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This list of the prehistoric life of California contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of California. Precambrian [ edit ]
The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered amphibians. Modern forms are excluded from this list.
Image Species Common name Incilius alvarius: Sonoran desert toad * Anaxyrus boreas halophilus: Western toad Anaxyrus californicus: Arroyo toad Anaxyrus canorus: Yosemite toad
Diagram depicting the soft part anatomy of the sea snail Abyssochrysos † Abyssochrysos – tentative report † Abyssochrysos giganteum – type locality for species † Acaeniotyle † Acaeniotyle umbilicata – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras † Acanthoceras rhotomagense – or unidentified related form † Acanthoceras roguense – or unidentified related form ...
Paleontologists with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History have discovered a previously unknown prehistoric species — a 270 million-year-old amphibian with wide eyes and a ...
Tapirus californicus, the California tapir, is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene. It became extinct about 13,000 years ago. [1] Like other perissodactyls, tapirs originated in North America and lived on the North American continent for most of the Cenozoic Era.
A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire district in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [3]
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.