List of the Cenozoic life of Arkansas

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

A

• †Abdounia
  • †Abdounia enniskilleni
• †Acrometa
• Acteon
  • †Acteon idoneus
• Agaronia
  • †Agaronia media
• Antalis
  • †Antalis vincense

• 

  A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail

  Architectonica
  • †Architectonica bellistriata
• Arius – or unidentified comparable form
• Astrangia
  • †Astrangia harrisi – type locality for species
• Athleta
  • †Athleta symmetricus

B

• Barbatia
  • †Barbatia corvamnis

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus

  †Basilosaurus
  • †Basilosaurus cetoides
• Bathytormus
  • †Bathytormus clarkensis
  • †Bathytormus flexurus
• Blarina
  • †Blarina brevicauda
• †Bootherium
  • †Bootherium bombifrons
• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes hamatoides
• †Brachyprotoma
  • †Brachyprotoma obtusata
• Bullia
  • †Bullia altilis

C

• Caestocorbula
  • †Caestocorbula wailesiana
• †Calorhadia
  • †Calorhadia reginajacksonis
• †Calyptraphorus
  • †Calyptraphorus stamineus
• Canis

  • 

    Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized skull of the Pleistocene Canis armbrusteri, or Armbruster's wolf

    †Canis armbrusteri
  • †Canis latrans
• Carcharhinus
  • †Carcharhinus gibbesi
• Carcharias
  • †Carcharias hopei
• †Caricella
  • †Caricella subangulata
• Caryocorbula
  • †Caryocorbula densata
  • †Caryocorbula willistoni
• Castor
  • †Castor canadensis
• Cervus
• Chlamys
  • †Chlamys corvina
• Clavilithes
  • †Clavilithes humerosus
• Coluber
  • †Coluber constrictor – or unidentified comparable form
• Conomitra
  • †Conomitra hammakeri
  • †Conomitra jacksonensis
• Conopeum
  • †Conopeum damicornis
• Conus
  • †Conus sauridens

• 

  Shell of a Corbula basket clam

  Corbula
  • †Corbula subcompressa
• †Cornulina
  • †Cornulina dalli
• †Coronia
  • †Coronia childreni
• Crassostrea
  • †Crassostrea alabamensis
• Crotalus
• Cytherea – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature

D

• 

  A living Dasyatis stingray

  Dasyatis
• Dentalium
• †Diaphyodus
  • †Diaphyodus wilsoni
• †Diplobunops – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Diplobunops matthewi
• Diplodonta
  • †Diplodonta bulla

E

• †Eocenidris – type locality for genus
  • †Eocenidris crassa – type locality for species
• †Eopleurotoma – tentative report
  • †Eopleurotoma albirupsis
• Epitonium
• Eptesicus
  • †Eptesicus fuscus
• Equus

  • 

    Restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene horse Equus scotti, or Scott's horse

    †Equus scotti – tentative report
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon dorsatum
• Eurytellina
  • †Eurytellina linifera
  • †Eurytellina spillmani

F

• Fusimitra
  • †Fusimitra millingtoni

G

• 

  A living Galeocerdo requiem shark

  Galeocerdo
  • †Galeocerdo latidens
• Galeodea
  • †Galeodea petersoni
• Galeorhinus
• Geomys
  • †Geomys bursarius
• Ginglymostoma
  • †Ginglymostoma serra

H

• 

  A living Hemipristis weasel shark

  Hemipristis
  • †Hemipristis curvatus
• Hemisinus
  • †Hemisinus jacksonius
• †Hercoglossa
  • †Hercoglossa ulrichi
• Hexaplex
  • †Hexaplex marksi
• †Hilgardia
  • †Hilgardia multilineata

I

• 

  A living Iridomyrmex, or rainbow ant

  †Iridomyrmex
  • †Iridomyrmex mapesi – type locality for species

K

• †Kapalmerella
  • †Kapalmerella arenicola
  • †Kapalmerella mortoni

L

• †Lacunaria
• Latirus
  • †Latirus humilior

• 

  Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar

  Lepisosteus
• Lepus
  • †Lepus alleni
  • †Lepus americanus – tentative report
• †Levifusus
  • †Levifusus branneri
• †Linthia
  • †Linthia alabamensis
• †Lirodiscus
  • †Lirodiscus jacksonensis
• †Litorhadia – tentative report
  • †Litorhadia albirupina
• Lynx

  • 

    A living Lynx rufus, or bobcat

    †Lynx rufus

M

• †Mammuthus

  • 

    Mounted fossilized skeleton of a Mammuthus columbi or Columbian mammoth

    †Mammuthus columbi
• Marmota
  • †Marmota monax
• †Mazzalina
  • †Mazzalina inaurata
• Mephitis
  • †Mephitis mephitis
• Mesalia
  • †Mesalia alabamiensis
  • †Mesalia pumila
  • †Mesalia vetusta
• Microtus
  • †Microtus llanensis
  • †Microtus paroperarius

• 

  Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah

  †Miracinonyx
  • †Miracinonyx studeri
• Mustela
  • †Mustela richardsonii
• Myliobatis

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus

  †Mylohyus
  • †Mylohyus fossilis
• Myotis
  • †Myotis leibi
• Myrtea
  • †Myrtea curta
• Mytilus
  • †Mytilus hamatoides

N

• Nassarius
  • †Nassarius albirupina
  • †Nassarius hilli

• 

  A living Neotoma, or pack rat

  Neotoma
  • †Neotoma ozarkensis
• Neogale
  • †Neogale frenata
  • †Neogale vison
• Nucula
  • †Nucula magnifica

O

• Odocoileus

  • 

    A living Odocoileus virginianus, or white-tailed deer

    †Odocoileus virginianus
• Ondatra
  • †Ondatra annectens
• Orthoyoldia
  • †Orthoyoldia psammotaea
  • †Orthoyoldia rubamnis
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea crenulimarginata
  • †Ostrea pulaskensis
• †Otiorhynchites
  • †Otiorhynchites wilcoxianus – type locality for species

P

• †Pachecoa
  • †Pachecoa corvamnis
• Panthera

  • 

    A living Panthera onca, or jaguar

    †Panthera onca
• †Pantolestes – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pantolestes natans
• †Papillina
  • †Papillina dumosa
• Pekania
  • †Pekania diluviana
• Periploma
  • †Periploma collardi
• Peromyscus
• Pitar
  • †Pitar securiformis
  • †Pitar trigoniata
• Pituophis
• Pitymys
  • †Pitymys cumberlandensis
• Pleuromeris
  • †Pleuromeris parva
• Polinices
  • †Polinices eminulus
  • †Polinices weisbordi
• †Priscoficus

• 

  A living Pristis sawfish

  Pristis
• Procyon
  • †Procyon lotor
• Propeamussium
  • †Propeamussium alabamense
• †Propristis
  • †Propristis schweinfurthi
• †Protocardia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Protrechina – type locality for genus
  • †Protrechina carpenteri – type locality for species
• Pseudoliva
  • †Pseudoliva vetusta
• †Pterosphenus
  • †Pterosphenus schucherti

R

• 

  A living Reithrodontomys, or groove-toothed New World harvest mouse

  Reithrodontomys
• Retusa
  • †Retusa jacksonensis
• †Ringicardium
  • †Ringicardium harrisi

S

• Scalopus
  • †Scalopus aquaticus
• †Sinistrella
  • †Sinistrella americana

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon

  †Smilodon
  • †Smilodon fatalis
• Sorex
  • †Sorex cinereus
  • †Sorex fumeus
  • †Sorex minutus
  • †Sorex monticolus
• Spermophilus
  • †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus – tentative report

• 

  A living Sphyraena, or barracuda

  Sphyraena
• Spilogale
  • †Spilogale putorius – tentative report
• Spisula
  • †Spisula albirupina
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus floridanus – tentative report

T

• Tamiasciurus

  • 

    A living Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, or American red squirrel

    †Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
• Terebra
  • †Terebra jacksonensis
• Teredo
• Trichiurus
• †Tritonatractus
  • †Tritonatractus pearlensis
• Turritella
  • †Turritella clevelandia

U

• Urocyon
  • †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Ursus

  • 

    A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear

    †Ursus americanus

V

• Venericardia
  • †Venericardia diversidentata
  • †Venericardia klimacodes
  • †Venericardia planicosta
  • †Venericardia praecisa
• Vulpes

Y

• Yoldia
  • †Yoldia mater

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved December 17, 2021.