List of the Mesozoic life of Maryland

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

A
  • Acirsa
    • †Acirsa americana – or unidentified related form
    • †Acirsa clathrata
    • †Acirsa flexicostata
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus
    †Acrocanthosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Acteon
    • †Acteon cicatricosus
  • †Acutostrea
    • †Acutostrea plumosa
  • †Aenona
    • †Aenona eufaulensis
    • †Aenona georgiana
  • †Agerostrea
    • †Agerostrea mesenterica
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus
    †Allognathosuchus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Allosaurus
    • †Allosaurus medius – type locality for species
  • †Ambigostrea
    • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • Amuletum
    • †Amuletum dumasensis
    • †Amuletum fasciolatum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda
    †Amyda
    • †Amyda prisca
  • †Anatimya
    • †Anatimya anteradiata
  • †Ancilla
    • †Ancilla acutula
  • †Anomalofusus
    • †Anomalofusus lemniscatus
  • †Anomia
    • †Anomia argentaria
    • †Anomia ornata
  • †Anomoeodus
    • †Anomoeodus latidens
    • †Anomoeodus phaseolus
  • †Anteglossia
  • †Aphrodina
    • †Aphrodina tippana
  • †Araloselachus
    • †Araloselachus cuspidata
  • †Arctostrea
    • †Arctostrea falacata
  • †Argillomys – type locality for genus
    • †Argillomys marylandensis – type locality for species
  • †Ariadnaesporites
    • †Ariadnaesporites intermedius – type locality for species
  • Arrhoges
  • †Arundelconodon – type locality for genus
    • †Arundelconodon hottoni – type locality for species
  • †Arundelemys – type locality for genus
    • †Arundelemys dardeni – type locality for species
  • Astarte
    • †Astarte culebrensis
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur Astrodon
    †Astrodon
    • †Astrodon johnstoni – type locality for species

B
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
    †Baculites
    • †Baculites baculus
    • †Baculites elisasi
    • †Baculites vertebralis
  • †Bathytormus
    • †Bathytormus pteropsis
  • †Bellifusus
    • †Bellifusus curvicostatus
  • †Belliscala
  • †Beretra
    • †Beretra gracilis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Beretra ripleyana
    • †Beretra speciosa
  • †Bottosaurus
    • †Bottosaurus harlani
  • Botula
    • †Botula conchafodentis
    • †Botula lingua
    • †Botula ripleyana
  • †Buccinopsis
    • †Buccinopsis crassicostata

C
  • Cadulus
    • †Cadulus obnutus
  • Caestocorbula
    • †Caestocorbula crassaplica
    • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
    • †Caestocorbula percompressa
    • †Caestocorbula terramaria
  • †Camptonectes
    • †Camptonectes bubonis
  • Carcharias
    • †Carcharias holmdelensis
    • †Carcharias samhammeri
  • †Cardiaster
    • †Cardiaster marylandicus
  • Cardium
  • †Caveola
    • †Caveola acuta
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
    †Ceratodus
    • †Ceratodus kranzi – type locality for species
  • Cerithium
    • †Cerithium weeksi – or unidentified related form
  • Chiloscyllium
    • †Chiloscyllium greeni
  • †Cimoliasaurus
    • †Cimoliasaurus magnus
  • †Clavatipollenites
  • †Clavipholas
    • †Clavipholas pectorosa
    • †Clavipholas pectrosa
  • †Coelosaurus
  • †Coelurus
    • †Coelurus gracilis – type locality for species
  • †Corax
    • †Corax pristiodontus
  • Corbula
    • †Corbula subradiata
  • †Corymya – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Corymya tennis
  • †Couperites
    • †Couperites mauldinensis
  • Crassatella
    • †Crassatella vadosa
  • †Crenella
    • †Crenella elegantula
    • †Crenella serica
  • †Creonella
    • †Creonella subangulata – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Creonella triplicata
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    †Cretolamna
    • †Cretolamna appendiculata
    • †Cretolamna serrata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cucullaea
    • †Cucullaea capax
  • †Cuna
    • †Cuna texana
  • †Cuneolus
    • †Cuneolus pectrosa
    • †Cuneolus tippana
  • Cuspidaria
    • †Cuspidaria ampulla
  • †Cyclorisma
    • †Cyclorisma parva
  • Cylichna
    • †Cylichna diversilirata
    • †Cylichna incisa
  • †Cylindracanthus
  • †Cymbophora
    • †Cymbophora appressa
    • †Cymbophora berryi
    • †Cymbophora wordeni
  • †Cymella
    • †Cymella bella
  • †Cyprimeria
    • †Cyprimeria alta
    • †Cyprimeria depressa
    • †Cyprimeria major

D
  • Dasyatis
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaur ("raptor") Deinonychus
    †Deinonychus
    • †Deinonychus antirrhopus
  • †Deinosuchus
    • †Deinosuchus rugosus
  • †Dentalium
    • †Dentalium leve
  • †Deussenia
    • †Deussenia bellalirata
    • †Deussenia ripleyana
  • †Discoscaphites
    • †Discoscaphites abyssinius
    • †Discoscaphites conradi
    • †Discoscaphites gulosus
    • †Discoscaphites iris
  • †Drilluta
    • †Drilluta buboanus
    • †Drilluta distans
    • †Drilluta marylandicus

E
  • †Egertonia
  • †Ellipsoscapha
    • †Ellipsoscapha cylindrica
    • †Ellipsoscapha mortoni
    • †Ellipsoscapha occidentalis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    †Enchodus
    • †Enchodus dirus
    • †Enchodus ferox
    • †Enchodus feroz
  • †Endoptygma
    • †Endoptygma leprosa
  • †Eoacteon
    • †Eoacteon linteus
  • †Etea
    • †Etea carolinensis
  • †Eubaculites
    • †Eubaculites carinatus
    • †Eubaculites latecarinatus
  • †Eufistulana
  • †Eufistulina
  • †Eulima
    • †Eulima clara
    • †Eulima monmouthensis
  • †Euspira
    • †Euspira rectilabrum
    • †Euspira reetilabrum
  • †Eutrephoceras
    • †Eutrephoceras dekayi
  • †Ewingia
    • †Ewingia problematica
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    †Exogyra
    • †Exogyra costata

F
  • †Flabellosmilia
    • †Flabellosmilia vaughani
  • †Fulgerca
    • †Fulgerca attenuata – or unidentified related form
  • †Fusimilis
    • †Fusimilis kummeli
    • †Fusimilis novemcostatus
    • †Fusimilis tippanus

G
  • Galeorhinus
    • †Galeorhinus giradoti
  • Ginglymostoma
  • Glossus
  • Glycimeris
    • †Glycimeris mortoni
  • Glycymeris
    • †Glycymeris rotundata
  • †Glyptops
    • †Glyptops caelatus – type locality for species
  • †Goniochasma
  • †Goniopholis
    • †Goniopholis affinis – type locality for species
  • Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
    †Grallator – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Granocardium
    • †Granocardium dumosum
    • †Granocardium eufalense
    • †Granocardium kuemmeli
    • †Granocardium kummeli
    • †Granocardium lowei
  • †Graphidula
    • †Graphidula multicostata
    • †Graphidula terebriformis
  • †Gryphaeostrea
    • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
  • Gyrodes
    • †Gyrodes americanus
    • †Gyrodes spillmani
    • †Gyrodes subcarinatus
    • †Gyrodes supraplicatus

H
  • †Hadrodus
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
    †Halisaurus
    • †Halisaurus platyspondylus
  • †Hamatia – type locality for genus
    • †Hamatia elkneckensis – type locality for species
  • †Hamulus
    • †Hamulus falcatus
    • †Hamulus huntensis – tentative report
    • †Hamulus onyx
    • †Hamulus squamosus
  • †Hercorhynchus
    • †Hercorhynchus trililatus
  • †Hercorhyncus
    • †Hercorhyncus pagodaformis
    • †Hercorhyncus tippanus
  • Heterodontus
  • †Heteromorpha
    • †Heteromorpha ammonite
  • Fossil of the Jurassic-Paleogene lobster Hoploparia
    †Hoploparia
    • †Hoploparia gladiator
  • †Hybodus
  • †Hydrotribulus
    • †Hydrotribulus asper
  • †Hyposaurus
    • †Hyposaurus rogersii
  • †Hypotodus
  • †Hypsiloichnus – type locality for genus
    • †Hypsiloichnus marylandicus – type locality for species

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

J
  • †Jeletzkytes
    • †Jeletzkytes criptonodosus
    • †Jeletzkytes nebrascensis
  • Juliacorbula
    • †Juliacorbula monmouthensis

L
  • Laternula
    • †Laternula robusta
  • †Latiala
    • †Latiala lobata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shells in multiple views of Latiaxis coral sea snails
    Latiaxis
  • †Legumen
    • †Legumen ellipticum
    • †Legumen planulatum
  • Lepisosteus
  • †Leptosolen
    • †Leptosolen biplicata
    • †Leptosolen elongata
  • Lima
    • †Lima pelagica
  • Limatula
    • †Limatula acutilineata
  • †Linearia
    • †Linearia crebelli
  • †Linearis
    • †Linearis metastriata
  • †Liopeplum
    • †Liopeplum canalis
    • †Liopeplum coronatum
    • †Liopeplum cretaceum
  • †Liopistha
    • †Liopistha prolexta
    • †Liopistha protexta
  • Lithophaga
    • †Lithophaga carolinensis
    • †Lithophaga julia
  • †Longitubus
    • †Longitubus lineatus
  • †Longoconcha
  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
    • †Lopha falcata
    • †Lopha mesenterica
  • †Lowenstamia
    • †Lowenstamia cucullata
  • †Loxsomopteris – type locality for genus
    • †Loxsomopteris anasilla – type locality for species
  • †Lupira
  • †Lycettia
    • †Lycettia tippana
    • †Lycettia tippanus
  • †Lyriochlamys
    • †Lyriochlamys cretosa
    • †Lyriochlamys cretosus

M
  • Malletia
    • †Malletia littlei
    • †Malletia longfrons
    • †Malletia longifrons
    • †Malletia stephensoni
  • †Mathilda
    • †Mathilda cedarensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Mathilda corona
  • †Mauldinia – type locality for genus
    • †Mauldinia mirabilis – type locality for species
  • †Menabites
    • †Menabites delawarensis
    • †Menabites vanuxemi
  • †Mesostoma
  • †Micrabacia
    • †Micrabacia marylandica
    • †Micrabacia radiata
  • †Modiolus
    • †Modiolus sedesclaris
    • †Modiolus sedesclarus
    • †Modiolus trigonus
  • †Morea
    • †Morea cancellaria
    • †Morea marylandica
  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    †Mosasaurus
    • †Mosasaurus conodon
    • †Mosasaurus dekayi
    • †Mosasaurus maximus
  • Myliobatis
    • †Myliobatis obesus
  • †Myobarbum
    • †Myobarbum monmouthensis – tentative report
  • Myrtea
    • †Myrtea stephensoni
  • †Mytilus – tentative report

N
  • †Napulus
    • †Napulus octoliratus
  • Close-up portrait of a living Nebrius nurse shark
    Nebrius
  • †Nemodon
    • †Nemodon eufalensis
    • †Nemodon eufaulensis
    • †Nemodon stantoni
  • †Nonactaeonina
    • †Nonactaeonina graphoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nucula
    • †Nucula camia
    • †Nucula cuneifrons
    • †Nucula percrassa
    • †Nucula perequalis
    • †Nucula severnensis
    • †Nucula slackiana
  • Nuculana
    • †Nuculana rostratruncata
    • †Nuculana whitfieldi
  • †Nymphalucina
    • †Nymphalucina linearia

O
  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
    • †Odontaspis aculeatus
    • †Odontaspis macrota
  • †Odontobasis
    • †Odontobasis sulcata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Oligoptycha
  • †Opertochasma
  • †Osteopygis
    • †Osteopygis emarginatus

P
  • †Paladmete
    • †Paladmete cancellaria
    • †Paladmete laevis
  • †Paleopsephaea
    • †Paleopsephaea tenuilirata
  • Panopea
    • †Panopea decisa
    • †Panopea monmouthensis
  • †Paralbula
    • †Paralbula casei
  • †Parmicorbula
    • †Parmicorbula percompressa
    • †Parmicorbula terramaria
  • †Pelletixia
    • †Pelletixia amelguita – type locality for species
  • †Periplomya
  • †Peritresius
    • †Peritresius ornatus
  • †Perrisonota
    • †Perrisonota littlei
    • †Perrisonota protexta
  • †Phelopteria
    • †Phelopteria linguaeformis
    • †Phelopteria linguiformis
  • Pholas
  • †Pinna
    • †Pinna laqueata
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    †Placenticeras
    • †Placenticeras placenta
    • †Placenticeras syrtale
  • †Platananthus
    • †Platananthus potomacensis – type locality for species
  • †Platanocarpus – type locality for genus
    • †Platanocarpus elkneckensis – type locality for species
    • †Platanocarpus marylandensis – type locality for species
  • †Pleuriocardia
    • †Pleuriocardia eufalensis
  • †Pleurocoelus – type locality for genus
    • †Pleurocoelus altus – type locality for species
    • †Pleurocoelus nanus – type locality for species
  • †Plicatoscyllium
    • †Plicatoscyllium antiquum
    • †Plicatoscyllium derameei
  • Polinices
    • †Polinices kummeli
  • †Postligata
    • †Postligata wordeni
  • †Praeleda
    • †Praeleda compar
  • †Priconodon – type locality for genus
    • †Priconodon crassus – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
    †Prognathodon
    • †Prognathodon rapax
  • †Promathildia
    • †Promathildia parvula – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Propanoplosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Propanoplosaurus marylandicus – type locality for species
  • †Protocallianassa
    • †Protocallianassa mortoni
  • †Protocardia
    • †Protocardia spillmani
  • †Pseudohypolophus
    • †Pseudohypolophus menultyi
  • †Pseudolimea
    • †Pseudolimea reticulata
    • †Pseudolimea serrata
  • Pseudomalaxis
    • †Pseudomalaxis pateriformis
    • †Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
    • †Pseudomalaxis stantoni
  • †Pteria
    • †Pteria rhombica
  • †Pterocerella
    • †Pterocerella tippana
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    †Pterotrigonia
    • †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
    • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
    • †Pterotrigonia thoracica
  • †Ptychotrygon
    • †Ptychotrygon vermiculata
  • †Pugnellus
    • †Pugnellus densatus
  • Pycnodonte
    • †Pycnodonte vesicularis
  • †Pyrifusus
    • †Pyrifusus crassus
    • †Pyrifusus subdensatus
  • †Pyropsis
    • †Pyropsis perlata
    • †Pyropsis prolixa

R
  • Raja
    • †Raja farishi
  • †Remera
    • †Remera cretacea – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Remera flexicostata
    • †Remera juncea
  • †Remnita
    • †Remnita anomalocostata
    • †Remnita biacuminata – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Remnita hastata
  • Rhinobatos
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    †Rhombodus
    • †Rhombodus binkhorsti
  • †Rhombopsis
  • Ringicula
  • Rissoina
    • †Rissoina tennesseensis

S
  • †Sargana
    • †Sargana stantoni
  • †Scambula
    • †Scambula perplana
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites
    †Scaphites
    • †Scaphites hippocrepis
  • Serpula
  • †Serratolamna
    • †Serratolamna serrata
  • †Serrifusus – tentative report
  • †Solariorbis
    • †Solariorbis clara – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Solyma
    • †Solyma elliptica
    • †Solyma gardnerae
  • †Sourimis
    • †Sourimis georgiana – tentative report
  • †Spanomera
    • †Spanomera marylandensis
  • †Sphenodiscus
    • †Sphenodiscus lobatus
    • †Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
    Squalicorax
    • †Squalicorax falcatus
    • †Squalicorax kaupi
    • †Squalicorax pristodontus
  • Squatina
    • †Squatina hassei
  • †Stantonella
    • †Stantonella interrupta
  • †Stephanodus
  • Striarca
    • †Striarca cuneata
    • †Striarca saffordi
  • †Striaticostatum
    • †Striaticostatum sparsum
  • †Striatopollis
    • †Striatopollis paraneus
    • †Striatopollis vermimurus
  • †Syncyclonema
    • †Syncyclonema simplicius

T
  • Tellina
  • †Tellinimera
    • †Tellinimera buboana
    • †Tellinimera gabbi
  • †Tenea
    • †Tenea parilis
  • Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon relative Tenontosaurus
    †Tenontosaurus
  • †Tenuipteria
    • †Tenuipteria argentea
    • †Tenuipteria argenteus
  • †Thoracosaurus
    • †Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
  • Trachycardium
    • †Trachycardium eufaulensis
  • †Trachytriton
  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
    • †Turritella bilira
    • †Turritella hilgardi
    • †Turritella paravertebroides
    • †Turritella tippana
    • †Turritella trilira
    • †Turritella vertebroides

U
  • †Urceolabrum
    • †Urceolabrum tuberculatum

V
  • †Veniella
    • †Veniella conradi
  • †Vetericardiella
    • †Vetericardiella crenalirata
  • †Vorhisia

W
  • †Weeksia
    • †Weeksia peplanata

X
  • †Xylophagella
    • †Xylophagella irregularis
gollark: The Nightmare Collider
gollark: The Collider of Devastation
gollark: The Doom Collider
gollark: Suggested xkcd telescope names: The Very Large Telescope ☑ The Extremely Large Telescope ☑ The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope ☑ (Canceled) The Oppressively Colossal Telescope ☐ The Mind-numbingly Vast Telescope ☐ The Despair Telescope ☐ The Cataclysmic Telescope ☐ The Telescope of Devastation ☐ The Nightmare Scope ☐ The Infinite Telescope ☐ The Final Telescope ☐ I propose these names for colliders:The Oppressively Colossal Collider
gollark: Future Circular Collider is an awful name.

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