List of the prehistoric life of Minnesota
Appearance
This list of the prehistoric life of Minnesota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Minnesota.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Minnesota.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Minnesota
- †Actinoceras
- †Actinodiscus
- †Amorphognathus
- †Armenoceras
†BothriocidarisReconstructive diagram (left) of a fossil (right) of the Ordovician sea urchin Bothriocidaris. The short spines which were attached to the tubercles are not drawn. - †Bumastus
- †Calymene
- †Cameroceras
- †Ceratopsis
- †Ceraurinella
- †Ceraurinus
- †Ceraurus
- †Charactoceras
- †Chasmatopora
- †Chidleyenoceras
- †Chirognathus
†CincinnetinaAssemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina - †Cincinnetina minnesotensis – type locality for species
- †Constellaria
- †Cordylodus
- †Cotteroceras
- †Crania
- †Craniops
- †Culumbodina
- †Curtognathus
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyptendoceras
- †Cyrtolites
- †Diplograptus
- †Ellesmeroceras
†EndocerasFossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras - †Erratencrinurus
- †Fayettoceras – tentative report
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gabriceraurus
- †Geisonoceras
- †Glyptocrinus
- †Gonioceras
- †Grewingkia
- †Hallopora
- †Helcionopsis
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
- †Hypseloconus – type locality for genus
- †Icriodus
- †Illaenus
†IsotelusFossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. - †Kentlandoceras
- †Kionoceras
- †Kirengella
- †Krausella
- †Lambeoceras
- †Lingula
- †Manitoulinoceras
- †Michelinoceras
- †Nanno
- †Ormoceras – tentative report
- †Orthoceras
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Periodon
- †Phragmolites
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectoceras
†PleurocystitesFossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites - †Polygnathus
- †Polygrammoceras
- †Pterotheca
- †Reedsoceras
- †Reteocrinus
- †Rigidella
- †Rioceras
†ScenellaFossils of the Cambrian mollusc Scenella - †Similodonta
- †Skenidioides
- †Sowerbyella
- †Spyroceras
- †Stigmatella
- †Strepsodiscus
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena billingsi
- †Strophomena filitexta
- †Strophomena incurvata
- †Strophomena plattinensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Subulites
- †Teichertoceras
- †Tryblidium
- †Ulrichoceras
†UrasterellaFossil of the Ordovician-Devonian sea star Urasterella - †Valcouroceras
- †Vellamo
- †Westonoceras
- †Whiteavesia
- †Zittelloceras
Mesozoic
- †Acanthoceras
†ActeonA living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail - †Amphidonte – tentative report
- †Anatimya
- Anatina
- †Anchura
†AnomiaInterior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell - Aporrhais
- †Arcellites
- †Ariadnaesporites
- Azolla – or unidentified comparable form
- Barbatia
- Brachidontes
- †Calliomphalus – tentative report
†Calycoceras – tentative reportFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Calycoceras - Carcharias
- Cardium
- †Cenocarcharias
- †Collignoniceras
- Coptothyris
- Corbula
- †Costatheca
- †Cretodus
†CretolamnaFossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - †Cymbophora
- †Cymbophora emmonsi
- †Cymbophora utahensis – tentative report
- †Dentalium
- Discradisca
- †Dunveganoceras
- †Epitonium
- †Etea – tentative report
†ExogyraInterior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - †Gervillia
- †Gervillia propleura – tentative report
- †Goolandia
- Gyrodes
- †Hybodus
- †Hybodus rajkovichi – type locality for species
†InoceramusFossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Ischyodus
- †Legumen
- †Legumen planulatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leptosolen
- Lima
- †Lingula
- †Lingula subspatulata – tentative report
- †Mesozoisynangia
- †Metengonoceras
- †Metengonoceras acutum
- †Metengonoceras dumblei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Metengonoceras dumbli
- †Metoicoceras
- †Metoicoceras bergquisti
- †Metoicoceras swallovi – or unidentified related form
- †Minerisporites
- †Molaspora
- †Mytiloides
- Nerita – tentative report
- Nucula
†OnchopristisFossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous giant sawfish Onchopristis - Ostrea
- Parapholas
- †Pecten
- Pholadomya
- †Pinna
†PlacenticerasFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras - Polinices
- †Prionocyclus
- †Protolamna
- †Protolamna gigantea – type locality for species
- †Pseudoperna
- †Pteria
- Rostellaria
- †Sanoarca
- †Scaphites
- Serpula
- Siliqua
- †Spermatites
SqualicoraxLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - Tapes (bivalve)
- Tellina
- †Tenellisporites
- Teredolites – tentative report
†TerminonarisFossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian relative Terminonaris - †Terminonaris robusta – type locality for species
- †Volutoderma
- Vulsella
- †Watinoceras
- Yoldia
Cenozoic
- Bison
- †Mammut
†Mammut americanumRestoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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