys
- Ginglymostoma
- Hemipristis
- Hemisinus
- Hexaplex
A living Iridomyrmex, or rainbow ant - †Iridomyrmex mapesi – type locality for species
- †Lacunaria
- Latirus
- Lepisosteus
- Lepus
- †Lepus alleni
- †Lepus americanus – tentative report
- †Linthia
- Lynx
- †Mammuthus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of a Mammuthus columbi or Columbian mammoth
- Marmota
- Mephitis
- Mesalia
- Microtus
- †Miracinonyx
- Mustela
- Myliobatis
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus - Myotis
- Mytilus
- Nassarius
- Neogale
- Neotoma
- Nucula
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- Ostrea
- †Pachecoa
- Panthera
A living Panthera onca, or jaguar
- Pekania
- Peromyscus
- Pitar
- Pituophis
- Pitymys
- Pleuromeris
- Polinices
A living Pristis sawfish - Procyon
- Propeamussium
- †Protocardia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Pseudoliva
- Reithrodontomys
- Retusa
- Scalopus
- †Sinistrella
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - Sorex
- Spermophilus
- †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus – tentative report
- Sphyraena
- Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius – tentative report
Shell of a Spisula, or surf clam - Sylvilagus
- †Sylvilagus floridanus – tentative report
- Tamiasciurus
- Terebra
- Teredo
- Trichiurus
- Turritella
- Urocyon
A living Urocyon cinereoargenteus, or gray fox
- Ursus
- Venericardia
- Vulpes
- Yoldia
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.