List of the prehistoric life of Missouri
This list of the prehistoric life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Missouri
- †Achatella
- †Achistrum
- †Acutimitoceras – tentative report
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris - †Amphiscapha
- † Ananias
- †Annularia
- †Anomphalus
- †Anthracoceras
Restoration of the Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Aphetoceras being preyed upon by a Cameroceras - †Aphlebia
- †Archeognathus – type locality for genus
- †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Athyris
- †Aulochiton – type locality for genus
- †Aviculopecten
- †Avonia
- †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon graphicus
- †Bellerophon jeffersonensis – type locality for species
- †Bembexia
- †Beyrichoceras
- †Bisatoceras
- †Bolbocephalus
- †Bumastus
Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites - †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Campbelloceras
- †Cardiocarpus
- †Cavusgnathus
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus - †Chelodes
- †Chonetes
- †Clarkoceras
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cliftonia
- †Coenocystis
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita - †Conocardium
- †Coolinia
- †Cordaicarpus
- †Cordaites
- †Cornuella – type locality for genus
- †Cornulites
- †Crania
- †Crepipora
- †Crepipora globulifera – type locality for species
- †Curtognathus
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cyrtoceras
- †Cyrtolites
- †Dalmanites
- †Deckera
- † Della
- †Dicoelosia
Illustration of the jaws of Dinichthys - †Domatoceras
- †Dorycordaites
- †Earlandia
- †Echinosphaerites
- †Edmondia
- †Ellesmeroceras
- Eocaudina
- †Eospirifer
- †Euomphalus
Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Fadenia - †Favosites
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gervillia
- †Glossina
- †Gnathodus
- †Gondolella
- †Halysites
- †Helcionopsis
- †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
- †Hindia
- †Holia – type locality for genus
- †Holopea
- †Hyolithes
- †Hypseloconus
- †Idiognathodus
- †Irvingella
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. - †Jeffersonia
- †Kendallina
- †Kirengella
- †Kirkella – type locality for genus
- †Lepidophyllum
- †Lingula
- †Liroceras
- †Matthevia
- †Maximites
- †Meristella
- †Meristina
- †Metacoceras
- †Murchisonia – tentative report
Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis - †Naticopsis judithae – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis marthaae – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis scintilla – type locality for species
- †Naticopsis wortheniana – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer
- †Neuropteris
- Nucula
- †Oncagnostus
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian cartilaginous fish Orodus - †Orthoceras
- †Orygmaspis
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Palaeoniscus
- †Paradycheia – type locality for genus
- †Pecopteris
- †Phillipsia – tentative report
- †Phragmolites
- †Pinnularia
- †Platyceras
- †Pleurocystites
- †Plicochonetes
- †Polygnathus
- †Prioniodus
- †Proetus
- †Pseudopolygnathus
- †Pteridosperm
- †Pterotheca
Life restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Ptyctodus - †Quadratia
- †Receptaculites
- †Remopleurides
- †Robustum – type locality for genus
- †Robustum nodum – type locality for species
- †Rota
- †Shelbyoceras – type locality for genus
- †Sigillaria
- †Skenidioides
- Solemya
- †Spathognathodus
- †Sphaerocoryphe
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer - Spirorbis
- †Spyroceras
- †Strepsodiscus
- †Streptognathodus
- †Streptognathodus clarki – type locality for species
- †Strophomena
- †Subulites
- †Tarphyceras
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus - †Tryblidium
- †Vellamo
- †Whiteavesia
- †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
Mesozoic
- †Acteon
Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus - †Aenona
- †Albertosaurus
- †Ambigostrea
- Amuletum
- †Anatimya
- †Anchura
- †Anomia
- †Aphrodina
- Arrhoges
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites - †Bellifusus
- †Belliscala
- †Bullopsis
- Caestocorbula
- †Camptonectes
- †Caveola
- Cerithiella
- †Clavipholas
- Cliona
- †Clisocolus
Shell of a Corbula basket clam - Crassatella
- †Crenella
- Cucullaea
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymella
- †Cyprimeria
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites - †Drilluta
- †Eoacteon
- †Eoharpa
- †Eubaculites
- †Eufistulana
- †Eufistulina
- †Euspira
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - †Fulgerca
- Fusinus
- †Fusinus macnairyensis – or unidentified related form
- Glycymeris
- †Goniochasma – tentative report
- †Granocardium
- †Gryphaeostrea
- Gyrodes
- †Hamulus
- †Helicaulax
- Juliacorbula
- †Legumen
- †Leptosolen
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Liopeplum
- †Liopistha
- †Liothyris
- †Lowenstamia
- †Lycettia
- Malletia
- †Micrabacia
- †Morea
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus - †Naomichelys
- †Napulus
- †Nemocardium
- †Nemodon
- Nucula
- Nuculana
- †Opertochasma
- †Paladmete
- Panopea
- †Parmicorbula
- †Parrosaurus – type locality for genus
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya - †Pinna
- †Pleuriocardia
- †Praeleda
- †Protocardia
- Pseudomalaxis
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pyropsis
- †Scambula
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites - Serpula
- Striarca
- †Syncyclonema
- Tellina
- †Tellinimera
- †Tenea
- †Tenuipteria
- Trachycardium
- †Trobus
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella - †Unicardium
- †Urceolabrum
- †Veniella
- †Volutomorpha
- †Weeksia
Cenozoic
- Alligator
- †Arctodus
- Bison
- †Bootherium
- Bufo
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops - Canis
- Cnemidophorus
- Crotalus
- Dasypus
- Elaphe
- Equus
- Geomys
- Lepus
- †Mammut
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- Marmota
- †Megalonyx
- †Megalonyx jeffersonii – or unidentified comparable form
- Microtus
- †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- †Microtus pennsylvanicus
- †Mylohyus
- Neotoma
- Nerodia
- Ochrotomys
- †Ochrotomys nuttalli – or unidentified comparable form
- Odocoileus
- Panthera
A living Panthera onca, or jaguar
- †Platygonus
- Procyon
- Puma
- †Puma concolor – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rana
- Sceloporus
- Sciurus
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - Spermophilus
- Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- †Tanupolama
- †Tanupolama parvus – type locality for species
A living Tapirus, or tapir - Urocyon
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.