This list of the Cenozoic life of Alaska contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alaska and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
A
editShell of an Acanthocardia cockle - Acila
- †Acila brevis – or unidentified related form
- †Acila castrensis
- †Acila ermani
- †Acila gettysburgensis
- †Acila praedivaricata – or unidentified related form
- †Acila shumardi
- †Acila taliaferroi
- Acirsa
- Acmaea
- Acrotrichis – tentative report
- †Ademete
- Agonum
- †Ainus
- Alaocybites
- †Alaocybites egorovi – tentative report
A living Alces, or moose - Alnus
- Alopex
- Alvania
- Amara
- Amauropsis
- †Amauropsis fetteri – type locality for species
- Anabathron
- Ancistrolepis
- †Anechinocardium
- †Anechinocardium lorenzanum – or unidentified related form
- Angulus
- †Anomalosipho – tentative report
- Anomia – tentative report
- †Aperiploma
- Aphaenogaster
- Arca
- Arctica
- †Arcticlam – type locality for genus
- †Arcticlam nanseni – type locality for species
- †Arctodus
- Argobuccinum
Life restoration of the Oligocene river dolphin Arktocara - †Arktocara yakataga – type locality for species
- Arrhenopeplus
- Asaphidion
- †Asaphidion yukonense – or unidentified comparable form
- Asinus
- †Asinus kiang – or unidentified comparable form
- Astarte
- †Astarte arctica
- †Astarte bennetti
- †Astarte borealis
- †Astarte compacta
- †Astarte crenata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Astarte hemicymata
- †Astarte laurentiana – or unidentified related form
- †Astarte martini
- †Astarte nortonensis
- †Astarte vernicosa
- Astrangia
- †Astrangia boreas – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia - †Aturia alaskensis – type locality for species
- †Aturia angustata
- Axinopsida
- †Axinopsida orbiculata – or unidentified comparable form
B
edit- Balanus
- †Balanus balanoides
- †Balanus balanus
Shell (left, internal view) and calcified basis (right) of a modern Balanus crenatus acorn barnacle - †Balanus evermanni
- †Balanus nubilus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Balanus rostratus
- Bembidion
- Beringius
- Betula
- Bibio
- Bison
Mummified specimen found in Alaska of the Pleistocene-Holocene Bison priscus, or steppe bison. This specimen, known as "Blue Babe" after the blue ox of Paul Bunyan folklore, derives its unusual coloration from a chemical reaction between the phosphorus in its skin and iron in the surrounding soil to produce a coating of vivianite.
- Bolivina
- †Bolivina decussata
- †Bolivina pseudopicata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bootherium
- Boreotrophon
- †Boreotrophon beringi
- †Boreotrophon rotundatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Brachidontes
- †Brachidontes matchgaransis – or unidentified comparable form
- Brachypimpla – tentative report
Fossil of the Eocene crab Branchioplax - †Bruclarkia
- †Bruclarkia andersoni – or unidentified comparable form
- Buccella
- Buccinum
- †Buccinum angulosum
- †Buccinum glaciale
- †Buccinum kurodai – tentative report
- †Buccinum ochotense – or unidentified related form
- †Buccinum pemphigus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Buccinum percrassum
- †Buccinum physematum
- †Buccinum planeticum – or unidentified comparable form
- Bulbus
- Byrrhus
C
edit- Cadulus
- Calliostoma
- Callorhinus
- Calyptraea
- †Calyptraea alaskana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Calyptraea diegoana – or unidentified comparable form
- Camponotus
- Cancellaria
- Canis
A living Canis lupus, or gray wolf
- Carabus
- †Carabus nemoralis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carabus truncaticollis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carex
- Caryophyllia
- Cassidulina
- Castalia
- †Castanaea
- Castanea
- Cepheus
- †Cepheus corae – or unidentified comparable form
- Ceratoppia – tentative report
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene cervid Cervalces, or the stag moose - Cervus
- Ceutorhynchus – tentative report
- Chama
- Chione
- Chirona
- †Chirona alaskana – type locality for species
- †Chirona evermanni
- Chlamys
- †Chlamys alaskensis
- †Chlamys albida
- †Chlamys aquilonia
- †Chlamys ashiyaensis – or unidentified related form
- †Chlamys ashiynensis
- †Chlamys coatsi
- †Chlamys cosibensis
A modern shell of Chlamys islandica, or Iceland scallop - †Chlamys nuwokensis
- †Chlamys rubida
- †Chrysodomus – tentative report
- Chrysolina
- †Chrysomelites – type locality for genus
- †Chrysomelites alaskanus – type locality for species
- Cibicides
- Ciliatocardium
- †Ciliatocardium ciliatum
- †Ciliatocardium islandicum – or unidentified related form
- Cingula
Shell of a Clinocardium cockle - †Clinocardium californiense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Clinocardium hannibali
- †Clinocardium makiyamae
- †Clinocardium meekianum
- †Clinocardium nuttallii
- †Clinocardium pristinum
- Colus
- †Colus halibrectus – or unidentified related form
- †Colus spitsbergensis
- †Conchocele
- Corbicula
- †Corbicula bibaiensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Corbicula muratai – or unidentified comparable form
- Corbula
- †Corbula betsyae – type locality for species
- †Cornwallius
A living Corylus, or hazel - Costacallista
- Crassatella
- †Crassatella mathewsoni – or unidentified related form
- †Crassatella nipponicus – or unidentified comparable form
- Crenella
- †Crenella kannoi – type locality for species
- †Crenella porterensis
- Crepidula
- Cryptonatica
- Cyclocardia
- †Cyclocardia belogolovensis
- †Cyclocardia crassidens
- †Cyclocardia crebricostata
- †Cyclocardia ezoensis
- †Cyclocardia nuwokensis
- †Cyclocardia roundiformis
- †Cyclocardia sakamotoi
- †Cyclocardia subcrassidens
- †Cyclocardia subnipponica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclocardia tokunagai – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclocardia wajampolkensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclocardium
- †Cyclocardium roundiformis – or unidentified comparable form
- Cylichna
- Cyperus
- Cyrtodaria
- †Cyrtodaria katieae – type locality for species
- †Cyrtodaria kurriana
- †Cyrtodaria rutupiensis
D
edit- Dasiops – tentative report
- Delphinapterus – tentative report
- Dentalium
- †Dentalium nunomae – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized cranium of the Miocene seal Desmatophoca - Diacheila
- Dicrostonyx
- Diestothyris
- Dioon
- †Dioon praespinulosum – type locality for species
- Diplodonta
- †Dryophyllum
- Dyschirius
E
editSeafloor covered in living Echinarachnius sand dollars - Echinophoria
- †Ellipsoscapha
- †Ellipsoscapha sohli – type locality for species
- Elphidiella
- Elphidium
A living Enhydra lutris, or sea otter - Enicmus
- †Epipremnum
- Epitonium
- Equus
- Erignathus
- Erigone
A living Eschrichtius robustus, or gray whale - Eumetopias
- †Eumorphocorystes
- Euspira
- Evalea
- †Exilia – tentative report
F
editFossilized foliage of the Cretaceous-Oligocene flowering plant Flabellaria - Fortipecten
- Fulgoraria
G
edit- Gari
- †Gari brouwersae – type locality for species
- Georissus
- Globigerina
A living Globigerina bulloides foraminiferan - †Globigerina pachyderma
- Glycymeris
H
edit- †Hataiella
- †Hataiella chichibuensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hataiella sagai
- Helophorus
- Hemithiris
- Hiatella
- Hinnites – tentative report
- Histriophoca
- Homalopoma – tentative report
- †Hydrodamalis
Restorative model of the Pleistocene-Holocene manatee relative Hydrodamalis gigas, or Steller's sea cow
I
edit- †Integricardium
- †Integricardium kennae – type locality for species
A modern Isurus, or mako shark
J
editK
edit- Kalissus
- Karreriella
- †Kolponomos – or unidentified comparable form
- Kurtiella
L
edit- Lasiopodomys
- †Lastraea
- Lathrobium
- Laurus
- Leistus
- Lemmus
A living Lemmus sibiricus, or Siberian brown lemming
- Leptothorax
- Leukoma
- †Leukoma staylei – or unidentified comparable form
- Limatula
- Liocyma
- Liomesus
- Littorina
- †Lora
- Lucinoma
A living Lunatia moon sea snail - †Lunatia groenlandica – or unidentified related form
- Lyonsia
M
editInterior and exterior of a shell of a Macoma tellin - †Macoma albaria
- †Macoma astori
- †Macoma balthica – or unidentified related form
- †Macoma brota – or unidentified related form
- †Macoma calcarea
- †Macoma golikovi
- †Macoma moesta
- †Macoma optiva
- †Macoma twinensis
- Macrocallista – tentative report
- Mactromeris
- Magnolia
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
Restoration of a herd of Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoths
- Margarites
- Marmota
- Martesia – tentative report
- Mathilda
- †Mathilda amundseni – type locality for species
- Megayoldia
- †Megayoldia montereyensis – or unidentified related form
- Messor
- †Metacarcinus
- Micridium
- Micropeplus
- †Micropeplus hoogendorni – type locality for species
- †Micropeplus hopkinsi – type locality for species
- Microtus
- Miodontiscus
- Mizuhopecten
- Modiolus
- †Molopophorus
- †Molopophorus bogachielii – or unidentified comparable form
- Musculus
- †Mya
- †Mya arenaria – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mya elegans
- †Mya grewingki
- †Mya truncata
Fruit of a living Myrica, or firetree - †Mytilon – type locality for genus
- †Mytilon theresae – type locality for species
- Mytilus
N
edit- Namunaria
- Natica
A living Nebria ground beetle - †Neilo
- †Neilo gryci – type locality for species
- Nemocardium
- Neoconorbina
- Neopilumnoplax
- Neptunea
- †Neptunea elatior – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neptunea heros
- †Neptunea leffingwelli
- †Neptunea lyrata
- †Neptunea modesta – or unidentified related form
- †Neptunea plafkeri
- †Neptunea tabulata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neptunea ventricosa
- Neverita
- Notiophilus
- †Notiophilus aeneus – or unidentified comparable form
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - †Nucula micheleae – type locality for species
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana fossa
- †Nuculana moriyai – type locality for species
- †Nuculana morrisi
O
edit- Ochotona
- Odobenus
A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus
- Oenopota
- Oolina
- †Orbitoplax – type locality for genus
- †Orbitoplax plafkeri – type locality for species
- Oribatella – tentative report
- †Orodaphne
Living Osmunda ferns - Ostrea
- †Ostrea lincolnensis – or unidentified related form
- †Ostrea tigiliana
- †Ostrea trigiliana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ounalashkastylus – type locality for genus
- †Ounalashkastylus tomidai – type locality for species
- Ovibos
A living Ovibos moschatus, or muskox
- Ovis
- †Ovis dalli – tentative report
- †Oxytoma
- †Oxytoma hargrovei – type locality for species
P
editA living Pagophilus groenlandicus, or harp seal - Palliolum
- Pandora
- Panomya
- Papyridea
- Parapholas – tentative report
- †Parasyrinx
- Patrobus
- †Patrobus septentrionis – or unidentified comparable form
- Penitella
- Periploma
- †Periploma aleutica
- †Periploma besshoense
- †Periploma fragilis – or unidentified related form
- †Perse
- Phenacomys
- Phoca
- †Phoca hispida
A living Phoca vitulina, or harbor seal
- Picea
- †Picea glauca
- †Picea mariana
- †Picea sitchensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Pinus
Shell of a Pitar venus clam - †Pitar angustifrons
- †Pitar avenalensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pitar dalli – or unidentified related form
- †Placunopsis
- †Placunopsis rothi – type locality for species
- †Planera
- Planulina
- Plicifusus
- †Plicifusus kroyeri – or unidentified related form
- Pododesmus
Two living Pododesmus macrochisma or Alaska jingles
- Polinices
- †Polinices diabloensis
- †Polinices lincolnensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Polinices pallidus
- †Polinices ramonensis
- †Polinices repenningi – type locality for species
- Polymorphina
Montage of photographs in spring (top left), summer (top right), autumn (bottom left), and winter (bottom right) of Populus, or poplar tree - Portlandia
- †Portunites
- †Praeovibos
- †Predicrostonyx
- †Priscofusus
- †Priscofusus clarki
- †Priscofusus stewarti – or unidentified related form
- †Protocardia – tentative report
- †Protochelydra
- †Protochelydra zangerli – or unidentified comparable form
- Protothaca
- Pseudarchaster
- Pteris
- Pterostichus
- †Pterostichus corvinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pterostichus vermiculosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Puncturella
- Purpura
- †Purpura crispata – or unidentified related form
A living Pusa earless seal - Pyrgo
- †Pyrgo elongata – or unidentified comparable form
- Pyrulofusus
Q
editA living Quercus, or oak tree - Quinqueloculina
R
edit- Rangifer
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- Raninoides
- Rhabdus
- †Rhabdus schencki – or unidentified comparable form
- Rosalina
- †Rotalia
S
editIllustration of two Saiga tatarica antelopes - Saxidomus
- †Saxidomus callistaeformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Saxidomus hanzawai
- Scaphander
- †Scaphander lignarius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Scutella
- Sequoia
- †Sequoia couttsiae – tentative report
- †Sequoia langsdorfii
- †Sequoia nordenskioldi – tentative report
- Serripes
- †Shedocardia – tentative report
- Siliqua
- †Siliqua alta – or unidentified comparable form
- Similipecten
- Simplocaria
Shell of the whelk sea snail Siphonalia - †Siphonalia sakakurai – or unidentified related form
- †Skeneopsis
- Solamen
- Solena
- Sorex
- Spermophilus
- Spirorbis
- Spirotropis
- †Spirotropis perversa – or unidentified comparable form
- Spisula
- †Spisula addicotti
- †Spisula callistaeformis
- †Spisula eugenense – or unidentified related form
- †Spisula hannibali – or unidentified comparable form
- Stenus
- †Streptochetus – tentative report
- Strongylocentrotus
Branch with fruit of a Symphoricarpos, or snowberry shrub
T
edit- Tachinus
- †Tachinus apertus – or unidentified comparable form
- Tachyrhynchus
- †Tancredia
- †Tancredia slavichi – type locality for species
- †Taxites
- Taxodium
Living Taxodium distichum, or bald cypresses - †Taxodium dubium
- †Taxodium occidentale
- †Taxodium tinajorum
- Tellina
- †Tellinimera
- †Tellinimera kauffmani – type locality for species
- Terebratula
- †Terebratula retusa – or unidentified related form
- Terebratulina
- †Terebratulina retusa – or unidentified related form
- Thracia
- †Thracia condoni
- †Thracia septentrionalis – or unidentified related form
- Thyasira
A living Tonicella, or lined chiton - †Trichohyalis
- Trichotropis
- †Triloculine
- †Tsuga
A living Tsuga heterophylla, or western hemlock
- Turritella
- Turtonia
- †Tymolus
- †Tymolus alaskensis – type locality for species
- †Tyrannoberingius
- †Tyrranoberingius
U
editA living Ulmus, or elm - Ursus
- †Uya
- †Uya arenaria – or unidentified related form
V
editA variety of modern Vaccinium species, clockwise from top right: cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries, and huckleberries - Venericardia
- †Venericardia clarki – or unidentified related form
- Veraphis – tentative report
- †Vertipecten
- Vitavitus
- †Vitavitus thulius – or unidentified comparable form
- Vitis
- Volutopsius
- †Volutopsius stefanssoni – or unidentified related form
- Vulpes
A living Vulpes vulpes, or red fox
X
editA living Xysticus crab spider - †Xysticus archaeopalpus – type locality for species
Y
edit- Yoldia
- †Yoldia breweri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Yoldia emersoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Yoldia gladenkovi – type locality for species
- †Yoldia palachei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Yoldia scissurata
- †Yoldia sobrina
- Yoldiella
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.