List of the prehistoric life of Maine facts for kids

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
  • †Atrypa reticularis
• †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
  • †Eohostimella heathana – type locality for species
• †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
  • †Monograptus bohemicus
  • †Monograptus chimaera
  • †Monograptus colonus
  • †Monograptus crinitus
  • †Monograptus dubius
  • †Monograptus forbesi
  • †Monograptus nilssoni
  • †Monograptus scanicus
  • †Monograptus tumescens
  • †Monograptus varians
  • †Monograptus vicinus – or unidentified comparable form
• †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
  • †Pertica quadrifaria – type locality for species
• †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.

• Astarte
  • †Astarte borealis
  • †Astarte castanea
  • †Astarte elliptica
  • †Astarte montagui
  • †Astarte sulcata
• 

  A living Bison
  Bison
• Buccinum
  • †Buccinum cyaneum
  • †Buccinum glaciale
  • †Buccinum polare
  • †Buccinum scalariforme
  • †Buccinum undatum
• Chlamys
  • †Chlamys islandica
• Ciliatocardium
  • †Ciliatocardium ciliatum
• Colus
  • †Colus stimpsoni
• Cryptonatica
  • †Cryptonatica affinis
• Ennucula
  • †Ennucula tenuis
• Ensis
  • †Ensis directus
• Erignathus
  • 

    A living Erignathus barbatus, or bearded seal
    †Erignathus barbatus
• Euspira
  • †Euspira pallida
• Goethemia
  • †Goethemia pinnulata
• Hemimactra
  • †Hemimactra solidissima
• Hiatella
  • †Hiatella arctica
  • †Hiatella distorta
• Lyonsia
  • †Lyonsia arenosa
• Macoma
  • †Macoma balthica
  • †Macoma calcarea
  • †Macoma groenlandica
  • †Macoma subulosa
• Mactromeris
  • †Mactromeris polynyma
• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Mammuthus, or mammoth
  †Mammuthus
• Margarites
  • †Margarites striatus
• Mesodesma
  • †Mesodesma arctatum
• Musculus
  • †Musculus discors
  • †Musculus glacialis
  • †Musculus niger
• †Mya
  • †Mya arenaria
  • †Mya truncata
• 

  Shells washed ashore of Mytilus mussels
  Mytilus
  • †Mytilus edulis
• Neptunea
  • †Neptunea despecta
  • †Neptunea lyrata
• Nucella
  • †Nucella lapillus
• Nucula
  • †Nucula antiqua
  • †Nucula proxima
• Nuculana
  • †Nuculana pernula
  • †Nuculana tenuisulcata
• Odobenus
  • 

    A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus
    †Odobenus rosmarus
• Pagophilus
  • †Pagophilus groenlandica
• Pandora
  • †Pandora arctica
  • †Pandora glacialis
  • †Pandora trilineata
• Placopecten
  • †Placopecten magellanicus
• Portlandia
  • †Portlandia arctica
  • †Portlandia glacialis
• Puncturella
  • †Puncturella noachina
• Saccella
  • †Saccella pernula
• Serripes
  • †Serripes groenlandicus
• Similipecten
  • †Similipecten greenlandicus
• Tectonatica
  • †Tectonatica pusilla
• Thracia
  • †Thracia conradi
  • †Thracia septentrionalis
• Thyasira
  • †Thyasira gouldii
• 

  Living Uria, also known as murres of guillemots
  Uria
  • †Uria affinis – type locality for species
• Yoldia
  • †Yoldia myalis
• Yoldiella
  • †Yoldiella lenticula
• Zirfaea
  • †Zirfaea crispata