List of the prehistoric life of Pennsylvania

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of Pennsylvania

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Pennsylvania

• † Acidaspis
• † Agnostus
• † Alethopteris
• † Amphiscapha
• 

  Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris
  † Anomalocaris
• † Aphthoroblattina
• † Archaeopteris
  • † Archaeopteris halliana
  • † Archaeopteris macilenta
• † Archimylacris
• † Asaphiscus
• † Athyris
  • † Athyris spiriferoides
• † Atrypa
  • † Atrypa reticularis
• † Aviculopecten
  • † Aviculopecten occidentalis
• † Barinophyton
• † Bathyuriscus
• †Bellerophon
• † Bembexia
• † Beyrichoceratoides
• † Blattoidea
• † Bonneterrina
• 

  Life restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Bothriolepis
  † Bothriolepis
• † Byronia
• † Callixylon
• † Camarotoechia
• † Camptostroma
• † Cavusgnathus
• † Ceramopora
• † Ceratopsis
• † Chancelloria
• † Chancia
• † Chonetes
• † Cincinnetina
  • † Cincinnetina multisecta
• † Cleiothyridina
• † Climacograptus
• 

  Coccosteus cuspidatus restoration, shown attacking multiple Palaeospondylus'
  † Coccosteus
• † Coelacanthus
• † Composita
  • † Composita subtilita
• † Conotheca
• † Coosella
• † Coosia
• † Cordaites
• † Cornulites
  • † Cornulites flexuosus
• † Craniops
• † Crepicephalus
• † Ctenerpeton – type locality for genus
• † Ctenopterus
• † Cyclonema
• 

  Fossilized foliage from the Carboniferous seed fern Cyclopteris
  † Cyclopteris
• † Cypricardinia
  • † Cypricardinia indenta
• † Cyrtospirifer
• † Dawsonia
• † Deckera
• † Densignathus – type locality for genus
• † Diplocaulus – or unidentified comparable form
• † Diploceraspis
  • † Diploceraspis burkei
• † Diplograptus
• 

  Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Edaphosaurus
  † Edaphosaurus
• † Edmondia
• † Eldredgeops
  • † Eldredgeops rana
• † Elita
• † Elrathia
• † Elrathina
• † Endolobus
• † Eoagnostus
• † Erettopterus
• † Eryops
• † Esmeraldina
• † Euomphalus
• 

  Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
  † Favosites
  • † Favosites niagarensis
• † Fenestella
• † Ganorhynchus
• † Genevievella
• † Glaukerpeton – type locality for genus
• † Glyptocrinus
• † Gnathodus
• † Gravicalymene
• † Greenops
• † Hallipterus
• † Hardieopterus
• † Hazelia
• † Helcionella
• † Hexactinellid
• † Hindeodus
• † Holonema
• † Holopea
• † Holoptychius
• † Holoptychus
• † Hughmilleria
• † Hymenocaris
• 

  Life restoration of the Late Devonian four-limbed animal precursor Hynerpeton
  † Hynerpeton – type locality for genus
  • † Hynerpeton bassetti – type locality for species
• † Hyolithellus
• † Hyolithes
• † Hyolithid
• † Indiana – tentative report
• † Iocrinus
• † Irvingella
• † Isodectes
• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
  † Isotelus
  • † Isotelus gigas
• † Kiaeropterus
• † Kingstonia
• † Kladognathus
• † Kootenia
• † Kutorgina
• † Lancastria
• † Lepidostrobus
• † Leptomitus
• Lingula
• † Lingulella
• † Llanoaspidella – type locality for genus
• † Llanoaspis – tentative report
• † Lonchocephalus
• 

  Life restoration of the Permian snake-like amphibian Lysorophus showing speculative egg-coiling behavior
  † Lysorophus
• † Margaretia
• † Martinia
• † Megalograptus – tentative report
• † Megamolgophis
• † Metacoceras
• † Michelinoceras
• † Micromitra
• † Mimagoniatites – tentative report
• † Mucrospirifer
  • † Mucrospirifer mucronatus
• † Nanahughmilleria
• † Naticopsis
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian brachiopod Neospirifer
  † Neospirifer
  • † Neospirifer cameratus
• † Neuropteris
• † Nisusia
• Nucula
• † Ogygopsis
• † Olenellus
• † Olenoides
  • † Olenoides serratus
• † Orthacanthus
• † Orthoceras
• † Orthotheca
• † Oryctocephalus
• 

  Restoration
  † Osteolepis
• † Oulodus
• † Ozarkodina
• † Paedeumias
• † Pagetia
• † Paladin
• † Panenka
• † Parahughmilleria
• † Paraspirifer
• † Paterina
• † Pelagiella
• † Pemphigaspis
• † Pentremites
• † Peronopsis
• † Petalodus
• 

  Fossil of the Devonian trilobite Phacops rana
  † Phacops
• Pinna
• † Platyceras
• † Pleurodictyum
• †Proetus
• † Protobarinophyton
• † Protocaris
• † Protospongia – tentative report
• † Pugnax
• † Quasillites
• † Rhinocarcinosoma
• † Rhodea
• † Ribeiria
• † Ruedemannipterus
• † Salterella
• 

  Fossilized fin of the Devonian lobe-finned fish Sauripterus
  † Sauripterus
  • † Sauripterus taylori
• † Schaefferia (Paleozoic plant) – or unidentified comparable form
• † Schizodiscus
• † Sciadophyton
• † Selkirkia
• † Sidneyia
• † Sigillaria
• † Solenochilus
• † Sowerbyella
• † Spathognathodus
• † Spirifer
• † Spyroceras
• † Strophomena
• † Taeniocrada
• † Tentaculites
• 

  Diagram of the branches of the Middle-Late Devonian vascular plant Tetraxylopteris
  † Tetraxylopteris
• † Titusvillia – type locality for genus
• † Triarthrus
• † Tricrepicephalus
• † Trimerus
• † Tubulella
• † Tuzoia
• † Urasterella
• † Vinella
• † Wanneria
• † Wilkingia
• † Worthenia
• † Yochelcionella

Mesozoic

• † Anchisauripus
  • † Anchisauripus gwyneddensis – type locality for species
  • † Anchisauripus poolei – type locality for species
  • † Anchisauripus sillimani
• 

  Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus
  † Anomoepus
  • † Anomoepus gracillimus
• † Apatopus
• † Atreipus
  • † Atreipus milfordensis
• † Batrachopus
  • † Batrachopus gracilis
• † Belodon
  • † Belodon priscus
• † Brachychirotherium
• † Brontozoum
  • † Brontozoum sillimanium
• † Calamops – type locality for genus
  • † Calamops paludosus – type locality for species
• † Chirotherium
  • † Chirotherium lulli
  • † Chirotherium parvum
• † Clepsysaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Clepsysaurus pennsylvanicus – type locality for species
  • † Clepsysaurus veatleianus
• † Dinophyton
• † Diplurus
  • † Diplurus longicaudatus
• 

  Life restoration of the Middle Devonian lungfish Dipterus
  † Dipterus
  • † Dipterus redfieldi
• † Eubrontes
  • † Eubrontes giganteus
• † Grallator
  • † Grallator cuneatus
  • † Grallator tenuis
• † Gwyneddichnium – type locality for genus
  • † Gwyneddichnium majore – type locality for species
• † Gwyneddosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Gwyneddosaurus erici – type locality for species
• † Koskinonodon
  • † Koskinonodon perfectus
• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Triassic amphibian Mastodonsaurus
  † Mastodonsaurus
  • † Mastodonsaurus durus – type locality for species
• † Orthodactylus
  • † Orthodactylus howelli – type locality for species
• † Otozoum – tentative report
  • † Otozoum minus
• † Pagiophyllum
• † Palaeoctonus
  • † Palaeoctonus appalachianus
• † Palaeosaurus
  • † Palaeosaurus fraserianus – type locality for species
• † Platypterna
  • † Platypterna lockatong – type locality for species
• † Pterodactylus
  • † Pterodactylus longispinis – type locality for species
• † Revueltosaurus
• † Rhynchosauroides
  • † Rhynchosauroides brunswickii
  • † Rhynchosauroides hyperbates
• 

  Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
  † Rutiodon
  • † Rutiodon carolinensis
• † Scoyenia
• † Sphodrosaurus – type locality for genus
  • † Sphodrosaurus pennsylvanicus – type locality for species
• † Suchoprion
  • † Suchoprion aulacodus
  • † Suchoprion cyphodon
• † Synorichthys
• † Turseodus

Cenozoic

• Acidota
  • †Acidota crenata
  • †Acidota quadrata
• 

  Illustration of an Aegialia dung beetle
  Aegialia
• Agonum
  • †Agonum affine
  • †Agonum consimile
  • †Agonum gratiosum
  • †Agonum quinquepunctatum
  • †Agonum simile
• Amara
• Apalone
  • †Apalone mutica – tentative report
• Aphodius
  • †Aphodius precursor – type locality for species
• Apion
• 

  Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
  †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus pristinus – type locality for species
• Arpedium
  • †Arpedium cribratum
• †Ateuchus – tentative report
• Bembidion
  • †Bembidion anguliferum group informal
  • †Bembidion fortestriatum
  • †Bembidion frontale
  • †Bembidion incertum group informal
  • †Bembidion morulum
  • †Bembidion mutatum
  • †Bembidion pseudocautum
  • †Bembidion versicolor – or unidentified comparable form
• Blarina
  • 

    A living Blarina brevicauda, or northern short-tailed shrew
    †Blarina brevicauda – type locality for species
  • †Blarina carolinensis
• Bledius
• Blethisa
  • †Blethisa catenaria
• Boreaphilus
  • †Boreaphilus henningianus
• †Brachyprotoma
  • †Brachyprotoma obtusata – type locality for species
• Bufo
  • †Bufo americanus
• Canis
  • †Canis armbrusteri
  • 

    Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf
    †Canis dirus
• Carabus
  • †Carabus maeander
• †Cariacus
  • †Cariacus laevicornis – type locality for species
• Carphoborus
  • †Carphoborus andersoni
• Castor
  • †Castor canadensis
• †Castoroides
  • †Castoroides ohioensis
• Catops
• †Cervalces
• Chlaenius
  • †Chlaenius punctulatus – type locality for species
• Colinus
  • †Colinus virginianus
• Coluber
  • †Coluber acuminatus – type locality for species
  • †Coluber constrictor
• Colymbetes
• 

  A living Crocuta crocuta, or spotted hyena
  Crocuta
  • †Crocuta inexpectatus – type locality for species
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus horridus
• Curimopsis
  • †Curimopsis moosilauke – or unidentified comparable form
• †Cychrus
  • †Cychrus minor – type locality for species
  • †Cychrus wheatleyi – type locality for species
• Cymindis
  • †Cymindis aurora – type locality for species
  • †Cymindis cribricollis
• Cytilus
  • †Cytilus alternatus
• 

  A preserved Diacheila ground beetle
  Diacheila
  • †Diacheila arctica
• Dicaelus
  • †Dicaelus alutaceus – type locality for species
• Donacia
• Dyschirius
  • †Dyschirius integer group informal
  • †Dyschirius melancholicus
• Elaphe
  • †Elaphe vulpina
• Elaphrus
  • †Elaphrus americanus
  • †Elaphrus clairvillei
  • †Elaphrus lapponicus
• Emydoidea
  • 

    A living Emys blandingii, or Blanding's turtle
    †Emydoidea blandingii
• Enochrus
• Equus
  • †Equus complicatus
  • †Equus pectinatus
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon dorsatum
• Eucnecosum
  • †Eucnecosum brunnescens
• Glyptemys
  • †Glyptemys insculpta
• Gulo
  • 

    A living Gulo gulo, or wolverine
    †Gulo gulo
• Gymnusa
• Harpalus
• Helophorus
  • †Helophorus sempervarians
  • †Helophorus tuberculatus
• †Hesperotestudo
  • †Hesperotestudo percrassa – type locality for species
• Heterodon
  • †Heterodon platyrhinos
• Holoboreaphilus
  • †Holoboreaphilus nordenskioldi
• Homo
  • †Homo sapiens
• Hydraena
• Hydroporus
• Hyla
  • 

    A living Pseudacris crucifer (formerly Hyla crucifer), or spring peeper
    †Hyla crucifer
• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis triangulum
• Lasiopodomys – tentative report
• Lesteva
  • †Lesteva pallipes
• Lontra
  • †Lontra canadensis
• Loricera
  • †Loricera pilicornis
• Lynx
  • †Lynx calcaratus – type locality for species
• †Mammut
  • †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
  • 

    Life restorations of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left)
    †Mammuthus primigenius
• Mantura
• Marmota
  • †Marmota monax – or unidentified comparable form
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx wheatleyi
• Meleagris
  • †Meleagris gallopavo
• Mephitis
  • †Mephitis mephitis
• Microedus
  • †Microedus austinianus
• Microtus
  • †Microtus guildayi – or unidentified comparable form
• 

  Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah
  †Miracinonyx
  • †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
• Mustela
• Mycetoporus
• †Mylohyus
  • †Mylohyus fossilis
• Myotis
• Napaeozapus
  • †Napaeozapus insignis
• Natrix
• 

  A living Neofiber, or round-tailed muskrat
  Neofiber
  • †Neofiber diluvianus – type locality for species
• Nerodia
  • †Nerodia sipedon
• Nitidotachinus
  • †Nitidotachinus tachyporoides
• Notaris
  • †Notaris aethiops
• Notiophilus
• Ochthebius
• Odocoileus
  • 

    A living Odocoileus virginianus, or white-tailed deer
    †Odocoileus virginianus
• Olophrum
  • †Olophrum boreale
  • †Olophrum consimile
  • †Olophrum latum
  • †Olophrum rotundicolle
• Ondatra
  • †Ondatra idahoensis – type locality for species
• Opheodrys
  • †Opheodrys vernalis
• †Osmotherium – type locality for genus
  • †Osmotherium spelaeum – type locality for species
• Oxytelus
• Panthera
  • †Panthera onca
• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
  †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani – tentative report
• Parascalops
  • †Parascalops breweri
• Patrobus
  • †Patrobus foveocollis
  • †Patrobus septentrionis
  • †Patrobus stygicus
• Pekania
  • †Pekania diluviana
• Pelenomus
• Peromyscus
  • †Peromyscus leucopus – tentative report
• †Phanaeus
  • †Phanaeus antiquus – type locality for species
• Philonthus
• Phloeotribus
  • †Phloeotribus piceae
• Pitymys
  • †Pitymys cumberlandensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Pityophthorus
• 

  Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
  †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus vetus – type locality for species
• Platynus
  • †Platynus hypolithos
• Podabrus
• Polygraphus
  • †Polygraphus rufipennis
• Pterostichus
  • †Pterostichus laevigatus – type locality for species
  • †Pterostichus patruelis
  • †Pterostichus punctatissimus
• Pycnoglypta
  • †Pycnoglypta aptera
  • †Pycnoglypta lurida
• Quedius
• †Rana
  • †Rana pipiens – or unidentified comparable form
• Scalopus
• Simplocaria
• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
  †Smilodon
  • †Smilodon gracilis – type locality for species
• Sorex
• Sphaeroderus
  • †Sphaeroderus nitidicollis – or unidentified comparable form
• Stenus
• Stereocerus
  • †Stereocerus haematopus
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus floridanus
• Synaptomys
  • †Synaptomys cooperi
• Tachinus
  • †Tachinus luridus
• Tamias
  • †Tamias striatus – or unidentified comparable form
• 

  A living Tapirus, or tapir
  Tapirus
  • †Tapirus haysii
  • †Tapirus veroensis
• Taxidea
  • †Taxidea taxus
• Terrapene
  • †Terrapene carolina
• Thamnophis
• Thanatophilus
• Thomomys
  • †Thomomys potomacensis
• Trechus
  • †Trechus crassiscapus
• †Uncia
  • †Uncia mercerii – type locality for species
• Urocyon
  • 

    A living Urocyon cinereoargenteus, or gray fox
    †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Ursus
  • †Ursus americanus
• Vulpes
• Zapus
  • †Zapus hudsonius

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.