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List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey

Last updated July 08, 2025

This list of the prehistoric life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey.

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in New Jersey.

Paleozoic

† Archaeocyathus
† Centroceras
- † Centroceras marcellense
† Cladopora
† Coenites
† Cordilleracyathus – tentative report
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
† Favosites
† Leiorhynchus
- † Leiorhynchus limitare
† Leptodesma
- † Leptodesma laevis
† Ophileta – type locality for genus
- † Ophileta polygyratus – type locality for species
† Styliolina
- † Styliolina fissurella

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of New Jersey

Acipenser
Acteon
† Adocus – type locality for genus
- Shell and skeleton of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History
  † Adocus beatus – type locality for species
† Aenona
† Agerostrea
† Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form
Amauropsis
Amia
† Amyda
† Anatalavis
- † Anatalavis rex – type locality for species
† Anchisauripus
- † Anchisauripus tuberosus
† Ankylosaurus
† Anomia
† Anomoeodus
Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus
† Anomoepus
† Apatopus
† Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
Arca
† Argoides
Astarte
Astrangia
Atractosteus
† Atreipus
Attagenus
† Avellana
† Axonoceras
† Baculites
- † Baculites haresi
- † Baculites ovatus
- † Baculites scotti – tentative report
† Baikuris
- † Baikuris casei – type locality for species
Barbatia
† Belemnitella
- † Belemnitella americana
Bernaya
† Bottosaurus
- † Bottosaurus harlani – type locality for species
Botula
- † Botula ripleyana
Brachaelurus
† Brachychampsa – or unidentified comparable form
† Brontozoum
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Brownimecia
† Brownimecia – type locality for genus
- † Brownimecia clavata – type locality for species
Caestocorbula
- † Caestocorbula crassaplica
- † Caestocorbula crassiplica
- † Caestocorbula percompressa
Callianassa
- † Callianassa mortoni
† Calliomphalus
- † Calliomphalus americanus
Cardita
† Catopygus
† Ceratodus
Cerithium
Cheilotrichia
† Chelone
Chiloscyllium
† Chirotherium
- † Chirotherium lulli – type locality for species
Chlamys
† Cimoliasaurus
Life restoration of the face of the Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Cimolomys
† Cimolomys – or unidentified comparable form
- † Cimolomys clarki
† Cirroceras
Clavagella
† Clidastes
Cliona
† Coelosaurus
- † Coelosaurus antiquus – type locality for species
† Coelurosaurichnus
Corbula
† Corsochelys
Crassostrea
† Crenella
- † Crenella elegantula
- † Crenella serica
† Cretolamna
- † Cretolamna appendiculata
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina , or the Ginsu shark
† Cretoxyrhina
- † Cretoxyrhina mantelli
† Crocodilus
Cucullaea
- † Cucullaea capax
- † Cucullaea littlei
Culicoides
Cuspidaria
- † Cuspidaria jerseyensis
† Cylindracanthus
† Cymella
Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form
Dasyatis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
† Deinosuchus
- † Deinosuchus rugosus
† Dentalium
- † Dentalium leve
† Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form
† Didymoceras
† Diplocynodon
† Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
† Discoscaphites
- † Discoscaphites conradi
- † Discoscaphites gulosus
† Dolicholatirus
Dosinia
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus
† Dryptosaurus – type locality for genus
- † Dryptosaurus aquilunguis – type locality for species
Edaphodon
- † Edaphodon mirificus
† Edmontosaurus
† Elasmosaurus
- † Elasmosaurus orientalis – type locality for species
† Enchodus
- † Enchodus gladiolus
† Epitonium
- † Epitonium sillimani
† Euspira
† Eutrephoceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
† Exogyra
- † Exogyra cancellata
- † Exogyra costata
- † Exogyra ponderosa
Fasciolaria
† Gegania
† Gervillia
Ginglymostoma
Glossus
Glycimeris
Glycymeris
- † Glycymeris rotundata
† Gonyaulax
† Graculavus – type locality for genus
† Grallator
† Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
† Gryphaea
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Hadrosaurus
† Hadrosaurus – type locality for genus
- † Hadrosaurus cavatus – type locality for species
- † Hadrosaurus foulkii – type locality for species
- † Hadrosaurus minor – type locality for species
† Halisaurus
- † Halisaurus platyspondylus
Hemiscyllium
Heterodontus
† Hoploparia
† Hoploscaphites
† Hybodus
† Hyposaurus
- † Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
† Hypsibema
- † Hypsibema crassicauda
Life restoration of the Late Triassic primitive reptile Hypsognathus
† Hypsognathus – type locality for genus
- † Hypsognathus fenneri – type locality for species
† Hypuronector – type locality for genus
- † Hypuronector limnaios – type locality for species
† Icarosaurus – type locality for genus
- † Icarosaurus siefkeri – type locality for species
† Inoceramus
- † Inoceramus proximus
† Ischyodus
- † Ischyodus bifurcatus
† Ischyrhiza
- † Ischyrhiza mira
† Jeletzkytes
- † Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
† Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
† Kouphichnium
† Laornis – type locality for genus
- † Laornis edvardsianus – type locality for species
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus
† Leidyosuchus
Leptoconops
Lima
Limatula
† Limonia
† Linearis
Linuparus
† Liodon
† Lissodus
Lithophaga
Lopha
- † Lopha falcata
- † Lopha mesenterica
A living Lunatia moon sea snail
Lunatia
Martesia
† Megalocoelacanthus
- † Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
† Menuites
† Metoicoceras
† Milnesium
† Modiolus
- † Modiolus sedesclaris
- † Modiolus sedesclarus
† Morea
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
† Mosasaurus
- † Mosasaurus conodon – type locality for species
† Mytilus – tentative report
† Neithea
- † Neithea quinquecostata
† Nostoceras
Nucula
- † Nucula camia
- † Nucula cuneifrons
- † Nucula percrassa
† Odaxosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
Odontaspis
Oecobius – tentative report
† Ophiomorpha
Orchestina
† Osteopygis – type locality for genus
Ostrea
† Oxyrhina
- † Oxyrhina desorii
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
† Pachydiscus
Pagurus
† Palaeoniscus
† Palaeopagurus – tentative report
† Palaeotringa – type locality for genus
Panopea
† Paracupes
† Paralbula
† Paranomia
† Parrisia – type locality for genus
† Pecten
† Peritresius
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
Pholadomya
- † Pholadomya occidentalis
Pholas
† Pinna
† Placenticeras
† Plagiostoma
† Plesiosaurus
Plicatula
† Plioplatecarpus
- † Plioplatecarpus depressus – type locality for species
† Plumalexius – type locality for genus
- † Plumalexius rasnitsyni – type locality for species
Polinices
† Pristis
† Procolpochelys
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon
† Prognathodon
- † Prognathodon rapax – type locality for species
† Protocardia
† Pseudocorax
† Pteria
† Pterotrigonia
- † Pterotrigonia angulicostata
- † Pterotrigonia cerulea
- † Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- † Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
† Ptychotrygon
Pycnodonte
- † Pycnodonte mutabilis
- † Pycnodonte vesicularis
Rangia – tentative report
Rhinobatos
† Rhombodus
Ringicula
- † Ringicula clarki
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
† Rutiodon
- † Rutiodon carolinensis
† Sargana
† Sauropus
† Scapanorhynchus
- † Scapanorhynchus texanus
† Scaphites
- † Scaphites hippocrepis
† Sclerorhynchus
† Scoyenia
Segestria – tentative report
† Semionotus
Serpula
† Serratolamna
- † Serratolamna serrata
† Spathopria – type locality for genus
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma
† Sphecomyrma – type locality for genus
- † Sphecomyrma freyi – type locality for species
- † Sphecomyrma mesaki – type locality for species
† Sphenodiscus
- † Sphenodiscus lobatus
Spondylus
Squalicorax
- † Squalicorax kaupi
- † Squalicorax pristodontus
Squatina
† Stegobium
† Stegomus
† Stephanodus
† Steropoides
† Symmorphus – tentative report
† Tanytrachelos
- † Tanytrachelos ahynis
† Taphrosaurus
Tellina
† Telmatornis – type locality for genus
Tenagodus
† Tenea
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus
† Thoracosaurus
† Tomodon – type locality for genus
- † Tomodon horrificus – type locality for species
Trachycardium
- † Trachycardium eufaulensis
† Trigonia
Trionyx
Turbinella
Turbonilla
Turritella
- † Turritella bilira
- † Turritella trilira
- † Turritella vertebroides
† Volviceramus
Vulsella – or unidentified comparable form
Xanthosia
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
† Xiphactinus
- † Xiphactinus audax

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of New Jersey

Fossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus
† Acrodus
Acteocina
Aetobatus
Amyda
Anachis
Anadara
- † Anadara ovalis
- † Anadara transversa
Angulus
Anomia
- † Anomia simplex
Arca
Architectonica
Argopecten
- † Argopecten gibbus
- A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians), or Atlantic bay scallop
  † Argopecten irradians
Argyrotheca
Astarte
- † Astarte castanea
Astrangia
- † Astrangia danae
Astyris
- † Astyris lunata
Athleta
Atrina
† Aturia
Balanophyllia
Balanus
Barbatia
Barnea
Bison
† Bonellitia – or unidentified comparable form
† Bootherium
- Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene bovid Bootherium bombifrons , or Harlan's musk ox.
  † Bootherium bombifrons
Buccinum
- † Buccinum undatum
Busycon
- † Busycon carica
- † Busycon perversum
Busycotypus
- † Busycotypus canaliculatus
Cadulus
† Calappilia
Callianassa – tentative report
Calliostoma
Calyptraea
A living Carcharias sand tiger shark
Carcharias
Carcharodon
- † Carcharodon hastalis
Cardita
Carditamera
Cardites
† Castoroides
† Catopygus
Cerithiopsis
- † Cerithiopsis emersonii
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene cervid Cervalces , or the stag moose
† Cervalces
Chaetopleura
- † Chaetopleura apiculata
Chama
- † Chama congregata
Chelone
† Chesapecten
Chlamys
Cidaris
† Cistella
Clavilithes
Clementia
Cliona – tentative report
Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail
Conus
Corbula
† Coscinopleura
- † Crassinella lunulata
Crassostrea
- † Crassostrea virginica
Crenella
- † Crenella glandula
Crepidula
- † Crepidula convexa
- † Crepidula fornicata
- † Crepidula plana
† Cretolamna
- † Cretolamna appendiculata
† Crocodilus
A living Crocodylus
Crocodylus
Crucibulum
- † Crucibulum striatum
Cucullaea
Cumingia
Cuspidaria
Cyclocardia
Cylichna
† Cylindracanthus
Cythara – tentative report
Cytherea
Dasyatis
Dentalium
Diastoma
† Diatryma
Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium . Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
† Diceratherium
Diodora
- † Diplodonta punctata
Discinisca
† Dolicholatirus
Donax
- † Donax fossor
Dosinia
Echinarachnius
† Echinocorys
† Echinopsis
† Ecphora
Edaphodon
† Enchodus
Ensis
- † Ensis directus
† Eosphargis
Fossilized cranium in multiple views of the Paleocene-Eocene gavial relative Eosuchus
† Eosuchus
Epitonium
- † Epitonium humphreysii
Equus
Ervilia
Eupleura
- † Eupleura caudata
Euspira
- † Euspira heros
- † Euspira triseriata
† Eutrephoceras
Fasciolaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Flabellum
Fossarus – tentative report
A living Galeocerdo cuvier , or tiger shark
Galeocerdo
- † Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeodea
Gemma
- † Gemma gemma
Geukensia
- † Geukensia demissa
Ginglymostoma
Glans
† Glomerula
Glossus
Glycymeris
- † Glycymeris subaustralis
† Gorgonella
† Gryphaea
† Hamulus – or unidentified comparable form
Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
Hemipristis
- Fossilized teeth of the Miocene weasel shark Hemipristis serra
  † Hemipristis serra
Heptranchias
- † Heptranchias howelli – type locality for species
Hespererato
Hexanchus
Hiatella
- † Hiatella arctica
Hydroides
† Hyposaurus – type locality for genus
- † Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
Ilyanassa
- † Ilyanassa obsoleta
- † Ilyanassa trivittata
Ischadium
- † Ischadium recurvum
Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Miocene Chimaera relative Ischyodus
† Ischyodus
† Ischyrhiza
- † Ischyrhiza mira
Isognomon
Isurus
Kurtziella
- † Kurtziella cerina
Laevicardium
- † Laevicardium mortoni
Lamna
Latirus
Libinia
- Illustration of a living Libinia emarginata , or portly spider crab
  † Libinia emarginata
† Linthia
Lithophaga
Littoraria
- † Littoraria irrorata
Lunatia
Lunularia
Macoma
- † Macoma balthica
Macrocallista
Mactra
† Mammut
- † Mammut americanum
† Mammuthus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx
† Megalonyx
Melampus
- † Melampus bidentatus
Melanella
† Menoceras
Mercenaria
- † Mercenaria mercenaria
Mesodesma
Mitrella
Modiolus
- † Modiolus modiolus
Morus
Mulinia
- † Mulinia lateralis
Murex
Murexiella
† Mya
- † Mya arenaria
Two living Myliobatis eagle rays
Myliobatis
Mytilus
- † Mytilus edulis
Nassarius
- † Nassarius acutus
- † Nassarius vibex
Natica – or unidentified comparable form
Neptunea
- † Neptunea lyrata
Neverita
Exterior of the shell of a modern specimen of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
Nucula
- † Nucula proxima
Odobenus
- † Odobenus rosmarus
Odontaspis
Olivella
- † Olivella mutica
† Ophiocoma – tentative report
Ophiomusium
Ostrea
- † Ostrea compressirostra
† Otodus
- Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodusmegalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale
  † Otodus megalodon
Ovibos
- † Ovibos moschatus
† Oxyrhina
- † Oxyrhina desorii
† Palaeocarcharodon
† Palaeophis
Paliurus
Pandora
Panopea
Panopeus
Pecten
Penion – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic-Eocene crinoid ("sea lily") Pentacrinites
† Pentacrinites
† Peritresius
† Peronidella
Petricola
- † Petricola pholadiformis
Phoca
Phyllodus
Phyllonotus
Physeter
Pinna
Pitar
- † Pitar morrhuanus
† Plagiochasma
Pleuromeris
- † Pleuromeris tridentata
Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail
Pleurotomaria
Plicatula
- † Plicatula gibbosa
Polinices
Pristis
† Prosynthetoceras
Protula
Psammechinus
Pseudoliva
Pteria – tentative report
Fossilized skull of the Eocene sea turtle Puppigerus . The shell belongs to another kind of turtle.
† Puppigerus
Pycnodonte
Pyrgocythara
- † Pyrgocythara plicosa
Rangia
Rangifer
Rhinoptera
† Rhizocrinus
† Rhombodus
† Rotularia
Scaphella
Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks
Scyliorhinus
Seila
- † Seila adamsii
Semele
Serpula
Serpulorbis
Sinum
- † Sinum perspectivum
Siphonalia
†Solarium
Solenosteira
- † Solenosteira cancellaria
† Sphyraenodus
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
† Squalodon – type locality for genus
Squalus
Squatina
Stellatoma
- † Stellatoma stellata
Stewartia
Stramonita
† Striatolamia
Strioterebrum
Tagelus
† Tapiravus
Tapirus
Tectonatica
- † Tectonatica pusilla
Tellina
Tenagodus – tentative report
† Tenea
Teredo
Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa
† Thecachampsa
- † Thecachampsa antiqua
† Thoracosaurus
Tibia
Trichechus
Triphora
Trochita
Turbonilla
- † Turbonilla interrupta
Turris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Turritella
- † Turritella vertebroides
Tylocidaris
Tympanuchus
Urosalpinx
- † Urosalpinx cinerea
† Veleda
Venericardia
Venus
Xenophora
A living Xiphias , or swordfish
Xiphias
Yoldia
† Zygaena

References

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

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