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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Wyoming

  • Actinoceras
  • Agassizodus
    • Agassizodus variabilis
  • Agnostogonus
  • Amphiscapha
  • Amplexus
    • Anarthraspis chamberlini
  • Archaeocidaris
  • Astraspis cropped 2
    Life restoration of the Middle-Late Ordovician jawless fish Astraspis
    Astraspis
    • Astraspis desiderata
  • Aviculopecten
    • Aviculopecten basilicus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Aviculopecten girtyi
    • Aviculopecten gryphus
    • Aviculopecten kaibabensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Bellerophon
  • Blountiella
  • Bowmania
  • Bucheria – type locality for genus
  • Burnetia mirabilisDB
    Restorative portrait of the Permian synapsid (mammal prescursor) Burnetia
    Burnetia
  • Campodus
  • Caninia
  • Cardipeltis
    • Cardipeltis wallacii
  • Catenipora
  • Cavusgnathus
  • Cedaria
  • Cephalaspis
  • Charactoceras – tentative report
  • Chirognathus
  • Chonetes
  • Cleiothyridina
    • Cleiothyridina atrypoides
    • Cleiothyridina elegans – or unidentified related form
    • Cleiothyridina hirsuta
    • Cleiothyridina sublamellosa – or unidentified related form
  • Coleodus
  • Compositafossil
    Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    Composita
    • Composita elongata
    • Composita laevis – or unidentified related form
    • Composita mira
    • Composita ovata
    • Composita sigma
    • Composita subquadrata
    • Composita subtilita
    • Composita sulcata
  • Conocardium
  • Coosella
  • Coosia
  • Coosina
  • Cordylodus
  • Crepicephalus
  • Ctenacanthus
    • Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias
  • Cyrtogomphoceras
  • Deckera
  • Dentalium
  • Distichophytum
  • Drepanophycus
  • Earlandia
  • Edmondia
  • Endoceras
    Fossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras
    Endoceras
  • Euomphalus
  • Favosites
  • Gastrioceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Genevievella
  • Geragnostus
  • Girvanella
  • Glikmanius
    • Glikmanius occidentalis
  • Glyptopleura
  • Goniatites – tentative report
  • Gosslingia
  • Helicoprion bessonovi cropped
    Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
    Helicoprion
    • Helicoprion davisii
  • Homagnostus
  • Hyolithes
  • Hypseloconus
  • Idiognathoides
  • Ithyektyphus
  • Janassa
  • Kendallina
  • Kingstonia
  • Kionoceras
  • Kochoceras
  • Lambeoceras
  • Leclercqia
  • Lingula
  • Lingulella
  • Liroceras
  • Lonchocephalus
  • Maryvillia
  • Metacoceras
  • Meteoraspis cropped
    Restoration of the Cambrian trilobite Meteoraspis
    Meteoraspis
  • Micromitra
  • Minicephalus – type locality for genus
  • Naticopsis
    • Naticopsis judithae
    • Naticopsis kaibabensis
    • Naticopsis marthaae – or unidentified comparable form
  • Neospirifer
    • Neospirifer bakeri
  • Nucula – tentative report
  • Olenoides
  • Ozarkodina
  • Paladin
  • Paractinoceras
  • Peripetoceras
  • Plaesiomyiidae - Plesiomys subquadrata
    Fossilized shell of the Ordovician brachiopod Plaesiomys
    Plaesiomys
  • Platyceras
  • Platystrophia
  • Posidonia
  • Prodentalium
  • Protaspis
  • Pseudomelania – tentative report
  • Psilophyton
  • Rawlinsella
  • Renalia
  • Sallya
  • Saukiidae - Saukiella pepinensis
    Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella
    Saukiella
  • Sawdonia
  • Solemya
  • Solenochilus
  • Spiriferina
  • Spyroceras
  • Stearoceras
  • Streptognathodus
  • Strophomena
  • Syspacheilus
  • Tainoceras
  • Tetrataxis
  • Tricrepicephalus texanus CRF
    Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus
    Tricrepicephalus
  • Uncaspis
  • Uranolophus
  • Westonoceras
  • Wilkingia
  • Winnipegoceras
  • Worthenia
  • Zellerina

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Wyoming

  • Sturgeon2
    Illustration of a living Acipenser sturgeon
    Acipenser
  • Adocus
  • Agathaumas – type locality for genus
    • Agathaumas sylvestris – type locality for species
  • Agerostrea
  • Albanerpeton
    • Albanerpeton galaktion
    • Albanerpeton nexuosus – type locality for species
  • Albertosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Allognathosuchus
  • Allosaurus Revised
    Life restoration of the Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur Allosaurus
    Allosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Allosaurus fragilis – type locality for species
  • Alphadon
    • Alphadon attaragos – type locality for species
    • Alphadon halleyi
    • Alphadon marshi
    • Alphadon sahnii
  • Amblotherium – type locality for genus
  • Amia
  • Amphicoelias
    • Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus – type locality for species
  • Amphidon – type locality for genus
    • Amphidon superstes – type locality for species
  • Anaklinoceras
  • Anaschisma – type locality for genus
  • Ancorichnus
  • Andromeda
  • Anemia
  • Angistorhinus – type locality for genus
    • Angistorhinus aeolamnis – type locality for species
    • Angistorhinus gracilis – type locality for species
    • Angistorhinus grandis – type locality for species
    • Angistorhinus maximus – type locality for species
  • Anisoceras
  • Ankylosaurus magniventris reconstruction
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous armored dinosaur Ankylosaurus
    Ankylosaurus
  • Anomia
  • Anona
  • Antrimpos
  • Apatosaurinae
  • Apatosaurus
    • Apatosaurus louisae
    • Apatosaurus minimus
  • Aploconodon – type locality for genus
    • Aploconodon comoensis – type locality for species
  • Aporrhais
  • Aquilina – type locality for genus
  • Aralia
  • Araucaria araucana cones
    Foliage and cones of a living Araucaria tree
    Araucaria
  • Arca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Archaeotrigon – type locality for genus
  • Arcticoceras
  • Arenicolites
  • Aspideretes
  • Asplenium
  • Astarta
  • Astarte
  • Atira – tentative report
  • Atokatheridium – or unidentified comparable form
  • Aublysodon
    • Aublysodon mirandus
  • Baculites grandis shell
    Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
    Baculites
    • Baculites asper
    • Baculites asperiformis
    • Baculites baculus
    • Baculites clinolobatus
    • Baculites cobbani
    • Baculites codyensis
    • Baculites crickmayi
    • Baculites elaisi
    • Baculites eliasi
    • Baculites gilberti
    • Baculites grandis
    • Baculites gregoryensis
    • Baculites haresi
    • Baculites jenseni – or unidentified comparable form
    • Baculites mariasensis
    • Baculites mclearni
    • Baculites obtusus
    • Baculites perplexus
    • Baculites reesidei
    • Baculites rugosus
    • Baculites scotti
  • Baena
  • Baptanodon
  • Barbatia – tentative report
  • Barosaurus lentus1
    Restoration of the Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Barosaurus rearing to defend itself against a pair of the theropod Allosaurus
    Barosaurus
    • Barosaurus lentus
  • Basilemys
  • Belonostomus
    • Belonostomus longirostris
  • Bombur
  • Borealosuchus
    • Borealosuchus sternbergii – type locality for species
  • Botula
    • Botula ripleyana
  • Brachaelurus
  • Brachiosaurus
  • Brachybrachium – type locality for genus
    • Brachybrachium brevipes – type locality for species
  • Brachychampsa
    • Brachychampsa montana
  • Brachyphyllum
  • Brontopodus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Brontosaurus NT small
    Life restoration of a herd of the Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Brontosaurus
    Brontosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Brontosaurus excelsus – type locality for species
    • Brontosaurus parvus – type locality for species
    • Brontosaurus yahnahpin – type locality for species
  • Bryceomys
  • Cadoceras
  • Callista
  • Calycoceras
  • Camarasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Camarasaurus grandis – type locality for species
    • Camarasaurus lentus – type locality for species
  • Campeloma
  • Camptosaurus
    • Camptosaurus dispar – type locality for species
  • Canna
  • Cedrobaena
  • Celastrus – tentative report
  • Ceramornis – type locality for genus
    • Ceramornis major – type locality for species
  • Ceratodus
  • Ceratosaurus nasicornis DB
    Restoration of the Late Jurassic ceratosaur Ceratosaurus
    Ceratosaurus
  • Cercidiphyllum
  • Cerithium – tentative report
  • Chamops – type locality for genus
  • Champsosaurus
  • Chelonipus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Chiloscyllium
  • Chirotherium
    • Chirotherium barthii
  • Chlamys
  • Chondroceras
  • Cimexomys
    • Cimexomys minor
  • Cimolestes
    • Cimolestes incisus – type locality for species
    • Cimolestes stirtoni – type locality for species
  • Cimolodon
    • Cimolodon nitidus – type locality for species
  • Ptilodus
    Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys
    Cimolomys
    • Cimolomys clarki
    • Cimolomys gracilis – type locality for species
    • Cimolomys parvus – type locality for species
  • Cimolopteryx
    • Cimolopteryx maxima – type locality for species
    • Cimolopteryx rara
  • Cinnamomum
  • Cissus
  • Cladophlebis
    • Cladophlebis parva
    • Cladophlebis readi – type locality for species
    • Cladophlebis wyomingensis – type locality for species
  • Claraia
    • Claraia clarai
    • Claraia mulleri
    • Claraia stachei
  • Clemensodon – type locality for genus
    • Clemensodon megaloba – type locality for species
  • Coelosuchus – type locality for genus
  • Coelurus BW
    Life restoration of the Late Jurassic primmitive tyrannosaur Coelurus
    Coelurus – type locality for genus
    • Coelurus fragilis – type locality for species
  • Collignoniceras
    • Collignoniceras woollgari
  • Comobatrachus – type locality for genus
  • Comodactylus – type locality for genus
    • Comodactylus ostromi – type locality for species
  • Comodon – type locality for genus
    • Comodon gidleyi – type locality for species
  • Comonecturoides – type locality for genus
  • Comotherium – type locality for genus
  • Compsemys
  • Coniophis Marsh 1892
    Illustration of fossilized vertebrae of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene snake Coniophis. Othniel Charles Marsh (1892).
    Coniophis – type locality for genus
  • Corax
  • Corbula
  • Coriops
  • Corosaurus
    • Corosaurus alcovensis
  • Crenella
  • Cretorectolobus
    • Cretorectolobus olsoni
  • Ctenacodon – type locality for genus
    • Ctenacodon laticeps – type locality for species
    • Ctenacodon scindens – type locality for species
    • Ctenacodon serratus – type locality for species
  • Cteniogenys – type locality for genus
  • Cucullaea
  • Cunningtoniceras
  • Cuspidaria
  • Dakotasaurus – type locality for genus
  • Daspletosaurus
  • Deinonychus ewilloughby
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaur ("raptor") Deinonychus
    Deinonychus
  • Deltatheroides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dennstaedtia
  • Dentalium
    • Dentalium pauperculum
  • Derrisemys
  • Desmatosuchus
  • Dicotyledon
  • Didelphodon NT small
    Restoration of the Late Cretaceous marsupial relative Didelphodon
    Didelphodon
  • Didymoceras
    • Didymoceras nebrascense
    • Didymoceras stevensoni
  • Dinochelys
  • Diospyros
  • Diplocraterion
  • Diplodocinae
  • Diplodocus carnegii
    Life restoration of the Late Jurassic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus
    Diplodocus
    • Diplodocus carnegii – type locality for species
    • Diplodocus hallorum
    • Diplodocus longus
  • Discoscaphites
  • Docodon – type locality for genus
    • Docodon affinis – type locality for species
    • Docodon crassus – type locality for species
    • Docodon striatus – type locality for species
    • Docodon superus – type locality for species
    • Docodon victor – type locality for species
  • Dolichobrachium – type locality for genus
  • Dolichorhynchops
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Dolichorhynchops
    Dolichorhynchops
    • Dolichorhynchops osborni
  • Doratodon – tentative report
  • Dorsetisaurus
  • Drinker – type locality for genus
    • Drinker nisti – type locality for species
  • Dromaeosaurus
  • Dryolestes – type locality for genus
  • Dryopteris
  • Dryosaurus
    • Dryosaurus altus – type locality for species
  • Dryptosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dyslocosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Dyslocosaurus polyonychius – type locality for species
  • Echidnocephalus – tentative report
  • Edmontonia
    • Edmontonia rugosidens – or unidentified comparable form
  • Edmontosaurus
  • Elaphrosaurus – tentative report
  • Elasmosaurus
  • Emarginachelys
  • Empo
  • Enneabatrachus – type locality for genus
  • Eobatrachus – type locality for genus
  • Eocephalites
  • Eopelobates
  • Equisetum
  • Essonodon
    • Essonodon browni
  • Eubostrychoceras japonicum
    Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Eubostrychoceras
    Eubostrychoceras
  • Eubrachiosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Eubrachiosaurus browni – type locality for species
  • Eucalycoceras
  • Eucrossorhinus
  • Euomphaloceras
  • Euspira
  • Euthlastus – type locality for genus
  • Eutrephoceras
  • Eutretauranosuchus
    • Eutretauranosuchus delfsi
  • Exiteloceras
  • Exogyra
    • Exogyra costata
  • Fasciolaria
  • Ficus
  • Forresteria
  • Fosterovenator – type locality for genus
  • Foxraptor – type locality for genus
  • Fraxinus
  • Galeamopus
    • Galeamopus hayi
    • Galeamopus pabsti – type locality for species
  • Gargoyleosaurus
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Jurassic armored dinosaur Gargoyleosaurus
    Gargoyleosaurus
    • Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
  • Gerrhonotus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Gervillaria
  • Gervillia
  • Gilmoremys
    • Gilmoremys lancensis – type locality for species
  • Ginglymostoma
  • Ginkgo
    • Ginkgo adiantoides – tentative report
  • Glyptops – type locality for genus
  • Glyptostrobus
  • Gobiconodon ostromi
    Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Late Cretaceous mammal Gobiconodon
    Gobiconodon
  • Goniopholis
  • Gryphaea
  • Habrosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Habrosaurus dilatus – type locality for species
  • Hamites
  • Haplocanthosaurus
  • Harpactognathus – type locality for genus
    • Harpactognathus gentryii – type locality for species
  • Heptasuchus – type locality for genus
    • Heptasuchus clarki – type locality for species
  • Hesperosaurus NT
    Life restoration of the Late Jurassic stegosaur Hesperosaurus
    Hesperosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Hesperosaurus mjosi – type locality for species
  • Heteroceras
  • Hoploscaphites
    • Hoploscaphites birkelundae – type locality for species
    • Hoploscaphites gilli
    • Hoploscaphites nodosus
    • Hoploscaphites plenus
    • Hoploscaphites quadrangularis
  • Hybodus
    • Hybodus montanensis
    • Hybodus wyomingensis – type locality for species
  • Hyperodapedon
    • Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ichthyodectes
  • 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 agdjakendensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus americanus – type locality for species
    • Inoceramus anglicus
    • Inoceramus balchii
    • Inoceramus barabini
    • Inoceramus crispii
    • Inoceramus deformis
    • Inoceramus dimidius
    • Inoceramus erectus – or unidentified related form
    • Inoceramus fibrosus
    • Inoceramus fragilis – or unidentified related form
    • Inoceramus gibbosus
    • Inoceramus glacierensis
    • Inoceramus grandis
    • Inoceramus incurvus
    • Inoceramus lundbreckensis
    • Inoceramus perplexus
    • Inoceramus prefragilis
    • Inoceramus proximus – or unidentified related form
    • Inoceramus sagensis
    • Inoceramus subcircularis
    • Inoceramus subcompressus
    • Inoceramus sublaevis
    • Inoceramus tenuirostratus
    • Inoceramus tenuiumbonatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus turgidus – or unidentified related form
    • Inoceramus typicus
    • Inoceramus umbonatus
    • Inoceramus undabundus
  • Ischyrhiza
    • Ischyrhiza avonicola – type locality for species
    • Ischyrhiza basinensis – type locality for species
    • Ischyrhiza mira
  • Isognomon
  • Isurus – tentative report
  • Janumys
  • Jeletzkytes
    • Jeletzkytes dorfi – type locality for species
  • Kaatedocus – type locality for genus
    • Kaatedocus siberi – type locality for species
  • Buettneria
    Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic amphibian Koskinonodon
    Koskinonodon – type locality for genus
  • Laolestes – type locality for genus
    • Laolestes eminens – type locality for species
    • Laolestes goodrichi – type locality for species
    • Laolestes oweni – type locality for species
  • Laopteryx – type locality for genus
  • Laosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Laosaurus celer – type locality for species
  • Laurus
  • Lepidotes – or unidentified related form
  • Lepisosteus
  • Leptalestes
    • Leptalestes cooki – type locality for species
    • Leptalestes krejcii
  • Leptoceratops BW
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive horned dinosaur Leptoceratops
    Leptoceratops
    • Leptoceratops gracilis
  • Lima
  • Lingula
  • Liquidambar
  • Lisserpeton
    • Lisserpeton bairdi
  • Lissodus
  • Lonchidion – type locality for genus
  • Lonchodytes – type locality for genus
    • Lonchodytes estesi – type locality for species
  • Lucina
  • Lunatia – tentative report
  • Lygodium
  • Macelognathus – type locality for genus
  • Mactra
  • Martinectes
    • Martinectes bonneri – type locality for species
  • Mecochirus
  • Megalneusaurus027 cropped
    Life restoration of the Late Jurassic plesiosaur Megalneusaurus
    Megalneusaurus
    • Megalneusaurus rex – type locality for species
  • Megasphaeroceras
  • Melvius
  • Meniscoessus
    • Meniscoessus intermedius
    • Meniscoessus robustus – type locality for species
    • Meniscoessus seminoensis – type locality for species
  • Menuites
  • Mesodma
    • Mesodma formosa
    • Mesodma hensleighi
    • Mesodma primaeva
    • Mesodma thompsoni – type locality for species
  • Metoicoceras
    • Metoicoceras geslinianum
    • Metoicoceras mosbyense – or unidentified comparable form
  • Microvenator
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous oviraptorosaur Microvenator
    Microvenator
    • Microvenator celer
  • Modiolus
  • Morosaurus
  • Myledaphus
    • Myledaphus bipartitus
  • Myophorella
    • Myophorella yellowstonensis
  • Myrica
  • Mytilus
  • Nanocuris
  • Nanosaurus
    • Nanosaurus rex
  • Nanotyrannus – tentative report
  • Naomichelys
  • Nelumbo
  • Neocardioceras
    • Neocardioceras laevigatum – type locality for species
    • Neocardioceras minutum – type locality for species
    • Neocardioceras transiens
    • Neocardioceras uptonense – type locality for species
  • Neoplagiaulax
  • Nerinea – tentative report
  • Nodosaurus textilis
    Historical reconstruction of the holotype skeleton from 1921
    Nodosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Nodosaurus textilis – type locality for species
  • Normannites – tentative report
  • Nucula
  • Obamadon
    • Obamadon gracilis
  • Odaxosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Odaxosaurus piger – type locality for species
  • Odontaspis
  • Oklatheridium
  • Onoclea
  • Ophiopsis
  • Ophthalmosaurus BW
    Life restoration of the Late Jurassic ichthyosaur Ophthalmosaurus
    Ophthalmosaurus
    • Ophthalmosaurus natans
  • Opisthias
  • Opisthotriton
  • Ornitholestes – type locality for genus
    • Ornitholestes hermanni – type locality for species
  • Ornithomimus
    • Ornithomimus minutus
    • Ornithomimus sedens – type locality for species
    • Ornithomimus velox – or unidentified comparable form
  • Osmakasaurus – tentative report
    • Osmakasaurus depressus
  • Ostrea
  • Othnielia
  • Othnielosaurus
    • Othnielosaurus consors – type locality for species
  • Oxytoma
  • Pachycephalosaurus
    • Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis – type locality for species
  • Pachyrhizodus
  • Pachyteuthis
  • Palaeobatrachus
  • Palaeosaniwa – type locality for genus
    • Palaeosaniwa canadensis – type locality for species
  • Paleopsephurus
    • Paleopsephurus wilsoni
  • Paleorhinus
    • Paleorhinus parvus – type locality for species
  • Paliurus
  • Pantosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Pantosaurus striatus – type locality for species
  • Paracimexomys
    • Paracimexomys priscus
  • Paradiscoglossus – type locality for genus
  • Paralbula
  • Paramacellodus
  • Paleorhinus
    Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Parasuchus
    Parasuchus
  • Paressonodon
  • Pariguana – type locality for genus
  • Parikimys
  • Paronychodon
    • Paronychodon lacustris – type locality for species
  • Paurodon – type locality for genus
  • Pecopteris
  • Pecten
  • Pectinodon – type locality for genus
    • Pectinodon bakkeri – type locality for species
  • Persea – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Arecaceae - Phoenicites
    Phoenicites
    Phoenicites – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pholadomya
    • Pholadomya inaequiplicata
    • Pholadomya kingi
  • Phragmites
  • Phyllodus
  • Physa – or unidentified comparable form
  • Piceoerpeton
  • Pinna
  • Pinus
  • Pistacia
  • Pistia
  • Placenticeras
    • Placenticeras intercalare
    • Placenticeras meeki
    • Placenticeras pseudoplacenta
  • Plagiostoma
  • Planorbis
  • Platanus
  • Platecarpus2010
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus
    Platecarpus
    • Platecarpus tympaniticus
  • Platymya
  • Platypterygius
  • Plesiobaena
  • Plesiopleurodon – type locality for genus
    • Plesiopleurodon wellesi – type locality for species
  • Plesiosaurus
  • Plicatula
  • Polinices
  • Polycotylus
  • Poposaurus gracilis (1)
    Restoration of the Late Triassic crocodile relative Poposaurus with an anachronistic human to scale
    Poposaurus – type locality for genus
    • Poposaurus gracilis – type locality for species
  • Populus
  • Potamoceratodus
  • Potamornis – type locality for genus
    • Potamornis skutchi – type locality for species
  • Priacodon
    • Priacodon ferox – type locality for species
    • Priacodon grandaevus – type locality for species
    • Priacodon lulli – type locality for species
    • Priacodon robustus – type locality for species
  • Prodesmodon – type locality for genus
  • Prodiplocynodon – type locality for genus
    • Prodiplocynodon langi – type locality for species
  • Protocardia
  • Protungulatum donnae cropped
    Fossilized mandible of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene mammal Protungulatum
    Protungulatum – tentative report
  • Prunus
  • Psalodon
    • Psalodon fortis – type locality for species
    • Psalodon marshi – type locality for species
    • Psalodon potens – type locality for species
  • Pseudoperna
    • Pseudoperna congesta
  • Pteraichnus
    • Pteraichnus stokesi – type locality for species
  • Pteranodon longiceps mmartyniuk wiki
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon
    Pteranodon
    • Pteranodon longiceps
  • Pteria
  • Pterodactylus
    • Pterodactylus montanus – type locality for species
  • Ptilotodon
  • Ptychotrygon
    • Ptychotrygon boothi – type locality for species
  • Quercus
  • Rhamnus
  • Rhinobatos
  • Rhizocorallium
  • Richardoestesia
    • Richardoestesia isosceles
  • Rostellaria – tentative report
  • Saccoloma – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Salix
  • Salpichlaena
  • Sassafras
  • Saurexallopus – type locality for genus
  • Saurocephalus
  • Saurolophus
  • Sauropelta
    • Sauropelta edwardsorum
  • Sauroposeidon Scale Diagram Steveoc86
    Diagram illustrating the Early Cretaceous long-necked dinosaur Sauroposeidon with anachronistic humans to scale
    Sauroposeidon
    • Sauroposeidon proteles
  • Saurornithoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Saurornitholestes
  • Sauvagesia
  • Scapanorhynchus
    • Scapanorhynchus texanus
  • Scapherpeton
  • Scaphites
    • Scaphites aquilaensis
    • Scaphites binneyi
    • Scaphites hippocrepis
    • Scaphites stantoni
    • Scaphites ventricosus
    • Scaphites whitfieldi
  • Scotiophryne
  • Scyliorhinus
  • Selaginella-sp
    A living Selaginella, or spikemoss
    Selaginella
  • Sequoia
  • Skolithos
  • Smilax
  • Socognathus
  • Solemya
  • Sparganium
  • Sphaerium – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sphenodiscus
    • Sphenodiscus lobatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
  • Sphenopteris
  • Squalicorax falcatusDB
    Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
    Squalicorax
    • Squalicorax kaupi
    • Squalicorax pristodontus
  • Squatirhina
    • Squatirhina americana – type locality for species
  • Staphylea
  • Stegopelta – type locality for genus
    • Stegopelta landerensis – type locality for species
  • Stegosaurus stenops sophie wiki martyniuk
    Restoration of the Late Jurassic stegosaur Stegosaurus
    Stegosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Stegosaurus armatus – type locality for species
    • Stegosaurus longispinus – type locality for species
    • Stegosaurus stenops
    • Stegosaurus sulcatus – type locality for species
    • Stegosaurus ungulatus – type locality for species
  • Sterculia
  • Stokesosaurus – tentative report
    • Stokesosaurus clevelandi
  • Struthiomimus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Styxosaurus
    • Styxosaurus browni – type locality for species
  • Supersaurus NT crop
    Restoration in multiple views of the Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Supersaurus with an anachronistic human to scale
    Supersaurus
    • Supersaurus vivianae
  • Tanycolagreus – type locality for genus
    • Tanycolagreus topwilsoni – type locality for species
  • Tatenectes
    • Tatenectes laramiensis – type locality for species
  • Tathiodon – type locality for genus
  • Tenea
  • Tenontosaurus
    • Tenontosaurus tilletti
  • Teredo
  • Thalassinoides
  • Theatonius – type locality for genus
  • Theretairus – type locality for genus
  • Thescelosaurus filamented
    Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur Thescelosaurus
    Thescelosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Thescelosaurus neglectus – type locality for species
  • Thoracosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Thracia
  • Thyasira
  • Thyrsopteris
  • Tinodon – type locality for genus
  • Torosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Torosaurus latus – type locality for species
  • Torotix – type locality for genus
    • Torotix clemensi – type locality for species
  • Torvosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Torvosaurus tanneri – type locality for species
  • Trachodon
  • Tragodesmoceras
    • Tragodesmoceras carlilense
  • Trapa
  • LA-Triceratops mount-2
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Triceratops
    Triceratops – type locality for genus
    • Triceratops horridus – type locality for species
    • Triceratops ingens – type locality for species
    • Triceratops prorsus – type locality for species
    • Triceratops sulcatus – type locality for species
  • Trigonia
    • Trigonia americana
    • Trigonia elegantissima
    • Trigonia montanaensis
    • Trigonia quadrangularis
  • Trioracodon
    • Trioracodon bisulcus – type locality for species
  • Troodon
    • Troodon formosus
  • Typha
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex Holotype
    Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Tyrannosaurus
    Tyrannosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Uluops – type locality for genus
    • Uluops uluops – type locality for species
  • Unio
  • Vanikoro
  • Viburnum
  • Vitis
  • Viviparus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Weichselia
  • Williamsonia – tentative report
  • Woodwardia
  • Xenocephalites
  • Xiphactinus
  • Yoldia
  • Zamites mariposana
    Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites
    Zamites
    • Zamites arcticus
    • Zamites borealis
    • Zamites brevipennis
  • Zapsalis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Zephyrosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Zofiabaatar – type locality for genus
    • Zofiabaatar pulcher – type locality for species

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Wyoming

  • Abuta – or unidentified related form
  • Acacia
  • Accipiter
  • Acer
  • Acidomomys – type locality for genus
  • Acrostichum
  • Adilophontes – type locality for genus
  • Adocus
  • Aegialia
  • Aegolius
  • Aepycamelus Alticamelus hharder
    Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Aepycamelus
  • Aesculus
  • Afairiguana – type locality for genus
    • Afairiguana avius – type locality for species
  • Agelaius
  • Agnotocastor
    • Agnotocastor galushai – type locality for species
  • Agriochoerus
  • Ailanthus
  • Alastor
  • Alces
  • Alchornea – or unidentified related form
  • Aletodon
  • The American journal of science (1880) (17965682808)
    Aletomeryx
    Aletomeryx
  • Aleurites
  • Allognathosuchus
  • Allophylus
  • Alnus
  • Amentotaxus
  • Amia
  • Amitabha – type locality for genus
    • Amitabha urbsinterdictensis – type locality for species
  • Ampelopsis
  • Amphechinus
  • Amphiuma
  • Amyda
  • Anamirta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Anas
  • Anconodon
  • Anemia
  • Anniealexandria – type locality for genus
  • Anobium
  • Anolbanolis – type locality for genus
    • Anolbanolis banalis – type locality for species
    • Anolbanolis geminus – type locality for species
  • Anosteira
  • Antherophagus
  • Anthonomus
  • Antilocapra
  • Apalone
  • Aphelops
  • Aquila
  • Aralia
  • Araneus
  • Araucaria
  • Archaeocyon
  • Archaeotherium
  • Archaerhineura – type locality for genus
  • Arctocyon
  • ArctodusSimusReconstruct
    Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
    Arctodus
  • Arctostaphylos
  • Arenahippus
  • Aristolochia
  • Armintomys
    • Armintomys tullbergi
  • Artocarpus – tentative report
  • Asarkina
  • Asio
  • Asplenium
  • Astronium
  • Athyana
  • Avunculus
  • Aythya
  • Azolla
  • Babibasiliscus – type locality for genus
  • Baena
  • Bahndwivici – type locality for genus
    • Bahndwivici ammoskius – type locality for species
  • Baiotomeus
    • Baiotomeus douglassi
    • Baiotomeus lamberti
  • Barylambda-faberi
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Barylambda
    Barylambda
  • Bathornis
  • Bathygenys
  • Bathyopsis
  • Batodonoides
    • Batodonoides vanhouteni – type locality for species
  • Batrachosauroides – tentative report
  • Bauhinia
  • Beilschmiedia
  • Berosus
  • Betula
  • Biomphalaria
  • Bison
  • Bisonalveus – type locality for genus
    • Bisonalveus browni – type locality for species
  • Blechnum
  • Bledius
  • Boavus idelmani
    Fossilized skeleton of the eocene-?Miocene boa snake Boavus
    Boavus – type locality for genus
  • Boletina
  • Bootherium
    • Bootherium bombifrons
  • Borealosuchus
    • Borealosuchus formidabilis
    • Borealosuchus wilsoni – type locality for species
  • Boverisuchus
    • Boverisuchus vorax
  • Brachycrus
    Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus
    Brachycrus
  • Brachyhyops
  • Brachyrhynchocyon
  • Brachyuranochampsa – type locality for genus
    • Brachyuranochampsa eversolei – type locality for species
  • Bracon
  • Branta
  • Brontops
  • Bryophyte – or unidentified related form
  • Bubo
  • Buteo
  • Buteogallus
  • Caedocyon
    • Caedocyon tedfordi – type locality for species
  • Caenopus
  • Caesalpinia
  • Calamospiza
  • Calidris
  • Callomyia
  • Camelops
  • Canarium
  • Canavalia
  • Canis
  • Cantius
    • Cantius abditus – type locality for species
    • Cantius frugivorus
    • Cantius mckennai
    • Cantius ralstoni
    • Cantius torresi
    • Cantius trigonodus – type locality for species
  • Capella
    • Capella gallinago
  • Caracara
  • Cardiospermum
  • Carduelis
  • Carpolestes
    • CarpolestesCL
      Life restoration of the Paleocene primate relative Carpolestes simpsoni
      Carpolestes simpsoni – type locality for species
  • Carya
  • Castanea
  • Castor
  • Catopsalis
    • Catopsalis alexanderi
    • Catopsalis calgariensis
  • Cedrela
  • Cedrobaena – type locality for genus
  • Celastrus
  • Celtis
  • Centrocercus
  • Cephalogale
  • Ceratophyllum
    • Ceratophyllum muricatum
  • Ceratosuchus burdoshi e
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene crocodilian Ceratosuchus
    Ceratosuchus
    • Ceratosuchus burdoshi
  • Cercidiphyllum
  • Cercopis
  • Champsosaurus
  • Chara
  • Charadrius
  • Charina
  • Cheilosia
  • Chelomophrynus – type locality for genus
  • Chilostigma – tentative report
  • Chironomus
  • Chisternon
    Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene turtle Chisternon
    Chisternon
  • Cholula
  • Choragus
  • Chordeiles
  • Chriacus
    • Chriacus oconostotae
  • Cimolestes
  • Cinnamomum
  • Circus
  • Cissus
  • Cixius – tentative report
  • Cladrastis-kentukea-00
    Flowers of a living Cladrastis, or yellowwood
    Cladrastis
  • Cnemidaria
  • Coccothraustes
  • Cocculus
  • Colaptes
  • Colodon
  • Compsemys
  • Coniophis
  • Copecion
  • Copelemur
  • Corizus – tentative report
  • Cormocyon leptodus
    Fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene bone-crushing dog Cormocyon
    Cormocyon
  • Cornus
  • Corvus
  • Corylus
  • Coryphodon
  • Crataegus
  • Credneria
  • Crocodylus
    • Crocodylus affinis AMNH 6177
      Fossilized skull of the Eocene crocodilian "Crocodylus" affinis
      Crocodylus affinis – type locality for species
  • Cryptocephalus
  • Cryptorhynchus
  • Cryptotis
  • Culex
  • Cyclocarya
  • Cynarctoides
    • Cynarctoides acridens
    • Cynarctoides harlowi
    • Cynarctoides luskensis – type locality for species
  • Dalbergia
  • Daphoenictis
  • Daphoenus
    Life restoration of the Miocene bear-dog Daphoenodon
    Daphoenodon
  • Daphoenus
    • Daphoenus lambei
  • Dasyatis
  • Davidia
  • Dawsonicyon – type locality for genus
  • Dendragapus
  • Dendropanax
  • Dennstaedtia
  • Desmatippus
  • Desmatochoerus
  • Desmocyon
  • Diacodexis
  • Diatryma – type locality for genus
  • Diceratherium
  • Dicranomyia
  • Dicrostonyx
  • Didymictis
  • Dilophodon
  • Dinictis
  • Dinohyus
  • Diospyros
  • Diplocynodon
  • Diplomystus Vienna
    Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Diplomystus preserved in the act of swallowing another fish
    Diplomystus
    • Diplomystus dentatus
  • Dipoides
  • Dipteronia
  • Discus
  • Dissacus
  • Distylium
  • Dolichopus
  • Dombeya
  • Domnina
  • Drimys
  • Dryopteris
  • Echmatemys stevensoniana AMNH 6084
    Fossilized shell of the Eocene turtle Echmatemys
    Echmatemys
  • Ectocion
  • Ectoconus
  • Ectopistes
  • Ectopocynus
  • Elaeodendron
  • Enhydrocyon
    • Enhydrocyon basilatus
  • Enochrus
  • Entelodon
  • Eobasileus cropped
    Life restoration of a pair of the Eocene uintathere mammal Eobasileus. Charles R. Knight (1890s).
    Eobasileus
    • Eobasileus cornutus
  • Eoconodon
    • Eoconodon copanus
  • Eohippus
  • Eorhinophrynus
  • Eostrix
  • Eotitanops
  • Epicaerus
  • Epihippus
  • Equisetum
  • Equus
    • Equus conversidens
      Restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene Equus conversidens, or Mexican horse
      Equus conversidens
  • Eremophila
  • Erythrina
  • Esox
  • Eucastor
  • Eucommia
  • Eugenia
  • Euparius
  • Euphagus
  • Eusmilus
  • Eutamias
  • Fagus
  • Falco
  • Ficus
  • Fluvioviridavis
    Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene bird Fluvioviridavis
    Fluvioviridavis – type locality for genus
  • Fortuna
  • Fraxinus
  • Fulgora
  • Gagadon
    • Gagadon minimonstrum
  • Galecyon
  • Galerita
  • Gallinuloides – type locality for genus
  • Gastrocopta
  • Gerrhonotus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ginkgo
    • Ginkgo adiantoides
  • Gleditsia – or unidentified related form
  • Glyptostrobus 01
    Fossilized foliage of the cypress relative Glyptostrobus
    Glyptostrobus
    • Glyptostrobus europaeus
  • Goniacodon
  • Gopherus
  • Gracilocyon
  • Grus
  • Gulo
  • Gymnocladus
  • Gyraulus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Habrosaurus
    • Habrosaurus dilatus
  • Hadrianus
  • Hapalodectes
  • Hapalorestes
  • Haplolambda
  • Harpagolestes
  • Helaletes – type locality for genus
  • Helix
  • Helodermoides tuberculatus AMNH 11311
    Fossilized skull of the Oligocene lizard Helodermoides
    Helodermoides
    • Helodermoides tuberculatus
  • Hemiauchenia
  • Hemitelia
  • Heptodon
  • Herpetotherium
    • Herpetotherium knighti
  • Hesperocyon
  • Heteraletes
  • Hirundo – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hirundo pyrrhonota
  • Holospira
  • Homogalax
  • Hoplophoneus
  • Hovenia
  • Hutchemys
  • Hyaenodon NT small
    Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene creodont mammal Hyaenodon
    Hyaenodon
    • Hyaenodon crucians
    • Hyaenodon horridus
    • Hyaenodon megaloides
    • Hyaenodon montanus
    • Hyaenodon mustelinus
    • Hyaenodon venturae
    • Hyaenodon vetus
  • Hydrangea
  • Hydrobia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Hydrobius
  • Hydrochus
  • Hydromystria
  • Hylobius
  • Hyopsodus
    • Hyopsodus lepidus – type locality for species
  • Hypertragulus
  • Hypisodus
  • Hypohippus
    Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Hypohippus
  • Hypolagus
  • Hyporhina
  • Hypsiops
  • Hyrachyus
  • Hyracodon
  • Hyracotherium
    • Hyracotherium vasacciense
  • Icaronycteris – type locality for genus
    • Icaronycteris index – type locality for species
  • Indusia
  • Intyrictis
  • Ischyromys
  • Iulus
  • Juglans
  • Juncitarsus – type locality for genus
  • Junco – or unidentified comparable form
  • Kalmia
  • Kalobatippus
  • Knightia alta 01
    Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene bony fish Knightia
    Knightia
    • Knightia eocaena
  • Koelreuteria
  • Lagopus
    • Lagopus leucurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lambdotherium
  • Lambertocyon
    • Lambertocyon eximius
  • Lanius
  • Larus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lathrobium
  • Laurinoxylon
  • Laurus
  • Leiocephalus
  • Lepisosteus
  • Leptauchenia by Apokryltaros cropped
    Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene oreodont mammal Leptauchenia
    Leptauchenia
  • Leptictis
  • Leptocyon
  • Leptolambda
  • Leptomeryx
  • Leptoreodon
  • Leptotragulus
  • Lepus
  • Leucosticte
    • Leucosticte arctoa
  • Limnocyon
    • Limnocyon verus – type locality for species
  • Limnofregata – type locality for genus
    • Limnofregata azygosternon – type locality for species
  • Lindera
  • Lisserpeton
    • Lisserpeton bairdi
  • Listronotus
  • Lithophysa – type locality for genus
  • Lithornis
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene bird Lithornis
    Lithornis
    • Lithornis plebius – type locality for species
    • Lithornis promiscuus – type locality for species
  • Lygodium
  • Lynx
  • Lystra – tentative report
  • Macginitiea
  • Machaeroides
  • Macrocranion
  • Magnolia
  • Maiorana
  • Mammacyon
  • Mammuthus
  • Marmota
  • Megacerops
  • Megalictis
    • Megalictis ferox
  • Meliosma
  • Meniscotherium
  • Menoceras
  • Menops
  • Mentoclaenodon
  • Mergus
  • Merychippus insignis life restoration
    Life restoration of the Miocene three-toed horse Merychippus
    Merychippus
  • Merychyus
  • Merycochoerus
  • Merycodus
  • Merycoides
  • Merycoidodon
  • Mesatirhinus
  • Mesocyon – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Mesodma
    • Mesodma formosa
    • Mesodma garfieldensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma hensleighi
    • Mesodma pygmaea
  • Mesohippus
  • Mesonyx
    • Mesonyx obtusidens – type locality for species
  • Mesoreodon
  • Metacheiromys DB152
    Life restoration of the Eocene pangolin relative Metacheiromys
    Metacheiromys
  • Metamynodon
    • Metamynodon planifrons – or unidentified comparable form
  • Metarhinus
  • Metasequoia
    • Metasequoia occidentalis
  • Metatomarctus
  • Miacis
  • Michenia
  • Microcosmodon
    • Microcosmodon conus – type locality for species
    • Microcosmodon rosei – type locality for species
  • Microphysula – or unidentified comparable form
  • Microsyops
  • Microtus
  • Mimetodon
    • Mimetodon churchilli – type locality for species
  • Mimoperadectes
    • Mimoperadectes houdei – type locality for species
  • Miniochoerus
  • Miocyon
  • Miohippus
  • Mioplossus Labracoides
    Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene perch relative Mioplosus
    Mioplosus
  • Miotapirus
    • Miotapirus harrisonensis – type locality for species
  • Miotylopus
  • Miracinonyx
    • Miracinonyx studeri
  • Mithrandir
  • Mnemosyne
  • Monosaulax
  • Moropus
  • Morus
  • Mustela
  • Myrica
  • Myrmica
  • Nanotragulus
  • Neanis
  • Nelumbo
  • Neocathartes
    • Neocathartes grallator
  • Neoliotomus
    • Neoliotomus conventus
    • Neoliotomus ultimus
  • Neophrontops americanus fossil cropped
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene Neophrontops
    Neophrontops
    • Neophrontops americanus
  • Neoplagiaulax
    • Neoplagiaulax grangeri – tentative report
    • Neoplagiaulax hunteri
    • Neoplagiaulax jepi – type locality for species
    • Neoplagiaulax mckennai – type locality for species
    • Neoplagiaulax nelsoni
  • Neotoma
  • Nexuotapirus
  • Niglarodon
  • Notharctus
    • Notharctus robustior
    • Notharctus tenebrosus – type locality for species
    • Notharctus venticolus
  • Notogoneus osculus
    Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene beaked salmon relative Notogoneus
    Notogoneus
  • Nototamias – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nucifraga
  • Numenius
  • Nyctea
    • Nyctea scandiaca
  • Nyssa
  • Ochotona
  • Ocotea
  • Odaxosaurus
    • Odaxosaurus piger
  • Ondatra
  • Onoclea
  • Onychonycteris NT small
    Restoration of the Eocene bat Onychonycteris
    Onychonycteris – type locality for genus
    • Onychonycteris finneyi – type locality for species
  • Oodectes
  • Ophryastes
  • Opisthotriton
  • Oreamnos
  • Oreodontoides
  • Oreohelix
  • Oreopanax
  • Ormiscus
  • Orohippus pumilus - AMNH - DSC06339
    Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene horse Orohippus
    Orohippus
  • Orthogenysuchus – type locality for genus
    • Orthogenysuchus olseni – type locality for species
  • Osbornodon
  • Osmanthus
  • Osmunda
  • Otarocyon
  • Otiorhynchus
  • Ototriton – type locality for genus
    • Ototriton solidus – type locality for species
  • Ovis
  • Oxyacodon
  • Oxyaena
  • Oxydactylus longipes
    Life restoration of a pair of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Oxydactylus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Oxydactylus
  • Pachyaena
  • Pachycondyla
  • Palaearctonyx
  • Palaeogale
  • Palaeolagus
  • Palaeonictis
  • Palaeoryctes
  • Palaeosinopa
  • Palaeosyops
  • Palatobaena – type locality for genus
  • Paleoamphiuma – type locality for genus
  • Paliurus
  • Panthera
  • Pantolambda
  • Paracathartes
    • Paracathartes howardae
  • Paracynarctus
  • Paraenhydrocyon
    • Paraenhydrocyon josephi
  • Parahippus
  • Paramys
  • Parandrita
  • Paratomarctus
  • Paratylopus
  • Parectypodus
    • Parectypodus lunatus
    • Parectypodus sinclairi
    • Parectypodus sylviae
  • Parictis
  • Parvitragulus
  • Knight Patriofelis
    Life restoration of the Eocene creodont mammal Patriofelis. Charles R. Knight (1896).
    Patriofelis
    • Patriofelis ferox – type locality for species
  • Patriomanis
  • Peltosaurus
  • Pelycodus
  • Pentacosmodon
    • Pentacosmodon pronus – type locality for species
  • Peratherium
  • Perognathus
  • Peromyscus
  • Persea
  • Phalaenoptilus
  • Phareodus testis, Buffalo Museum of Science cropped
    Fossilized skeleton of the Paleocene-Eocene arowana relative Phareodus
    Phareodus
    • Phareodus encaustus
    • Phareodus testis
  • Phenacocoelus
  • Phenacodontid
  • Phenacodus
  • Phenacomys
  • Philodendron – or unidentified related form
  • Philotrox
    • Philotrox condoni
  • Phlaocyon
    Illustration of a fossilized skull in multiple views of the Oligocene-Miocene bone-crushing dog Phlaocyon
    Phlaocyon
    • Phlaocyon annectens
    • Phlaocyon minor
  • Phoebe
  • Phragmites – tentative report
  • Phyllobius
  • Physa
  • Pica
  • Piceoerpeton – type locality for genus
  • Pinus
  • Pipilo
  • Plagiomene
  • Planera
  • Planetetherium
    • Planetetherium mirabile
  • Plastomenoides
  • Platanus
  • Platycarya
  • Platynus
  • Plecia
  • Plesiadapis NT
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene primate Plesiadapis
    Plesiadapis
    • Plesiadapis cookei
  • Poabromylus
  • Poebrodon
  • Poebrotherium
  • Polygyra
  • Populus
  • Porzana
  • Potamogeton
  • Presbyornis Enhancement
    Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene waterfowl Presbyornis
    Presbyornis
  • Primobucco
  • Princetonia
  • Priscacara
  • Pristichampsus
  • Probathyopsis
  • Procaimanoidea
  • Procamelus
  • Prochetodon
    • Prochetodon cavus – type locality for species
    • Prochetodon foxi
    • Prochetodon taxus – type locality for species
  • Procynodictis
  • Prolimnocyon
  • Promartes
  • Promerycochoerus
  • Proscalops
  • Knight Protoceras
    Life restoration of a female (left) and male of the Oligocene-Miocene even-toed ungulate Protoceras. Charles R. Knight (1896).
    Protoceras
  • Protochelydra
    • Protochelydra zangerli – or unidentified comparable form
  • Protohippus
  • Protolabis
  • Protomarctus
  • Protorohippus
  • Protostrix
  • Protungulatum
    • Protungulatum donnae
  • Protylopus
  • Prunus
  • Pseudaelurus
  • Pseudhipparion
  • Pseudocrypturus – type locality for genus
    • Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius – type locality for species
  • Pseudolabis
  • Pseudoprotoceras
  • Psilota
  • Psittacotherium
  • Ptelea
  • Pteris – or unidentified related form
  • Pterocarya
  • Ptilodus kummae cropped
    Fossilized skeleton of the Paleocene multituberculate mammal Ptilodus
    Ptilodus
    • Ptilodus fractus
    • Ptilodus gnomus
    • Ptilodus kummae
    • Ptilodus mediaevus
    • Ptilodus montanus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ptilodus tsosiensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ptilodus wyomingensis – type locality for species
  • Puma
  • Pupilla – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pyramidula
  • Pyrocyon
  • Quercus
  • Quiscalus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Merycodus osborni cropped
    Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene pronghorn Ramoceros and Cosoryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Ramoceros
  • Raphictis
  • Rhamnus
  • Rhineura – type locality for genus
  • Rhinoclemmys – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Rhus
  • Rhyssa
  • Robinia
  • Rosa
  • Sabal
  • Saccoloma
  • Salix
  • Salpinctes – or unidentified comparable form
  • Salvinia
  • Saniwa ensidens
    Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene monitor lizard Saniwa
    Saniwa – type locality for genus
    • Saniwa ensidens – type locality for species
  • Sapindus
  • Sassafras
  • Scapherpeton
  • Schoepfia
  • Sciara
  • Sciophila
  • Sequoia
  • Sespia
  • Shoshonius
    • Shoshonius bowni
    • Shoshonius cooperi
  • Sialia
  • Sifrhippus
  • Simoedosaurus
  • Sinomenium – or unidentified related form
  • Sinopa rapax 1
    Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa
    Sinopa
  • Siren
    • Siren dunni – type locality for species
  • Sitona
  • Sloanea – or unidentified related form
  • Smilax
  • Smilodectes
    • Smilodectes gracilis – type locality for species
    • Smilodectes mcgrewi – type locality for species
  • Sorex
  • Sparganium
  • Spathorhynchus – type locality for genus
    • Spathorhynchus fossorium – type locality for species
    • Spathorhynchus natronicus
  • Spermophilus
    • Spermophilus variegatus
  • Sphenocoelus
  • Spirodela
  • Spiza
  • Stagnicola
  • Stegobium
  • Steneofiber
  • Stenomylus
    Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Stenomylus
    Stenomylus
    • Stenomylus gracilis
    • Stenomylus hitchcocki
    • Stenomylus keelinensis
  • Sterculia
  • Stillingia
  • Sturnella
  • Stygimys
    • Stygimys kuszmauli
  • Stylemys
  • Stylinodon
  • Styrax
  • Subhyracodon
  • Surnia
  • Suzanniwana – type locality for genus
    • Suzanniwana patriciana – type locality for species
    • Suzanniwana revenanta – type locality for species
  • Swartzia
  • Sylvilagus
  • Symplocos
  • Synaptomys
  • Syndyoceras BW
    Life restoration of the Miocene protoceratid mammal Syndyoceras
    Syndyoceras
    • Syndyoceras cooki
  • Syrphus
  • Tachycineta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Taeniolabis
    • Taeniolabis taoensis
  • Tamias
  • Tanymykter
  • Tapocyon
  • Tarka
  • Taxidea
  • Taxodium
  • Taxonus
  • Teilhardina
  • Teleoceras Horsfall cropped
    Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
  • Telmatherium
  • Temnocyon
  • Tetraclaenodon
  • Thelypteris
  • Thouinia
  • Thuja
  • Tilia
  • Tipula
  • Titanoides2010
    Life restoration of the Paleocene pantodont mammal Titanoides
    Titanoides
    • Titanoides gidleyi – type locality for species
    • Titanoides major
    • Titanoides nanus – type locality for species
    • Titanoides primaevus
  • Titanomyrma
    • Titanomyrma lubei – type locality for species
  • Trapa
  • Trigenicus
  • Trigonias
  • Trionyx
  • Tritemnodon
  • Tritoma
  • Triumfetta
  • Trogosus
  • Tropisternus
  • Trypodendron
  • Tsoabichi – type locality for genus
    • Tsoabichi greenriverensis – type locality for species
  • Turdus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tylocephalonyx
  • Tympanuchus
  • Typha – or unidentified related form
  • Tytthaena
  • Uintacyon
  • Uinttather DB
    Life restoration of the Eocene mammal Uintatherium
    Uintatherium – type locality for genus
    • Uintatherium anceps – type locality for species
  • Ulmus
  • Unio
  • Ursus
  • Ustatochoerus
  • Valenia
  • Valenopsalis
  • Vassacyon
  • Vauquelinia
  • Viburnum opulus C
    Leaves and fruit of a living Viburnum.
    Viburnum
  • Vinea – or unidentified comparable form
  • Vitis
  • Viverravus
  • Viviparus
  • Vulpavus
  • Vulpes
  • Woodwardia
  • Xanclomys
    • Xanclomys mcgrewi – type locality for species
  • Xyronomys
  • Ysengrinia
    Life restoration of the Miocene bear dog Ysengrinia
    Ysengrinia
  • Zamia
  • Zelkova
  • Zenaida
  • Zizyphus
  • Zodiolestes
  • Zonotrichia
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