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

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Maryland.

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Maryland

  • Amphiscapha
  • Amplexopora
  • Archimylacris
  • Atrypa
    • Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Aviculopecten
  • Bassipterus
  • Bellerophon
  • Calymene clavicula dorsal
    Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Calymene
    Calymene
    • Calymene camerata
    • Calymene cresapensis
    • Calymene niagarensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Camarotoechia
    • Camarotoechia andrewsi
    • Camarotoechia litchfieldensis
    • Camarotoechia tonolowayensis
  • Chonetes
    • Chonetes novascoticus
  • Cincinnetina
    • Cincinnetina multisecta
  • Clitendoceras
  • Composita
    • Composita ovata – tentative report
  • Cornulites
  • Cypricardinia
    • Cypricardinia elegans
  • Dakeoceras
  • SilurianTrilobite
    Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites
    Dalmanites
    • Dalmanites limulurus
  • Dolichopterus
  • Edmondia
  • Eldredgeops
    • Eldredgeops rana
  • Ellesmeroceras
  • Encrinurus
  • Eospirifer
  • Erettopterus – tentative report
  • Euomphalus
  • Eurypterus
    • Eurypterus remipes
  • Favosites
    • Favosites niagarensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Flexicalymene
  • Goniatites
  • Gyrodoma
  • Hallopora
  • Holopea
  • Hyolithes
  • Isotelus
  • Lingula
  • Lysorophus
    Life restoration of the Permian snake-like amphibian Lysorophus showing speculative egg-coiling behavior
    Lysorophus
  • Mcqueenoceras
  • Megamolgophis
  • Meristina
  • Metacoceras
  • Naticopsis
  • Neospirifer
    • Neospirifer dunbari – tentative report
  • Obolella
  • Obolus – tentative report
  • Olenellus
  • Ormoceras
  • Orthoceras
  • Platyceras
  • Proterocameroceras
  • Pterygotus anglicus reconstruction
    Life restoration of the Silurian-Middle Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Pterygotus
    Pterygotus
  • Ribeiria
  • Rioceras
  • Solemya
  • Solenopsis
  • Sowerbyella
  • Spirifer
    • Spirifer vanuxemi
  • Stenosiphon
  • Strophomena
  • Tainoceras
  • TentaculitidDevonian
    Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Early Ordovician-Late Devonian probable mollusc Tentaculites
    Tentaculites
  • Trigonocera
  • Trimerus
  • Waeringopterus
  • Worthenia

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Maryland

  • Acirsa
  • Acrocantosaurus4
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus
    Acrocanthosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Acteon
  • Aenona
  • Agerostrea
  • Allognathosuchus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Allosaurus
  • Amyda
  • Ancilla
  • Anomia
  • Anomoeodus
  • Arrhoges
  • Astarte
  • Astrodon johnstoni
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur Astrodon
    Astrodon
    • Astrodon johnstoni – type locality for species
  • Baculites
    • Baculites baculus
  • Bottosaurus
    • Bottosaurus harlani
  • Botula
    • Botula conchafodentis
    • Botula ripleyana
  • Cadulus
  • Caestocorbula
    • Caestocorbula crassaplica
    • Caestocorbula crassiplica
    • Caestocorbula percompressa
    • Caestocorbula terramaria
  • Carcharias
  • Caveola
  • Ceratodus
    Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
    Ceratodus
  • Cerithium
  • Chiloscyllium
  • Cimoliasaurus
  • Coelosaurus
    • Coelosaurus affinis
    • Coelosaurus antiquus
  • Coelurus
    • Coelurus gracilis – type locality for species
  • Corax
  • Corbula
  • Crenella
    • Crenella elegantula
    • Crenella serica
  • Shark fossil
    Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    Cretolamna
    • Cretolamna appendiculata
  • Cucullaea
    • Cucullaea capax
  • Cuspidaria
    • Cuspidaria ampulla
  • Cylichna
    • Cylichna diversilirata
    • Cylichna incisa
  • Cylindracanthus
  • Cymella
  • Dasyatis
  • Deinonychus ewilloughby
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaur ("raptor") Deinonychus
    Deinonychus
  • Deinosuchus
    • Deinosuchus rugosus
  • Dentalium
    • Dentalium leve
  • Discoscaphites
    • Discoscaphites conradi
    • Discoscaphites gulosus
    • Discoscaphites iris
  • Egertonia
  • Enchodus
    • Enchodus dirus
  • Eulima
    • Eulima monmouthensis
  • Euspira
  • Eutrephoceras dekayi - Coon Creek Tennessee
    Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras
    Eutrephoceras
  • Ewingia
  • Exogyra
    • Exogyra costata
  • Galeorhinus
  • Ginglymostoma
  • Glossus
  • Glycimeris
  • Glycymeris
    • Glycymeris rotundata
  • Glyptops
  • Goniopholis
  • Grallator
    Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
    Grallator – or unidentified comparable form
  • Halisaurus
    • Halisaurus platyspondylus
  • Hamatia – type locality for genus
  • Hamulus
  • Heterodontus
  • Heteromorpha
  • Hoploparia
  • Hybodus
  • Hyposaurus
    • Hyposaurus rogersii
  • Inoceramus
  • Ischyodus
  • Ischyrhiza
    • Ischyrhiza avonicola – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ischyrhiza mira
  • Ammonite Jeletzkytes
    Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes
    Jeletzkytes
    • Jeletzkytes nebrascensis
  • Latiaxis
  • Lepisosteus
  • Lima
  • Limatula
  • Linearis
  • Lithophaga
  • Lopha
    • Lopha falcata
    • Lopha mesenterica
  • Mathilda
  • Modiolus
    • Modiolus sedesclaris
    • Modiolus sedesclarus
    • Modiolus trigonus
  • Morea
  • Mosasaurus 21copy
    Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    Mosasaurus
    • Mosasaurus conodon
  • Myliobatis
  • Mytilus – tentative report
  • Nebrius
  • Nucula
    • Nucula camia
    • Nucula cuneifrons
    • Nucula percrassa
    • Nucula severnensis
  • Odontaspis ferox 3
    A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
  • Osteopygis
  • Panopea
  • Paralbula
  • Peritresius
  • Pholas
  • Pinna
  • Placenticeras
  • Pleurocoelus – type locality for genus
    • Pleurocoelus nanus – type locality for species
  • Plicatoscyllium
  • Polinices
  • Priconodon
    Illustration of a fossilized tooth in multiple views of the Early Cretaceous armored dinosaur Priconodon
    Priconodon – type locality for genus
    • Priconodon crassus – type locality for species
  • Prognathodon
    • Prognathodon rapax
  • Propanoplosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Propanoplosaurus marylandicus – type locality for species
  • Protocardia
  • Pteria
  • Pterotrigonia
    • Pterotrigonia eufalensis
    • Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
    • Pterotrigonia thoracica
  • Ptychotrygon
  • Pycnodonte
    • Pycnodonte vesicularis
  • Raja
  • Rhinobatos
  • Rhombodus NT small cropped
    Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    Rhombodus
  • Ringicula
    • Ringicula clarki
    • Ringicula pulchella
  • Rissoina
  • Sargana
  • Scaphites
    • Scaphites hippocrepis
  • Serpula
  • Serratolamna
    • Serratolamna serrata
  • Sphenodiscus
    • Sphenodiscus lobatus
    • Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
  • Squalicorax falcatusDB
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
    Squalicorax
    • Squalicorax falcatus
    • Squalicorax kaupi
    • Squalicorax pristodontus
  • Squatina
  • Stephanodus
  • Tellina
  • Tenea
  • Tenontosaurus BW
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon relative Tenontosaurus
    Tenontosaurus
  • Thoracosaurus
  • Trachycardium
    • Trachycardium eufaulensis
  • Turritella
    • Turritella bilira
    • Turritella hilgardi
    • Turritella paravertebroides
    • Turritella tippana
    • Turritella trilira
    • Turritella vertebroides
    • Zephyrosaurus

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Maryland

  • Abra – tentative report
  • Acipenser
  • Acropora
    • Acropora palmata
  • Acteocina
  • Acteon
  • Adocus
  • Aepycamelus Alticamelus hharder
    Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Aepycamelus – tentative report
  • Aetobatus
  • Aglaocetus
  • Alca
    • Alca torda – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ambystoma
  • Amia
  • Amphicyon-ingens reconstruction
    Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene beardog Amphicyon
    Amphicyon
  • Amyda
  • Anachis
  • Anadara
    • Anadara ovalis
    • Anadara transversa
  • Anas
  • Ancilla – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Angulus
  • Anomia
    • Anomia simplex
  • Anticlimax – tentative report
  • Aphelops – tentative report
  • Aporrhais
  • Aquila
  • Araeodelphis – type locality for genus
  • Arca
  • Archaeohippus
  • Architectonica
  • Arctodus
  • Argopecten
    • Argopecten irradians
  • Armatobalanus
  • Astarte elliptica 2008-09-07-4
    Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve
    Astarte
    • Astarte undata
  • Asterias
    • Asterias forbesi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Astrangia
    • Astrangia danae
  • Astroscopus – type locality for species
    • Astroscopus countermani – type locality for species
  • Astyris
    • Astyris lunata
  • Athleta
  • Atrina
  • Aulophyseter BW
    Life restoration of the Miocene sperm whale Aulophyseter
    Aulophyseter
  • Balaenoptera
  • Balanus
    • Balanus crenatus
  • Bankia
  • Barnea
  • Blarina
  • Bonasa
  • Boreotrophon
  • Brachidontes
  • Brachyprotoma
    • Brachyprotoma obtusata
  • Brevoortia
  • Bufo
  • Busycon – type locality for genus
    • Busycon carica
  • Busycotypus
    • Busycotypus canaliculatus
  • Cadulus
  • Caecum
  • Callinectes
  • Calliostoma
  • Callista
  • Calonectris
  • Calyptraea
    • Calyptraea centralis
  • Cancellaria
  • Cancer
    • Cancer irroratus
  • Canis
    • Canis ambrusteri skull
      Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized skull of the Pleistocene Canis armbrusteri, or Armbruster's wolf
      Canis armbrusteri – type locality for species
    • Canis latrans
    • Canis rufus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cantharus
  • Carcharhinus
  • Carcharias
  • Carcharodon
    • Carcharodon hastalis
  • Cardita
  • Carphophis
  • Cassis
  • Castor
  • Cephalotropis – type locality for genus
  • Cerastoderma
  • Cervus
  • Cetorhinus
  • Cetotherium BW
    Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene whale Cetotherium
    Cetotherium
  • Chama
  • Chelone
  • Chelydra
  • Chesapecten
    • Chesapecten jeffersonius
  • Chlamys
  • Chrysemys
  • Circulus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Cirsotrema
  • Clavus
  • Clementia
  • Clethrionomys
    • Clethrionomys gapperi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cliona
  • Coluber
  • Concavus
  • Condylura
    • Condylura cristata
  • Conus
  • Corbula
  • Crassostrea
  • Crepidula
    • Crepidula fornicata
    • Crepidula plana
  • Shark fossil
    Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    Cretolamna
    • Cretolamna appendiculata
  • Crotalus
  • Crucibulum
  • Cryptobranchus
  • Cucullaea
  • Cumingia
  • Cyclocardia
  • Cylichna
  • Cymatosyrinx
  • Cynarctus
    • Cynarctus wangi – type locality for species
  • Cypraea tigris 01
    Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail
    Cypraea
    • Cyrtopleura costata
  • Cythara
  • Cytheris
  • Dasyatis
  • Dentalium
  • Diadophis
  • Diodora
  • Diorocetus – type locality for genus
  • Dipoides
  • Discinisca
  • Dolicholatirus
  • Dosinia
  • Echinocardium
  • Echinophoria – type locality for genus
  • Ecphora
    • Ecphora quadricostata
      Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Miocene murex sea snail Ecphora gardnerae
      Ecphora gardnerae
  • Ectopistes
  • Elaphe
  • Electra
  • Elphidium
  • Ensis
  • Entobia
  • Eosuchus
  • Eosurcula – or unidentified comparable form
  • Epitonium
    • Epitonium humphreysii
  • Eptesicus
  • Equus
    • Equus giganteus
  • Erethizon
  • Euceratherium cropped
    Life restoration of the Pleistocene bovid Euceratherium, or the shrub ox. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Euceratherium
    • Euceratherium collinum
  • Euclastes – tentative report
  • Eulima
  • Eumeces
    • Eumeces fasciatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eupleura
    • Eupleura caudata
  • Eurhinodelphis
    • Eurhinodelphis longirostris
  • Euspira
    • Euspira heros
  • Wildkatze MGH
    A living Felis, or cat
    Felis
  • Ficopsis
  • Fissurella
  • Fistulobalanus
  • Fulgar
  • Galeocerdo
    • Galeocerdo aduncus
    • Galeocerdo contortus
  • Galeodea
  • Gari
  • Gastrochaena
  • Gavia
  • Gavialosuchus americanus Expominer 07
    Fossilized skull of the Miocene crocodile relative Gavialosuchus
    Gavialosuchus
  • Gegania
  • Gemma
    • Gemma gemma
  • Genota – or unidentified comparable form
  • Geukensia
    • Geukensia demissa
  • Gibbula – tentative report
  • Glaucomys
  • Globigerina
  • Globigerinoides
  • Glossus
  • Glycimeris
  • Glycymeris
    • Glycymeris americana
  • Glyptemys
  • Gomphotherium productum
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium
    Gomphotherium
  • Gulo
  • Gyrinophilus
  • Hadrodelphis – type locality for genus
  • Haminoea
  • Hastula
  • Haustator
  • Heliadornis – type locality for genus
  • Hemipristis
    • Hemipristis serra
  • Heterodon
    • Heterodon platyrhinos – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hiatella
  • Hipparion
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Hippotherium
    Hippotherium
  • Hyla
    • Hyla crucifer
  • Hyotissa
  • Ictalurus
  • Ilyanassa
    • Ilyanassa obsoleta
    • Ilyanassa trivittata
  • Ischadium
    • Ischadium recurvum
  • Ischyodus
  • Isognomon
  • Isurus
  • Kentriodon BW
    Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene dolphin Kentriodon
    Kentriodon – type locality for genus
  • Kuphus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Kurtziella
    • Kurtziella cerina
  • Lacuna
  • Lagodon
  • Lamna
  • Lampropeltis
  • Lasiopodomys
  • Lepisosteus
  • Leptophoca – type locality for genus
    • Leptophoca lenis – type locality for species
  • Lepus
  • Libinia
    • Libinia dubia
  • Lithophaga – or unidentified comparable form
  • Littoraria
    • Littoraria irrorata
  • Lontra
  • Lophocetus
  • Lopholatilus
  • Lucina
  • Lunatia
  • Lyonsia
  • Macoma
    • Macoma balthica
  • Macrocallista
  • Macrokentriodon – type locality for genus
  • Mammut
  • Mammuthus
  • Marginella
  • Marmota
  • Martesia
  • Mathilda
  • Megalonyx
  • Megaptera
  • Melampus
    • Melampus bidentatus
  • Melanitta
  • Meleagris
  • Membranipora
  • Menestho
  • Mephitis
  • Mercenaria
  • Meretrix
  • Merychippus
  • Mesocetus
  • Metaxytherium
  • Microtus
  • Miracinonyx inexpectatus
    Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah
    Miracinonyx
    • Miracinonyx inexpectatus
  • Mitra
  • Modiolus
    • Modiolus modiolus
  • Moira – tentative report
  • Monotherium
  • Mulinia
    • Mulinia lateralis
  • Mustela
    • Mustela vison – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mya
  • Myliobatis
  • Mylohyus nasutus
    Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
    Mylohyus
    • Mylohyus fossilis – type locality for species
  • Myotis
  • Mytilus
  • Nanosiren – tentative report
  • Napaeozapus
  • Narona
  • Nassa
  • Nassarius tiarula
    A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail
    Nassarius
    • Nassarius vibex
  • Neofiber
  • Neotoma – type locality for genus
  • Nerodia
  • Neverita
  • Notophthalmus
  • Notorynchus
  • Novocrania
  • Nucula
    • Nucula proxima
    • Nuculana acuta
  • Ochotona
  • Odocoileus
  • Odontaspis
  • Odostomia
  • Ondatra
  • Opheodrys
  • Orycterocetus
  • Osteopygis
  • Ostrea
  • Otodus
    • Megalodon scale
      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
      Otodus megalodon
  • Otus
  • Oxyrhina
    • Oxyrhina desorii
  • Pagurus
    • Pagurus pollicaris
  • Palaeocarcharodon
  • Palaeophis
  • Pandora
  • Panopea
  • Panopeus
    • Panopeus herbstii
  • Panthera
  • Parascalops
  • Parietobalaena yamaokai life restoration cropped
    Life restoration of the Miocene baleen whale Parietobalaena and calf
    Parietobalaena – type locality for genus
    • Parietobalaena palmeri – type locality for species
  • Pecten
  • Pekania
  • Pelocetus – type locality for genus
  • Perisoreus
  • Peromyscus
  • Petricola
    • Petricola pholadiformis
  • Phenacodus – tentative report
  • Phenacomys
  • Phocageneus
  • Pholadomya
  • Physeterula
  • Pinna
  • Pipistrellus
  • Pitar
    • Pitar morrhuanus
  • Pitymys
  • Placopecten
  • Platygonus leptorhinus cropped
    Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
    Platygonus
  • Plecotus
  • Plethodon
  • Pleurotomella
  • Pogonias
  • Polydora
  • Polystira
  • Presbyornis
  • Prionodon
  • Prionotus
  • Propebela
  • Prophaethon – tentative report
  • Protocardia
  • Pseudacris
  • Pseudoliva
  • Pteria
  • Ptychosalpinx
  • Puffinus gavia - SE Tasmania
    A living Puffinus shearwater
    Puffinus
  • Pycnodonte
  • Quinqueloculina
  • Rana
  • Rangia
  • Ranzania
  • Retusa
  • Rhinoptera steindachneri
    A school of living Rhinoptera, or cownose rays
    Rhinoptera
  • Rhynchobatus
  • Roccus
    • Roccus saxatilis
  • Rotalia
  • Salamandra
  • Scala – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Scala
  • Scaldicetus
  • Scapanorhynchus
  • Scaphander
  • Scaphella – type locality for genus
  • Sceloporus
  • Cyrtodelphis sulcatus
    Fossilized skull of the Miocene toothed whale Schizodelphis
    Schizodelphis
  • Schizoporella
    • Schizoporella unicornis
  • Sciaenops
  • Sciurus
  • Scutella
  • Sediliopsis – type locality for genus
  • Seila
    • Seila adamsii
  • Semele – tentative report
  • Semele
  • Serpulorbis
  • Siphonalia
  • Smilodon fatalis
    Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
  • Solarium
  • Solen
  • Sorex
  • Spermophilus
  • Sphyraenodus
  • Sphyrna
  • Spilogale
  • Spisula
  • Squalodon BW
    Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
    Squalodon
    • Squalodon calvertensis – type locality for species
  • Squatina
  • Squilla
    • Squilla empusa
  • Stewartia
  • Stramonita
  • Strioterebrum
  • Syllomus
  • Sylvilagus
  • Bog lemming
    Illustration of a living Synaptomys, or bog lemming
    Synaptomys
  • Syrnola
  • Tagelus
  • Tamias
  • Tamiasciurus
  • Tapiravus
  • South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
    A living Tapirus, or tapir
    Tapirus
  • Tasbacka
  • Taxidea
  • Teinostoma
  • Tellina
  • Terebra
  • Terebratula
  • Teredo
  • Terrapene
  • Testudo
  • Textularia
  • Thamnophis
  • Thecachampsa carolinensis cropped
    Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa
    Thecachampsa
    • Thecachampsa antiqua
  • Thomomys – type locality for genus
  • Thracia
  • Tremarctos
    • Tremarctos floridanus
  • Triloculina
  • Trionyx – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Triphora
  • Tritonium
  • Trochita
  • Trygon
  • Tuba – tentative report
  • Turricula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Turritella
  • Bottlenose Dolphin KSC04pd0178
    A living Tursiops, or bottlenose dolphin
    Tursiops
  • Typhis
  • Umbraculum – tentative report
  • Urosalpinx
    • Urosalpinx cinerea
  • Ursus
  • Venericardia
  • Vespertilio
  • Vitrinella
  • Volutifusus
  • Vulpes
  • Xiphiacetus sp
    Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene whale Xiphiacetus
    Xiphiacetus
  • Xiphias
  • Yoldia
    • Yoldia limatula
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