List of the Cenozoic life of Montana

This list of the Cenozoic 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 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A

  • Living Abies, or fir trees
    Abies
    • Abies alvordensis
    • Abies concoloroides
    • Abies laticarpa
  • Acer
    • Acer bendirei
    • Acer bolanderi
    • Acer glabroides
    • Acer minor
    • Acer newberryi
    • Acer oregonianum
    • Acer scottiae
    • Acer silberlingi
  • Acheronodon
  • Acipenser
  • Acmeodon
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Acritohippus
    Acritohippus
  • Acritoparamys
    • Acritoparamys atavus – type locality for species
  • Actinodonta
  • Adjidaumo
    • Adjidaumo intermedius – or unidentified comparable form
    • Adjidaumo minimus – type locality for species
  • Adunator
    • Adunator ladae
  • Aelurodon
    • Aelurodon ferox – or unidentified comparable form
    • Aelurodon montanensis – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Aepycamelus
  • Agnotocastor
    • Agnotocastor montanus
  • Agriochoerus
    • Agriochoerus maximus – type locality for species
    • Agriochoerus minimus
  • Agrostis
    • Agrostis primaeva
  • Ailanthus
    • Ailanthus americana
  • Alangium
    • Alangium thomae
  • Alepidophora
    • Alepidophora maxima – type locality for species
  • Alismaphyllites
    • Alismaphyllites grandifolius
  • Alnus
    • Alnus jarbidgana
    • Alnus protomaximowiczii
    • Alnus relata
  • Alphagaulus
    • Alphagaulus pristinus
  • Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932).
    Amebelodon
    • Amebelodon floridanus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amelanchier
    • Amelanchier couleeana
    • Amelanchier covea
  • Amentotaxus
    • Amentotaxus campbelli
  • Amia
    • Amia fragosa
    • Amia uintaensis
  • Ampelopsis
    • Ampelopsis acerifolia
  • Amphechinus
    • Amphechinus horncloudi
  • Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene beardog Amphicyon
    Amphicyon
    • Amphicyon riggsi – type locality for species
  • Amynodon
    • Amynodon advenus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amyzon
  • Anacodon
    • Anacodon ursidens – or unidentified comparable form
  • Anas
  • Ancenycteris
    • Ancenycteris rasmusseni
  • Anconodon
    • Anconodon cochranensis
    • Anconodon gidleyi – type locality for species
  • Anemia
    • Anemia elongata
  • Fossilized tooth of the Oligocene-Miocene shark Carcharocles angustidens
    Angustidens
    • Angustidens vireti – or unidentified comparable form
  • Anisonchus
    • Anisonchus oligistus
    • Anisonchus sectorius
  • Ansomys
    • Ansomys hepburnensis – type locality for species
    • Ansomys nexodens
  • Antholithes
    • Antholithes asterias – type locality for species
    • Antholithes botryanthera – type locality for species
    • Antholithes divaricanthera – type locality for species
    • Antholithes explodens – type locality for species
    • Antholithes glandulifera – type locality for species
    • Antholithes onagracioides – type locality for species
    • Antholithes tropaeoloides – type locality for species
    • Antholithes tulipoidea – type locality for species
    • Antholithes umbelloidea – type locality for species
    • Antholithes urnanthera – type locality for species
    • Antholithes zygomorpha – type locality for species
  • Antilocapra – or unidentified comparable form
  • Aphelops
  • Aphronorus
    • Aphronorus fraudator – type locality for species
    • Aphronorus orieli
  • Apternodus
    • Apternodus baladontus – type locality for species
    • Apternodus mediaevus – type locality for species
  • Araceaeites
  • Araucaria
    • Araucaria longifolia
  • Fossilized skull of the Oligocene bone-crushing dog Archaeocyon
    Archaeocyon
    • Archaeocyon leptodus
  • Archaeohippus
  • Archaeolagus
  • Archisyrphus – type locality for genus
    • Archisyrphus opacus – type locality for species
  • Arctocyon
    • Arctocyon ferox
  • Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
    Arctodus
  • Arctostaphylos
    • Arctostaphylos cuneata
  • Ardynomys
    • Ardynomys occidentalis – type locality for species
  • Arretotherium
    • Arretotherium acridens – type locality for species
  • Arundo
    • Arundo pseudogoepperti
  • Arvicola
    • Arvicola richardsonii
  • aspera
    • aspera aspera
  • A living Astronium tree, which is related to cashews
    Astronium
    • Astronium truncatum
  • Athyana
    • Athyana haydenii
  • Atoposemys
    • Atoposemys entopteros
  • Aulolithomys
    • Aulolithomys bounites – type locality for species
  • Averrhoites
    • Averrhoites affinis
  • Avunculus
    • Avunculus didelphodonti – type locality for species
  • Axestemys
    • Axestemys montinsana
  • Living Azolla water ferns
    Azolla
    • Azolla elegans – type locality for species
    • Azolla fragilis – type locality for species
    • Azolla velus

B

C

  • Caesalpinites
    • Caesalpinites acuminatus
    • Caesalpinites coloradicus
  • Calycites
    • Calycites hexaphylla
  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
    Camelops
  • Camponotites
  • Canavalia
    • Canavalia eocenica
  • Canis
  • Canna
    • Canna flaccidafolia
  • Carcinodon
    • Carcinodon aquilonius
  • Cardiospermum
    • Cardiospermum terminalis
  • Carpinus
    • Carpinus fraterna
    • Carpinus lanceolata
  • Carpites
    • Carpites amygdaloides – type locality for species
    • Carpites carumcarvi – type locality for species
    • Carpites eludens – type locality for species
    • Carpites gracilens – type locality for species
    • Carpites paniculatus – type locality for species
    • Carpites polygonoides
    • Carpites pruniformis – type locality for species
    • Carpites racemosus – type locality for species
    • Carpites verrucosus
  • Carpodaptes
    • Carpodaptes hazelae – type locality for species
    • Carpodaptes jepseni – tentative report
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene primate relative Carpolestes
    Carpolestes
    • Carpolestes nigridens – type locality for species
  • Carya
    • Carya antiquorum
    • Carya libbeyi
  • Cassia
    • Cassia fayettensis
    • Cassia hesperia
    • Cassia reticuloides
  • Castanea
    • Castanea dolichophylla
    • Castanea intermedia
    • Castanea miomollissima
    • Castanea spokanensis
    • Castanea spolanensis
  • Castor
  • Catalpa
    • Catalpa rubyensis – type locality for species
  • Catopsalis
  • Ceanothus
    • Ceanothus prespinosus
    • Ceanothus variabilis
  • Cedrela
    • Cedrela lancifolia
    • Cedrela pteraformis
  • Celastrus
    • Celastrus typicus
  • Celtis
    • Celtis aspera
    • Celtis aspera (Newberry)
    • Celtis chaneyi
    • Celtis kansana
    • Celtis mccoshii
    • Celtis peracuminata
  • Centetodon
    • Centetodon kuenzii – type locality for species
    • Centetodon magnus
  • Cercidiphyllum
    • Cercidiphyllum arcticum
    • Cercidiphyllum articum
    • Cercidiphyllum crenatum
    • Cercidiphyllum elongatum
    • Cercidiphyllum genetrix
  • Flowers of a living Cercis or redbud tree
    Cercis
    • Cercis parvifolia
    • Cercis spokanensis
  • Cercocarpus
    • Cercocarpus antiquus
    • Cercocarpus beaannae
    • Cercocarpus myricaefolius
  • Chadrolagus
    • Chadrolagus emryi
  • Chaetoptelea
    • Chaetoptelea microphylla
  • Chamaecyparis
    • Chamaecyparis linguaefolia
  • Chamops
    • Chamops segnis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene choristoderan reptile Champsosaurus
    Champsosaurus
  • Chiromyoides
    • Chiromyoides potior
  • Chisternon
    • Chisternon interpositum – type locality for species
  • Chriacus
  • Chthonophis – type locality for genus
  • Cimexomys
  • Cimolestes
  • A living Cinnamomum, or cinnamon tree
    Cinnamomum
    • Cinnamomum sezannense
  • Cissus
    • Cissus marginata
  • Claenodon
    • Claenodon montanensis
  • Clematis
    • Clematis ellensburgensis
  • Cocculus
    • Cocculus heteromorpha
  • Colodon
    • Colodon cingulatus
    • Colodon kayi – type locality for species
    • Colodon woodi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Colpoclaenus
    • Colpoclaenus keeferi – tentative report
    • Colpoclaenus procyonoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Colubrina
  • Compsemys
  • Coniferites
    • Coniferites conicus – type locality for species
    • Coniferites ovatus – type locality for species
    • Coniferites strobiliformis – type locality for species
  • Illustration of fossilized vertebrae of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene snake Coniophis. Othniel Charles Marsh (1892).
    Coniophis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Coniophis precedens
  • Contogenys
    • Contogenys ekalakaensis – type locality for species
    • Contogenys sloani
  • Conzattia
    • Conzattia coriacea
  • Copedelphys
    • Copedelphys stevensoni – or unidentified comparable form
    • Copedelphys titanelix – type locality for species
  • Copemys
    • Copemys lindsayi – type locality for species
  • Coriphagus
    • Coriphagus montanus – type locality for species
  • Cornus
    • Cornus cornella
    • Cornus hyperborea
    • Cornus ovalis
  • Corylus
    • Corylus insignis
  • Coryphodon
    • Coryphodon proterus – type locality for species
  • Cosmocomoidea
    • Cosmocomoidea greenwalti – type locality for species
    • Cosmocomoidea kootenai – type locality for species
    • Cosmocomoidea rasnitsyni – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene pronghorn-relative Cosoryx
    Cosoryx – tentative report
  • Crataegus
    • Crataegus elwyni
    • Crataegus pacifica
  • Credneria
    • Credneria daturaefolia
  • Crematogaster
  • Crustulus – type locality for genus
    • Crustulus fontanus – type locality for species
  • Cryptoryctes – type locality for genus
    • Cryptoryctes kayi – type locality for species
  • Culiseta
    • Culiseta kishenehn – type locality for species
    • Culiseta lemniscata – type locality for species
  • Cupidinimus
    • Cupidinimus halli – type locality for species
  • Cyclurus
    • Cyclurus fragosus
  • Cylindrodon – type locality for genus
    • Cylindrodon fontis – type locality for species
  • Cynodesmus
    • Cynodesmus thooides – type locality for species
  • Cynomys

D

  • Dalbergia
  • Daphoenictis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Davidia
    • Davidia antiqua
  • Davispia – type locality for genus
    • Davispia bearcreekensis – type locality for species
  • Derrisemys – type locality for genus
    • Derrisemys sterea – type locality for species
  • Desmatochoerus
    • Desmatochoerus hatcheri – type locality for species
  • Desmatolagus – tentative report
  • Deuterogonodon
    • Deuterogonodon montanus – type locality for species
  • Diceratherium
    • Diceratherium annectens
    • Diceratherium armatum
    • Diceratherium radtkei – type locality for species
  • Didymictis
  • Dillerlemur
    • Dillerlemur pagei – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene false saber-toothed cat Dinictis. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Dinictis
  • Dinohippus
  • Dioctria – tentative report
    • Dioctria jamesi – type locality for species
  • Diospyros
    • Diospyros oregoniana
  • Diphysa
    • Diphysa presuberosa
  • Diplodipelta – type locality for genus
    • Diplodipelta reniptera
  • Fossilized samara of the Eocene-modern Dipteronia tree
    Dipteronia
    • Dipteronia insignis
  • Dissacus
  • Dixella
    • Dixella curvistyla – type locality for species
    • Dixella eomarginata – type locality for species
    • Dixella intacta – type locality for species
    • Dixella spinilobata – type locality for species
  • Dolichoderus
    • Dolichoderus dlusskyi – type locality for species
  • Domnina
    • Domnina gradata – or unidentified comparable form
    • Domnina thompsoni – type locality for species
  • Domninoides
  • Dorraletes
    • Dorraletes diminutivus
  • Douglassciurus
    • Douglassciurus jeffersoni – type locality for species
  • Downsimus
  • Fossilized horns, jaws, and limb bones of the Miocene deer relative Dromomeryx
    Dromomeryx
  • Dryinoides – type locality for genus
    • Dryinoides oxyrhachis – type locality for species
  • Dryopteris
    • Dryopteris lakesi
    • Dryopteris serrata

E

  • Fossilized skull of the Paleocene-Eocene mammal Ectocion
    Ectocion
  • Ectoganus
    • Ectoganus lobdelli
  • Ectypodus
    • Ectypodus aphronorus – type locality for species
    • Ectypodus laytoni – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ectypodus lovei
    • Ectypodus powelli – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ectypodus szalayi – type locality for species
  • Ellipsodon
    • Ellipsodon lemuroides
  • Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene anthracothere mammal Elomeryx
    Elomeryx – tentative report
  • Elphidotarsius
    • Elphidotarsius florencae – type locality for species
    • Elphidotarsius russelli
  • Elpidophorus
    • Elpidophorus elegans
    • Elpidophorus minor – type locality for species
  • Entoptychus
    • Entoptychus montanensis
  • Eoanaphes – type locality for genus
    • Eoanaphes stethynioides – type locality for species
  • Eoanomala – type locality for genus
    • Eoanomala melas – type locality for species
  • Eoconodon
  • Eoeustochus – type locality for genus
    • Eoeustochus borchersi – type locality for species
    • Eoeustochus kishenehn – type locality for species
  • Eoformica
    • Eoformica brevipetiola – type locality for species
    • Eoformica latimedia – type locality for species
    • Eoformica pinguis
  • Eogyropsylla
    • Eogyropsylla paveloctogenarius – type locality for species
  • Eolestes
    • Eolestes ramosus – type locality for species
    • Eolestes syntheticus
  • Eotitanops
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon
    Epicyon
  • Epihippus
    • Epihippus gracilis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Epoicotherium
    • Epoicotherium unicum
  • Equisetum
    • Equisetum aquatile – type locality for species
    • Equisetum arcticum
    • Equisetum octangulatum
  • Equus
  • Erucius – tentative report
    • Erucius lewisi – type locality for species
  • Eucastor
    • Eucastor tortus
  • Eucommia
  • Eudaemonema
    • Eudaemonema cuspidata – type locality for species
  • Euhapsis – tentative report
  • Eumys
    • Eumys brachyodus
    • Eumys elegans
    • Eumys parvidens – or unidentified comparable form
  • Foliage and fruit of a modern Euonymus
    Euonymus
    • Euonymus pacificus
  • Euoplocyon
    • Euoplocyon brachygnathus
  • Euroxenomys
    • Euroxenomys inconnexus – type locality for species
  • Eutypomys
    • Eutypomys inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Eutypomys montanensis – type locality for species
    • Eutypomys parvus
  • Exbucklandia
    • Exbucklandia oregonensis
  • Exechia – or unidentified related form
  • Exostinus
    • Exostinus lancensis

F

  • Fagopsis
    • Fagopsis longifolia
  • Ficus
    • Ficus affinis
    • Ficus artocarpoides
    • Ficus planicostata
    • Ficus subtruncata
  • Fidiobia
  • A living Fokienia cypress tree
    Fokienia
    • Fokienia catenulata
  • Formica
    • Formica annosa – type locality for species
  • Fraxinus
    • Fraxinus brevialata
    • Fraxinus eocenica
    • Fraxinus flexifolia
    • Fraxinus rupinarum

G

  • Galbreathia
    • Galbreathia bettae
  • Gelastops
    • Gelastops parcus – type locality for species
  • Geochelone
    • Geochelone primaeva – type locality for species
  • Gerrhonotus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Gingerichia – type locality for genus
    • Gingerichia geoteretes – type locality for species
  • Ginkgo
  • Gleichenia
    • Gleichenia hesperia
  • Glyptostrobus
    • Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi
    • Glyptostrobus oregonensis
  • Goniacodon
    • Goniacodon levisanus
  • Gregorymys
    • Gregorymys douglassi – type locality for species
  • Gripholagomys – tentative report

H

I

  • Ictidopappus
    • Ictidopappus mustelinus – type locality for species
  • Ignacius
    • Ignacius frugivorus
  • Ilex[1]
    • Ilex acuminata – later renamed Ilex mormonica[1]
    • Ilex mormonica – type locality for species. Formerly known as Ilex acuminata.[1]
  • Intyrictis
    • Intyrictis vanvaleni
  • Ischyrhiza – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene rodent Ischyromys
    Ischyromys
    • Ischyromys douglassi – type locality for species
    • Ischyromys typus
    • Ischyromys veterior – type locality for species
  • Isoetes
    • Isoetes trullata – type locality for species
  • Isoetites
    • Isoetites horridus
  • Isonychia
    • Isonychia alderensis – type locality for species

J

  • Jepsenella – type locality for genus
    • Jepsenella praepropera – type locality for species
  • Judithemys
    • Judithemys backmani
  • Juglandicarya
  • Juglandiphyllites
    • Juglandiphyllites glabra
  • Juglans
    • A living Juglans regia also known as the Persian or English walnut
      Juglans regia – or unidentified comparable form
    • Juglans taurina
  • Juniperus
    • Juniperus nevadensis

K

  • Kerria
    • Kerria antiqua
  • Kimbetohia
    • Kimbetohia mziae
  • A living Koelreuteria tree
    Koelreuteria
    • Koelreuteria arnoldi
    • Koelreuteria bipinnatoides
  • Ktunaxia – type locality for genus
    • Ktunaxia jucunda – type locality for species
  • Kukusepasutanka
    • Kukusepasutanka schultzi

L

  • Labidolemur – type locality for genus
    • Labidolemur kayi – type locality for species
  • Lasius
    • Lasius glom – type locality for species
  • Lastrea
    • Lastrea goldiana
  • Latiblattella
    • Latiblattella avita – type locality for species
  • Laurophyllum
    • Laurophyllum perseanum
  • Living Laurus, or laurel trees
    Laurus
    • Laurus socialis
  • Leguminosites
  • Leidymys
  • Leipsanolestes
    • Leipsanolestes siegfriedti
  • Lemmiscus
  • Lepisosteus
    • Lepisosteus occidentalis
  • Leptacodon
    • Leptacodon munusculum – type locality for species
    • Leptacodon packi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Leptacodon proserpinae
    • Leptacodon tener
  • Leptarctus – type locality for genus
    • Leptarctus primus – type locality for species
  • Leptauchenia
    • Leptauchenia decora
    • Leptauchenia major
  • Leptictis
  • Leptochoerus
  • Leptocyon
    • Leptocyon douglassi – type locality for species
  • Leptodontomys
  • Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene even-toed ungulate Leptomeryx
    Leptomeryx
    • Leptomeryx esulcatus
    • Leptomeryx evansi
    • Leptomeryx mammifer
    • Leptomeryx speciosus
    • Leptomeryx yoderi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Leptonysson – type locality for genus
    • Leptonysson basiliscus – type locality for species
  • Leptoreodon
    • Leptoreodon marshi
  • Leucaena
    • Leucaena californica
  • Lignimus
  • Limnenetes
    • Limnenetes platyceps – type locality for species
  • Limnoecus
  • Lindera
    • Lindera obtusata
  • Lisserpeton
  • Litaletes
    • Litaletes disjunctus – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene bird Lithornis
    Lithornis
  • Litocherus
    • Litocherus lacunatus
    • Litocherus notissimus – type locality for species
  • Litomylus
    • Litomylus dissentaneus – type locality for species
    • Litomylus ishami – or unidentified comparable form
    • Litomylus orthronepius
  • Loxolophus
    • Loxolophus pentacus
    • Loxolophus schizophrenus
  • Lutetialestes – type locality for genus
    • Lutetialestes uniformis – type locality for species
  • Lynx

M

  • Machaerosaurus
    • Machaerosaurus torrejonensis
  • Close-up view of a Magnolia flower
    Magnolia
    • Magnolia borealis
    • Magnolia magnifolia
  • Mahonia
    • Mahonia hakeaeformis
    • Mahonia limirivuli
    • Mahonia lobodonta
    • Mahonia obliqua
    • Mahonia retculata
    • Mahonia reticulata
    • Mahonia simplex
    • Mahonia subdenticulata
  • Mammut
  • Mammuthus
  • Marchantia
    • Marchantia lignitica
    • Marchantia pealei
  • Marmota
    • Marmota flaviventria
  • Marquettia
    • Marquettia metzeli – type locality for species
  • Martes
    • Martes kinseyi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mcconichthys – type locality for genus
    • Mcconichthys longipinnis – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of battling males of the Eocene brontothere mammal Megacerops
    Megacerops
    • Megacerops kuwagatarhinus – type locality for species
  • Megahippus
  • Megalagus
    • Megalagus brachyodon – type locality for species
    • Megalagus dawsoni – type locality for species
    • Megalagus turgidus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Megalonyx
  • Megantereon
  • Megatylopus
    • Megatylopus gigas
  • Melastomites
    • Melastomites montanensis
  • Meniscomys
  • Menodus
  • Merriamoceros
  • Merychippus
  • Merychyus
  • Merycochoerus
    • Merycochoerus chelydra
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene pronghorn Merycodus
    Merycodus
    • Merycodus necatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Merycoides
    • Merycoides longiceps
  • Merycoidodon
    • Merycoidodon culbertsoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mesodma
  • Mesogaulus
    • Mesogaulus ballensis – type locality for species
    • Mesogaulus douglassi
  • Mesohippus
    • Mesohippus bairdi
    • Mesohippus westoni – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene oreodont mammal Mesoreodon
    Mesoreodon
    • Mesoreodon chelonyx
    • Mesoreodon minor – type locality for species
  • Mesoscalops
    • Mesoscalops montanensis – type locality for species
  • Metadjidaumo
  • Metasequoia
  • Metopium
    • Metopium metopioides
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene mammal Miacis
    Miacis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Microcosmodon
  • Micropternodus
    • Micropternodus borealis – type locality for species
  • Microtus
  • Mimatuta
    • Mimatuta minuial
    • Mimatuta morgoth – type locality for species
  • Mimetodon
    • Mimetodon silberlingi – type locality for species
  • Mimosites
    • Mimosites acaciafolius
  • Mimotricentes
    • Mimotricentes fremontensis
    • Mimotricentes tedfordi – tentative report
  • Minerisporites
    • Minerisporites glossoferus (Dijkstra) n. comb.
  • Miniochoerus – tentative report
  • Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene three-toed horse Miohippus
    Miohippus – type locality for genus
    • Miohippus anceps – tentative report
    • Miohippus annectens – tentative report
    • Miohippus equiceps – tentative report
    • Miohippus gemmarosae – or unidentified comparable form
    • Miohippus grandis
    • Miohippus obliquidens
    • Miohippus taxus – type locality for species
  • Mionictis – tentative report
  • Miopsyche – tentative report
    • Miopsyche rubiensis – type locality for species
  • Mnium
    • Mnium montanense
  • Mojavemys
  • Monosaulax
    • Monosaulax pansus – tentative report
  • Montanatylopus
    • Montanatylopus matthewi – type locality for species
  • Mookomys
    • Mookomys formicarum – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mookomys thrinax – type locality for species
  • Morus
  • Muscites
    • Muscites gracilens
  • Mustela
  • Mustelavus
    • Mustelavus priscus
  • Myrica
    • Myrica lignitum
    • Myrica mormonensis
    • Myrica serrulata
  • Myrmecoboides
    • Myrmecoboides montanensis – type locality for species
  • Myrtophyllum
    • Myrtophyllum torreyi
  • Mystipterus
  • Mytonolagus
    • Mytonolagus petersoni – or unidentified comparable form

N

O

  • Ocajila
    • Ocajila makpiyahe – or unidentified comparable form
  • Odaxosaurus
  • A living Odocoileus deer
    Odocoileus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ogmophis
    • Ogmophis arenarum – type locality for species
  • Olar
    • Olar buccinator
  • Oligodontosaurus
    • Oligodontosaurus wyomingensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Oligoryctes
    • Oligoryctes altitalonidus
    • Oligoryctes cameronensis
  • Oligoscalops
  • Oligotheriomys
    • Oligotheriomys senrudi
  • A living Ondatra, or muskrat
    Ondatra
  • Onoclea
    • Onoclea hesperia
  • Onychodectes
    • Onychodectes tisonensis
  • Opisthotriton
    • Opisthotriton gidleyi – type locality for species
    • Opisthotriton kayi
  • Oreohelix
  • Oreolagus
    • Oreolagus nevadensis
  • Oreonetes
    • Oreonetes anceps
    • Oreonetes douglassi
  • Osmanthus
    • Osmanthus praemissa
  • Living Osmunda ferns
    Osmunda
  • Ostrya
    • Ostrya oregoniana
  • Otarocyon
    • Otarocyon macdonaldi
  • Oxyacodon
    • Oxyacodon apiculatus
    • Oxyacodon ferronensis
    • Oxyacodon marshater
  • Oxyclaenus
    • Oxyclaenus pugnax
  • Life restoration of a pair of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Oxydactylus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Oxydactylus
    • Oxydactylus lacota – or unidentified comparable form
  • Oxyprimus
    • Oxyprimus erikseni – type locality for species

P

  • Paciculus
  • Pagonomus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Palaechthon – type locality for genus
    • Palaechthon alticuspis – type locality for species
    • Palaechthon woodi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Palaeictops
  • Palaeocarpinus
  • Palaeogale
    • Palaeogale sectoria
  • Palaeohypnum
    • Palaeohypnum beckeri
  • Palaeolabrus
    • Palaeolabrus montanensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Oligocene rabbit relative Palaeolagus
    Palaeolagus
    • Palaeolagus burkei
    • Palaeolagus haydeni
    • Palaeolagus hypsodus
    • Palaeolagus intermedius
    • Palaeolagus temnodon – type locality for species
  • Palaeophytocrene
  • Palaeoryctes
  • Palaeosinopa
    • Palaeosinopa didelphoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restorative model and fossilized skull of the Eocene brontothere mammal Palaeosyops
    Palaeosyops
    • Palaeosyops fontinalis
  • Palaeoxantusia
    • Palaeoxantusia fera
  • Palatobaena
    • Palatobaena bairdi
  • Palenochtha – type locality for genus
    • Palenochtha minor – type locality for species
  • Paleonelumbo
    • Paleonelumbo macroloba
  • Paleonuphar
    • Paleonuphar hesperium
  • Paleopsephurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Paleotomus
    • Paleotomus senior – type locality for species
  • Flowers and foliage of a living Paliurus
    Paliurus
    • Paliurus dumosus
    • Paliurus florissanti
  • Pandemonium
    • Pandemonium dis – type locality for species
  • Pantolambda
    • Pantolambda intermedius – type locality for species
  • Pantomimus – type locality for genus
    • Pantomimus leari – type locality for species
  • Paracosoryx
  • Paradjidaumo
    • Paradjidaumo spokanensis – type locality for species
    • Paradjidaumo trilophus
  • Paramerychyus
    • Paramerychyus harrisonensis
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    Paramylodon
  • Paramys
    • Paramys relictus
  • Paranymphaea
    • Paranymphaea crassifolia
  • Parapliosaccomys
    • Parapliosaccomys annae – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pararyctes
    • Pararyctes pattersoni
  • Paratomarctus
    • Paratomarctus temerarius
  • Parectypodus
  • Pareumys – tentative report
  • Parictis
    • Parictis montanus
  • Paromomys
    • Paromomys depressidens – type locality for species
    • Paromomys maturus – type locality for species
  • Parthenocissus
    • Parthenocissus ursina
  • Parvericius
    • Parvericius montanus
  • Paulownia
    • Paulownia columbiana
    • Paulownia thomsoni
  • Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene lizard Peltosaurus
    Peltosaurus
  • Pelycomys
  • Penetrigonias
    • Penetrigonias dakotensis
  • Penosphyllum
    • Penosphyllum cordatum
  • Penthetria
    • Penthetria abacula – type locality for species
    • Penthetria alderensis – type locality for species
    • Penthetria rubiensis – type locality for species
  • Peraceras
    • Peraceras profectum
    • Peraceras superciliosum
  • Peradectes
    • Peradectes elegans – or unidentified comparable form
    • Peradectes minor – type locality for species
    • Peradectes protinnominatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Peridiomys
    • Peridiomys halis – type locality for species
  • Periptychus
  • Perognathoides
    • Perognathoides eurekensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Perognathus
    • Perognathus ancenensis – type locality for species
  • Peromyscus
  • Persea
    • Persea brossiana
  • Petauristodon
  • Phasmatopelecinus – type locality for genus
    • Phasmatopelecinus leonae – type locality for species
  • Phenacodaptes – or unidentified comparable form
    • Phenacodaptes sabulosus
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene ungulate Phenacodus. Charles R. Knight (1898).
    Phenacodus
    • Phenacodus bisonensis
    • Phenacodus intermedius
    • Phenacodus magnus
  • Phragmites
    • Phragmites alaskana
  • Phthiria
    • Phthiria fossa – type locality for species
  • Phyllites
    • Phyllites demoresi
    • Phyllites disturbans
  • Picea
    • Picea lahontensis
    • Picea magna
    • Picea sonomensis
  • Piceoerpeton
    • Piceoerpeton willwoodense
  • Picrodus
    • Picrodus canpacius
    • Picrodus silberlingi – type locality for species
  • A living Pinus, or pine tree
    Pinus
    • Pinus florissanti
    • Pinus wheeleri
  • Pipestoneia – type locality for genus
    • Pipestoneia douglassi – type locality for species
  • Pipestoneomys
    • Pipestoneomys bisulcatus
  • Pithecolobium
    • Pithecolobium eocenicum
  • Planatus
    • Planatus nobilis
    • Planatus raynoldsi
  • Planetetherium
  • Plastomenoides – type locality for genus
    • Plastomenoides lamberti – type locality for species
    • Plastomenoides tetanetron – type locality for species
  • Plastomenus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Platanus
    • Platanus dissecta
    • Platanus nobilis
    • Platanus raynoldsi
    • Platanus raynoldsii
    • Platanus stenoloba
  • Plecia
    • Plecia inflata – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene primate Plesiadapis
    Plesiadapis
    • Plesiadapis anceps – type locality for species
    • Plesiadapis churchilli – type locality for species
    • Plesiadapis praecursor – type locality for species
    • Plesiadapis rex – type locality for species
  • Plesiolestes
    • Plesiolestes problematicus
  • Pleurolicus
  • Plioceros
    • Plioceros blicki – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pliohippus
  • Plionictis
    • Plionictis ogygia
  • Plithocyon
    • Plithocyon ursinus
  • Poacites
  • Poebrotherium
    • Poebrotherium eximium – or unidentified comparable form
    • Poebrotherium wilsoni
  • Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene false faber-toothed cat Pogonodon
    Pogonodon
  • Ponerites
    • Ponerites kishenehne – type locality for species
  • Populus
    • Populus adamantea
    • Populus balsamoides
    • Populus cedrusensis
    • Populus cinnamomoides
    • Populus eotremuloides
    • Populus lindgreni
    • Populus nebrascensis
    • Populus payettensis
    • Populus washoensis
  • Potamanthellus
    • Potamanthellus rubiensis – type locality for species
  • Potentilla
    • Potentilla horkelioides
    • Potentilla salmonensis
  • Pradjidaumo
    • Pradjidaumo trilophus
  • Preissites
    • Preissites wardi
    • Preissites wardii
  • Procerberus
    • Procerberus formicarum – type locality for species
    • Procerberus grandis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Procerberus plutonis
  • Prochetodon
  • Prodesmodon
    • Prodesmodon copei
  • Prodiacodon
    • Prodiacodon concordiarcensis – type locality for species
    • Prodiacodon crustulum – type locality for species
    • Prodiacodon furor – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Eocene ant Proiridomyrmex
    Proiridomyrmex
    • Proiridomyrmex rotundatus – type locality for species
  • Prokalotermes
    • Prokalotermes alderensis – type locality for species
  • Promerycochoerus
    • Promerycochoerus superbus
  • Promioclaenus
    • Promioclaenus acolytus
  • Pronodens
    • Pronodens silberlingi – type locality for species
  • Pronothodectes
    • Pronothodectes matthewi – type locality for species
  • Propalaeosinopa
    • Propalaeosinopa albertensis
  • Proscalops
    • Proscalops intermedius – type locality for species
  • Prosciurus
    • Prosciurus parvus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Prosciurus vetustus – type locality for species
  • Prosphyracephala
    • Prosphyracephala rubiensis – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Oligocene ant Protazteca
    Protazteca
    • Protazteca eocenica – type locality for species
  • Protentomodon
    • Protentomodon ursirivalis – type locality for species
  • Prothryptacodon
    • Prothryptacodon furens – type locality for species
  • Protictis
    • Protictis haydenianus
    • Protictis microlestes
  • Protochriacus
    • Protochriacus simplex
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus
    Protohippus
  • Protolabis
    • Protolabis gracilis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Protoreodon
    • Protoreodon pearcei
    • Protoreodon pumilus
  • Protungulatum
    • Protungulatum donnae
    • Protungulatum gorgun – type locality for species
    • Protungulatum sloani – type locality for species
  • Provaranosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Proxestops
    • Proxestops silberlingi
    • Proxestops silberlingii – type locality for species
  • Prunus
    • Prunus careyhurstia
    • Prunus corrugis
    • Prunus lyoniifolia – type locality for species
    • Prunus morangensis
    • Prunus perita
    • Prunus scottii
    • Prunus wilcoxiana
  • Replica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse Pseudhipparion
    Pseudhipparion
  • Pseudocylindrodon
    • Pseudocylindrodon medius – type locality for species
    • Pseudocylindrodon neglectus – type locality for species
  • Pseudolarix
  • Pseudomesoreodon – type locality for genus
    • Pseudomesoreodon rooneyi – type locality for species
  • Pseudomyrmex
    • Pseudomyrmex saxulum – type locality for species
  • Pseudotettigonia
    • Pseudotettigonia leona – type locality for species
  • Pseudotheridomys
  • Pseudotrimylus
  • Pseudotsuga
    • Pseudotsuga longifolia
    • Pseudotsuga sonomensis
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene taeniodont mammal Psittacotherium multifragum
    Psittacotherium
  • Ptelea
    • Ptelea miocenica
  • Ptenidium
    • Ptenidium kishenehnicum – type locality for species
  • Pteris
  • Pterocarya
    • Pterocarya hispida
  • Ptilodus
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene primate relative Purgatorius
    Purgatorius
  • Pyracantha
    • Pyracantha spatulata – type locality for species

Q

  • A living Quercus, or oak tree
    Quercus
    • Quercus convexa
    • Quercus dayana
    • Quercus dispersa – tentative report
    • Quercus eoprinus
    • Quercus hannibali
    • Quercus prelobata
    • Quercus prevariabilis
    • Quercus pseudolyrata
    • Quercus simulata
    • Quercus sullyi
    • Quercus winstanleyi

R

S

T

  • Restoration of the Paleocene multituberculate mammal Taeniolabis
    Taeniolabis
  • Tapocyon
    • Tapocyon robustus
  • Tardontia
    • Tardontia occidentale – or unidentified comparable form
  • Taricha
    • Taricha miocenica – type locality for species
  • Taxodium
  • Tectochara
    • Tectochara grambastorum
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
  • Tenudomys – tentative report
  • Tephrodytes – type locality for genus
    • Tephrodytes brassicarvalis – type locality for species
  • Ternstroemites
    • Ternstroemites aureavallis
  • Tetraclaenodon
    • Tetraclaenodon puercensis
  • Thomomys
  • Thrinax
    • Thrinax dorfi
  • Thryptacodon
    • Thryptacodon australis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Thryptacodon orthogonius – tentative report
    • Thryptacodon pseudarctos – type locality for species
  • Thuja
    • Thuja dimorpha
    • Thuja interrupta
  • Thylacodon
    • Thylacodon montanensis – type locality for species
    • Thylacodon pusillus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ticholeptus
    • Ticholeptus zygomaticus
  • Tilia
    • Tilia aspera
    • Tilia inaequalis
  • Tinuviel
    • Tinuviel eurydice
  • Tipula
    • Tipula carolae – type locality for species
    • Tipula rubiensis – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene pantodonts mammal Titanoides
    Titanoides
  • Trapa
    • Trapa angulata
    • Trapa paulula
  • Tricentes
    • Tricentes subtrigonus
  • Trigenicus
    • Trigenicus profectus
  • Trigonias
  • Trilaccogaulus
    • Trilaccogaulus montanensis
  • Triplopides
    • Triplopides rieli – type locality for species
  • Triplopus
    • Triplopus rhinocerinus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Trochodendroides
    • Trochodendroides flabella
  • Trogolemur – tentative report
  • Tropidia
    • Tropidia tumulata – type locality for species
  • Tullochelys
    • Tullochelys montana
  • Tylocephalonyx
  • Typha
    • Typha lesquereuxi

U

  • Ulmeriella
    • Ulmeriella rubiensis – type locality for species
  • A living Ulmus, or elm
    Ulmus
    • Ulmus montanensis
    • Ulmus moorei
    • Ulmus paucidentata
    • Ulmus rhamnifolia
    • Ulmus speciosa
  • Unuchinia
    • Unuchinia asaphes – type locality for species
  • Ursolestes – type locality for genus
    • Ursolestes perpetior – type locality for species
  • Ursus

V

  • A variety of modern Vaccinium species, clockwise from top right: cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries, and huckleberries
    Vaccinium
    • Vaccinium sophoroides
  • Valenopsalis
    • Valenopsalis joyneri – type locality for species
  • Vauquelinia
    • Vauquelinia coloradensis
    • Vauquelinia coloradica
  • Viburnum
    • Viburnum antiquorum
    • Viburnum kraeuseli
  • Viguiera
    • Viguiera cronquisti
  • Leaves and fruit of a living Vitis, or grapevine
    Vitis
    • Vitis lobata
    • Vitis muscadinioides
    • Vitis olriki
    • Vitis washingtonensis
  • Viverravus – tentative report

W

X

Z

  • Leaf of a living Zelkova tree
    Zelkova
    • Zelkova drymeja
    • Zelkova hesperia
    • Zelkova krymeja
    • Zelkova nervosa
    • Zelkova oregoniana
    • Zelkova planeroides
    • Zelkova ungeri
  • Zeunerella – tentative report
    • Zeunerella lewisi – type locality for species
  • Zygodactylus[2]
    • Zygodactylus ochlurus – type locality for species[2]

References