Mesozoic
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Main article: List of the Mesozoic life of North Carolina |
Selected Mesozoic taxa of North Carolina
- Acesta
- Acirsa
- †Adocus
Illustration of the reconstructed skeleton of the Late Triassic Aetosaurus. Othniel Charles Marsh (1895). - †Ampullina – tentative report
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Apatopus
- †Arca
- Architectonica
- †Arganodus
- Astarte – tentative report
- †Asteracanthus
- †Atreipus
- †Baena – tentative report
- †Baikuris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Barbatia
Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella - †Borealosuchus
- †Boreogomphodon
- Botula
- †Brachymeris
- †Brachyphyllum
- Caestocorbula
- Candona
- Carcharias – tentative report
Known material diagram illustrating a reconstructed skull and body of the Late Triassic distant crocodilian relative Carnufex - †Carnufex carolinensis – type locality for species
- Cerithiella
- †Cimolomys
- Cladophlebis
- Cliona
- †Coahomasuchus
- †Colognathus
- Corbula
- †Crenella
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - †Crosbysaurus
- Cucullaea
- Cylichna
- †Cylindracanthus
- †Cymella
- Cyzicus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus - Dictyocephalus – type locality for genus
- †Diplurus
- †Dreissena – tentative report
- †Dromicosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Dromicosuchus grallator – type locality for species
- †Egertonia
- †Enchodus
- †Enchodus petrosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Equisetum
- †Estheria
Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail - †Eutrephoceras
- †Exogyra
- Gegania
- Glycymeris
- †Gorgetosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Gorgosaurus
- †Hadrosaurus
- †Hadrosaurus minor – tentative report
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - †Hamulus
- †Hybodus
- †Hypophylloceras
- †Hypsibema – type locality for genus
- †Hypsibema crassicauda – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Ischyodus
- †Ischyodus bifurcatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
- Isurus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus - †Lepidodendron
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Lingula
- †Linthia
- Lopha
- †Lucasuchus
- †Lucina
- †Lytoceras
- Martesia – tentative report
- †Mecistotrachelos
- Melanatria – tentative report
- †Morea
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus - †Neocalamites
- Nerita
- Nucula
- Odontaspis
- †Ornithomimus – tentative report
- Ostrea
- †Pagiophyllum
- †Pannaulika
- Panopea
- †Paralbula
- †Paranomia
- †Pekinosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Pekinosaurus olseni – type locality for species
- Pholadidea – tentative report
- Pholadomya
- Phyllodus
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras – tentative report
Restoration of the Late Triassic synapsid (mammal precursor) Placerias with an anachronistic human to scale - †Platecarpus
- †Plinthogomphodon – type locality for genus
- †Plinthogomphodon herpetairus – type locality for species
- Polinices
- †Postosuchus
- †Postosuchus alisonae – type locality for species
- †Prognathodon
- †Protocardia
- †Pteria – tentative report
- †Pterophyllum
- †Pterotrigonia
- Pycnodonte
- †Revueltosaurus
- †Rhombodus
Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon - †Rutiodon carolinensis – type locality for species
- †Saurodon
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scoyenia – tentative report
- †Semionotus
- Serpula
- †Sphenodiscus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - Squatina
- †Stegomus
- †Stephanodus
- †Tanytrachelos – type locality for genus
- †Tanytrachelos ahynis – type locality for species
- Trachycardium
- Trichotropis
- †Trigonia – tentative report
- Trionyx
- Turritella
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus - †Uatchitodon
- †Uatchitodon schneideri – type locality for species
- †Williamsonia
- †Xiphactinus
- †Zamites
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