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.
†Aciculiscala
Acirsa
†Acirsa americana – type locality for species
†Acirsa cerithiformis
†Acirsa corrugata
†Acirsa cretacea
†Acirsa microstriata
†Acirsa wadei
Acmaea
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail †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
†Aenona
Alderina
†Alderina nelsoni – type locality for species
†Amaurellina
Amauropsis
†Amauropsis lirata – type locality for species
†Ambigostrea
Ammatophora
†Ammatophora cretacea – type locality for species
Amphiblestrum
†Amphiblestrum denticulatum – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina †Ampullina
†Ampullina lirata
†Ampullina potens – type locality for species
†Ampullina umbilica
Amuletum
†Amuletum fasciolatum
†Amuletum macnairyensis
†Anatimya
†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
†Anomalofusus
†Anomalofusus substriatus
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia , or jingle shell †Anomia
†Anomia argentaria
†Anomia perlineata – type locality for species
†Anomia tellinoides
†Anomoeodus
Anteglosia
†Anteglosia subornata
†Anteglosia tennesseensis
†Aphrodina
†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
†Astandes
Fossil of the Late Cretaceous crab Avitelmessus †Avitelmessus
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites †Baculites
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
Berenicea
†Beretra
†Beretra gracilis
†Beretra ripleyana
†Beretra speciosa
†Bizarrus
†Bizarrus abnormalis – type locality for species
†Boltenella
Brachidontes
†Buccinopsis
†Buccinopsis crassa
†Buccinopsis crassicostata
†Buccinopsis solida
Cadulus
Caestocorbula
Callianassa
†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
Shell of a Cancellaria nutmeg sea snail Cancellaria
†Cancellaria acuta – type locality for species
†Cancellaria macnairyensis
†Caprinella
Capulus
†Capulus corrugatus – type locality for species
†Capulus monroei
Cardium [ fr ; nl ; sv ]
†Cardium kuemmeli
†Cardium stantoni – type locality for species
†Caveola
Cerithiopsis
†Cerithiopsis meeki – type locality for species
†Cerithiopsis quadrilirata – type locality for species
Two views of a Cerithium cerith sea snail Cerithium
†Cerithium nodoliratum – type locality for species
†Cerithium percostatum – type locality for species
†Cerithium semirugatum – type locality for species
†Cerithium weeksi – type locality for species
Charonia
†Charonia univaricosum – type locality for species
Chiton
†Cinulia
†Cinulia paraquensis – type locality for species
Clavagella
A living Cliona sponge Cliona
†Colombellina
†Colombellina americana – type locality for species
Conopeum
†Conopeum ovatum – type locality for species
†Conopeum parviporum – type locality for species
†Conopeum prismaticum – type locality for species
†Conopeum wadei – type locality for species
†Conorbis
Corbula
†Corbula paracrassa – type locality for species
†Corbula suffalciata – type locality for species
†Corbula torta
†Corbula williardi – type locality for species
†Crania – tentative report
†Crania americana – type locality for species
Crassatella
†Crassatella linteus
†Crassatella vadosa
†Crenella
†Creonella
†Creonella secunda – type locality for species
†Creonella subangulata
†Creonella triplicata
†Cryptoconus – tentative report
†Cryptoconus macnairyensis
†Cryptorhytis
†Cryptorhytis nobilis – type locality for species
†Cryptorhytis torta – type locality for species
Shell of a Cucullaea , or false ark shell Cucullaea
Cyclina
†Cyclina magna – type locality for species
†Cyclina parva
Cylichna
†Cylichna incisa
†Cylichna intermissia
†Cylichna intermissia curta
†Cylichna pessumata
†Cylichna recta
†Cylindrotruncatum
†Cylindrotruncatum demersum
†Cymbophora
†Cyprimeria
†Cyprimeria alta
†Cyprimeria depressa
†Dakoticancer
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell †Dentalium
†Dentalium inornatum – type locality for species
†Dentalium intercalatum – type locality for species
†Dentalium ripleyanum
†Deussenia
†Deussenia bellalirata
†Deussenia microstriata
†Dircella
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites †Discoscaphites
†Dolicholatirus
†Dolicholatirus torquatus
†Dreissensia
†Drepanochilus
†Drepanochilus quadriliratus
†Drilluta
†Drilluta communis
†Drilluta dimurorum – type locality for species
†Drilluta distans
†Drilluta major
†Dysnoetopora – type locality for genus
†Dysnoetopora celleporoides – type locality for species
†Ecphora
†Ecphora proquadricostata
†Ellipsoscapha
†Ellipsoscapha cylindrica
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus , or the "saber-toothed herring" †Enchodus
†Endoptygma
†Enoploclytia
†Enoploclytia sculpta – type locality for species
†Eoacteon
†Eoacteon ellipticus
†Eoacteon linteus
†Eoacteon percultus
†Eothoracosaurus
†Eriptycha – tentative report
†Eriptycha americana – type locality for species
†Etea
†Eucycloscala
†Eucycloscala tuberculata
†Eulima
†Eulima clara – type locality for species
†Eulima impressa – type locality for species
†Eulima laevigata – type locality for species
†Eulima persimplica
†Euspira
†Euspira halli
†Euspira rectilabrum
Euthriofusus – tentative report
†Euthriofusus convexus
†Euthriofusus mesozoicus
†Eutrephoceras
†Exilia
†Exilia ripleyana – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra †Exogyra
Falsifusus
†Falsifusus convexus – type locality for species
†Falsifusus mesozoicus
Shell of a Fasciolaria , or tulip sea snail Fasciolaria – tentative report
†Fasciolaria ripleyana – type locality for species
†Frurionella – type locality for genus
†Frurionella grandipora – type locality for species
†Frurionella parvipora – type locality for species
†Fulgerca
†Fulgerca attenuata – type locality for species
†Fusimilis
†Fusimilis proxima
†Fusimilis tippanus
Gastrochaena
†Gegania
Fossilized shell of a Gemmula sea snail , or gem turrid Gemmula
Gephyrotes
†Gephyrotes lamellaria – type locality for species
†Gervilliopsis
†Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Glossus
Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris , or bittersweet clam Glycymeris
†Glycymeris lacertosa – type locality for species
†Glycymeris microsulci – type locality for species
†Glycymeris subcrenata – type locality for species
†Goniocylichna – type locality for genus
†Goniocylichna bisculpturata – type locality for species
†Graciliala
†Graciliala calcaris
†Graciliala decemlirata
†Granocardium
†Granocardium dumosum
†Granocardium tenuistriatum
†Granocardium tippananum
†Graphidula
†Graphidula cancellata
†Graphidula obscura
†Graphidula pergracilis
†Gryphaeostrea
Gyrodes
†Gyrodes alveata
†Gyrodes americanus
†Gyrodes crenata
†Gyrodes major – type locality for species
†Gyrodes spillmani
†Gyrodes supraplicatus
†Hamulus
†Hamulus angulatus
†Hamulus onyx
†Hamulus squamosus
†Haplovoluta
†Helicaulax
†Helicoceras
†Hemiacirsa
Hemiaster
†Hemiaster lacunosus
†Hemiaster stella
†Hemiaster ungula
†Hercorhyncus
†Hercorhyncus bicarinatus
†Hercorhyncus pagodaformis
†Hercorhyncus tennesseensis
Heteropora
†Heteropora tennesseensis – type locality for species
†Hippocampoides
†Hippocampoides liratus – type locality for species
†Hippocampoides serratus
Fossil of the Jurassic-Paleogene lobster Hoploparia †Hoploparia
†Hoploparia tennesseensis – type locality for species
†Hydrotribulus
†Icanotia
†Icanotia pulchra – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size †Inoceramus
†Inoperna
†Ischyrhiza
Juliacorbula
†Juliacorbula monmouthensis
†Lacrimiforma
†Latiala
†Latiala lobata – type locality for species
Shells in multiple views of Latiaxis coral sea snails Latiaxis
†Laxispira
†Leda
†Legumen
Leiostraca
†Lemniscolittorina
†Lemniscolittorina berryi
†Leptosolen
Limatula
†Limatula woodsi – type locality for species
Limopsis
†Limopsis meeki – type locality for species
†Limopsis perbrevis – type locality for species
†Linearis
†Linearis metastriata
†Linearis ornatissima
†Liopeplum
†Liopeplum canalis
†Liopeplum carinatum – type locality for species
†Liopeplum cretaceum
†Liopeplum leioderma
†Liopeplum leiodermum
†Liopeplum subjugosum
†Liopistha
†Liopistha inflata
†Liopistha protexta
†Liothyris
†Lirosoma
Lithophaga
†Lithophaga conchafodentis
†Lithophaga ripleyana
Shells in differing orientation of a Littorina sea snail, or periwinkle Littorina
†Littorina berryi – type locality for species
†Lomirosa
†Longoconcha
†Longoconcha tennesseensis
Lopha
†Lowenstamia
†Lucina
†Lucina ripleyana – type locality for species
†Lupira
†Lupira turbinea
†Lupira variabilis
†Mammila
†Mammila americana – type locality for species
Martesia
†Martesia procurva – type locality for species
†Martesia truncata – type locality for species
†Mataxa
†Mathilda
†Mathildia
†Mathildia ripleyana – type locality for species
Melanatria
†Melanatria cretacea – type locality for species
Living Membranipora bryozoan Membranipora
†Membranipora crassimargo – type locality for species
Membraniporella
†Membraniporella irregularis – type locality for species
Meretrix
†Meretrix cretacea
†Meretrix eufaulensis
†Mesorhytis
†Mesorhytis obscura – type locality for species
†Mesostoma
†Mesostoma americanum – type locality for species
†Mesostoma costatum – type locality for species
†Metopaster
†Metopaster tennesseensis – type locality for species
†Micrabacia
Micropora
†Micropora baccata – type locality for species
†Mitridomus
†Morea
†Morea cancellaria
†Morea corsicanensis
†Morea marylandica
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus †Mosasaurus
†Mystriopora – tentative report
†Mystriopora stipata – type locality for species
†Napulus
†Neithea
†Nemodon
†Nemodon eufaulensis
†Nemodon grandis – type locality for species
†Nemodon stantoni
†Nonactaeonina
†Nonactaeonina orientalis
†Notopocorystes
†Notopocorystes testacea – type locality for species
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula Nucula
Nuculana
†Nuculana australis – type locality for species
†Nudivagus
†Obeliscus
†Odontobasis
†Odontobasis australis – type locality for species
†Odontofusus
†Odontofusus curvicostata – type locality for species
Shell of an Odostomia fusulus pyram sea snail †Odostomia
†Odostomia impressa – type locality for species
†Odostomia plicata – type locality for species
†Oligoptycha
Opalia
†Opalia fistulosa
†Opalia wadei
†Ornopsis
†Ornopsis digressa – type locality for species
†Ornopsis elevata
†Ornopsis glenni
Shell of an Ostrea , or oyster Ostrea
†Ostrea bryani
†Ostrea mcnairyensis – type locality for species
†Ostrea monmouthensis
†Ostrea penegemmea – type locality for species
†Paladmete
†Paladmete cancellaria
†Paladmete densata – type locality for species
†Paladmete gardnerae – type locality for species
†Paleopsephaea – type locality for genus
†Paleopsephaea mutabilis – type locality for species
†Paleopsephaea pergracilis – type locality for species
Panopea
†Parafusus
†Parafusus callilateris
†Parafusus coloratus
†Parafusus saffordi
†Paramorea
† Paranomia
†Parietiplicatum
†Parvivoluta – type locality for genus
†Parvivoluta concinna – type locality for species
Shells of Pecten scallops †Pecten
†Pecten argillensis
†Pecten burlingtonensis
†Pecten quinquenarius
†Pecten simplicius
†Pedalion
†Pedalion periridescens – type locality for species
†Peneus
†Peneus wenasogensis – type locality for species
Periploma
†Perissolax
Pholadomya
†Piestochilus
†Piestochilus cancellatus – type locality for species
†Piestochilus pergracilis – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Plioplatecarpus †Plioplatecarpus
†Podocratus
Polinices
†Polinices kummeli
†Polinices stephensoni – type locality for species
†Polinices umbilica – type locality for species
†Polyascosoecia
†Polyascosoecia tripora – type locality for species
†Postligata
†Postligata crenata – type locality for species
†Postligata wordeni
†Praeleda
†Prognathodon
†Promathildia
†Promathildia cretacea – type locality for species
†Protobusycon
†Protocardia
†Protocardia parahillana – type locality for species
†Pseudocardia
†Pseudocardia gregaria
†Pseudocardia subangulata – type locality for species
†Pseudocardia subcircula – type locality for species
†Pseudolimea
Pseudomalaxis
†Pseudomalaxis amplificata – type locality for species
†Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
†Pseudomalaxis ripleyana – type locality for species
†Pteria
†Pteria percompressa – type locality for species
†Pteria petrosa
†Pterocerella
†Pterocerella poinsettiformis
†Pterocerella tippana
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia †Pterotrigonia
†Ptychosyca
†Pugnellus
†Pugnellus densatus
†Pugnellus goldmani
Pulvinites
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte Pycnodonte
†Pyrifusus
†Pyrifusus ejundicus
†Pyrifusus subdensatus
†Pyrifusus subliratus – type locality for species
†Pyropsis
†Pyropsis interstriatus
†Pyropsis perornatus
†Pyropsis proxima – type locality for species
†Pyropsis spinosus
†Reinhardites
†Reinhardites anthophorus
†Remera
†Remnita
†Remnita anomalocostata
†Remnita biacuminata
†Rhombopsis
†Rhombopsis microstriatus – type locality for species
†Rhombopsis orientalis – type locality for species
Ringicula
Fossilized shells of the sea snail Rissoina Rissoina
†Rissoina fragilis – type locality for species
†Rissoina subornata – type locality for species
†Rissoina tennesseensis – type locality for species
Rostellaria – tentative report
†Rostellaria mcnairyensis – type locality for species
†Sargana
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Saurodon †Saurodon – tentative report
†Scala
Scalpellum
†Scambula
Scaphander
†Scaphander rarus – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites †Scaphites
†Scaphites reesidei – type locality for species
†Schizobasis
†Schizobasis depressa
†Schizobasis immersa – type locality for species
Seila
†Seminola
†Seminola crassa
†Seminola solida
Serpula
†Serpula adnata – type locality for species
†Serpula pervermiformis – type locality for species
Serpulorbis
†Serpulorbis marylandica
†Serpulorbis tennesseensis – type locality for species
†Serrifusus
†Serrifusus tennesseensis – type locality for species
Shell of a Siphonaria false limpet sea snail †Siphonaria
†Siphonaria wieseri – type locality for species
†Solariorbis
†Solyma
†Stantonella – type locality for genus
†Stantonella subnodosa – type locality for species
†Stephanophyllia
†Stephanophyllia cribraria
Striarca
†Striaticostatum
†Syncyclonema
†Tectaplica
Teinostoma
†Teinostoma prenanum – type locality for species
Shell of a Tellina , or tellin Tellina
†Tellina multiconcentrica – type locality for species
†Tellinimera
†Tenea
†Teredo
†Teredo rectus – type locality for species
†Thylacus
†Tintorium
†Tornatellaea
†Tornatellaea cretacea – type locality for species
†Tornatellaea globulosa – type locality for species
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys †Toxochelys
Trichotropis
†Trichotropis imperfecta – type locality for species
†Trigonia
†Trochifusus
†Trochifusus interstriatus – type locality for species
†Trochifusus perornatus – type locality for species
†Trochifusus spinosus – type locality for species
Trochus
†Trochus ripleyanus – type locality for species
†Troostella – type locality for genus
†Troostella perimpressa – type locality for species
†Troostella substriatus
†Tuba
†Tuba parabella – type locality for species
A living Turbinella , or chank Turbinella
†Turbinella major – type locality for species
†Turbinella variabilis – type locality for species
Turboella
†Turricula
†Turricula amica
†Turricula anomalocostata – type locality for species
†Turricula biacuminata – type locality for species
†Turricula fasciolata – type locality for species
†Turricula gracilis – type locality for species
†Turricula mcnairyensis – type locality for species
†Turricula ripleyana
Turris
†Turris constricta – type locality for species
†Turris proxima – type locality for species
Turritella
†Unicardium
†Unicardium concentricum – type locality for species
†Urceolabrum
†Urceolabrum tuberculatum
†Variseila
†Veniella
†Vetericardia
†Vetericardia crenalirata
†Volutoderma
†Volutoderma appressa – type locality for species
†Volutoderma protracta
†Volutoderma tennesseensis – type locality for species
†Volutomorpha
†Volutomorpha aspera
†Volutomorpha gigantea – type locality for species
†Volutomorpha mutabilis – type locality for species
†Volutomorpha retifera – or unidentified comparable form
†Wadeopsammia
†Wadeopsammia nodosa – type locality for species
†Weeksia
†Woodsella – type locality for genus
†Woodsella typica – type locality for species
†Wormaldia
†Wormaldia praemissa – type locality for species
Yoldia
†Yoldia longifrons
†Yoldia multiconcentrica – type locality for species