This list of the prehistoric life of Mississippi contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Mississippi.
Precambrian-Paleozoic
[edit]The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian or Paleozoic fossils in Mississippi.
Mesozoic
[edit]- Acesta
- Acirsa
- Acmaea
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail - †Aenona
- †Agerostrea
- Alvania
- †Ampullina
- Anatina
- †Ancilla
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Arca
- Architectonica
- Arrhoges
- Astarte
Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus - †Baculites
- †Baculites arculus
- †Baculites capensis
- †Baculites grandis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Baculites tippahensis
- Barbatia
- †Belemnitella
- Bernaya
Illustration of the shell in multiple views of a Bittium cerith sea snail - Botula
- Brachidontes
- Bulla – tentative report
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- †Calliomphalus
- Calyptraea
- Cantharus
- Capulus
A living Carcharias sand tiger shark - Caryophyllia
- †Catopygus
- †Caveola
- Ceratia
- Cerithiella
- Cerithium
- Chlamys
- †Chondrites
- Cidaris
- Clavagella
- Cliona
- Corbula
- Crenella
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - Crucibulum
- Cucullaea
- Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria grandis
- †Cuspidaria jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Cylichna
- †Cymella
- Dasmosmilia
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell - Dimya
- †Discoscaphites
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Ecphora
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring" - †Eothoracosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis – type locality for species
- †Epitonium
- †Eryma – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Eulima
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - Fusinus
- †Gegania
- Gemmula
- †Gervillia
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Gryphaea
- †Gyrineum
- †Hadrosaurus – tentative report
- †Hamites
- †Hamulus
- †Helicoceras
- Hemiscyllium
- †Hoploparia
- Hyala
- †Hybodus
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Ischyrhiza
- Lepisosteus
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Linthia
- Linuparus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Lucina – tentative report
- †Mathilda
- Meretrix – tentative report
- †Micraster
- Modiolus
- †Morea
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus - †Mytilus – tentative report
- †Neithea
- Nerita
- Neritina
- †Nostoceras
- Nozeba
- Nucula
Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster - †Pachydiscus
- †Pachymelania – tentative report
- Panopea
- †Paranomia
- Pecten
- Pholadomya
- Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Plagiostoma
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - †Platecarpus tympaniticus – type locality for species
- †Plesiotriton
- Plicatula
- Polinices
- †Protocardia
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pteria
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychotrygon
- Pycnodonte
- Ringicula
- †Sargana
- †Sassia
Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus - †Scaphites
- †Sclerorhynchus
- Seila
- Serpula
- †Sphenodiscus
- Spondylus
- Squalicorax
- Stosicia
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- †Tenea
- Thracia
- †Tornus – tentative report
Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle - Trichotropis
- †Trigonia
- †Trigonostoma
- †Turrilites
- Turritella
- †Tympanotonus
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
Cenozoic
[edit]- Abra
Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle - Acar
- Acirsa – tentative report
- Aclis
- †Acra
- Acteocina
- Acteon
- Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- Agaronia
- Agatrix
- Alaba
- Alabina
- Albula
- Alligator
A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator
- †Altrix
- Americardia
- Ammonia
- †Amonia
- Anadara
- Ancilla
- Anodontia
- Anomia
- †Anomotodon
- Antalis
- Apiotoma
Multiple views of a shell of an Aporrhais pelican foot sea snail - †Arbia
- †Archaeomanta
- Architectonica
- Arene
- Arius
- Astarte
- Asthenotoma
- Astrangia
- Athleta
- Atrina
- †Aturia
- Atys
- Axelella
- Balanophyllia
- †Baluchicardia
- Barbatia
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus - Bathytoma
- †Belosaepia
- Bison
- Bittium
- †Bonellitia
- Bos
- Brachidontes
- Bregmaceros
- †Brychaetus
- Bulla
- Bullia
- †Burnhamia
- Busycon
- Cadulus
- Caecum
- Caestocorbula
- Callianassa
- Calliostoma
- Callista
- Calotrophon
- Calyptraea
- Cantharus
- Capulus
- Carcharhinus
- Carcharias
A living Carcharodon shark - Cassis
- Cerithiella
- Cervus
- Chama
- Chamelea
- Chaoborus
- Chelonibia
- Chicoreus
- Chione
- Chiton
- Chlamys
- Circulus
- Cirsotrema
- Clathurella
- Clava
- Clavilithes
- Clio
- Closia
- Clypeaster
- Cochlespira
- Codakia
- Columbellopsis
- Conger
- Conomitra
- †Conorbis
- Conus
- Coralliophila
- Corbula
- Cordieria
- †Corvina
Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920). - †Coupatezia
- Crassispira
- Crassostrea
- Crenella
- Crepidula
- †Cretolamna
- Crisia
- †Crommium
- Cuna – tentative report
- Cuspidaria
- Cylichna
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatium
- Cymatosyrinx
- Cymia
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus - Cypraea
- Cypraedia
- Daphnella
- Dasyatis
- Dendrophyllia
- Dentalium
- Dermomurex
- †Diacodexis
- Dimya
- Dinocardium
- Diodon
- Diodora
- Discopsis
- Distorsio
- †Dolicholatirus
- Donax
- †Dorudon
Fossilized skull of the Paleocene-Eocene mammal Ectocion - †Egertonia
- Elphidium
- Emydoidea
- Enaeta
- †Eosurcula
- Epitonium
- Equus
- Ervilia
- Erycina
- Eulima
- Eulimella
- Eumetula
- Eunaticina
- †Eunicella
- Euspira
- †Exilia
- †Fedora
- †Ficopsis
A living Ficus, or fig tree - Flabellum
- Fulgurofusus
- Fusinus
- Fustiaria
- Galeocerdo
- Galeodea
- Galeorhinus
- Galeus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gegania
- Gemmula
- Genota
- Geochelone
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus - †Gigantostrea
- Ginglymostoma
- Globigerina
- Globularia
- Glycymeris
- Glyptemys
- Glyptoactis
- †Gracilocyon
- Graptemys
- Harpa
- †Harpactocarcinus
- Hastula
- Haustator
- †Hemiauchenia
- Hemipristis
- †Hemisurcula
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodontus
- Hexaplex
- Hipponix
- Homo
Illustration of a fossilized partial cranium of the Eocene odd-toed ungulates Hyracotherium - Isurus
- †Jefitchia
- Kellia
- Kuphus
- Laevicardium
- Lamna
- Latirus
- Lepisosteus
- Lima
- Limacina
Living Limaria, or file shells - Linga
- Litiopa
- Lopha
- Lophius
- Lucina
- Lunularia
- Lyria
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- †Mammut
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- Maretia
- Margaretta
- Marginella
- †Mastigophora
- Mathilda – tentative report
- Mathilda
- †Megalonyx
- Melanella
- Mesalia
Restoration of the Eocene-Miocene swamp rhinoceros Metamynodon. Charles R. Knight (1896). - Metula
- †Miacis
- †Michela
- Microdrillia
- †Mimoperadectes
- Mitra
- Mitrella
- Modiolus – tentative report
- Mulinia
- Murex
- Murexiella
- Mustelus
- Myliobatis
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene ground sloth Mylodon with an inset depicting its excrement and a skin fragment - †Nannippus
- Nassarius
- †Natchitochia
- Natica
- Naticarius
- Nebrius
- Neverita
- Niso
- Norrisia
- †Notiotitanops – type locality for genus
- Nucula
- Oculina
- Odontaspis
- Odostomia
- Oliva
- †Ophiomorpha
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- †Oxyrhina
- †Pachecoa
Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis - †Palaeosinopa
- Panopea
- Panthera
- †Paramys
- Pecten
- Penion
- †Peratherium
- Petaloconchus
- Phalium
- Philine
- Pholadomya
- Pholas
- Phos
- Phyllodus
- Phyllonotus
- †Physogaleus
- Pitar
A living Platyrhina ray - Pleurofusia
- Pleuromeris
- †Pleurostoma
- Plicatula
- Poirieria
- Polinices
- Polyschides
- Porella
- †Potamides
A living Pristis sawfish - Prunum
- †Pseudolatirus
- Pseudoliva
- Pteria
- †Pterochelus
- Pterynotus
- Puncturella
- Pycnodonte
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Pycnodus - Pyramidella
- Rangia
- Raphitoma
- Reteporella
- Retusa
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoptera
- Rhynchoconger
- Rictaxis
- Ringicula
- Rissoina
- Sassia
- Scaphander
- Scapharca
- Scaphella – or unidentified comparable form
- Schizaster
- Sconsia
- Scyliorhinus
- Seila
- Semele
A living Semicassis helmet sea snail - †Seraphs
- Serpulorbis
- Sigatica
- †Sinistrella
- Sinum
- Siphonalia
- Siphonochelus
- Skena
- Solariella
- Solecurtus
- Sphyraena – tentative report
- Spisula
- Spondylus
- †Striatolamia
- Strioterebrum
- Strombiformis
Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene cow-sized rhinoceros Subhyracodon. Charles R. Knight (1890s). - Sveltella
- Syntomodrillia
- †Teilhardina
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- Tenagodus
- Terebra
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Thracia
- Tornus
Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle - Trigonostoma
- †Trinacria
- Triphora
- Trochita
- †Trygon
- Turbonilla
- Turricula
- Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Turritella
- Typhina
- Typhis
- †Uintacyon
- Umbraculum
- †Unitas
- Urosalpinx
- Ursus
A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear
- †Vassacyon
- Vasum
- Venericardia
- Venus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Verticordia
- Vexillum
- Vitrinella
- †Viverravus
- Volema
- Xenophora
- †Xiphiorhynchus
- Xylophaga – tentative report
- Yoldia
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza
References
[edit]- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.