This list of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Carolina and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
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edit- Acesta
- †Achrostichites – or unidentified comparable form
- Acirsa
- †Acutostrea
- †Adocus
Illustration of the reconstructed skeleton of the Late Triassic Aetosaurus. Othniel Charles Marsh (1895). - †Aldebarania – type locality for genus
- †Aldebarania arenitea – type locality for species
- †Alinka – type locality for genus
- †Alinka cara – type locality for species
- †Alisporites
- †Ambigostrea
- †Ampullina – tentative report
- Amuletum – tentative report
- †Anchura
- †Androvettia
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell - †Anomoeodus
- Anteglosia – tentative report
- †Apatopus
- †Aphrodina
- †Arca
- Architectonica
- †Architipula
- †Architipula youngi – type locality for species
Restoration of the Late Triassic lungfish Arganodus with an anachronistic human to scale - †Argyrarachne – type locality for genus
- †Argyrarachne solitus – type locality for species
- Astarte – tentative report
- †Asteracanthus
- Ataphrus
- †Atreipus
B
edit- †Baena – tentative report
- †Baikuris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Barbatia
- †Belemnitella
- †Beretra
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene crocodilian Borealosuchus - †Boreogomphodon
- †Bothremys
- Botula
- †Brachiophyllum
- †Brachychirotherium – or unidentified comparable form
- †Brachymeris
- †Brachyphyllum
- †Brachyrhizodus
- †Brachyrhyphus – type locality for genus
- †Brachyrhyphus distortus – type locality for species
- †Buccinopsis
C
edit- Caestocorbula
- Callucina
- †Camptonectes
- †Camptonectes berryi – tentative report
- †Camptonectes bubonis
- †Camptonectes hilgardi
- Candona
- †Cantioscyllium [1]
- †Cantioscyllium clementsi – type locality for species[1]
- Carcharias – tentative report
- Cardium
Known material diagram illustrating a reconstructed skull and body of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Carnufex - †Carnufex carolinensis – type locality for species
- Caryocorbula
- Cerithiella
- †Cerithioderma
- †Chedighaii
- †Chedignaii
Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys - †Cionichthys
- Cladophlebis
- Cliona
- †Coahomasuchus
- †Colognathus
- †Compostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Compsosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Compsosaurus priscus – type locality for species
- †Compsostrobus
- †Compsostrobus neotericus – type locality for species
- Corbula
- †Corbula carolinensis – tentative report
- †Corbula subgibbosa – tentative report
- †Costellacesta
- Crassatella
- †Crenella
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - †Crosaphis
- †Crosbysaurus
Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell - †Cyathofoma
- Cylichna
- †Cylindracanthus
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymella
- †Cyprimeria
- Cyzicus
D
edit- †Darwinula
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus - Dictyocephalus – type locality for genus
- †Dictyocephalus elegans – type locality for species
- †Dictyophyllum
- †Diplurus
- †Diplurus newarki – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dreissena – tentative report
- †Dromatherium – type locality for genus
- †Dromatherium sylvestre – type locality for species
- †Dromicosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Dromicosuchus grallator – type locality for species
E
edit- †Egertonia
- †Elatocladus – or unidentified comparable form
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring" - †Enchodus petrosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Equisetum
- †Estheria
- †Etea
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- †Exogyra
F
editG
edit- Gegania
- †Geinitzia
Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam - †Gorgetosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Gorgetosuchus pekinensis – type locality for species
- †Gorgosaurus
- †Graciliala
- †Graciliala johnsoni – tentative report
- †Granocardium
- Gyrodes
- †Gyrotropis
H
edit- †Hadrosaurus
- †Hadrosaurus minor – tentative report
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - †Hamulus
- †Harduinia
- †Himeriella – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hybodus
- †Hypolophus
- †Hypophylloceras
Fossilized vertebra of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Hypsibema - †Hypsibema crassicauda – type locality for species
I
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Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Ischyodus
- †Ischyodus bifurcatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
- Isurus
L
edit- †Laccopteris
- †Lamellaptychus
- †Laxispira
- †Leehermania – type locality for genus
- †Leehermania prorova – type locality for species
- †Legumen
- †Legumen carolinensis – tentative report
- †Legumen concentricum
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus - †Lepacyclotes
- †Lepidodendron
- †Leptocycas – type locality for genus
- †Leptocycas gracilis – type locality for species
- †Leptosolen
- Lima
- Limatula
- Limopsis
- †Linearis
- †Lingula
- †Linthia
- †Liopeplum
- †Liothyris
- †Liriodendroidea
- †Liriodendroidea carolinensis – type locality for species
- †Liriodendroidea latirapha – type locality for species
- †Lonchopteris
Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha - †Lowenstamia
- †Lowenstamia liratus – tentative report
- †Lucasuchus
- †Lucina
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Lytoceras
M
edit- Martesia – tentative report
- †Mecistotrachelos
- Melanatria – tentative report
- †Metarchilimonia
- †Metreophyllum
- †Micrabacia
- †Microconodon – type locality for genus
- †Microconodon tenuirostris – type locality for species
- †Morea
- †Moriconia
- †Mormolucoides
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
N
edit- †Napulus
- †Nemodon
Fossilized foliage of the Triassic-Middle Jurassic horsetail relative Neocalamites - †Neocalamites knowltoni
- †Neocalamites knowtonii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neocalamites virginiensis
- Nerita
- Nucula
- Nuculana
- †Nymphalucina
O
edit- Odontaspis
- †Opertochasma
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous ostrich dinosaur Ornithomimus - †Ornopsis
- †Osteopleurus
- Ostrea
- †Otozamites
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Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous plant Pagiophyllum - †Paladmete – or unidentified comparable form
- †Palaeolimnadia – tentative report
- †Palinandromeda
- †Pannaulika
- Panopea
- †Paralbula
- †Paranomia
- †Pariostegus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Parmicorbula
- †Parmicorbula bisulcata – tentative report
- †Parmicorbula suffalciata
- †Pekinopteris – type locality for genus
- †Pekinopteris auriculata – type locality for species
- †Pekinosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Pekinosaurus olseni – type locality for species
- †Pelourdea
- Phacoides
- †Phlebopteris
- Pholadidea – tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya - Phyllodus
- †Phyloblatta
- †Phyloblatta grimaldii – type locality for species
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras – tentative report
Restoration of the Late Triassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Placerias with an anachronistic human to scale - †Platananthus
- †Platananthus hueberi – type locality for species
- †Platanocarpus
- †Platanocarpus carolinensis – type locality for species
- †Platecarpus
- †Pleuriocardia
- †Plicatolamna
- †Plicatolamna arcuata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Plinthogomphodon – type locality for genus
- †Plinthogomphodon herpetairus – type locality for species
- †Podozamites
- Polinices
- †Postligata
- †Postosuchus
- †Postosuchus alisonae – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod - †Prosechamyia
- †Protocardia
- †Protodonax
- †Pseudoctenis
- †Pseudolimea
- †Pseudopolycentropodes – type locality for genus
- †Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus – type locality for species
- †Pteria – tentative report
- †Pterocerella
- †Pterophyllum
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia bartrami – tentative report
- †Pterotrigonia cerulea
- †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
- †Pugnellus
- Pycnodonte
- †Pyrgulifera – tentative report
- †Pyropsis
R
edit- †Radiopecten
- †Revueltosaurus
- †Rhombodus
- †Rhombodus binkhorsti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rhombodus laevis
- †Rostellites
Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon - †Rutiodon carolinensis – type locality for species
S
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Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Saurodon - †Scapanorhynchus
- †Schizoneura
- †Scoyenia – tentative report
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic bony fish Semionotus - Serpula
- †Solyma
- †Sphaenobaeria
- †Sphenodiscus
- †Sphenozamites
- †Spirematospermum
Fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - Squatina
- †Stegomus
- †Stephanodus
- †Stephanophyllia
- †Stephanophyllia cribraria – type locality for species
- Striarca
- †Striaticostatum
- †Syncyclonema
- †Synodontaspis
- †Synorichthys
T
edit- †Tanytrachelos – type locality for genus
- †Tanytrachelos ahynis – type locality for species
- †Taphrosphys
- †Taphrosphys dares – type locality for species
- †Tellinimera
Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle - †Trachytriton – tentative report
- †Triassopsychoda
- †Triassothrips – type locality for genus
- †Triassothrips virginicus – type locality for species
- Trichotropis
- †Trigonarca
- †Trigonia – tentative report
- Trionyx
- Turritella
- †Turseodus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
U
edit- †Uatchitodon
- †Uatchitodon schneideri – type locality for species
- †Uddenia
- †Unicardium
V
edit- †Variseila – or unidentified comparable form
- †Veniella
- †Veriplecia
- †Vetericardiella
- †Virginiptera
- †Virginiptera certa
- †Virginiptera lativentra – type locality for species
- †Virginiptera similis
- †Voltzia
- †Voltzia andrewsii – type locality for species
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Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
Y
edit- †Yalea – type locality for genus
- †Yalea argentata – type locality for species
- †Yalea rectimedia
Z
edit- †Zamiostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites
References
edit- ^ a b Gerard R. Case; Todd D. Cook; Taylor Kightlinger; Paul D. Borodin (2019). "Middle Campanian euselachian diversity of the southern region of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 7: 69–82. doi:10.18435/vamp29345.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
