List of the prehistoric life of North Dakota

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

  • † Acrotreta
    • † Acrotreta attica – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Amphipora
  • † Apatokephalus
  • † Apheoorthis
    • † Apheoorthis ocha
  • † Arthroclema
    • † Arthroclema brevis
    • † Arthroclema pentagonalis
  • † Arthrotrypa
    • † Arthrotrypa ovata
  • † Aulacoparia
  • † Benthamaspis
  • † Bucanella
    • † Bucanella nana – or unidentified related form
  • † Ceratopea
    • † Ceratopea sinclairensis
  • † Drepanodus
  • † Euconia
    • † Euconia conicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Finkelnburgia
  • † Hystricurus
    • † Hystricurus crassilimbatus
  • † Kainella
  • † Lecanospira
  • † Licnocephala
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
    † Lingulella
    • † Lingulella ibicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • † Lloydia
    • † Lloydia formosa
  • † Macluritella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • † Macluritella ornata – type locality for species
  • † Nanorthis
    • † Nanorthis putilla
  • † Nematoporella
    • † Nematoporella falcata
    • † Nematoporella ulrichi
  • † Psalikilus
  • † Raphistomina
  • † Reubenella
  • † Sceptropora
    • † Sceptropora facula
    • † Sceptropora florida
  • † Schizambon
    • † Schizambon discoidea
  • † Strigigenalis
  • † Syntrophina
    • † Syntrophina nana
  • † Thamnopora
  • † Tropidodiscus
  • † Ulrichostylus
    • † Ulrichostylus costatus
    • † Ulrichostylus dakotensis

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of North Dakota

References

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