List of the prehistoric life of Massachusetts
This list of the prehistoric life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Massachusetts.
Paleozoic
- †Agraulos – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclatureFossil of the Cambrian trilobite Agraulos
- †Agraulos quadrangularis
- †Aldanella
- †Aldanella attleborensis
- †Allatheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Allatheca degeeri – broadly construed
- †Anabarites
- †Anabarites korobovi
- †Bemella
- †Bemella bella
- †Braintreella
- †Braintreella rogersi
- †Calodiscus
- †Calodiscus lobatus
- †Camenella
- †Camenella baltica – tentative report
- †ChancelloriaFossil of Chancelloria
- †Coleoloides
- †Coleoloides typicalis
- †Condylopyge
- †Conotheca
- †Conotheca subcurvata
- †Dawsonia
- †Dawsonia dawsoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dipharus
- †Dipharus attleborensis
- †Dromopus – tentative report
- †Dromopus woodworthi – type locality for species
- †Eccentrotheca
- †Eccentrotheca kanesia
- †Fomitchella
- †Fomitchella infundabiliformis
- †Gracilitheca
- †Gracilitheca bayonet
- †HalkieriaFossil of the Cambrian mollusc Halkieria.
- †Hyolithellus
- †Hyolithellus micans – or unidentified related form
- †Hyolithes
- †Hyolithes tenuistriatus – broadly construed
- †Kingaspis
- †Kingaspis avalonensis
- †Ladatheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Ladatheca cylindrica
- †Lapworthella
- †Lapworthella laudvigseni
- †Lapworthella ludvigseni
- †Leptostega
- †Leptostega abrupta
- †Linguella
- †Linguella viridis
- †Mellopegma – tentative report
- †MicrodictyonRestorative model of Microdictyon.
- †Obolella
- †Obolella atlantica
- †Obolus
- †Obolus parvulus – tentative report
- †Onchocephalites
- †Onchocephalites permingeati
- †Paradoxides
- †Paradoxides harlani
- †Pelagiella
- †Plinthokonion
- †Plinthokonion arethion
- †Rhombocorniculum
- †Rhombocorniculum cancellatum
- †Scenella
- †Scenella reticulata
- †Serrodiscus
- †Serrodiscus bellimarginatus
- †Sokolovitheca
- †Sokolovitheca sokolovi
- †Stenotheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Stenotheca acutacosta
- †Sunnaginia
- †Sunnaginia imbricata
- †TorellellaFossil of the mysterious Cambrian animal Torellella
- †Torellella laevigata
- †Watsonella
- †Watsonella crosbyi
Mesozoic
This list of the Mesozoic life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
A
- †Acanthichnus
- †Acanthichnus aguineus – type locality for species
- †Acanthichnus alternans – type locality for species
- †Acanthichnus cursorius
- †Acanthichnus saltatorius
- †Acanthichnus trilinearis
- †Acteonella
- †Aenigmichnus
- †Aenigmichnus multiformis
- †Amblonyx – type locality for genus
- †Amblonyx giganteus – type locality for species
- †Amblonyx lyellianus
- †Amblypus – type locality for genus
- †Amblypus dextratus – type locality for species
- †Ammopus – type locality for genus
- †Ammopus marshi – type locality for species
- †Ampelichnus
- †Ampelichnus sulcatus
- †Anchisauripus
- †Anchisauripus exsertus – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus hitchcocki – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus minusculum – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus minusculus
- †Anchisauripus parallelus
- †Anchisauripus sillimani
- †Anchisauripus tuberosus – type locality for species
- †Anchisaurus – type locality for genusRestoration of the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur Anchisaurus
- †Anchisaurus polyzelus – type locality for species
- †Ancyropus
- †Ancyropus heteroclitus
- †Anomoepus
- †Anomoepus crassus
- †Anomoepus cuneatus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus curvatus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus gracillimus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus intermedius – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus isodactylus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus major – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus minimus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus scambus – type locality for species
- †Anticheiropus – type locality for genus
- †Anticheiropus hamatus – type locality for species
- †Anticheiropus pilulatus – type locality for species
- †Antipus
- †Antipus bifidus – type locality for species
- †Apatichnus – type locality for genus
- †Apatichnus circumagens – type locality for species
- †Arachnichnus
- †Arachnichnus dehiscens – type locality for species
- †Argoides
- †Argoides macrodactylus
- †Argoides minimus – type locality for species
- †Argoides redfieldianum – tentative report
- †Argoides redfieldii – type locality for species
B
- †BatrachoidesIllustration of a living Batrachoides toadfish
- †Batrachoides nidificans
- †Batrachopus – type locality for genus
- †Batrachopus bellus – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus deweyi – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus dispar – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus gracilis – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus vuigaris
- †Bifurculipes
- †Bifurculipes curvatus
- †Bifurculipes elachistotatus
- †Bifurculipes laqueatus
- †Bifurculipes scolopendroideus
- †Bisulcus
- †Bisulcus undulatus – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum
- †Brontozoum approximatum
- †Brontozoum divaricatum – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum giganteum – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum isodactylum
- †Brontozoum parallelum – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum sillimanium
- †Brontozoum tuberatum – type locality for species
C
- †Chalthropteris
- †Clathropteris
- †Climacodichnus
- †Climacodichnus corrigatus – type locality for species
- †Cochlichnus
- †Cochlichnus anguineus
- †Conopsoides
- †Conopsoides curtus – type locality for species
- †Conopsoides larvalis
- †Copeza
- †Copeza archimedea
- †Copeza cruscularis
- †Copeza propinquata
- †Copeza punctata
- †Copeza triremus
- †Corvipes – type locality for genus
- †Corvipes lacertoideus – type locality for species
- †Cunichnoides – type locality for genus
- †Cunichnoides marsupialoideus – type locality for species
- †Cunicularius
- †Cunicularius retrahens
E
G
- †Gigandipus – type locality for genus
- †Gigandipus caudatus – type locality for species
- †Grallator – type locality for genusFossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
- †Grallator cuneatus – type locality for species
- †Grallator cursorius – type locality for species
- †Grallator formosus – type locality for species
- †Grallator gracilis – type locality for species
- †Grallator magnificus – type locality for species
- †Grallator parallelus – type locality for species
- †Grallator sillimaniium – tentative report
- †Grallator tenuis – type locality for species
- †Grammepus
- †Grammepus erismatus
- †Grammepus uniordinatus
- †Grammichnus
- †Grammichnus alpha
H
- †Halysichnus
- †Halysichnus laqueatus
- †Harpagopus
- †Harpagopus dubius
- †Harpedactylus
- †Harpedactylus crassus – type locality for species
- †Harpedactylus gracilior – type locality for species
- †Harpedactylus tenuissimus – type locality for species
- †Harpepus
- †Harpepus capillaris
- †Helcura
- †Helcura anguinea – type locality for species
- †Helcura littoralis – type locality for species
- †Helcura surgens – type locality for species
- †Henrisporites
- †Henrisporites angustus – type locality for species
- †Herpystezoum
- †Herpystezoum intermedius
- †Herpystezoum marshi
- †Herpystezoum minutus
- †Hexapodichnus
- †Hexapodichnus horreus
- †Hexapodichnus magnus
- †Holcoptera
- †Holcoptera giebeli
- †Hoplichnus – type locality for genus
- †Hoplichnus equus – type locality for species
- †Hoplichnus quadrupedans – type locality for species
- †Hyphepus – type locality for genus
- †Hyphepus fieldi – type locality for species
I
- †Isocampe – type locality for genus
- †Isocampe strata – type locality for species
K
- †Kayentapus
- †Kayentapus minor – type locality for species
L
- †Lagunculapes – type locality for genus
- †Lagunculapes latus – type locality for species
- †Lunula
- †Lunula obscura
M
- †Mormolucoides – type locality for genus
- †Mormolucoides articulatus – type locality for species
O
- †Ornithichnites – type locality for genus
- †Ornithichnites giganteus – type locality for species
- †Ornithoidichnites
- †Ornithoidichnites cuneatus – type locality for species
- †Ornithoidichnites giganteus
- †Ornithoidichnites lyellii – type locality for species
- †Ornithopus
- †Ornithopus adamsanus – type locality for species
- †Otouphepus
- †Otouphepus minor – type locality for species
- †Otozoum – type locality for genusFossil from Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum of the Late Triassic-Middle Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Otozoum
- †Otozoum minus – type locality for species
- †Otozoum moodii – type locality for species
P
- †Palaephemera
- †Palaephemera mediaeva
- †Palamopus
- †Palamopus divaricans
- †Paxillitriletes
- †Paxillitriletes dakotaensis
- †Pityostrobus
- †Pityostrobus kayei – type locality for species
- †Platypterna
- †Platypterna concamerata – type locality for species
- †Platypterna deanii
- †Platypterna digitigrada – type locality for species
- †Platypterna gracillima – type locality for species
- †Platypterna recta – type locality for species
- †Platypterna varica – type locality for species
- †Plectropterna
- †Plectropterna gracilis – type locality for species
- †Plectropterna lineans
- †Plectropterna minitans
- †Plesiornis – type locality for genus
- †Plesiornis pilulatus – type locality for species
- †Podokesaurus – type locality for genusFossilized partial skeleton of the Early Jurassic theropod dinosaur Podokesaurus
- †Podokesaurus holyokensis – type locality for species
- †Polemarchus – type locality for genus
- †Polemarchus gigas – type locality for species
- †Pseudoaraucaria
- †Pseudoaraucaria arnoldii – type locality for species
- †Pterichnus
- †Pterichnus centipes
- †Ptilichnus – type locality for genus
- †Ptilichnus anomalus – type locality for species
- †Ptilichnus hydrodromus – type locality for species
- †Ptilichnus pectinatus – type locality for species
- †Ptilichnus typographus – type locality for species
S
- †Sagittarius
- †Sagittarius alternans
- †Saltator
- †Saltator bipedatus – type locality for species
- †Saltator caudatus – type locality for species
- †Sauropus
- †Sauropus barrattii – type locality for species
- †Selenichnus
- †Selenichnus breviusculus – type locality for species
- †Selenichnus falcatus – type locality for species
- †Sillimanius
- †Sillimanius gracilior
- †Sillimanius tetradactylus
- †SkolithosFossils of the Cambrian-modern worm burrow ichnogenus Skolithos
- †Sphaerapus
- †Sphaerapus larvalis
- †Sphaerapus magnus
- †Stegomus
- †Stegomus longipes – type locality for species
- †Stenonyx
- †Stenonyx lateralis – type locality for species
- †Steropezoum
- †Steropezoum elegantius
- †Steropoides
- †Steropoides divaricatus – type locality for species
- †Steropoides diversus – type locality for species
- †Steropoides elegans – type locality for species
- †Steropoides infelix – type locality for species
- †Steropoides ingens – type locality for species
- †Steropoides loripes – type locality for species
- †Steropoides uncus – type locality for species
- †Stratipes – type locality for genus
- †Stratipes latus – type locality for species
T
- †Tarsodactylus – type locality for genus
- †Tarsodactylus caudatus – type locality for species
- †Tarsodactylus expansus – type locality for species
- †Tarsoplectrus
- †Tarsoplectrus angustus – type locality for species
- †Toxichnus – type locality for genus
- †Toxichnus inaequalis – type locality for species
- †Triaenopus
- †Triaenopus baileyanus
- †Trihamus – type locality for genus
- †Trihamus elegans – type locality for species
- Trisulcus
- †Trisulcus laqueatus
- †Typopus – type locality for genus
- †Typopus abnormis – type locality for species
X
- †Xiphopeza – type locality for genus
- †Xiphopeza triplex – type locality for species
Cenozoic
This list of the Cenozoic life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
List
A
- Aligena
- †Aligena elevata
- Anadara
- †Anadara transversaShell of an Anadara transversa, or transverse ark clam
- Angulus
- †Angulus agilis
- Anomia
- †Anomia paucistriata
- †Anomia simplexiformis
- Astarte
- †Astarte castanea
- †Astarte crenata
- †Astarte undata
- Astyris
B
- BalaenopteraPortrait of a living Balaenoptera baleen whale
- †Balaenoptera sursiplana – tentative report
- Balanus
- Boonea
- Brachidontes
- †Brachidontes vineyardensis
- Buccinum
C
- Callinectes
- †Callinectes sapidusA living Callinectes sapidus, or Chesapeake blue crab
- †Callophoca
- †Callophoca obscura
- Cardium
- Caryocorbula
- †Caryocorbula contracta
- Cliona
- †Cliona sulphurea
- Colus
- Corymbites
- †Corymbites aethiops
- Crassostrea
- †Crassostrea virginica
- Crenella
- Crepidula
- †Crepidula fornicata
- †Crepidula plana
- Cumingia
- †Cumingia tellinoides
- †Cuneocorbula
- †Cuneocorbula whitfieldi
- Cyclocardia
- †Cyclocardia borealis
- †Cyclocardia novangliae
- CymindisIllustration of a living Cymindis ground beetle
- †Cymindis extorpescens – type locality for species
E
G
- Gemma
- †Gemma gemma
- GlycymerisFossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
- †Glycymeris wrigleyi – or unidentified related form
H
- Hemimactra
- †Hemimactra solidissima
I
M
- Macoma
- †Macoma balthica
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanumRestoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria campechiensis
- †Mercenaria mercenaria
- Mesodesma
- †Mesodesma arctatum
- Modiolus
- †Modiolus hollicki
- †Monotherium
- †Monotherium aberratum
- †Mya
- †Mya arenaria
- †Mya truncata
- Mytilus
- †Mytilus edulis
N
O
P
- Panomya
- †Panomya norvegica
- Panopeus
- Petricola
- †Petricola pholadiformis
- †Pinguinus
- †Pinguinus impennisTaxidermied specimen of Pinguinus impennis, or the great auk
- Placopecten
- †Prophoca – or unidentified comparable form
- †Prophoca rousseaui
S
T
- TellinaShell of a Tellina, or tellin
- Terebra
- †Terebra juvenicostata
- Turbonilla
- Turritella
U
- Urosalpinx
- †Urosalpinx cinereaA living Urosalpinx sea snail, or oyster drill
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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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