List of the Mesozoic life of Tennessee

This list of the Mesozoic life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

• †Aciculiscala
  • †Aciculiscala acuta
• Acirsa
  • †Acirsa americana – type locality for species
  • †Acirsa cerithiformis
  • †Acirsa corrugata
  • †Acirsa cretacea
  • †Acirsa microstriata
  • †Acirsa wadei
• Acmaea
  • †Acmaea galea

• 

  †Acteon
  • †Acteon conicus – type locality for species
  • †Acteon ellipticus – type locality for species
  • †Acteon modicellus
  • †Acteon pistilliformis
  • †Acteon substriatus – type locality for species
• †Acteonina
  • †Acteonina orientalis – type locality for species
  • †Acteonina parva – type locality for species
• †Acutostrea
  • †Acutostrea plumosa
• †Aenona
  • †Aenona eufalensis
• Alderina
  • †Alderina nelsoni – type locality for species
• †Amaurellina
  • †Amaurellina stephensoni
• Amauropsis
  • †Amauropsis lirata – type locality for species
• †Ambigostrea
  • †Ambigostrea tecticosta
• Ammatophora
  • †Ammatophora cretacea – type locality for species
• Amphiblestrum
  • †Amphiblestrum denticulatum – type locality for species

• 

  †Ampullina
  • †Ampullina lirata
  • †Ampullina potens – type locality for species
  • †Ampullina umbilica
• Amuletum
  • †Amuletum fasciolatum
  • †Amuletum macnairyensis
• †Anatimya
  • †Anatimya lata
• †Anchura
  • †Anchura calcaris – type locality for species
  • †Anchura convexa – type locality for species
  • †Anchura noakensis – tentative report
  • †Anchura pergracilis
  • †Anchura quadrilirata – type locality for species
  • †Anchura substriata – type locality for species
• †Ancilla
  • †Ancilla acutula
• †Anomalofusus
  • †Anomalofusus substriatus

• 

  †Anomia
  • †Anomia argentaria
  • †Anomia perlineata – type locality for species
  • †Anomia tellinoides
• †Anomoeodus
• Anteglosia
  • †Anteglosia subornata
  • †Anteglosia tennesseensis
• †Aphrodina
  • †Aphrodina tippana
• †Arca
  • †Arca mcnairyensis – type locality for species
  • †Arca pergracilis – type locality for species
  • †Arca securiculata – type locality for species
• Arctica
  • †Arctica incerta – type locality for species
• †Aspidolithus
  • †Aspidolithus parcus
• †Astandes
  • †Astandes densatus

• 

  †Avitelmessus
  • †Avitelmessus grapsoideus

• 

  †Baculites
  • †Baculites grandis
  • †Baculites ovatus
• Barbatia
  • †Barbatia cochlearis – type locality for species
  • †Barbatia fractura – type locality for species
  • †Barbatia saffordi
• †Bellifusus
  • †Bellifusus angulicostatus
  • †Bellifusus curvicostatus
  • †Bellifusus spinosus
• †Belliscala – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Belliscala rockensis
• Berenicea
• †Beretra
  • †Beretra gracilis
  • †Beretra ripleyana
  • †Beretra speciosa
• †Bizarrus
  • †Bizarrus abnormalis – type locality for species
• †Boltenella
  • †Boltenella excellens
• Brachidontes
• †Buccinopsis
  • †Buccinopsis crassa
  • †Buccinopsis crassicostata
  • †Buccinopsis solida

• Cadulus
  • †Cadulus obnutus
• Caestocorbula
  • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
• Callianassa
  • †Callianassa mortoni
• †Calliomphalus
  • †Calliomphalus americanus – type locality for species
  • †Calliomphalus angustus
  • †Calliomphalus argenteus – type locality for species
  • †Calliomphalus argenteus spinosus
  • †Calliomphalus conanti
  • †Calliomphalus decoris
• Callopora
  • †Callopora anatina – type locality for species
  • †Callopora sulcata – type locality for species
  • †Callopora torquata – type locality for species

• 

  Cancellaria
  • †Cancellaria acuta – type locality for species
  • †Cancellaria macnairyensis
• †Caprinella
  • †Caprinella coraloidea
• Capulus
  • †Capulus corrugatus – type locality for species
  • †Capulus monroei
• Cardium [fr; nl; sv]
  • †Cardium kuemmeli
  • †Cardium stantoni – type locality for species
• †Caveola
  • †Caveola acuta
• Cerithiopsis
  • †Cerithiopsis meeki – type locality for species
  • †Cerithiopsis quadrilirata – type locality for species

• 

  Cerithium
  • †Cerithium nodoliratum – type locality for species
  • †Cerithium percostatum – type locality for species
  • †Cerithium semirugatum – type locality for species
  • †Cerithium weeksi – type locality for species
• Charonia
  • †Charonia univaricosum – type locality for species
• Chiton
  • †Chiton cretaceous
• †Cinulia
  • †Cinulia paraquensis – type locality for species
• Clavagella
  • †Clavagella armata

• 

  Cliona
• †Colombellina
  • †Colombellina americana – type locality for species
• Conopeum
  • †Conopeum ovatum – type locality for species
  • †Conopeum parviporum – type locality for species
  • †Conopeum prismaticum – type locality for species
  • †Conopeum wadei – type locality for species
• †Conorbis
  • †Conorbis mcnairyensis
• Corbula
  • †Corbula paracrassa – type locality for species
  • †Corbula suffalciata – type locality for species
  • †Corbula torta
  • †Corbula williardi – type locality for species
• †Crania – tentative report
  • †Crania americana – type locality for species
• Crassatella
  • †Crassatella linteus
  • †Crassatella vadosa
• †Crenella
  • †Crenella elegantula
  • †Crenella serica
• †Creonella
  • †Creonella secunda – type locality for species
  • †Creonella subangulata
  • †Creonella triplicata
• †Cryptoconus – tentative report
  • †Cryptoconus macnairyensis
• †Cryptorhytis
  • †Cryptorhytis nobilis – type locality for species
  • †Cryptorhytis torta – type locality for species

• 

  Cucullaea
  • †Cucullaea capax
  • †Cucullaea littlei
  • †Cucullaea vulgaris
• Cyclina
  • †Cyclina magna – type locality for species
  • †Cyclina parva
• Cylichna
  • †Cylichna incisa
  • †Cylichna intermissia
  • †Cylichna intermissia curta
  • †Cylichna pessumata
  • †Cylichna recta
• †Cylindrotruncatum
  • †Cylindrotruncatum demersum
• †Cymbophora
  • †Cymbophora gracilis
• †Cyprimeria
  • †Cyprimeria alta
  • †Cyprimeria depressa

• †Dakoticancer
  • †Dakoticancer overana

• 

  †Dentalium
  • †Dentalium inornatum – type locality for species
  • †Dentalium intercalatum – type locality for species
  • †Dentalium ripleyanum
• †Deussenia
  • †Deussenia bellalirata
  • †Deussenia microstriata
• †Dircella
  • †Dircella spillmani

• 

  †Discoscaphites
  • †Discoscaphites iris
• †Dolicholatirus
  • †Dolicholatirus torquatus
• †Dreissensia
  • †Dreissensia tippana
• †Drepanochilus
  • †Drepanochilus quadriliratus
• †Drilluta
  • †Drilluta communis
  • †Drilluta dimurorum – type locality for species
  • †Drilluta distans
  • †Drilluta major
• †Dysnoetopora – type locality for genus
  • †Dysnoetopora celleporoides – type locality for species

• †Ecphora
  • †Ecphora proquadricostata
• †Ellipsoscapha
  • †Ellipsoscapha cylindrica

• 

  †Enchodus
• †Endoptygma
  • †Endoptygma leprosa
• †Enoploclytia
  • †Enoploclytia sculpta – type locality for species
• †Eoacteon
  • †Eoacteon ellipticus
  • †Eoacteon linteus
  • †Eoacteon percultus
• †Eothoracosaurus
  • †Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis
• †Eriptycha – tentative report
  • †Eriptycha americana – type locality for species
• †Etea
  • †Etea carolinesis
• †Eucycloscala
  • †Eucycloscala tuberculata
• †Eulima
  • †Eulima clara – type locality for species
  • †Eulima impressa – type locality for species
  • †Eulima laevigata – type locality for species
  • †Eulima persimplica
• †Euspira
  • †Euspira halli
  • †Euspira rectilabrum
• Euthriofusus – tentative report
  • †Euthriofusus convexus
  • †Euthriofusus mesozoicus
• †Eutrephoceras
  • †Eutrephoceras dekayi
• †Exilia
  • †Exilia ripleyana – type locality for species

• 

  †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra cancellata
  • †Exogyra costata

• Falsifusus
  • †Falsifusus convexus – type locality for species
  • †Falsifusus mesozoicus

• 

  Fasciolaria – tentative report
  • †Fasciolaria ripleyana – type locality for species
• †Frurionella – type locality for genus
  • †Frurionella grandipora – type locality for species
  • †Frurionella parvipora – type locality for species
• †Fulgerca
  • †Fulgerca attenuata – type locality for species
• †Fusimilis
  • †Fusimilis proxima
  • †Fusimilis tippanus

• Gastrochaena
  • †Gastrochaena americana
• †Gegania
  • †Gegania parabella

• 

  Gemmula
  • †Gemmula cretacea
• Gephyrotes
  • †Gephyrotes lamellaria – type locality for species
• †Gervilliopsis
  • †Gervilliopsis ensiformis
• Glossus
  • †Glossus conradi

• 

  Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris lacertosa – type locality for species
  • †Glycymeris microsulci – type locality for species
  • †Glycymeris subcrenata – type locality for species
• †Goniocylichna – type locality for genus
  • †Goniocylichna bisculpturata – type locality for species
• †Graciliala
  • †Graciliala calcaris
  • †Graciliala decemlirata
• †Granocardium
  • †Granocardium dumosum
  • †Granocardium tenuistriatum
  • †Granocardium tippananum
• †Graphidula
  • †Graphidula cancellata
  • †Graphidula obscura
  • †Graphidula pergracilis
• †Gryphaeostrea
  • †Gryphaeostrea vomer
• Gyrodes
  • †Gyrodes alveata
  • †Gyrodes americanus
  • †Gyrodes crenata
  • †Gyrodes major – type locality for species
  • †Gyrodes spillmani
  • †Gyrodes supraplicatus

• †Hamulus
  • †Hamulus angulatus
  • †Hamulus onyx
  • †Hamulus squamosus
• †Haplovoluta
  • †Haplovoluta bicarinata
• †Helicaulax
  • †Helicaulax formosa
• †Helicoceras
  • †Helicoceras navarroense
• †Hemiacirsa
  • †Hemiacirsa cretacea
• Hemiaster
  • †Hemiaster lacunosus
  • †Hemiaster stella
  • †Hemiaster ungula
• †Hercorhyncus
  • †Hercorhyncus bicarinatus
  • †Hercorhyncus pagodaformis
  • †Hercorhyncus tennesseensis
• Heteropora
  • †Heteropora tennesseensis – type locality for species
• †Hippocampoides
  • †Hippocampoides liratus – type locality for species
  • †Hippocampoides serratus

• 

  †Hoploparia
  • †Hoploparia tennesseensis – type locality for species
• †Hydrotribulus
  • †Hydrotribulus nodosus

• †Icanotia
  • †Icanotia pulchra – type locality for species

• 

  †Inoceramus
  • †Inoceramus proximus
  • †Inoceramus sagensis
• †Inoperna
  • †Inoperna carolinensis
• †Ischyrhiza
  • †Ischyrhiza mira

• Juliacorbula
  • †Juliacorbula monmouthensis

• †Lacrimiforma
  • †Lacrimiforma secunda
• †Latiala
  • †Latiala lobata – type locality for species

• 

  Latiaxis
  • †Latiaxis serratus
• †Laxispira
  • †Laxispira lumbricalis
• †Leda
  • †Leda whitfieldi
• †Legumen
  • †Legumen planulatum
• Leiostraca
  • †Leiostraca cretacea
• †Lemniscolittorina
  • †Lemniscolittorina berryi
• †Leptosolen
  • †Leptosolen biplicata
• Limatula
  • †Limatula woodsi – type locality for species
• Limopsis
  • †Limopsis meeki – type locality for species
  • †Limopsis perbrevis – type locality for species
• †Linearis
  • †Linearis metastriata
  • †Linearis ornatissima
• †Liopeplum
  • †Liopeplum canalis
  • †Liopeplum carinatum – type locality for species
  • †Liopeplum cretaceum
  • †Liopeplum leioderma
  • †Liopeplum leiodermum
  • †Liopeplum subjugosum
• †Liopistha
  • †Liopistha inflata
  • †Liopistha protexta
• †Liothyris
  • †Liothyris carolinensis
• †Lirosoma
  • †Lirosoma cretacea
• Lithophaga
  • †Lithophaga conchafodentis
  • †Lithophaga ripleyana

• 

  Littorina
  • †Littorina berryi – type locality for species
• †Lomirosa
  • †Lomirosa cretacea
• †Longoconcha
  • †Longoconcha tennesseensis
• Lopha
  • †Lopha falcata
• †Lowenstamia
  • †Lowenstamia liratus
• †Lucina
  • †Lucina ripleyana – type locality for species
• †Lupira
  • †Lupira turbinea
  • †Lupira variabilis

• †Mammila
  • †Mammila americana – type locality for species
• Martesia
  • †Martesia procurva – type locality for species
  • †Martesia truncata – type locality for species
• †Mataxa
  • †Mataxa elegans
• †Mathilda
  • †Mathilda ripleyana
• †Mathildia
  • †Mathildia ripleyana – type locality for species
• Melanatria
  • †Melanatria cretacea – type locality for species

• 

  Membranipora
  • †Membranipora crassimargo – type locality for species
• Membraniporella
  • †Membraniporella irregularis – type locality for species
• Meretrix
  • †Meretrix cretacea
  • †Meretrix eufaulensis
• †Mesorhytis
  • †Mesorhytis obscura – type locality for species
• †Mesostoma
  • †Mesostoma americanum – type locality for species
  • †Mesostoma costatum – type locality for species
• †Metopaster
  • †Metopaster tennesseensis – type locality for species
• †Micrabacia
  • †Micrabacia marylandica
• Micropora
  • †Micropora baccata – type locality for species
• †Mitridomus
  • †Mitridomus ripleyana
• †Morea
  • †Morea cancellaria
  • †Morea corsicanensis
  • †Morea marylandica

• 

  †Mosasaurus
  • †Mosasaurus maximus
• †Mystriopora – tentative report
  • †Mystriopora stipata – type locality for species

• †Napulus
  • †Napulus reesidei
• †Neithea
  • †Neithea quinquecostata
• †Nemodon
  • †Nemodon eufaulensis
  • †Nemodon grandis – type locality for species
  • †Nemodon stantoni
• †Nonactaeonina
  • †Nonactaeonina orientalis
• †Notopocorystes
  • †Notopocorystes testacea – type locality for species

• 

  Nucula
  • †Nucula microconcentrica – type locality for species
  • †Nucula percrassa
• Nuculana
  • †Nuculana australis – type locality for species
• †Nudivagus
  • †Nudivagus simplicus

• †Obeliscus
  • †Obeliscus conellus
• †Odontobasis
  • †Odontobasis australis – type locality for species
• †Odontofusus
  • †Odontofusus curvicostata – type locality for species

• 

  †Odostomia
  • †Odostomia impressa – type locality for species
  • †Odostomia plicata – type locality for species
• †Oligoptycha
  • †Oligoptycha americana
• Opalia
  • †Opalia fistulosa
  • †Opalia wadei
• †Ornopsis
  • †Ornopsis digressa – type locality for species
  • †Ornopsis elevata
  • †Ornopsis glenni

• 

  Ostrea
  • †Ostrea bryani
  • †Ostrea mcnairyensis – type locality for species
  • †Ostrea monmouthensis
  • †Ostrea penegemmea – type locality for species

• †Paladmete
  • †Paladmete cancellaria
  • †Paladmete densata – type locality for species
  • †Paladmete gardnerae – type locality for species
• †Paleopsephaea – type locality for genus
  • †Paleopsephaea mutabilis – type locality for species
  • †Paleopsephaea pergracilis – type locality for species
• Panopea
  • †Panopea desica
• †Parafusus
  • †Parafusus callilateris
  • †Parafusus coloratus
  • †Parafusus saffordi
• †Paramorea
  • †Paramorea lirata
• † Paranomia
  • †Paranomia scabra
• †Parietiplicatum
  • †Parietiplicatum conicum
• †Parvivoluta – type locality for genus
  • †Parvivoluta concinna – type locality for species

• 

  †Pecten
  • †Pecten argillensis
  • †Pecten burlingtonensis
  • †Pecten quinquenarius
  • †Pecten simplicius
• †Pedalion
  • †Pedalion periridescens – type locality for species
• †Peneus
  • †Peneus wenasogensis – type locality for species
• Periploma
  • †Periploma applicata
• †Perissolax
  • †Perissolax whitfieldi
• Pholadomya
  • †Pholadomya conradi
  • †Pholadomya occidentalis
• †Piestochilus
  • †Piestochilus cancellatus – type locality for species
  • †Piestochilus pergracilis – type locality for species

• 

  †Plioplatecarpus
  • †Plioplatecarpus depressus
• †Podocratus
  • †Podocratus canadensis
• Polinices
  • †Polinices kummeli
  • †Polinices stephensoni – type locality for species
  • †Polinices umbilica – type locality for species
• †Polyascosoecia
  • †Polyascosoecia tripora – type locality for species
• †Postligata
  • †Postligata crenata – type locality for species
  • †Postligata wordeni
• †Praeleda
  • †Praeleda compar
• †Prognathodon
• †Promathildia
  • †Promathildia cretacea – type locality for species
• †Protobusycon
  • †Protobusycon cretaceum
• †Protocardia
  • †Protocardia parahillana – type locality for species
• †Pseudocardia
  • †Pseudocardia gregaria
  • †Pseudocardia subangulata – type locality for species
  • †Pseudocardia subcircula – type locality for species
• †Pseudolimea
  • †Pseudolimea reticulata
• Pseudomalaxis
  • †Pseudomalaxis amplificata – type locality for species
  • †Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
  • †Pseudomalaxis ripleyana – type locality for species
• †Pteria
  • †Pteria percompressa – type locality for species
  • †Pteria petrosa
• †Pterocerella
  • †Pterocerella poinsettiformis
  • †Pterocerella tippana

• 

  †Pterotrigonia
  • †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
  • †Pterotrigonia thoracica
• †Ptychosyca
  • †Ptychosyca inornata
• †Pugnellus
  • †Pugnellus densatus
  • †Pugnellus goldmani
• Pulvinites
  • †Pulvinites argentea

• 

  Pycnodonte
  • †Pycnodonte vesiculare
• †Pyrifusus
  • †Pyrifusus ejundicus
  • †Pyrifusus subdensatus
  • †Pyrifusus subliratus – type locality for species
• †Pyropsis
  • †Pyropsis interstriatus
  • †Pyropsis perornatus
  • †Pyropsis proxima – type locality for species
  • †Pyropsis spinosus

• †Reinhardites
  • †Reinhardites anthophorus
• †Remera
  • †Remera stephensoni
• †Remnita
  • †Remnita anomalocostata
  • †Remnita biacuminata
• †Rhombopsis
  • †Rhombopsis microstriatus – type locality for species
  • †Rhombopsis orientalis – type locality for species
• Ringicula
  • †Ringicula pulchella

• 

  Rissoina
  • †Rissoina fragilis – type locality for species
  • †Rissoina subornata – type locality for species
  • †Rissoina tennesseensis – type locality for species
• Rostellaria – tentative report
  • †Rostellaria mcnairyensis – type locality for species

• †Sargana
  • †Sargana stantoni

• 

  †Saurodon – tentative report
• †Scala
  • †Scala sillimani
• Scalpellum
• †Scambula
  • †Scambula perplana
• Scaphander
  • †Scaphander rarus – type locality for species

• 

  †Scaphites
  • †Scaphites reesidei – type locality for species
• †Schizobasis
  • †Schizobasis depressa
  • †Schizobasis immersa – type locality for species
• Seila
  • †Seila quadrilirata
• †Seminola
  • †Seminola crassa
  • †Seminola solida
• Serpula
  • †Serpula adnata – type locality for species
  • †Serpula pervermiformis – type locality for species
• Serpulorbis
  • †Serpulorbis marylandica
  • †Serpulorbis tennesseensis – type locality for species
• †Serrifusus
  • †Serrifusus tennesseensis – type locality for species

• 

  †Siphonaria
  • †Siphonaria wieseri – type locality for species
• †Solariorbis
  • †Solariorbis clara
• †Solyma
  • †Solyma elliptica
• †Stantonella – type locality for genus
  • †Stantonella subnodosa – type locality for species
• †Stephanophyllia
  • †Stephanophyllia cribraria
• Striarca
• †Striaticostatum
  • †Striaticostatum pondi
• †Syncyclonema
  • †Syncyclonema simplicius

• †Tectaplica
  • †Tectaplica simplica
• Teinostoma
  • †Teinostoma prenanum – type locality for species

• 

  Tellina
  • †Tellina multiconcentrica – type locality for species
• †Tellinimera
  • †Tellinimera eborea
• †Tenea
  • †Tenea parilis
• †Teredo
  • †Teredo rectus – type locality for species
• †Thylacus
  • †Thylacus cretaceus
• †Tintorium
  • †Tintorium pagodiforme
• †Tornatellaea
  • †Tornatellaea cretacea – type locality for species
  • †Tornatellaea globulosa – type locality for species

• 

  †Toxochelys
  • †Toxochelys latiremis
• Trichotropis
  • †Trichotropis imperfecta – type locality for species
• †Trigonia
  • †Trigonia eufalensis
• †Trochifusus
  • †Trochifusus interstriatus – type locality for species
  • †Trochifusus perornatus – type locality for species
  • †Trochifusus spinosus – type locality for species
• Trochus
  • †Trochus ripleyanus – type locality for species
• †Troostella – type locality for genus
  • †Troostella perimpressa – type locality for species
  • †Troostella substriatus
• †Tuba
  • †Tuba parabella – type locality for species

• 

  Turbinella
  • †Turbinella major – type locality for species
  • †Turbinella variabilis – type locality for species
• Turboella
  • †Turboella costata
• †Turricula
  • †Turricula amica
  • †Turricula anomalocostata – type locality for species
  • †Turricula biacuminata – type locality for species
  • †Turricula fasciolata – type locality for species
  • †Turricula gracilis – type locality for species
  • †Turricula mcnairyensis – type locality for species
  • †Turricula ripleyana
• Turris
  • †Turris constricta – type locality for species
  • †Turris proxima – type locality for species
• Turritella
  • †Turritella bilira
  • †Turritella encrinoides
  • †Turritella macnairyensis
  • †Turritella mcnairyensis – type locality for species
  • †Turritella paravertebroides
  • †Turritella tippana
  • †Turritella trilira
  • †Turritella vertebroides

• †Unicardium
  • †Unicardium concentricum – type locality for species
• †Urceolabrum
  • †Urceolabrum tuberculatum

• †Variseila
  • †Variseila meeki
• †Veniella
  • †Veniella conradi
• †Vetericardia
  • †Vetericardia crenalirata
• †Volutoderma
  • †Volutoderma appressa – type locality for species
  • †Volutoderma protracta
  • †Volutoderma tennesseensis – type locality for species
• †Volutomorpha
  • †Volutomorpha aspera
  • †Volutomorpha gigantea – type locality for species
  • †Volutomorpha mutabilis – type locality for species
  • †Volutomorpha retifera – or unidentified comparable form

• †Wadeopsammia
  • †Wadeopsammia nodosa – type locality for species
• †Weeksia
  • †Weeksia amplificata
• †Woodsella – type locality for genus
  • †Woodsella typica – type locality for species
• †Wormaldia
  • †Wormaldia praemissa – type locality for species

• Yoldia
  • †Yoldia longifrons
  • †Yoldia multiconcentrica – type locality for species

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.