List of the Paleozoic life of Wisconsin

Last updated February 13, 2024

This list of the Paleozoic life of Wisconsin contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Wisconsin and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.

A

† Acernaspis
† Acheilops
† Acheronauta - type locality of the genus
† Acidaspis
† Acrotreta
† Actinoceras
† Actinopteria
- † Actinopteria brisa
† Actinurus
Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Aglaspis
† Aglaspis
† Agraulos
- † Agraulos woosteri
† Alveolites
† Amphicoelia
- † Amphicoelia leidyi
† Amphicyrtoceras
- † Amphicyrtoceras laterale
- † Amphicyrtoceras orcas
† Amplexopora
- † Amplexopora minnesotensis
† Amplexus
- † Amplexus fenestratus
† Anastrophia
- † Anastrophia internascens
† Anatolepis – tentative report
- † Anatolepis heintzi
† Ancrinurus
- † Ancrinurus nereus
† Antirhynchonella
- † Antirhynchonella ventricosa
† Arcadiaspis – type locality for genus
- † Arcadiaspis bispinata – type locality for species
† Archinacella – type locality for genus
- † Archinacella powersi – type locality for species
Fossil of the Silurian trilobite Arctinurus
† Arctinurus
† Arctunurus
† Arenosicaris
† Arenosicaris - Type locality for the genus
† Armonia
† Ascoceras
- † Ascoceras croneisi
† Aspeluindia
- † Aspeluindia fluegeli
† Astraeospongium
† Athyris
- † Athyris vittara
† Atrpina
- † Atrpina magnaventra
† Atrypa
- † Atrypa pronis
- Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Late Devonian brachiopod Atrypa reticularis
  † Atrypa reticularis – tentative report
† Atrypina
- † Atrypina magnaventra

B

† Beloitoceras – or unidentified related form
† Billingsella
† Bucanella
Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Bumastus
† Bumastus
- † Bumastus armatus
- † Bumastus cuniculus
- † Bumastus dayi
- † Bumastus ioxus
- † Bumastus niagarensis
- † Bumastus tenuis
† Bumastoides
† Burnetiella
†(The butterfly animal)- type locality of the organism
† Buthograptus ^[1]
- † Buthograptus gundersoni – type locality for species^[1]
- † Buthograptus meyeri – type locality for species^[1]

C

† Calliocrinus
- † Calliocrinus cornatus
- † Calliocrinus cornutus
- † Calliocrinus longispinus – or unidentified comparable form
† Calvinella
- † Calvinella wisconsinensis – or unidentified comparable form
† Calymene
- Fossil of the Silurian trilobite Calymene celebra
  † Calymene celebra
† Camaraspis
† Camerella
† Campylorthis
- † Campylorthis deflecta
† Capelliniella
- † Capelliniella mira
† Caryocrinites
- † Caryocrinites ornatus – or unidentified comparable form
† Catenipora
† Cedaria
† Ceratocephala
- † Ceratocephala goniata
† Cerauromerus
- † Cerauromerus hydei
† Ceraurus
- † Ceraurus hydei
- † Ceraurus plattinensis
† Ceratiocaris
† Cheirurus
- † Cheirurus niagarensis
† Chippewaella – type locality for genus
- † Chippewaella patellitheca – type locality for species
† Climactichnites

Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian-modern burrow ichnogenus Chondrites
† Chondrites
† Chonetes
- † Chonetes schucherti
† Clathrospira
- † Clathrospira subconica
† Conaspis
† Conchidium
- † Conchidium multicostatum
† Conocoryphe
† Conotoma
- † Conotoma bispiralis
† Conularia
† Coolina
- † Coolina subplana
† Coolinia
- † Coolinia applanata
- † Coolinia subplana
† Coosia
† Corbina
† Corbinia
- † Corbinia burkhalteri – type locality for species
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites
† Cornulites
† Corynotrypa
- † Corynotrypa abrupta
† Cranaena
- † Cranaena subovata
- † Cranaena thomasi
† Crateroceras
- † Crateroceras raymondi
† Crepicephalus
† Crotalocrinites
- † Crotalocrinites cora
† Ctenodonta
- † Ctenodonta nasuta
† Cupulocrinus
- † Cupulocrinus levorsoni
† Cyathaxonia
- † Cyathaxonia wisconsinensis
† Cyathocrinites – tentative report
- † Cyathocrinites vanhornei
† Cycloceras
- † Cycloceras niagarense
† Cypricardinia
- † Cypricardinia arata
† Cyrtia
- † Cyrtia meta
† Cyrtina
- † Cyrtina triqueira
- † Cyrtina umbonata
† Cyrtocerina
- † Cyrtocerina crenulata – type locality for species
† Cyrtodonta
- † Cyrtodonta huronensis
† Cyrtorizoceras
- † Cyrtorizoceras dardanus
- † Cyrtorizoceras fosteri
- † Cyrtorizoceras lucillum
- † Cyrtorizoceras unguicurvatum
† Cyrtospira
- † Cyrtospira ventricosus
† Cystiphyllum
- † Cystiphyllum niagarense

D

† Dalejina
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites
† Dalmanites
- † Dalmanites illinoiensis
- † Dalmanites illinoisensis
- † Dalmanites platycaudatus
† Dawsonoceras
- † Dawsonoceras nodocostatum
† Decoriconus
- † Decoriconus fragilis
† Decoroproetus
† Deiphon
- † Deiphon americanus
† Dendrograptus
† Desquamatia
† Dicellomus
† Dicoelosia
- † Dicoelosia biloba
† Dicranopeltis
- † Dicranopeltis decipiens
- † Dicranopeltis greeni
- † Dicranopeltis nasuta
Illustration of the fossilized pygidium (tail segment) of the Cambrian trilobite Dikelocephalus
† Dikelocephalus
- † Dikelocephalus minnesotensis
† Dimerocrinited
- † Dimerocrinited pentangularis
† Dimerocrinites
- † Dimerocrinites occidentalis
- † Dimerocrinites pentangularis
† Dinobolus
- † Dinobolus conradi
† Dinorthis
† Diplotrypa
† Distomodus
- † Distomodus stenolophata
† Distyrax
† Dolerorthis
† Dresbachia
† Dudleyaspis

E

† Echinochiton – type locality for genus
- † Echinochiton dufoei – type locality for species
† Elita
- † Elita subundifera
† Ellesmeroceras
- † Ellesmeroceras hotchkissi
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Ellipsocephalus
† Ellipsocephalus
† Ellsworthoconus
- † Ellsworthoconus barabuensis
† Elrodoceras
- † Elrodoceras abnorme
† Elvinia
† Encrinurus
- † Encrinurus egani
- † Encrinurus nereus
- † Encrinurus reflexus
† Entomaspis
† Eodictyonella (formerly Dictyonella)
- † Eodictyonella reticulata
† Eoleperditia
- † Eoleperditia fabulites
† Eophacops
- † Eophacops handwerki
† Eoplectodonta
† Eospirifer
- † Eospirifer radiatus
† Eosyringothyris
- † Eosyringothyris occidentalis
† Eridotrypa
† Escharopora
† Eucalyptocrinites
- † Eucalyptocrinites crassus
- † Eucalyptocrinites depressus
- † Eucalyptocrinites nodolosus
- † Eucalyptocrinites nodulosus
- † Eucalyptocrinites ornatus
† Eunema
- † Eunema fatua
† Euomphalopterus
- † Euomphalopterus alatus
† Eurekia
- † Eurekia eos – or unidentified comparable form
† Eurychilina
- † Eurychilina subradiata

F

Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
† Favosites
† Foerstephyllum
† Fusispira
- † Fusispira schucherti – type locality for species
- † Fusispira ventricosa

G

† Gabriceraurus
† Geisonocerina
- † Geisonocerina wauwatosense
† Glomospirella
- † Glomospirella exserta
† Gomophocystites
- † Gomophocystites glans
† Gomphocystites
- † Gomphocystites glans
† Goniophora
- † Goniophora quadrilatera
† Gyronema
- † Gyronema pulchellum – type locality for species
- † Gyronema semicarinatum

H

† Hadromeros
- † Hadromeros welleri
† Hallicystis
- † Hallicystis imago
Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Halysites
† Halysites
† Harpidella
† Harpidium
- † Harpidium racinensis
† Harrisoceras
- † Harrisoceras orthoceroides
† Hedeina
† Helicotoma
- † Helicotoma planulata
- † Helicotoma umbilicata
† Heliolites
† Hesperorthis
- † Hesperorthis concava
- † Hesperorthis tricenaria
† Heterocladus- Type locality for the genus
† Hexameroceras
- † Hexameroceras septoris
† Hineacrinus
- † Hineacrinus angusta – or unidentified comparable form
† Holocystites
- † Holocystites abnormis
- † Holocystites alternatus
- † Holocystites cylindricus
Fossilized shells of the Ordovician-Carboniferous sea snail Holopea
† Holopea
- † Holopea ampla
- † Holopea guelphensis
† Hormotoma
- † Hormotoma gracilis
† Housia
† Howella
† Howellella
† Huenella
Fossilized shells of the Cambrian-Permian brachiopod relative Hyolitha
† Hyolithes
† Hypseloconus
† Hypsiptycha

I

† Ichyocrinus
- † Ichyocrinus subangularis
† Idahoia
† Illaenoides
- † Illaenoides triloba
† Illaenurus
† Illaenus
† Inversoceras
- † Inversoceras dayi
† Irvingella
† Ischadites
- † Ischadites tenuis
† Isorthis
- † Isorthis clivosa
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus .
† Isotelus
- † Isotelus simplex

J

† Janius
- † Janius nobilis
† Januns
- † Januns nobilis
† Jonesea

K

Fossilized shells of the Middle Ordovician-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Kionoceras
† Kionoceras
- † Kionoceras scammoni
† Kosovopeltis
- † Kosovopeltis acamas
- † Kosovopeltis acamus
† Krausella

L

Lagenammina
† Lambeophyllum
- † Lambeophyllum profundum
† Lampterocrinus
- † Lampterocrinus inflatus
† Leangella
- † Leangella dissiticostella
† Lecanocrinus
- † Lecanocrinus waucoma
- † Lecanocrinus waukoma
† Lechritrochoceras
- † Lechritrochoceras desplainense
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Leonaspis
† Leonaspis
† Leperditella
- † Leperditella germana
† Lepidocyclus
† Leptaena
- † Leptaena depressa
- † Leptaena rhomboidalis
† Leptodesma
- † Leptodesma actualaris
† Leptotrypa
- † Leptotrypa hexagonalis
† Lesueurilla
- † Lesueurilla beloitensis
† Leurocycloceras
- † Leurocycloceras raymondi
† Levicyathocrinites – tentative report
- † Levicyathocrinites vanhorni
† Lingula
- † Lingula milwaukeensis
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
† Lingulella
† Lingulepis
† Lingulidiscina
- † Lingulidiscina marginalis
† Linnarssonella
† Liospira
† Litagnostus
† Lonchocephalus
† Lophospira
- † Lophospira serrulata
† Loxonema
- † Loxonema leda
† Loxoplocus – type locality for genus
- † Loxoplocus gothlandicus
- † Loxoplocus nelsonae – type locality for species
† Lyriocrinus – tentative report
- † Lyriocrinus melissa
† Lysocystites
- † Lysocystites nodosus

M

† Mackenziurus
- † Mackenziurus lauriae
† Maclurina
- † Maclurina bigsbyi
† Macropleura
- † Macropleura eudora
† Macroscenella
- † Macroscenella superba
† Macrostylocrinus
- † Macrostylocrinus obconicus
- † Macrostylocrinus semiradiatus – or unidentified comparable form
- † Macrostylocrinus striatus – or unidentified comparable form
† Manespira
- † Manespira nicolleti – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
† Marsupiocrinus
- † Marsupiocrinus chagoensis
† Maryvillia
† Matheria
- † Matheria recta
Fossilized plates of the Cambrian-Early Ordovician chiton Matthevia
† Matthevia
† Megamyonia
† Megastrophia
- † Megastrophia profunda
† Melocrinites
† Menomonia
† Merista
† Meristina
† Meroperix
† Metaconularia
† Metarizoceras
- † Metarizoceras brevicorne
† Metaspyroceras
- † Metaspyroceras reudemanni
- † Metaspyroceras ruedemanni
† Michelinoceras
† Milaculum
† Monocheilus
Fossils of the Early Devonian graptolite Monograptus
† Monograptus
- † Monograptus spiralis
† Monomuchites
- † Monomuchites annularis
† Morinorhynchus
† Mosineia - type locality of the genus
† Murchisonia
- † Murchisonia conradi
- † Murchisonia laphami
† Myelodactylus
† Mytilarca
- † Mytilarca acutirostra

N

† Neozaphrentis
- † Neozaphrentis racinensis
† Norwoodia
† Nucleospira

O

† Obolus
† Oepikina
- † Oepikina minnesotensis
† Onniella
† Ophiletina
- † Ophiletina sublaxa
† Ophioceras
- † Ophioceras wilmingtonense
† Opikina
† Orbicudloidea
- † Orbicudloidea telleri
† Orbiculoidea
- † Orbiculoidea doria
† Oriostoma
- † Oriostoma globosum
- † Oriostoma pauper
† Orthonata
† Orthospirifer
- † Orthospirifer milwaukeensis
† Otarion
† Otusia
† Owenella
- † Owenella antiquata
† Oxoplecia
- † Oxoplecia niagarensis
† Ozarkodina
- † Ozarkodina polinclinata – or unidentified comparable form

P

† Pagodia
† Palaeocardia
- † Palaeocardia cordiiformis
† Palaeoneilo
- † Palaeoneilo constricta
† Palaeophycus
† Panderodus
- † Panderodus gracilis
- † Panderodus greenlandensis
- † Panderodus unicostatus
† Parioscorpio- type locality of the genus
† Paraliospira
- † Paraliospira supracingulata – type locality for species
† Parastophinella
- † Parastophinella multiplicata
† Parastrophinella
- † Parastrophinella multiplicata
Illustration of a fossilized shell in multiple views of the Paleozoic mollusc Pelagiella .
† Pelagiella
† Pemphigaspis
† Pentamerella
- † Pentamerella multicosta
† Pentamerus
- † Pentamerus oblongus
† Pentlandia
- † Pentlandia glypta
† Pentlandina
- † Pentlandina glypta
Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Periechocrinus
† Periechocrinus
- † Periechocrinus infelix
- † Periechocrinus necis
- † Periechocrinus uniformis
- † Periechocrinus urniformis
† Periechorinus
† Phanerotrema
- † Phanerotrema occidens
† Philhedra
- † Philhedra magnacostata
† Pholidostrophia
- † Pholidostrophia iowensis
† Phragmoceras
- † Phragmoceras nestor
- † Phragmoceras parvum
- † Phragmoceras procerum
† Phragmolites
- † Phragmolites triangularis
† Pionodema
- † Pionodema conradi
† Pisocrinus
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician brachiopod Plaesiomys
† Plaesiomys
† Plagiostomoceras
† Planolites
† Platyceras
- † Platyceras niagarensis
- † Platyceras wisconsinensis – type locality for species
† Platystrophia
- † Platystrophia biforata
† Plectatrypa
- † Plectatrypa imbricata
† Plectodonta
† Plethopeltis
† Pleurodictyum
Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail
Pleurotomaria
- † Pleurotomaria perlata
† Polygnathoides
† Polygrammoceras
† Praenucula
† Primitella
- † Primitella constricta
† Proagnostus
† Proetus
- † Proetus handwerki
† Promelocrinus
- † Promelocrinus obpramidalis
- † Promelocrinus obpyramidalis
† Proplina – tentative report
- † Proplina extensum
† Prosolarium
- † Prosolarium halei
† Protokionoceras
- † Protokionoceras medullare
† Protomegastrophia
† Prozacompsus
† Pseudagnostus
† Pseudooneotodus
- † Pseudooneotodus beckmanni
- † Pseudooneotodus bicornis
† Ptychaspis
† Ptychocaulus
- † Ptychocaulus bivittata
† Ptychopleurella
† Pycnocrinus
- † Pycnocrinus gerki
† Pycnomphalus
- † Pycnomphalus solarioides

R

† Rafinesquina
† Rasettia
† Reserella
- † Reserella canalis
† Resserella
- † Resserella canalis
† Reticulatrypa
† Rhombopteria
† Rhynchotrema
† Rhynchotreta
Rostricellula
- † Rostricellula minnesotensis
† Ruedemannia
- † Ruedemannia lirata
- † Ruedemannia robusta
† Rusosa

S

† Sactorthoceras
- † Sactorthoceras depressum
† Saffordia
† Salmanites
- † Salmanites platycaudatus
† Salpingostoma
- † Salpingostoma buelli
† Saukia
Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella
† Saukiella
† Scaevogyra
† Scharyia
† Schizonema
† Schizopea
† Schizophoria
- † Schizophoria iowensis
- † Schizophoria lata
† Schmidtella
- † Schmidtella crassimarginata
† Scotoharpes
- † Scotoharpes telleri
† Scutellum
† Similodonta
† Sinuites
- † Sinuites cancellatus
- † Sinuites rectangularis – type locality for species
† Sinuopea
- † Sinuopea sweeti – type locality for species
† Siphonocrinus
- † Siphonocrinus armosus
- † Siphonocrinus nobilis
- † Siphonocrinus nobilus
† Skenidioides
- † Skenidioides anthonensis
Fossils of the Cambrian-modern worm burrow ichnogenus Skolithos
† Skolithos
† Sowerbyella
† Sphaerexochus
- † Sphaerexochus roemingeri
- † Sphaerexochus romingeri
† Sphaerirhynchia
† Sphooceras
† Spinatrypa
- † Spinatrypa hystrix
- † Spinatrypa spinosa
† Spinocyrtia
- † Spinocyrtia iowensis
† Spirodentalium
- † Spirodentalium osceola – type locality for species
† Staurocephalus
- † Staurocephalus obsoleta
† Stegerhynchus
† Stenopareia
- † Stenopareia imperiator
† Stenopilus
† Stephanocrinus
- † Stephanocrinus osgoodensis
† Stictopora
- † Stictopora trentonensis
† Straparollus
- † Straparollus mopsus
- † Straparollus paveyi
† Streptelasma
† Striispirifer
† stromatoporoids
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
† Strophomena
- † Strophomena costata
- † Strophomena halli
- † Strophomena plattinensis
† Strophostylus
- † Strophostylus elevatus
† Subulites
- † Subulites beloitensis – type locality for species

T

† Taenicephalus
† Tancrediopsis
† Tellerina
† Tetranota
- † Tetranota sexcarinata
- † Tetranota wisconsinensis
† Thalassinoides
† Thaleops
Thurammina
- † Thurammina polygona
Life restoration of the Silurian arthropod Thylacares
† Thylacares – type locality for genus
- † Thylacares brandonensis – type locality for species
† Tremanotus
- † Tremanotus angustata
† Trocholites
† Trochonema
- † Trochonema beachi – tentative report
- † Trochonema beloitense
† Trochurus
- † Trochurus welleeri
- † Trochurus welleri
† Tylothyris
- † Tylothyris subvaricosa

U

† Uranoceras
- † Uranoceras hercules

V

† Vanuxemia
† Virgiana
- † Virgiana mayvillensis
† Venustulus (Type locality of the genus)

W

† Walliserodus
- † Walliserodus curvatus
† Westonia
† Whitfieldella
† Whitfieldoceras
† Whitfieldia
† Wilbernia
† Wisconsinella – type locality for genus
- † Wisconsinella clelandi – type locality for species
† Woosteroceras
- † Woosteroceras trempealeauense
† Wurmiella
- † Wurmiella excavata

Z

† Zaphrenthis
- † Zaphrenthis racinensis
† Zophocrinus – tentative report

References

1 2 3 Steven T. LoDuca (2019). "New Ordovician marine macroalgae from North America, with observations on Buthograptus, Callithamnopsis, and Chaetocladus". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (2): 197–214. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.76.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[JPButhograptus-1] 1 2 3 Steven T. LoDuca (2019). "New Ordovician marine macroalgae from North America, with observations on Buthograptus, Callithamnopsis, and Chaetocladus". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (2): 197–214. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.76.

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List of the Paleozoic life of Wisconsin

Contents

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