List of the Cenozoic life of Kansas

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

Fossilized skull of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Aelurodon
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon . Margret Flinsch (1932).
Fossilized skull of the Miocene-Pliocene false saber-toothed cat Barbourofelis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons , also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison
A living Anaxyrus cognatus (formerly Bufo cognatus ), or Great Plains toad
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene dwarf pronghorn Capromeryx
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene horned gopher Ceratogaulus . Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
Fossilized cranium of the Pliocene-Pleistocene hyena Chasmaporthetes
Fossilized skull of the Miocene pronghorn Cosoryx
A living Cynomys ludovicianus , or black-tailed prairie dog
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Dinohippus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens , also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
A living Fundulus
A living Geomys bursarius , or Plains pocket gopher
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium
Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale
Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus . Heinrich Harder (1920).
Illustration of a living Ictiobus , or buffalo fish
A living Kinosternon flavescens , or yellow mud turtle
A living Lampropeltis getula , or eastern kingsnake
Illustration of a living Lepisosteus platostomus , or shortnose gar
Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon
Painting of a family of mammoths walking
Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi , or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909).
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion . Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops
A living Odocoileus deer
A living Ortalis , or chachalaca
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
A living Perognathus pocket mouse
A living Phrynosoma cornutum , or Texas horned lizard
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon
Fossilized skull of the Miocene horse Pliohippus
Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene pronghorn Ramoceros and Cosoryx . Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium
A living Scaphiopus , or North American spadefoot toad
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
A living Spea bombifrons , or plains spadefoot toad
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon
A living Sylvilagus floridanus , or eastern cottontail
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
A living Thamnophis radix , or plains garter snake
A living Tympanuchus , or prairie chicken
A living Urocyon cinereoargenteus , or gray fox
A living Vulpes velox , or swift fox
A living Zapus hudsonius , or meadow jumping mouse