This list of the prehistoric life of Connecticut contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Connecticut.
Precambrian-Paleozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian or Paleozoic fossils in Connecticut.
Mesozoic
- †Acanthichnus
- †Acanthichnus cursorius
- †Anchisauripus
- †Anchisauripus exsertus
- †Anchisauripus giganteus – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus hitchcocki
- †Anchisauripus parallelus
- †Anchisauripus sillimani
- †Anchisauripus tuberosus
- †Anchisaurus
- †Anchisaurus polyzelus – type locality for species
- †Ancyropus – type locality for genus
- †Ancyropus heteroclitus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus
- †Anomoepus curvatus
- †Anomoepus gracillimus
- †Anomoepus intermedius
- †Argoides
- †Argoides macrodactylus – type locality for species
- †Argoides minimus – type locality for species
- †Baiera
- †Batrachopus
- †Batrachopus barrattii
- †Batrachopus deweyi
- †Batrachopus dispar
- †Batrachopus gracilis
- †Belodon
- †Belodon validus – type locality for species
- †Bisulcus
- Botryopera
- †Brontozoum
- †Brontozoum divaricatum
- †Brontozoum giganteum
- †Brontozoum isodactylum
- †Brontozoum sillimanium
- †Cochlichnus
- †Coelophysis
- †Conopsoides
- †Conopsoides larvalis
- †Corvipes
- †Corvipes lacertoideus
- †Cunichoides
- †Cunichoides marsupialoideus – type locality for species
- †Cunicularius
- †Cunicularius retrahens
- †Erpetosuchus
- †Eubrontes
- †Eubrontes approximatus
- †Eubrontes dananus – type locality for species
- †Eubrontes divaricatus
- †Eubrontes giganteus
- †Gigandipus
- †Gigandipus caudatus
- †Grallator
- †Grallator cuneatus
- †Grallator cursorius
- †Grallator formosus
- †Grallator magnificus
- †Grallator tenuis
- †Harpedactylus
- †Harpedactylus tenuissimus – type locality for species
- †Herpystezoum
- †Herpystezoum minutus
- †Holcoptera
- †Holcoptera giebeli
- †Hoplichnus
- †Hoplichnus equus
- †Hypsognathus
- †Isocampe
- †Isocampe strata
- †Loperia
- †Mormolucoides
- †Mormolucoides articulatus
- †Ornithoidichnites
- †Ornithoidichnites gracillior – type locality for species
- †Ornithoidichnites sillimani – type locality for species
- †Otozoum
- †Palamopus
- †Palamopus divaricans
- †Platypterna
- †Platypterna deanii – type locality for species
- †Platypterna delicatula – type locality for species
- †Platypterna tenuis – type locality for species
- †Plectropterna
- †Plectropterna gracilis
- †Plectropterna lineans
- †Plectropterna minitans
- †Plectropus
- †Plectropus longipes
- †Plesiornis
- †Redfieldius
- †Redfieldius gracilis
- †Semionotus
- †Semionotus agassizi
- †Semionotus tenuiceps
- †Sillimanius
- †Sillimanius gracilior – type locality for species
- †Sillimanius tetradactylus – type locality for species
- †Stegomus – type locality for genus
- †Stegomus arcuatus – type locality for species
- †Steropoides
- †Steropoides divaricatus
- †Steropoides diversus
- †Steropoides infelix
- †Steropoides loripes
- †Tarsoplectrus
- †Tarsoplectrus elegans – type locality for species
- †Triaenopus
- †Triaenopus baileyanus – type locality for species
- †Triaenopus lulli – type locality for species
- †Trihamus
- †Trihamus elegans
- †Trihamus magnus
- †Typopus
- †Typopus gracilis – type locality for species
Cenozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Cenozoic fossils in Connecticut.
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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