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List of the Mesozoic life of Tennessee
2026-11-15 00:51:29 · Cedar Herald Index
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.
A
†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
B
†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
C
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 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
