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 WisconsinSelected Paleozoic taxa of Wisconsin
- †Acernaspis
- †Acidaspis
- †Actinoceras
Restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Aglaspis - †Agraulos
- †Amplexopora
- †Amplexus
- †Arctinurus
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Atrypa reticularis – tentative report
- †Bumastus
- †Calymene
Fossil 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
Life 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
Fossil 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
Illustration 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
Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Periechocrinus - †Phragmolites
- †Plaesiomys
- †Plagiostomoceras
- †Planolites
- †Platyceras
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectodonta
- †Pleurodictyum
- Pleurotomaria
- †Polygrammoceras
- †Proetus
- †Sactorthoceras
Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella - †Scutellum
- †Similodonta
- †Skenidioides
- †Skolithos
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphaerexochus
- †Strophomena
- †Subulites
- †Thalassinoides
Life restoration of the Silurian arthropod Thylacares - †Thylacares brandonensis – type locality for species
- †Uranoceras
- †Westonia
- †Waukeshaaspis
- †Whitfieldia
- †Wurmiella
Mesozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Wisconsin.
Cenozoic
- Acidota
- Aegialia
Illustration of a living Agathidium round fungus beetle - Arpedium
- Asaphidion
- Bembidion
- Bledius
- Byrrhus
- Calathus
- Carabus
- Cercyon
A 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
Restoration 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
A living Sitona weevil - Stenus
- Trechus
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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