List of the prehistoric life of Maine

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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Living Uria , also known as murres of guillemots

  Uria
  • † Uria affinis – type locality for species
• Yoldia
  • † Yoldia myalis
• Yoldiella
  • † Yoldiella lenticula
• Zirfaea
  • † Zirfaea crispata

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)