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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Oklahoma

  • Abyssomedon – type locality for genus
    • Abyssomedon williamsi – type locality for species
  • Acheloma 12DB
    Restoration of the Permian amphibian Acheloma
    Acheloma
    • Acheloma cumminsi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Acheloma dunni – type locality for species
  • Acleistorhinus – type locality for genus
    • Acleistorhinus pteroticus – type locality for species
  • Albertoceras
  • Alethopteris
    • Alethopteris serlii
  • Alexandrinia
    • Alexandrinia directa – type locality for species
  • Ammodiscus
  • Amphiscapha
  • Anabathra
  • Ananaspis
  • Anataphrus
  • Angelosaurus
    • Angelosaurus romeri – type locality for species
  • Anisophyllum
  • Annularia Stellata
    Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia
    Annularia
    • Annularia sphenophylloides
    • Annularia stellata
  • Anomphalus
  • Anthracoceras
  • Aphlebia
  • Archaeocidaris
  • Archaeolithophyllum
  • Archeria
  • Archimedes
    • Archimedes distans
    • Archimedes meekanoides
    • Archimedes meekanus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Arkanites
  • Aspidosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Athyris
  • Atrypa
  • Aviculopecten subcardiformis01
    Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten
    Aviculopecten
    • Aviculopecten halensis
    • Aviculopecten multilineatus
    • Aviculopecten nodocosta – type locality for species
  • Avonia – tentative report
  • Axinolobus
  • Baeotherates – type locality for genus
    • Baeotherates fortsillensis – type locality for species
  • Bellerophon
  • Benthamaspis
  • Bicornella
  • Bilinguites
  • Bisatoceras – type locality for genus
  • Bolbocephalus
  • Bolosaurus
    • Bolosaurus grandis – type locality for species
    • Bolosaurus striatus
  • Bolterpeton – type locality for genus
  • Bothriocidaris
  • Cacops1DB
    Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Cacops
    Cacops
    • Cacops morrisi – type locality for species
    • Cacops woehri – type locality for species
  • Calamites
  • Callipteris
  • Calymene
    • Calymene clavicula
  • Calyptaulax
  • Camarotoechia
  • Camerate
  • Campbelloceras
  • Cancelloceras
  • Capnophyllum
  • Captorhinus aguti p
    Fossilized skeletons of the Permian reptile Captorhinus
    Captorhinus
    • Captorhinus aguti
  • Cardiocephalus
    • Cardiocephalus peabodyi – type locality for species
    • Cardiocephalus sternbergi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Carolinites
  • Ceramopora
  • Ceratiocaris
  • Ceratocephala
  • Ceraurinella
  • Ceraurus
  • Trilobite Ordovicien 8127
    Fossil of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian trilobite Cheirurus
    Cheirurus
  • Chonetes
    • Chonetes mesoloba
  • Cladochonus
  • Cleiothyridina
    • Cleiothyridina orbicularis
  • Clepsydrops
  • Cliona
  • Colobomycter – type locality for genus
    • Colobomycter pholeter – type locality for species
  • Composita
    • Composita mexicana
    • Composita rotunda
    • Composita subcircularis
    • Composita subtilita
  • Coolinia
  • Cordania
    • Cordania falcata
  • Cordylodus
  • Cornulites
  • Cotylorhynchus romeria from Norman, Oklahoma
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Cotylorhynchus
    Cotylorhynchus – type locality for genus
    • Cotylorhynchus bransoni – type locality for species
    • Cotylorhynchus romeri – type locality for species
  • Crania
  • Craniops
  • Cravenoceras
  • Cricotus
  • Crossotelos – type locality for genus
  • Ctenacanthus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Curtognathus
  • Cybelopsis
  • Cycloceras
  • Cyclonema
  • Cyclopteris fossil cropped
    Fossilized foliage from the Carboniferous seed fern Cyclopteris
    Cyclopteris
  • Cyphaspis
  • Cyrtograptus
  • Cystodictya
    • Cystodictya elegans – type locality for species
  • Dalmanites
  • Delorhynchus – type locality for genus
  • Diacalymene
  • Diadectes
  • Dicoelosia
  • Dicranurus
    • Dicranurus hamatus
  • Dictyonema
  • Dimeropygiella
  • Dimetrodon8DB
    Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Dimetrodon
    Dimetrodon
  • Diplocaulus – type locality for genus
  • Diplograptus
  • Discitoceras
  • Doleserpeton – type locality for genus
  • Domatoceras
  • Eatonia
  • Echinaria
  • Echinosphaerites
  • Ectosteorhachis
  • Edaphosaurus-cruciger jconway cropped
    Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Edaphosaurus
    Edaphosaurus
  • Edestus – type locality for genus
  • Edmondia
  • Eodictyonella
  • Eospirifer
  • Epiphyton
  • Eryops
  • Estheria
  • Eucalyptocrinites
  • Euryodus
    • Euryodus dalyae – type locality for species
    • Euryodus primus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Favosites
  • Fayella – type locality for genus
  • Feeserpeton – type locality for genus
    • Feeserpeton oklahomensis – type locality for species
  • Fenestella from Couvin Belgium
    Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Late Triassic bryozoan ("moss animal") Fenestella
    Fenestella
    • Fenestella cestriensis
    • Fenestella exigua
  • Foerstia
  • Fragiscutum
  • Frencrinuroides
  • Fusulina
  • Gastrioceras
  • Girvanella
  • Glaphurochiton
  • Glyptopleura
  • Gnathodus
  • GnathorhizaDB
    Life restoration of the Permian lungfish Gnathorhiza
    Gnathorhiza
  • Goniatites
  • Gotlandochiton
  • Gymnophyllum
    • Gymnophyllum wardi
  • Hallopora
  • Halysites
  • Hapsidopareion – type locality for genus
    • Hapsidopareion lepton – type locality for species
  • Helminthochiton
  • Hibbertia
  • Hindia
  • Holopea – tentative report
  • Huntoniatonia
  • Idiognathodus
  • Illaenus
  • Isotelus brachycephalus
    Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
    Isotelus
  • Ivoechiton
  • Jeffersonia
  • Kainops
  • Kawina
  • Kennedya
  • Kockelella
  • Krausella
  • Labidosaurikos – type locality for genus
  • Labidosaurus
    Life restoration of the Permian reptile Labidosaurus
    Labidosaurus
  • Leonaspis
  • Lepidodendron
  • Lingula
  • Lingulella
  • Liroceras
  • Lisca
  • Lithophaga
  • Llistrofus – type locality for genus
  • Lonchodomas
  • Lutesvillia
  • Lysorophus
    Life restoration of the Permian snake-like amphibian Lysorophus showing speculative egg-coiling behavior
    Lysorophus
  • Macroleter
    • Macroleter agilis – type locality for species
  • Marsupiocrinus
  • Maximites
  • Mcqueenoceras
  • Meganeuropsis
  • Meristella
  • Meristina
  • Metacoceras
  • Michelinoceras
  • Micraroter – type locality for genus
    • Micraroter erythrogeios – type locality for species
  • Microleter – type locality for genus
  • Micula – tentative report
  • Misthodotes
  • Modiolus
  • Monograptus
  • Moravia
  • Mycterosaurus
    Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Mycterosaurus
    Mycterosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Mycterosaurus longiceps – type locality for species
  • Nannaroter – type locality for genus
  • Nannospondylus – type locality for genus
  • Naticopsis
    • Naticopsis transversa – type locality for species
  • Neospirifer
    • Neospirifer dunbari
  • Neuropteris
    • Neuropteris heterophylla
    • Neuropteris obliqua
    • Neuropteris rarinervis
  • Nucula
  • Odontochile
  • Oinochoe
  • Oliveria
  • Ophiacodon mirus cropped
    Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon
    Ophiacodon
    • Ophiacodon major
    • Ophiacodon mirus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ophiacodon uniformis
  • Opisthodontosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Oromycter – type locality for genus
    • Oromycter dolesorum – type locality for species
  • Orovenator – type locality for genus
    • Orovenator mayorum – type locality for species
  • Orthacanthus
  • Orthoceras
  • Oulodus
  • Ozarkodina
    • Ozarkodina confluens
  • Pachylyroceras
  • Paciphacops claviger, Early Devonian, Wenban Limestone, Cortez Range, Nevada, USA - Houston Museum of Natural Science - DSC01635
    Fossil of the trilobite Paciphacops
    Paciphacops
  • Paladin
  • Palaeoaplysina – tentative report
  • Paleochiton
  • Paralegoceras
  • Pasawioops – type locality for genus
  • Pecopteris
    • Pecopteris hemitelioides
  • Pentremites
  • Peripetoceras
  • Perryella – type locality for genus
  • Petalodus
  • Phillipsia – tentative report
  • Phragmolites
  • Pinnularia
  • Plaesiomys
  • Platyceras
  • Platycrinites
  • Platysomus
  • Platystrophia
  • Plectodonta
  • Pleuracanthus
  • Pleurocystites squamosus
    Fossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites
    Pleurocystites
  • Plicochonetes
  • Polygnathodella – type locality for genus
  • Polygnathus
  • Prioniodus
  • Prodentalium
  • Proetus
  • Protocaptorhinus
    • Protocaptorhinus pricei
  • Punka
  • Rayella
  • Rayonnoceras
  • Reedops
  • Remopleurides
  • Reteocrinus
  • Rhopalia
  • Rhynchonkos
    • Rhynchonkos stovalli – type locality for species
  • Rogerella
  • Sagenodus
  • Sandia
  • Scytalocrinus
  • Seymouria1
    Fossilized skeleton of the Permian primitive four-limbed animal Seymouria
    Seymouria
  • Sigillaria
  • Sillerpeton – type locality for genus
  • Skenidioides
  • Solecurtus
  • Solemya – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Solenochilus
  • Solenomorpha – tentative report
  • Sowerbyella
  • Sphaerexochus
  • Sphaerocoryphe
  • Sphenophyllum miravallis cropped
    Fossilized leaves and branches of the Devonian-Triassic horsetail relative Sphenophyllum
    Sphenophyllum
    • Sphenophyllum emarginatum
    • Sphenophyllum gilmorei
    • Sphenophyllum latifolium – or unidentified comparable form
    • Sphenophyllum stoukenbergi – tentative report
  • Sphenopteris
  • Spirifer
    • Spirifer grimesi
    • Spirifer opimus
  • Spirorbis
  • Streptognathodus
  • Stroboceras
  • Strophomena costellata brachial
    Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
    Strophomena
    • Strophomena costellata
    • Strophomena neglecta
    • Strophomena perconcava – or unidentified comparable form
    • Strophomena planumbona
  • Tainoceras
  • Tarphyceras
  • Tentaculites
  • Tersomius
    • Tersomius texensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tetrataxis
  • Textularia
  • Thoracoceras
  • Thrausmosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Trimerorhachis
    • Trimerorhachis insignis
  • Urasterella
  • Varanodon – type locality for genus
    • Varanodon agilis – type locality for species
  • Varanops brevirostris2DB
    Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Varanops
    Varanops
    • Varanops brevirostris – or unidentified comparable form
  • Vinella
  • Walchia
  • Watongia – type locality for genus
    • Watongia meieri – type locality for species
  • Wilkingia
  • Worthenia
  • Wurmiella
    • Wurmiella excavata
  • Xenacanthus
  • Yoldia
  • Zatrachys

Mesozoic

  • Acrocantosaurus4
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus
    Acrocanthosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Albanerpeton
    • Albanerpeton arthridion
  • Allosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Ammobaculites
    • Ammobaculites subgoodlandensis – type locality for species
  • Apatosaurus
  • Arcellites
    • Arcellites hexapartitus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Astroconodon
    • Astroconodon denisoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Astrodon
  • Atokasaurus – type locality for genus
    • Atokasaurus metarsiodon – type locality for species
  • Atokatheridium – type locality for genus
    • Atokatheridium boreni – type locality for species
  • Barosaurus
  • Bernissartia
  • Brachiosaurus
  • Apatosaurus Clean
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Jurassic long-necked dinosaur Brontosaurus
    Brontosaurus
  • Camarasaurus
  • Camptosaurus
  • Caririchnium
    • Caririchnium leonaridii
  • Ceratodus
  • Ceratosaurus – tentative report
  • Cythere
    • Cythere concentrica
  • Cythereis
    • Cythereis carpenterae
    • Cythereis mahonae
    • Cythereis subgoodlandensis – type locality for species
  • Cytherella
    • Cytherella ovata
  • Cytherelloidea
    • Cytherelloidea rhomboidalis – type locality for species
    • Cytherelloidea subgoodlandensis – type locality for species
  • Cytheridea
    • Cytheridea amygdaloides
    • Cytheridea oliverensis
    • Cytheridea rotundus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cytheropteron
    • Cytheropteron howelli
    • Cytheropteron trinitiensis
  • Deinonychus ewilloughby
    Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous dromaeosaur ("raptor") Deinonychus
    Deinonychus
  • Diplodocus
  • Escharoides – tentative report
    • Escharoides nomas – type locality for species
  • Exogyra
    • Exogyra ponderosa
    • Exogyra texana
  • Glyptops
  • Goniopholis BW
    Restoration of the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous crocodile relative Goniopholis
    Goniopholis
    • Goniopholis stovalli – type locality for species
  • Grallator
  • Gyronchus
    • Gyronchus dumblei
  • Holoclemensia
    • Holoclemensia texana
  • Hybodus
    • Hybodus butleri
  • Kermackia
    • Kermackia texana
  • Buettneria
    Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic amphibian Koskinonodon
    Koskinonodon
  • Lituotuba
  • Lonchidion
    • Lonchidion anitae
  • Magnoavipes
  • Megalosauripus
  • Naomichelys
  • Oklatheridium – type locality for genus
    • Oklatheridium minax – type locality for species
    • Oklatheridium szalayi – type locality for species
  • Ostrea
    • Ostrea crenulimargo
  • Pycnodontidae - Palaeobalistum goedeli
    Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Palaeobalistum
    Palaeobalistum – tentative report
  • Pappotherium
    • Pappotherium pattersoni
  • Paracimexomys – tentative report
    • Paracimexomys crossi – type locality for species
  • Paracypris
    • Paracypris siliqua
  • Patellina
    • Patellina subcretacea
  • Planulina
  • Pleurocoelus
  • Pteraichnus
  • Ptilotodon – type locality for genus
    • Ptilotodon wilsoni – type locality for species
  • Pyripora
  • Ramphonotus
    • Ramphonotus pedunculatus
  • Ramulina
  • Reophax
    • Reophax subgoodlandensis – type locality for species
  • Saurophaganax – type locality for genus
  • Sauroposeidon – type locality for genus
  • Stegosaurus
  • Tenontosaurus
  • Textularia
    • Textularia conica
  • Vaginulina
    • Vaginulina intumescens

Cenozoic

  • Adelphailurus
  • Aelurodon
    • Aelurodon taxoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Aepycamelus
    • Aepycamelus robustus
  • Agriotherium
    • Agriotherium schneideri
  • Alforjas
    • Alforjas taylori
  • Alligator
  • Amebelodon fricki
    Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932).
    Amebelodon
  • Amphimachairodus
    • Amphimachairodus coloradensis
  • Aphelops
    • Aphelops malacorhinus
  • Arctonasua
    • Arctonasua fricki – type locality for species
  • Astrohippus
    • Astrohippus ansae
  • Barbourofelis
    • Barbourofelis loveorum
  • Bison
    • Bison antiquus
    • Bison latifrons fossil buffalo (Pleistocene; North America) 1 (15257877377)
      Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, or long-horned bison
      Bison latifrons – or unidentified comparable form
  • Blarina
  • Bootherium
    • Bootherium bombifrons
  • Borophagus
    • Borophagus secundus
  • Buisnictis
    • Buisnictis schoffi – type locality for species
  • Calippus
    • Calippus martini – type locality for species
    • Calippus regulus
  • Camelus hesternus Sergiodlarosa
    Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
    Camelops
  • Canis
  • Carpocyon
    • Carpocyon limosus
  • Castoroides
    • Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Chaetodipus
  • Coluber
  • Copemys
    • Copemys mariae – type locality for species
    • Copemys shotwelli
  • Cormohipparion
    • Cormohipparion occidentale
  • Crotalus
  • Cuvieronius
    Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius
    Cuvieronius
    • Cuvieronius priestleyi
  • Cynomys
  • Dasypus
    • Dasypus bellus
  • Desmathyus
    • Desmathyus brachydontus
  • Dinohippus
    • Dinohippus leidyanus
  • Dipoides
    • Dipoides stovalli
  • Domninoides
    • Domninoides hessei – type locality for species
    • Domninoides knoxjonesi – type locality for species
  • Elaphe
  • Epicyon
    • Epicyon haydeni
    • Epicyon saevus
  • Equus
    • Equus excelsus
    • Equus francisci
    • Equus giganteus
    • Equus niobrarensis
    • Equus scotti
  • Euceratherium cropped
    Life restoration of the Pleistocene bovid Euceratherium, or the shrub ox. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Euceratherium
    • Euceratherium collinum – type locality for species
  • Eucyon
    • Eucyon davisi
  • Felis
    • Felis rexroadensis
  • Geochelone
  • Geomys
  • Gigantocamelus
    • Gigantocamelus spatulus
  • Glyptotherium cropped
    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium
    Glyptotherium
    • Glyptotherium arizonae
  • Gomphotherium
    • Gomphotherium obscurum
  • Gopherus
  • Hemiauchenia
    • Hemiauchenia macrocephala
  • Hesperoscalops
  • Hesperotestudo
    • Hesperotestudo riggsi
  • Heterodon
  • Hipparion
  • Hippotherium
  • Homotherium serum
    Restoration of Pliocene-Pleistocene Homotherium, or scimitar cat
    Homotherium – type locality for genus
  • Hypolagus
    • Hypolagus vetus
  • Lampropeltis
  • Lasionycteris
  • Leptodontomys
  • Lepus
  • Lophodytes
    • Lophodytes cucullatus
  • Lynx
    • Lynx proterolyncis
  • Macrognathomys
    • Macrognathomys gemmacolis
  • Mammut
  • Mammuthus
  • Marmota
  • Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
  • Megatylopus
    • Megatylopus matthewi
  • Merychippus
    • Merychippus coloradense – or unidentified comparable form
  • Merychyus
    • Merychyus novomexicanus
  • Microtus
  • Miospermophilus
    • Miospermophilus lavertyi – type locality for species
  • Mylohyus
    • Mylohyus fossilis
  • Myotis
  • Nannippus jaw
    Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
    Nannippus
    • Nannippus aztecus
    • Nannippus lenticularis
  • Neohipparion
    • Neohipparion eurystyle
    • Neohipparion gidleyi
    • Neohipparion leptode
  • Neotoma
  • Nerodia
  • Nimravides
    • Nimravides thinobates – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nothodipoides
    • Nothodipoides planus – type locality for species
  • Nothrotheriops
    Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops
    Nothrotheriops
    • Nothrotheriops texanus
  • Odocoileus
  • Oklahomalagus
    • Oklahomalagus whisenhunti – type locality for species
  • Ondatra
  • Onychomys
    • Onychomys leucogaster – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ophisaurus
  • San Diego Paramylodon
    Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    Paramylodon
  • Paranasua
  • Pediomeryx
    • Pediomeryx hemphillensis
  • Perognathus
    • Perognathus mclaughlini – or unidentified comparable form
  • Peromyscus
    • Peromyscus berendsensis – type locality for species
    • Peromyscus cochrani – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pipistrellus
  • Pituophis
  • Platygonus leptorhinus cropped
    Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
    Platygonus
    • Platygonus vetus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pleiolama
    • Pleiolama vera
  • Plesiogulo
    • Plesiogulo marshalli
  • Pliogeomys
    • Pliogeomys buisi – type locality for species
  • Pliohippus
    • Pliohippus nobilis
    • Pliohippus pernix
  • Pliotaxidea
    • Pliotaxidea nevadensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Podomys
    • Podomys oklahomensis
  • Procamelus
    • Procamelus grandis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Prodipodomys
  • Pronotolagus
    • Pronotolagus apachensis
  • Pseudacris
  • Pseudemys
    • Pseudemys hilli – type locality for species
  • Pseudhipparion
    • Pseudhipparion gratum
    • Pseudhipparion simpsoni
    • Pseudhipparion skinneri
  • Reithrodontomys
  • Serbelodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Smilodon fatalis
    Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
  • Sorex
  • Spermophilus
  • Sthenictis1
    Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene weasel Sthenictis
    Sthenictis
  • Sylvilagus
  • Synaptomys
    • Synaptomys bunkeri
  • Tamias
  • Tapirus
    • Tapirus haysii
    • Tapirus veroensis
  • Teleoceras Horsfall cropped
    Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
    • Teleoceras fossiger
    • Teleoceras guymonense – type locality for species
    • Teleoceras hicksi
  • Terrapene
    • Terrapene parornata – type locality for species
  • Texoceros
    • Texoceros guymonensis – type locality for species
    • Texoceros minorei – type locality for species
  • Thamnophis
  • Thomomys
  • Tregosorex
    • Tregosorex holmani
  • Untermannerix
    • Untermannerix copiosus
  • Vulpes
  • Yumaceras
    • Yumaceras figginsi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Zapus
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