List of the Cenozoic life of California

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

  • Cadulus
  • Caecum
  • Calicantharus
  • †Calicovatellus – type locality for genus
  • Calidris
  • Californiconus
  • †Calilampas
  • †Calipepla
  • Calliostoma
  • Callista
  • Callistochiton
  • Callithaca
  • Callorhinus
  • Calopsectra
  • †Calorebama
  • †Calorhadia – tentative report
  • Calosoma
  • †Calycites

  • Calyptraea

  • †Calyptranthes

  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops

    †Camelops

  • Campanile
  • Camponotus – type locality for genus
  • †Canarium
  • Cancellaria
  • Cancer
  • Cancris
  • Canis
  • Canthon
  • †Cantius
  • †Capricamelus – type locality for genus
  • †Capromeryx
  • Caracara
  • Carcharhinus
  • Carcharias
  • †Carcharinus
  • Carcharodon
  • Cardium
  • Carpelimus
  • †Carpites
  • †Carpocyon

  • A living Carya, or hickory tree

    Carya

  • Caryophyllia
  • Cassidulina
  • Castanea
  • Castanopsis
  • Castor
  • †Catharista
  • Cathartes
  • Catoptrophorus
  • †Catoptrophus
  • †Catostomus
  • Ceanothus
  • Cedrela
  • †Celastrus
  • Celtis
  • †Centetodon
  • Centrifuga
  • Cepphus
  • Cercidiphyllum
  • †Cercocarpus
  • Cerithidea
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Cerithium
  • †Cernictis
  • †Cernina
  • †Cerorhinca
  • Cervus
  • Cetorhinus

  • Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene whale Cetotherium

    †Cetotherium

  • †Chaceia
  • †Chaenophryne
  • Chaetodipus
  • †Chaetoptelea
  • †Chalcidichthys – type locality for genus
  • Chama
  • †Chamaecyparis
  • Charadrius

  • Chauliodus – type locality for genus

  • †Chedevillia
  • Chelonia
  • Chen

  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene Chendytes, or Law’s diving-goose

    †Chendytes – type locality for genus

  • Chilostomella
  • †Chilostomelloides
  • Chione
  • Chionista
  • Chionopsis
  • Chlamys
  • Chlorostoma
  • †Chorizanthe
  • †Chrisodomus
  • †Chrysobalanus

  • †Chrysocyon

  • †Chrysodomus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Chrysolepis
  • †Chumashius
  • Cibicides
  • Cibicidoides
  • Cicindela
  • Cidaris

  • Cinnamomum

  • Cissus
  • †Citellus
  • Citharichthys
  • †Claibornites

  • Clathrodrillia

  • Clathurella
  • Clavilithes
  • Clavus
  • Clementia
  • Cletocamptus

  • Clinocardium

  • Cliona
  • Clupea
  • Clypeaster

  • Cnemidophorus

  • †Coalingodea
  • Coccodentalium
  • †Cocconeis
  • †Cochlespiropsis – tentative report
  • Cochliomyia – type locality for genus

  • Codakia

  • Colaptes
  • †Colodon
  • Coluber
  • Colubraria
  • Columba – or unidentified comparable form
  • Columbarium
  • Colymbus
  • Compsomyax

  • †Conasprelloides

  • Concavus
  • †Conchocele
  • Coniontis
  • Conus
  • Cooperella
  • †Copemys
  • †Cophocara
  • †Cophocetus – tentative report

  • Copris

  • Coragyps
  • Coralliophaga
  • Corbicula
  • Corbula

  • Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion

    †Cormohipparion

  • Cornus
  • †Coronadus – type locality for genus
  • Coronula – tentative report
  • Corvus
  • †Cosomys
  • †Cosoryx
  • Costacallista

  • †Cranioceras

  • †Craseops
  • Crassadoma
  • Crassatella
  • Crassinella

  • Crassispira

  • Crassostrea
  • Crataegus
  • Crawfordina
  • †Crenaturricula
  • Crepidula
  • Crepipatella
  • †Crommium
  • Crossata
  • Crotalus
  • Crucibulum
  • †Crypholestes
  • †Cryptocarya
  • †Cryptoconus
  • Cryptomya
  • Cryptonatica

  • Cryptotermes

  • Cryptotis
  • Ctenocardia
  • Cucullaea
  • Culicoides
  • Cumingia
  • †Cunnolites – tentative report
  • †Cupania
  • †Cupidinimus

  • †Cupressus

  • Cuspidaria
  • †Cuyamacamelus
  • †Cuyamalagus
  • Cyanocitta
  • Cybocephalus
  • Cyclammina
  • Cyclinella
  • Cyclocardia
  • †Cyclocorystes
  • †Cyclosthone – or unidentified comparable form

  • Cyclothone

  • Cygnus
  • Cylichna
  • Cylichnella
  • Cymatium
  • Cymatogaster
  • †Cymbophora
  • †Cynarctoides
  • †Cynarctus

  • Fossilized cranium of the Miocene bear-dog Cynelos

    †Cynelos

  • †Cynorca
  • Cynoscion
  • Cyperus
  • Cypraea
  • Cyrena

  • Cyrtonyx

  • Cystiscus
  • Cythara
  • Cytherea

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous-modern carrier shell sea snail Xenophora

    Xenophora

  • †Xenothrissa – type locality for genus
  • †Xyne – type locality for genus
  • †Xyrinius – type locality for genus

References[edit]

  1. ^

    Charles L. Powell II; Erica C. Clites; Ashley W. Poust (2019). “Miocene marine macropaleontology of the fourth bore Caldecott Tunnel excavation, Berkeley Hills, Oakland, California, USA”. PaleoBios. 36: ucmp_paleobios_44567.

  2. ^ Alton C. Dooley; Eric Scott; Jeremy Green; Kathleen B. Springer; Brett S. Dooley; Gregory James Smith (2019). “Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America”. PeerJ. 7: e6614. doi:10.7717/peerj.6614. PMC 6441323. PMID 30944777.
  3. ^ Alton C. Dooley; Eric Scott; Jeremy Green; Kathleen B. Springer; Brett S. Dooley; Gregory James Smith (2019). “Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America”. PeerJ. 7: e6614. doi:10.7717/peerj.6614. PMC 6441323. PMID 30944777.
  4. ^ Alton C. Dooley; Eric Scott; Jeremy Green; Kathleen B. Springer; Brett S. Dooley; Gregory James Smith (2019). “Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America”. PeerJ. 7: e6614. doi:10.7717/peerj.6614. PMC 6441323. PMID 30944777.