List of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina

This list of the Mesozoic 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 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A

 * Acesta
 * †Achrostichites – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Achrostichites linnaeafolius
 * Acirsa
 * †Acutostrea
 * †Acutostrea plumosa
 * †Adocus
 * Aetosaurus.jpg †[[Aetosaurus]]
 * †Aldebarania – type locality for genus
 * †Aldebarania arenitea – type locality for species
 * †Alinka – type locality for genus
 * †Alinka cara – type locality for species
 * †Alisporites
 * †Alisporites ovatus
 * †Ambigostrea
 * †Ambigostrea sloani
 * †Ambigostrea tecticosta
 * †Ampullina – tentative report
 * Amuletum – tentative report
 * †Anchura
 * †Androvettia
 * †Androvettia carolinensis
 * †Androvettia statenensis
 * Anomia ephippium.jpg †[[Anomia (genus)|Anomia]]
 * †Anomia argentaria
 * †Anomia fearensis
 * †Anomia fulleri
 * †Anomia linifera
 * †Anomia lintea
 * †Anomia lintea donohuensis
 * †Anomia olmstedi
 * †Anomia ornata
 * †Anomia penderana
 * †Anomia tellinoides
 * †Anomoeodus
 * †Anomoeodus phaseolus
 * Anteglosia – tentative report
 * †Apatopus
 * †Apatopus lineatus
 * †Aphrodina
 * †Aphrodina tippana
 * †Arca
 * †Arca bladensis
 * Architectonica
 * †Architipula
 * †Architipula youngi – type locality for species
 * Chinle fish Arganodus cropped.png †[[Arganodus]]
 * †Argyrarachne – type locality for genus
 * †Argyrarachne solitus – type locality for species
 * Astarte – tentative report
 * †Asteracanthus
 * Ataphrus
 * †Ataphrus kerri
 * †Atreipus
 * †Atreipus milfordensis

B

 * †Baena – tentative report
 * †Baikuris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
 * Barbatia
 * †Barbatia carolinensis
 * †Belemnitella
 * †Belemnitella americana
 * †Beretra
 * Borealosuchus wilsoni 1.jpg †[[Borealosuchus]]
 * †Borealosuchus formidabilis
 * †Boreogomphodon
 * †Boreogomphodon jeffersoni
 * †Bothremys
 * †Bothremys cooki
 * Botula
 * †Botula carolinensis
 * †Brachiophyllum
 * †Brachychirotherium – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Brachymeris
 * †Brachymeris alta
 * †Brachyphyllum
 * †Brachyphyllum squammosum
 * †Brachyphyllum squamosum
 * †Brachyrhizodus
 * †Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
 * †Brachyrhizodus witchitaensis
 * †Brachyrhyphus – type locality for genus
 * †Brachyrhyphus distortus – type locality for species
 * †Buccinopsis
 * †Buccinopsis globosa

C

 * Caestocorbula
 * †Caestocorbula crassiplica
 * †Caestocorbula williardi
 * Callucina
 * †Callucina ripleyana
 * †Camptonectes
 * †Camptonectes berryi – tentative report
 * †Camptonectes bubonis
 * †Camptonectes hilgardi
 * Candona
 * †Candona rogersii
 * †Cantioscyllium 
 * †Cantioscyllium clementsi – type locality for species
 * Carcharias – tentative report
 * Cardium (bivalve)
 * Skeletal reconstruction of Carnufex cropped.png †[[Carnufex]] – type locality for genus
 * †Carnufex carolinensis – type locality for species
 * Caryocorbula
 * †Caryocorbula oxynema
 * Cerithiella
 * †Cerithiella imlayi
 * †Cerithiella nodoliratum
 * †Cerithiella semirugatum
 * †Cerithioderma
 * †Chedighaii
 * †Chedighaii barberi
 * †Chedignaii
 * †Chedignaii hutchisoni
 * Ptilodus.jpg †[[Cimolomys]]
 * †Cionichthys
 * Cladophlebis
 * †Cladophlebis microphylla
 * Cliona
 * †Coahomasuchus
 * †Colognathus
 * †Colognathus obscurus
 * †Compostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Compostrobus neotericus
 * †Compsosaurus – type locality for genus
 * †Compsosaurus priscus – type locality for species
 * †Compsostrobus
 * †Compsostrobus neotericus – type locality for species
 * Corbula
 * †Corbula carolinensis – tentative report
 * †Corbula subgibbosa – tentative report
 * †Costellacesta
 * †Costellacesta insolita
 * Crassatella
 * †Crassatella hodgei
 * †Crassatella neusensis
 * †Crassatella vadosa
 * †Crenella
 * †Crenella mitchelli
 * †Crenella serica
 * Shark fossil.jpg †[[Cretolamna]]
 * †Cretolamna appendiculata lata
 * †Cretolamna biauriculata
 * †Cretolamna serrata
 * †Crosaphis
 * †Crosaphis virginiensis
 * †Crosbysaurus
 * Cucullaea labiata 3.JPG [[Cucullaea]]
 * †Cucullaea capax
 * †Cyathofoma
 * Cylichna
 * †Cylindracanthus
 * †Cylindracanthus rectus
 * †Cymbophora
 * †Cymbophora cancellosa
 * †Cymbophora conradi
 * †Cymbophora trigonalis
 * †Cymella
 * †Cyprimeria
 * †Cyprimeria coonensis
 * †Cyprimeria depressa
 * †Cyprimeria gabbi
 * Cyzicus

D

 * †Darwinula
 * Deinosuchus hatcheri - Natural History Museum of Utah - DSC07251.JPG †[[Deinosuchus]]
 * †Deinosuchus rugosus
 * Dictyocephalus – type locality for genus
 * †Dictyocephalus elegans – type locality for species
 * †Dictyophyllum
 * †Diplurus
 * †Diplurus newarki – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Dreissena – tentative report
 * †Dromatherium – type locality for genus
 * †Dromatherium sylvestre – type locality for species
 * †Dromicosuchus – type locality for genus
 * †Dromicosuchus grallator – type locality for species

E

 * †Egertonia
 * †Elatocladus – or unidentified comparable form
 * Enchodus petrosus cropped.png †[[Enchodus]]
 * †Enchodus petrosus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Equisetum
 * †Estheria
 * †Estheria ovata
 * †Etea
 * †Etea grandis
 * †Euspira
 * †Euspira rectilabrum
 * †Eutrephoceras
 * †Eutrephoceras dekayi
 * †Exogyra
 * †Exogyra cancellata
 * †Exogyra costata
 * †Exogyra costata spinosa
 * †Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata

F

 * †Flemingostrea
 * †Flemingostrea blackensis
 * †Flemingostrea pratti
 * †Flemingostrea subspatula
 * †Flemingostrea subspatulata
 * †Franxinopsis

G

 * Gegania
 * †Geinitzia
 * †Geinitzia reichenbachii
 * Glycymerididae - Glycymeris inflata.JPG [[Glycymeris]]
 * †Glycymeris subgyrata
 * †Gorgetosuchus – type locality for genus
 * †Gorgetosuchus pekinensis – type locality for species
 * †Gorgosaurus
 * †Graciliala
 * †Graciliala johnsoni – tentative report
 * †Granocardium
 * †Granocardium alabamense
 * Gyrodes
 * †Gyrotropis
 * †Gyrotropis kerri

H

 * †Hadrosaurus
 * †Hadrosaurus minor – tentative report
 * Halisaurus arambourgi.jpg †[[Halisaurus]]
 * †Hamulus
 * †Hamulus onyx
 * †Hamulus walkerensis
 * †Harduinia
 * †Harduinia kellumi
 * †Harduinia moretonis
 * †Harduinia mortonis
 * †Himeriella – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Hybodus
 * †Hybodus montanensis
 * †Hypolophus
 * †Hypophylloceras
 * HypsibemaCrassicaudaVertNC.jpg †[[Hypsibema]] – type locality for genus
 * †Hypsibema crassicauda – type locality for species

I

 * Inoceramus steenstrup, world's largest fossil mollusk.jpg †[[Inoceramus]]
 * †Ischyodus
 * †Ischyodus bifurcatus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Ischyrhiza
 * †Ischyrhiza mira
 * Isognomon
 * †Isognomon holmesi
 * Isurus

L

 * †Laccopteris
 * †Laccopteris smithii
 * †Lamellaptychus
 * †Lamellaptychus beyrichodidayi
 * †Laxispira
 * †Laxispira monilifera
 * †Leehermania – type locality for genus
 * †Leehermania prorova – type locality for species
 * †Legumen
 * †Legumen carolinensis – tentative report
 * †Legumen concentricum
 * [[File:Leidyosuchus canadensis, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada, Late Cretaceous - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC00090.JPG|thumb|upright|Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus]] †[[Leidyosuchus]] – tentative report
 * †Lepacyclotes
 * †Lepidodendron
 * †Leptocycas – type locality for genus
 * †Leptocycas gracilis – type locality for species
 * †Leptosolen
 * †Leptosolen biplicata
 * Lima
 * †Lima oxypleura
 * †Lima pelagica
 * Limatula
 * †Limatula acutilineata
 * Limopsis
 * †Limopsis meeki
 * †Linearis
 * †Linearis magnoliensis
 * †Linearis metastriata
 * †Lingula
 * †Linthia
 * †Linthia variabilis
 * †Liopeplum
 * †Liopeplum tarensis
 * †Liothyris
 * †Liothyris carolinensis
 * †Liriodendroidea
 * †Liriodendroidea carolinensis – type locality for species
 * †Liriodendroidea latirapha – type locality for species
 * †Lonchopteris
 * †Lonchopteris virginiensis
 * Bivalvia - Lopha sp.JPG [[Lopha]]
 * †Lopha falcata
 * †Lowenstamia
 * †Lowenstamia liratus – tentative report
 * †Lucasuchus
 * †Lucasuchus hunti
 * †Lucina
 * †Lucina repleyana
 * Lytoceras fimbriatum.JPG †[[Lytoceras]]

M

 * Martesia – tentative report
 * †Mecistotrachelos
 * †Mecistotrachelos apeoros
 * Melanatria – tentative report
 * †Metarchilimonia
 * †Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum
 * †Metarchilimonia solita
 * †Metreophyllum
 * †Micrabacia
 * †Microconodon – type locality for genus
 * †Microconodon tenuirostris – type locality for species
 * †Morea
 * †Morea cancellaria
 * †Moriconia
 * †Moriconia cyclotoxon
 * †Mormolucoides
 * †Mormolucoides articulatus
 * Mosasaurus BW.jpg †[[Mosasaurus]]
 * †Mosasaurus impar

N

 * †Napulus
 * †Nemodon
 * †Nemodon brevifrons
 * Neocalamites merianii.JPG †[[Neocalamites]]
 * †Neocalamites knowltoni
 * †Neocalamites knowtonii – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Neocalamites virginiensis
 * Nerita
 * Nucula
 * †Nucula stantoni
 * Nuculana
 * †Nuculana kerrensis
 * †Nuculana multiconcentrica
 * †Nymphalucina
 * †Nymphalucina parva

O

 * Odontaspis
 * †Odontaspis samhammeri
 * †Opertochasma
 * "Ornithomimus" sp. by Tom Parker.png †[[Ornithomimus]] – tentative report
 * †Ornopsis
 * †Osteopleurus
 * Ostrea
 * †Ostrea sloani
 * †Otozamites
 * †Otozamites hespera
 * †Otozamites powelli

P

 * [[File:Pagiophyllum sp. - Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig, Germany - DSC05070 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=0.659|Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous plant Pagiophyllum]] †[[Pagiophyllum]]
 * †Pagiophyllum diffusum
 * †Pagiophyllum simpsoniae
 * †Paladmete – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Paladmete gardnerae
 * †Palaeolimnadia – tentative report
 * †Palinandromeda
 * †Palinandromeda novaecaesareae
 * †Pannaulika
 * †Pannaulika triassic
 * Panopea
 * †Panopea decisa
 * †Panopea monmouthensis
 * †Paralbula
 * †Paralbula casei
 * †Paranomia
 * †Paranomia scabra
 * †Pariostegus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Parmicorbula
 * †Parmicorbula bisulcata – tentative report
 * †Parmicorbula suffalciata
 * †Pekinopteris – type locality for genus
 * †Pekinopteris auriculata – type locality for species
 * †Pekinosaurus – type locality for genus
 * †Pekinosaurus olseni – type locality for species
 * †Pelourdea
 * Phacoides
 * †Phacoides glebula
 * †Phlebopteris
 * †Phlebopteris smithii
 * Pholadidea – tentative report
 * Pholadomyidae - Pholadomya scutata.JPG [[Pholadomya]]
 * †Pholadomya littlei
 * †Pholadomya sublevis
 * Phyllodus
 * †Phyloblatta
 * †Phyloblatta grimaldii – type locality for species
 * †Pinna
 * †Placenticeras – tentative report
 * Placerias hesternus.jpg †[[Placerias]]
 * †Placerias hesternus
 * †Platananthus
 * †Platananthus hueberi – type locality for species
 * †Platanocarpus
 * †Platanocarpus carolinensis – type locality for species
 * †Platecarpus
 * †Pleuriocardia
 * †Pleuriocardia donohuense
 * †Pleuriocardia donohuensis
 * †Pleuriocardia penderense
 * †Plicatolamna
 * †Plicatolamna arcuata – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Plinthogomphodon – type locality for genus
 * †Plinthogomphodon herpetairus – type locality for species
 * †Podozamites
 * Polinices
 * †Postligata
 * †Postligata greenensis
 * †Postosuchus
 * †Postosuchus alisonae – type locality for species
 * Prognathodon3.jpg †[[Prognathodon]]
 * †Prosechamyia
 * †Prosechamyia dimedia
 * †Prosechamyia trimedia
 * †Protocardia
 * †Protocardia spillmani
 * †Protodonax
 * †Pseudoctenis
 * †Pseudolimea
 * †Pseudolimea kerri
 * †Pseudolimea reticulata
 * †Pseudopolycentropodes – type locality for genus
 * †Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus – type locality for species
 * †Pteria – tentative report
 * †Pterocerella
 * †Pterophyllum
 * †Pterotrigonia
 * †Pterotrigonia bartrami – tentative report
 * †Pterotrigonia cerulea
 * †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
 * †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
 * †Pugnellus
 * Pycnodonte
 * †Pycnodonte belli
 * †Pycnodonte vesicularis
 * †Pyrgulifera – tentative report
 * †Pyropsis

R

 * †Radiopecten
 * †Radiopecten mississippiensis
 * †Radiopecten quinquinarius
 * †Revueltosaurus
 * †Revueltosaurus olseni
 * †Rhombodus
 * †Rhombodus binkhorsti – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Rhombodus laevis
 * †Rostellites
 * Rutiodon BW.jpg †[[Rutiodon]] – type locality for genus
 * †Rutiodon carolinensis – type locality for species

S

 * Saurodon leanusDB15.jpg †[[Saurodon]]
 * †Scapanorhynchus
 * †Scapanorhynchus texanus
 * †Schizoneura
 * †Schizoneura virginiensis
 * †Scoyenia – tentative report
 * Semionotus bergeri.jpg †[[Semionotus]]
 * Serpula
 * †Serpula cretacea
 * †Solyma
 * †Solyma elliptica
 * †Solyma levis
 * †Sphaenobaeria
 * †Sphenodiscus
 * †Sphenozamites
 * †Spirematospermum
 * †Spirematospermum chandlerae
 * Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz, 1843 1.jpg [[Squalicorax]]
 * †Squalicorax kaupi
 * †Squalicorax pristodontus
 * Squatina
 * †Squatina hassei
 * †Stegomus
 * †Stegomus arcuatus
 * †Stephanodus
 * †Stephanophyllia
 * †Stephanophyllia cribraria – type locality for species
 * Striarca
 * †Striaticostatum
 * †Syncyclonema
 * †Syncyclonema simplicius
 * †Synodontaspis
 * †Synodontaspis holmdelensis
 * †Synorichthys

T

 * †Tanytrachelos – type locality for genus
 * †Tanytrachelos ahynis – type locality for species
 * †Taphrosphys
 * †Taphrosphys dares – type locality for species
 * †Tellinimera
 * †Tellinimera gabbi
 * †Tellinimera stephensoni
 * Cardiidae - Trachycardium multicostatum.JPG [[Trachycardium]]
 * †Trachycardium carolinensis
 * †Trachycardium longstreeti
 * †Trachycardium vaughani
 * †Trachytriton – tentative report
 * †Triassopsychoda
 * †Triassopsychoda olseni
 * †Triassothrips – type locality for genus
 * †Triassothrips virginicus – type locality for species
 * Trichotropis
 * †Trichotropis squamosa
 * †Trigonarca
 * †Trigonarca elongata
 * †Trigonarca maconensis
 * †Trigonarca triquetra
 * †Trigonia – tentative report
 * Trionyx
 * †Trionyx halophilus
 * Turritella
 * †Turritella kerrensis
 * †Turritella quadrilira
 * †Turritella trilira
 * †Turseodus
 * Tylosaurus prorDB15.jpg †[[Tylosaurus]]

U

 * †Uatchitodon
 * †Uatchitodon schneideri – type locality for species
 * †Uddenia
 * †Uddenia carolinensis
 * †Unicardium
 * †Unicardium neusensis

V

 * †Variseila – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Variseila meeki
 * †Veniella
 * †Veniella conradi
 * †Veniella mullinensis
 * †Veriplecia
 * †Veriplecia rugosa
 * †Vetericardiella
 * †Virginiptera
 * †Virginiptera certa
 * †Virginiptera lativentra – type locality for species
 * †Virginiptera similis
 * †Voltzia
 * †Voltzia andrewsii – type locality for species

W

 * †Williamsonia
 * †Wingatea

X

 * XiphactinusDB cropped.png †[[Xiphactinus]]
 * †Xiphactinus audax
 * †Xiphactinus vetus

Y

 * †Yalea – type locality for genus
 * †Yalea argentata – type locality for species
 * †Yalea rectimedia

Z

 * †Zamiostrobus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Zamiostrobus lissocardus
 * Zamites mariposana.jpg †[[Zamites]]
 * †Zamites powelli