List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey
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This list of the prehistoric life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey.
Precambrian
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in New Jersey.
Paleozoic
edit- †Archaeocyathus
- †Centroceras
- †Cladopora
- †Coenites
- †Cordilleracyathus – tentative report
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites - †Leiorhynchus
- †Leptodesma
- †Ophileta – type locality for genus
- †Ophileta polygyratus – type locality for species
- †Styliolina
Mesozoic
editSelected Mesozoic taxa of New Jersey
edit- Acipenser
- Acteon
- †Adocus – type locality for genus
Shell and skeleton of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History
- †Aenona
- †Agerostrea
- †Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form
- Amauropsis
- Amia
- †Amyda
- †Anatalavis
- †Anatalavis rex – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus
- †Ankylosaurus
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus - †Apatopus
- †Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
- Arca
- †Argoides
- Astarte
- Astrangia
- Atractosteus
- †Atreipus
- Attagenus
- †Avellana
- †Axonoceras
- †Baculites
- †Baculites haresi
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites scotti – tentative report
- †Baikuris
- †Baikuris casei – type locality for species
- Barbatia
- †Belemnitella
- Bernaya
- †Bottosaurus
- †Bottosaurus harlani – type locality for species
- Botula
- Brachaelurus
- †Brachychampsa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Brontozoum
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Brownimecia - †Brownimecia clavata – type locality for species
- Caestocorbula
- Callianassa
- †Calliomphalus
- Cardita
- †Catopygus
- †Ceratodus
- Cerithium
- Cheilotrichia
- †Chelone
- Chiloscyllium
- †Chirotherium
- †Chirotherium lulli – type locality for species
- Chlamys
- †Cimoliasaurus
Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys - †Cirroceras
- Clavagella
- †Clidastes
- Cliona
- †Coelosaurus
- †Coelosaurus antiquus – type locality for species
- †Coelurosaurichnus
- Corbula
- †Corsochelys
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
- †Cretolamna
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark - †Crocodilus
- Cucullaea
- Culicoides
- Cuspidaria
- †Cylindracanthus
- †Cymella
- Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form
- Dasyatis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus - †Dentalium
- †Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form
- †Didymoceras
- †Diplocynodon
- †Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Discoscaphites
- †Dolicholatirus
- Dosinia
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus - †Dryptosaurus aquilunguis – type locality for species
- Edaphodon
- †Edmontosaurus
- †Elasmosaurus
- †Elasmosaurus orientalis – type locality for species
- †Enchodus
- †Epitonium
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - Fasciolaria
- † Gegania
- †Gervillia
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycimeris
- Glycymeris
- †Gonyaulax
- †Graculavus – type locality for genus
- †Grallator
- †Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
- †Gryphaea
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Hadrosaurus - †Hadrosaurus cavatus – type locality for species
- †Hadrosaurus foulkii – type locality for species
- †Hadrosaurus minor – type locality for species
- †Halisaurus
- Hemiscyllium
- Heterodontus
- †Hoploparia
- †Hoploscaphites
- †Hybodus
- †Hyposaurus
- †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
- †Hypsibema
Life restoration of the Late Triassic primitive reptile Hypsognathus - †Hypsognathus fenneri – type locality for species
- †Hypuronector – type locality for genus
- †Hypuronector limnaios – type locality for species
- †Icarosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Icarosaurus siefkeri – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Ischyodus
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Jeletzkytes
- †Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
- †Kouphichnium
- †Laornis – type locality for genus
- †Laornis edvardsianus – type locality for species
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus - Leptoconops
- Lima
- Limatula
- † Limonia
- †Linearis
- Linuparus
- †Liodon
- †Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
A living Lunatia moon sea snail - Martesia
- †Megalocoelacanthus
- †Menuites
- †Metoicoceras
- †Milnesium
- †Modiolus
- †Morea
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus - †Mosasaurus conodon – type locality for species
- †Mytilus – tentative report
- †Neithea
- †Nostoceras
- Nucula
- †Odaxosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
- Odontaspis
- Oecobius – tentative report
- †Ophiomorpha
- Orchestina
- †Osteopygis – type locality for genus
- Ostrea
- †Oxyrhina
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus - Pagurus
- †Palaeoniscus
- †Palaeopagurus – tentative report
- †Palaeotringa – type locality for genus
- Panopea
- †Paracupes
- †Paralbula
- †Paranomia
- †Parrisia – type locality for genus
- †Pecten
- †Peritresius
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya - Pholas
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Plagiostoma
- †Plesiosaurus
- Plicatula
- †Plioplatecarpus
- †Plioplatecarpus depressus – type locality for species
- †Plumalexius – type locality for genus
- †Plumalexius rasnitsyni – type locality for species
- Polinices
- †Pristis
- †Procolpochelys
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon - †Prognathodon rapax – type locality for species
- †Protocardia
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pteria
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychotrygon
- Pycnodonte
- Rangia – tentative report
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhombodus
- Ringicula
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon - †Sargana
- †Sauropus
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scaphites
- †Sclerorhynchus
- †Scoyenia
- Segestria – tentative report
- †Semionotus
- Serpula
- †Serratolamna
- †Spathopria – type locality for genus
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma - †Sphecomyrma freyi – type locality for species
- †Sphecomyrma mesaki – type locality for species
- †Sphenodiscus
- Spondylus
- Squalicorax
- Squatina
- †Stegobium
- †Stegomus
- †Stephanodus
- †Steropoides
- †Symmorphus – tentative report
- †Tanytrachelos
- †Taphrosaurus
- Tellina
- †Telmatornis – type locality for genus
- Tenagodus
- †Tenea
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus - †Tomodon – type locality for genus
- †Tomodon horrificus – type locality for species
- Trachycardium
- †Trigonia
- Trionyx
- Turbinella
- Turbonilla
- Turritella
- †Volviceramus
- Vulsella – or unidentified comparable form
- Xanthosia
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
Cenozoic
editSelected Cenozoic taxa of New Jersey
editFossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus - Acteocina
- Aetobatus
- Amyda
- Anachis
- Anadara
- Angulus
- Anomia
- Arca
- Architectonica
- Argopecten
- †Argopecten gibbus
A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians), or Atlantic bay scallop
- Argyrotheca
- Astarte
- Astrangia
- Astyris
- Athleta
- Atrina
- †Aturia
- Balanophyllia
- Balanus
- Barbatia
- Barnea
- Bison
- †Bonellitia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bootherium
Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene bovid Bootherium bombifrons, or Harlan's musk ox.
- Buccinum
- Busycon
- Busycotypus
- Cadulus
- †Calappilia
- Callianassa – tentative report
- Calliostoma
- Calyptraea
A living Carcharias sand tiger shark - Carcharodon
- Cardita
- Carditamera
- Cardites
- †Castoroides
- †Catopygus
- Cerithiopsis
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene cervid Cervalces, or the stag moose - Chaetopleura
- Chama
- Chelone
- †Chesapecten
- Chlamys
- Cidaris
- †Cistella
- Clavilithes
- Clementia
- Cliona – tentative report
Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail - Corbula
- †Coscinopleura
- Crassostrea
- Crenella
- Crepidula
- †Cretolamna
- †Crocodilus
A living Crocodylus - Crucibulum
- Cucullaea
- Cumingia
- Cuspidaria
- Cyclocardia
- Cylichna
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cythara – tentative report
- Cytherea
- Dasyatis
- Dentalium
- Diastoma
- †Diatryma
Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - Diodora
- Discinisca
- †Dolicholatirus
- Donax
- Dosinia
- Echinarachnius
- †Echinocorys
- †Echinopsis
- †Ecphora
- Edaphodon
- †Enchodus
- Ensis
- †Eosphargis
Fossilized cranium in multiple views of the Paleocene-Eocene gavial relative Eosuchus - Epitonium
- Equus
- Ervilia
- Eupleura
- Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- Fasciolaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Flabellum
- Fossarus – tentative report
A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark - Galeodea
- Gemma
- Geukensia
- Ginglymostoma
- Glans
- †Glomerula
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Gorgonella
- †Gryphaea
- †Hamulus – or unidentified comparable form
- Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
- Hemipristis
Fossilized teeth of the Miocene weasel shark Hemipristis serra
- Heptranchias
- †Heptranchias howelli – type locality for species
- Hespererato
- Hexanchus
- Hiatella
- Hydroides
- †Hyposaurus – type locality for genus
- †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
- Ilyanassa
- Ischadium
Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Miocene Chimaera relative Ischyodus - †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
- Isurus
- Kurtziella
- Laevicardium
- Lamna
- Latirus
- Libinia
Illustration of a living Libinia emarginata, or portly spider crab
- †Linthia
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- Lunatia
- Lunularia
- Macoma
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx - Melampus
- Melanella
- †Menoceras
- Mercenaria
- Mesodesma
- Mitrella
- Modiolus
- Morus
- Mulinia
- Murex
- Murexiella
- †Mya
Two living Myliobatis eagle rays - Mytilus
- Nassarius
- Natica – or unidentified comparable form
- Neptunea
- Neverita
Exterior of the shell of a modern specimen of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - Odobenus
- Odontaspis
- Olivella
- †Ophiocoma – tentative report
- Ophiomusium
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale
- Ovibos
- †Oxyrhina
- †Palaeocarcharodon
- †Palaeophis
- Paliurus
- Pandora
- Panopea
- Panopeus
- Pecten
- Penion – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic-Eocene crinoid ("sea lily") Pentacrinites - †Peritresius
- †Peronidella
- Petricola
- Phoca
- Phyllodus
- Phyllonotus
- Physeter
- Pinna
- Pitar
- †Plagiochasma
- Pleuromeris
Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail - Plicatula
- Polinices
- Pristis
- †Prosynthetoceras
- Protula
- Psammechinus
- Pseudoliva
- Pteria – tentative report
Fossilized skull of the Eocene sea turtle Puppigerus. The shell belongs to another kind of turtle. - Pycnodonte
- Pyrgocythara
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- Rhinoptera
- †Rhizocrinus
- †Rhombodus
- †Rotularia
- Scaphella
Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks - Seila
- Semele
- Serpula
- Serpulorbis
- Sinum
- Siphonalia
- †Solarium
- Solenosteira
- †Sphyraenodus
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon - Squalus
- Squatina
- Stellatoma
- Stewartia
- Stramonita
- †Striatolamia
- Strioterebrum
- Tagelus
- †Tapiravus
- Tapirus
- Tectonatica
- Tellina
- Tenagodus – tentative report
- †Tenea
- Teredo
Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa - †Thoracosaurus
- Tibia
- Trichechus
- Triphora
- Trochita
- Turbonilla
- Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Turritella
- Tylocidaris
- Tympanuchus
- Urosalpinx
- †Veleda
- Venericardia
- Venus
- Xenophora
A living Xiphias, or swordfish - Yoldia
- †Zygaena
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.