List of the Mesozoic life of Delaware

This list of the Mesozoic life of Delaware contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Delaware and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A
  • A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
    †Acteon
    • †Acteon cretacea
  • †Acutostrea
    • †Acutostrea plumosa
  • †Aenona – tentative report
    • †Aenona eufaulensis
  • †Agerostrea
    • †Agerostrea mesenterica
  • †Amaurellina
    • †Amaurellina stephensoni
  • †Ambigostrea
    • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina
    †Ampullina
    • †Ampullina lepta
    • †Ampullina lirata
    • †Ampullina meekana
  • †Anaklinoceras
    • †Anaklinoceras reflexum
    • †Anaklinoceras tenuicostatum
  • †Anchura – tentative report
  • †Anisomyon – tentative report
    • †Anisomyon borealis
    • †Anisomyon jessupi
  • †Anomalofusus
    • †Anomalofusus substriatus – tentative report
  • Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell
    †Anomia
    • †Anomia argentaria
    • †Anomia radiata
    • †Anomia tellinoides
  • †Anomoeodus
    • †Anomoeodus phaseolus
  • †Aphrodina
    • †Aphrodina eufaulensis
    • †Aphrodina tippana
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Apsopelix
    †Apsopelix
    • †Apsopelix anglicus
  • †Araloselachus
    • †Araloselachus cuspidata
  • †Arca
    • †Arca macnairyensis
  • Architectonica – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Architectonica voragiformis
  • Arrhoges
  • Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve
    Astarte – tentative report
  • †Avellana
    • †Avellana bullata

B
  • †Baculites
    • †Baculites haresi
    • †Baculites minerensis
    • †Baculites ovatus
    • †Baculites undatus
  • Barbatia
  • Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella
    †Belemnitella
    • †Belemnitella americana
  • †Bellifusus
    • †Bellifusus curvicostatus
  • †Belliscala – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Belliscala creideri
  • †Beretra
  • Bernaya
    • †Bernaya burlingtonensis
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Bonnerichthys with an anachronistic scuba diver to scale
    †Bonnerichthys
    • †Bonnerichthys gladius
  • †Brachyrhizodus
    • †Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
  • †Breviarca
    • †Breviarca haddonfieldensis
    • †Breviarca richardsi – tentative report
  • †Buccinopsis
  • †Bulla
    • †Bulla macrostromata

C
  • Cadulus
    • †Cadulus obnutus
  • Caestocorbula
    • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  • †Calliomphalus
    • †Calliomphalus americanus – tentative report
    • †Calliomphalus nudus
    • †Calliomphalus paucispirilus
  • †Camptonectes
    • †Camptonectes bellisculptus
    • †Camptonectes burlingtonensis
  • †Cantharulus – tentative report
  • Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails
    Capulus
  • Cardium
    • †Cardium spillmani
  • Caryocorbula
  • †Caveola
  • †Cenomanocarcinus
    • †Cenomanocarcinus robertsi
  • Cerithium
    • †Cerithium weeksi
  • †Chesapeakiceras
    • †Chesapeakiceras nodatum – type locality for species
  • Clavagella
    • †Clavagella armata
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes
    †Clidastes – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cliona
  • †Clisocolus
  • †Coelosaurus
  • Corbula
  • Crassatella
    • †Crassatella newkirkensis
    • †Crassatella vadosa
  • †Crenella
    • †Crenella serica
  • †Cretodus
    • †Cretodus borodini
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    †Cretolamna
    • †Cretolamna appendiculata
  • †Cryptotexanites
    • †Cryptotexanites paedomorphicus – type locality for species
  • Cucullaea
    • †Cucullaea tippana
    • †Cucullaea vulgaris
  • Cuspidaria
    • †Cuspidaria grandis
  • Cylichna
    • †Cylichna secalina
  • †Cylindrocanthus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Cymbophora
    • †Cymbophora subtilis
  • †Cymella
    • †Cymella bella
    • †Cymella ironensis
  • †Cyprimeria
    • †Cyprimeria excavata

D
  • †Dentalium
    • †Dentalium intercalatum
    • †Dentalium subarctuatum
  • †Dhondtichlamys – tentative report
    • †Dhondtichlamys venustus
  • Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Didymoceras
    †Didymoceras
    • †Didymoceras binodosum
    • †Didymoceras cheyennense
    • †Didymoceras draconis
    • †Didymoceras platycostatum
    • †Didymoceras stevensoni
  • †Distefania
    • †Distefania lauginigeri
  • †Drepanochilus
  • †Dryptosaurus

E
  • †Ecphora – tentative report
  • †Ellipsoscapha
  • Emarginula
  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    †Enchodus
    • †Enchodus ferox
  • †Endoptygma – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Endoptygma leprosa
  • †Eoacteon
    • †Eoacteon percultus
  • †Etea
    • †Etea carolinensis
  • †Eufistulana
  • †Eulophoceras – tentative report
  • †Euspira
    • †Euspira rectilabrum
  • †Eutrephoceras
    • †Eutrephoceras dekayi
  • †Exiteloceras
    • †Exiteloceras jenneyi
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    †Exogyra
    • †Exogyra cancellata
    • †Exogyra costata
    • †Exogyra ponderosa
    • †Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata

G
  • Gastrochaena
  • †Gegania
    • †Gegania bella
  • †Gervilliopsis
  • Ginglymostoma
    • †Ginglymostoma globidens
  • †Ginglyostoma
    • †Ginglyostoma globidens
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens
    †Globidens
    • †Globidens alabamensis
  • Glossus
  • Glycymeris
    • †Glycymeris mortoni
  • †Graciliala
    • †Graciliala johnsoni
  • †Granocardium
    • †Granocardium dumosum
    • †Granocardium kummeli
    • †Granocardium tenuistriatum
  • †Gryphaeostrea
    • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
  • Gyrodes
    • †Gyrodes abyssinus
    • †Gyrodes americanus – tentative report
    • †Gyrodes supraplicatus
    • †Gyrodes vetrosus

H
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
    †Halisaurus
    • †Halisaurus platyspondylus
  • †Hamulus
    • †Hamulus major
    • †Hamulus onyx
  • †Harduinia
    • †Harduinia florealis
  • Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Haustator lenolensis
  • Hemiaster
    • †Hemiaster delawarensis
    • †Hemiaster ungula
  • †Hercorhyncus
  • †Hoploscaphites
    • †Hoploscaphites vistulensis
  • Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    †Hybodus
  • †Hypotodus
    • †Hypotodus aculeatus

I
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
    †Inoceramus
  • †Ischyodus
    • †Ischyodus bifurcatus
  • †Ischyrhiza
    • †Ischyrhiza avonicola – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Ischyrhiza mira

J
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes
    †Jeletzkytes
    • †Jeletzkytes compressus
  • Juliacorbula – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Juliacorbula swedesboroensis

L
  • †Latiala – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Latiala lobata
  • †Laxispira
    • †Laxispira lumbricalis
    • †Laxispira monilifera
  • †Legumen
    • †Legumen concentricum
    • †Legumen ellipticum – tentative report
    • †Legumen planulatum
  • Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar
    Lepisosteus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Leptosolen
    • †Leptosolen biplicata
  • Lima
    • †Lima lorillardensis
  • †Linearis
    • †Linearis contracta
    • †Linearis magnoliensis
    • †Linearis metastriata
  • †Lingula – tentative report
  • †Liopistha
    • †Liopistha alternata – tentative report
    • †Liopistha protexta
  • Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus
    †Lissodus
    • †Lissodus babulskii
  • Lithophaga
    • †Lithophaga julia
  • †Longoconcha
  • Lopha
    • †Lopha falcata
  • †Lucina
  • †Lyriochlamys – or unidentified comparable form
  • Malletia
    • †Malletia longifrons
    • †Malletia protexta – tentative report
    • †Malletia stephensoni
  • †Margaritella
  • Martesia
  • †Mathilda
  • †Menabites
    • †Menabites delawarensis
    • †Menabites vanuxemi
  • †Menuites
    • †Menuites portlocki
  • †Micrabacia
    • †Micrabacia marylandica
  • †Morea – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Morea marylandica

N
  • †Napulus
    • †Napulus reesidei
  • †Neithea
    • †Neithea quinquecostata
  • †Nemocardium
    • †Nemocardium parahillanum
  • †Nemodon
    • †Nemodon eufaulensis
  • †Nonactaeonina
  • †Notoceras
    • †Notoceras monotuberculatum
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • †Nucula percrassa
    • †Nucula whitfieldi – tentative report
  • Nuculana
    • †Nuculana compressifrons
    • †Nuculana marlboroensis
  • †Nuculano
    • †Nuculano stephensani
  • †Nudivagus
  • †Nymphalucina
    • †Nymphalucina parva

O
  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
    • †Odontaspis macrota
    • †Odontaspis sahammeri
    • †Odontaspis samhammeri
  • †Ornithomimus
    • †Ornithomimus antique
  • †Ornopsis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Ornopsis digressa
  • Ostrea

P
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
    †Pachydiscus
  • †Pachymelania
  • †Paladmete
    • †Paladmete cancellaria
    • †Paladmete gardnerae
  • †Palaeocypraea
    • †Palaeocypraea grooti – type locality for species
  • Panopea
    • †Panopea decisa
  • †Paralbula
    • †Paralbula casei
  • † Paranomia
    • †Paranomia scabra
  • †Paranomotodon
    • †Paranomotodon agustidens
    • †Paranomotodon angustidens
  • †Parietiplicatum – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Parietiplicatum conicum
  • †Parmicorbula
    • †Parmicorbula bisulcata
  • Patella
    • †Patella tentorium
  • †Pecten
  • Pholadomya
    • †Pholadomya occidentalis
  • Pholas – tentative report
  • †Pinna
    • †Pinna laqueata
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    †Placenticeras
    • †Placenticeras placenta
    • †Placenticeras syrtale
  • †Pleuriocardia – or unidentified related form
    • †Pleuriocardia donohuensis
  • †Pleurocardia – tentative report
    • †Pleurocardia uniformis
  • †Plicatolamna
    • †Plicatolamna arcuata
  • Plicatula
    • †Plicatula mullicaensis
  • †Postligata
    • †Postligata crenata
    • †Postligata wordeni
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax
    †Pseudocorax
    • †Pseudocorax granti
  • †Pseudohypolophus
  • †Pseudolimea
    • †Pseudolimea kerri
    • †Pseudolimea reticulata
  • Pseudomalaxis
  • †Pseudoschloenbachia
    • †Pseudoschloenbachia chispaensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon
    †Pteranodon – tentative report
  • †Pteria
  • †Pterocerella – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Pterocerella poinsettiformis
  • †Pterotrigonia
    • †Pterotrigonia bartrami
    • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
    • †Pterotrigonia thoracia
  • †Ptychotrygon
    • †Ptychotrygon vermiculata
  • Pycnodonte
    • †Pycnodonte mutabilis
  • †Pygurostoma
    • †Pygurostoma geometricum
  • †Pyrifusus
    • †Pyrifusus sinuocostatus
  • †Pyropsis
    • †Pyropsis perlata

R
  • †Radiopecten
    • †Radiopecten mississippiensis
  • †Remera – tentative report
  • Rhinobatos
    • †Rhinobatos casieri
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    †Rhombodus
    • †Rhombodus laevis
  • Ringicula
  • †Ripleyella

S
  • †Sargana
  • †Scambula
    • †Scambula perplana
  • Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus
    †Scapanorhynchus
    • †Scapanorhynchus texanus
  • †Scaphites
    • †Scaphites hippocrepis
  • †Sclerorhynchus
  • Serpula
  • †Solenoceras
    • †Solenoceras annulifer
  • †Sourimis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Sourimis georgiana
  • †Spiroxybeloceras
    • †Spiroxybeloceras meekanum
  • Spondylus
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
    Squalicorax
    • †Squalicorax falcatus
    • †Squalicorax kaupi
    • †Squalicorax pristodontus
  • Squatina
    • †Squatina hassei
  • †Stephanodus
  • †Submortoniceras
    • †Submortoniceras punctatum
    • †Submortoniceras uddeni
  • †Syncyclonema
    • †Syncyclonema conradi
    • †Syncyclonema simplicius
  • †Synodontaspis
    • †Synodontaspis holmdelensis

T
  • Tellina
  • †Tenea
  • Terebratulina
    • †Terebratulina cooperi
  • †Texanites
  • †Tintorium – tentative report
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys
    †Toxochelys
  • Trachycardium
    • †Trachycardium eufaulensis
    • †Trachycardium longstreeti – tentative report
  • †Trigonia
  • Trionyx
    • †Trionyx halophilus – type locality for species
  • †Tundora – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Tundora tuberculata
  • Turritella
    • †Turritella lorillardensis
    • †Turritella macnairyensis
    • †Turritella marshalltownensis
    • †Turritella merchantvillensis
    • †Turritella quadrilira
    • †Turritella tippana
    • †Turritella trilira
    • †Turritella vertebroides
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
    †Tylosaurus
  • Tympanotonos – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Tympanotonos cretacea

U
  • †Unicardium – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Unicardium umbonatum
  • †Urceolabrum
    • †Urceolabrum mantachieensis – tentative report

V
  • †Veniella
    • †Veniella conradi
  • †Vetericardiella
    • †Vetericardiella subcircula
  • †Volutomorpha

W
  • †Wadeopsamea – tentative report
  • †Weeksia
  • †Woodsella
    • †Woodsella typica

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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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