List of the prehistoric life of Massachusetts

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Agraulos
    †Agraulos – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Agraulos quadrangularis
  • †Aldanella
    • †Aldanella attleborensis
  • †Allatheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Allatheca degeeri – broadly construed
  • †Anabarites
    • †Anabarites korobovi
  • †Bemella
    • †Bemella bella
  • †Braintreella
    • †Braintreella rogersi
  • †Calodiscus
    • †Calodiscus lobatus
  • †Camenella
    • †Camenella baltica – tentative report
  • Fossil of Chancelloria
    †Chancelloria
  • †Coleoloides
    • †Coleoloides typicalis
  • †Condylopyge
  • †Conotheca
    • †Conotheca subcurvata
  • †Dawsonia
    • †Dawsonia dawsoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Dipharus
    • †Dipharus attleborensis
  • †Dromopus – tentative report
    • †Dromopus woodworthi – type locality for species
  • †Eccentrotheca
    • †Eccentrotheca kanesia
  • †Fomitchella
    • †Fomitchella infundabiliformis
  • †Gracilitheca
    • †Gracilitheca bayonet
  • Fossil of the Cambrian mollusc Halkieria.
    †Halkieria
  • †Hyolithellus
    • †Hyolithellus micans – or unidentified related form
  • †Hyolithes
    • †Hyolithes tenuistriatus – broadly construed
  • †Kingaspis
    • †Kingaspis avalonensis
  • †Ladatheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Ladatheca cylindrica
  • †Lapworthella
    • †Lapworthella laudvigseni
    • †Lapworthella ludvigseni
  • †Leptostega
    • †Leptostega abrupta
  • †Linguella
    • †Linguella viridis
  • †Mellopegma – tentative report
  • Restorative model of Microdictyon.
    †Microdictyon
  • †Obolella
    • †Obolella atlantica
  • †Obolus
    • †Obolus parvulus – tentative report
  • †Onchocephalites
    • †Onchocephalites permingeati
  • †Paradoxides
    • †Paradoxides harlani
  • †Pelagiella
  • †Plinthokonion
    • †Plinthokonion arethion
  • †Rhombocorniculum
    • †Rhombocorniculum cancellatum
  • †Scenella
  • †Serrodiscus
    • †Serrodiscus bellimarginatus
  • †Sokolovitheca
    • †Sokolovitheca sokolovi
  • †Stenotheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Stenotheca acutacosta
  • †Sunnaginia
    • †Sunnaginia imbricata
  • Fossil of the mysterious Cambrian animal Torellella
    †Torellella
    • †Torellella laevigata
  • †Watsonella
    • †Watsonella crosbyi

Mesozoic

This list of the Mesozoic life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A
  • †Acanthichnus
    • †Acanthichnus aguineus – type locality for species
    • †Acanthichnus alternans – type locality for species
    • †Acanthichnus cursorius
    • †Acanthichnus saltatorius
    • †Acanthichnus trilinearis
  • †Acteonella
  • †Aenigmichnus
    • †Aenigmichnus multiformis
  • †Amblonyx – type locality for genus
    • †Amblonyx giganteus – type locality for species
    • †Amblonyx lyellianus
  • †Amblypus – type locality for genus
    • †Amblypus dextratus – type locality for species
  • †Ammopus – type locality for genus
    • †Ammopus marshi – type locality for species
  • †Ampelichnus
    • †Ampelichnus sulcatus
  • †Anchisauripus
    • †Anchisauripus exsertus – type locality for species
    • †Anchisauripus hitchcocki – type locality for species
    • †Anchisauripus minusculum – type locality for species
    • †Anchisauripus minusculus
    • †Anchisauripus parallelus
    • †Anchisauripus sillimani
    • †Anchisauripus tuberosus – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur Anchisaurus
    †Anchisaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Ancyropus
    • †Ancyropus heteroclitus
  • †Anomoepus
    • †Anomoepus crassus
    • †Anomoepus cuneatus – type locality for species
    • †Anomoepus curvatus – type locality for species
    • †Anomoepus gracillimus – type locality for species
    • †Anomoepus intermedius – type locality for species
    • †Anomoepus isodactylus – type locality for species
    • †Anomoepus major – type locality for species
    • †Anomoepus minimus – type locality for species
    • †Anomoepus scambus – type locality for species
  • †Anticheiropus – type locality for genus
    • †Anticheiropus hamatus – type locality for species
    • †Anticheiropus pilulatus – type locality for species
  • †Antipus
    • †Antipus bifidus – type locality for species
  • †Apatichnus – type locality for genus
    • †Apatichnus circumagens – type locality for species
  • †Arachnichnus
    • †Arachnichnus dehiscens – type locality for species
  • †Argoides
    • †Argoides macrodactylus
    • †Argoides minimus – type locality for species
    • †Argoides redfieldianum – tentative report
    • †Argoides redfieldii – type locality for species

B
  • Illustration of a living Batrachoides toadfish
    †Batrachoides
    • †Batrachoides nidificans
  • †Batrachopus – type locality for genus
    • †Batrachopus bellus – type locality for species
    • †Batrachopus deweyi – type locality for species
    • †Batrachopus dispar – type locality for species
    • †Batrachopus gracilis – type locality for species
    • †Batrachopus vuigaris
  • †Bifurculipes
    • †Bifurculipes curvatus
    • †Bifurculipes elachistotatus
    • †Bifurculipes laqueatus
    • †Bifurculipes scolopendroideus
  • †Bisulcus
    • †Bisulcus undulatus – type locality for species
  • †Brontozoum
    • †Brontozoum approximatum
    • †Brontozoum divaricatum – type locality for species
    • †Brontozoum giganteum – type locality for species
    • †Brontozoum isodactylum
    • †Brontozoum parallelum – type locality for species
    • †Brontozoum sillimanium
    • †Brontozoum tuberatum – type locality for species

C
  • †Chalthropteris
  • †Clathropteris
  • †Climacodichnus
    • †Climacodichnus corrigatus – type locality for species
  • †Cochlichnus
    • †Cochlichnus anguineus
  • †Conopsoides
    • †Conopsoides curtus – type locality for species
    • †Conopsoides larvalis
  • †Copeza
    • †Copeza archimedea
    • †Copeza cruscularis
    • †Copeza propinquata
    • †Copeza punctata
    • †Copeza triremus
  • †Corvipes – type locality for genus
    • †Corvipes lacertoideus – type locality for species
  • †Cunichnoides – type locality for genus
    • †Cunichnoides marsupialoideus – type locality for species
  • †Cunicularius
    • †Cunicularius retrahens

E
  • Fossils of the large theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Eubrontes
    †Eubrontes
    • †Eubrontes divaricatus
  • †Eupalamopus – type locality for genus
    • †Eupalamopus dananus – type locality for species

G
  • †Gigandipus – type locality for genus
    • †Gigandipus caudatus – type locality for species
  • Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
    †Grallator – type locality for genus
    • †Grallator cuneatus – type locality for species
    • †Grallator cursorius – type locality for species
    • †Grallator formosus – type locality for species
    • †Grallator gracilis – type locality for species
    • †Grallator magnificus – type locality for species
    • †Grallator parallelus – type locality for species
    • †Grallator sillimaniium – tentative report
    • †Grallator tenuis – type locality for species
  • †Grammepus
    • †Grammepus erismatus
    • †Grammepus uniordinatus
  • †Grammichnus
    • †Grammichnus alpha

H
  • †Halysichnus
    • †Halysichnus laqueatus
  • †Harpagopus
    • †Harpagopus dubius
  • †Harpedactylus
    • †Harpedactylus crassus – type locality for species
    • †Harpedactylus gracilior – type locality for species
    • †Harpedactylus tenuissimus – type locality for species
  • †Harpepus
    • †Harpepus capillaris
  • †Helcura
    • †Helcura anguinea – type locality for species
    • †Helcura littoralis – type locality for species
    • †Helcura surgens – type locality for species
  • †Henrisporites
    • †Henrisporites angustus – type locality for species
  • †Herpystezoum
    • †Herpystezoum intermedius
    • †Herpystezoum marshi
    • †Herpystezoum minutus
  • †Hexapodichnus
    • †Hexapodichnus horreus
    • †Hexapodichnus magnus
  • †Holcoptera
    • †Holcoptera giebeli
  • †Hoplichnus – type locality for genus
    • †Hoplichnus equus – type locality for species
    • †Hoplichnus quadrupedans – type locality for species
  • †Hyphepus – type locality for genus
    • †Hyphepus fieldi – type locality for species

I
  • †Isocampe – type locality for genus
    • †Isocampe strata – type locality for species

K
  • †Kayentapus
    • †Kayentapus minor – type locality for species

L
  • †Lagunculapes – type locality for genus
    • †Lagunculapes latus – type locality for species
  • †Lunula
    • †Lunula obscura

M
  • †Mormolucoides – type locality for genus
    • †Mormolucoides articulatus – type locality for species

O
  • †Ornithichnites – type locality for genus
    • †Ornithichnites giganteus – type locality for species
  • †Ornithoidichnites
    • †Ornithoidichnites cuneatus – type locality for species
    • †Ornithoidichnites giganteus
    • †Ornithoidichnites lyellii – type locality for species
  • †Ornithopus
    • †Ornithopus adamsanus – type locality for species
  • †Otouphepus
    • †Otouphepus minor – type locality for species
  • Fossil from Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum of the Late Triassic-Middle Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Otozoum
    †Otozoum – type locality for genus
    • †Otozoum minus – type locality for species
    • †Otozoum moodii – type locality for species

P
  • †Palaephemera
    • †Palaephemera mediaeva
  • †Palamopus
    • †Palamopus divaricans
  • †Paxillitriletes
    • †Paxillitriletes dakotaensis
  • †Pityostrobus
    • †Pityostrobus kayei – type locality for species
  • †Platypterna
    • †Platypterna concamerata – type locality for species
    • †Platypterna deanii
    • †Platypterna digitigrada – type locality for species
    • †Platypterna gracillima – type locality for species
    • †Platypterna recta – type locality for species
    • †Platypterna varica – type locality for species
  • †Plectropterna
    • †Plectropterna gracilis – type locality for species
    • †Plectropterna lineans
    • †Plectropterna minitans
  • †Plesiornis – type locality for genus
    • †Plesiornis pilulatus – type locality for species
  • Fossilized partial skeleton of the Early Jurassic theropod dinosaur Podokesaurus
    †Podokesaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Polemarchus – type locality for genus
    • †Polemarchus gigas – type locality for species
  • †Pseudoaraucaria
    • †Pseudoaraucaria arnoldii – type locality for species
  • †Pterichnus
    • †Pterichnus centipes
  • †Ptilichnus – type locality for genus
    • †Ptilichnus anomalus – type locality for species
    • †Ptilichnus hydrodromus – type locality for species
    • †Ptilichnus pectinatus – type locality for species
    • †Ptilichnus typographus – type locality for species

S
  • †Sagittarius
    • †Sagittarius alternans
  • †Saltator
    • †Saltator bipedatus – type locality for species
    • †Saltator caudatus – type locality for species
  • †Sauropus
    • †Sauropus barrattii – type locality for species
  • †Selenichnus
    • †Selenichnus breviusculus – type locality for species
    • †Selenichnus falcatus – type locality for species
  • †Sillimanius
    • †Sillimanius gracilior
    • †Sillimanius tetradactylus
  • Fossils of the Cambrian-modern worm burrow ichnogenus Skolithos
    †Skolithos
  • †Sphaerapus
    • †Sphaerapus larvalis
    • †Sphaerapus magnus
  • †Stegomus
  • †Stenonyx
    • †Stenonyx lateralis – type locality for species
  • †Steropezoum
    • †Steropezoum elegantius
  • †Steropoides
    • †Steropoides divaricatus – type locality for species
    • †Steropoides diversus – type locality for species
    • †Steropoides elegans – type locality for species
    • †Steropoides infelix – type locality for species
    • †Steropoides ingens – type locality for species
    • †Steropoides loripes – type locality for species
    • †Steropoides uncus – type locality for species
  • †Stratipes – type locality for genus
    • †Stratipes latus – type locality for species

T
  • †Tarsodactylus – type locality for genus
    • †Tarsodactylus caudatus – type locality for species
    • †Tarsodactylus expansus – type locality for species
  • †Tarsoplectrus
    • †Tarsoplectrus angustus – type locality for species
  • †Toxichnus – type locality for genus
    • †Toxichnus inaequalis – type locality for species
  • †Triaenopus
    • †Triaenopus baileyanus
  • †Trihamus – type locality for genus
    • †Trihamus elegans – type locality for species
  • Trisulcus
    • †Trisulcus laqueatus
  • †Typopus – type locality for genus
    • †Typopus abnormis – type locality for species

X
  • †Xiphopeza – type locality for genus
    • †Xiphopeza triplex – type locality for species

Cenozoic

This list of the Cenozoic life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A

B

C

D
  • A living Donacia leaf beetle
    Donacia
    • †Donacia elongatula – type locality for species

E

G

H
  • Hemimactra
    • †Hemimactra solidissima

I

M

N
  • Preserved Neverita moon sea snail
    Neverita
    • †Neverita duplicatus
  • Nucula
    • †Nucula potomacensis – or unidentified related form

O

P

S
  • †Saxinis
    • †Saxinis regularis – type locality for species
  • Serpula
    • †Serpula dianthus
  • Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
    †Squalodon
    • †Squalodon atlanticus

T

U

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