List of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi

This list of the Mesozoic life of Mississippi contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Mississippi and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail

Shell of an Ancilla sea snail

Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia , or jingle shell

Interior of the shell of an Arca ark clam

Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea

Shells in multiple views of Alvania sea snails

Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Miocene sea snail Ampullina

A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail

Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus

Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites

Shell of a Barbatia , or bearded ark clam

Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella

Illustration of the shell in multiple views of a Bittium cerith sea snail

Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails

A living Carcharias sand tiger shark

A living Caryophyllia solitary coral

Ceratia

Illustration of a shell of a Cerithiella cerith sea snail

Two views of a Cerithium cerith sea snail

Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian-modern burrow ichnogenus Chondrites

Shell and spines of a Cidaris sea urchin

Shell of a Corbula basket clam

Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna

Shell of a Cucullaea , or false ark shell

Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell

Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites

Shell of a Dolicholatirus sea snail

Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora

Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus , or the "saber-toothed herring"

Fossil of the crustacean Eryma

Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras

Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra

shell of Fusinus inglorius

Fossilized shell of a Gemmula sea snail , or gem turrid

Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Eocene bivalve Gervillia

A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark

Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris , or bittersweet clam

Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea

Gyrineum

Fossil of the Jurassic-Paleogene lobster Hoploparia

Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus

Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size

Illustration of a living Lepisosteus , or gar

A modern Linuparus spiny lobster

Shell of a Lithophaga , or date mussel

Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha

Shells washed ashore of Mytilus mussels

Fossil of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene sea urchin Micraster

Fossilized shell of the Devonian-modern marine bivalve Modiolus , or horsemussel

Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus

Shell in multiple views of a Nerita polita sea snail

Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Nostoceras

Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula

Shell of an Ostrea , or oyster

Interior and exterior of the shell of a Pteria , or winged oyster

Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus

Shell of a Pachymelania freshwater snail

Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya

Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras

Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus

Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices

Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax

Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia

Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte

A living Ringicula sea snail

Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus

Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Scaphites

Opalized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Sphenodiscus

Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax

Tympanotonos fuscatus

Shell of a Tellina , or tellin

Fossilized shell of a Trachycardium cockle

Fossilized shell of the Permian-Paleocene marine bivalve Trigonia

Shell of a Trigonostoma nutmeg sea snail

Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella

Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus