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

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• X
• Y
• References

A

• † Abietites
  • † Abietites ernestinae
  • † Abietites longifolius

• 

  † Acanthoscaphites – tentative report
  • † Acanthoscaphites reesidei
• † Alzadasaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Alzadasaurus kansasensis – type locality for species
• † Amberleya
• † Ampullina
• † Anomia
• † Apateodus
  • † Apateodus busseni – type locality for species
• † Apatornis
  • † Apatornis celer – type locality for species

• 

  † Apsopelix
  • † Apsopelix anglicus
• † Aquatifolia
  • † Aquatifolia fluitans
• Aralia
  • † Aralia newberryi
  • † Aralia polymorpha
  • † Aralia ravniana
• † Araliopsoides
  • † Araliopsoides cretacea
• † Arcellites
  • † Arcellites disciformis
• † Archaeanthus – type locality for genus
  • † Archaeanthus linnenbergeri – type locality for species
• † Archaeolamna
  • † Archaeolamna kopingensis
• † Archaepetala – type locality for genus
  • † Archaepetala beekeri – type locality for species
  • † Archaepetala obscura – type locality for species
• † Arcopagella
  • † Arcopagella mactroides
• † Ariadnaesporites
  • † Ariadnaesporites ariadnae
• Arundo
  • † Arundo groenlandica
• † Asplenium
  • † Asplenium dicksonianum
• † Astrocoenia
  • † Astrocoenia nidiformis

• 

  † Aviculopecten
  • † Aviculopecten occidentalis

B

• 

  † Baculites
  • † Baculites clinolobatus
  • † Baculites compressus
  • † Baculites grandis
  • † Baculites ovatus
  • † Baculites pseudovatus – type locality for species
• † Bacutriletes
  • † Bacutriletes greenlandicus
• † Bananogmius
  • † Bananogmius evolutus
• † Baptornis – type locality for genus
  • † Baptornis advenus – type locality for species
• † Bassites – type locality for genus
  • † Bassites reesidei – type locality for species
• Botula
  • † Botula carolinensis

• 

  † Brachauchenius – type locality for genus
  • † Brachauchenius lucasi – type locality for species
• Brachidontes
  • † Brachidontes nonbifurcus
• † Brachyrhizodus
  • † Brachyrhizodus mcnultyi
• † Brasenites
  • † Brasenites kansense
• † Breviarca
  • † Breviarca angulata
  • † Breviarca habita
  • † Breviarca salinaensis
  • † Breviarca subovata

C

• Cadulus
  • † Cadulus praetenuis
• † Caloda – type locality for genus
  • † Caloda delevoryana – type locality for species

• 

  † Calycoceras
  • † Calycoceras naviculare
• † Cantioscyllium
  • † Cantioscyllium decipiens
• Carcharias
  • † Carcharias amonensis
  • † Carcharias saskatchewanensis
  • † Carcharias tenuiplicatus
• Cardita
  • † Cardita belviderensis
• † Carpolithus
  • † Carpolithus belviderensis
• † Cassiope
• † Ceratophyllum
• Chiloscyllium
  • † Chiloscyllium greeni
• † Chondrites
• † Cimolichthys
  • † Cimolichthys nepaholica
• Cladophlebis
  • † Cladophlebis dakotensis
• † Claosaurus
  • † Claosaurus agilis – type locality for species

• 

  † Clidastes
  • † Clidastes liodontus
  • † Clidastes velox
• Cliona
• † Clioscaphites
  • † Clioscaphites choteauensis
• † Collignoniceras
  • † Collignoniceras woollgari
• † Coniasaurus
  • † Coniasaurus crassidens – or unidentified comparable form
• Corbula
  • † Corbula fenti
  • † Corbula smolanensis
• † Costatheca
  • † Costatheca diskoensis
  • † Costatheca lata
• † Crassatellina
  • † Crassatellina oblonga
• Crassinella
  • † Crassinella semicostata
• Crassostrea
  • † Crassostrea kiowana
• † Cretolamna
  • † Cretolamna appendiculata

• 

  † Cretoxyrhina
  • † Cretoxyrhina mantelli
• † Crossopodia
• Ctenochelys
  • † Ctenochelys procax
  • † Ctenochelys stenoporus – type locality for species
• Cucullaea
  • † Cucullaea herculea
  • † Cucullaea recedens
• † Cupressinoxylon
  • † Cupressinoxylon cheyennense
• † Cycadeoidea
  • † Cycadeoidea munita
• † Cycadeospermum
  • † Cycadeospermum lineatum
• † Cyprimeria
  • † Cyprimeria kiowana
• Cytheridea

D

• † Dakotasuchus – type locality for genus
  • † Dakotasuchus kingi – type locality for species
• † Dawndraco – type locality for genus
  • † Dawndraco kanzai – type locality for species
• † Desmatochelys
  • † Desmatochelys lowi
• † Dictyothylakos
• † Discoscaphites
  • † Discoscaphites constrictus
  • † Discoscaphites nicoletti
• † Dolichorhynchops – type locality for genus
  • † Dolichorhynchops osborni – type locality for species
• † Donlesia
  • † Donlesia dakotensis
• † Drepanocheilus
  • † Drepanocheilus kiowanus
• † Durania
  • † Durania maxima

E

• † Ectenosaurus
  • † Ectenosaurus clidastoides
• † Eiffellithus
  • † Eiffellithus turriseiffelii

• 

  † Elasmosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Elasmosaurus nobilis – type locality for species
  • † Elasmosaurus platyurus – type locality for species
  • † Elasmosaurus sternbergi – type locality for species
• † Enchodus
  • † Enchodus gladiolus
  • † Enchodus petrosus
• † Engonoceras
  • † Engonoceras belviderense
• † Eprolithus
  • † Eprolithus floralis
• † Erlansonisporites
  • † Erlansonisporites erlansonii
• † Euspira
  • † Euspira smolanensis

F

• † Fagus
• † Feistmantelia
  • † Feistmantelia oblonga
• † Flaventia
  • † Flaventia belviderensis
• † Fumicollis – type locality for genus
  • † Fumicollis hoffmani – type locality for species

G

• † Gegania
• † Gervillia
  • † Gervillia mudgeana
  • † Gervillia mudgenana
• † Gillicus
  • † Gillicus arcuatus
• Gleichenia
  • † Gleichenia bohemica
  • † Gleichenia nordenskioldi

• 

  † Globidens
• † Gryphaea
  • † Gryphaea corrugata
  • † Gryphaea hilli
  • † Gryphaea mucronata
  • † Gryphaea navia

H

• † Hadrodus
  • † Hadrodus priscus
• † Halisaurus
  • † Halisaurus sternbergi – type locality for species
• † Heliocolithus
  • † Heliocolithus trabeculatus
• † Henrisporites
  • † Henrisporites angustus

• 

  † Hesperornis – type locality for genus
  • † Hesperornis crassipes – type locality for species
  • † Hesperornis gracilis – type locality for species
  • † Hesperornis regalis – type locality for species
• † Heteroceras
  • † Heteroceras tortum
• † Hierosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Hierosaurus sternbergii – type locality for species
• † Homomya
• † Hoploscaphites
  • † Hoploscaphites nicolletii
• † Hughesisporites
• † Huhatanka
  • † Huhatanka kiowana

I

• † Iaceornis
  • † Iaceornis marshi – type locality for species

• 

  † Ichthyornis – type locality for genus
  • † Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
• † Inoceramus
  • † Inoceramus cuvieri
  • † Inoceramus ginterensis
  • † Inoceramus tenuistriatus – tentative report
• † Ischyrhiza
  • † Ischyrhiza mira

J

• 

  † Jeletzkytes
  • † Jeletzkytes nodosus

K

• † Kalymmanthus – type locality for genus
  • † Kalymmanthus walkeri – type locality for species

L

• † Laminospondylus
  • † Laminospondylus transversus – or unidentified comparable form
• † Leiosphaeridia
• † Leptosolen
  • † Leptosolen otterensis
• † Leptostyrax
  • † Leptostyrax crassidens
• † Lesqueria
  • † Lesqueria elocata
• † Linearis
  • † Linearis kansasensis
• † Lingula
  • † Lingula subspatula
  • † Lingula subspatulata

• 

  Linuparus
  • † Linuparus canadensis
• † Liriophyllum
  • † Liriophyllum kansense – type locality for species
• Lopha
  • † Lopha kansasensis
  • † Lopha subovata
• † Lophochelys – type locality for genus
  • † Lophochelys natatrix – type locality for species
  • † Lophochelys niobrarae – type locality for species

M

• † Maexisporites
  • † Maexisporites soldanellus
• † Magnoavipes
• Marsilea
  • † Marsilea johnhallii
• † Mathilda
• † Megacephalosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Megacephalosaurus eulerti – type locality for species
• Membranipora
• † Microcarpolithes
  • † Microcarpolithes hexagonalis
• † Minerisporites
  • † Minerisporites dissimilis
  • † Minerisporites marginatus
  • † Minerisporites pterotus – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  † Modiolus
• † Molaspora
  • † Molaspora lobata
  • † Molaspora salinum – type locality for species
• † Mytiloides
  • † Mytiloides columbianus

N

• † Niobrarasaurus
  • † Niobrarasaurus coleii – type locality for species
• † Niobrarateuthis
  • † Niobrarateuthis bonneri – type locality for species
  • † Niobrarateuthis walkeri – type locality for species
• Nucula
  • † Nucula catherina
  • † Nucula rivulana – or unidentified comparable form
• Nuculana
  • † Nuculana mutata

• 

  † Nyctosaurus
  • † Nyctosaurus bonneri – type locality for species
  • † Nyctosaurus gracilis – type locality for species
  • † Nyctosaurus nanus – type locality for species

O

• † Ogmodirus – type locality for genus
  • † Ogmodirus martinii – type locality for species
• † Onychiopsis
  • † Onychiopsis psilotoides
• † Orepanochilus
  • † Orepanochilus kiowanus

• 

  Ostrea
  • † Ostrea arcuata
  • † Ostrea lugubris
  • † Ostrea rugosa
• † Otostoma
• † Oxytropidoceras

P

• † Pachyrhizodus
  • † Pachyrhizodus caninus – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Pachyrhizodus minimus
• † Parahesperornis – type locality for genus
  • † Parahesperornis alexi – type locality for species
• † Paraliodesmus
  • † Paraliodesmus guadagnii
• † Paxillitriletes
  • † Paxillitriletes dakotaensis
  • † Paxillitriletes vittatus
• † Pecten
  • † Pecten inconspicuus
• † Peilinia
  • † Peilinia quadriplicata
• † Phelopteria
  • † Phelopteria minuta
• Pholadomya
  • † Pholadomya belviderensis
• Pinus
  • † Pinus longifolius
• † Pirsila
• † Placenticeras
  • † Placenticeras meeki
• Platanus

• 

  † Platecarpus
  • † Platecarpus planifrons – type locality for species
  • † Platecarpus tympaniticus
• † Platyceramus
  • † Platyceramus platinus
• † Platypterygius – or unidentified comparable form
• † Plesiochelys
  • † Plesiochelys belviderensis – type locality for species
• † Plesiosaurus
  • † Plesiosaurus gulo – type locality for species
• Plicatula
• † Polyacrodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature

• 

  † Polycotylus – type locality for genus
  • † Polycotylus latipinnis – type locality for species
• † Porthochelys – type locality for genus
  • † Porthochelys laticeps – type locality for species
• † Prionochelys
  • † Prionochelys galeotergum – type locality for species
• † Prionocyclus
  • † Prionocyclus hyatti
• † Prisca – tentative report
• † Protocardia
  • † Protocardia texana
• † Protosphyraena
  • † Protosphyraena tenuis
• † Protostega
  • † Protostega copei – type locality for species
• † Pseudoperna
  • † Pseudoperna bentonensis
  • † Pseudoperna congesta

• 

  † Pteranodon – type locality for genus
  • † Pteranodon comptus – type locality for species
  • † Pteranodon longiceps – type locality for species
  • † Pteranodon sternbergi – type locality for species
• † Pteria
  • † Pteria salinensis
• † Pterotrigonia
  • † Pterotrigonia emoryi
• † Ptychodus
  • † Ptychodus anonymus – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Ptychodus decurrens
  • † Ptychodus mortoni
  • † Ptychodus occidentalis
  • † Ptychodus whipplei
• † Ptychotrygon
  • † Ptychotrygon triangularis

Q

• Quercus

R

• † Raninella
  • † Raninella carlilensis
• † Repichnia

• 

  Rhinobatos
  • † Rhinobatos incertus
• † Rhizocorallium
• † Ruffordia
  • † Ruffordia goepperti – or unidentified comparable form

S

• † Sapindopsis
  • † Sapindopsis belviderensis
  • † Sapindopsis brevifolia
  • † Sapindopsis magnifolia
  • † Sapindopsis type A – informal
  • † Sapindopsis type B – informal
  • † Sapindopsis variabilis
• Sassafras
  • † Sassafras mudgii
  • † Sassafras mudgli
• † Scabratriletes
• † Scabtrigonia
  • † Scabtrigonia emoryi
• † Scapanorhynchus
  • † Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
• † Scaphites
  • † Scaphites plenus
• † Scolicia
• Scyliorhinus
• † Selmasaurus
  • † Selmasaurus johnsoni – type locality for species
• † Sequoia
  • † Sequoia condita
• Serpula

• 

  † Silvisaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Silvisaurus condrayi – type locality for species
• † Spermatites
  • † Spermatites piperiformis
• Squalicorax
  • † Squalicorax curvatus
  • † Squalicorax falcatus
  • † Squalicorax kaupi
  • † Squalicorax pristodontus – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Squalicorax volgensis
• † Squalocorax
• Sterculia
  • † Sterculia mucronata
  • † Sterculia towneri
• † Stoveris
  • † Stoveris achylosus
• † Stramentum
  • † Stramentum elegans
  • † Stramentum haworthi
• † Strepteneura
• † Striatriletes
  • † Striatriletes radialis

• 

  † Styxosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Styxosaurus snowii – type locality for species

T

• Tellina
• † Terminonaris
  • † Terminonaris browni – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  † Toxochelys
  • † Toxochelys latiremis
• Trachycardium
  • † Trachycardium kansasense
• † Tragodesmoceras
  • † Tragodesmoceras bassi
• † Trinacromerum – type locality for genus
  • † Trinacromerum bentonianum – type locality for species
• Turritella
  • † Turritella belviderei
  • † Turritella belviderensis
  • † Turritella kansasensis

• 

  † Tylosaurus
  • † Tylosaurus dyspelor
  • † Tylosaurus kansasensis – type locality for species
  • † Tylosaurus proriger

U

• 

  † Uintacrinus
  • † Uintacrinus socialis
• † Urenchelys
  • † Urenchelys abditus – type locality for species

V

• † Vitiphyllum

X

• 

  † Xiphactinus
  • † Xiphactinus audax

Y

• Yoldia
  • † Yoldia microdonta

References

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