List of the prehistoric life of Kansas

This list of the prehistoric life of Kansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kansas.

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Kansas.

Life restoration of the Early Devonian-Permian "spiny shark" Acanthodes
Life restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Archaeovenator
Restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Belantsea
Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Caseodus
Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Eocasea
Restoration of the Carboniferous synapsid (mammal precursor) Ianthasaurus
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Early Triassic cartilaginous fish Listracanthus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras
Restoration of the Carboniferous reptile Spinoaequalis
Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Permian conifer Walchia
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Acanthoscaphites
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Brachauchenius hunting a hesperornithiform bird
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina , or the Ginsu shark
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Elasmosaurus with an anachronistic human to scale
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Gillicus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Hesperornis
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Megacephalosaurus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Nyctosaurus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon
Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus
Animated life restoration of the Late Cretaceous plesiosaur Styxosaurus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
Fish in a fish specimen
Fossilized skull of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Aelurodon
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon . Margret Flinsch (1932).
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons , also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pleistocene horned gopher Ceratogaulus . Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
A living Chelydra serpentina , or common snapping turtle
Fossilized skull of the Miocene pronghorn Cosoryx
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Dinohippus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens , also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
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).
A living Lampropeltis getula , or eastern kingsnake
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
Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon
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
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
A living Trachemys scripta , or pond slider
A living Vulpes velox , or swift fox