List of the prehistoric life of Iowa
This list of the prehistoric life of Iowa contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Iowa.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Iowa
- †Acidaspis
- †ActinocrinitesFossilized calyx and partial stem of the Devonian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Actinocrinites
- †Actinocrinites gibsoni
- †Actinocrinites lowei
- †Agassizodus
- †Agassizodus variabilis
- †Aglaocrinus
- †Amplexus
- †Anataphrus
- †Anomphalus
- †Archaeogastropod
- †Arctinurus
- †Athyris
- †Athyris fultonensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †AtrypaFossilized shell of the Silurian-Late Devonian brachiopod Atrypa reticularis
- †Atrypa reticularis
- †Atrypa reticularus
- †Aviculopecten
- †Bellerophon
- †Bembexia
- †Bothriocidaris
- †Bumastus
- †Calymene
- †Camarotoechia
- †Camarotoechia chouteauensis
- †Camarotoechia tuta
- †Cardiola
- †Catenipora
- †Ceratocephala
- †Ceratopsis
- †Ceraurus
- †Charactoceras
- †CheirurusFossil of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian trilobite Cheirurus
- †Chomatodus
- †Chomatodus inconstans
- †Chonetes
- †Chonetes glenparkensis
- †Chonetes illinoisensis
- †Chonetes logani
- †Chonetes multicosta
- †Chonetes ornatus
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cleiothyridina incrassata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
- †Climacograptus
- †Coenites
- †CompositaFossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
- †Composita humilis – tentative report
- †Composita trinuclea
- †Conocardium
- †Coolinia
- †Cornulites
- †Crania
- †Crotalocrinites
- †Curtognathus
- †Cyathocrinites
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cypricardinia
- †Cyrtolites
- †CyrtospiriferFossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer
- †Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
- †Cystodictya
- †Dalmanites
- †Decadocrinus
- †Deiphon
- †Deltaherpeton – type locality for genus
- †Dentalium
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dimerocrinites
- †Diplograptus
- †Diplograptus modestus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Discosorus
- †Earlandia
- †EdestusLife restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Edestus
- †Edmondia
- †Eldredgeops
- †Eldredgeops rana
- †Ellesmeroceras
- †Encrinurus
- †Endoceras
- Eocaudina
- †Eodictyonella
- †Eophacops
- †Eospirifer
- †Eospirifer radiatus
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Euomphalus
- †Favosites
- †Fenestella
- †FlexicalymeneFront (left) and right side (right) views of an enrolled fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Flexicalymene
- †Goniatites
- †Gravicalymene
- †Greenops
- †Grewingkia
- †Gyroceras
- †Hallopora
- †Halysites
- †Harpidium
- †Heliophyllum
- †Hexagonaria
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
- †Huronia
- †Hyolithes
- †Icriodus
- †Idiognathodus
- †IniopteryxLife restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Iniopteryx
- †Iniopteryx rushlaui
- †Iocrinus
- †Isotelus
- †Kayoceras
- †Kionoceras
- †Krausella
- †Leptopora
- †Lingula
- †Manticoceras
- †Marsupiocrinus
- †MeristellaIllustration (lower right, entry 15) of a fossilized shell in front and side views of the Silurian-Late Devonian brachiopod Meristella
- †Meristina
- †Michelia
- †Michelinoceras
- †Murchisonia
- †Mycterops
- †Mystrocephala
- †Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis depressa – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer
- Nucula
- †Odontopleura
- †OnychodusLife restoration of the Middle-Late Devonian lobe-finned fish Onychodus
- †Orthoceras
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Pachyphyllum
- †Paladin
- †Palmatolepis
- †Peachocaris
- †Pentamerus
- †Pentremites
- †Periechocrinus
- †PetalodusFossilized tooth of the Carboniferous-Permian shark Petalodus
- †Phacops
- †Phillipsia
- †Pinnocaris
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platyceras
- †Platycrinites
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectodonta
- †Pleurocystites
- Pleurotomaria – tentative report
- †Plicochonetes
- †Poleumita
- †Polygnathus
- †Polygnathus parawebbi
- †Polygnathus xylus
- †Posidonia
- †Proetus
- †PtyctodusLife restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Ptyctodus
- †Rhynchodus
- †Rigidella
- †Scutellum
- †Scytalocrinus
- †Septemchiton
- †Sigournea – type locality for genus
- †Sigournea multidentata – type locality for species
- †Similodonta
- †Skenidioides – tentative report
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphenothallus
- †Spirifer
- †Spirifer louisianensis
- †Spiriferina
- Spirorbis
- †Spyroceras
- †StethacanthusLife restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus
- †Streptognathodus
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena costata
- †Strophomena erratica
- †Stylonema – tentative report
- †Syringopora
- †Taxocrinus
- †Tranodis
- †Whatcheeria – type locality for genus
- †Worthenia
- †Youngia
Mesozoic
- †Arcellites
- †Arcellites crillensis – type locality for species
- †Arcellites disciformis
- †Balmeisporites
- †Balmeisporites auriculata – type locality for species
- †Chrysotheca
- †Chrysotheca dakotaensis – type locality for species
- †Chrysotheca diskoensis
- †Chrysotheca levis
- Coptothyris
- †Coptothyris dakotaensis – type locality for species
- †Dunveganoceras
- †Dunveganoceras pondi
- †InoceramusFossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
- †Inoceramus ginterensis
- †Inoceramus perfragilis
- †Inoceramus prefragilis
- †Metengonoceras
- †Metengonoceras acutum
- †Microcarpolithes
- †Microcarpolithes hexangulata
- †Minerisporites
- †Minerisporites mirabilis
- †Molaspora – type locality for genus
- †Molaspora lobata
- †Molaspora rugosa – type locality for species
- †Perotrilites
- †Perotrilites bursatus – type locality for species
- †Perotrilites convolutus – type locality for species
- †Pilularia
- †Regnellidium
- †Regnellidium diphyllum
- †Spermatites
- †Spermatites ellipticus
- †Spermatites elongatus
Cenozoic
- Blarina
- †CamelopsLife restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
- Canis
- †Canis latrans
- †Canis lupus
- Castor
- †Castor canadensis
- †Castoroides
- †Castoroides ohioensis
- Didelphis
- Equus
- †Euceratherium – tentative report
- †Euceratherium collinum
- Geomys
- Lepus
- Lontra
- †Lontra canadensis
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus primigeniusLife restorations of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left)
- †Megalonyx
- †Megalonyx jeffersonii
- Microtus
- †Microtus paroperarius
- Mictomys
- †Mictomys meltoni
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- Panthera
- †Paramylodon
- †Paramylodon harlani
- †Platygonus
- Procyon
- Rangifer
- Sciurus
- Sorex
- †Sorex dispar – or unidentified comparable form
- †StegomastodonMounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon
- †Stegomastodon aftoniae – type locality for species
- Sylvilagus
- Taxidea
- †Taxidea taxus
- Ursus
- †Ursus americanus
- Vulpes
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References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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