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The invertebrates of Arkansas's Cretaceous sea included clams, echinoids, oysters, and snails. [4] During the Cretaceous, Arkansas was home to Belemnitella, Exogyra, Ostrea, Turritella, and other marine invertebrates in the Arkadelphia area of Clark County. [1] Fish of the same age left behind teeth in the area near Saratoga in Hempstead County.
This list of the Paleozoic life of Arkansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Arkansas and are between 541 and 252.17 million years of age.
Fishes of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-001-0. "Aquatic Fish Report" (PDF). Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan. Little Rock: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. 2015
The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology. A few living forms, such as the coelacanth are also referred to as prehistoric fish, or even living fossils, due to their current rarity and similarity to extinct forms. Fish which have become recently extinct are not usually referred to as prehistoric fish. They were very different from ...
This list of the prehistoric life of Arkansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Arkansas. Precambrian [ edit ]
One of the coolest, most prehistoric-looking fish lives in Florida’s offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It happens to be one of the best to eat but also one of the most elusive.
Brychaetus contains a single valid species, B. muelleri from the Ypresian of England (London Clay) and the eastern United States (Nanjemoy Formation in Maryland and Virginia, Tuscahoma Formation of Mississippi), with specimens from elsewhere being placed only at genus level due to their fragmentary nature.
Leedsichthys, a giant Jurassic pachycormid. This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms.