French
DeutschList of the Paleozoic life of Wisconsin
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[edit]
- †Acernaspis
- †Acheilops
- †Acheronauta- type locality of the genus
- †Acidaspis
- †Acrotreta
- †Actinoceras
- †Actinopteria
- †Actinurus
Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Aglaspis - †Agraulos
- †Alveolites
- †Amphicoelia
- †Amphicyrtoceras
- †Amplexopora
- †Amplexus
- †Anastrophia
- †Anatolepis – tentative report
- †Ancrinurus
- †Antirhynchonella
- †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 - †Arctunurus
- †Arenosicaris
- †Arenosicaris- Type locality for the genus
- †Armonia
- †Ascoceras
- †Aspeluindia
- †Astraeospongium
- †Athyris
- †Atrpina
- †Atrypa
- †Atrypa pronis
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Late Devonian brachiopod Atrypa reticularis
- †Atrypina
B[edit]
- †Beloitoceras – or unidentified related form
- †Billingsella
- †Bucanella
Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Bumastus - †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[edit]
- †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
- †Camaraspis
- †Camerella
- †Campylorthis
- †Capelliniella
- †Caryocrinites
- †Caryocrinites ornatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Catenipora
- †Cedaria
- †Ceratocephala
- †Cerauromerus
- †Ceraurus
- †Ceratiocaris
- †Cheirurus
- †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
- †Clathrospira
- †Conaspis
- †Conchidium
- †Conocoryphe
- †Conotoma
- †Conularia
- †Coolina
- †Coolinia
- †Coosia
- †Corbina
- †Corbinia
- †Corbinia burkhalteri – type locality for species
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites - †Corynotrypa
- †Cranaena
- †Crateroceras
- †Crepicephalus
- †Crotalocrinites
- †Ctenodonta
- †Cupulocrinus
- †Cyathaxonia
- †Cyathocrinites – tentative report
- †Cycloceras
- †Cypricardinia
- †Cyrtia
- †Cyrtina
- †Cyrtocerina
- †Cyrtocerina crenulata – type locality for species
- †Cyrtodonta
- †Cyrtorizoceras
- †Cyrtospira
- †Cystiphyllum
D[edit]
- †Dalejina
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites - †Dawsonoceras
- †Decoriconus
- †Decoroproetus
- †Deiphon
- †Dendrograptus
- †Desquamatia
- †Dicellomus
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dicranopeltis
Illustration of the fossilized pygidium (tail segment) of the Cambrian trilobite Dikelocephalus - †Dimerocrinited
- †Dimerocrinites
- †Dinobolus
- †Dinorthis
- †Diplotrypa
- †Distomodus
- †Distyrax
- †Dolerorthis
- †Dresbachia
- †Dudleyaspis
E[edit]
- †Echinochiton – type locality for genus
- †Echinochiton dufoei – type locality for species
- †Elita
- †Ellesmeroceras
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Ellipsocephalus - †Ellsworthoconus
- †Elrodoceras
- †Elvinia
- †Encrinurus
- †Entomaspis
- †Eodictyonella (formerly Dictyonella)
- †Eoleperditia
- †Eophacops
- †Eoplectodonta
- †Eospirifer
- †Eosyringothyris
- †Eridotrypa
- †Escharopora
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Eunema
- †Euomphalopterus
- †Eurekia
- †Eurekia eos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eurychilina
F[edit]
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites - †Foerstephyllum
- †Fusispira
- †Fusispira schucherti – type locality for species
- †Fusispira ventricosa
G[edit]
- †Gabriceraurus
- †Geisonocerina
- †Glomospirella
- †Gomophocystites
- †Gomphocystites
- †Goniophora
- †Gyronema
- †Gyronema pulchellum – type locality for species
- †Gyronema semicarinatum
H[edit]
- †Hadromeros
- †Hallicystis
Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Halysites - †Harpidella
- †Harpidium
- †Harrisoceras
- †Hedeina
- †Helicotoma
- †Heliolites
- †Hesperorthis
- †Heterocladus- Type locality for the genus
- †Hexameroceras
- †Hineacrinus
- †Hineacrinus angusta – or unidentified comparable form
- †Holocystites
Fossilized shells of the Ordovician-Carboniferous sea snail Holopea - †Hormotoma
- †Housia
- †Howella
- †Howellella
- †Huenella
Fossilized shells of the Cambrian-Permian brachiopod relative Hyolitha - †Hypseloconus
- †Hypsiptycha
I[edit]
- †Ichyocrinus
- †Idahoia
- †Illaenoides
- †Illaenurus
- †Illaenus
- †Inversoceras
- †Irvingella
- †Ischadites
- †Isorthis
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
J[edit]
K[edit]
Fossilized shells of the Middle Ordovician-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Kionoceras - †Kosovopeltis
- †Krausella
L[edit]
- Lagenammina
- †Lambeophyllum
- †Lampterocrinus
- †Leangella
- †Lecanocrinus
- †Lechritrochoceras
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Leonaspis - †Leperditella
- †Lepidocyclus
- †Leptaena
- †Leptodesma
- †Leptotrypa
- †Lesueurilla
- †Leurocycloceras
- †Levicyathocrinites – tentative report
- †Lingula
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella - †Lingulepis
- †Lingulidiscina
- †Linnarssonella
- †Liospira
- †Litagnostus
- †Lonchocephalus
- †Lophospira
- †Loxonema
- †Loxoplocus – type locality for genus
- †Loxoplocus gothlandicus
- †Loxoplocus nelsonae – type locality for species
- †Lyriocrinus – tentative report
- †Lysocystites
M[edit]
- †Mackenziurus
- †Maclurina
- †Macropleura
- †Macroscenella
- †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
- †Maryvillia
- †Matheria
Fossilized plates of the Cambrian-Early Ordovician chiton Matthevia - †Megamyonia
- †Megastrophia
- †Melocrinites
- †Menomonia
- †Merista
- †Meristina
- †Meroperix
- †Metaconularia
- †Metarizoceras
- †Metaspyroceras
- †Michelinoceras
- †Milaculum
- †Monocheilus
Fossils of the Early Devonian graptolite Monograptus - †Monomuchites
- †Morinorhynchus
- †Mosineia- type locality of the genus
- †Murchisonia
- †Myelodactylus
- †Mytilarca
N[edit]
O[edit]
- †Obolus
- †Oepikina
- †Onniella
- †Ophiletina
- †Ophioceras
- †Opikina
- †Orbicudloidea
- †Orbiculoidea
- †Oriostoma
- †Orthonata
- †Orthospirifer
- †Otarion
- †Otusia
- †Owenella
- †Oxoplecia
- †Ozarkodina
- †Ozarkodina polinclinata – or unidentified comparable form
P[edit]
- †Pagodia
- †Palaeocardia
- †Palaeoneilo
- †Palaeophycus
- †Panderodus
- †Parioscorpio- type locality of the genus
- †Paraliospira
- †Paraliospira supracingulata – type locality for species
- †Parastophinella
- †Parastrophinella
Illustration of a fossilized shell in multiple views of the Paleozoic mollusc Pelagiella. - †Pemphigaspis
- †Pentamerella
- †Pentamerus
- †Pentlandia
- †Pentlandina
Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Periechocrinus - †Periechorinus
- †Phanerotrema
- †Philhedra
- †Pholidostrophia
- †Phragmoceras
- †Phragmolites
- †Pionodema
- †Pisocrinus
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician brachiopod Plaesiomys - †Plagiostomoceras
- †Planolites
- †Platyceras
- †Platyceras niagarensis
- †Platyceras wisconsinensis – type locality for species
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectatrypa
- †Plectodonta
- †Plethopeltis
- †Pleurodictyum
Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail - †Polygnathoides
- †Polygrammoceras
- †Praenucula
- †Primitella
- †Proagnostus
- †Proetus
- †Promelocrinus
- †Proplina – tentative report
- †Prosolarium
- †Protokionoceras
- †Protomegastrophia
- †Prozacompsus
- †Pseudagnostus
- †Pseudooneotodus
- †Ptychaspis
- †Ptychocaulus
- †Ptychopleurella
- †Pycnocrinus
- †Pycnomphalus
R[edit]
- †Rafinesquina
- †Rasettia
- †Reserella
- †Resserella
- †Reticulatrypa
- †Rhombopteria
- †Rhynchotrema
- †Rhynchotreta
- Rostricellula
- †Ruedemannia
- †Rusosa
S[edit]
- †Sactorthoceras
- †Saffordia
- †Salmanites
- †Salpingostoma
- †Saukia
Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella - †Scaevogyra
- †Scharyia
- †Schizonema
- †Schizopea
- †Schizophoria
- †Schmidtella
- †Scotoharpes
- †Scutellum
- †Similodonta
- †Sinuites
- †Sinuites cancellatus
- †Sinuites rectangularis – type locality for species
- †Sinuopea
- †Sinuopea sweeti – type locality for species
- †Siphonocrinus
- †Skenidioides
Fossils of the Cambrian-modern worm burrow ichnogenus Skolithos - †Sowerbyella
- †Sphaerexochus
- †Sphaerirhynchia
- †Sphooceras
- †Spinatrypa
- †Spinocyrtia
- †Spirodentalium
- †Spirodentalium osceola – type locality for species
- †Staurocephalus
- †Stegerhynchus
- †Stenopareia
- †Stenopilus
- †Stephanocrinus
- †Stictopora
- †Straparollus
- †Streptelasma
- †Striispirifer
- †stromatoporoids
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena - †Strophostylus
- †Subulites
- †Subulites beloitensis – type locality for species
T[edit]
- †Taenicephalus
- †Tancrediopsis
- †Tellerina
- †Tetranota
- †Thalassinoides
- †Thaleops
- Thurammina
Life restoration of the Silurian arthropod Thylacares - †Thylacares brandonensis – type locality for species
- †Tremanotus
- †Trocholites
- †Trochonema
- †Trochonema beachi – tentative report
- †Trochonema beloitense
- †Trochurus
- †Tylothyris
U[edit]
V[edit]
- †Vanuxemia
- †Virgiana
- †Venustulus (Type locality of the genus)
W[edit]
- †Walliserodus
- †Westonia
- †Whitfieldella
- †Whitfieldoceras
- †Whitfieldia
- †Wilbernia
- †Wisconsinella – type locality for genus
- †Wisconsinella clelandi – type locality for species
- †Woosteroceras
- †Wurmiella
Z[edit]
- †Zaphrenthis
- †Zophocrinus – tentative report
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 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.
