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
  • † 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
  • † 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
  • † 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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