List of the prehistoric life of Wisconsin
This list of the prehistoric life of Wisconsin contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Wisconsin.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Wisconsin.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Wisconsin
- †Acernaspis
- †Acidaspis
- †Actinoceras
- †AglaspisRestoration of the Cambrian arthropod Aglaspis
- †Agraulos
- †Amplexopora
- †Amplexus
- †Arctinurus
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Atrypa reticularis – tentative report
- †Bumastus
- †Bumastus armatus
- †Bumastus cuniculus
- †Bumastus dayi
- †Bumastus ioxus
- †Bumastus niagarensis
- †Bumastus tenuis
- †Calymene
- †Calymene celebraFossil of the Silurian trilobite Calymene celebra
- †Catenipora
- †Cedaria
- †Ceratocephala
- †Ceraurus
- †Cheirurus
- †Chippewaella – type locality for genus
- †Chondrites
- †Chonetes
- †Conchidium
- †Conocoryphe
- †Coolina
- †Coolinia
- †Coosia
- †Corbina
- †Cornulites
- †Crepicephalus
- †Crotalocrinites
- †Cyathocrinites – tentative report
- †Cycloceras
- †Cypricardinia
- †Dalmanites
- †DeiphonLife restoration of two species of the Silurian trilobite Deiphon
- †Dendrograptus
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dikelocephalus
- †Dimerocrinites
- †Dimerocrinites occidentalis
- †Distomodus
- †Distyrax
- †Dresbachia
- †Echinochiton – type locality for genus
- †Echinochiton dufoei – type locality for species
- †Ellesmeroceras
- †Ellipsocephalus
- †Elrodoceras
- †Encrinurus
- †Entomaspis
- †Eophacops
- †Eophacops handwerki
- †Eospirifer
- †Eospirifer radiatus
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Eucalyptocrinites crassus
- †FavositesFossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
- †Geisonocerina
- †Hadromeros
- †Halysites
- †Harpidium
- †Hexameroceras
- †Holopea
- †Howella
- †Hyolithes
- †Hypseloconus
- †Illaenus
- †Inversoceras
- †Irvingella
- †Isotelus
- †Kionoceras
- †Krausella
- †Leonaspis
- †Leurocycloceras
- †Lingula
- †LingulellaIllustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
- †Lonchocephalus
- †Mackenziurus
- †Marsupiocrinus
- †Maryvillia
- †Matthevia
- †Meristina
- †Michelinoceras
- †Milaculum
- †Monograptus
- †Murchisonia
- †Norwoodia
- †Obolus
- †Ophioceras
- †Ozarkodina
- †Pelagiella
- †Pemphigaspis
- †Pentamerus
- †Pentlandia
- †PeriechocrinusFossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Periechocrinus
- †Phragmolites
- †Plaesiomys
- †Plagiostomoceras
- †Planolites
- †Platyceras
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectodonta
- †Pleurodictyum
- Pleurotomaria
- †Polygrammoceras
- †Proetus
- †Sactorthoceras
- †SaukiellaFossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella
- †Scutellum
- †Similodonta
- †Skenidioides
- †Skolithos
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphaerexochus
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena costata
- †Strophomena plattinensis
- †Subulites
- †Thalassinoides
- †Thylacares – type locality for genusLife restoration of the Silurian arthropod Thylacares
- †Thylacares brandonensis – type locality for species
- †Uranoceras
- †Westonia
- †Whitfieldia
- †Wurmiella
- †Wurmiella excavata
Mesozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Wisconsin.
Cenozoic
- Acidota
- †Acidota quadrata
- Aegialia
- †Aegialia lacustris
- †Aegialia terminalis
- AgathidiumIllustration of a living Agathidium round fungus beetle
- Arpedium
- Asaphidion
- Bembidion
- Bledius
- Byrrhus
- Calathus
- Carabus
- Cercyon
- Chironomus – or unidentified comparable formA living Chironomus midge
- Conophthorus
- †Conophthorus coniperda – or unidentified comparable form
- Copromyza
- Cryptophagus
- Curimopsis
- Cytilus
- Dyschirius
- Eusphalerum – or unidentified comparable form
- Formica
- Helina – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus primigeniusRestoration of a herd of Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoths
- Mecopeltus – or unidentified comparable form
- Myrmica
- Negastrius
- Notiophilus
- Ochthebius
- Olophrum
- Pediacus
- Phloeosinus
- Phloeotribus
- Pityophthorus
- †Pityophthorus puberulus
- Polygraphus
- †Polygraphus rufipennis
- Pterostichus – or unidentified comparable form
- Quedius
- †Quedius uteanus
- Scolytus
- †Scolytus piceae
- Simplocaria
- †Simplocaria tessellata
- SitonaA living Sitona weevil
- Stenus
- Trechus
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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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