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

Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of Wisconsin

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Wisconsin

• †Acernaspis
• †Acidaspis
• †Actinoceras

• File:Aglaspis spinifer.jpg

  Restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Aglaspis

  †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

  • File:Calymene celebra.png

    Fossil of the Silurian trilobite Calymene celebra

    †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

• File:Deiphon forbesi cropped.png

  Life restoration of two species of the Silurian trilobite Deiphon

  †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

• File:FavositesOrdovicianIndiana.jpg

  Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites

  †Favosites
• †Geisonocerina
• †Hadromeros
• †Halysites
• †Harpidium
• †Hexameroceras
• †Holopea
• †Howella
• †Hyolithes
• †Hypseloconus
• †Illaenus
• †Inversoceras
• †Irvingella
• †Isotelus
• †Kionoceras
• †Krausella
• †Leonaspis
• †Leurocycloceras
• †Lingula

• File:Lingulella caelata 1.png

  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella

  †Lingulella
• †Lonchocephalus
• †Mackenziurus
• †Marsupiocrinus
• †Maryvillia
• †Matthevia
• †Meristina
• †Michelinoceras
• †Milaculum
• †Monograptus
• †Murchisonia
• †Norwoodia
• †Obolus
• †Ophioceras
• †Ozarkodina
• †Pelagiella
• †Pemphigaspis
• †Pentamerus
• †Pentlandia

• File:Periechecrinidae - Periechocrinus costatus.JPG

  Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Periechocrinus

  †Periechocrinus
• †Phragmolites
• †Plaesiomys
• †Plagiostomoceras
• †Planolites
• †Platyceras
• †Platystrophia
• †Plectodonta
• †Pleurodictyum
• Pleurotomaria
• †Polygrammoceras
• †Proetus
• †Sactorthoceras

• File:Saukiidae - Saukiella pepinensis.JPG

  Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella

  †Saukiella
• †Scutellum
• †Similodonta
• †Skenidioides
• †Skolithos
• †Sowerbyella
• †Sphaerexochus
• †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena costata
  • †Strophomena plattinensis
• †Subulites
• †Thalassinoides

• File:Thylacares brandonensis S12862-014-0159-2-10.jpg

  Life restoration of the Silurian arthropod Thylacares

  †Thylacares – type locality for genus
  • †Thylacares brandonensis – type locality for species
• †Uranoceras
• †Westonia
• †Waukeshaaspis
• †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

• File:Agathidium mandibulare.jpg

  Illustration of a living Agathidium round fungus beetle

  Agathidium
• Arpedium
• Asaphidion
  • †Asaphidion yukonense
• Bembidion
  • †Bembidion grapii
  • †Bembidion mutatum
• Bledius
• Byrrhus
• Calathus
  • †Calathus ingratus
• Carabus
  • †Carabus taedatus
• Cercyon
  • †Cercyon herceus

• File:Chironomus plumosus01.jpg

  A living Chironomus midge

  Chironomus – or unidentified comparable form
• Conophthorus
  • †Conophthorus coniperda – or unidentified comparable form
• Copromyza
• Cryptophagus
• Curimopsis
• Cytilus
• Dyschirius
• Eusphalerum – or unidentified comparable form
• Formica
• Helina – or unidentified comparable form
• †Mammuthus

  • File:Ice age fauna of northern Spain - Mauricio Antón cropped.png

    Restoration of a herd of Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoths

    †Mammuthus primigenius
• Mecopeltus – or unidentified comparable form
• Myrmica
• Negastrius
• Notiophilus
  • †Notiophilus directus
• Ochthebius
• Olophrum
• Pediacus
  • †Pediacus fuscus
• Phloeosinus
  • †Phloeosinus pini
• Phloeotribus
  • †Phloeotribus piceae
• Pityophthorus
  • †Pityophthorus puberulus
• Polygraphus
  • †Polygraphus rufipennis
• Pterostichus – or unidentified comparable form
• Quedius
  • †Quedius uteanus
• Scolytus
  • †Scolytus piceae
• Simplocaria
  • †Simplocaria tessellata

• File:Sitona.macularius.-.lindsey.jpg

  A living Sitona weevil

  Sitona
• Stenus
• Trechus
  • †Trechus apicalis

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.