List of the prehistoric life of Wisconsin
Appearance
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
- †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
- †Distomodus
- †Distyrax
- †Dresbachia
- †Echinochiton – type locality for genus
- †Echinochiton dufoei – type locality for species
- †Ellesmeroceras
- †Ellipsocephalus
- †Elrodoceras
- †Encrinurus
- †Entomaspis
- †Eophacops
- †Eospirifer
- †Eucalyptocrinites
†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
- †Subulites
- †Thalassinoides
†Thylacares – type locality for genusLife restoration of the Silurian arthropod Thylacares - †Thylacares brandonensis – type locality for species
- †Uranoceras
- †Westonia
- †Whitfieldia
- †Wurmiella
Mesozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Wisconsin.
Cenozoic
- Acidota
- Aegialia
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
- Polygraphus
- Pterostichus – or unidentified comparable form
- Quedius
- Scolytus
- Simplocaria
SitonaA living Sitona weevil - Stenus
- Trechus
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
{{cite web}}
:|author=
has generic name (help)