List of the prehistoric life of Maine

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

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Maine.

Paleozoic
  • †Amphistrophonella
    • †Amphistrophonella funiculata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossils of the Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Ampyx.
    †Ampyx
  • †Annamitella – tentative report
    • †Annamitella borealis
  • †Apiculiretusispora
  • †Atrypa
  • †Barinophyton
    • †Barinophyton richardsoni
  • †Barrandeina
    • †Barrandeina aroostookensis
  • †Batostoma
  • †Batostomella
  • †Bucania – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Cardiola
    • †Cardiola gibbosa
  • †Cartericardia – tentative report
    • †Cartericardia dubia – type locality for species
  • †Clivosisporites – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Clivosisporites verrucata
  • †Crossoceras
    • †Crossoceras belandi
  • †Cyrtia
  • †Daidia
    • †Daidia wilsonae
  • †Dalejina
  • †Dalmanella
    • †Dalmanella testudinaria
  • †Decorochilina
    • †Decorochilina beushauseni
  • †Delerorthis
    • †Delerorthis flabellites
  • †Delthyris
  • †Deltoidospora
  • †Dolerorthis
  • Fossilized foliage from the Early-Late Devonian club moss relative Drepanophycus
    †Drepanophycus
  • †Eccentricosta
  • †Emphanisporites
    • †Emphanisporites annulatus
    • †Emphanisporites rotatus
  • †Eocoelia
  • †Eodinobolus
    • †Eodinobolus rotundus
  • †Eohostimella – type locality for genus
  • †Eoplectodona – tentative report
  • †Famatinorthis
    • †Famatinorthis turneri – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Ferganella
  • †Geragnostus
  • †Goniostropha
    • †Goniostropha chapmani
  • †Grandispora
  • †Gypidula
  • †Hibbertia – tentative report
  • †Hostimella
  • †Hystricoceras
    • †Hystricoceras hitchcocki
  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician trilobite Illaenus
    †Illaenus
  • †Kaulangiophyton
    • †Kaulangiophyton akantha
  • †Kolihadiscus
    • †Kolihadiscus somerseti – type locality for species
  • †Leptaena
    • †Leptaena rhomboidalis
  • †Lesueurilla – tentative report
  • †Lophospira
    • †Lophospira milleri – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Mesoleptostrophia
  • †Michelia
    • †Michelia compacta – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Michelia planogyrata – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Michelia tenue – type locality for species
  • Fossils of the Early Devonian graptolite Monograptus
    †Monograptus
  • †Neumanella
  • †Nicholsonella
  • †Nileus
  • †Nucleospira
  • †Nylanderina – type locality for genus
    • †Nylanderina goldringae – type locality for species
  • †Orthambonites
    • †Orthambonites robusta
  • †Orthonychia
    • †Orthonychia aroostooki – type locality for species
    • †Orthonychia compressa – type locality for species
  • †Paleocyclus – tentative report
  • †Paralenorthis
    • †Paralenorthis robustus
  • †Paraliospira
    • †Paraliospira angulata – or unidentified related form
  • †Patellostium
    • †Patellostium revolvens – type locality for species
  • †Pentamerus – tentative report
  • Life restoration of Pertica.
    †Pertica – type locality for genus
  • †Platyceras
    • †Platyceras chapmani – type locality for species
    • †Platyceras edmundi – type locality for species
    • †Platyceras hebes
    • †Platyceras ventricosum
  • †Platystrophia
  • †Platytoechia
    • †Platytoechia boucoti
  • †Plectodonta
  • †Plectonotus
    • †Plectonotus trilobatus
  • †Polytoechia – tentative report
  • †Pragozyga
    • †Pragozyga jerseyense – type locality for species
  • †Productorthis
    • †Productorthis mainensis
  • Life restoration with a conifer-like body plan of the Silurian-Late Devonian tree-like probable fungus Prototaxites. John William Dawson (1888).
    †Prototaxites
  • †Psilophyton
    • †Psilophyton dapsile – type locality for species
    • †Psilophyton forbesii – type locality for species
    • †Psilophyton microspinosum – type locality for species
    • †Psilophyton princeps
  • †Raymondaspis
  • †Resserella
  • †Sawdonia
    • †Sawdonia ornata
  • †Sphaerochitina
  • †Streptotrochus – tentative report
    • †Streptotrochus deciduus – type locality for species
  • †Stricklandialens
    • †Stricklandialens ultima – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Strophonella
    • †Strophonella euglypha
  • †Strophostylus
    • †Strophostylus globosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Taeniocrada
  • †Tholisporites
  • †Thursophyton
  • †Tritoechia
  • †Trochonemella
    • †Trochonemella churkini – or unidentified related form
  • †Tropidodiscus
    • †Tropidodiscus minimus
    • †Tropidodiscus obex

Mesozoic

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Maine.

Cenozoic

This list of the Cenozoic life of Maine contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Maine and are from 66 million years of age to geologically recent.

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