List of the Cenozoic life of South Dakota

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

Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus , or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene Alligator prenasalis
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon . Margret Flinsch (1932).
Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene entelodont mammal Archaeotherium
Fossilized skull of the Miocene-Pliocene false saber-toothed cat Barbourofelis
Skeletal reconstruction of the Eocene-Oligocene bear-dog Brachyrhynchocyon
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
A living Charina boa
Restoration of the Miocene palaeomerycid Cranioceras , a relative of modern deer, with anachronistic human to scale
Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene bear dog Daphoenus
Illustration of the fossilized jaws and teeth of the Eocene brontothere mammal Duchesneodus
Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene mammal Entelodon . Charles R. Knight .
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Eubelodon
A living Ficus , or fig tree
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium
Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene dog Hesperocyon . Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
Life restoration of a herd of the Miocene-Pleistocene horse Hipparion . Heinrich Harder (1920).
Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene creodont mammal Hyaenodon
Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus . Heinrich Harder (1920).
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene rodent Ischyromys
Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene oreodont mammal Leptauchenia
Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene even-toed ungulate Leptomeryx
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).
Life restoration of the Miocene rhinoceros Menoceras
Restorative portrait of the Oligocene-Miocene oreodont mammal Merycochoerus
Skull fossils of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Mesocyon
Restoration of the Eocene-Miocene swamp rhinoceros Metamynodon . Charles R. Knight (1896).
Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene three-toed horse Miohippus
Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
Illustration of the fossilized skull of the Oligocene false saber-toothed cat Nimravus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Oxydactylus
Spiral-shaped fossilized burrow and associated skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene beaver Palaeocastor
Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene lizard Peltosaurus
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus . Charles R. Knight (1922).
Fossilized skull of the Miocene horse Pliohippus
Restoration of the Miocene hippopotamus -like oreodont Promerycochoerus both onshore and in the water. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
Life restoration of a female (left) and male of the Oligocene-Miocene even-toed ungulate Protoceras . Charles R. Knight (1896).
Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene protoceratid mammal Pseudoprotoceras
A living Rana catesbeiana (sometimes Lithobates catesbeian us ), or American bullfrog
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene tortoise Stylemys
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene camel Titanotylopus
A living Zapus jumping mouse