This list of the Cenozoic life of Alaska contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alaska and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
A
Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle - †Acanthocardia brewerii
- Acila
- †Acila brevis – or unidentified related form
- †Acila castrensis
- †Acila ermani
- †Acila gettysburgensis
- †Acila praedivaricata – or unidentified related form
- †Acila shumardi
- †Acila taliaferroi
- Acirsa
- †Acirsa borealis
- Acmaea
- †Acmaea sybaritica
- Acrotrichis – tentative report
- †Ademete
- Agonum
- †Ainus
- Alaocybites
- †Alaocybites egorovi – tentative report
A living Alces, or moose - Alnus
- †Alnus carpinoides
- Alopex
- Alvania
- †Alvania aurivillii
- Amara
- Amauropsis
- †Amauropsis fetteri – type locality for species
- Anabathron
- †Anabathron muriel
- Ancistrolepis
- †Ancistrolepis beringianus
- †Ancistrolepis eucosmius
- †Anechinocardium
- †Anechinocardium lorenzanum – or unidentified related form
- Angulus
- †Angulus lutea
- †Anomalosipho – tentative report
- Anomia – tentative report
- †Aperiploma
- †Aperiploma bainbridgensis
- Aphaenogaster
- Arca
- Arctica
- †Arctica carteriana
- †Arctica ovata
- †Arcticlam – type locality for genus
- †Arcticlam nanseni – type locality for species
- †Arctodus
- Argobuccinum
- †Argobuccinum oregonensis
Life restoration of the Oligocene river dolphin Arktocara - †Arktocara yakataga – type locality for species
- Arrhenopeplus
- †Arrhenopeplus tesserula
- Asaphidion
- †Asaphidion yukonense – or unidentified comparable form
- Asinus
- †Asinus kiang – or unidentified comparable form
- Astarte
- †Astarte arctica
- †Astarte bennetti
- †Astarte borealis
- †Astarte compacta
- †Astarte crenata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Astarte hemicymata
- †Astarte laurentiana – or unidentified related form
- †Astarte martini
- †Astarte nortonensis
- †Astarte vernicosa
- Astrangia
- †Astrangia boreas – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia - †Aturia alaskensis – type locality for species
- †Aturia angustata
- Axinopsida
- †Axinopsida orbiculata – or unidentified comparable form
B
- Balanus
- †Balanus balanoides
- †Balanus balanus
Shell (left, internal view) and calcified basis (right) of a modern Balanus crenatus acorn barnacle - †Balanus evermanni
- †Balanus nubilus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Balanus rostratus
- Bembidion
- Beringius
- †Beringius crebricostatus
- †Beringius hertleini
- Betula
- Bibio
- Bison
Mummified specimen found in Alaska of the Pleistocene-Holocene Bison priscus, or steppe bison. This specimen, known as "Blue Babe" after the blue ox of Paul Bunyan folklore, derives its unusual coloration from a chemical reaction between the phosphorus in its skin and iron in the surrounding soil to produce a coating of vivianite.
- Bolivina
- †Bolivina decussata
- †Bolivina pseudopicata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bootherium
- Boreotrophon
- †Boreotrophon beringi
- †Boreotrophon rotundatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Brachidontes
- †Brachidontes matchgaransis – or unidentified comparable form
- Brachypimpla – tentative report
Fossil of the Eocene crab Branchioplax - †Bruclarkia
- †Bruclarkia andersoni – or unidentified comparable form
- Buccella
- †Buccella frigida
- Buccinum
- †Buccinum angulosum
- †Buccinum glaciale
- †Buccinum kurodai – tentative report
- †Buccinum ochotense – or unidentified related form
- †Buccinum pemphigus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Buccinum percrassum
- †Buccinum physematum
- †Buccinum planeticum – or unidentified comparable form
- Bulbus
- Byrrhus
C
- Cadulus
- †Cadulus arcticus
- Calliostoma
- Callorhinus
- Calyptraea
- †Calyptraea alaskana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Calyptraea diegoana – or unidentified comparable form
- Camponotus
- Cancellaria
- Canis
A living Canis lupus, or gray wolf
- Carabus
- †Carabus nemoralis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carabus truncaticollis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carex
- Caryophyllia
- †Caryophyllia arnoldi
- Cassidulina
- †Cassidulina californica
- †Cassidulina islandica
- †Cassidulina teretis
- †Cassidulina tortuosa
- Castalia
- †Castanaea
- †Castanaea castaneaefolia
- Castanea
- †Castanea cataneaefolia
- Cepheus
- †Cepheus corae – or unidentified comparable form
- Ceratoppia – tentative report
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene cervid Cervalces, or the stag moose - Cervus
- Ceutorhynchus – tentative report
- Chama
- Chione
- †Chione ensifera
- Chirona
- †Chirona alaskana – type locality for species
- †Chirona evermanni
- Chlamys
- †Chlamys alaskensis
- †Chlamys albida
- †Chlamys aquilonia
- †Chlamys ashiyaensis – or unidentified related form
- †Chlamys ashiynensis
- †Chlamys coatsi
- †Chlamys cosibensis
A modern shell of Chlamys islandica, or Iceland scallop - †Chlamys nuwokensis
- †Chlamys rubida
- †Chrysodomus – tentative report
- Chrysolina
- †Chrysomelites – type locality for genus
- †Chrysomelites alaskanus – type locality for species
- Cibicides
- †Cibicides lobatulus
- Ciliatocardium
- †Ciliatocardium ciliatum
- †Ciliatocardium islandicum – or unidentified related form
- Cingula
- †Cingula martyni
Shell of a Clinocardium cockle - †Clinocardium californiense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Clinocardium hannibali
- †Clinocardium makiyamae
- †Clinocardium meekianum
- †Clinocardium nuttallii
- †Clinocardium pristinum
- Colus
- †Colus halibrectus – or unidentified related form
- †Colus spitsbergensis
- †Conchocele
- †Conchocele bisecta
- Corbicula
- †Corbicula bibaiensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Corbicula muratai – or unidentified comparable form
- Corbula
- †Corbula betsyae – type locality for species
- †Cornwallius
- †Cornwallius sookensis
A living Corylus, or hazel - †Corylus macquarri
- Costacallista
- †Costacallista conradiana
- Crassatella
- †Crassatella mathewsoni – or unidentified related form
- †Crassatella nipponicus – or unidentified comparable form
- Crenella
- †Crenella kannoi – type locality for species
- †Crenella porterensis
- Crepidula
- †Crepidula ungana
- Cryptonatica
- Cyclocardia
- †Cyclocardia belogolovensis
- †Cyclocardia crassidens
- †Cyclocardia crebricostata
- †Cyclocardia ezoensis
- †Cyclocardia nuwokensis
- †Cyclocardia roundiformis
- †Cyclocardia sakamotoi
- †Cyclocardia subcrassidens
- †Cyclocardia subnipponica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclocardia tokunagai – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclocardia wajampolkensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclocardium
- †Cyclocardium roundiformis – or unidentified comparable form
- Cylichna
- Cyperus
- Cyrtodaria
- †Cyrtodaria katieae – type locality for species
- †Cyrtodaria kurriana
- †Cyrtodaria rutupiensis
D
- Dasiops – tentative report
- Delphinapterus – tentative report
- Dentalium
- †Dentalium nunomae – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized cranium of the Miocene seal Desmatophoca - Diacheila
- †Diacheila matthewsi
- Dicrostonyx
- Diestothyris
- †Diestothyris frontalis
- Dioon
- †Dioon praespinulosum – type locality for species
- Diplodonta
- †Diplodonta aleutica
- †Diplodonta parilis
- †Dryophyllum
- †Dryophyllum stanleyanum
- Dyschirius
E
Seafloor covered in living Echinarachnius sand dollars - Echinophoria
- †Echinophoria apta
- †Ellipsoscapha
- †Ellipsoscapha sohli – type locality for species
- Elphidiella
- †Elphidiella arctica
- Elphidium
- †Elphidium alaskense
- †Elphidium clavatum
- †Elphidium frigidum
A living Enhydra lutris, or sea otter - Enicmus
- †Epipremnum
- †Epipremnum crassum
- Epitonium
- †Epitonium atwoodi
- †Epitonium greenlandicum
- Equus
- Erignathus
- Erigone
A living Eschrichtius robustus, or gray whale - Eumetopias
- †Eumetopias jubata
- †Eumorphocorystes
- †Eumorphocorystes naselensis
- Euspira
- Evalea
- †Exilia – tentative report
.jpg)
F
Fossilized foliage of the Cretaceous-Oligocene flowering plant Flabellaria - †Flabellaria gronlandica
- Fortipecten
- †Fortipecten hallae
- Fulgoraria
G
- Gari
- †Gari brouwersae – type locality for species
- Georissus
- Globigerina
A living Globigerina bulloides foraminiferan - †Globigerina pachyderma
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris sagittatus
- †Glycymeris septentrionalis
H
- †Hataiella
- †Hataiella chichibuensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hataiella sagai
- Helophorus
- †Helophorus splendidus
- Hemithiris
- †Hemithiris psittacea
- Hiatella
- Hinnites – tentative report
- Histriophoca
- Homalopoma – tentative report
- †Hydrodamalis
Restorative model of the Pleistocene-Holocene manatee relative Hydrodamalis gigas, or Steller's sea cow
I
J
- †Jugina
- †Jugina snigella
- †Juglna
- †Juglna snigella
K
- Kalissus
- †Kalissus nitidus
- Karreriella
- †Karreriella baccata
- †Kolponomos – or unidentified comparable form
- Kurtiella
- †Kurtiella tumida
L
- Lasiopodomys
- †Lasiopodomys deceitensis
- †Lastraea
- †Lastraea stiriaca
- Lathrobium
- Laurus
- Leistus
- Lemmus
A living Lemmus sibiricus, or Siberian brown lemming
- Leptothorax
- Leukoma
- †Leukoma staylei – or unidentified comparable form
- Limatula
- †Limatula attenuata
- Liocyma
- Liomesus
- †Liomesus nux
- Littorina
- †Littorina sitchana
- †Lora
- †Lora skullcliffensis
- Lucinoma
- †Lucinoma acutilineata
A living Lunatia moon sea snail - †Lunatia groenlandica – or unidentified related form
- Lyonsia
- †Lyonsia mooreae
M
Interior and exterior of a shell of a Macoma tellin - †Macoma albaria
- †Macoma astori
- †Macoma balthica – or unidentified related form
- †Macoma brota – or unidentified related form
- †Macoma calcarea
- †Macoma golikovi
- †Macoma moesta
- †Macoma optiva
- †Macoma twinensis
- Macrocallista – tentative report
- Mactromeris
- †Mactromeris albaria
- †Mactromeris brevirostrata
- †Mactromeris polynyma
- Magnolia
- †Magnolia inglefieldi
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
Restoration of a herd of Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoths
- Margarites
- †Margarites peninsularis
- Marmota
- Martesia – tentative report
- Mathilda
- †Mathilda amundseni – type locality for species
- Megayoldia
- †Megayoldia montereyensis – or unidentified related form
- Messor
- †Metacarcinus
- †Metacarcinus goederti
- Micridium
- Micropeplus
- †Micropeplus hoogendorni – type locality for species
- †Micropeplus hopkinsi – type locality for species
- Microtus
- Miodontiscus
- †Miodontiscus prolongatus
- Mizuhopecten
- †Mizuhopecten mollerensis
- Modiolus
- †Modiolus harrimani
- †Molopophorus
- †Molopophorus bogachielii – or unidentified comparable form
- Musculus
- †Mya
- †Mya arenaria – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mya elegans
- †Mya grewingki
- †Mya truncata
Fruit of a living Myrica, or firetree - †Myrica arctogale
- †Mytilon – type locality for genus
- †Mytilon theresae – type locality for species
- Mytilus
- †Mytilus coalingensis
- †Mytilus edulis
- †Mytilus gratacapi
- †Mytilus middendorffi
- †Mytilus pholadis
N
- Namunaria
- Natica
- †Natica janthostoma
- †Natica oregonensis
A living Nebria ground beetle - †Neilo
- †Neilo gryci – type locality for species
- Nemocardium
- †Nemocardium exoense
- Neoconorbina
- †Neoconorbina tabernacularis
- Neopilumnoplax
- †Neopilumnoplax hannibalanus
- Neptunea
- †Neptunea elatior – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neptunea heros
- †Neptunea leffingwelli
- †Neptunea lyrata
- †Neptunea modesta – or unidentified related form
- †Neptunea plafkeri
- †Neptunea tabulata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neptunea ventricosa
- Neverita
- †Neverita washingtonensis
- Notiophilus
- †Notiophilus aeneus – or unidentified comparable form
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - †Nucula micheleae – type locality for species
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana fossa
- †Nuculana moriyai – type locality for species
- †Nuculana morrisi
O
- Ochotona
- Odobenus
A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus
- Oenopota
- †Oenopota candida
- †Oenopota laevigata
- Oolina
- †Oolina borealis
- †Orbitoplax – type locality for genus
- †Orbitoplax plafkeri – type locality for species
- Oribatella – tentative report
- †Orodaphne
Living Osmunda ferns - †Osmunda doroschkiana
- Ostrea
- †Ostrea lincolnensis – or unidentified related form
- †Ostrea tigiliana
- †Ostrea trigiliana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ounalashkastylus – type locality for genus
- †Ounalashkastylus tomidai – type locality for species
- Ovibos
A living Ovibos moschatus, or muskox
- Ovis
- †Ovis dalli – tentative report
- †Oxytoma
- †Oxytoma hargrovei – type locality for species
.jpg)
P
A living Pagophilus groenlandicus, or harp seal - †Pagophilus groenlandica
- Palliolum
- †Palliolum groenlandicum
- Pandora
- †Pandora wardiana
- Panomya
- †Panomya ampla
- †Panomya izumo
- †Panomya trapezoidis
- Papyridea
- †Papyridea harrimani
- Parapholas – tentative report
- †Parapholas california
- †Parasyrinx
- Patrobus
- †Patrobus septentrionis – or unidentified comparable form
- Penitella
- Periploma
- †Periploma aleutica
- †Periploma besshoense
- †Periploma fragilis – or unidentified related form
- †Perse
- Phenacomys
- †Phenacomys deeringensis
- Phoca
- †Phoca hispida
A living Phoca vitulina, or harbor seal
- Picea
- †Picea glauca
- †Picea mariana
- †Picea sitchensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Pinus
Shell of a Pitar venus clam - †Pitar angustifrons
- †Pitar avenalensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pitar dalli – or unidentified related form
- †Placunopsis
- †Placunopsis rothi – type locality for species
- †Planera
- †Planera ungeri
- Planulina
- †Planulina alaskensis
- Plicifusus
- †Plicifusus kroyeri – or unidentified related form
- Pododesmus
Two living Pododesmus macrochisma or Alaska jingles
- Polinices
- †Polinices diabloensis
- †Polinices lincolnensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Polinices pallidus
- †Polinices ramonensis
- †Polinices repenningi – type locality for species
- Polymorphina
- †Polymorphina kincaidi
Montage of photographs in spring (top left), summer (top right), autumn (bottom left), and winter (bottom right) of Populus, or poplar tree - †Populus balsamoides
- †Populus glandulifera
- Portlandia
- †Portlandia ovata
- †Portlandia watasei
- †Portunites
- †Portunites alaskensis
- †Praeovibos
- †Predicrostonyx
- †Priscofusus
- †Priscofusus clarki
- †Priscofusus stewarti – or unidentified related form
- †Protocardia – tentative report
- †Protochelydra
- †Protochelydra zangerli – or unidentified comparable form
- Protothaca
- †Protothaca staleyi
- Pseudarchaster
- Pteris
- †Pteris sitkensis
- Pterostichus
- †Pterostichus corvinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pterostichus vermiculosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Puncturella
- Purpura
- †Purpura crispata – or unidentified related form
A living Pusa earless seal - Pyrgo
- †Pyrgo elongata – or unidentified comparable form
- Pyrulofusus
- †Pyrulofusus schraderi
Q
A living Quercus, or oak tree - Quinqueloculina
- †Quinqueloculina agglutinata
- †Quinqueloculina akneriana
- †Quinqueloculina seminulum
R
- Rangifer
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- Raninoides
- †Raninoides vaderensis
- Rhabdus
- †Rhabdus schencki – or unidentified comparable form
- Rosalina
- †Rosalina wrightii
- †Rotalia
- †Rotalia columbiensis
S
Illustration of two Saiga tatarica antelopes - Saxidomus
- †Saxidomus callistaeformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Saxidomus hanzawai
- Scaphander
- †Scaphander lignarius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Scutella
- †Scutella gabbi
- Sequoia
- †Sequoia couttsiae – tentative report
- †Sequoia langsdorfii
- †Sequoia nordenskioldi – tentative report
- Serripes
- †Serripes groenlandicus
- †Serripes hamiltonensis
- †Serripes laperousii
- †Shedocardia – tentative report
- Siliqua
- †Siliqua alta – or unidentified comparable form
- Similipecten
- †Similipecten greenlandicus
- Simplocaria
Shell of the whelk sea snail Siphonalia - †Siphonalia sakakurai – or unidentified related form
- †Skeneopsis
- †Skeneopsis alaskana
- Solamen
- †Solamen leana
- Solena
- Sorex
- Spermophilus
- Spirorbis
- Spirotropis
- †Spirotropis perversa – or unidentified comparable form
- Spisula
- †Spisula addicotti
- †Spisula callistaeformis
- †Spisula eugenense – or unidentified related form
- †Spisula hannibali – or unidentified comparable form
- Stenus
- †Streptochetus – tentative report
- Strongylocentrotus
Branch with fruit of a Symphoricarpos, or snowberry shrub
_Saiga_tatarica.png)
T
- Tachinus
- †Tachinus apertus – or unidentified comparable form
- Tachyrhynchus
- †Tancredia
- †Tancredia slavichi – type locality for species
- †Taxites
- †Taxites olriki
- Taxodium
Living Taxodium distichum, or bald cypresses - †Taxodium dubium
- †Taxodium occidentale
- †Taxodium tinajorum
- Tellina
- †Tellina aragonia
- †Tellinimera
- †Tellinimera kauffmani – type locality for species
- Terebratula
- †Terebratula retusa – or unidentified related form
- Terebratulina
- †Terebratulina retusa – or unidentified related form
- Thracia
- †Thracia condoni
- †Thracia septentrionalis – or unidentified related form
- Thyasira
- †Thyasira arctica
A living Tonicella, or lined chiton - †Trichohyalis
- †Trichohyalis ornatissima
- Trichotropis
- †Triloculine
- †Triloculine trigonula
- †Tsuga
A living Tsuga heterophylla, or western hemlock
- Turritella
- †Turritella uvasana
- Turtonia
- †Turtonia minuta
- †Tymolus
- †Tymolus alaskensis – type locality for species
- †Tyrannoberingius
- †Tyrannoberingius rex
- †Tyrranoberingius
- †Tyrranoberingius rex
U
V
A variety of modern Vaccinium species, clockwise from top right: cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries, and huckleberries - Venericardia
- †Venericardia clarki – or unidentified related form
- Veraphis – tentative report
- †Vertipecten
- Vitavitus
- †Vitavitus thulius – or unidentified comparable form
- Vitis
- †Vitis olriki
- Volutopsius
- †Volutopsius stefanssoni – or unidentified related form
- Vulpes
A living Vulpes vulpes, or red fox
.jpg)
X
Y
- Yoldia
- †Yoldia breweri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Yoldia emersoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Yoldia gladenkovi – type locality for species
- †Yoldia palachei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Yoldia scissurata
- †Yoldia sobrina
- Yoldiella
- †Yoldiella scissurata
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchPage 3Wikipedia:Featured picturesHouse of the DragonUEFA Euro 2024Bryson DeChambeauJuneteenthInside Out 2Eid al-AdhaCleopatraDeaths in 2024Merrily We Roll Along (musical)Jonathan GroffJude Bellingham.xxx77th Tony AwardsBridgertonGary PlauchéKylian MbappéDaniel RadcliffeUEFA European Championship2024 ICC Men's T20 World CupUnit 731The Boys (TV series)Rory McIlroyN'Golo KantéUEFA Euro 2020YouTubeRomelu LukakuOpinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general electionThe Boys season 4Romania national football teamNicola CoughlanStereophonic (play)Gene WilderErin DarkeAntoine GriezmannProject 2025