This list of the Cenozoic life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A

  • Acanthionella
    • Acanthionella simplex
  • Acanthodesia
    • Acanthodesia savarti
  • Fossilized teeth of the Permian-Paleocene cartilaginous fish Acrodus
    Acrodus
    • Acrodus humilus
  • Actaeonema
    • Actaeonema priscum
  • Acteocina
  • Aetobatus
    • Aetobatus irregularis
  • Agabelus – type locality for genus
    • Agabelus porcatus – type locality for species
  • Aligena
    • Aligena elevata
  • Ambigostrea
    • Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • Ammodon
    • Ammodon leidyanum – type locality for species
  • Amphiblestrum
    • Amphiblestrum heteropora
  • Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda
    Amyda
    • Amyda lima – type locality for species
    • Amyda pennata – type locality for species
  • Anachis
    • Anachis avara
  • Anadara
  • Anchippodus
    • Anchippodus riparius
  • Angulus
    • Angulus agilis
    • Angulus producta
  • Anomia
  • Araloselachus
    • Araloselachus cuspidata
  • Arca
    • Arca improcera
    • Arca millvillensis
    • Arca quindecemradiata
  • Architectonica
    • Architectonica annosa
  • Argopecten
  • Argyrotheca
    • Argyrotheca beecheri
  • Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve
    Astarte
    • Astarte castanea
    • Astarte castanella
    • Astarte cuneiformis
    • Astarte distans
    • Astarte perplana
    • Astarte planimarginata
    • Astarte symmetrica
    • Astarte thomasii
    • Astarte undulata
  • Astrangia
  • Astyris
  • Athleta
    • Athleta abbotti
    • Athleta cancellatus
  • Atrina
    • Atrina rostriformis
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
    Aturia
    • Aturia vanuxemi
  • Aturoidea
    • Aturoidea paucifex – type locality for species
    • Aturoidea pilsbryi – type locality for species

B

C

D

  • Dallarca
    • Dallarca idonea
    • Dallarca staminea
    • Dallarca subrostrata
  • A living Dasyatis stingray
    Dasyatis
    • Dasyatis crosswickense – type locality for species
  • Dentalina
    • Dentalina fissicostata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dentalium
  • Dhondtichlamys
    • Dhondtichlamys delawarensis – type locality for species
  • Diaperoecia
    • Diaperoecia varians
  • Diastoma
    • Diastoma insulaemaris
  • Diatryma
    • Diatryma regens
  • Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Diceratherium
    • Diceratherium matutinum
  • Diodora
    • Diodora griscomi
  • Diplodonta
  • Diplosolen
    • Diplosolen compactum
  • Discinisca
    • Discinisca lugubris
  • Divalinga
    • Divalinga quadrisulcata
  • Dolicholatirus
    • Dolicholatirus eocenensis
  • Dollochelys
  • Donax
  • Fossil shell of the Cretaceous-modern marine venus clam Dosinia
    Dosinia
    • Dosinia acetabulum
  • Dromiopsis
    • Dromiopsis americana

E

F

  • Falsifusus
    • Falsifusus hector
  • Shell of a Fasciolaria, or tulip sea snail
    Fasciolaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Fasciolaria crookiana
  • Flabellum
    • Flabellum cuneiformis
    • Flabellum mortoni – type locality for species
  • Florimetis
    • Florimetis biplicata
  • Fossarus – tentative report
    • Fossarus lyra

G

H

  • Hadranderaster
    • Hadranderaster asperulus
  • Hamulus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hamulus falcatus
  • Haustator – or unidentified comparable form
    • Haustator elongatus
  • Hemiaster
    • Hemiaster parastatus – type locality for species
    • Hemiaster stella – type locality for species
    • Hemiaster ungula
  • Hemimactra
    • Hemimactra solidissima
  • Hemipristis
  • Heptranchias
  • Hespererato
    • Hespererato emmonsi
  • Hesperhys
    • Hesperhys antiquus
  • Heteropora
    • Heteropora tecta
  • Hexanchus
    • Hexanchus ensis
    • Hexanchus microdon
    • Hexanchus primigenius
  • Hiatella
    • Two modern shells, closed (left) and open (right), of Hiatella arctica, also known as the wrinkled rock-borer
      Hiatella arctica
    • Hiatella myaeformis
    • Hiatella parilis
  • Histiophorus
    • Histiophorus homalorhamphus
    • Histiophorus parvulus – type locality for species
  • Holaster
    • Holaster cinctus – type locality for species
  • Hydroides
    • Hydroides primitiva
  • Hypolophites
    • Hypolophites hutchinsi – type locality for species
  • Hypolophodon
    • Hypolophodon sylvestris
  • Hyposaurus – type locality for genus

I

K

  • Kapalmerella
    • Kapalmerella mortoni
  • Kummelia
    • Kummelia americana
    • Kummelia mortoni
  • Kummelonautilus
    • Kummelonautilus bryani
    • Kummelonautilus cookanus
  • Kurtziella

L

M

N

  • A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail
    Nassarius
  • Natica – or unidentified comparable form
    • Natica globulella
  • Nemocardium
    • Nemocardium curtum
  • Nemodon
    • Nemodon brevifrons
  • Neptunea
  • Neverita
    • Neverita duplicatus
  • Nodosaria
    • Nodosaria zippei
  • Notidanus
    • Notidanus primigenius
  • Nucleolites
    • Nucleolites aequoreus
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • Nucula circe
    • Nucula major
    • Nucula proxima
    • Nucula secunda
    • Nucula sinaria
  • Nuculana
    • Nuculana albaria
    • Nuculana cultelliformis
    • Nuculana liciata

O

P

  • Palaeocarcharodon
  • Palaeogaleus
    • Palaeogaleus vincenti
  • Palaeohypotodus
    • Palaeohypotodus rutoti
  • Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis
    Palaeophis
    • Palaeophis grandis – type locality for species
    • Palaeophis halidanus – type locality for species
    • Palaeophis littoralis
  • Paliurus
    • Paliurus triangularis
  • Pandora
    • Pandora gouldiana
    • Pandora trilineata
  • Panopea
    • Panopea elliptica
    • Panopea whifieldi
  • Panopeus
    • Panopeus estellensis
    • Panopeus jerseyensis
  • Papillina
    • Papillina conradi
    • Papillina eocenica
  • Parapholas
    • Parapholas kneiskerni
  • Partretocycloecia
    • Partretocycloecia dumosa
  • Parvilucina
    • Parvilucina crenulata
    • Parvilucina prunus
  • Pecten
    • Pecten humphreysii
    • Pecten madisonius
    • Pecten madisonus
  • Penion – or unidentified comparable form
    • Penion multicostatus
  • Life restoration of the Middle Triassic-Eocene crinoid ("sea lily") Pentacrinites
    Pentacrinites
    • Pentacrinites bryani
  • Pentacrinus
    • Pentacrinus bryani
  • Periploma
    • Periploma peralta
  • Periplomya
    • Periplomya truncata
  • Perissolax
    • Perissolax trivolva
    • Perissolax trivolvus
  • Peritresius
    • Peritresius ornatus
  • Peronidella
    • Peronidella dichotoma
  • Petricola
  • Phacodus – type locality for genus
    • Phacodus irregularis – type locality for species
  • Phasganodus
    • Phasganodus gentryi – type locality for species
  • Phoca
  • Phyllodus
    • Phyllodus curvidens
    • Phyllodus elegans – type locality for species
    • Phyllodus toliapicus – type locality for species
  • Phyllonotus
    • Phyllonotus millvillensis
  • A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale
    Physeter
  • Piestochilus
    • Piestochilus kanei
  • Pinna
    • Pinna rostriformis
  • Pitar
    • Pitar morrhuanus
    • Pitar ovalis
    • Pitar ovatus
    • Pitar veta
    • Pitar vetus
  • Plagiochasma
    • Plagiochasma crucifer
  • Plagioecia
    • Plagioecia subramosa
  • Platidia
    • Platidia cretacea
  • Pleuromeris
  • Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail
    Pleurotomaria
    • Pleurotomaria brittoni
    • Pleurotomaria crotaloides
    • Pleurotomaria perlata
    • Pleurotomaria tintonensis
  • Pleurotrema
    • Pleurotrema solariforme
    • Pleurotrema solariformis
  • Plicatula
  • Plinthicus
    • Plinthicus stenodon
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
    Polinices
    • Polinices triseriata
    • Polinices tuomeyi
  • Polorthus
    • Polorthus tibialis
  • Priscodelphinus
    • Priscodelphinus atropius
    • Priscodelphinus conradi
    • Priscodelphinus harlani – type locality for species
    • Priscodelphinus stenus
  • Pristis
  • Prosynthetoceras
  • A living Protula polychaete worm
    Protula
    • Protula vincentownensis
  • Psammechinus
    • Psammechinus cingulatus
  • Pseudoliva
  • Pteria – tentative report
    • Pteria annosa
  • Pterosphenus
    • Pterosphenus schucherti – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized skull of the Eocene sea turtle Puppigerus. The shell belongs to another kind of turtle.
    Puppigerus
    • Puppigerus grandaevus
  • Pycnodonte
    • Pycnodonte convexa
    • Pycnodonte dissimilaris
    • Pycnodonte percrassa
  • Pyrgocythara
  • Pyropsis

R

  • Raeta
    • Raeta plicatella
  • Ramphonotus
    • Ramphonotus laevis
  • Rangia
  • Rangifer
  • Recurvaster
    • Recurvaster mammillatus
  • Rhetechelys
    • Rhetechelys platyops
  • Rhinoptera
  • Rhizocrinus
    • Rhizocrinus cylindricus
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    Rhombodus
  • Rhopostoma
    • Rhopostoma crucifer – type locality for species
  • Rotularia
    • Rotularia rotula

S

  • Salenia
    • Salenia tumidula – type locality for species
  • Scalaria
    • Scalaria marylandica
    • Scalaria virginiana
  • Scalpellum
    • Scalpellum conradi
  • Shell of a Scaphella volute sea snail
    Scaphella
    • Scaphella biconica
    • Scaphella intermedia
    • Scaphella parvula
    • Scaphella perelevata
    • Scaphella scaphoides
  • Scyliorhinus
    • Scyliorhinus gilberti
  • Seila
  • Semele
    • Semele burnsi
    • Semele johnsoni
  • Septastrea
    • Septastrea marylandica
  • A living Serpula, or calcareous tubeworm
    Serpula
    • Serpula habrogamma
    • Serpula howelli
    • Serpula jerseyensis
    • Serpula tristiata
  • Serpulorbis
    • Serpulorbis granifera
  • Sinum
  • Siphonalia
    • Siphonalia devexus
    • Siphonalia johnsoni
  • Solarium
    • Solarium trilineatum
  • Solenosteira
  • Solidobalanus
  • Solyma
    • Solyma elliptica
  • Sphyraenodus
    • Sphyraenodus silovianus – type locality for species
    • Sphyraenodus speciosus
  • Sportella
    • Sportella whitfieldi
  • Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
    Squalodon – type locality for genus
  • Squalus
    • Squalus minor
  • Squatina
  • Stamenocella
    • Stamenocella cylindrica
  • Stellatoma
  • Stewartia
    • Stewartia anodonta
  • Stramonita
    • Stramonita haemostoma
  • Striarca
    • Striarca centenaria
  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia
    Striatolamia
  • Strioterebrum
    • Strioterebrum dislocatum
  • Surculites
    • Surculites annosus
    • Surculites cadaverosus
  • Surculoma – tentative report
    • Surculoma perobesa

T

U

V

  • Veleda
    • Veleda equilatera
  • Venericardia
    • Venericardia brittoni
    • Venericardia intermedia
    • Venericardia perantiqua
  • Veniella
    • Veniella decisa
    • Veniella rhomboidea
  • Venus
    • Venus ducatellii
    • Venus submercenaria
  • Viperecucullus – type locality for genus
    • Viperecucullus kuehnei – type locality for species
  • Volutoderma
  • Volutomorpha
    • Volutomorpha conradi

W

  • Weltonia
    • Weltonia ancistrodon

X

  • Xenophora
    • Xenophora lapiferens
  • A living Xiphias, or swordfish
    Xiphias
    • Xiphias antiquus
  • Xiphodolamia – type locality for genus
    • Xiphodolamia enis
    • Xiphodolamia ensis – type locality for species

Y

Z

  • Zanthopsis
    • Zanthopsis milleri
  • Zarhachis
    • Zarhachis velox – type locality for species
  • A living Zygaena moth
    Zygaena
    • Zygaena prisca

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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