List of the prehistoric life of North Dakota

This list of the prehistoric life of North Dakota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Dakota.

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in North Dakota.

Paleozoic

  • Acrotreta
    • Acrotreta attica – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amphipora
  • Apatokephalus
  • Apheoorthis
    • Apheoorthis ocha
  • Arthroclema
    • Arthroclema brevis
    • Arthroclema pentagonalis
  • Arthrotrypa
    • Arthrotrypa ovata
  • Aulacoparia
  • Benthamaspis
  • Bucanella
    • Bucanella nana – or unidentified related form
  • Ceratopea
    • Ceratopea sinclairensis
  • Drepanodus
  • Euconia
    • Euconia conicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Finkelnburgia
  • Hystricurus
    • Hystricurus crassilimbatus
  • Kainella
  • Lecanospira
  • Licnocephala
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
    Lingulella
    • Lingulella ibicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lloydia
    • Lloydia formosa
  • Macluritella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Macluritella ornata – type locality for species
  • Nanorthis
    • Nanorthis putilla
  • Nematoporella
    • Nematoporella falcata
    • Nematoporella ulrichi
  • Psalikilus
  • Raphistomina
  • Reubenella
  • Sceptropora
    • Sceptropora facula
    • Sceptropora florida
  • Schizambon
    • Schizambon discoidea
  • Strigigenalis
  • Syntrophina
    • Syntrophina nana
  • Thamnopora
  • Tropidodiscus
  • Ulrichostylus
    • Ulrichostylus costatus
    • Ulrichostylus dakotensis

Mesozoic

  • Acipenser
  • Adocus
  • Aletridelphys
    • Aletridelphys florencae
  • Restorative model of the Late Cretaceous mammal Alphadon
    Alphadon
    • Alphadon marshi
  • Altacreodus
    • Altacreodus magnus
  • Amersinia
    • Amersinia FU082 – informal
    • Amersinia FU82 – informal
  • Amesoneuron
    • Amesoneuron FU037 – informal
    • Amesoneuron FU37 – informal
  • Ampelopsis
    • Ampelopsis acerifolia
  • Anomia
    • Anomia gryphorhyncha
  • Anzu
  • Araliaephyllum
    • Araliaephyllum polevoi
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Archelon
    Archelon
  • Artocarpus
    • Artocarpus lessigiana
  • Asimina
    • Asimina knowltonia
  • Aspideretes
  • Atractosteus
  • Avisaurus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Avisaurus archibaldi
  • Axestemys
    • Axestemys splendida
  • Azolla
    • Azolla gigantea – type locality for species
  • Basilemys
    • Basilemys sinuosa
  • Belonostomus
    • Belonostomus longirostris
  • Bisonia
    • Bisonia niemii
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian Borealosuchus
    Borealosuchus
    • Borealosuchus sternbergii
  • Boremys
  • Brachychampsa
    • Brachychampsa montana
  • Campeloma
    • Campeloma acroterion
  • Carcharias
  • Carpites
    • Carpites ulmiformis
    • Carpites verrucosus
  • Cedrobaena
    • Cedrobaena brinkman
    • Cedrobaena putorius
  • Celastrus
    • Celastrus taurenensis
  • Ceratophyllum
    • Ceratophyllum FU080 – informal
  • Cercidiphyllales
    • Cercidiphyllales HC355 – informal
  • Cercidiphyllum
    • Cercidiphyllum ellipticum
    • Cercidiphyllum genetrix
    • Cercidiphyllum HC124 – informal
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene choristoderan reptile Champsosaurus
    Champsosaurus
    • Champsosaurus laramiensis
  • Cimolodon
    • Cimolodon nitidus
  • Cinnamomum
    • Cinnamomum lineafolia
  • Cissites
    • Cissites acerifolia
    • Cissites insignis
    • Cissites lobata
    • Cissites puilosokensis
  • Clisocolus
    • Clisocolus moreauensis
  • Cocculus
    • Cocculus flabella
  • Compsemys – type locality for genus
  • Corbulamella
    • Corbulamella inornata
  • Coriops
    • Coriops amnicolus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cornophyllum
    • Cornophyllum newberryi
  • Cornus – or unidentified related form
  • Crassatellina
    • Crassatellina hollandi
  • Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea
    Crassostrea
  • Crenella
    • Crenella elegantula
  • Cucullaea
    • Cucullaea nebrascensis
  • Cupressinocladus
    • Cupressinocladus interruptus
  • Cuspidaria
    • Cuspidaria ventricosa
  • Cyclurus
    • Cyclurus fragosus
  • Cymbophora
    • Cymbophora warrenana
  • Cypercites – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Dalbergites – or unidentified related form
    • Dalbergites simplex
  • Dammarites
    • Dammarites HC257 – informal
  • Dicotylophyllum
    • Dicotylophyllum anomalum
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous marsupial relative Didelphodon
    Didelphodon
    • Didelphodon vorax
  • Dosiniopsis
    • Dosiniopsis deweyi
  • Dryophyllum
    • Dryophyllum subfalcatum
    • Dryophyllum tenneseensis
    • Dryophyllum tennesseensis
    • Dryophyllum tennessensis
  • Edmontosaurus
  • Elasmodus
  • Elatides
    • Elatides longifolia
  • Emarginachelys
    • Emarginachelys cretacea
  • Enchodus
  • Equisetum
    • Equisetum FU036 – informal
    • Equisetum FU36 – informal
  • Erlingdorfia
    • Erlingdorfia montana
  • Essonodon
    • Essonodon browni
  • Ethmocardium
    • Ethmocardium whitei
  • Ficus
    • Ficus planicostata
  • Fokieniopsis
    • Fokieniopsis catenulata
  • Gamerabaena – type locality for genus
    • Gamerabaena sonsalla – type locality for species
  • Gilmoremys
    • Gilmoremys lancensis
  • Fossilized leaf of the Permian-modern tree Ginkgo
    Ginkgo
  • Glasbius
    • Glasbius twitchelli
  • Glyptostrobus
  • Goniomya
    • Goniomya americana
  • Grammatodon
    • Grammatodon sulcatinus
  • Grewiopsis
    • Grewiopsis saportana
  • Gypsonictops
    • Gypsonictops illuminatus
  • Gyrostrea
    • Gyrostrea subtrigonalis
  • Habrosaurus
    • Habrosaurus dilatus
  • Harmsia
    • Harmsia hydrocotyloidea
  • Helopanoplia
    • Helopanoplia distincta
  • Hoplochelys
    • Hoplochelys clark – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Hoploscaphites
    Hoploscaphites
    • Hoploscaphites nicolletii
  • Hummelichelys
    • Hummelichelys foveatus
  • Humulus
    • Humulus HC243 – informal
  • Hydropteris
    • Hydropteris pinnata
  • Hypoxytoma
    • Hypoxytoma nebrascana
  • Inoceramus – tentative report
  • Ischyodus
    • Ischyodus rayhaasi – type locality for species
  • Ischyrhiza
    • Ischyrhiza avonicola
  • Judithemys
    • Judithemys backmani
  • Juglans – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Juglans arctica
  • A modern Lamna mackerel shark
    Lamna
    • Lamna mediavia
  • Laurophyllum
    • Laurophyllum lanceolatum
    • Laurophyllum wardiana
  • Leepierceia
    • Leepierceia preartocarpoides
  • Lemnaceae
    • Lemnaceae scutatum
  • Lepisosteus
    • Lepisosteus occidentalis
  • Limopsis
    • Limopsis striatopunctatus
  • Lioplacodes
  • Liriodendrites
    • Liriodendrites bradacii
  • Foliage and flower of a living Liriodendron tulipifera, or American Tulip-tree
    Liriodendron – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Liriodendron laramiense
  • Lisserpeton
    • Lisserpeton bairdi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lonchidion
    • Lonchidion selachos
  • Macclintockia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Macclintockia electilis
  • Malletia
    • Malletia evansi
  • Marchantia
    • Marchantia pealii
  • Marmarthia
    • Marmarthia johnsonii
    • Marmarthia pearsonii
    • Marmarthia trivalis
    • Marmarthia trivialis
  • Melvius
    • Melvius thomasi
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Meniscoessus
    Meniscoessus
    • Meniscoessus robustus
  • Mesocyparis
    • Mesocyparis borealis
  • Mesodma
    • Mesodma thompsoni
  • Metasequoia
  • Modiolus
    • Modiolus galpinianus
  • Myledaphus
    • Myledaphus bipartitus
  • Myliobatis
  • Myrica
    • Myrica torreyi
  • A living Nelumbo lotus
    Nelumbo
    • Nelumbo FU062 – informal
    • Nelumbo FU085 – informal
    • Nelumbo FU62 – informal
    • Nelumbo HC202 – informal
  • Neurankylus
  • Nilsonia
    • Nilsonia yukonensis
  • Nilssoniocladus
    • Nilssoniocladus comtula
    • Nilssoniocladus yukonensis
  • Nordenskioldia
    • Nordenskioldia borealis
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • Nucula obsoletastriata
    • Nucula planomarginata
  • Nuculana
    • Nuculana scitula
    • Nuculana tarensis
  • Nyssidium
    • Nyssidium arcticum
  • Odontaspis
    • Odontaspis macrota
  • Ophiomorpha
  • Opisthotriton
    • Opisthotriton kayi
  • Osmunda
    • Osmunda hollicki
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous dome-headed dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus
    Pachycephalosaurus
    • Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
  • Palaeosaniwa
    • Palaeosaniwa canadensis
  • Palatobaena
    • Palatobaena cohen – type locality for species
  • Paleoaster
    • Paleoaster inquirenda
  • Paloreodoxites
    • Paloreodoxites plicatus
  • Panopea
    • Panopea occidentalis
  • Paranymphaea
    • Paranymphaea crassifolia
    • Paranymphaea hastata
  • Electron micrograph of the fossilized teeth in multiple views of the Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Paronychodon
    Paronychodon
    • Paronychodon lacustris
  • Periploma
    • Periploma subgracile
  • Phelopteria
    • Phelopteria linguaeformis
  • Philodendron
    • Philodendron HC201 – informal
  • Physa
  • Piceoerpeton
  • Pistia
    • Pistia corrugata
  • Platanites
    • Platanites marginata
  • Platanus
    • Platanus raynoldsii
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus
    Platecarpus
  • Plesiobaena
    • Plesiobaena antiqua
    • Plesiobaena antiquus
  • Plioplatecarpus
  • Populus
    • Populus nebrascensis
  • Protocardia
    • Protocardia subquadrata
  • Protochelydra
  • Pseudoptera
    • Pseudoptera subtortuosa
  • Pterospermites
    • Pterospermites cordata
  • Quereuxia
    • Quereuxia angulata
  • Rhamnus
    • Rhamnus cleburni
    • Rhamnus salicifolius
  • Richardoestesia
    • Richardoestesia isosceles
  • Salvinia
    • Salvinia HC312 – informal
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes preying upon a multituberculate mammal
    Saurornitholestes
  • Scapanorhynchus – tentative report
  • Scapherpeton
    • Scapherpeton tectum
  • Scaphites
    • Scaphites corvensis
    • Scaphites mariasensis
  • Sequoia
    • Sequoia HC070 – informal
    • Sequoia HC70 – informal
    • Sequoia obovata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sourimis
    • Sourimis equilateralis
  • Shells in differing orientations of Sphaerium freshwater clams
    Sphaerium
  • Squatirhina
    • Squatirhina americana
  • Syncyclonema
    • Syncyclonema halli
  • Tancredia
    • Tancredia americana
  • Taxodium
    • Taxodium HC071 – informal
    • Taxodium olrikii
  • Tellinimera
    • Tellinimera scitula
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur Thescelosaurus
    Thescelosaurus
    • Thescelosaurus neglectus
  • Thoracosaurus
    • Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
  • Torosaurus
    • Torosaurus latus
  • Trachodon
  • Triceratops
    • Triceratops horridus
    • Triceratops prorsus
  • Trochodendroides
    • Trochodendroides nebrascensis
  • Troodon
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Tyrannosaurus
    Tyrannosaurus
    • Tyrannosaurus rex
  • Vetericardiella
    • Vetericardiella crenalirata
  • Vitis
    • Vitis stantonii
  • Zingiberopsis
    • Zingiberopsis attenuata
    • Zingiberopsis magnifolia
  • Ziziphus
    • Ziziphus fibrillosus

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of North Dakota

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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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