List of the Mesozoic life of Montana

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

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B

C

D

E

F

  • Falepetrus
    • Falepetrus barwini
  • Ficus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ficus ovatifolia
  • Fletcherithyris – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Fletcherithyris margaritovi
  • Foraminisporis
    • Foraminisporis undulates

G

H

I

J

K

  • Kastanoceras – type locality for genus
    • Kastanoceras spiniger – type locality for species
  • Klukia
    • Klukia canadensis
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Kritosaurus
    Kritosaurus
  • Krokolithes

L

M

N

  • Nannometoicoceras
    • Nannometoicoceras nanos – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous tyrannosaur Nanotyrannus, possibly a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rather than a distinct genus
    Nanotyrannus
  • Naomichelys – type locality for genus
    • Naomichelys speciosa – type locality for species
  • Necrocarcinus
  • Nelumbo
    • Nelumbo peltata – type locality for species
  • Neocardioceras
  • Neogastroplites
    • Neogastroplites haasi
  • Neoplagiaulax
  • Neoschizodus
  • Neurankylus – type locality for genus
  • Nezpercius – type locality for genus
    • Nezpercius dodsoni – type locality for species
  • Nidimys – type locality for genus
    • Nidimys occultus – type locality for species
  • Nilsonia
    • Nilsonia compta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Normannites – tentative report
    • Normannites crickmayi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nortedelphys – type locality for genus
    • Nortedelphys jasoni – type locality for species
    • Nortedelphys minimus – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Notogoneus
    Notogoneus
    • Notogoneus montananesis – type locality for species
    • Notogoneus montenensis – type locality for species
  • Nucula
  • Nymphaeites

O

P

Q

  • Quenstedtia – tentative report
  • Quercus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Quercus stantoni
  • Life restoration of a flock of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus feeding on the ground
    Quetzalcoatlus – or unidentified comparable form

R

  • Retinovena – type locality for genus
    • Retinovena fluvialis – type locality for species
  • Retitricolpites
    • Retitricolpites microreticulatus
  • Rhabdocolpus
  • Rhaeboceras
    • Rhaeboceras burkholderi – type locality for species
    • Rhaeboceras cedarense – type locality for species
    • Rhaeboceras coloradoense
    • Rhaeboceras halli
    • Rhaeboceras subglobosum
  • Rhamnus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Rhamnus cleburni
  • Richardoestesia
  • Rostellites – tentative report
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur Rubeosaurus
    Rubeosaurus
  • Rugocaudia – type locality for genus

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T

U

V

  • Valenopsalis
    • Valenopsalis joyneri
  • Valvata – tentative report
    • Valvata montanensis
  • Varalphadon
    • Varalphadon wahweapensis
  • Veniella
  • Vitis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Vitis stantoni
  • Viviparus
    • Viviparus couesii
  • Life restorations of the Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Volviceramus
    Volviceramus
    • Volviceramus exogyroides
    • Volviceramus involutus

W

  • Weediaphyllum – type locality for genus
    • Weediaphyllum parkensis – type locality for species
  • Weltrichia
  • Wodehousia
    • Wodehousia spinata
  • Woodwardia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Woodwardia crenata

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Y

Z

References

  1. ^ a b Neil H. Landman; W. James Kennedy; Neal L. Larson; Joyce C. Grier; James W. Grier; Tom Linn (2019). "Description of two species of Hoploscaphites (Ammonoidea, Ancyloceratina) from the Upper Cretaceous (Lower Maastrichtian) of the U.S. Western Interior". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2019 (427): 1–72. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.427.1.1. hdl:2246/6926. S2CID 91263199.
  2. ^ Davis, B. M. (2007). "A revision of 'pediomyid' marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 52 (2): 217–256.
  3. ^ Thomas S. Kelly (2014). "Preliminary report on the mammals from Lane's Little Jaw Site Quarry: a latest Cretaceous (earliest Puercan?) local fauna, Hell Creek Formation, southeastern Montana" (PDF). Paludicola. 10 (1): 50–91.