List of the Cenozoic life of Idaho

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

A

 * Abies fabri in mist.jpg [[Abies]]
 * †Abies alvordensis
 * †Abies concoloroides
 * †Abies conncoloroides
 * †Abies idahoensis – type locality for species
 * †Abies klamathensis
 * †Abies sonomensis
 * †Abies toxirivus
 * Acer
 * †Acer bendirei
 * †Acer bolanderi
 * †Acer columbianum
 * †Acer florissanti
 * †Acer glabroides
 * †Acer hueberi
 * †Acer idahoensis
 * †Acer macginitiei
 * †Acer minor
 * †Acer oregonianum
 * †Acer salmonensis
 * †Acer scottiae
 * †Acer tiffneyi
 * †Acritohippus
 * †Acritohippus isonesus
 * Aepycamelus Alticamelus hharder.jpg †[[Aepycamelus]]
 * †Aesculus
 * †Aesculus montanus
 * Agelaius
 * †Agelaius phoeniceus
 * †Agriotherium
 * †Agriotherium schneideri – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Alforjas – tentative report
 * †Alilepus
 * †Alilepus vagus – type locality for species
 * Alnus
 * †Alnus carpinoides
 * †Alnus fairii
 * †Alnus fossilis
 * †Alnus hollandiana
 * †Alnus latahensis
 * †Alnus lemhiensis – type locality for species
 * †Alnus relatus
 * †Alnus rossi
 * †Alphagaulus
 * †Alphagaulus pristinus
 * Amebelodon fricki.jpg †[[Amebelodon]]
 * †Amebelodon floridanus – or unidentified comparable form
 * Amelanchier
 * †Amelanchier couleeana
 * †Amelanchier dignatus
 * Anas
 * †Anas platyrhynchos
 * Anser
 * †Anser caerulescens
 * Antilocapra
 * †Antilocapra americana
 * Antrozous
 * †Antrozous pallidus
 * †Aphelops
 * †Aphelops malacorhinus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Archaeohippus
 * †Archaeohippus ultimus
 * †Arctodus
 * †Arctodus simus
 * Ardea
 * †Ardea herodias

B

 * Baiomys
 * †Baiomys aquilonius – type locality for species
 * Betula
 * †Betula ashleyi
 * †Betula lemhiensis – type locality for species
 * †Betula thor
 * †Betula vera
 * Bibio
 * †Bibio latahensis – type locality for species
 * †Bibio testeus – type locality for species
 * Bison
 * †Bison alaskensis
 * †Bison antiquus – or unidentified comparable form
 * Bison latifrons fossil buffalo (Pleistocene; North America) 1 (15257877377).jpg †[[Bison latifrons]]
 * †Bison priscus
 * Boletina
 * †Bolitophila
 * †Bolitophila pulveris – type locality for species
 * †Bombus
 * †Bombus proavus – tentative report
 * Bonasa
 * †Bonasa umbellus
 * †Bootherium
 * †Bootherium bombifrons
 * †Borophagus
 * †Borophagus diversidens
 * †Borophagus hilli
 * †Borophagus pugnator
 * Brachycrus.jpg †[[Brachycrus]]
 * Brachylagus
 * †Brachylagus idahoensis
 * Branta
 * †Branta canadensis
 * Bucephala
 * †Buisnictis
 * †Buisnictis breviramus

C

 * Camelus hesternus Sergiodlarosa.jpg †[[Camelops]]
 * †Camelops hesternus
 * Camponotus
 * Canis
 * †Canis dirus
 * †Canis ferox
 * †Canis latrans
 * †Canis lepophagus
 * Carya
 * †Carya benderei
 * †Carya bendrerei
 * †Carya libbeyi
 * Castor
 * †Castor californicus
 * †Castor canadensis
 * Ceanothus
 * †Ceanothus chaneyi
 * Cedrela
 * †Cedrela pteraformis
 * †Ceratomeryx – type locality for genus
 * †Ceratomeryx prenticei – type locality for species
 * Cercidiphyllum
 * †Cercidiphyllum crenatum
 * †Cercidiphyllum elongatum
 * Cervus
 * †Cervus elaphus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Chamaecyparis
 * †Chamaecyparis edwardsii – type locality for species
 * †Chamaecyparis linguaefolia
 * Chen
 * †Chen pressa – type locality for species
 * †Chrysolepis
 * †Chrysolepis haynesii – type locality for species
 * Ciconia – tentative report
 * Ciconia maltha.jpg †[[Ciconia maltha]]
 * Colymbus
 * Comptonia
 * †Comptonia hesperia
 * †Conites – tentative report
 * †Copemys – tentative report
 * Cornus
 * †Cornus ovalis
 * †Cosomys
 * †Cosomys primus
 * †Cosoryx
 * Craigia
 * †Craigia oregonensis
 * Crataegus
 * †Crataegus bakeri – type locality for species
 * †Crataegus flavescens
 * †Crataegus haynesii – type locality for species
 * †Cunninghamia
 * †Cunninghamia marquettii – type locality for species
 * Cygnus
 * †Cygnus hibbardi – type locality for species
 * Cynomys
 * †Cynomys niobrarius
 * †Cynorca

D

 * †Dennstaedtia
 * †Dennstaedtia americana
 * †Diceratherium
 * †Diceratherium niobrarense
 * †Diplodipelta
 * †Diplodipelta reniptera
 * †Dipoides
 * †Dipoides stirtoni
 * Dolichoderus
 * †Domnina
 * Dromomeryx borealis.jpeg †[[Dromomeryx]]
 * Dytiscus
 * †Dytiscus miocenicus – type locality for species

E

 * Elaphe
 * †Elaphe pliocenica – type locality for species
 * †Elaphe vulpina
 * †Entoptychus
 * †Entoptychus fieldsi
 * †Entoptychus sheppardi
 * †Eotermes
 * Epicyon haydeni skeleton.jpg †[[Epicyon]]
 * †Epicyon haydeni
 * †Equisetum
 * †Equisetum alexanderi
 * †Equisetum arcticum – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Equisetum octangulatum
 * Equus
 * †Equus fromanius
 * †Equus idahoensis
 * †Equus scotti
 * Equus simplicidens UMNH.jpg †[[Equus simplicidens]]
 * Erethizon
 * †Erethizon bathygnathum
 * †Erethizon dorsatum
 * †Eucommia
 * †Eucommia serrata
 * †Euptelea
 * †Euptelea dilcherii – type locality for species
 * Exechia
 * †Exechia juliaetta – type locality for species

F

 * Falco
 * †Falco peregrinus
 * Felis
 * †Felis lacustris
 * †Felis rexroadensis
 * †Ferinestrix
 * †Ferinestrix vorax – type locality for species
 * Koeh-062.jpg †[[Fraxinus]]
 * †Fraxinus coulteri
 * †Fraxinus stenocarpa – type locality for species

G

 * Gallinula
 * †Gallinula chloropus
 * †Garrya
 * †Garrya idahoensis
 * †Gigantocamelus
 * †Gigantocamelus spatulus
 * Ginkgo
 * Ginkgo adiantoides - G. cranii.jpg †[[Ginkgo adiantoides]]
 * †Gleditsia
 * †Gleditsia lottii – type locality for species

H

 * Halesia
 * †Halesia columbiana
 * †Hemiauchenia
 * †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
 * Homo
 * †Homo sapiens
 * Homotherium serum.jpg †[[Homotherium]]
 * †Homotherium idahoensis
 * †Homotherium serum
 * Hydrangea
 * †Hydrangea bendirei
 * †Hypohippus
 * †Hypolagus
 * †Hypolagus edensis
 * †Hypolagus furlongi
 * †Hypolagus gidleyi
 * †Hypolagus vetus
 * †Hypolagus voorhiesi

I

 * Ilex-aquifolium (Europaeische Stechpalme-1).jpg [[Ilex]]
 * †Ilex idahoensis

J

 * Juglans
 * †Juglans browniana

L

 * Larix
 * †Larix cassiana
 * †Larix lemhiensis – type locality for species
 * Lasiurus cinereus Portrait.jpg [[Lasiurus]]
 * †Lasiurus fossilis
 * Lasius
 * †Ledum
 * †Ledum idahoensis – type locality for species
 * Lepus
 * Libocedrus
 * †Libocedrus masoni
 * †Limnephilus
 * †Liriodendron
 * †Liriodendron hesperia
 * †Lithocarpus
 * †Lithocarpus weidei
 * Lontra
 * †Lontra canadensis
 * †Lontra weiri – type locality for species
 * Canadian lynx by Keith Williams.jpg [[Lynx]]
 * †Lynx canadensis
 * †Lynx rufus

M

 * †Macrophya
 * †Macrophya adventitia – type locality for species
 * Mahonia
 * †Mahonia creedensis
 * †Mahonia reticulata
 * †Mahonia simplex
 * †Mammut
 * †Mammut americanum
 * †Mammuthus
 * Columbian mammoth cropped.png †[[Mammuthus columbi]]
 * †Mammuthus hayi
 * †Martinogale
 * †Megacamelus
 * †Megaleuctra
 * †Megaleuctra jewetti – type locality for species
 * †Megalonyx
 * †Megalonyx jeffersonii
 * †Megalonyx leptostomus
 * †Megantereon
 * †Megantereon hesperus
 * Meleagris
 * †Meleagris gallopavo
 * Mergus
 * †Mergus merganser
 * †Merychyus
 * †Merychyus elegans
 * †Merychyus smithi
 * †Mesoreodon
 * †Mesoreodon chelonyx
 * Messor – tentative report
 * †Metalopex
 * †Metalopex merriami
 * Metasequoia
 * †Metasequoia occidentalis
 * †Michenia
 * Mictomys
 * †Mictomys vetus
 * †Mimomys
 * Miohippus cropped.jpg †[[Miohippus]]
 * †Miohippus gemmarosae – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Miolabis – tentative report
 * †Miopsyche
 * Mustela
 * †Mustela rexroadensis

N

 * Natrix
 * †Natrix hibbardi – type locality for species
 * Neophrontops americanus fossil cropped.jpg [[Neophrontops]]
 * †Neophrontops slaughteri – type locality for species
 * Neotoma
 * †Neotoma quadriplicata – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Neotragocerus
 * †Neotragocerus lindgreni – type locality for species
 * †Niglarodon
 * †Niglarodon petersonensis
 * †Niglarodon yeariani
 * †Nymphaeites
 * †Nymphaeites nevadensis
 * †Nyssa
 * †Nyssa hesperia

O

 * White-tailed deer.jpg [[Odocoileus]]
 * Ondatra
 * †Ondatra idahoensis – type locality for species
 * †Ondatra minor
 * †Ondatra zibethicus
 * †Ophiomys
 * †Ophiomys parvus – type locality for species
 * †Ophiomys taylori
 * †Oregonomys
 * †Oregonomys magnus
 * †Oregonomys pebblespringsensis – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Oreolagus
 * †Osmunda
 * †Osmunda occidentale
 * †Osmunda occidentalis
 * Ostrya
 * †Ostrya oregoniana
 * Oxydactylus longipes fm.jpg †[[Oxydactylus]]

P

 * †Paciculus
 * †Paciculus montanus
 * †Paenemarmota
 * †Paenemarmota barbouri
 * †Paenemarmota sawrockensis
 * †Palaeolagus – tentative report
 * Panthera
 * †Panthera leo
 * †Paracryptotis
 * †Paracryptotis gidleyi
 * †Paramicrotoscoptes
 * †Paramicrotoscoptes hibbardi
 * San Diego Paramylodon.jpg Paramylodon]] †Paramylodon
 * †Paramylodon harlani
 * †Paratamias – type locality for genus
 * †Paratamias tarassus – type locality for species
 * †Parthenocissus
 * †Parthenocissus idahoensis
 * Pelecanus
 * †Pelecanus halieus – type locality for species
 * Perognathus
 * †Perognathus maldei – type locality for species
 * Peromyscus
 * †Peromyscus hagermanensis – type locality for species
 * Persea
 * †Persea pseudocarolinensis
 * Phalacrocorax
 * Phalacrocorax-auritus-007.jpg †[[Phalacrocorax auritus]]
 * †Phalacrocorax idahensis
 * †Phalacrocorax macer – type locality for species
 * Phenacomys
 * †Phenacomys gryci
 * Phryganea
 * Picea
 * †Picea coloradensis
 * †Picea lahontense
 * †Picea magna
 * †Picea sonomensis
 * Pinus
 * †Pinus alvordensis
 * †Pinus baileyii – type locality for species
 * †Pinus harneyana
 * †Pinus ponderosoides
 * †Pinus prestrobus – type locality for species
 * †Pinus wheeleri
 * Platanus
 * †Platanus idahoensis – type locality for species
 * Platygonus leptorhinus cropped.png of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).]] †Platygonus
 * †Platygonus pearcei – type locality for species
 * †Plesiosorex
 * †Plesiosorex coloradensis – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Pliogeomys
 * †Pliogeomys parvus – type locality for species
 * †Pliophenacomys
 * †Pliophenacomys meadensis
 * †Pliophenacomys osborni
 * †Pliosaccomys
 * †Pliotaxidea
 * †Pliotaxidea nevadensis – or unidentified comparable form
 * Populus
 * †Populus cinnamonoides
 * †Populus eotremuloides
 * Porzana
 * †Porzana lacustris – type locality for species
 * †Potamogeton
 * †Potamogeton knowltoni
 * †Problastomeryx
 * †Problastomeryx primus
 * †Procastoroides
 * †Procastoroides idahoensis
 * †Procastoroides intermedius
 * Procyon
 * †Procyon lotor
 * †Prodipodomys
 * †Prodipodomys idahoensis – type locality for species
 * Promerycochoerus cropped.png-like oreodont Promerycochoerus both onshore and in the water. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).]] †Promerycochoerus
 * †Promerycochoerus superbus
 * †Propentacora
 * †Propentacora froeschneri – type locality for species
 * †Protolabis
 * Prunus
 * †Prunus chaneyi
 * †Prunus treasheri
 * †Pseudofagus – type locality for genus
 * †Pseudofagus idahoensis – type locality for species
 * †Pseudolarix
 * †Pseudolarix americana
 * †Pseudolarix americcana
 * †Pseudotsuga
 * †Pseudotsuga glaucoides
 * †Pseudotsuga longifolia
 * Pterocarya
 * †Pterocarya mixta
 * Puma
 * †Puma concolor

Q

 * Eiche bei Schönderling, 2.jpg [[Quercus]]
 * †Quercus bilobata – type locality for species
 * †Quercus castormontis – type locality for species
 * †Quercus hannibali
 * †Quercus haynesii – type locality for species
 * †Quercus mccanni
 * †Quercus moyei – type locality for species
 * †Quercus simulata
 * †Quercus snookensis – type locality for species
 * Querquedula

R

 * Rangifer
 * †Rangifer tarandus
 * †Rhamnus
 * †Rhamnus columbiana
 * Rhododendron
 * †Rhododendron chaneyi
 * Rhus
 * †Rhus alvordensis
 * Rhynchotherium falconeri.png †[[Rhynchotherium]]
 * †Ribes
 * Rosa
 * †Rosa germerensis
 * †Rymosia
 * †Rymosia miocenica – type locality for species

S

 * Salix
 * †Salix cassiana
 * †Salix hesperia
 * †Salix knowltoni
 * †Salix lemhiensis – type locality for species
 * Sassafras
 * †Sassafras ashleyi
 * †Sassafras columbiana
 * †Satherium
 * †Satherium piscinarium
 * Scapanus
 * †Scapanus hagermanensis – type locality for species
 * †Scapanus proceridens – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Scapanus townsendii – or unidentified related form
 * Sciara
 * †Sciara sepulta – type locality for species
 * Sequoia
 * †Sequoia affinis
 * †Sequoiadendron
 * †Sequoiadendron chaneyi
 * †Simocyon
 * †Simocyon primigenius – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Smilax
 * †Smilax trinervis – or unidentified comparable form
 * Smilodon fatalis.jpg †[[Smilodon]]
 * †Smilodon fatalis
 * †Sminthosinis
 * †Sminthosinis bowleri – type locality for species
 * †Sophora
 * †Sophora spokanensis
 * †Sorbus
 * †Sorbus cassiana
 * †Sorbus mcjannetii
 * Sorex
 * †Sorex hagermanensis – type locality for species
 * †Sorex meltoni – type locality for species
 * †Sorex palustris
 * †Sorex powersi – type locality for species
 * †Sorex rexroadensis – or unidentified comparable form
 * Spermophilus
 * †Spermophilus gidleyi
 * Sphecophaga – tentative report
 * †Spiraea
 * †Spiraea idahoensis – type locality for species
 * Stegomastodon mirificus - Smithsonian.JPG †[[Stegomastodon]]
 * †Stegomastodon mirificus
 * Sthenictis
 * Sylvicola
 * †Sylvicola carolae – type locality for species
 * †Symphoricarpos
 * †Symphoricarpos salmonense
 * †Symphoricarpos salmonensis

T

 * Taxidea
 * †Taxidea taxus
 * Taxodium
 * †Taxodium dubium
 * Teleoceras Horsfall cropped.jpg †[[Teleoceras]]
 * Thamnophis
 * Thomomys
 * †Thomomys gidleyi
 * †Thomomys townsendii
 * †Thuja
 * †Thuja dimorpha
 * †Ticholeptus
 * †Ticholeptus zygomaticus
 * Tilia
 * †Tilia circularis
 * †Tilia hallii
 * †Trigonictis
 * †Trigonictis cookii
 * †Trigonictis macrodon
 * †Trilaccogaulus
 * †Trilaccogaulus lemhiensis
 * †Tsuga
 * †Tsuga mertensioides
 * Typha
 * †Typha lesquereuxi

U

 * East Coker elm, 2.jpg [[Ulmus]]
 * †Ulmus knowltoni
 * †Ulmus moorei
 * †Ulmus paucidentata
 * †Ulmus speciosa
 * †Ungnadia
 * †Ungnadia clarki
 * Ursus
 * †Ursus abstrusus – type locality for species

V

 * Vaccinium.jpg †[[Vaccinium]]
 * †Vaccinium sonomensis
 * †Vauquelinia
 * Vulpes
 * †Vulpes vulpes

Z

 * Zelkova
 * †Zelkova brownii
 * †Zelkova oregoniana