List of the prehistoric life of Missouri facts for kids

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Missouri

• †Achatella
• †Achistrum
• †Acutimitoceras – tentative report
• 

  Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
  †Alethopteris
  • †Alethopteris davreuxi
  • †Alethopteris decurrens
  • †Alethopteris grandini
  • †Alethopteris serlii
  • †Alethopteris valida
• †Amphiscapha
• † Ananias
• †Annularia
  • †Annularia sphenophylloides
  • †Annularia stellata
• †Anomphalus
• †Anthracoceras
• 

  Restoration of the Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Aphetoceras being preyed upon by a Cameroceras
  †Aphetoceras
• †Aphlebia
• †Archeognathus – type locality for genus
• †Artisia
• †Asterotheca
• †Athyris
  • †Athyris fultonensis
  • †Athyris lamellosa
• †Aulochiton – type locality for genus
• †Aviculopecten
  • †Aviculopecten gradicosta
• †Avonia
• †Bellerophon
  • †Bellerophon graphicus
  • †Bellerophon jeffersonensis – type locality for species
• †Bembexia
• †Beyrichoceras
• †Bisatoceras
• †Bolbocephalus
• †Bumastus
  • †Bumastus trentonensis
• 

  Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
  †Calamites
  • †Calamites carinatus
  • †Calamites cistii
  • †Calamites cruciatus
  • †Calamites suckowii
• †Calyptaulax
• †Camarotoechia
  • †Camarotoechia elegantula
  • †Camarotoechia horsfordi
  • †Camarotoechia tuta
• †Campbelloceras
• †Cardiocarpus
• †Cavusgnathus
• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
  †Ceraurus
• †Chelodes
• †Chonetes
  • †Chonetes geniculatus
  • †Chonetes mesoloba
  • †Chonetes ornatus
• †Clarkoceras
• †Cleiothyridina
  • †Cleiothyridina incrassata
  • †Cleiothyridina orbicularis
• †Cliftonia
• †Coenocystis
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
  †Composita
  • †Composita elongata
  • †Composita ovata
  • †Composita subtilita
  • †Composita tetralobata
• †Conocardium
• †Coolinia
• †Cordaicarpus
• †Cordaites
  • †Cordaites crassinervis
  • †Cordaites principalis
• †Cornuella – type locality for genus
• †Cornulites
• †Crania
• †Crepipora
  • †Crepipora globulifera – type locality for species
• †Curtognathus
• †Cyclonema
• †Cyclopteris
• †Cyphaspis
• †Cyrtoceras
• †Cyrtolites
• †Dalmanites
• †Deckera
• † Della
• †Dicoelosia
• 

  Illustration of the jaws of Dinichthys
  †Dinichthys
• †Domatoceras
• †Dorycordaites
• †Earlandia
• †Echinosphaerites
• †Edmondia
• †Ellesmeroceras
• Eocaudina
• †Eospirifer
• †Euomphalus
• 

  Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Fadenia
  †Fadenia
• †Favosites
• †Flexicalymene
  • †Flexicalymene senaria
• †Gervillia
• †Glossina
• †Gnathodus
  • †Gnathodus typicus
• †Gondolella
• †Halysites
• †Helcionopsis
• †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
• †Hindia
• †Holia – type locality for genus
• †Holopea
• †Hyolithes
• †Hypseloconus
• †Idiognathodus
• †Irvingella
• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
  †Isotelus
  • †Isotelus gigas
  • †Isotelus maximus
• †Jeffersonia
• †Kendallina
• †Kirengella
• †Kirkella – type locality for genus
• †Lepidophyllum
• †Lingula
• †Liroceras
• †Matthevia
• †Maximites
• †Meristella
• †Meristina
• †Metacoceras
• †Murchisonia – tentative report
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
  †Naticopsis
  • †Naticopsis judithae – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis marthaae – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis scintilla – type locality for species
  • †Naticopsis wortheniana – type locality for species
• †Neospirifer
  • †Neospirifer cameratus
  • †Neospirifer goreii
  • †Neospirifer latus
  • †Neospirifer triplicatus
• †Neuropteris
  • †Neuropteris caudata
  • †Neuropteris flexuosa
  • †Neuropteris heterophylla
  • †Neuropteris ovata
  • †Neuropteris rarinervis
  • †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
  • †Neuropteris tenuifolia
• Nucula
• †Oncagnostus
  • †Oncagnostus tumidosus
• 

  Restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian cartilaginous fish Orodus
  †Orodus
• †Orthoceras
• †Orygmaspis
• †Oulodus
• †Ozarkodina
• †Palaeoniscus
• †Paradycheia – type locality for genus
• †Pecopteris
  • †Pecopteris unita
• †Phillipsia – tentative report
• †Phragmolites
• †Pinnularia
• †Platyceras
• †Pleurocystites
• †Plicochonetes
• †Polygnathus
  • †Polygnathus communis
• †Prioniodus
• †Proetus
• †Pseudopolygnathus
• †Pteridosperm
• †Pterotheca
• 

  Life restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Ptyctodus
  †Ptyctodus
• †Quadratia
• †Receptaculites
• †Remopleurides
• †Robustum – type locality for genus
  • †Robustum nodum – type locality for species
• †Rota
• †Shelbyoceras – type locality for genus
• †Sigillaria
• †Skenidioides
• Solemya
• †Spathognathodus
• †Sphaerocoryphe
• †Sphenophyllum
  • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
  • †Sphenophyllum longifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum majus
• †Sphenopteris
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
  †Spirifer
  • †Spirifer marionensis
  • †Spirifer opimus
  • †Spirifer rockymontanus
• Spirorbis
• †Spyroceras
• †Strepsodiscus
• †Streptognathodus
  • †Streptognathodus clarki – type locality for species
• †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena incurvata
• †Subulites
• †Tarphyceras
• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus
  †Tricrepicephalus
• †Tryblidium
• †Vellamo
• †Whiteavesia
• †Wilkingia
• †Worthenia

Mesozoic

• †Acteon
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus
  †Adocus
• †Aenona
  • †Aenona eufaulensis
• †Albertosaurus
• †Ambigostrea
  • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
• Amuletum
• †Anatimya
  • †Anatimya anteradiata
• †Anchura
• †Anomia
  • †Anomia ornata
• †Aphrodina
  • †Aphrodina tippana
• Arrhoges
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
  †Baculites
  • †Baculites tippahensis
• †Bellifusus
• †Belliscala
• †Bullopsis
  • †Bullopsis cretacea
• Caestocorbula
  • †Caestocorbula crassaplica
  • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  • †Caestocorbula percompressa
• †Camptonectes
  • †Camptonectes bubonis
  • †Camptonectes hilgardi
• †Caveola
• Cerithiella
  • †Cerithiella semirugatum
• †Clavipholas
  • †Clavipholas pectorosa
• Cliona
• †Clisocolus
• 

  Shell of a Corbula basket clam
  Corbula
• Crassatella
  • †Crassatella vadosa
• †Crenella
  • †Crenella elegantula
  • †Crenella serica
• Cucullaea
  • †Cucullaea capax
• †Cymbophora
  • †Cymbophora appressa
  • †Cymbophora berryi
• †Cymella
  • †Cymella bella
• †Cyprimeria
  • †Cyprimeria alta
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
  †Discoscaphites
  • †Discoscaphites iris
• †Drilluta
• †Eoacteon
  • †Eoacteon linteus
• †Eoharpa
  • †Eoharpa sinuosa
• †Eubaculites
  • †Eubaculites carinatus
• †Eufistulana
  • †Eufistulana ripleyana
• †Eufistulina
• †Euspira
  • †Euspira rectilabrum
• 

  Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
  †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra costata
• †Fulgerca
• Fusinus
  • †Fusinus macnairyensis – or unidentified related form
• Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris compressa
  • †Glycymeris rotundata
• †Goniochasma – tentative report
• †Granocardium
  • †Granocardium lowei
  • †Granocardium tippananum
  • †Granocardium tippanum
• †Gryphaeostrea
  • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
• Gyrodes
  • †Gyrodes spillmani
  • †Gyrodes supraplicatus
• †Hamulus
  • †Hamulus onyx
  • †Hamulus squamosus
• †Helicaulax
  • †Helicaulax formosa
• Juliacorbula
  • †Juliacorbula monmouthensis
• †Legumen
  • †Legumen ellipticum
• †Leptosolen
  • †Leptosolen biplicata
• Lima
  • †Lima pelagica
• Limatula
  • †Limatula acutilineata
• †Linearis
  • †Linearis metastriata
• †Liopeplum
  • †Liopeplum rugosum
• †Liopistha
  • †Liopistha protexta
• †Liothyris
• †Lowenstamia
• †Lycettia
  • †Lycettia tippana
  • †Lycettia tippanus
• Malletia
  • †Malletia longfrons
  • †Malletia longifrons
• †Micrabacia
• †Morea
  • †Morea transenna
• 

  Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
  †Mosasaurus
  • †Mosasaurus hoffmanni
• †Naomichelys
• †Napulus
  • †Napulus octoliratus
• †Nemocardium
  • †Nemocardium fragile
• †Nemodon
  • †Nemodon eufalensis
  • †Nemodon eufaulensis
• Nucula
  • †Nucula camia
  • †Nucula percrassa
• Nuculana
  • †Nuculana whitfieldi
• †Opertochasma
• †Paladmete
  • †Paladmete cancellaria
• Panopea
  • †Panopea monmouthensis
• †Parmicorbula
  • †Parmicorbula percompressa
• †Parrosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Parrosaurus missouriensis
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
  Pholadomya
  • †Pholadomya occidentalis
• †Pinna
  • †Pinna laqueata
• †Pleuriocardia
• †Praeleda
  • †Praeleda compar
• †Protocardia
  • †Protocardia spillmani
• Pseudomalaxis
  • †Pseudomalaxis pateriformis
• †Pterotrigonia
  • †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
  • †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
  • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
• †Pyropsis
• †Scambula
  • †Scambula perplana
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites
  †Scaphites
• Serpula
• Striarca
  • †Striarca cuneata
  • †Striarca saffordi
• †Syncyclonema
  • †Syncyclonema simplicius
• Tellina
• †Tellinimera
  • †Tellinimera buboana
• †Tenea
  • †Tenea parilis
• †Tenuipteria
  • †Tenuipteria argentea
  • †Tenuipteria argenteus
• Trachycardium
• †Trobus
  • †Trobus buboanus
• 

  Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
  Turritella
  • †Turritella bilira
  • †Turritella chalybeatensis
  • †Turritella tippana
  • †Turritella vertebroides
• †Unicardium
• †Urceolabrum
  • †Urceolabrum tuberculatum
• †Veniella
  • †Veniella conradi
• †Volutomorpha
• †Weeksia

Cenozoic

• Alligator
• †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
• Bison
• †Bootherium
• Bufo
  • †Bufo woodhousei
• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
  †Camelops
• Canis
  • †Canis dirus
  • †Canis latrans
• Cnemidophorus
  • †Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus horridus
• Dasypus
  • †Dasypus bellus
• Elaphe
  • †Elaphe vulpina
• Equus
  • †Equus complicatus
• Geomys
• Lepus
  • †Lepus americanus
• †Mammut
  • 

    Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
    †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
• Marmota
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx jeffersonii – or unidentified comparable form
• Microtus
  • †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
• †Mylohyus
• Neotoma
  • †Neotoma floridana
• Nerodia
  • †Nerodia sipedon
• Ochrotomys
  • †Ochrotomys nuttalli – or unidentified comparable form
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus
• Panthera
  • 

    A living Panthera onca, or jaguar
    †Panthera onca
• †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus compressus
• Procyon
  • †Procyon lotor
• Puma
  • †Puma concolor – or unidentified comparable form
• †Rana
  • †Rana pipiens
• Sceloporus
  • †Sceloporus undulatus
• Sciurus
• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
  †Smilodon
• Spermophilus
• Spilogale
  • †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus aquaticus
• Synaptomys
  • †Synaptomys cooperi
• †Tanupolama
  • †Tanupolama parvus – type locality for species
• 

  A living Tapirus, or tapir
  Tapirus
• Urocyon