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词条 List of the prehistoric life of California
释义

  1. Precambrian

  2. Paleozoic

     Selected Paleozoic taxa of California 

  3. Mesozoic

     Selected Mesozoic taxa of California 

  4. Cenozoic

     Selected Cenozoic taxa of California 

  5. References

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

{{Main|List of the Paleozoic life of California}}

Selected Paleozoic taxa of California

  • Advenella
  • Agathiceras
  • Ampyx – tentative report
  • Ampyx
  • Apatolichas
  • Aspidella – tentative report
    • Aspidella terranovica
  • Atrypa
    • Atrypa reticularis
  • Aviculopecten
    • Aviculopecten occidentalis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Bimuria
  • Bolbolenellus
  • Bristolia
  • Bumastus
  • Calymene
  • Camarotoechia – tentative report
  • Carolinites
  • Chonetes
  • Cleiothyridina
  • Composita
    • Composita grandis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Composita subtilita – or unidentified comparable form
  • Conchidium
  • Conocardium
  • Cruziana
  • Cyclolobus
  • Cyclonema
  • Cymbidium
  • Daguinaspis
  • Dicoelosia
  • Didymograptus
  • Dimeropygiella
  • Diplichnites
  • Encrinurus
  • Endoceras – tentative report
  • Euomphalus
  • Fallotaspis
  • Favosites
  • Fenestella
  • Gogia
  • Halysites
  • Helicoplacus
  • Helicoprion
    • Helicoprion davisii
  • Heliomeroides
  • Hercynella
  • Holopea
  • Hyolithes
  • Illaenus
  • Ingria
  • Isogramma
  • Isotelus
  • Kawina
  • Kutorgina
  • Lingula
  • Lingulella
  • Lithostrotion
    • Lithostrotion pauciradiale
  • Lonchodomas
  • Meristella
  • Micromitra
  • Murchisonia
  • Neospirifer
  • Nephrolenellus
  • Nevadella
  • Obolella
  • Olenellus
    • Olenellus fowleri – or unidentified comparable form
  • Oryctocephalus
    • Oryctocephalus indicus
  • Paladin
  • Palaeoaplysina
  • Paleochiton
  • Parafusulina
  • Paraschwagerina
  • Peachella
  • Pentamerus
  • Phillipsia
  • Phyllograptus
  • Plaesiomys
  • Planolites
  • Platyceras
  • Poleumita
  • Proetus
  • Pteridinium – tentative report
  • Raymondaspis
  • Remopleurides
  • Repinaella
  • Rusophycus
  • Schwagerina
  • Skenidioides
  • Spirifer
    • Spirifer brazerianus
  • Spiriferina – tentative report
  • Stearoceras
  • Streptosolen
  • Stylonema
  • Swartpuntia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Syringopora
  • Thompsonella
  • Trinodus
  • Trocholites – tentative report
  • Volborthella
  • Wanneria
  • Xenodiscus
  • Zacanthoides

Mesozoic

{{Main|List of the Mesozoic life of California}}

Selected Mesozoic taxa of California

  • Abyssochrysos – tentative report
  • Acanthoceras
  • Acanthosphaera – tentative report
  • Acesta
  • Acrioceras
  • Acrodus
    • Acrodus wempliae – type locality for species
  • Acteon
  • Acteonella
  • Aletopelta – type locality for genus
    • Aletopelta coombsi – type locality for species
  • Amauropsis
  • Ampullina
  • Anagaudryceras
    • Anagaudryceras sacya – or unidentified comparable form
  • Anahamulina
  • Anasibirites
    • Anasibirites kingianus – type locality for species
  • Anatomites
  • Anatropites
  • Anisoceras
  • Anomia
  • Anoplophora – tentative report
  • Aphaea
  • Aphrosaurus
    • Aphrosaurus furlongi
  • Aporrhais
  • Architectonica – tentative report
  • Arctica
  • Arctoceras
  • Argyrotheca
  • Arnioceras
  • Arpadites
  • Arrhoges
  • Aspenites – type locality for genus
  • Astarte
  • Asteroceras
  • Atira
  • {{multiple image

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}} †Augustynolophus

  • Augustynolophus morrisi
  • Axonoceras
  • Bacchites
  • Baculites
    • Baculites capensis
    • Baculites yokoyamai – or unidentified comparable form
  • Barbatia
  • Barrettia
  • Basilemys
  • Belleza
  • Bernaya
  • Beudanticeras
  • Bochianites
  • Bostrychoceras
  • Brancoceras
  • Bulimulus
  • Bullaria
  • Bullina
  • Californites – type locality for genus
  • Californosaurus
  • Callianassa – tentative report
  • Calliconites
  • Calliomphalus – tentative report
  • Callista – tentative report
  • Calva
  • Calycoceras
  • Cancellaria – tentative report
  • Cantharus
  • Capulus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cardinia
  • Cardita
  • Cecrops
  • Cerithidea
  • Cerithium
  • Cidarina
  • Cidaris
  • Clinura
  • Collignoniceras
  • Collonia
  • Corbicula
  • Corbula
  • Cornutella
  • Cosmonautilus
  • {{multiple image

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}} †Crioceratites

  • Cucullaea
  • Cunningtoniceras
  • Cyclothyris
  • Cylichna
  • Cylindroteuthis
  • Cymatoceras
  • Cymbospondylus
    • Cymbospondylus petrinus
  • Daonella – tentative report
    • Daonella dubia
  • Dentalium
  • Desmoceras
  • Desmophyllites
  • Dictyoconites
  • Didymoceras
    • Didymoceras hornbyense – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dieneria – type locality for genus
  • Discohelix – tentative report
  • Discoscaphites
  • Douvilleiceras
  • Durania
  • Echinocorys
  • Elimia
  • Enchodus
  • Entobia
  • Eriphyla
  • Eucalycoceras
  • Euclastes
  • Euomphaloceras
  • Eupachydiscus
  • Euspira
  • Eutrephoceras
  • Exiteloceras
  • Exogyra
  • Fagesia
  • Fissurella – tentative report
  • Flabellina
  • Flabellum
  • Fresnosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Fresnosaurus drescheri – type locality for species
  • Gastrochaena – tentative report
  • Gaudryceras
  • Gervillia
  • Glans – tentative report
  • Glauconia
  • Globigerinelloides
  • Glossus
  • Glycymeris
  • Goricanites – type locality for genus
  • Grallator
  • Gryphaea
  • Gryponautilus
  • Gyroidina
  • Haliotis
  • Hauericeras
  • Hecticoceras
  • Hedenstroemia
  • Helena
  • Hemicidaris
  • Heptranchias
  • Hipponix
  • Homerites
  • Hybodus
  • Hydrotherosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae – type locality for species
  • Hypophylloceras
  • Ichthyornis
  • Ichthyosaurus
  • Inoceramus
    • Inoceramus balticus
    • Inoceramus cordiformis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus incertus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus naumanni
    • Inoceramus steinmanni – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus subundatus
    • Inoceramus teshioensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Inoceramus turgidus – type locality for species
  • Inyoites – type locality for genus
    • Inyoites oweni – type locality for species
  • Isognomon
  • Kallirhynchia
  • Kilianella
  • Kossmaticeras
  • Lacunaria
  • Leda – tentative report
  • Lima
  • Linearis
  • Lingula
  • Lithophaga
  • Lopha
  • Loxo
  • Lucina
  • Lysis
  • Lytoceras
    • Lytoceras batesi
  • Macrocallista
  • Macrocephalites
  • Mammites – tentative report
  • Mantelliceras
  • Margarella
  • Margarites
  • Mariella
  • Martesia
  • Mediaster
  • Meekoceras
    • Meekoceras gracilitatis
  • Melchiorites
  • Menuites
  • Merriamia
  • Mita – tentative report
  • Mita
  • Modiolus
  • Morenosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Morenosaurus stocki – type locality for species
  • Mortoniceras
  • Musculus – or unidentified related form
  • Myophorella
    • Myophorella argo
    • Myophorella dawsoni – or unidentified related form
    • Myophorella yellowstonensis
  • Myophoria
  • Mytilus
  • Natica
  • Navahopus
  • Nectosaurus
  • Neithea
  • Neocardioceras – tentative report
  • Neohibolites
  • Neophylloceras
    • Neophylloceras hetonaiense
    • Neophylloceras ramosum
  • Nerinea
  • Nerita
  • Nolita
  • Nostoceras
    • Nostoceras splendidum
  • Nucula
  • Opalia
  • Ophiceras
  • Opis
  • Orthoceras
  • Ostrea
  • Owenites
    • Owenites carpenteri
    • Owenites koeneni – type locality for species
  • Oxynautilus
  • Oxytoma
  • Pachydesmoceras
    • Pachydesmoceras pachydiscoide – type locality for species
  • Pachydiscus
    • Pachydiscus ootacodensis
  • Panopea
  • Parapuzosia
  • Patella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Pecten
  • Pedalion
  • Pentzia
  • Peroniceras
  • Phanerolepida
  • Pholadomya
  • Phylloceras
  • Phyllopachyceras
  • Pinna
  • {{multiple image

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}} †Plesiotylosaurus

  • Plesiotylosaurus crassidens
  • Plicatula
  • Plotosaurus
    • Plotosaurus bennisoni
    • Plotosaurus tuckeri
  • Polinices
  • Polycyclus
  • Polyptychites
  • Polyptychoceras
  • Posidonia
  • Potamides – tentative report
  • Proclydonautilus
  • Prognathodon
    • Prognathodon waiparaensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Propeamussium
  • Protocardia
  • Protrachyceras
  • Pseudomelania
  • Pseudoperna
  • Pseudothurmannia – tentative report
  • Pteraichnus
  • Pterotrigonia
  • Puzosia
  • Pycnodonte
  • Quadrans – tentative report
  • Retusa
  • Rhaetina – tentative report
  • Rhynchonella
  • Rogerella
  • Romaniceras
  • Scalarites
  • Scapanorhynchus
  • Scaphander
  • Scaphites
    • Scaphites hippocrepis – or unidentified related form
  • Senis
  • Sequoia
  • Serpula
  • Shastasaurus
    • Shastasaurus alexandrae
    • Shastasaurus pacificus
  • Shastoceras
  • Siphonalia
  • Sirenites
  • Skolithos
  • Solariella
  • Solemya – tentative report
  • Solen
  • Spiriferina – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Spiriferina coreyi – type locality for species
  • Spondylus
  • Squalicorax
  • Sturia
  • Suna
  • Tegula
  • Tellina
  • Tenea
  • Terebralia – tentative report
  • Tessarolax
  • Thalattosaurus
  • Thyasira
  • Tollia
  • Tragodesmoceras
  • Trigonia
  • Trinacria
  • Trochactaeon
  • Trophon
  • Turrilites
    • Turrilites acutus
    • Turrilites costatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Turritella
  • Volsella
  • Worthenia
  • Wyomingites
  • Yezoites
  • Yoldia
  • Zanola
  • Zealandites

Cenozoic

{{Main|List of the Cenozoic life of California}}

Selected Cenozoic taxa of California

  • Abantis
  • Abies
  • Aboma
  • Acalypha
  • Acanthina
    • Acanthina spirata
  • Acanthocardia
  • Acar
  • Accipiter
    • Accipiter velox
  • Acentrophryne
  • Acer
  • Acesta
  • Acipenser
    • Acipenser medirostris – or unidentified comparable form
  • Acmaea
    • Acmaea mitra
  • Acritohippus
    • Acritohippus isonesus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Acteocina
  • Acteon
  • Actinemys
    • Actinemys marmorata
  • Admete
    • Admete rhyssa
  • Adula
  • Aechmophorus
    • Aechmophorus occidentalis
  • {{multiple image

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}} †Aelurodon

  • Aepycamelus
    • Aepycamelus alexandrae
  • Aequipecten
  • Aesopus
  • Aethia
  • Agaronia
  • Agelaius
  • Agriotherium
  • Ailanthus
  • Akera
  • Alaba
  • Alabina
  • Albicetus
  • Alca
  • Alcodes
  • Aleochara
  • Aletes
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}} †Aletomeryx

  • Alforjas
  • Alisea – type locality for genus
  • Allodelphis – type locality for genus
    • Allodelphis pratti – type locality for species
  • Allodesmus
    • Allodesmus kernensis
  • Alnus
  • Alopecocyon – type locality for genus
  • Alopias
    • Alopias vulpinus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Alvania
  • Amara
    • Amara insignis
  • Amauropsis
  • Amelanchier
  • Ammospermophilus
  • Amorpha
  • {{multiple image

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}} †Amphicyon

  • Amphicyon ingens
  • Amphimachairodus
  • Amphissa
    • Amphissa versicolor
  • Amphiura
  • Amphora
  • Ampullina
  • Amusium
  • Anachis
  • Anadara
  • Anas
    • Anas americana
    • Anas clypeata
    • Anas platyrhynchos
  • Anchitheriomys – or unidentified comparable form
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}} †Anchitherium

  • Ancilla
  • Angulus
  • Anniella
  • Anodontia
  • Anomia
  • Ansen
  • Anser
    • Anser albifrons
  • Antigona
  • Antilla
  • Antilocapra
  • Antrozous
    • Antrozous pallidus
  • Aphelocoma
    • Aphelocoma californica
  • Aphelops
  • Apiotoma
  • Aplodontia
    • Aplodontia rufa
  • Aquila
    • Aquila chrysaetos
  • Araeosteus
    • Araeosteus rothi
  • Arbutus
  • Arca
  • Arceuthobium
  • Archaeocyon
  • Archaeohippus
  • Architectonica
  • Archoplites
    • Archoplites interruptus
  • Arcinella
  • Arctica – tentative report
  • Arctocephalus
  • Arctodus
    • Arctodus simus – type locality for species
  • Arctostaphylos
  • Ardea
    • Ardea herodias
  • Arenaria
    • Arenaria melanocephala
  • Arene
  • Argenna
  • Argobuccinum
  • Argopecten
    • Argopecten gibbus
    • Argopecten purpuratus
  • Argyropelecus
  • Artocarpus
  • Asio
    • Asio wilsonianus
  • Astraea
    • Astraea undosa
  • Astrangia
  • Astropecten
  • Astyris
  • Athene
    • Athene cunicularia
  • Athleta
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}} †Atocetus

  • Atocetus nasalis – type locality for species
  • Atrina
  • Aturia
  • Atys
  • Aulophyseter – type locality for genus
  • Austrotrophon
  • Avipeda
  • Aythya
    • Aythya affinis
    • Aythya valisineria
  • Baiomys
  • Balaenoptera
    • Balaenoptera physalus
    • Balaenoptera ryani
  • Balaenula
  • Balanophyllia
    • Balanophyllia elegans
  • Balanus
    • Balanus crenatus
    • Balanus nubilus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Bankia
  • Barbarofusus
  • Barbatia
  • Barbourofelis
    • Barbourofelis whitfordi
  • Barleeia
  • Barnea
  • Basirepomys
  • Bassariscus
    • Bassariscus astutus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Bathylagus – type locality for genus
  • Bathytoma
    • Bathytoma pacifica
  • Batodonoides
  • Bembidion
  • Benoistia
  • Beringraja
    • Beringraja binoculata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Betula
  • Bison
    • Bison antiquus
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}} †Bison latifrons

  • Bittium
    • Bittium alternatum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Bivetopsia
  • Boavus
  • Bolbocara
  • Bolinichthys
  • Bonasa
    • Bonasa umbellus
  • Bonellitia
  • Borophagus
    • Borophagus diversidens
    • Borophagus littoralis – type locality for species
    • Borophagus parvus
    • Borophagus secundus
  • Borophryne
    • Borophryne apogon
  • Brachidontes
  • Brachycrus
  • Brachypsalis
  • Brachyramphus
  • Branta
    • Branta canadensis
    • Branta nigricans – tentative report
  • Bubo
    • Bubo virginianus
  • Buccinum
    • Buccinum strigillatum
  • Bucephala
    • Bucephala albeola
  • Bucida
  • Bufo
  • Bulla
    • Bulla gouldiana
    • Bulla striata
  • Bullia
  • Bumelia
  • Bursa
  • Buteo
    • Buteo borealis
    • Buteo jamaicensis
    • Buteo swainsoni
  • Cadulus
  • Caecum
  • Calicovatellus – type locality for genus
    • Calicovatellus petrodytes – type locality for species
  • Calidris
    • Calidris alba
  • Californiconus
    • Californiconus californicus
  • Calliostoma
    • Calliostoma annulatum
    • Calliostoma canaliculatum
    • Calliostoma gemmulatum
    • Calliostoma ligatum
    • Calliostoma supragranosum
    • Calliostoma tricolor
  • Callista
  • Callorhinus
    • Callorhinus ursinus
  • Calosoma
    • Calosoma semilaeve
  • Calyptraea
  • Calyptranthes
  • {{multiple image

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}} †Camelops

  • Camelops hesternus
  • Camelops minidokae
  • Campanile
  • Camponotus – type locality for genus
    • Camponotus festinatus – type locality for species
  • Canarium
  • Cancellaria
    • Cancellaria obesa
  • Cancer
  • Canis
    • Canis dirus
    • Canis edwardii
    • Canis latrans
    • Canis lepophagus
    • Canis lupus
    • Canis rufus
  • Canthon
    • Canthon praticola
    • Canthon simplex
  • Cantius
  • Capromeryx
    • {{multiple image

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}} †Capromeryx minor

  • Caracara
    • Caracara cheriway
    • Caracara plancus
  • Carcharhinus
  • Carcharias
  • Carcharodon
    • Carcharodon carcharias
    • Carcharodon hastalis
  • Carpelimus
  • Carpocyon
  • Carya
  • Caryophyllia
  • Cassidulina
  • Castanea
  • Castanopsis
  • Castor
    • Castor californicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cathartes
    • Cathartes aura
  • Catoptrophorus
    • Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  • Catostomus
  • Ceanothus
  • Cedrela
  • Celastrus
  • Celtis
  • Cepphus
    • Cepphus columba
  • Cercidiphyllum
  • Cercocarpus
  • Cerithidea
    • Cerithidea californica
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Cerithium
  • Cernina
  • Cerorhinca
  • Cervus
    • Cervus elaphus
  • {{multiple image

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}} Cetorhinus

  • Cetorhinus maximus
  • Cetotherium
  • Chaenophryne
  • Chaetodipus
    • Chaetodipus formosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Chalcidichthys – type locality for genus
  • Chama
  • Chamaecyparis
  • Charadrius
    • Charadrius semipalmatus
  • Chauliodus – type locality for genus
  • Chelonia
  • Chen
    • Chen caerulescens
  • Chendytes – type locality for genus
    • Chendytes lawi – type locality for species
  • Chione
    • Chione californiensis
  • Chlamys
    • Chlamys hastata
    • Chlamys rubida
    • Chlamys swifti
  • Chlorostoma
  • Chorizanthe
  • Chrysobalanus
  • Chrysocyon
  • Chrysodomus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Chrysolepis
  • Cibicides
  • Cicindela
    • Cicindela oregona
  • Cidaris
  • Cinnamomum
  • Cissus
  • Citellus
  • Citharichthys
    • Citharichthys stigmaeus
  • Clathrodrillia
  • Clathurella
  • Clavilithes
  • Clavus
  • Clementia
  • Cletocamptus
  • Clinocardium
    • Clinocardium nuttallii
  • Cliona
  • Clupea
  • Clypeaster
  • Cnemidophorus
  • Cocconeis
  • Cochliomyia – type locality for genus
    • Cochliomyia macellaria – type locality for species
  • Codakia
  • Colaptes
  • Colodon
  • Coluber
    • Coluber constrictor
  • Colubraria
  • Columba – or unidentified comparable form
    • Columba fasciata
  • Columbarium
  • Conasprelloides
  • Concavus
  • Conus
    • Conus fergusoni
    • Conus regularis
    • Conus scalaris
  • Cophocetus – tentative report
  • Copris
  • Coragyps
  • Corbicula
  • Corbula
  • {{multiple image

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| footer = Left: Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion. Middle: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene pronghorn-relative Cosoryx. Right: Life restoration of the Miocene palaeomerycid Cranioceras, a relative of modern deer, with anachronistic human to scale.

}} †Cormohipparion

  • Cornus
  • Coronula – tentative report
  • Corvus
    • Corvus brachyrhynchos
    • Corvus corax
  • Cosoryx
  • Cranioceras
  • Crassadoma
    • Crassadoma gigantea
  • Crassispira
    • Crassispira montereyensis – or unidentified related form
  • Crassostrea
    • Crassostrea ashleyi
    • Crassostrea titan
  • Crataegus
  • Crawfordina
  • Crepidula
    • Crepidula adunca
    • Crepidula onyx
  • Crepipatella
    • Crepipatella lingulata
  • Crommium
  • Crossata
    • Crossata ventricosa
  • Crotalus
    • Crotalus viridis
  • Crucibulum
    • Crucibulum spinosum
  • Cryptocarya
  • Cryptonatica
    • Cryptonatica affinis
  • Cryptotermes
  • Cryptotis
  • Cucullaea
  • Culicoides
  • Cumingia
  • Cupania
  • Cupressus
    • Cupressus goveniana
  • Cuspidaria
  • Cuyamacamelus
  • Cyanocitta
    • Cyanocitta stelleri
  • Cybocephalus
    • Cybocephalus californicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cyclammina
  • Cyclocardia
  • Cyclothone
  • Cygnus
    • Cygnus columbianus
  • Cylichna
  • Cymatium
  • Cymatogaster
    • Cymatogaster aggregata
  • Cynarctoides
    • Cynarctoides acridens
  • Cynarctus
  • Cynelos
  • Cynoscion
  • Cyperus
  • Cypraea
  • Cyrtonyx
  • Cystiscus
  • Cythara
  • Cytherea
  • Dalbergia
  • {{multiple image

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| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Miocene bear-dog Daphoenodon. Right: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Miocene bear-dog Daphoenus.

}} †Daphoenodon – or unidentified comparable form

  • Daphoenus
    • Daphoenus ruber – type locality for species
  • Dardanus
    • Dardanus arrosor
  • Dasyatis
  • Dasyhelea
  • Decapterus
  • Deltochilum – tentative report
  • Dendragapus
    • Dendragapus fuliginosus
    • Dendragapus obscurus
  • Dendraster
    • Dendraster excentricus
  • Dendrophyllia
  • Dendryphantes
  • Dentalium
    • Dentalium neohexagonum
  • Dermochelys – or unidentified related form
  • Deroceras
  • Desmatippus
  • Desmatochoerus
  • Desmocyon
  • Desmodium
  • {{multiple image

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| image3 = Jay Matternes Miocene Daeodon.jpg
| alt3 =
| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene herbivorous marine mammal Desmostylus. Middle: Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). Right: Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene entelodont mammal Daeodon. Jay Matternes (1964).

}} †Desmostylus

  • Desmostylus hesperus – type locality for species
  • Diacria
  • Diceratherium
  • Dichocoenia
  • Dinohippus
  • Dinohyus
    • Dinohyus hollandi
  • Diodora
    • Diodora arnoldi
    • Diodora aspera
    • Diodora inaequalis
  • Diomedea
  • Diomedia
  • Diospyros
  • Diploria
  • Dipodomys
    • Dipodomys agilis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Dipodomys compactus
    • Dipodomys deserti – or unidentified comparable form
    • Dipodomys heermanni – or unidentified comparable form
    • Dipodomys merriami
    • Dipodomys ordii
  • Dipoides
  • Diprionomys
  • Discinisca
  • Discohelix
  • Dissacus
  • Distorsio
  • Domnina
  • Donax
    • Donax gouldii
  • Dosinia
    • Dosinia dunkeri
  • Drimys – type locality for genus
  • Dromomeryx
  • {{multiple image

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| footer = Left: Illustration of the fossilized jaws and teeth of the Eocene brontothere mammal Duchesneodus. Right: Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon.

}} †Duchesneodus

  • Dusisiren
  • Dytiscus
  • Echinarachnius
  • Echinorhinus
  • Eclipes – type locality for genus
  • Ectasis – type locality for genus
  • Ectopistes
    • Ectopistes migratorius
  • Eleodes
    • Eleodes osculans – type locality for species
  • Elgaria
    • Elgaria multicarinata
  • Elomeryx
  • Enaliarctos
    • Enaliarctos mealsi
    • Enaliarctos mitchelli
  • Enallagma – type locality for genus
  • Engelhardtia
  • Engina
  • Enhydra
    • Enhydra lutris
    • Enhydritherium terraenovae
  • Ensis
  • Entomobrya
  • Eomellivora
  • {{multiple image

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| footer = Left: Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Pliocene frog Eopelobates. Right: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon.

}} †Eopelobates

  • Eosurcula
  • Epicyon
    • Epicyon haydeni
  • Epihippus
  • Epinephelus
  • Epiphragmophora
  • Epitonium
  • Eptesicus
    • Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Equisetum
  • Equus
    • Equus idahoensi
    • Equus scotti
    • Equus simplicidens
  • Eremophila
    • Eremophila alpestris
  • Erethizon
    • Erethizon dorsatum
  • Eriquius
  • Eschrichtius
    • Eschrichtius robustus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Etringus
  • Eubalaena – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eucastor
  • Euceratherium – type locality for genus
    • Euceratherium collinum – type locality for species
  • Eucyon
    • Eucyon davisi
  • Euleptorhamphus
  • Eumetopias
  • Euoplocyon
  • Euphagus
    • Euphagus cyanocephalus
  • Euscelis
  • Eusmilia
  • Euspira
    • Euspira lewisii
  • Eutamias
  • Eutrephoceras
  • Euvola
  • Evesthes
  • Exilia
  • Falco
    • Falco peregrinus
    • Falco sparverius
  • Felis
  • Ficopsis
  • Ficus
  • Fimbria
  • Fissurella
    • Fissurella volcano
  • Flabellipecten
  • Flabellum
  • Forestiera
  • Forreria
    • Forreria belcheri
  • Fragilaria
  • Fratercula
    • Fratercula cirrhata
    • Fratercula dowi – type locality for species
  • Fraxinus
  • Fulgoraria
  • Fulica
    • Fulica americana
  • Fulmarus
    • Fulmarus glacialis
  • Fusinus
    • Fusinus barbarensis
    • Fusinus luteopictus
  • Galeocerdo
    • Galeocerdo aduncus
  • Galeodea
  • Galeorhinus
  • Ganolytes
  • Gari
  • Gasterosteus
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus
  • Gastrochaena
  • Gavia
    • Gavia arctica
    • Gavia immer
    • Gavia pacifica
    • Gavia stellata
  • Gemmula
  • Genota
  • Genyonemus
    • Genyonemus lineatus
  • Geochelone
  • Geococcyx
    • Geococcyx californianus
  • Geomys
  • Geranoaetus
  • Gerrhonotus
  • Gila – tentative report
  • Gilbertia
  • Glans
  • Glaucidium
    • Glaucidium gnoma
  • Glebocarcinus
  • Globigerina
    • Globigerina bulloides
  • Globularia
  • Glossus
  • Glycimeris
  • Glycymeris
  • Glyptoactis
  • Glyptostrobus
  • {{multiple image

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| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Miocene walrus Gomphotaria. Right: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium.

}} †Gomphotaria – type locality for genus

  • Gomphotaria pugnax – type locality for species
  • Gomphotherium
  • Goniobasis – tentative report
  • Goniopora
  • Gopherus
    • Gopherus agassizii
  • Gordonia
  • Granulina
  • Gymnogyps
    • Gymnogyps californianus – type locality for species
  • Gyroidina
  • Haliaeetus
    • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Haliaetus
  • Haminoea
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Heloderma suspectum.jpg
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| footer = Left: Fossilized skull of the mesonychian mammal Harpagolestes. Right: A living Heloderma, the genus including the Gila monster and beaded lizards.

}} †Harpagolestes – or unidentified comparable form

  • Heloderma
  • Hemiauchenia
    • Hemiauchenia macrocephala
  • Hemipristis
    • Hemipristis serra
  • Hemitelia
  • Hemitoma
  • Here
  • Herpetocetus
  • Herpetotherium
    • Herpetotherium knighti – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hespererato
    • Hespererato columbella
  • Hesperocamelus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hesperomys
  • Hesperotestudo
  • Heterodontus
  • Hexagrammos
  • Hexanchus
  • Hiatella
    • Hiatella arctica
  • Hiltonius
  • Hipparion
    • Hipparion forcei
  • {{multiple image

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| footer = Left: Life restoration of a herd of the Pliocene-Holocene horse Hippidion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). Right: Life restoration of Pliocene-Pleistocene Homotherium, or scimitar cat.

}} †Hippidion

  • Hipponix
  • Hipponoe
  • Hippotherium
  • Histrionicus
    • Histrionicus histrionicus – tentative report
  • Hodomys
  • Homalopoma
  • Homo
    • Homo sapiens
  • Homotherium
    • Homotherium serum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hoplophoneus
  • Hyaenodon
    • Hyaenodon venturae
    • Hyaenodon vetus – type locality for species
  • Hyalina
  • Hydrangea
  • Hydrodamalis
    • Hydrodamalis cuestae – type locality for species
    • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Hypohippus.jpg
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| footer = Left: Restorative model of the Pleistocene-Holocene manatee relative Hydrodamalis gigas, or Steller's sea cow. Right: Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920).

}} †Hydrodamalis gigas

  • Hydrophilus
  • Hyla
  • Hyopsodus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hyperbaena
  • Hypertragulus
  • Hypohippus
  • Hypolagus
  • Hyrachyus
  • Ilingoceros
  • Imagotaria – type locality for genus
    • Imagotaria downsi – type locality for species
  • Indarctos
  • Inga
  • Ioscion
  • Ischnochiton
  • Ischyrocyon
  • Ischyromys
  • Isognomon
  • Isurus
    • Isurus oxyrinchus
    • Isurus planus
  • Jaton
  • Julus
  • Juncus
  • Juniperus
  • Kelletia
    • Kelletia kelletii
  • Kellia
  • Kentriodon – type locality for genus
  • Keteleeria
  • Kingena
  • Kurtzia
    • Kurtzia arteaga
  • Kurtziella
    • Kurtziella plumbea
  • Labyrinthus
  • Lacuna
    • Lacuna porrecta
    • Lacuna unifasciata
  • Lacunaria
  • Laevicardium
    • Laevicardium elatum
  • Lagena
  • Lagenorhynchus
  • Lamna
  • Lampanyctus
  • Lampris – type locality for genus
    • {{multiple image

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| image2 = California Gull (Larus californicus RWD2.jpg
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| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Miocene opah fish Lampris zatima. Right: A living Larus californicus, or California gull.

}} †Lampris zatima – type locality for species

  • Lampropeltis
    • Lampropeltis getulus
  • Larus
    • Larus californicus
    • Larus delawarensis
    • Larus glaucescens
    • Larus philadelphia
  • Latirus
  • Laytonia – type locality for genus
  • Lechytia
  • Leda
  • Lepeta
  • Lepidochitona
  • Lepisosteus
    • Lepisosteus spatula – or unidentified comparable form
  • Leptacanthichthys
    • Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Leptomeryx BW.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon. Right: Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene even-toed ungulate Leptomeryx.

}} †Leptocyon

  • Leptomeryx
    • Leptopecten latiauratus
  • Leptoreodon
  • Lepus
    • Lepus americanus
    • Lepus californicus
    • Lepus callotis
  • Leukoma
    • Leukoma staminea
  • Lima
  • Limaria
  • Limnocyon
  • Limosa
    • Limosa fedoa
  • Linga
  • Linophryne
    • Linophryne indica
  • Liolithax – type locality for genus
  • Liquidambar
  • Lirosceles
  • Lirularia
    • Lirularia lirulata
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Lithornis.png
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| footer = Left: A pod of living Lissodelphis borealis, or right whale dolphins. Right: Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene bird Lithornis.

}} Lissodelphis – or unidentified comparable form

  • Lithocarpus
  • Lithophaga
  • Lithophyllum
  • Lithornis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lithothamnion
  • Littorina
    • Littorina scutulata
  • Lompoquia – type locality for genus
  • Lontra
    • Lontra canadensis
  • Lophar – type locality for genus
  • Lophocetus
  • Lophortyx
  • Lora
  • Lottia
    • Lottia limatula
    • Lottia scabra
  • Lucapinella
    • Lucapinella callomarginata
  • Lucina
  • Luidia
  • {{multiple image

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| footer = Left: Fossilized skull of the Eocene carnivoran mammal Lycophocyon. Right: Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus.

}} †Lycophocyon – type locality for genus

  • Lycophocyon hutchisoni – type locality for species
  • Lygisma – type locality for genus
  • Lygodium
  • Lynx
    • Lynx rufus
  • Lyonsia
  • Lyria
  • Machairodus
  • Macoma
    • Macoma nasuta
  • Macrarene
  • Macrocallista
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Mammut americanum Sergiodlarosa.jpg
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| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Oligocene toothed-whale Macrodelphinus (background). Right: Life restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon.

}} †Macrodelphinus – type locality for genus

  • Madrepora
  • Magnolia
  • Mahonia
  • Makaira
  • Malea
    • Malea ringens
  • Mallotus
  • Mammut
    • Mammut americanum
    • Mammut cosoensis
    • Mammut matthewi
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = M. exilis skeletal.png
| alt2 =
| image3 = Ice age fauna of northern Spain - Mauricio Antón.jpg
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| footer = Left: Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909). Middle: Reconstructive illustration of the skeleton of a Mammuthus exilis, or pygmy mammoth. Right: Restoration of a herd of Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoths.

}} †Mammuthus

  • Mammuthus columbi
  • Mammuthus exilis
  • Mammuthus primigenius
  • Mancalla – type locality for genus
    • Mancalla californiensis – type locality for species
  • Mangelia
  • Margarites
    • Margarites pupillus
  • Marginella
  • Marmota
  • Martes
  • Martesia
  • Maxwellia
    • Maxwellia gemma
  • Mayena – tentative report
  • Mediochoerus
  • Megacamelus
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Megalonyx wheatleyi - AMNH - DSC06327.JPG
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| image3 = Megatylopus.jpg
| alt3 =
| footer = Left: A taxidermied Megachasma pelagios, or megamouth shark. Middle: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx. Right: Life restoration of the Miocene camel Megatylopus.

}} Megachasma

  • Megachile
    • Megachile gentilis
  • Megahippus
  • Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
    • Megalonyx wheatleyi
  • Megalops – tentative report
  • Megapaloelodus
  • Megaptera
  • Megathura – tentative report
  • Megatylopus
  • Melampus
  • Melanella
  • Melanitta
    • Melanitta deglandi – tentative report
    • Melanitta fusca
    • Melanitta perspicillata
  • Melanoplus
    • Melanoplus differentialis
  • Meleagris
  • Meliosma
  • Melospiza
    • Melospiza melodia
  • Meniscotherium
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Merriamoceros coronatus life restoration.jpg
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| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Miocene rhinoceros Menoceras. Right: Life restoration of the Miocene pronghorn Merriamoceros with an anachronistic human to scale.

}} †Menoceras

  • Mephitis
    • Mephitis mephitis
  • Meretrix
  • Mergus
    • Mergus serrator
  • Merluccius
    • Merluccius productus
  • Merriamoceros
  • Merychippus
  • Merychyus
  • Merycodus
  • Mesalia
  • Mesocyon
  • Mesodma – tentative report
  • Mesohippus
  • Mesophyllum
  • Mesoreodon
  • Metalopex
  • Metarhinus
  • Metatomarctus
  • Metaxytherium
  • Miacis
  • Michenia
  • Microcosmodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Microdipodops
  • Microgadus – tentative report
  • Microsyops
  • Microtomarctus
  • Microtus
    • Microtus californicus
  • Miocryptorhopalum – type locality for genus
  • Miocyon
  • Miohippus
  • {{multiple image

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| image2 = Miracinonyx inexpectatus.jpg
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| footer = Left: Fossilized skull (top) and interpretive line drawing (middle) of the Miocene auk relative Miomancalla compared with the skull of a Holocene Pinguinus impennis, or great auk. Right: Life restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah.

}} †Miomancalla

  • Miotapirus
  • Miotylopus
  • Miracinonyx
    • Miracinonyx studeri – tentative report
  • Mirounga
    • Mirounga angustirostris – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mitra
    • Mitra fultoni
    • Mitra idae
  • Mitrella
    • Mitrella carinata
  • Mixocetus – type locality for genus
  • Modiolus
    • Modiolus capax – or unidentified comparable form
  • Modulus
  • Monoplex
    • Monoplex amictus
  • Monosaulax
  • Montipora
  • Mopalia
    • Mopalia ciliata
  • Moropus
  • Morula
  • Morus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Morus
  • Mulinia
  • Murex – or unidentified related form
  • Musculus
  • Mustela
    • Mustela frenata
  • Mya
    • Mya truncata
  • Myctophum
  • Myliobatis
    • Myliobatis californicus
  • Mylohyus
    • Mylohyus fossilis
  • Mylopharodon
    • Mylopharodon conocephalus
  • Myodes
  • Mytilus
    • Mytilus californianus
    • Mytilus edulis
  • Myurella
  • Nannippus
  • Nannocetus – type locality for genus
  • Nanotragulus
  • Narona
    • Narona clavatula
  • Nassa
  • Nassarius
    • Nassarius fossatus
  • Natica
  • Naticarius
  • Navahoceros
  • Nectandra
  • Negaprion
  • Neobernaya
    • Neobernaya spadicea
  • Neogyps
    • Neogyps errans
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| image2 = Paleoparadoxia Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 20110330.jpg
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| image3 = Neophrontops americanus fossil.jpg
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| footer = Left: Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). Middle: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene aquatic mammal Neoparadoxia. Right: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene Neophrontops.

}} †Neohipparion

  • Neoliotomus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Neolitsea
  • Neoparadoxia – type locality for genus
    • Neoparadoxia cecilialina – type locality for species
    • Neoparadoxia repenningi – type locality for species
  • Neophrontops
    • Neophrontops americanus
  • Neoplagiaulax
  • Neotamias
    • Neotamias senex
  • Neotherium – type locality for genus
  • Neotoma
    • Neotoma cinerea – type locality for species
    • Neotoma fuscipes
    • Neotoma lepida
  • Neptunea
  • Nerita
  • Neritina
  • Nerium
  • Neverita
  • Nicrophorus
    • Nicrophorus guttula
    • Nicrophorus marginatus – type locality for species
    • Nicrophorus nigrita
  • Nimravides
  • {{multiple image

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| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Illustration of the fossilized skull of the Oligocene false saber-toothed cat Nimravus. Right: Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops.

}} †Nimravus

  • Niso – tentative report
  • Nitzschia
  • Nodipecten
    • Nodipecten subnodosus
  • Norrisia
    • Norrisia norrisi
  • Nothrotheriops
  • Nothrotherium
  • Notiosorex
    • Notiosorex crawfordi
  • Notoacmea
  • Notorhynchus
  • Nototamias
  • Nucella
    • Nucella emarginata
    • Nucella lamellosa
    • Nucella lima
  • Nucula
  • Numenius
    • Numenius phaeopus
  • Nuttallia
  • Nyssa
  • Oceanodroma
    • Oceanodroma furcata
    • Oceanodroma homochroa
  • Ocenebra
  • Ocotea
  • Ocystias
  • Odaxosaurus
  • Odobenus
    • {{multiple image

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| alt1 =
| image2 = Navahoceros fricki.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus. Right: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Odocoileus lucasi, or American mountain deer.

}} †Odobenus rosmarus

  • Odocoileus
    • Odocoileus hemionus
    • Odocoileus virginianus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Odontaspis
    • Odontaspis ferox
  • Odostomia
    • Odostomia avellana
    • Odostomia beringi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Odostomia californica – or unidentified comparable form
    • Odostomia callimene – or unidentified related form
    • Odostomia columbiana – or unidentified comparable form
    • Odostomia donilla
    • Odostomia eugena
    • Odostomia farallonensis
    • Odostomia fetella
    • Odostomia gravida
    • Odostomia helena
    • Odostomia minutissima – or unidentified comparable form
    • Odostomia nemo
    • Odostomia nota
    • Odostomia stephensae
    • Odostomia tenuisculpta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Oenopota
    • Oenopota tabulata
  • Oliva
    • Oliva spicata
  • Olivella
    • Olivella baetica
    • Olivella biplicata
    • Olivella gracilis
    • Olivella pedroana
  • Oncorhynchus
    • Oncorhynchus rastrosus
  • Ondatra
  • Oneirodes
  • Onthophagus
  • Onychomys
    • Onychomys torridus
  • Ophiodermella
    • Ophiodermella inermis
  • Opisthonema
  • Oreamnos
    • Oreamnos americanus
  • Oreortyx
    • Oreortyx picta
  • Orthemis
    • Orthemis ferruginea
  • Orthodon
  • Osbornodon
  • Osteodontornis – type locality for genus
    • Osteodontornis orri – type locality for species
  • Ostrea
    • Ostrea conchaphila
    • Ostrea lurida
  • Otodus
    • Otodus megalodon
  • Otus
    • Otus asio
  • Ovibos
    • Ovibos moschatus
  • Ovis
    • Ovis canadensis
  • Oxyrhina
  • Oxyura
    • Oxyura jamaicensis
  • Ozymandias – type locality for genus
  • Pacifichelys
  • Palaeolagus
  • {{multiple image

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| alt1 =
| image2 = Lion (Panthera leo) (30941994012).jpg
| alt2 =
| image3 = Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) male Three Brothers River (cropped).JPG
| alt3 =
| footer = Left: Restoration of the Miocene aquatic mammal Paleoparadoxia. Middle: A living Panthera leo, or lion. Right: A living Panthera onca, or jaguar.

}} †Paleoparadoxia

  • Paleoparadoxia tabatai
  • Pandora
  • Panopea
    • Panopea abrupta
  • Panthera
    • Panthera leo
    • Panthera onca – or unidentified comparable form
  • Parabalaenoptera – type locality for genus
    • Parabalaenoptera baulinensis – type locality for species
  • Paracynarctus
  • Parahippus
  • Paralichthys – type locality for genus
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = San Diego Paramylodon.jpg
| alt1 =
| image2 = Parietobalaena yamaokai life restoration.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon. Right: Life restoration of the Miocene baleen whale Parietobalaena and calf.

}} †Paramylodon

  • Paramylodon harlani
  • Paramys
  • Parapontoporia
    • Parapontoporia sternbergi – type locality for species
  • Parastylotermes
    • Parastylotermes calico – type locality for species
    • Parastylotermes frazieri – type locality for species
  • Paratomarctus
  • Parietobalaena
  • Paronychomys
  • Parribacus
  • Patelloida
  • Pecten
  • Pedalion
  • Pediomeryx
  • Pelagiarctos – type locality for genus
    • Pelagiarctos thomasi – type locality for species
  • Pelagornis
  • Pelecanus
    • Pelecanus erythrorhynchus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Pelecanus occidentalis
  • Peltosaurus
  • Peraceras
  • Perognathus
  • Peromyscus
    • Peromyscus truei – or unidentified comparable form
  • Perse
  • Persea
  • Persististrombus
  • Petricola
  • Phalacrocorax
    • Phalacrocorax auritus
    • Phalacrocorax pelagicus
    • Phalacrocorax penicillatus
  • Phalaropus
    • Phalaropus fulicaria
    • Phalaropus lobatus
  • Phanaeus
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = Phlaocyon leucosteus.jpeg
| alt1 =
| image2 = Phlaocyon mandible.png
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Illustration of a fossilized cranium of the Oligocene-Miocene bone-crushing dog Phlaocyon. Right: Illustration of a fossilized mandible of the Oligocene-Miocene bone-crushing dog Phlaocyon.

}} †Phlaocyon

  • Phloeodes
    • Phloeodes diabolicus
    • Phloeodes plicatus
  • Phoberogale
  • Phoca
    • Phoca vitulina – or unidentified comparable form
  • Phocoena – or unidentified comparable form
  • Phoebastria
    • Phoebastria albatrus – type locality for species
  • Phoenicopterus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pholadidea
  • Pholadomya
  • Pholas
  • Phos
  • Photinia
  • Phrynosoma
  • Phyllonotus
  • Physa
  • Picea
  • Pinna
  • Pinus
    • Pinus muricata
    • Pinus radiata
  • Piranga
    • Piranga ludoviciana
  • Pitar
  • Pituophis
    • Pituophis melanoleucus
  • Pitymys
  • Platanus
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = Platygonus leptorhinus.jpg
| alt1 =
| image2 = Plesiadapis NT.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Life restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922). Right: Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene primate Plesiadapis.

}} †Platygonus

  • Platynus
  • Plegadis
    • Plegadis chihi
  • Pleiolama
  • Plesiadapis
  • Plesiogulo
  • Pleurofusia
  • Pleuroncodes
  • Pleuronichthys
  • Pliauchenia
  • Pliocyon
  • Pliohippus
  • Pliometanastes
  • Plionarctos
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = Pliopedia pacifica.jpg
| alt1 =
| image2 = Plithocyon armagnacensis.JPG
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Miocene walrus Pliopedia. Right: Fossilized partial skull of the Miocene dog-like bear relative Plithocyon.

}} †Pliopedia – type locality for genus

  • Pliopedia pacifica – type locality for species
  • Plithocyon
  • Pluvialis
    • Pluvialis squatarola
  • Poabromylus – tentative report
  • Pocillopora
  • Podiceps
    • Podiceps auritus
  • Podilymbus
    • Podilymbus podiceps
  • Pododesmus
    • Pododesmus macrochisma
  • Poebrodon
    • Poebrodon californicus – type locality for species
  • Pogonodon
  • Polinices
    • Polinices lewisii
  • Polydora
  • Polymesoda
  • Polystira
  • Pongamia
  • Pontolis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Pontolis magnus
  • Populus
  • Porichthys
    • Porichthys notatus
  • Porites
  • Portunites
  • Potamides
  • Praemancalla – type locality for genus
  • Priene
  • Prionace
    • Prionace glauca
  • Pristichampsus
  • Pristiophorus
  • Procamelus
  • Procynodictis
  • Procyon
    • Procyon lotor
  • Promartes
  • Protanthias – type locality for genus
  • Protepicyon
  • {{multiple image

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| alt1 =
| image2 = Protylopus petersoni skull.jpg
| alt2 =
| image3 = Psephophorus NT small.jpg
| alt3 =
| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Eocene brontothere mammal Protitanops. Middle: Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Eocene camel Protylopus. Right: Hypothetical restoration of the Oligocene-Pliocene sea turtle Psephophorus.

}} †Protitanops

  • Protohepialus – type locality for genus
    • Protohepialus comstocki – type locality for species
  • Protolabis
  • Protomarctus
  • Protostrix
  • Protothaca
  • Protylopus
  • Prunus
  • Psephophorus
  • Pseudaelurus
  • Pseudochama
  • Pseudoliva
  • Pseudomelatoma
    • Pseudomelatoma penicillata
  • Pseudoseriola – type locality for genus
  • Pseudotsuga
  • Pteria
  • Pteroplatea
  • Pteropurpura
    • Pteropurpura festiva
  • Pterostichus
  • Pterynotus
  • Ptilodus
  • Ptinus
  • Ptychoramphus
    • Ptychoramphus aleuticus
  • Puffinus
    • Puffinus griseus
    • Puffinus opisthomelas
    • Puffinus tenuirostris
  • Puma
    • Puma concolor – type locality for species
  • Puncturella
    • Puncturella galeata
  • Purpura
  • Pusula
  • Pycnodonte
  • Pyramidella
    • Pyramidella adamsi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pyrene
  • Quercus
  • Raja
  • Rallus
    • Rallus limicola
  • Ramoceros
  • Raja
  • Rallus
    • Rallus limicola
  • Ramoceros
  • Rana
  • Rapana
  • Recurvirostra
  • Reithrodontomys
  • Repomys
  • Reticulitermes
  • Reticutriton
  • Retusa
  • Rhabdammina
  • Rhamnidium
  • Rhamnus
  • Rhus
  • Rhynchotherium
  • Rhythmias
  • Rimella
  • Rissa
    • Rissa tridactyla
  • Rissoina
  • Robinia
  • Rotularia
  • Sabal
  • Salix
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = Saniwa ensidens.jpg
| alt1 =
| image2 = Scaldicetus grandis.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene monitor lizard Saniwa. Right: Fossilized teeth of the Neogene sperm whale Scaldicetus.

}} †Saniwa

  • Saniwa ensidens – type locality for species
  • Sapindus
  • Sarda
  • Sassia
  • Saxidomus
    • Saxidomus gigantea
    • Saxidomus nuttalli
  • Scaldicetus
  • Scapanus
    • Scapanus latimanus
  • Scaphander
  • Scapharca
  • Scaphinotus
    • Scaphinotus interruptus
  • Scaphohippus
  • Sceloporus
    • Sceloporus occidentalis
  • Schistomerus – type locality for genus
    • Schistomerus californense – type locality for species
  • Schizaster
  • Sciurus
  • Scomber
  • Scomberesox
  • Scopelogadus
  • Scutella
  • Scyliorhinus
  • Scymnorhinus
  • Sebastodes
  • Seila
  • Semele – tentative report
  • Semele
  • Semicassis
  • Semicossyphus
  • {{multiple image

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| alt1 =
| image2 = General Grant Tree in Kings Canyon National Park.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Fossilized skull of the Pliocene porpoise Semirostrum. Right: A living Sequoiadendron.

}} †Semirostrum – type locality for genus

  • Semirostrum ceruttii – type locality for species
  • Sequoiadendron
  • Serbelodon
  • Serica
  • Seriola
  • Seriphus
    • Seriphus politus
  • Serpula
  • Serpulorbis
  • Sespia
  • Siderastrea
  • Sigmodon
  • Sigmoilina – tentative report
  • Siliqua
    • Siliqua patula – or unidentified related form
  • Sinum
  • Siphonalia
  • Skenea
    • Skenea californica
  • Smilax
  • Smilodon
    • Smilodon fatalis
    • Smilodon gracilis
  • Smilodonichthys
  • Solariella
    • Solariella peramabilis
  • Solemya
  • Solen
  • Solenosteira
  • Sorex
  • Spermophilus
    • Spermophilus beecheyi
    • Spermophilus lateralis
  • Sphyrna
  • Spilogale
    • Spilogale putorius
  • Spirotropis
  • Spisula
  • Spondylus
  • Squalus
  • Squatina
    • Squatina californica – or unidentified comparable form
  • Squilla
  • {{multiple image

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| alt1 =
| image2 = Stenomylus.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon. Right: Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Stenomylus.

}} †Stegomastodon

  • Stegomastodon mirificus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Stenella
  • Stenomylus
    • Stenomylus hitchcocki – or unidentified comparable form
  • Stenoplax
    • Stenoplax conspicua
  • Stercorarius
  • Sterna
  • Sternbergia – type locality for genus
  • Sthenictis
  • Stictocarbo
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = Fossil ruminant.jpg
| alt1 =
| image2 = Stylemys (1).jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the fossil pronghorn Stockoceros. Right: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene tortoise Stylemys.

}} †Stockoceros – or unidentified comparable form

  • Stomias
  • Stramonita
    • Stramonita biserialis
    • Stramonita canaliculata
  • Striatolamia
  • Strioterebrum
  • Strombiformis
  • Strombus
    • Strombus galeatus
    • Strombus gracilior
  • Strongylocentrotus
  • Strongylodon
  • Sturnella
  • Stylemys
  • Subcancilla
    • Subcancilla sulcata
  • Subhyracodon
  • Succinea
  • Sula
  • Syllomus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sylvilagus
    • Sylvilagus audubonii
    • Sylvilagus bachmani
    • Sylvilagus floridanus
  • Syngnathus
  • Synthliboramphus
    • Synthliboramphus antiquus
    • Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
  • Tabernaemontana
  • Tadorna
    • Tadorna tadorna
  • Tagelus
    • Tagelus californianus
    • Tagelus subteres
  • Tamias
  • Tamiasciurus
    • Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
  • Tanymykter
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris).JPG
| alt1 =
| image2 = Tapocyon robustus.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: A living Tapirus, or tapir. Right: Life restoration of the Eocene carnivoran relative Tapocyon.

}} Tapirus

  • Tapirus californicus
  • Tapirus merriami – type locality for species
  • Tapocyon
  • Taranis
  • Taricha
  • Taxidea
    • Taxidea taxus
  • Tayassu
  • Tegula
    • Tegula aureotincta
    • Tegula eiseni
    • Tegula ligulata
  • {{multiple image

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| image1 = Teleoceras Horsfall.jpg
| alt1 =
| image2 = Teratornis BW.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras. Right: Life restoration of the Pleistocene bird of prey Teratornis.

}} †Teleoceras

  • Tellina
  • Temnocyon
  • Tenagodus
  • Teratornis
    • Teratornis merriami
  • Terebellum
  • Terebra
    • Terebra pedroana
    • Terebra protexta
  • Terebratula
  • Teredo
  • Terminalia
  • Tessarolax – tentative report
  • Testudo
  • Tetraclaenodon
  • Tetrameryx
  • Thais
  • Thalassoleon
    • Thalassoleon macnallyae – type locality for species
    • Thalassoleon mexicanus
  • Thamnasteria
  • Thamnophis
  • Thomomys
    • Thomomys bottae
    • Thomomys monticola
  • Thracia
  • Thunnus – type locality for genus
  • Thyasira
  • Thyrsites
  • Ticholeptus
  • Timoclea
  • Titanotylopus
  • Tivela
    • Tivela stultorum
  • Tomarctus
    • Tomarctus brevirostris
    • Tomarctus hippophaga
  • Totanus
  • Toxicodendron
  • Toxopneustes
    • Toxopneustes roseus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Toxostoma
    • Toxostoma redivivum
  • Trachycardium
  • Tremarctos
    • Tremarctos floridanus
  • Tresus
    • Tresus capax
    • Tresus nuttallii
  • Triakis – tentative report
  • Trichotropis
  • Tricolia
    • Tricolia pulloides
    • Trigonictis macrodon
  • Trionyx
  • Triphora
  • Triplofusus
    • Triplofusus princeps
  • Trochita
  • Trogosus
  • Trophon
  • Tucetona
    • Tucetona multicostata
  • Tunita – type locality for genus
  • Turbonilla
    • Turbonilla aepynota
    • Turbonilla almo
    • Turbonilla asser
    • Turbonilla canfieldi
    • Turbonilla carpenteri
    • Turbonilla laminata
    • Turbonilla pentalopha
    • Turbonilla raymondi
    • Turbonilla regina
    • Turbonilla stylina
    • Turbonilla tenuicula
    • Turbonilla torquata
    • Turbonilla tridentata
    • Turbonilla weldi
  • Turcica
    • Turcica caffea
  • Turdus
  • Turio
  • Turricula
  • Turris
  • Turritella
  • Turritriton
    • Turritriton gibbosus
  • {{multiple image

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| alt1 =
| image2 = Uinttather DB.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: A living Tursiops, or bottlenose dolphin. Right: Life restoration of the Eocene mammal Uintatherium.

}} Tursiops – or unidentified comparable form

  • Typha
  • Typhis
  • Tyto
    • Tyto alba
  • Uca
  • Uintatherium
  • Ulmus
  • Umbellularia
  • Uria
    • Uria aalge
  • Urobatis
    • Urobatis halleri
  • Urocitellus
    • Urocitellus beldingi
  • Urocyon
    • Urocyon cinereoargenteus
  • Urolophus
    • Urolophus halleri – tentative report
  • Ursus
    • Ursus americanus
  • Ustatochoerus
  • Uta
    • Uta stansburiana
  • Valenictus – type locality for genus
    • Valenictus chulavistensis – type locality for species
    • Valenictus imperialensis – type locality for species
  • Vanderhoofius
  • Vasum
  • Vauquelinia
  • Velates
  • Velutina
    • Velutina velutina
  • Venericardia
  • Venus
  • Vermicularia
  • Veromessor
  • Viburnum
  • Vireo
  • Vitrinella – tentative report
  • Volsella
  • Voluta
  • Volutopsius
  • Vouapa
  • Vulpes
    • Vulpes cascadensis
    • Vulpes velox
  • Williamia
  • Wodnika
  • Xenophora
  • Xyne – type locality for genus
  • Yoldia
    • Yoldia cooperii
  • Yumaceras – tentative report
  • Zachrysia
  • Zalophus
    • Zalophus californianus
  • {{multiple image

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| alt1 =
| image2 = Mammut borsoni from Milia.jpg
| alt2 =
| footer = Left: Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites. Right: Known material diagram depicting the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon with a human to scale.

}} †Zamites

  • Zaphleges
    • Zaphleges longurio
  • Zapteryx
  • Zarhinocetus
    • Zarhinocetus errabundus – type locality for species
  • Zelkova
  • Zenaida
    • Zenaida macroura
  • Zonotrichia
    • Zonotrichia leucophrys
  • Zygolophodon

References

  • {{cite web |title=Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database |author=Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database |url=http://fossilworks.org/ |accessdate=7 August 2017}}
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