List of the Cenozoic life of Kansas

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

A

  • Acris
    • Acris crepitans
  • Adelphailurus
    • Adelphailurus kansensis – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Aelurodon
    Aelurodon
    • Aelurodon taxoides
  • Agkistrodon
    • Agkistrodon contortix
  • Agriocharis
    • Agriocharis progenes – type locality for species
  • Agriotherium
  • Alforjas
    • Alforjas taylori
  • Alilepus
    • Alilepus hibbardi
  • Allogona
  • Allophaiomys
    • Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
  • Ambystoma
    • Ambystoma maculatum
    • Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932).
    Amebelodon
    • Amebelodon britti
  • Amia
    • Amia calva
  • Amphimachairodus
    • Amphimachairodus coloradensis
  • Anas
    • Anas crecca
  • Anchiblarinella
    • Anchiblarinella wakeeneyensis – type locality for species
  • Aphelops
    • Aphelops malacorhinus
    • Aphelops mutilus
  • Aplodinotus
    • Aplodinotus grunniens – or unidentified comparable form
  • Arctodus
    • Arctodus pristinus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Arctodus simus
  • Astrohippus
    • Astrohippus ansae

B

  • Baiomys
    • Baiomys kolbi – type locality for species
    • Baiomys rexroadi – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene-Pliocene false saber-toothed cat Barbourofelis
    Barbourofelis
  • Bassariscus
    • Bassariscus casei – type locality for species
    • Bassariscus ogallalae
  • Bensonomys
    • Bensonomys eliasi
    • Bensonomys meadensis – type locality for species
    • Bensonomys stirtoni
  • Berriochloa
    • Berriochloa amphoralis
    • Berriochloa maxima
    • Berriochloa minuta
    • Berriochloa pumila
    • Berriochloa tuberculata
    • Berriochloa variegata
  • Biorbia
    • Biorbia fossilia
  • Bison
  • Blarina
    • Blarina brevicauda
    • Blarina carolinensis
  • Borophagus
  • Botaurus
    • Botaurus hibbardi – type locality for species
  • Brachyopsigale
    • Brachyopsigale dubius – type locality for species
  • Bufo
    • A living Anaxyrus cognatus (formerly Bufo cognatus), or Great Plains toad
      Bufo cognatus
    • Bufo hemiophrys
    • Bufo hibbardi
    • Bufo marinus
    • Bufo pliocompactilis – type locality for species
    • Bufo valentinensis
    • Bufo woodhousei
  • Buisnictis
    • Buisnictis breviramus – type locality for species
    • Buisnictis schoffi

C

  • Calippus
    • Calippus large informal
    • Calippus martini
    • Calippus regulus
  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
    Camelops
  • Candona
    • Candona lactea – or unidentified comparable form
    • Candona nyensis
    • Candona truncata
  • Canis
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene dwarf pronghorn Capromeryx
    Capromeryx
    • Capromeryx furcifer
  • Carpocyon
    • Carpocyon compressus
  • Carychium
  • Castor
    • Castor canadensis
  • Castoroides
    • Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Catostomus
    • Catostomus commersoni
  • Celtis
    • Celtis willistonii
  • Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene horned gopher Ceratogaulus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Ceratogaulus
    • Ceratogaulus hatcheri
    • Ceratogaulus minor
  • Cervalces
  • Cervus
    • Cervus elaphus
  • Chaetodipus
    • Chaetodipus hispidus
  • Chara
    • Chara globularis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized cranium of the Pliocene-Pleistocene hyena Chasmaporthetes
    Chasmaporthetes
  • Chelydra
    • Chelydra serpentina
  • Chrysemys
    • Chrysemys picta
    • Chrysemys scripta
  • Cionella
    • Cionella lubrica
  • Clethrionomys
    • Clethrionomys gapperi
  • Cnemidophorus
    • Cnemidophorus bilobatus
    • Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
  • Coluber
    • Coluber constrictor
  • Copemys – type locality for genus
    • Copemys pisinnus
    • Copemys shotwelli – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene pronghorn Cosoryx
    Cosoryx
    • Cosoryx furcatus
  • Crotalus
  • Cryptantha
    • Cryptantha auriculata
  • Cryptotis
    • Cryptotis adamsi
    • Cryptotis kansasensis – type locality for species
    • Cryptotis meadensis – type locality for species
    • Cryptotis parva
  • Cynomys
    • Cynomys gunnisoni – or unidentified comparable form
    • Cynomys hibbardi – type locality for species
    • A living Cynomys ludovicianus, or black-tailed prairie dog
      Cynomys ludovicianus
    • Cynomys niobrarius
    • Cynomys spenceri
    • Cynomys vetus – type locality for species
  • Cyprideis
    • Cyprideis littoralis
  • Cyprinotus – tentative report

D

  • Deroceras
    • Deroceras aenigma
  • Diadophis
    • Diadophis punctatus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Dinohippus
    Dinohippus
    • Dinohippus interpolatus
    • Dinohippus leidyanus
  • Dipodomys
    • Dipodomys hibbardi – type locality for species
    • Dipodomys ordii – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dipoides
    • Dipoides rexroadensis – type locality for species
    • Dipoides wilsoni – type locality for species
  • Discus
    • Discus cronkhitei
  • Domninoides
    • Domninoides mimicus – type locality for species

E

  • Egretta
  • Elaphe – type locality for genus
    • Elaphe kansensis – type locality for species
    • Elaphe obsoleta
    • Elaphe vulpina
  • Emydoidea
    • Emydoidea twentei
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon
    Epicyon
    • Epicyon aelurodontoides – type locality for species
    • Epicyon haydeni
    • Epicyon saevus
  • Equus
  • Eucastor
  • Euconulus
  • Eucyon
    • Eucyon davisi
  • Eumeces
    • Eumeces fasciatus
    • Eumeces hixsonorum – type locality for species
    • Eumeces obsoletus
    • Eumeces septentrionalis
    • Eumeces striatulus
  • Eumecoides
    • Eumecoides hibbardi
    • Eumecoides mylocoelus

F

  • Felis
    • Felis rexroadensis
  • Ferissia
    • Ferissia fragilis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ferrissia
    • Ferrissia rivularis
  • A living Fundulus
    Fundulus

G

H

  • Hawaiia
  • Helicodiscus
  • Helisoma
  • Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia
    Hemiauchenia
    • Hemiauchenia macrocephala
  • Hesperoscalops
    • Hesperoscalops rexroadi – type locality for species
    • Hesperoscalops sewardensis – type locality for species
  • Hesperotestudo
    • Hesperotestudo orthopygia
    • Hesperotestudo riggsi
  • Heterodon
    • Heterodon nasicus
    • Heterodon platyrhinos
    • Heterodon plionasicus
  • Hibbardomys
    • Hibbardomys fayae – type locality for species
    • Hibbardomys marthae
    • Hibbardomys voorhiesi
  • Hipparion
    • Hipparion tehonense – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hippotherium
  • Holbrookia
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale
    Holmesina
    • Holmesina septentrionalis
  • Homo
  • Homotherium
    • Homotherium serum
  • Hyla
    • Hyla cinerea – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hyla gratiosa – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hyla squirella – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hyla versicolor
  • Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Hypohippus
  • Hypolagus
    • Hypolagus regalis – type locality for species
    • Hypolagus ringoldensis
    • Hypolagus vetus
    • Hypolagus voorhiesi
  • Hystricops

I

  • Ictalurus
    • Ictalurus lambda
    • Ictalurus melas
    • Ictalurus punctatus
  • Illustration of a living Ictiobus, or buffalo fish
    Ictiobus
  • Ilyocypris
    • Ilyocypris bradyi
  • Ischyrocyon – tentative report

K

  • Kansasimys
    • Kansasimys dubius
  • Kinosternon
    • A living Kinosternon flavescens, or yellow mud turtle
      Kinosternon flavescens
    • Kinosternon subrubrum

L

  • A living Lampropeltis getula, or eastern kingsnake
    Lampropeltis
  • Lasiurus
    • Lasiurus cinereus
    • Lasiurus fossilis – type locality for species
    • Lasiurus golliheri – type locality for species
  • Lepisosteus
    • Lepisosteus osseus
    • Illustration of a living Lepisosteus platostomus, or shortnose gar
      Lepisosteus platostomus – tentative report
  • Lepomis
    • Lepomis cyanellus
    • Lepomis humilis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Leptarctus
    • Leptarctus mummorum – type locality for species
    • Leptarctus woodburnei – type locality for species
    • Leptarctus wortmani – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon
    Leptocyon
    • Leptocyon vafer
  • Lepus
    • Lepus californicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Longirostromeryx
  • Lontra
    • Lontra canadensis
  • Lymnaea
    • Lymnaea caperota
    • Lymnaea humulus
    • Lymnaea parva
  • Lynx

M

  • Machairodus
    • Machairodus catocopis
  • Macrochelys
    • Macrochelys temminckii
  • Macrognathomys
  • 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
  • Martes
    • Martes foxi – type locality for species
    • Martes stirtoni – type locality for species
  • Martinogale
    • Martinogale alveodens
  • Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
    • Megalonyx leptostomus
  • Megantereon
    • Megantereon hesperus
  • Megatylopus
    • Megatylopus cochrani
    • Megatylopus gigas
    • Megatylopus matthewi
  • Menetus
    • Menetus exacuous
  • Mephitis
    • Mephitis mephitis – tentative report
    • Mephitis rexroadensis – type locality for species
  • Merychyus
    • Merychyus novomexicanus
  • Micropterus
    • Micropterus punctulatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Microtus
    • Microtus llanensis
    • Microtus meadensis
    • Microtus ochrogaster
    • Microtus paroperarius – type locality for species
    • Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • Mictomys
    • Mictomys borealis
    • Mictomys kansasensis
    • Mictomys meltoni
    • Mictomys vetus
  • Minytrema – tentative report
  • Mionictis
  • Musculium
  • Mustela
    • Mustela erminea – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mustela meltoni – type locality for species
    • Mustela rexroadensis – type locality for species
    • Mustela vison
  • Mylagaulus
    • Mylagaulus sesquipedalis – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
    Mylohyus
    • Mylohyus fossilis
  • Myotis

N

  • Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
    Nannippus
    • Nannippus lenticularis
    • Nannippus peninsulatus
  • Nassella
    • Nassella pohlii
    • Nassella reynoldsii
  • Nebraskomys
    • Nebraskomys mcgrewi
    • Nebraskomys rexroadensis
  • Nekrolagus
    • Nekrolagus progressus – type locality for species
  • Neofiber
    • Neofiber leonardi – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Neohipparion
    • Neohipparion affine – or unidentified comparable form
    • Neohipparion eurystyle
    • Neohipparion leptode
    • Neohipparion trampasense
  • Neotoma
    • Neotoma floridana – or unidentified comparable form
    • Neotoma leucopetrica
    • Neotoma micropus
    • Neotoma quadriplicata – type locality for species
    • Neotoma sawrockensis – type locality for species
    • Neotoma taylori – type locality for species
  • Nerodia
    • Nerodia hillmani
    • Nerodia sipedon
  • Nerterogeomys
    • Nerterogeomys smithi
  • Nesovitrea
    • Nesovitrea electrina
  • Nettion
    • Nettion ogallalae – type locality for species
  • Nimravides
    • Nimravides thinobates
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops
    Nothrotheriops
    • Nothrotheriops texanus
  • Notiosorex
    • Notiosorex crawfordi
    • Notiosorex jacksoni – type locality for species
  • Notolagus
    • Notolagus lepusculus – type locality for species
  • Notropes
  • Notropis – tentative report

O

  • A living Odocoileus deer
    Odocoileus
  • Ogmodontomys
    • Ogmodontomys poaphagus – type locality for species
    • Ogmodontomys sawrockensis – type locality for species
  • Ogmophis
    • Ogmophis pliocompactus – type locality for species
  • Ondatra
    • Ondatra annectens
    • Ondatra idahoensis
    • Ondatra meadensis
    • Ondatra zibethicus
  • Onychomys
    • Onychomys gidleyi – type locality for species
    • Onychomys hollisteri – type locality for species
    • Onychomys leucogaster – or unidentified comparable form
    • Onychomys martini
    • Onychomys pedroensis
  • Ophisaurus
    • Ophisaurus attenuatus
  • A living Ortalis, or chachalaca
    Ortalis
    • Ortalis affinis – type locality for species
  • Oryzomys
    • Oryzomys palustris

P

  • Paenemarmota
    • Paenemarmota barbouri
    • Paenemarmota sawrockensis
  • Paleoheterodon
  • Panicum
    • Panicum elegans
  • Panthera
    • Panthera leo
  • Paracryptotis
    • Paracryptotis rex – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    Paramylodon
    • Paramylodon harlani
  • Paranasua – or unidentified comparable form
  • Parapliosaccomys
    • Parapliosaccomys hibbardi
  • Pediomeryx
    • Pediomeryx hemphillensis
  • Peraceras
  • Perca
    • Perca flavescens
  • A living Perognathus pocket mouse
    Perognathus
    • Perognathus coquorum – or unidentified comparable form
    • Perognathus dunklei – type locality for species
    • Perognathus gidleyi
    • Perognathus mclaughlini – type locality for species
    • Perognathus pearlettensis – type locality for species
    • Perognathus rexroadensis – type locality for species
  • Peromyscus
    • Peromyscus baumgartneri – type locality for species
    • Peromyscus berendsensis
    • Peromyscus cochrani – type locality for species
    • Peromyscus cragini
    • Peromyscus kansasensis – type locality for species
    • Peromyscus progressus – type locality for species
  • Petenyia
    • Petenyia concisa
  • Phenacomys
    • Phenacomys intermedius – or unidentified comparable form
  • Phrynosoma
    • A living Phrynosoma cornutum, or Texas horned lizard
      Phrynosoma cornutum
  • Physa
    • Physa anatina
    • Physa arboreus
    • Physa gyrina
    • Physa hawni
  • Pisidium
    • Pisidium abditum
    • Pisidium compressum
    • Pisidium noveboracense
  • Pituophis
  • Planisorex
    • Planisorex dixonensis
  • Planorbula
    • Planorbula campestris
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon
    Platybelodon
    • Platybelodon loomisi
  • Platygonus
    • Platygonus bicalcaratus
    • Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Platygonus pollenae
    • Platygonus vetus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Plegadis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pleiolama
    • Pleiolama vera – type locality for species
  • Plesiogulo
    • Plesiogulo marshalli – type locality for species
  • Plioctomys
    • Plioctomys rinkeri
  • Pliogyps – type locality for genus
    • Pliogyps fisheri – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene horse Pliohippus
    Pliohippus
    • Pliohippus nobilis – type locality for species
    • Pliohippus pernix
  • Pliolemmus
    • Pliolemmus antiquus – type locality for species
  • Pliophenacomys
    • Pliophenacomys dixonensis – type locality for species
    • Pliophenacomys finneyi
    • Pliophenacomys meadensis
    • Pliophenacomys osborni
    • Pliophenacomys primaevus – type locality for species
  • Pliopicus – type locality for genus
    • Pliopicus brodkorbi – type locality for species
  • Pliotaxidea
    • Pliotaxidea nevadensis
  • Pomoxis
  • Potamocypris
  • Pratifelis
  • Pratilepus
    • Pratilepus kansasensis – type locality for species
  • Procamelus
  • Procastoroides
    • Procastoroides sweeti
  • Procyon
    • Procyon lotor
    • Procyon rexroadensis – type locality for species
  • Prodipodomys
    • Prodipodomys centralis
    • Prodipodomys griggsorum
    • Prodipodomys kansensis
    • Prodipodomys tiheni
  • Prodipoides
    • Prodipoides phillisi – type locality for species
  • Prolappula
    • Prolappula verrucosa
  • Prolithospermum
    • Prolithospermum johnstonii
  • Prosthennops
    • Prosthennops serus – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus
    Protohippus
    • Protohippus gidleyi
    • Protohippus supremus
  • Protolabis
  • Pseudacris
    • Pseudacris clarki – or unidentified comparable form
    • Pseudacris triseriata
  • Pseudemys
    • Pseudemys hibbardi
  • Pseudhipparion
  • Pseudoceras
    • Pseudoceras skinneri
  • Puma
    • Puma concolor
  • Pupilla
    • Pupilla sinistra
  • Pupoides
    • Pupoides marginatus

R

  • Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene pronghorn Ramoceros and Cosoryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Ramoceros
    • Ramoceros osborni
  • Rana
    • Rana areolata – or unidentified comparable form
    • Rana bucella
    • Rana catesbeiana
    • Rana fayeae
    • Rana parvissima
    • Rana pipiens
    • Rana rexroadensis
  • Regina
    • Regina grahami
  • Reithrodontomys
    • Reithrodontomys humulis
    • Reithrodontomys megalotis
    • Reithrodontomys montanus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Reithrodontomys moorei
    • Reithrodontomys pratincola – type locality for species
    • Reithrodontomys rexroadensis – type locality for species
    • Reithrodontomys wetmorei – type locality for species
  • Rhinocheilus – tentative report
    • Rhinocheilus lecontei
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium
    Rhynchotherium

S

  • Satherium
  • Scalopus
    • Scalopus aquaticus
  • A living Scaphiopus, or North American spadefoot toad
    Scaphiopus
    • Scaphiopus hardeni
  • Sceloporus
    • Sceloporus robustus – type locality for species
    • Sceloporus undulatus
  • Semotilus
  • Sigmodon
    • Sigmodon curtisi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Sigmodon minor
  • Sistrurus
    • Sistrurus catenatus
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
  • Soergelia
  • Sorex
    • Sorex arcticus
    • Sorex cinereus
    • Sorex cudahyensis
    • Sorex kansasensis – type locality for species
    • Sorex lacustris
    • Sorex leahyi – type locality for species
    • Sorex megapalustris
    • Sorex palustris
    • Sorex pratensis
    • Sorex rexroadensis – type locality for species
    • Sorex sandersi – type locality for species
    • Sorex scottensis – type locality for species
    • Sorex taylori – type locality for species
  • Spea
    • A living Spea bombifrons, or plains spadefoot toad
      Spea bombifrons
    • Spea diversus
  • Spermophilus
    • Spermophilus boothi
    • Spermophilus cragini – type locality for species
    • Spermophilus franklinii – or unidentified comparable form
    • Spermophilus fricki
    • Spermophilus howelli – type locality for species
    • Spermophilus lorisrusselli – type locality for species
    • Spermophilus meadensis – type locality for species
    • Spermophilus rexroadensis – type locality for species
    • Spermophilus richardsonii
    • Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
  • Sphaerium
    • Sphaerium simile
  • Spilogale
    • Spilogale putorius
    • Spilogale rexroadi – type locality for species
  • Stagnicola
    • Stagnicola caperata
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon
    Stegomastodon
    • Stegomastodon mirificus
    • Stegomastodon primitivus
  • Stenotrema
    • Stenotrema leai
  • Sternotherus
  • Storeria
  • Succinea
    • Succinea ovalis
  • Succinia
    • Succinia concordalis
    • Succinia haydeni
  • Sylvilagus
    • A living Sylvilagus floridanus, or eastern cottontail
      Sylvilagus floridanus
  • Symmetrodontomys
    • Symmetrodontomys simplicidens – type locality for species
  • Synaptomys
    • Synaptomys australis

T

  • Tapirus
  • Taxidea
    • Taxidea taxus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
    • Teleoceras fossiger – type locality for species
    • Teleoceras guymonense
  • Terrapene
    • Terrapene carolina
    • Terrapene ilanensis
  • Texasophis
    • Texasophis wilsoni – type locality for species
  • Texoceros
    • Texoceros guymonensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Thamnophis
    • Thamnophis proximus
    • A living Thamnophis radix, or plains garter snake
      Thamnophis radix
    • Thamnophis sauritus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Thamnophis sirtalis
  • Thomomys
    • Thomomys talpoides
  • Trachemys
    • Trachemys scripta
  • Tregobatrachus – type locality for genus
    • Tregobatrachus hibbardi – type locality for species
  • Tregophis – type locality for genus
    • Tregophis brevirachis – type locality for species
  • Tregosorex
    • Tregosorex holmani – type locality for species
  • Trigonictis
  • Trionyx
    • Trionyx spinifer
  • Tropidoclonion
    • Tropidoclonion lineatum
  • A living Tympanuchus, or prairie chicken
    Tympanuchus – or unidentified comparable form

U

  • Untermannerix
    • Untermannerix copiosus
  • Urocyon
    • A living Urocyon cinereoargenteus, or gray fox
      Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    • Urocyon progressus
  • Ustatochoerus
    • Ustatochoerus medius

V

Z

  • Zapus
    • Zapus burti – type locality for species
    • A living Zapus hudsonius, or meadow jumping mouse
      Zapus hudsonius
    • Zapus rinkeri – type locality for species
    • Zapus sandersi – type locality for species
  • Zonitoides
gollark: Hmm, I wonder if I can horribly abuse z3 for collatz like I abused it for mazes.
gollark: But for applications where you know n < 2^64 you can just hardcode it yourself if you care.
gollark: Why would they special-case collatzen?
gollark: Hahahahahahahano.
gollark: Excellent, GTech™ apio{REDACTED} successful.

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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