- Precambrian
- Paleozoic
- Mesozoic
- Cenozoic
- References
This list of the prehistoric life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts. PrecambrianThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Massachusetts. Paleozoic- †Agraulos – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Aldanella
- †Allatheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Allatheca degeeri – broadly construed
- †Anabarites
- †Bemella
- †Braintreella
- †Calodiscus
- †Camenella
- †Camenella baltica – tentative report
- †Chancelloria
- †Coleoloides
- †Condylopyge
- †Conotheca
- †Dawsonia
- †Dawsonia dawsoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dipharus
- †Dromopus – tentative report
- †Dromopus woodworthi – type locality for species
- †Eccentrotheca
- †Fomitchella
- †Fomitchella infundabiliformis
- †Gracilitheca
- †Halkieria
- †Hyolithellus
- †Hyolithellus micans – or unidentified related form
- †Hyolithes
- †Hyolithes tenuistriatus – broadly construed
- †Kingaspis
- †Ladatheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Lapworthella
- †Lapworthella laudvigseni
- †Lapworthella ludvigseni
- †Leptostega
- †Linguella
- †Mellopegma – tentative report
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- †Obolus
- †Obolus parvulus – tentative report
- †Onchocephalites
- †Onchocephalites permingeati
- †Paradoxides
- †Pelagiella
- †Plinthokonion
- †Rhombocorniculum
- †Rhombocorniculum cancellatum
- †Scenella
- †Serrodiscus
- †Serrodiscus bellimarginatus
- †Sokolovitheca
- †Stenotheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Sunnaginia
- †Torellella
- †Watsonella
MesozoicThis list of the Mesozoic life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age. - †Acanthichnus
- †Acanthichnus aguineus – type locality for species
- †Acanthichnus alternans – type locality for species
- †Acanthichnus cursorius
- †Acanthichnus saltatorius
- †Acanthichnus trilinearis
- †Acteonella
- †Aenigmichnus
- †Aenigmichnus multiformis
- †Amblonyx – type locality for genus
- †Amblonyx giganteus – type locality for species
- †Amblonyx lyellianus
- †Amblypus – type locality for genus
- †Amblypus dextratus – type locality for species
- †Ammopus – type locality for genus
- †Ammopus marshi – type locality for species
- †Ampelichnus
- †Anchisauripus
- †Anchisauripus exsertus – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus hitchcocki – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus minusculum – type locality for species
- †Anchisauripus minusculus
- †Anchisauripus parallelus
- †Anchisauripus sillimani
- †Anchisauripus tuberosus – type locality for species
- †Anchisaurus – type locality for genus
- †Anchisaurus polyzelus – type locality for species
- †Ancyropus
- †Anomoepus
- †Anomoepus crassus
- †Anomoepus cuneatus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus curvatus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus gracillimus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus intermedius – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus isodactylus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus major – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus minimus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus scambus – type locality for species
- †Anticheiropus – type locality for genus
- †Anticheiropus hamatus – type locality for species
- †Anticheiropus pilulatus – type locality for species
- †Antipus
- †Antipus bifidus – type locality for species
- †Apatichnus – type locality for genus
- †Apatichnus circumagens – type locality for species
- †Arachnichnus
- †Arachnichnus dehiscens – type locality for species
- †Argoides
- †Argoides macrodactylus
- †Argoides minimus – type locality for species
- †Argoides redfieldianum – tentative report
- †Argoides redfieldii – type locality for species
- †Batrachoides
- †Batrachopus – type locality for genus
- †Batrachopus bellus – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus deweyi – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus dispar – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus gracilis – type locality for species
- †Batrachopus vuigaris
- †Bifurculipes
- †Bifurculipes curvatus
- †Bifurculipes elachistotatus
- †Bifurculipes laqueatus
- †Bifurculipes scolopendroideus
- †Bisulcus
- †Bisulcus undulatus – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum
- †Brontozoum approximatum
- †Brontozoum divaricatum – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum giganteum – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum isodactylum
- †Brontozoum parallelum – type locality for species
- †Brontozoum sillimanium
- †Brontozoum tuberatum – type locality for species
- †Chalthropteris
- †Clathropteris
- †Climacodichnus
- †Climacodichnus corrigatus – type locality for species
- †Cochlichnus
- †Conopsoides
- †Conopsoides curtus – type locality for species
- †Conopsoides larvalis
- †Copeza
- †Copeza archimedea
- †Copeza cruscularis
- †Copeza propinquata
- †Copeza punctata
- †Copeza triremus
- †Corvipes – type locality for genus
- †Corvipes lacertoideus – type locality for species
- †Cunichnoides – type locality for genus
- †Cunichnoides marsupialoideus – type locality for species
- †Cunicularius
- †Eubrontes
- †Eupalamopus – type locality for genus
- †Eupalamopus dananus – type locality for species
- †Gigandipus – type locality for genus
- †Gigandipus caudatus – type locality for species
- †Grallator – type locality for genus
- †Grallator cuneatus – type locality for species
- †Grallator cursorius – type locality for species
- †Grallator formosus – type locality for species
- †Grallator gracilis – type locality for species
- †Grallator magnificus – type locality for species
- †Grallator parallelus – type locality for species
- †Grallator sillimaniium – tentative report
- †Grallator tenuis – type locality for species
- †Grammepus
- †Grammepus erismatus
- †Grammepus uniordinatus
- †Grammichnus
- †Halysichnus
- †Harpagopus
- †Harpedactylus
- †Harpedactylus crassus – type locality for species
- †Harpedactylus gracilior – type locality for species
- †Harpedactylus tenuissimus – type locality for species
- †Harpepus
- †Helcura
- †Helcura anguinea – type locality for species
- †Helcura littoralis – type locality for species
- †Helcura surgens – type locality for species
- †Henrisporites
- †Henrisporites angustus – type locality for species
- †Herpystezoum
- †Herpystezoum intermedius
- †Herpystezoum marshi
- †Herpystezoum minutus
- †Hexapodichnus
- †Hexapodichnus horreus
- †Hexapodichnus magnus
- †Holcoptera
- †Hoplichnus – type locality for genus
- †Hoplichnus equus – type locality for species
- †Hoplichnus quadrupedans – type locality for species
- †Hyphepus – type locality for genus
- †Hyphepus fieldi – type locality for species
- †Isocampe – type locality for genus
- †Isocampe strata – type locality for species
- †Kayentapus
- †Kayentapus minor – type locality for species
- †Lagunculapes – type locality for genus
- †Lagunculapes latus – type locality for species
- †Lunula
- †Mormolucoides – type locality for genus
- †Mormolucoides articulatus – type locality for species
- †Ornithichnites – type locality for genus
- †Ornithichnites giganteus – type locality for species
- †Ornithoidichnites
- †Ornithoidichnites cuneatus – type locality for species
- †Ornithoidichnites giganteus
- †Ornithoidichnites lyellii – type locality for species
- †Ornithopus
- †Ornithopus adamsanus – type locality for species
- †Otouphepus
- †Otouphepus minor – type locality for species
- †Otozoum – type locality for genus
- †Otozoum minus – type locality for species
- †Otozoum moodii – type locality for species
- †Palaephemera
- †Palamopus
- †Paxillitriletes
- †Paxillitriletes dakotaensis
- †Pityostrobus
- †Pityostrobus kayei – type locality for species
- †Platypterna
- †Platypterna concamerata – type locality for species
- †Platypterna deanii
- †Platypterna digitigrada – type locality for species
- †Platypterna gracillima – type locality for species
- †Platypterna recta – type locality for species
- †Platypterna varica – type locality for species
- †Plectropterna
- †Plectropterna gracilis – type locality for species
- †Plectropterna lineans
- †Plectropterna minitans
- †Plesiornis – type locality for genus
- †Plesiornis pilulatus – type locality for species
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- †Polemarchus – type locality for genus
- †Polemarchus gigas – type locality for species
- †Pseudoaraucaria
- †Pseudoaraucaria arnoldii – type locality for species
- †Pterichnus
- †Ptilichnus – type locality for genus
- †Ptilichnus anomalus – type locality for species
- †Ptilichnus hydrodromus – type locality for species
- †Ptilichnus pectinatus – type locality for species
- †Ptilichnus typographus – type locality for species
- †Sagittarius{{check|date=July 2018}}
- †Sagittarius alternans{{check|date=July 2018}}
- †Saltator
- †Saltator bipedatus – type locality for species
- †Saltator caudatus – type locality for species
- †Sauropus
- †Sauropus barrattii – type locality for species
- †Selenichnus
- †Selenichnus breviusculus – type locality for species
- †Selenichnus falcatus – type locality for species
- †Sillimanius
- †Sillimanius gracilior
- †Sillimanius tetradactylus
- †Skolithos
- †Sphaerapus
- †Sphaerapus larvalis
- †Sphaerapus magnus
- †Stegomus
- †Stegomus longipes – type locality for species
- †Stenonyx
- †Stenonyx lateralis – type locality for species
- †Steropezoum
- †Steropoides
- †Steropoides divaricatus – type locality for species
- †Steropoides diversus – type locality for species
- †Steropoides elegans – type locality for species
- †Steropoides infelix – type locality for species
- †Steropoides ingens – type locality for species
- †Steropoides loripes – type locality for species
- †Steropoides uncus – type locality for species
- †Stratipes – type locality for genus
- †Stratipes latus – type locality for species
- †Tarsodactylus – type locality for genus
- †Tarsodactylus caudatus – type locality for species
- †Tarsodactylus expansus – type locality for species
- †Tarsoplectrus
- †Tarsoplectrus angustus – type locality for species
- †Toxichnus – type locality for genus
- †Toxichnus inaequalis – type locality for species
- †Triaenopus
- †Trihamus – type locality for genus
- †Trihamus elegans – type locality for species
- Trisulcus
- †Typopus – type locality for genus
- †Typopus abnormis – type locality for species
- †Xiphopeza – type locality for genus
- †Xiphopeza triplex – type locality for species
CenozoicThis list of the Cenozoic life of Massachusetts contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Massachusetts and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age. - Aligena
- Anadara
- Angulus
- Anomia
- †Anomia paucistriata
- †Anomia simplexiformis
- Astarte
- †Astarte castanea
- †Astarte crenata
- †Astarte undata
- Astyris
- Balaenoptera
- †Balaenoptera sursiplana – tentative report
- Balanus
- Boonea
- Brachidontes
- †Brachidontes vineyardensis
- Buccinum
- Callinectes
- †Callophoca
- Cardium
- Caryocorbula
- Cliona
- Colus
- Corymbites
- Crassostrea
- Crenella
- Crepidula
- †Crepidula fornicata
- †Crepidula plana
- Cumingia
- †Cuneocorbula
- Cyclocardia
- †Cyclocardia borealis
- †Cyclocardia novangliae
- Cymindis
- †Cymindis extorpescens – type locality for species
- Donacia
- †Donacia elongatula – type locality for species
- Ensis
- Eontia
- Equus
- Eupleura
- Gemma
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris wrigleyi – or unidentified related form
- Hemimactra
- Ilyanassa
- †Ilyanassa obsoleta
- †Ilyanassa trivittata
- Ischadium
- Macoma
- †Mammut
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- Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria campechiensis
- †Mercenaria mercenaria
- Mesodesma
- Modiolus
- †Monotherium
- †Mya
- †Mya arenaria
- †Mya truncata
- Mytilus
- Neverita
- Nucula
- †Nucula potomacensis – or unidentified related form
- Odobenus
- Odostomia
- †Odostomia crenulata
- †Odostomia semicostata
- Ostrea
- Panomya
- Panopeus
- Petricola
- †Pinguinus
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- †Placopecten magellanicus
- †Prophoca – or unidentified comparable form
- †Saxinis
- †Saxinis regularis – type locality for species
- Serpula
- †Squalodon
- Tellina
- Terebra
- Turbonilla
- Turritella
- Urosalpinx
References- {{cite web |title=Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database |author=Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database |url=http://fossilworks.org/ |accessdate=7 August 2017}}
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