List of the prehistoric life of Indiana
This list of the prehistoric life of Indiana contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Indiana.
Precambrian[]
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Indiana.
Paleozoic[]
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Indiana[]
- †Abrotocrinus
- †Abrotocrinus coreyi
- †Abrotocrinus nodosus
- †Abrotocrinus unicus
- †Achistrum
- †Achistrum brevis – type locality for species
- †Achistrum ludwigi
- †Achistrum nicholsoni
- †Achistrum triassicum
- †Acidaspis
- † Acrophyllum
- †Actinocrinites
- †Actinocrinites gibsoni
- †Actinocrinites grandissimus
- †Actinocrinites lobatus – tentative report
- †Actinocrinites lowei
- †Agaricocrinus
- †Agaricocrinus americanus
- †Aipoceras – tentative report
- †Alethopteris
- †Alethopteris davreuxi
- †Alethopteris decurrens
- †Alethopteris grandini
- †Alethopteris lonchitica
- †Alethopteris owenii
- †Alethopteris serlii
- Ammodiscus
- †Ammonellipsites
- †Amplexopora
- †Amplexus
- †Anchiopsis
- †Angustidontus
- †Annularia
- †Annularia mucronata
- †Annularia radiata
- †Annularia sphenophylloides
- †Annularia stellata
- †Aphlebia
- †Archimedes
- †Archimedes communis
- †Archimedes compactus
- †Archimedes distans
- †Archimedes intermedius
- †Archimedes invaginatus
- †Archimedes lativolvis
- †Archimedes macfarlani
- †Archimedes meekanoides
- †Archimedes meekanus
- †Archimedes negligens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Archimedes proutanus
- †Archimedes swallovanus
- †Archimedes swallowvanus
- †Archimedes symmetricus
- †Archimedes terebriformis
- †Arctinurus
- †Armenoceras
- †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Asterotheca crenulata
- †Asterotheca cyathea
- †Asterotheca hemitelliodes
- †Asterotheca miltoni
- †Asterotheca oreopteridia
- †Asteroxylon
- †Athyris
- †Athyris fultonensis
- †Athyris lamellosa
- †Athyris parvirostra
- †Athyris spiriferoides
- †Atrypa
- †Atrypa newsomensis
- †Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
- †Atrypa reticularis
- †Atrypa reticularus
- †Aulacophyllum
- †Aulopora
- †Aulopora edithana
- †Aulopora microbuccinata
- †Aulopora tubiporoides
- †Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten colletti
- †Aviculopecten invalidus
- †Aviculopecten spinuliferus
- †Aviculopecten terminalis
- † Avonia – tentative report
- † Avonia
- †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon gibsoni – type locality for species
- †Bellerophon jeffersonensis
- †Bellerophon spergensis – type locality for species
- †Bembexia
- †Beyrichoceras
- †Bordonia
- †Bumastus
- †Bumastus armatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bumastus insignis
- †Bumastus ioxus
- †Bumastus niagarense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Calamites
- †Calamites cruciatus
- †Calamites suckowii
- †Callipteridium
- †Callixylon
- †Calymene
- †Calymene breviceps
- †Calymene celebra
- †Calymene niagarensis
- †Camarotoechia
- †Camarotoechia gregaria – tentative report
- †Camarotoechia horsfordi
- †Camarotoechia mutata
- †Camarotoechia neglecta – or unidentified comparable form
- †Camarotoechia pisa
- †Camarotoechia tethys
- †Carcinosoma
- †Caseodus
- †Caseodus eatoni – type locality for species
- †Ceramopora
- †Ceramopora imbricata
- †Ceramopora vesicularis
- †Ceraurinus
- †Ceraurus
- †Chancelloria
- †Charactoceras
- †Cheirurus
- †Chomatodus
- †Chondrites
- †Chonetes
- †Chonetes geniculatus
- †Cincinnetina
- †Cincinnetina meeki
- †Cincinnetina multisecta
- †Cladochonus
- †Cladochonus beecheri
- ���Cladochonus crassus
- †Cladochonus longi
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cleiothyridina hirsuta
- †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
- † – tentative report
- †Coenites
- †Coenites brownsportensis
- †Coenites cryptodens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Coenites laqueata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Coenites rectilineatus
- †Columnaria
- †Columnaria alveolata
- †Composita
- †Composita subquadrata
- †Composita sulcata
- †Composita trinuclea
- †Conchidium
- †Conocardium
- †Conocardium richmondense – type locality for species
- †Constellaria
- †Coolinia
- †Cordaites
- †Cordaites borassifolius
- †Cordaites crassinervis
- †Cordaites principalis
- †Cornulites
- †Cornulites formosa
- †Cornulites proprius
- †Coronura
- †Crania
- †Craniops
- †Crotalocrinites
- †Cyathocrinites
- †Cyathocrinites glenni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
- †Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
- †Cyathocrinites pauli
- †Cyathocrinites sanduskyensis
- †Cyathocrinites striatissimus
- †Cyathocrinites wilsoni
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cypricardinia
- †Cypricardinia indenta
- †Cypricardinia scitula
- †Cyrtolites
- †Cyrtospirifer
- †Cystodictya
- †Cystodictya lineata
- †Dalmanites
- †Dalmanites halli
- †Dalmanites limulurus
- †Danaea
- †Decadocrinus
- †Decadocrinus depressus
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dictyonema
- †Dimerocrinites
- †Dimerocrinites carleyi
- †Dimerocrinites inornatus
- †Dimerocrinites occidentalis
- †Dinicthys
- †Dizygocrinus
- †Dizygocrinus indianaensis
- †Dizygocrinus indianensis
- †Dizygocrinus venustus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dizygocrinus whitei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Drepanopterus
- †Edestus
- †Edestus heinrichi
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- †Eldredgeops
- †Eldredgeops rana
- †Elytron
- †Emmonsia
- †Encrinurus
- Eocaudina
- †Eodictyonella
- †Eospirifer
- †Eospirifer eudora
- †Eospirifer foggi
- †Eospirifer niagarensis
- †Eospirifer radiatus
- †Eretmocrinus
- †Eretmocrinus cassedayanus – tentative report
- †Eretmocrinus magnificus
- †Erieopterus
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Eucalyptocrinites caelatus
- †Eucalyptocrinites crassus
- †Eucalyptocrinites tuberculatus
- †Favosites
- †Favosites arbor
- †Favosites baculus
- †Favosites biloculi
- †Favosites clelandi
- †Favosites cristatus
- †Favosites discoideus
- †Favosites favosus
- †Favosites forbesi
- †Favosites forbsei
- †Favosites goodwini
- †Favosites hisingeri
- †Favosites hispidus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Favosites impeditus
- †Favosites mundus
- †Favosites niagarensis
- †Favosites occidentalis
- †Favosites patellatus – type locality for species
- †Favosites pirum
- †Favosites placentus
- †Favosites proximatus
- †Favosites quercus
- †Favosites ramulosus
- †Favosites rotundituba
- †Favosites spinigerus
- †Favosites turbinatus
- †Fayettoceras
- †Fenestella
- †Fenestella burlingtonensis
- †Fenestella cestriensis
- †Fenestella exigua
- †Fenestella matheri
- †Fletcheria
- †Flexicalymene
- †Flexicalymene meeki
- †Gilbertsocrinus
- †Glikmanius
- †Glikmanius occidentalis
- †Glyptambon
- †Glyptocrinus
- †Gomphoceras
- †Greenops
- †Grewingkia
- †Grewingkia canadensis
- †Grewingkia rusticum
- †Hallopora
- †Hallopora elegantula
- †Hallopora subnodosa
- †Halysites
- †Halysites catenularia
- †Halysites labyrinthicus
- †Halysites microporus
- †Harpidium – tentative report
- †Heliophyllum
- †Heliophyllum agassizi
- †Heliophyllum denticulatum
- †Heliophyllum halli
- †Heliophyllum incrassatum
- †Heliophyllum latericrescens
- †Heliophyllum venatum
- †Heliophyllum verticale
- †Hexagonaria
- †Hexagonaria bella
- †Hexagonaria cincta
- †Hexagonaria curta
- †Hexagonaria ovoidea
- †Hexagonaria partita
- †Hexagonaria ponderosa
- †Hexagonaria prisma
- †Hexameroceras
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
- †Hyolithes
- †Icriodus
- †Illaenus
- †Iniopteryx
- †Iniopteryx rushlaui
- †Iocrinus
- †Isotelus
- †Isotelus gigas
- †Isotelus maximus
- †Kindleoceras
- †Kingstonia
- †Kionoceras
- †Kokomopterus
- †Lambeoceras
- †Lepidodendron
- †Lepidodendron aculeatum
- †Lepidodendron dichotomum
- †Lepidodendron lanceolatum – tentative report
- †Lepidodendron obovatum
- †Lepidodendron vestitum
- †Lepidophyllum
- †Lepidostrobus
- †Lichas
- †Lingula
- †Llanoaspis – tentative report
- †Manitoulinoceras
- †Marsupiocrinus
- †Martinia
- †Melonechinus
- †Meristella
- †Meristina
- †Microplasma
- †Mucrospirifer
- †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
- †Mucrospirifer profundus
- †Mucrospirifer prolificus
- †Murchisonia
- †Natica
- †Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis carleyana – type locality for species
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris fimbriata
- †Neuropteris flexuosa
- †Neuropteris heterophylla
- †Neuropteris obliqua
- †Neuropteris ovata
- †Neuropteris rarinervis
- †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
- †Neuropteris tenuifolia
- †Odontopleura – tentative report
- †Oncoceras
- †Onychocrinus
- †Onychopterella
- †Oonoceras
- †Ornithoprion – type locality for genus
- †Orodus
- †Palmatolepis
- †Paolia – type locality for genus
- †Paraspirifer
- †Pecopteris
- †Pelagiella
- †Pentagonia
- †Pentameroceras
- †Pentamerus
- †Pentremites
- †Pentremites tulipaformis
- †Periastron
- †Periechocrinus
- †Phacops
- †Phillipsia
- †Phragmolites
- †Pinna
- †Pinnularia
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platyceras
- †Platyceras bucculentum
- †Platycrinites
- †Platystrophia
- †Platystrophia acutilirata
- †Platystrophia annieana
- †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
- †Platystrophia cypha
- †Platystrophia moritura
- †Plectodonta
- †Pleurodictyum
- †Pleurorthoceras
- †Poleumita
- †Polygnathus
- †Polysacos – type locality for genus
- Priscopedatus
- †Proetus
- †Protochonetes – tentative report
- †Protosalvinia
- †Psaronius
- †Pteria
- †Pterotheca
- †Pterygotus
- †Quasillites – tentative report
- †Retzia
- †Rhadinichthys
- †Rhynchonella
- †Richmondoceras – type locality for genus
- †Rineceras
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- †Samaropsis
- †Sandalodus
- †Scytalocrinus
- †Sidetes
- †Sigillaria
- †Sigillaria brardii
- †Sigillaria scutellata
- †Skenidioides
- †Sowerbyella
- †Spathognathodus
- †Sphaerexochus
- †Sphaerocodium
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
- †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
- †Sphenophyllum myriophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum plurifoliatum
- †Sphenopteris
- †Spirifer
- Spirorbis
- †Spyroceras
- †Stethacanthus
- †Stethacanthus altonensis
- †Stigmaria
- †Stigmatella
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena concordensis
- †Strophomena erratica
- †Strophomena extenuata
- †Strophomena neglecta
- †Strophomena nutans
- †Strophomena planumbona
- †Strophomena sulcata
- †Syringopora
- †Taxocrinus
- †Tentaculites
- †Tetradium
- †Thalassinoides
- †Treptoceras
- †Tricrepicephalus
- †Trimerus
- †Zittelloceras
- †Zoophycos
Mesozoic[]
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Indiana.
Cenozoic[]
- Acer
- †Aepycamelus – or unidentified comparable form
- Alces
- †Alces alces
- †Arctodus
- †Arctodus simus
- †
- † – type locality for species
- †Bootherium
- †Bootherium bombifrons
- †Borophagus
- †Bryum
- Bufo
- Candona
- † – or unidentified comparable form
- † – or unidentified related form
- Canis
- †Canis dirus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Canis latrans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Canis lupus
- †Carex
- Carya
- Chara
- Chelydra
- †Chelydra serpentina – or unidentified comparable form
- Chrysemys
- †Chrysemys picta – or unidentified comparable form
- Coluber
- †Coluber constrictor
- Comptonia – or unidentified comparable form
- Cyperus
- Cypridopsis
- † – or unidentified related form
- † – or unidentified comparable form
- Elaphe
- Emydoidea
- †Emydoidea blandingii – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
- † – or unidentified comparable form
- Fagus
- †Fagus grandifolia – or unidentified comparable form
- Geomys
- † – or unidentified comparable form
- †Geomys bursarius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hemiauchenia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hesperotestudo
- †Hypolagus
- † – or unidentified comparable form
- Lynx
- †Lynx rufus – or unidentified comparable form
- – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
- Marmota
- †Marmota monax
- Mephitis
- †Mephitis mephitis
- Microtus
- †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- Mustela
- †Mylohyus
- †Mylohyus fossilis
- Neotoma
- †Neotoma floridana – or unidentified comparable form
- Nerodia
- †Nerodia erythrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
- Odocoileus
- †Odocoileus virginianus
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- † – type locality for species
- †Oxalis
- †
- †
- Panthera
- †Panthera onca
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- †
- Parascalops
- †Parascalops breweri
- Peromyscus
- †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
- Platanus
- †Platanus occidentalis
- †Platygonus
- † – or unidentified comparable form
- †Plionarctos
- †
- †
- † – type locality for species
- Polygonum
- Populus
- †Populus deltoides – or unidentified comparable form
- †Potamocypris
- †Potamocypris unicaudata – or unidentified related form
- †Potamogeton
- †Potentilla
- †Rana
- †Rana catesbeiana – or unidentified comparable form
- Rumex
- Salix
- †Scirpus
- †Smilodon
- †Smilodon fatalis
- Spermophilus
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- Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
- †
- † – type locality for species
- Synaptomys
- †Synaptomys cooperi
- †Teleoceras
- Thamnophis
- Trachemys
- †Trachemys scripta – or unidentified comparable form
- Urocyon
- †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Ursus
- †Ursus americanus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Verbena
- †Viola
- Vitis
- Vulpes
- †Xanthium
References[]
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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