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
- † 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
- † 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
- † Hypsognathus
- † Hypsognathus fenneri
- † Isocampe
- † Isocampe strata
- † Loperia
- † Mormolucoides
- † Mormolucoides articulatus
- † Ornithoidichnites
- † Ornithoidichnites gracillior – type locality for species
- † Ornithoidichnites sillimani – type locality for species
- † 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
- † 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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