List of the prehistoric life of Wisconsin facts for kids

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Wisconsin

• †Acernaspis
• †Acidaspis
• †Actinoceras
• 

  Restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Aglaspis
  †Aglaspis
• †Agraulos
• †Amplexopora
• †Amplexus
• †Arctinurus
• †Athyris
• †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa reticularis – tentative report
• †Bumastus
  • †Bumastus armatus
  • †Bumastus cuniculus
  • †Bumastus dayi
  • †Bumastus ioxus
  • †Bumastus niagarensis
  • †Bumastus tenuis
• †Calymene
  • 

    Fossil of the Silurian trilobite Calymene celebra
    †Calymene celebra
• †Catenipora
• †Cedaria
• †Ceratocephala
• †Ceraurus
• †Cheirurus
• †Chippewaella – type locality for genus
• †Chondrites
• †Chonetes
• †Conchidium
• †Conocoryphe
• †Coolina
• †Coolinia
• †Coosia
• †Corbina
• †Cornulites
• †Crepicephalus
• †Crotalocrinites
• †Cyathocrinites – tentative report
• †Cycloceras
• †Cypricardinia
• †Dalmanites
• 

  Life restoration of two species of the Silurian trilobite Deiphon
  †Deiphon
• †Dendrograptus
• †Dicoelosia
• †Dikelocephalus
• †Dimerocrinites
  • †Dimerocrinites occidentalis
• †Distomodus
• †Distyrax
• †Dresbachia
• †Echinochiton – type locality for genus
  • †Echinochiton dufoei – type locality for species
• †Ellesmeroceras
• †Ellipsocephalus
• †Elrodoceras
• †Encrinurus
• †Entomaspis
• †Eophacops
  • †Eophacops handwerki
• †Eospirifer
  • †Eospirifer radiatus
• †Eucalyptocrinites
  • †Eucalyptocrinites crassus
• 

  Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
  †Favosites
• †Geisonocerina
• †Hadromeros
• †Halysites
• †Harpidium
• †Hexameroceras
• †Holopea
• †Howella
• †Hyolithes
• †Hypseloconus
• †Illaenus
• †Inversoceras
• †Irvingella
• †Isotelus
• †Kionoceras
• †Krausella
• †Leonaspis
• †Leurocycloceras
• †Lingula
• 

  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
  †Lingulella
• †Lonchocephalus
• †Mackenziurus
• †Marsupiocrinus
• †Maryvillia
• †Matthevia
• †Meristina
• †Michelinoceras
• †Milaculum
• †Monograptus
• †Murchisonia
• †Norwoodia
• †Obolus
• †Ophioceras
• †Ozarkodina
• †Pelagiella
• †Pemphigaspis
• †Pentamerus
• †Pentlandia
• 

  Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Periechocrinus
  †Periechocrinus
• †Phragmolites
• †Plaesiomys
• †Plagiostomoceras
• †Planolites
• †Platyceras
• †Platystrophia
• †Plectodonta
• †Pleurodictyum
• Pleurotomaria
• †Polygrammoceras
• †Proetus
• †Sactorthoceras
• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella
  †Saukiella
• †Scutellum
• †Similodonta
• †Skenidioides
• †Skolithos
• †Sowerbyella
• †Sphaerexochus
• †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena costata
  • †Strophomena plattinensis
• †Subulites
• †Thalassinoides
• 

  Life restoration of the Silurian arthropod Thylacares
  †Thylacares – type locality for genus
  • †Thylacares brandonensis – type locality for species
• †Uranoceras
• †Westonia
• †Whitfieldia
• †Wurmiella
  • †Wurmiella excavata

Mesozoic

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

Cenozoic

• Acidota
  • †Acidota quadrata
• Aegialia
  • †Aegialia lacustris
  • †Aegialia terminalis
• 

  Illustration of a living Agathidium round fungus beetle
  Agathidium
• Arpedium
• Asaphidion
  • †Asaphidion yukonense
• Bembidion
  • †Bembidion grapii
  • †Bembidion mutatum
• Bledius
• Byrrhus
• Calathus
  • †Calathus ingratus
• Carabus
  • †Carabus taedatus
• Cercyon
  • †Cercyon herceus
• 

  A living Chironomus midge
  Chironomus – or unidentified comparable form
• Conophthorus
  • †Conophthorus coniperda – or unidentified comparable form
• Copromyza
• Cryptophagus
• Curimopsis
• Cytilus
• Dyschirius
• Eusphalerum – or unidentified comparable form
• Formica
• Helina – or unidentified comparable form
• †Mammuthus
  • 

    Restoration of a herd of Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoths
    †Mammuthus primigenius
• Mecopeltus – or unidentified comparable form
• Myrmica
• Negastrius
• Notiophilus
  • †Notiophilus directus
• Ochthebius
• Olophrum
• Pediacus
  • †Pediacus fuscus
• Phloeosinus
  • †Phloeosinus pini
• Phloeotribus
  • †Phloeotribus piceae
• Pityophthorus
  • †Pityophthorus puberulus
• Polygraphus
  • †Polygraphus rufipennis
• Pterostichus – or unidentified comparable form
• Quedius
  • †Quedius uteanus
• Scolytus
  • †Scolytus piceae
• Simplocaria
  • †Simplocaria tessellata
• 

  A living Sitona weevil
  Sitona
• Stenus
• Trechus
  • †Trechus apicalis