List of the prehistoric life of Nevada

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

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

Fossil of the Silurian-Middle Devonian trilobite Acanthopyge
Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris
Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Bathynotus
Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left)
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
Fossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Encrinurus
Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus .
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadella
Life restoration of the Cambrian priapulid worm relative Ottoia
Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites
Fossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites
Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus
Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites
Fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian tree-like club moss relative rhizome Stigmaria
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Wanneria
Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic plesiosaur relative Augustasaurus
Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
Diagram illustrating the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus with an anachronistic human to scale.
Fossils of the Middle Triassic crinoid ("sea lily") Encrinus
Fossilized shell of the Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Gymnites
Restoration of a school of the Middle Triassic-Early Cretaceous bony fish Leptolepis
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus
Life restoration of the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus
Life restoration of the Triassic ichthyosaur Phalarodon
Diagram illustrating Shonisaurus (green) and Shastasaurus sikanniensis (red) with an anachronistic human to scale
Life restoration of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Thalattoarchon
Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus , or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus
Living Ceratophyllum , also known as coontails or hornworts
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius
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 skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos
Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus . Charles R. Knight (1922).
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium
Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene mastodon relative Zygolophodon