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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Utah

  • Acodus
  • Agnostus
  • Amphiscapha
  • Amplexus
  • Annularia
    • Annularia stellata
  • Anomalocaris
  • Anomphalus
  • Archimedes
    • Archimedes macfarlani
  • Arcuolimbus
  • Arenicolites
  • Artisia
  • Asaphiscus wheeleri grey CRF
    Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Asaphiscus
    Asaphiscus
    • Asaphiscus wheeleri
  • Athyris
    • Athyris lamellosa
  • Atrypa
    • Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
  • Atrypid
  • Aulopora – tentative report
  • Aviculopecten
    • Aviculopecten girtyi
    • Aviculopecten kaibabensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Aysheaia
  • Bathyuriscus
  • Beckwithia
  • Benthamaspis
  • Beyrichoceras
  • Biscoia
  • Bolbocephalus
  • Bonneterrina
  • Bourbonnella
  • Bowmania
  • Branchiocaris
    Life restoration of the mysterious Cambrian animal Branchiocaris
    Branchiocaris
  • Brassicicephalus
  • Calamites
    • Calamites cistii – or unidentified comparable form
    • Calamites suckowii
  • Callipteris – tentative report
  • Callocladia
  • Camarotoechia
  • Campbelloceras – tentative report
  • Canadaspis perfecta
    Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left)
    Canadaspis
    • Canadaspis perfecta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Canadia
  • Caninia
  • Cardiopteris
  • Carolinites
  • Cavusgnathus
  • Cedaria
  • Chancelloria
  • Chancia
  • Choia
  • Chondrites
  • Chonetes
  • Cladochonus
  • Cleiothyridina
  • Clonograptus
  • Coenites
  • Compositafossil
    Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    Composita
    • Composita mira
    • Composita ovata
    • Composita parasulcata
    • Composita plana
    • Composita subtilita
    • Composita trinuclea
  • Coosella
  • Coosina
  • Cordaicarpus
  • Cordaites
    • Cordaites principalis
  • Crania
  • Cravenoceras
  • Crepicephalus
  • Cruziana
  • Ctenospondylus
  • Cybelopsis
  • Cyclopteris
  • Cystodictya
  • Deiracephalus
  • Dentalium
  • Diadectes
  • Diagoniella
  • Dictyonema
  • Didymograptus murchisoni small
    Fossil of the Middle Ordovician graptolite Didymograptus
    Didymograptus
    • Didymograptus nitidus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dimeropygiella
  • Diplorrhina
  • Donaldina
  • Dresbachia
  • Echinaria
  • Ectosteorhachis – or unidentified related form
  • Ehmaniella
  • Eldonia
  • Eleutherocentrus
  • Elrathia
  • Elrathina
  • Emeraldella
  • Endoceras
  • Eryops1DB
    Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Eryops
    Eryops
  • Euptychaspis
  • Fenestella
  • Forteyops
  • Genevievella
  • Girvanella
  • Gnathodus
  • Gogia
  • Goniatites
  • Gunterichthys – type locality for genus
  • Hamptonia
  • Haplophrentis
  • Hazelia
  • Helicoprion bessonovi cropped
    Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
    Helicoprion
  • Hematites
  • Hemirhodon
  • Hindia
  • Hintzeia
  • Homagnostus
  • Huronia
  • Hyolithellus
  • Hyolithes
  • Idiognathodus
  • Illaenus
  • Irvingella
  • Jeffersonia
  • Kanoshia
  • Kawina
  • Kingstonia
  • Kirkella
  • Komia
  • Kootenia
  • Lachnostoma
  • Leanchoilia superlata study cropped
    Life restoration in multiple views of the Cambrian arthropod Leanchoilia
    Leanchoilia
  • Lejopyge
  • Lepidodendron
  • Lepidophyllum
  • Lepidostrobus
  • Leptomitus
  • Lima
  • Limatula
  • Lingula
  • Lingulella
  • Llanoaspis
  • Lochriea
  • Lonchocephalus
  • Lyracystis
  • Margaretia
    • Margaretia dorus
  • Marpolia
  • Matthevia
  • Metacoceras discoideum 01
    Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras
    Metacoceras
  • Meteoraspis
  • Micromitra
  • Modiolus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Mollisonia
  • Morania
  • Naraoia
  • Naticopsis
  • Neospirifer
    • Neospirifer cameratus
    • Neospirifer kansasensis
    • Neospirifer triplicatus
  • Neuropteris
    • Neuropteris gigantea
    • Neuropteris heterophylla
  • Niobe – tentative report
  • Nisusia
  • Norwoodia
  • Obolus
  • Ogygopsis
  • Olenellus
  • Olenoides
    • Olenoides nevadensis
    • Olenoides serratus
  • Ophiacodon mirus cropped
    Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon
    Ophiacodon
    • Ophiacodon navajovicus
  • Orthis
  • Oryctocephalus
  • Ottoia
    • Ottoia prolifica
  • Ozarkodina
  • Pagetia
  • Paladin
  • Palaeoaplysina
  • Palaeoscolex
  • Pelagiella
  • Pentamerus
  • Peronopsis
    • Peronopsis interstricta
  • Perspicaris
  • Phillipsia
  • Phyllograptus
  • Pinna – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Platycrinites
  • Platyhystrix BW
    Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian sail-backed amphibian Platyhystrix
    Platyhystrix – or unidentified comparable form
    • Platyhystrix rugosus
  • Prodentalium
  • Prohedinia
  • Protopliomerella
  • Protospongia
  • Ptychagnostus
    • Ptychagnostus atavus
  • Pugnax
  • Punka
  • Quadratia
  • Rayonnoceras
  • KimmswickOzoraMidOrdReceptaculitid
    Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites
    Receptaculites
  • Ribeiria
  • Rusophycus
  • Saukiella
  • Scenella
  • Schmalenseeia
  • Schwagerina
  • Scolicia
  • Selkirkia
    • Selkirkia columbia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sidneyia
  • Sigillaria
    • Sigillaria brardii
  • Sphenacodon2
    Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Sphenacodon
    Sphenacodon
  • Sphenophyllum
    • Sphenophyllum angustifolium
    • Sphenophyllum verticillatum
  • Sphenopteris
  • Spinofacia – type locality for genus
  • Spirifer
    • Spirifer centronatus
    • Spirifer opimus
  • Spiriferina
  • Spirorbis
  • Stenorhachis – tentative report
  • Lycopsid joggins mcr1
    Fossil preserved in situ of a Carboniferous tree-like club moss relative with attached Stigmaria rhizome system
    Stigmaria
  • Syringopora
  • Teichichnus – tentative report
  • Terranovella
  • Tetragraptus
  • Thalassinoides – tentative report
  • Tricrepicephalus
  • Trigonocercella
  • Trinodus
  • Triplagnostus
  • Trocholites
  • Tseajaia
    • Tseajaia campi – type locality for species
  • Tuzoia
  • Utaherpeton
    Life restoration of the Carboniferous amphibian Utaherpeton
    Utaherpeton – type locality for genus
  • Vauxia
  • Walcottoceras – tentative report
  • Waptia
    • Waptia fieldensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Weeksina
  • Wilkingia
  • Wiwaxia
    • Wiwaxia corrugata
  • Worthenia
  • Xenacanthus – or unidentified related form
  • Yuknessia
  • Zacanthoides
  • Zittelloceras

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Utah

  • Abydosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Abydosaurus mcintoshi – type locality for species
  • Acristavus
    • Acristavus gagslarsoni
  • Adelolophus – type locality for genus
    • Adelolophus hutchisoni – type locality for species
  • Adocus
  • Alamosaurus
    • Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
  • Albanerpeton
    • Albanerpeton cifellii – type locality for species
    • Albanerpeton galaktion
    • Albanerpeton gracilis
    • Albanerpeton nexuosus
  • Allocrioceras
  • Allosaurus Revised
    Life restoration of the Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur Allosaurus
    Allosaurus
    • Allosaurus fragilis
  • Alphadon
    • Alphadon attaragos
    • Alphadon eatoni – type locality for species
    • Alphadon halleyi
    • Alphadon marshi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Alphadon sahnii
  • Amblotherium
  • Ameribaatar – type locality for genus
    • Ameribaatar zofiae – type locality for species
  • Amia calva 4
    A living Amia, or bowfin
    Amia
  • Anaflemingites
  • Anasibirites
    • Anasibirites angulosus
    • Anasibirites bastini
    • Anasibirites hircinus
    • Anasibirites kingianus
    • Anasibirites mojsisovicsi
    • Anasibirites multiformis
    • Anasibirites tenuistriatus
  • Anchisauripus
  • Anemia
  • Animantarx
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Cretaceous armored dinosaur Animantarx
    Animantarx – type locality for genus
    • Animantarx ramaljonesi – type locality for species
  • Anomia
  • Anomoepus
  • Apatopus
  • Apatosaurus
    • Apatosaurus louisae – type locality for species
  • Araeodon
  • Araucarioxylon
  • Arctoceras
  • Arctoprionites
  • Arvinachelys – type locality for genus
  • Aspenites
  • Astarte
  • Asteriacites
  • Astroconodon
    • Astroconodon delicatus – type locality for species
  • Atreipus
  • Aublysodon
    Illustration of fossilized teeth from the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Aublysodon
    Aublysodon – tentative report
  • Baena
  • Barosaurus
    • Barosaurus lentus
  • Basilemys
  • Bernissartia
  • Brachauchenius
    • Brachauchenius lucasi
  • Brachiosaurus
  • Brachyphyllum
  • Brontomerus – type locality for genus
    • Brontomerus mcintoshi – type locality for species
  • Brontopodus
  • Brontosaurus NT small
    Life restoration of a herd of the Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Brontosaurus
    Brontosaurus
    • Brontosaurus parvus
  • Bryceomys
    • Bryceomys fumosus – type locality for species
    • Bryceomys hadrosus
    • Bryceomys intermedius – type locality for species
  • Calycoceras
  • Camarasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Camarasaurus lentus – type locality for species
  • Campeloma
  • Camptosaurus
    • Camptosaurus dispar
  • Carmelopodus – type locality for genus
  • Cassiope
  • Cedaromys
    • Cedaromys bestia – type locality for species
    • Cedaromys parvus – type locality for species
  • Cedarosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Cedarosaurus weiskopfae – type locality for species
  • Cedarpelta – type locality for genus
    • Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum – type locality for species
  • Cedrorestes – type locality for genus
    • Cedrorestes crichtoni – type locality for species
  • Ceratodus
  • Ceratosaurus nasicornis DB
    Restoration of the Late Jurassic ceratosaur Ceratosaurus
    Ceratosaurus
    • Ceratosaurus nasicornis
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Chamops
  • Chinlea – type locality for genus
  • Chirotherium
    • Chirotherium rex – or unidentified comparable form
  • Chlamys
  • Chondrites
  • Cimexomys
    • Cimexomys antiquus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cimolodon
    • Cimolodon electus
    • Cimolodon nitidus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Cimolodon similis
  • Ptilodus
    Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys
    Cimolomys
    • Cimolomys clarki
    • Cimolomys milliensis – type locality for species
  • Cladophlebis
    • Cladophlebis constricta
    • Cladophlebis parva
  • Claraia
  • Coelophysis – tentative report
  • Coelurus
    • Coelurus fragilis
  • Compsemys
  • Coniophis
  • Corbula modesta 002
    Shell of a Corbula basket clam
    Corbula
  • Cretorectolobus
  • Ctenacodon
  • Cteniogenys
  • Cucullaea
  • Cycadeoidea
  • Cylichna
  • Dakotamys
    • Dakotamys malcolmi – type locality for species
  • Dakotasuchus
    • Dakotasuchus kingi
  • Deinonychus
  • Denazinemys
    • Denazinemys nodosa
  • Dentalium
  • Diabloceratops NT
    Restoration of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Diabloceratops
    Diabloceratops – type locality for genus
    • Diabloceratops eatoni – type locality for species
  • Dinehichnus – type locality for genus
  • Dinochelys – type locality for genus
  • Diplodocus
    • Diplodocus hallorum
    • Diplodocus longus
  • Discinisca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Docodon
  • Doswellia BW
    Restoration of the Late Triassic reptile Doswellia
    Doswellia
  • Dryolestes
  • Dryosaurus
    • Dryosaurus altus
  • Dystrophaeus – type locality for genus
    • Dystrophaeus viaemalae – type locality for species
  • Elliptio
  • Enchodus
  • Enneabatrachus
  • Entradasuchus – type locality for genus
    • Entradasuchus spinosus – type locality for species
  • Eocephalites
  • Eodelphis
  • Eolambia cropped
    Illustration of a reconstructed skull and restorative portrait of the Late Cretaceous primitive duck-billed dinosaur Eolambia
    Eolambia – type locality for genus
    • Eolambia caroljonesa – type locality for species
  • Eopolycotylus – type locality for genus
    • Eopolycotylus rankini – type locality for species
  • Equisetum
  • Eryma
  • Eucalyptus
  • Eunaticina
  • Euomphaloceras
  • Euspira
  • Euthlastus
  • Eutretauranosuchus
  • Exogyra
    • Exogyra acroumbonata
    • Exogyra levis
  • Fabrosaurus – tentative report
  • Falcarius
    Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous therizinossaur Falcarius
    Falcarius – type locality for genus
    • Falcarius utahensis – type locality for species
  • Ficus
  • Flemingites
  • Gastonia – type locality for genus
    • Gastonia burgei – type locality for species
  • Geminiraptor
    • Geminiraptor suarezarum
  • Germanonautilus – tentative report
  • Gervillaria
  • Bakevelliidae - Gervillia inflata
    Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Eocene bivalve Gervillia
    Gervillia
  • Gleichenia
  • Glirodon – type locality for genus
    • Glirodon grandis – type locality for species
  • Globularia – tentative report
  • Glyptops
  • Gondolella
    • Gondolella planata
  • Goniobasis – tentative report
  • Goniopholis
  • Grallator
  • Gryphaea
  • Gryposaurus Monumentsis Skull, Alf Museum
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Gryposaurus
    Gryposaurus
    • Gryposaurus monumentensis – type locality for species
  • Hagryphus – type locality for genus
    • Hagryphus giganteus – type locality for species
  • Hamulus – tentative report
  • Hausmania
  • Hedenstroemia
  • Hemicalypterus – type locality for genus
  • Hippodraco – type locality for genus
    • Hippodraco scutodens – type locality for species
  • Hispanosauropus
  • Homalopoma
  • Hoplitosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hoplosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Hoplosuchus kayi – type locality for species
  • Hybodus
  • Iguanacolossus – type locality for genus
    • Iguanacolossus fortis – type locality for species
  • Iguanodon
    • Iguanodon ottingeri – type locality for species
  • Ilex
    • Ilex serrata
  • Inoceramus steenstrup, world's largest fossil mollusk
    Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
    Inoceramus
    • Inoceramus albertensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus flavus
    • Inoceramus gilberti
    • Inoceramus koeneni
    • Inoceramus pictus
    • Inoceramus tenuistriatus – tentative report
    • Inoceramus undabundus
  • Inyoites
    • Inyoites beaverensis – type locality for species
    • Inyoites oweni
  • Iridotriton – type locality for genus
  • Ischyrhiza – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pteriidae - Isognomon maxillatus
    Fossilized shell of the Permian-modern marine bivalve Isognomon
    Isognomon
  • Janumys – type locality for genus
    • Janumys erebos – type locality for species
    • Janumys erebros
  • Jugulator
    • Jugulator amplissimus
  • Kallirhynchia
  • Kamerunoceras
  • Kayentapus
  • Koparion – type locality for genus
    • Koparion douglassi – type locality for species
  • Kosmoceratops NT small
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Kosmoceratops
    Kosmoceratops – type locality for genus
    • Kosmoceratops richardsoni – type locality for species
  • Kouphichnium
  • Leidyosuchus
  • Lepidotes
  • Lepisosteus
  • Leptalestes
  • Lima
  • Lissodus
  • Lonchidion
  • Lopha
  • Lucina
  • Lythronax by Tomopteryx
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Lythronax
    Lythronax – type locality for genus
    • Lythronax argestes – type locality for species
  • Machairoceratops – type locality for genus
    • Machairoceratops cronusi – type locality for species
  • Macroelongatoolithus
  • Magnolia
  • Mammites
  • Marshosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Marshosaurus bicentesimus – type locality for species
  • Martharaptor – type locality for genus
    • Martharaptor greenriverensis – type locality for species
  • Meekoceras
    • Meekoceras davisi
    • Meekoceras gracilitatis
    • Meekoceras millardense – type locality for species
    • Meekoceras olivieri – type locality for species
  • Megalosauripus
  • Megasphaeroceras
  • Melvius
    • Melvius chauliodous – or unidentified comparable form
  • Meniscoessus
    • Meniscoessus intermedius
  • Mesodma
    • Mesodma formosa – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma hensleighi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma minor – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma thompsoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Metoicoceras
    • Metoicoceras geslinianum
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    Mounted fossilized skeletons of the Early Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Moabosaurus
    Moabosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Modiolus
  • Monanthesia
  • Myledaphus
    • Myledaphus bipartitus
  • Myophorella
    • Myophorella livinigstonensis
    • Myophorella monatanaensis
    • Myophorella yellowstonensis
  • Myophoria
  • Mytilus
  • Naomichelys
  • Nasutoceratops skeleton
    Known material diagram of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Nasutoceratops
    Nasutoceratops – type locality for genus
    • Nasutoceratops titusi – type locality for species
  • Naticopsis
    • Naticopsis depressispira
    • Naticopsis fenestravella – type locality for species
    • Naticopsis utahensis – type locality for species
  • Nedcolbertia – type locality for genus
  • Neocardioceras
    • Neocardioceras juddii
  • Nerinea – tentative report
  • Neritina
  • Nezpercius
  • Normannites – tentative report
  • Nothronychus graffami, Glen Canyon Dam Visitors' Center
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Nothronychus
    Nothronychus
    • Nothronychus graffami – type locality for species
  • Nucula
  • Odaxosaurus
    • Odaxosaurus piger – or unidentified comparable form
    • Odaxosaurus priscus
    • Odaxosaurus roosevelti – type locality for species
  • Opisthias
  • Ornithomimus
  • Ostrea
  • Fighting Othnielia
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Jurassic herbivorous dinosaur Othnielosaurus
    Othnielosaurus
    • Othnielosaurus consors
  • Otozoum
  • Ovaloolithus
    • Ovaloolithus tenuisus – type locality for species
    • Ovaloolithus utahensis – type locality for species
  • Owenites
    • Owenites carpenteri
    • Owenites koeneni
  • Pagiophyllum
  • Palmulasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Palmulasaurus quadratus – type locality for species
  • Paracimexomys
    • Paracimexomys judithae – or unidentified comparable form
    • Paracimexomys magnus
    • Paracimexomys perplexus – type locality for species
    • Paracimexomys priscus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Paracimexomys robisoni – type locality for species
  • Paramacellodus
  • Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Parasaurolophus
    Parasaurolophus
    • Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
  • Paronychodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Parotosuchus
  • Peloroplites – type locality for genus
    • Peloroplites cedrimontanus – type locality for species
  • Pholadomya
    • Pholadomya inaequiplicata
    • Pholadomya kingi
  • Pinacosuchus – type locality for genus
    • Pinacosuchus mantiensis – type locality for species
  • Pinna
  • Pistia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Placenticeras meeki
    Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    Placenticeras
    • Placenticeras cumminsi
  • Plagiostoma
  • Planicoxa – type locality for genus
    • Planicoxa venenica – type locality for species
  • Planolites
  • Pleuronautilus
  • Pleurotomaria – tentative report
  • Plicatula
  • Poposaurus
    • Poposaurus gracilis
  • Preprismatoolithus
  • Priacodon
  • Prismatoolithus
    • Prismatoolithus jenseni – type locality for species
  • Proplacenticeras
  • Protocardia
  • Pseudomelania
  • Pseudotetrasauropus
  • Pteraichnus
    • Pteraichnus saltwashensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Pteraichnus stokesi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pycnodonte
    • Pycnodonte newberryi
  • Redondasaurus bermani at CMNH 04
    Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Redondasaurus
    Redondasaurus
    • Redondasaurus gregorii
  • Rhadinosteus – type locality for genus
    • Rhadinosteus parvus – type locality for species
  • Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Richardoestesia
    • Richardoestesia isosceles – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rogerella
  • Salix
  • Sauropelta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Scalamagnus
    • Scalamagnus tropicensis – type locality for species
  • Scapherpeton
  • Schillerosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Scotiophryne
  • Scoyenia
  • Skeletal reconstruction of Seitaad ruessi
    Known material diagram of the Early Jurassic primitive long-necked dinosaur Seitaad
    Seitaad – type locality for genus
    • Seitaad ruessi – type locality for species
  • Semionotus
    • Semionotus kanabensis – type locality for species
  • Serpula
  • Sexta
  • Siats – type locality for genus
    • Siats meekerorum – type locality for species
  • Skolithos
  • Solemya
  • Spheroolithus
  • Spirorbis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Squatirhina
    • Squatirhina americana
  • Stagonolepis
  • Stegopodus – type locality for genus
  • Stegosaurus stenops sophie wiki martyniuk
    Restoration of the Late Jurassic stegosaur Stegosaurus
    Stegosaurus
    • Stegosaurus stenops – or unidentified comparable form
    • Stegosaurus ungulatus
  • Stephanoceras
  • Stokesosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Stokesosaurus clevelandi – type locality for species
  • Talos – type locality for genus
    • Talos sampsoni – type locality for species
  • Tanycolagreus
    • Tanycolagreus topwilsoni
  • Tempskya
    • Tempskya jonesii – type locality for species
    • Tempskya knowltoni
    • Tempskya minor
    • Tempskya superba
    • Tempskya whiteheadi – type locality for species
  • Tenontosaurus
  • Teratophoneus curriei
    Known material diagram of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Teratophoneus
    Teratophoneus – type locality for genus
    • Teratophoneus curriei – type locality for species
  • Teredolites
  • Tetrasauropus
  • Thalassinoides
  • Therangospodus – type locality for genus
  • Theretairus
  • Thracia
  • Torvosaurus
  • Toxolophosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Trachodon
  • LA-Triceratops mount-2
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Triceratops
    Triceratops
  • Triconolestes – type locality for genus
    • Triconolestes curvicuspis – type locality for species
  • Trigonia
    • Trigonia americana
    • Trigonia elegantissima
    • Trigonia montanaensis
  • Trinacromerum
    • Trinacromerum bentonianum – tentative report
  • Trisauropodiscus
  • Turritella
  • Tyrannosauripus – type locality for genus
  • Ussurites
    • Ussurites hosei
  • Utahceratops – type locality for genus
    • Utahceratops gettyi – type locality for species
  • Utahraptor scale
    Diagram illustrating the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurid ("raptor") Utahraptor with an anachronistic human to scale
    Utahraptor – type locality for genus
    • Utahraptor ostrommaysi – type locality for species
  • Uteodon
    • Uteodon aphanoecetes
  • Valvata
  • Vancleavea
    • Vancleavea campi
  • Venenosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Venenosaurus dicrocei – type locality for species
  • Vex
  • Viviparus
  • Worthenia
    • Worthenia windowblindensis – type locality for species
  • Wyomingites
  • Xenoceltites
    • Xenoceltites cordilleranus
    • Xenoceltites subevolutus
  • Yurgovuchia
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurid ("raptor") Yurgovuchia
    Yurgovuchia – type locality for genus
    • Yurgovuchia doellingi – type locality for species
  • Zamites
    • Zamites powelli
    • Zamites tidwellii – type locality for species

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Utah

  • Abies
  • Acrocera
  • Agriochoerus
  • Alligator
  • Allognathosuchus
    Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus
    Allognathosuchus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amia
  • Amyda
  • Anosteira
  • Anthonomus
  • Antilocapra
  • Apalone
  • ArctodusSimusReconstruct
    Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
    Arctodus
  • Artemisia
  • Baena
  • Basirepomys
  • Bembidium
  • Bison
    • Bison latifrons – tentative report
  • Bittacus
  • Bootherium
    • Bootherium bombifrons
  • Boverisuchus
    • Boverisuchus vorax – type locality for species
  • Brachyhyops
  • Brachylagus
    • Brachylagus idahoensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Camelops hesternus Sergiodlarosa
    Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
    Camelops
  • Camponotus
  • Canis
  • Catopsalis
    • Catopsalis fissidens
  • Champsosaurus
  • Chara
  • Cheilosia
  • Chipetaia
    • Chipetaia lamporea – type locality for species
  • Chisternon
  • Chriacus
  • Colodon
  • Compsemys
  • Coniatus
  • Coryphodon
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Coryphodon
  • Crocodylus
    • Crocodylus acer – type locality for species
    • Crocodylus affinis
  • Culex
  • Cuterebra
  • Dicranomyia
  • Dinohippus
  • Diplacodon
  • Diprionomys
  • Duchesnehippus
  • Duchesneodus
  • Echmatemys
  • Ectoconus
  • Elliptio
  • Eobasileus cropped
    Life restoration of a pair of the Eocene uintathere mammal Eobasileus. Charles R. Knight (1890s).
    Eobasileus
    • Eobasileus cornutus
  • Eoconodon
  • Eonessa – type locality for genus
    • Eonessa anaticula – type locality for species
  • Epicaerus
  • Epihippus
  • Epiphanis
  • Equus
    • Equus conversidens – tentative report
  • Erethizon
  • Eucastor
  • Plos One 108865 Fig 3 A Euglossopteryx biesmeijeri
    Fossil of the Eocene bee Euglossopteryx
    Euglossopteryx – type locality for genus
    • Euglossopteryx biesmeijeri – type locality for species
  • Eutamias
    • Eutamias minimus
  • Goniacodon
  • Hadrianus
  • Haplolambda – or unidentified comparable form
  • Harpagolestes
  • Helaletes
  • Helodermoides – tentative report
  • Herpetotherium
  • Heteraletes
  • Hoplochelys
  • Hyaenodon NT small
    Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene creodont mammal Hyaenodon
    Hyaenodon
    • Hyaenodon vetus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hydrobia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hylobius
  • Hyopsodus
  • Hypohippus
  • Hypolagus
  • Hyrachyus
  • Hyracodon
  • Hyracotherium
    • Hyracotherium vasacciense
  • Kimbetohia
  • Laccophilus
  • Lambdotherium
  • Lemmiscus
    • Lemmiscus curtatus
  • Lepisosteus
  • Leptomeryx BW
    Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene even-toed ungulate Leptomeryx
    Leptomeryx
  • Leptoreodon
  • Leptotragulus
  • Lepus
  • Limnocyon
    • Limnocyon verus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lynx
  • Mammut
  • Mammuthus
  • Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
  • Menops
  • Merriamoceros
  • Mesonyx
    • Mesonyx obtusidens
  • Metaliomys – type locality for genus
  • Metarhinus
  • Metatelmatherium
  • Miacis cropped
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene mammal Miacis
    Miacis
  • Microsyops
  • Microtus
  • Miocyon
  • Mustela
    • Mustela richardsonii – tentative report
  • Nemotelus
  • Neogale
  • Neoplagiaulax
    • Neoplagiaulax macintyrei
  • Neotamias
  • Neotoma
  • Notharctus
    • Notharctus tenebrosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Odocoileus
  • Ondatra
  • Oodectes – tentative report
  • Ophryastes
  • Oxyacodon
  • San Diego Paramylodon
    Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    Paramylodon
  • Paramys
  • Parectypodus
  • Paronychomys
  • Peratherium
  • Peromyscus
  • Phenacomys
  • Phyllobius
  • Phyllophaga
  • Physa
  • Picea
  • Pinus
  • Plastomenoides
  • Plecia
  • Poabromylus
  • Poebrodon
  • Polemonium – or unidentified comparable form
  • Presbyornis Enhancement
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene waterfowl Presbyornis
    Presbyornis – type locality for genus
  • Procaimanoidea – type locality for genus
    • Procaimanoidea utahensis – type locality for species
  • Procas
  • Procynodictis
  • Prodaphaenus
  • Protitanotherium
  • Protylopus
  • Proviverra
  • Ptilodus
    • Ptilodus mediaevus
    • Ptilodus tsosiensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rhinoclemmys – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Saniwa
    • Saniwa ensidens
  • Sargus
  • Sinopa
  • Smilodectes
    • Smilodectes gracilis
  • Smilodon fatalis
    Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
  • Sorex
  • Spermophilus
    • Spermophilus armatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sphenocoelus
  • Sthenodectes
  • Stygimys
    • Stygimys kuszmauli
  • Stylemys
  • Stylinodon mirusDB24
    Life restoration of the Eocene taeniodont mammal Stylinodon mirus
    Stylinodon
  • Taeniolabis
    • Taeniolabis taoensis
  • Tapocyon
  • Taxidea
  • Thomomys
  • Trogosus
  • Tylocephalonyx
  • Uintacyon
  • Uintatherium DB
    Life restoration of the Eocene mammal Uintatherium
    Uintatherium
  • Valenia
  • Viverravus
  • Viviparus
  • Vulpes
  • Zapus
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