List of the Cenozoic life of Idaho

This list of the Cenozoic life of Idaho contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Idaho and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A
  • Living Abies, or fir trees
    Abies
    • †Abies alvordensis
    • †Abies concoloroides
    • †Abies conncoloroides
    • †Abies idahoensis – type locality for species
    • †Abies klamathensis
    • †Abies sonomensis
    • †Abies toxirivus
  • Acer
    • †Acer bendirei
    • †Acer bolanderi
    • †Acer columbianum
    • †Acer florissanti
    • †Acer glabroides
    • †Acer hueberi
    • †Acer idahoensis
    • †Acer macginitiei
    • †Acer minor
    • †Acer oregonianum
    • †Acer salmonensis
    • †Acer scottiae
    • †Acer tiffneyi
  • †Acritohippus
    • †Acritohippus isonesus
  • Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    †Aepycamelus
  • †Aesculus
    • †Aesculus montanus
  • Agelaius
    • †Agelaius phoeniceus
  • †Agriotherium
    • †Agriotherium schneideri – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Alforjas – tentative report
  • †Alilepus
    • †Alilepus vagus – type locality for species
  • Alnus
    • †Alnus carpinoides
    • †Alnus fairii
    • †Alnus fossilis
    • †Alnus hollandiana
    • †Alnus latahensis
    • †Alnus lemhiensis – type locality for species
    • †Alnus relatus
    • †Alnus rossi
  • †Alphagaulus
    • †Alphagaulus pristinus
  • Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932).
    †Amebelodon
    • †Amebelodon floridanus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amelanchier
    • †Amelanchier couleeana
    • †Amelanchier dignatus
  • Anas
    • †Anas platyrhynchos
  • Anser
    • †Anser caerulescens
  • Antilocapra
    • †Antilocapra americana
  • Antrozous
    • †Antrozous pallidus
  • †Aphelops
    • †Aphelops malacorhinus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Archaeohippus
    • †Archaeohippus ultimus
  • †Arctodus
    • †Arctodus simus
  • Ardea
    • †Ardea herodias

B

C
  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
    †Camelops
    • †Camelops hesternus
  • Camponotus
  • Canis
  • Carya
    • †Carya benderei
    • †Carya bendrerei
    • †Carya libbeyi
  • Castor
  • Ceanothus
    • †Ceanothus chaneyi
  • Cedrela
    • †Cedrela pteraformis
  • †Ceratomeryx – type locality for genus
    • †Ceratomeryx prenticei – type locality for species
  • Cercidiphyllum
    • †Cercidiphyllum crenatum
    • †Cercidiphyllum elongatum
  • Cervus
    • †Cervus elaphus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Chamaecyparis
    • †Chamaecyparis edwardsii – type locality for species
    • †Chamaecyparis linguaefolia
  • Chen
    • †Chen pressa – type locality for species
  • †Chrysolepis
    • †Chrysolepis haynesii – type locality for species
  • Ciconia – tentative report
  • Colymbus
  • Comptonia
    • †Comptonia hesperia
  • †Conites – tentative report
  • †Copemys – tentative report
  • Cornus
    • †Cornus ovalis
  • †Cosomys
    • †Cosomys primus
  • †Cosoryx
  • Craigia
    • †Craigia oregonensis
  • Crataegus
    • †Crataegus bakeri – type locality for species
    • †Crataegus flavescens
    • †Crataegus haynesii – type locality for species
  • †Cunninghamia
    • †Cunninghamia marquettii – type locality for species
  • Cygnus
    • †Cygnus hibbardi – type locality for species
  • Cynomys
    • †Cynomys niobrarius
  • †Cynorca

D

E
  • Elaphe
    • †Elaphe pliocenica – type locality for species
    • †Elaphe vulpina
  • †Entoptychus
    • †Entoptychus fieldsi
    • †Entoptychus sheppardi
  • †Eotermes
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon
    †Epicyon
    • †Epicyon haydeni
  • †Equisetum
    • †Equisetum alexanderi
    • †Equisetum arcticum – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Equisetum octangulatum
  • Equus
    • †Equus fromanius
    • †Equus idahoensis
    • †Equus scotti
    • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
      †Equus simplicidens
  • Erethizon
    • †Erethizon bathygnathum
    • †Erethizon dorsatum
  • †Eucommia
    • †Eucommia serrata
  • †Euptelea
    • †Euptelea dilcherii – type locality for species
  • Exechia
    • †Exechia juliaetta – type locality for species

F
  • Falco
    • †Falco peregrinus
  • Felis
    • †Felis lacustris
    • †Felis rexroadensis
  • †Ferinestrix
    • †Ferinestrix vorax – type locality for species
  • Illustrations of the flowers and foliage of a living Fraxinus, or ash tree, with insets further detailing its anatomy
    †Fraxinus
    • †Fraxinus coulteri
    • †Fraxinus stenocarpa – type locality for species

G

H

I
  • Foliage and fruit of a living Ilex, or holly
    Ilex
    • †Ilex idahoensis

J

L

M
  • †Macrophya
    • †Macrophya adventitia – type locality for species
  • Mahonia
    • †Mahonia creedensis
    • †Mahonia reticulata
    • †Mahonia simplex
  • †Mammut
    • †Mammut americanum
  • †Mammuthus
    • Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909).
      †Mammuthus columbi
    • †Mammuthus hayi
  • †Martinogale
  • †Megacamelus
  • †Megaleuctra
    • †Megaleuctra jewetti – type locality for species
  • †Megalonyx
    • †Megalonyx jeffersonii
    • †Megalonyx leptostomus
  • †Megantereon
    • †Megantereon hesperus
  • Meleagris
    • †Meleagris gallopavo
  • Mergus
    • †Mergus merganser
  • †Merychyus
    • †Merychyus elegans
    • †Merychyus smithi
  • †Mesoreodon
    • †Mesoreodon chelonyx
  • Messor – tentative report
  • †Metalopex
    • †Metalopex merriami
  • Metasequoia
  • †Michenia
  • Mictomys
    • †Mictomys vetus
  • †Mimomys
  • Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene three-toed horse Miohippus
    †Miohippus
    • †Miohippus gemmarosae – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Miolabis – tentative report
  • †Miopsyche
  • Mustela
    • †Mustela rexroadensis

N
  • Natrix
    • †Natrix hibbardi – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene Neophrontops
    Neophrontops
    • †Neophrontops slaughteri – type locality for species
  • Neotoma
    • †Neotoma quadriplicata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neotragocerus
    • †Neotragocerus lindgreni – type locality for species
  • †Niglarodon
    • †Niglarodon petersonensis
    • †Niglarodon yeariani
  • †Nymphaeites
    • †Nymphaeites nevadensis
  • †Nyssa
    • †Nyssa hesperia

O
  • A living Odocoileus deer
    Odocoileus
  • Ondatra
    • †Ondatra idahoensis – type locality for species
    • †Ondatra minor
    • †Ondatra zibethicus
  • †Ophiomys
    • †Ophiomys parvus – type locality for species
    • †Ophiomys taylori
  • †Oregonomys
    • †Oregonomys magnus
    • †Oregonomys pebblespringsensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Oreolagus
  • †Osmunda
    • †Osmunda occidentale
    • †Osmunda occidentalis
  • Ostrya
    • †Ostrya oregoniana
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Oxydactylus
    †Oxydactylus

P
  • †Paciculus
    • †Paciculus montanus
  • †Paenemarmota
    • †Paenemarmota barbouri
    • †Paenemarmota sawrockensis
  • †Palaeolagus – tentative report
  • Panthera
    • †Panthera leo
  • †Paracryptotis
    • †Paracryptotis gidleyi
  • †Paramicrotoscoptes
    • †Paramicrotoscoptes hibbardi
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    †Paramylodon
    • †Paramylodon harlani
  • †Paratamias – type locality for genus
    • †Paratamias tarassus – type locality for species
  • †Parthenocissus
    • †Parthenocissus idahoensis
  • Pelecanus
  • Perognathus
    • †Perognathus maldei – type locality for species
  • Peromyscus
    • †Peromyscus hagermanensis – type locality for species
  • Persea
    • †Persea pseudocarolinensis
  • Phalacrocorax
    • A living Phalacrocorax auritus, or double-crested cormorant
      †Phalacrocorax auritus
    • †Phalacrocorax idahensis
    • †Phalacrocorax macer – type locality for species
  • Phenacomys
    • †Phenacomys gryci
  • Phryganea
  • Picea
    • †Picea coloradensis
    • †Picea lahontense
    • †Picea magna
    • †Picea sonomensis
  • Pinus
    • †Pinus alvordensis
    • †Pinus baileyii – type locality for species
    • †Pinus harneyana
    • †Pinus ponderosoides
    • †Pinus prestrobus – type locality for species
    • †Pinus wheeleri
  • Platanus
    • †Platanus idahoensis – type locality for species
  • Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
    †Platygonus
    • †Platygonus pearcei – type locality for species
  • †Plesiosorex
    • †Plesiosorex coloradensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pliogeomys
    • †Pliogeomys parvus – type locality for species
  • †Pliophenacomys
    • †Pliophenacomys meadensis
    • †Pliophenacomys osborni
  • †Pliosaccomys
  • †Pliotaxidea
    • †Pliotaxidea nevadensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Populus
    • †Populus cinnamonoides
    • †Populus eotremuloides
  • Porzana
    • †Porzana lacustris – type locality for species
  • †Potamogeton
    • †Potamogeton knowltoni
  • †Problastomeryx
    • †Problastomeryx primus
  • †Procastoroides
    • †Procastoroides idahoensis
    • †Procastoroides intermedius
  • Procyon
    • †Procyon lotor
  • †Prodipodomys
    • †Prodipodomys idahoensis – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Miocene hippopotamus-like oreodont Promerycochoerus both onshore and in the water. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    †Promerycochoerus
    • †Promerycochoerus superbus
  • †Propentacora
    • †Propentacora froeschneri – type locality for species
  • †Protolabis
  • Prunus
    • †Prunus chaneyi
    • †Prunus treasheri
  • †Pseudofagus – type locality for genus
    • †Pseudofagus idahoensis – type locality for species
  • †Pseudolarix
    • †Pseudolarix americana
    • †Pseudolarix americcana
  • †Pseudotsuga
    • †Pseudotsuga glaucoides
    • †Pseudotsuga longifolia
  • Pterocarya
    • †Pterocarya mixta
  • Puma
    • †Puma concolor

Q
  • A living Quercus, or oak tree
    Quercus
    • †Quercus bilobata – type locality for species
    • †Quercus castormontis – type locality for species
    • †Quercus hannibali
    • †Quercus haynesii – type locality for species
    • †Quercus mccanni
    • †Quercus moyei – type locality for species
    • †Quercus simulata
    • †Quercus snookensis – type locality for species
  • Querquedula

R
  • Rangifer
    • †Rangifer tarandus
  • †Rhamnus
    • †Rhamnus columbiana
  • Rhododendron
    • †Rhododendron chaneyi
  • Rhus
    • †Rhus alvordensis
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium
    †Rhynchotherium
  • †Ribes
  • Rosa
    • †Rosa germerensis
  • †Rymosia
    • †Rymosia miocenica – type locality for species

S
  • Salix
    • †Salix cassiana
    • †Salix hesperia
    • †Salix knowltoni
    • †Salix lemhiensis – type locality for species
  • Sassafras
    • †Sassafras ashleyi
    • †Sassafras columbiana
  • †Satherium
  • Scapanus
    • †Scapanus hagermanensis – type locality for species
    • †Scapanus proceridens – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Scapanus townsendii – or unidentified related form
  • Sciara
    • †Sciara sepulta – type locality for species
  • Sequoia
  • †Sequoiadendron
  • †Simocyon
    • †Simocyon primigenius – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Smilax
    • †Smilax trinervis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    †Smilodon
    • †Smilodon fatalis
  • †Sminthosinis
    • †Sminthosinis bowleri – type locality for species
  • †Sophora
    • †Sophora spokanensis
  • †Sorbus
    • †Sorbus cassiana
    • †Sorbus mcjannetii
  • Sorex
    • †Sorex hagermanensis – type locality for species
    • †Sorex meltoni – type locality for species
    • †Sorex palustris
    • †Sorex powersi – type locality for species
    • †Sorex rexroadensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Spermophilus
    • †Spermophilus gidleyi
  • Sphecophaga – tentative report
  • †Spiraea
    • †Spiraea idahoensis – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon
    †Stegomastodon
    • †Stegomastodon mirificus
  • Sthenictis
  • Sylvicola
    • †Sylvicola carolae – type locality for species
  • †Symphoricarpos
    • †Symphoricarpos salmonense
    • †Symphoricarpos salmonensis

T

U
  • A living Ulmus, or elm
    Ulmus
    • †Ulmus knowltoni
    • †Ulmus moorei
    • †Ulmus paucidentata
    • †Ulmus speciosa
  • †Ungnadia
    • †Ungnadia clarki
  • Ursus
    • †Ursus abstrusus – type locality for species

V
  • A variety of modern Vaccinium species, clockwise from top right: cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries, and huckleberries
    †Vaccinium
    • †Vaccinium sonomensis
  • †Vauquelinia
  • Vulpes
    • †Vulpes vulpes

Z
  • Zelkova
    • †Zelkova brownii
    • †Zelkova oregoniana
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References
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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