List of the prehistoric life of Connecticut

This list of the prehistoric life of Connecticut contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Connecticut.

Precambrian-Paleozoic

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian or Paleozoic fossils in Connecticut.

Mesozoic

  • Acanthichnus
    • Acanthichnus cursorius
  • Anchisauripus
    • Anchisauripus exsertus
    • Anchisauripus giganteus – type locality for species
    • Anchisauripus hitchcocki
    • Anchisauripus parallelus
    • Anchisauripus sillimani
    • Anchisauripus tuberosus
  • Restoration of the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur Anchisaurus
    Anchisaurus
    • Anchisaurus polyzelus – type locality for species
  • Ancyropus – type locality for genus
    • Ancyropus heteroclitus – type locality for species
  • Anomoepus
    • Anomoepus curvatus
    • Anomoepus gracillimus
    • Anomoepus intermedius
  • Argoides
    • Argoides macrodactylus – type locality for species
    • Argoides minimus – type locality for species
  • Baiera
  • Batrachopus
    • Batrachopus barrattii
    • Batrachopus deweyi
    • Batrachopus dispar
    • Batrachopus gracilis
  • Belodon
    • Belodon validus – type locality for species
  • Bisulcus
  • Botryopera
  • Brontozoum
    • Brontozoum divaricatum
    • Brontozoum giganteum
    • Brontozoum isodactylum
    • Brontozoum sillimanium
  • Cochlichnus
  • Coelophysis
  • Conopsoides
    • Conopsoides larvalis
  • Corvipes
    • Corvipes lacertoideus
  • Cunichoides
    • Cunichoides marsupialoideus – type locality for species
  • Cunicularius
    • Cunicularius retrahens
  • Erpetosuchus
  • Fossil Eubrontes tracks. Eubrontes is the Connecticut state fossil.
    Eubrontes
    • Eubrontes approximatus
    • Eubrontes dananus – type locality for species
    • Eubrontes divaricatus
    • Eubrontes giganteus
  • Gigandipus
    • Gigandipus caudatus
  • Grallator
    • Grallator cuneatus
    • Grallator cursorius
    • Grallator formosus
    • Grallator magnificus
    • Grallator tenuis
  • Harpedactylus
    • Harpedactylus tenuissimus – type locality for species
  • Herpystezoum
    • Herpystezoum minutus
  • Holcoptera
    • Holcoptera giebeli
  • Hoplichnus
    • Hoplichnus equus
  • Life restoration of Hypsognathus.
    Hypsognathus
    • Hypsognathus fenneri
  • Isocampe
    • Isocampe strata
  • Loperia
  • Mormolucoides
    • Mormolucoides articulatus
  • Ornithoidichnites
    • Ornithoidichnites gracillior – type locality for species
    • Ornithoidichnites sillimani – type locality for species
  • Fossil from Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum of the Late Triassic-Middle Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Otozoum
    Otozoum
    • Otozoum moodii
  • Palamopus
    • Palamopus divaricans
  • Platypterna
    • Platypterna deanii – type locality for species
    • Platypterna delicatula – type locality for species
    • Platypterna tenuis – type locality for species
  • Plectropterna
    • Plectropterna gracilis
    • Plectropterna lineans
    • Plectropterna minitans
  • Plectropus
    • Plectropus longipes
  • Plesiornis
  • Redfieldius
    • Redfieldius gracilis
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic bony fish Semionotus
    Semionotus
    • Semionotus agassizi
    • Semionotus tenuiceps
  • Sillimanius
    • Sillimanius gracilior – type locality for species
    • Sillimanius tetradactylus – type locality for species
  • Stegomus – type locality for genus
    • Stegomus arcuatus – type locality for species
  • Steropoides
    • Steropoides divaricatus
    • Steropoides diversus
    • Steropoides infelix
    • Steropoides loripes
  • Tarsoplectrus
    • Tarsoplectrus elegans – type locality for species
  • Triaenopus
    • Triaenopus baileyanus – type locality for species
    • Triaenopus lulli – type locality for species
  • Trihamus
    • Trihamus elegans
    • Trihamus magnus
  • Typopus
    • Typopus gracilis – type locality for species

Cenozoic

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Cenozoic fossils in Connecticut.

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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