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List of the Cenozoic life of North Carolina

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

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  • †Dallarca
    • †Dallarca elevata – or unidentified related form
    • †Dallarca subrostrata
  • Dasyatis
  • †Deinosuchus
  • A living Delphinapterus leucas, or beluga whale
    Delphinapterus
    • †Delphinapterus orcinus – type locality for species
  • †Delphineis
    • †Delphineis angustata
    • †Delphineis lineata
    • †Delphineis novaecaesaraea
    • †Delphineis ovata
    • †Delphineis penelliptica
  • †Delphinodon
    • †Delphinodon dividum
    • †Delphinodon mento – or unidentified comparable form
  • Delphinus
  • Democrinus
  • Dentalium
    • †Dentalium attenuatum
    • †Dentalium opaculum – tentative report
  • †Denticula
    • †Denticula hustedtii
    • †Denticula lauta
    • †Denticula nicobarica
    • †Denticula norwegica
    • †Denticula punctata
  • Dentimargo
    • †Dentimargo polyspira – tentative report
    • †Dentimargo polyspria – tentative report
  • Shell of a Dermomurex murex sea snail
    Dermomurex
    • †Dermomurex sexangulus
  • †Dicladia
    • †Dicladia pylea
  • †Dictyocha
    • †Dictyocha a informal
    • †Dictyocha b informal
    • †Dictyocha fibua
    • †Dictyocha rhombica
  • †Didianema
    • †Didianema carolinae
  • †Dimarzipecten
    • †Dimarzipecten crocus
  • Dinocardium
  • Shells of Diodora keyhole limpets
    Diodora
    • †Diodora californis
    • †Diodora carolinensis
    • †Diodora catillifonnis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Diodora marylandica – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Diodora mississippiensis
    • †Diodora nucula
    • †Diodora penderensis – type locality for species
    • †Diodora redimicula
  • Diplectrum
    • †Diplectrum formosum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Diplodonta
    • †Diplodonta acclinis
    • †Diplodonta berryi
    • †Diplodonta caloosaensis
    • †Diplodonta felcinella
    • †Diplodonta heroni
    • †Diplodonta leana
    • †Diplodonta punctata
    • †Diplodonta soror
    • †Diplodonta subvexa
  • †Diploneis
    • †Diploneis crabro
  • †Distephanus
    • †Distephanus crux
    • †Distephanus speculum
    • †Distephanus stauracanthus
  • Shell of a Distorsio sea snail
    Distorsio
    • †Distorsio crassidens
  • Divalinga
    • †Divalinga quadrisulcata
    • †Divalinga quadrisulcatus
  • †Dixieus
    • †Dixieus dixie – or unidentified comparable form
  • Donax
  • Fossil shell of the Cretaceous-modern marine venus clam Dosinia
    Dosinia
  • Dosinidia
    • †Dosinidia elegans
  • †Dossetia
    • †Dossetia hyalina
  • †Druidia – type locality for genus
    • †Druidia wilsoni – type locality for species

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  • †Eburneopecten
    • †Eburneopecten scintillatus
  • Shell of an Echinocardium, or heart urchin
    Echinocardium
    • †Echinocardium kelloggi
  • Echinocyamus
    • †Echinocyamus bisexus
    • †Echinocyamus parvus
  • Echinocythereis
    • †Echinocythereis leecreekensis
    • †Echinocythereis planibasalis
  • †Echinocytheris
  • Echinolampas
    • †Echinolampas appendiculata
    • †Echinolampas appendiculatus
  • Illustration of a living Echinorhinus shark
    Echinorhinus
  • †Ecphora
    • †Ecphora aurora
    • †Ecphora pamlico
    • †Ecphora tampaensis
    • †Ecphora tricostata
    • †Ecphora wheeleri – type locality for species
  • †Ectopistes
  • Electra
  • Elphidium
    • †Elphidium clavatum
    • †Elphidium gunteri
    • †Elphidium limatulum
    • †Elphidium neocrespinae
  • Emarginula
  • Encope
    • †Encope macrophora
  • †Endictya
    • †Endictya robusta
  • Endopachys
  • Interior of the shell of an Ensis leei, or Atlantic jackknife clam
    Ensis
  • Ensitellops
    • †Ensitellops elongata
    • †Ensitellops protexta
  • †Eocarpilius
    • †Eocarpilius blowi – type locality for species
  • †Eoepondilla
    • †Eoepondilla hemisphaericus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eontia
    • †Eontia ponderosa
  • Epinephelus
  • Epistominella
    • †Epistominella danvillensis
  • Shell of an Epitonium wentletrap sea snail
    Epitonium
    • †Epitonium aequabile – type locality for species
    • †Epitonium apiculatum
    • †Epitonium carolinae
    • †Epitonium dignitate
    • †Epitonium dignitatis – type locality for species
    • †Epitonium fasciatum
    • †Epitonium fractum
    • †Epitonium humphreysii
    • †Epitonium junceum
    • †Epitonium leai
    • †Epitonium pratti
    • †Epitonium robesonense
    • †Epitonium rupicola
    • †Epitonium sohli
  • A living Equetus punctatus, or spotted drum
    Equetus
    • †Equetus umbrosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ervilia
    • †Ervilia lata
  • Erycina
    • †Erycina carolinensis
  • †Erycinella
    • †Erycinella ovalis
  • Eucalathis
  • Eucrassatella – tentative report
  • †Eucymba
  • Eucythere
    • †Eucythere declivus
    • †Eucythere f informal
    • †Eucythere gibba
    • †Eucythere triangulata
  • A living Eudocimus ibis
    Eudocimus
  • Eulima
    • †Eulima juncea
  • †Eupatagas
    • †Eupatagas carolinensis
  • Eupatagus
    • †Eupatagus carolinensis
    • †Eupatagus lawsonae
    • †Eupatagus wilsoni
  • Eupleura
  • †Eurhodia
    • †Eurhodia baumi
    • †Eurhodia depressa
    • †Eurhodia holmesi
    • †Eurhodia ideali
    • †Eurhodia rugosa
  • Eurytellina
    • †Eurytellina alternata
  • †Euscalpellum
    • †Euscalpellum carolinensis
  • Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail
    Euspira
  • †Eutrephoceras
    • †Eutrephoceras berryi
    • †Eutrephoceras carolinense
    • †Eutrephoceras carolinensis
  • Euvola
  • †Evilia
    • †Evilia lata
  • †Exanthesis
    • †Exanthesis ovatus – type locality for species

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  • Gadus
  • Galeocerdo
  • Galeodea
    • †Galeodea britti – type locality for species
  • Galeorhinus
  • Gari
    • †Gari eborea
  • Gastrochaena
  • Gavia
  • Gemma
  • Geochelone
  • Geodia
    • †Geodia harmatuki – type locality for species
  • Gibbolucina
    • †Gibbolucina pandata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Gigantostrea
    • †Gigantostrea trigonalis
  • Ginglymostoma
  • †Glabocythara
  • †Gledistia
  • A living Globicephala, or pilot whale
    Globicephala
  • Globigerina
    • †Globigerina anguliofficinalis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Globigerina apertura
    • †Globigerina bulloides
    • †Globigerina calida
    • †Globigerina decoraperta
    • †Globigerina euapertura
    • †Globigerina falconensis
    • †Globigerina juvenilis
    • †Globigerina woodi
  • Globigerinita
    • †Globigerinita altiaperturus
    • †Globigerinita glutinata
    • †Globigerinita uvula
  • Globigerinoides
    • †Globigerinoides bollii
    • †Globigerinoides conglobatus
    • †Globigerinoides obiquus
    • †Globigerinoides obliquus
    • †Globigerinoides quadrilobatus
    • †Globigerinoides ruber
  • Globivenus
    • †Globivenus judithae
    • †Globivenus lockei
  • †Globoquadrina
    • †Globoquadrina altispira
    • †Globoquadrina venezuelana
  • Globorotalia
    • †Globorotalia acostaensis
    • †Globorotalia crassula
    • †Globorotalia cultrata
    • †Globorotalia hexagona
    • †Globorotalia hirsuta
    • †Globorotalia margaritae
    • †Globorotalia menardii
    • †Globorotalia praeoscitans
    • †Globorotalia puncticulata
    • †Globorotalia scitula
    • †Globorotalia truncatulinoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Glossus
    • †Glossus fraterna
  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
    • †Glycymeris americana
    • †Glycymeris anteparilis – type locality for species
    • †Glycymeris cookei – or unidentified related form
    • †Glycymeris duplinensis
    • †Glycymeris duplinicus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Glycymeris hummi
    • †Glycymeris sloani
    • †Glycymeris tumulus
  • Glyphostoma
    • †Glyphostoma scoptes
    • †Glyphostoma zoster
  • Glyphoturris
  • Glyptoactis
    • †Glyptoactis nasuta – tentative report
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium
    †Gomphotherium
  • †Goniothecium
    • †Goniothecium rogersii
  • Gouldia
    • †Gouldia metastriata
    • †Gouldia platycostata – type locality for species
  • Granulina
    • †Granulina ovuliformis
  • †Gricetoides – type locality for genus
    • †Gricetoides aurorae – type locality for species
  • Grus
  • †Gryphaeostrea
    • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
  • †Gryphoca
    • †Gryphoca similis
  • Gyroidinoides
    • †Gyroidinoides octocameratus

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  • †Hadrosaurus
    • †Hadrosaurus tripos – type locality for species
  • Haematopus
  • Halicalyptra
    • †Halicalyptra picassoi
  • Hanzawaia
    • †Hanzawaia concentrica
  • Haplocytheridea
    • †Haplocytheridea perarcuata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Harvella
  • Hastigerina
    • †Hastigerina siphonifera
  • Haustator – tentative report
    • †Haustator zulloi – type locality for species
  • †Haynespongia – type locality for genus
    • †Haynespongia vokesae – type locality for species
  • †Hazelina – type locality for genus
    • †Hazelina bisbifurcata – type locality for species
    • †Hazelina conleycreekensis
  • Heilprinia
    • †Heilprinia carolinensis
  • †Heliornis
  • Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia
    †Hemiauchenia – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hemiaulus
    • †Hemiaulus polymorphus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hemimactra
    • †Hemimactra duplinensis
    • †Hemimactra modicella
    • †Hemimactra solidissima
  • Hemipristis
  • †Hemirhabdorhynchus
  • Hermanites
    • †Hermanites ascitus
  • †Herpetocetus
    • †Herpetocetus sendaicus
    • †Herpetocetus transatlanticus – type locality for species
  • Hesperibalanus
    • †Hesperibalanus kellumi
  • A living Heterodontus, or bullhead shark
    Heterodontus
    • †Heterodontus janefirdae – type locality for species
  • Hexanchus
  • Hiatella
  • Hippoporella
    • †Hippoporella gorgonensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hippoporina
    • †Hippoporina pertusa – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hirschmannia – tentative report
    • †Hirschmannia hespera
    • †Hirschmannia quadrata
  • Histrionicus
  • †Homiphoca
    • †Homiphoca capensis
  • Hulingsina
    • †Hulingsina americana
    • †Hulingsina c informal
    • †Hulingsina f informal
    • †Hulingsina glabra
    • †Hulingsina r informal
    • †Hulingsina rugipustulosa
    • †Hulingsina u informal
  • Hyalina
    • †Hyalina macronuclea
  • †Hyalodiscus
    • †Hyalodiscus laevis
  • Hydroides – tentative report
  • †Hypogaleus

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  • Laevicardium
  • †Laevicardum
    • †Laevicardum sublineatum
  • Lagena
    • †Lagena substriata
  • Living Lagenorhynchus dolphins
    Lagenorhynchus
    • †Lagenorhynchus harmatuki – type locality for species
  • †Lagodon
  • Lamna
  • †Laocoetis
    • †Laocoetis crassipes – or unidentified comparable form
  • Larus
  • †Leguminocythereis
    • †Leguminocythereis scarabaeus – or unidentified related form
  • Leiostomus
  • Lemintina
    • †Lemintina granifera
  • A living Lepidochelys, or ridley sea turtle
    Lepidochelys
  • †Lepophridium
    • †Lepophridium cervinum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Leptocythere
    • †Leptocythere e informal
    • †Leptocythere f informal
    • †Leptocythere nikravshae
  • Leptopecten
    • †Leptopecten auroraensis
  • †Levifusus
    • †Levifusus spiniger
  • Limaria
  • Linga
    • †Linga waccamawensis
  • †Linthia
    • †Linthia hanoverensis – type locality for species
    • †Linthia harmatuki
    • †Linthia wilmingtonensis
  • The autumn foliage of a living Liquidambar, or sweetgum tree
    Liquidambar
  • †Liradiscus
    • †Liradiscus asperulus
    • †Liradiscus bipolaris
    • †Liradiscus ovalis
  • Lirophora
  • †Lithodesmium
    • †Lithodesmium minisculum
  • Littoraria
  • Littorina
  • †Lobonotus
    • †Lobonotus sturgeoni – type locality for species
  • †Lonicera
  • Lophius
  • †Lophocetus – or unidentified related form
    • †Lophocetus pappus
  • Lopholatilus
  • †Lophoranina
    • †Lophoranina raynorae
  • Loxoconcha
    • †Loxoconcha c informal
    • †Loxoconcha creolensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Loxoconcha edentonensis
    • †Loxoconcha h informal
    • †Loxoconcha m informal
    • †Loxoconcha matagordensis
    • †Loxoconcha purisubrhomboidea
    • †Loxoconcha reticularis
    • †Loxoconcha s informal
    • †Loxoconcha t informal
  • Lucina
  • Lucinisca
    • †Lucinisca cribrarius
    • †Lucinisca nassula
  • Lucinoma
    • †Lucinoma contracta
  • Lyria
    • †Lyria carolinensis – type locality for species
    • †Lyria concinna – type locality for species
  • †Lyropecten
    • †Lyropecten ernestsmithi

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  • Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
    †Nannippus
    • †Nannippus lenticularis
  • †Nannolithax
  • †Nanogyra
    • †Nanogyra virgula
  • †Nanosiren – tentative report
  • A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail
    Nassarius
    • †Nassarius acutus
    • †Nassarius antillarum
    • †Nassarius bidentata
    • †Nassarius caloosaensis
    • †Nassarius chowanensis
    • †Nassarius consensoides
    • †Nassarius cornelliana
    • †Nassarius lapenotierei
    • †Nassarius neogenensis
    • †Nassarius schizopyga – tentative report
    • †Nassarius smithiana
    • †Nassarius suffolkensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Nassarius vibex
    • †Nassarius zeta
  • Naticarius
  • †Navicula
    • †Navicula directa
    • †Navicula hennedyii
    • †Navicula pennata
  • Negaprion
  • Nemocardium
    • †Nemocardium diversum
  • Neocaudites
    • †Neocaudites angulatus
    • †Neocaudites subimpressus
    • †Neocaudites variabilus
  • Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    †Neohipparion
    • †Neohipparion eurystyle – or unidentified comparable form
  • Neophrontops – tentative report
  • Neverita
    • †Neverita duplicatus
  • †Ninoziphius
    • †Ninoziphius platyrostris
  • Niso
    • †Niso dalli
  • †Nitzschia
    • †Nitzschia b informal
  • Niveria
  • Noetia
    • †Noetia carolinensis
    • †Noetia limula
  • Nonion
    • †Nonion mauricensis
    • †Nonion pizarrense
  • Nonionella
    • †Nonionella auris
  • Notidanus
    • †Notidanus serratissimus
  • Notorynchus
    • †Notorynchus cepidanus
  • Nucleolites
    • †Nucleolites berryi – type locality for species
    • †Nucleolites carolinensis
    • †Nucleolites raveneli
  • Nucula
    • †Nucula magnifica
    • †Nucula ovula
    • †Nucula proxima
    • †Nucula sphenopsis
    • †Nucula taphria
  • Nuculana
  • Numenius
  • †Nuphar
  • Flower of a living Nymphaea
    Nymphaea
  • †Nyssa

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  • †Wilsonimaia
    • †Wilsonimaia ethelae

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Notes

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved December 17, 2021.

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