- Precambrian
- Paleozoic Selected Paleozoic taxa of Michigan
- Mesozoic
- Cenozoic
- References
This list of the prehistoric life of Michigan contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Michigan. PrecambrianThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Michigan. Paleozoic{{Main|List of the Paleozoic life of Michigan}}Selected Paleozoic taxa of Michigan- †Acidaspis
- †Actinoceras
- †Alethopteris
- †Annularia
- †Annularia asteris
- †Annularia sphenophylloides
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Aulopora
- †Bellerophon
- †Calamites
- †Calamites carinatus
- †Calamites cistii
- †Calamites ramosus
- †Calamites schutzeiformis
- †Calamites suckowii
- †Calamites undulatus
- †Callixylon
- †Calymene
- †Camarotoechia
- †Ceraurus
- †Chonetes
- †Chonetes ensicosta
- †Chonetes hybus
- †Chonetes pachyactis
- †Climacograptus
- †Columnaria
- †Columnaria alveolata
- †Columnaria calicina
- †Columnaria stokesi
- †Cordaites
- †Cordaites borassifolius
- †Cordaites crassinervis
- †Cordaites michiganensis
- †Cordaites palmaeformis
- †Cordaites principalis
- †Cornulites
- †Cornulites corrugatus
- †Cornulites flexuosus
- †Cornulites sterlingensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyrtolites
- †Eldredgeops
- †Encrinurus
- †Endoceras
- †Erieopterus
- †Favosites
- †Flexicalymene
- †Flexicalymene croneisi
- †Flexicalymene magnipapilla – type locality for species
- †Flexicalymene meeki – or unidentified comparable form
- †Flexicalymene planilabra – type locality for species
- †Flexicalymene praelongicephala – type locality for species
- †Flexicalymene quadricapita – type locality for species
- †Flexicalymene senaria
- †Gilbertsocrinus
- †Girvanella
- †Grewingkia
- †Hallopora
- †Halysites
- †Hexagonaria
- †Hexagonaria pericarinata
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
- †Icriodus
- †Isotelus
- †Lepidodendron
- †Lepidodendron aculeatum
- †Lepidodendron Brittsii
- †Lepidodendron dichotomum
- †Lepidodendron lanceolatum
- †Lepidodendron lycopodiodes
- †Lepidodendron obovatum
- †Lepidodendron obvatum
- †Lepidodendron ophiurioides
- †Lepidodendron vestitum
- †Lepidostrobus
- †Lingula
- †Maelonoceras
- †Meristella
- †Mucrospirifer
- †Mucrospirifer attenuatus
- †Mucrospirifer grabaui
- †Mucrospirifer latus
- †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
- †Mucrospirifer profundus
- †Mucrospirifer prolificus
- †Mucrospirifer thedfordensis
- †Murchisonia
- †Naticopsis
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris caudata
- †Neuropteris dilitata
- †Neuropteris flexuosa
- †Neuropteris gigntea – tentative report
- †Neuropteris harrisi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neuropteris heterophylla – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neuropteris obliqua
- †Neuropteris rarinervis
- †Neuropteris saginawensis
- †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
- †Neuropteris Schlehani
- †Neuropteris tenuifolia
- †Nodonema
- †Nowakia
- †Nuculoidea
- †Ogygites
- †Oncoceras
- †Orthoceras
- †Panenka
- †Paraspirifer
- †Pecopteris
- †Pentamerus
- †Phragmolites
- †Plaesiomys
- {{multiple image
| total_width = 248 | image1 = PlatycerasLoganOhio.jpg | alt1 = | image2 = PlatystrophiaOrdovician.jpg | alt2 = | footer = Left: Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras. Right: Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia.}} †Platyceras - †Platyceras bucculentum
- †Platyceras carinatum
- †Platyceras rarispinum
- †Platystrophia
- †Platystrophia acutilirata
- †Platystrophia annieana
- †Platystrophia clarkesvillensis
- †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
- †Platystrophia cypha – or unidentified related form
- †Platystrophia moritura
- †Pleurodictyum
- †Polygnathus
- †Proetus
- †Samaropsis
- †Scenella – tentative report
- †Scutellum
- †Sigillaria
- {{multiple image
| total_width = 248 | image1 = Sphenophyllum miravallis.jpg | alt1 = | image2 = Steth pair1.jpg | alt2 = | footer = Left: Fossilized leaves and branches of the Devonian-Triassic horsetail relative Sphenophyllum. Right: Life restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus.}} †Sphenophyllum - †Sphenophyllum bifurcatum
- †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
- †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
- †Sphenophyllum majus
- †Sphenophyllum saxifragaefolium
- †Sphenopteris
- †Spirifer – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Spyroceras
- †Stethacanthus
- †Stigmaria
- †Stigmatella
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena alpenensis
- †Strophomena costata
- †Strophomena crassa
- †Strophomena elongata
- †Strophomena erratica
- †Strophomena extenuata
- †Strophomena heteromys
- †Strophomena huronensis
- †Strophomena inaequiradiata
- †Strophomena levidensa
- †Strophomena neglecta
- †Strophomena nutans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Strophomena parvula
- {{multiple image
| total_width = 248 | image1 = Syringoporid.jpg | alt1 = | image2 = Triarthrus becki.jpg | alt2 = | footer = Left: Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora. Right: Life restoration showing the top (left) and underside of the Late Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus.}} †Strophomena pentagonia - †Strophomena planumbona
- †Strophomena potterensis
- †Strophomena sulcata
- †Strophomena tenuicosta
- †Strophomena titan
- †Syringopora
- †Tentaculites
- †Tetradium
- †Triarthrus
MesozoicThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Michigan. Cenozoic- Abies
- Acer
- †Achnanthes
- †Achnanthes biasolettiana
- †Achnanthes exigua
- Alces
- Alnus
- †Ambrosia
- Amnicola
- †Amnicola integra
- †Amnicola limosa
- †Amphora
- Anodonta
- †Anodonta grandis – or unidentified comparable form
- Aplodinotus
- †Aplodinotus grunniens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Armiger
- †Artemesia
- †Artemisia
- Aythya
- †Bakerilymnea
- Betula
- Bufo
- Candona
- †Candona caudata
- †Candona paraohioensis
- †Candona rawsoni
- Canis
- Carya
- Carychium
- Castor
- {{multiple image
| total_width = 248 | image1 = Giant-beaver-fieldmuseum.jpg | alt1 = | image2 = Life restoration cervalces scotti.jpg | alt2 = | footer = Left: Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides. Right: Life restoration of the Pleistocene Cervalces scotti, or stag-moose.}} †Castoroides - †Catinella
- †Catostomus
- †Cervalces
- †Cionella
- †Columella
- †Cymbella
- †Cytherissa
- Dicrostonyx
- Discus
- Dryopteris
- Esox
- Ferrissia
- †Ferrissia fragilis
- †Ferrissia paralellelus
- Fossaria
- †Fragilaria
- †Fragilaria brevistriata
- †Fragilaria construens
- †Fragilaria lapponica
- †Fragillaria
- †Fraxinus
- Grus
- Gryaulus
- Gyraulus
- †Gyraulus deflectus
- †Gyraulus parvus
- Helisoma
- Hendersonia
- Juglans
- Larix
- Lemmus
- †Lemmus trimucronatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Limnocythere
- Lioplax
- †Lioplax suculosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Lycopodium
- Lymnaea
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
| total_width = 248 | image1 = Columbian mammoth.jpg | alt1 = | image2 = MammothVsMastodon.jpg | alt2 = | footer = Left: Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909). Right: Life restorations of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left).}} †Mammuthus columbi - Meleagris
- Microtus
- †Microtus pennsylvanicus
- †Microtus xanthognathus
- Mictomys
- Mustela
- Myodes
- †Navicula
- †Navicula graciloides
- †Navicula minima
- †Navicula modica
- †Navicula subrotundata
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- Ostrya
- †Pediastrum
- Perca
- Peromyscus
- Physella
- Picea
- †Picea glauca
- †Picea mariana
- Pinus
- †Pinus banksiana
- †Pinus resinosa
- †Pinus strobus
- Pisidium
- †Pisidium compressum
- †Pisidium dubium
- †Pisidium idahoense
- †Pisidium milium
- †Pisidium nitidum
- †Pisidium variabile
- †Pisidium ventricosum
- †Planorbella
- †Platygonus
- †Pomoxis – or unidentified comparable form
- Populus
- †Probythinella
- Pteridium
- Pungitius
- †Pungitius pungitius – or unidentified comparable form
- Quercus
- †Rana
- †Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana clamitans
- Rangifer
- Salix
- †Selaginella
- †Shepherdia
- Sorex
- Sphaerium
- Sphagnum
- Stagnicola
- †Thalictrum
- †Thuja
- Tilia
- †Tsuga
- Typha
- Ulmus
- Ursus
- Vallonia
- Valvata
- †Valvata sincera
- †Valvata tricarinata
- Vertigo
- †Vertigo alpestris
- †Vertigo elatior
- †Vertigo gouldi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Vertigo hannai
- †Vertigo modesta
- †Vertigo morsei
- †Vertigo ovata
- †Vertigo paradoxa
- Vitis
- Zapus
- †Zapus hudsonius – or unidentified comparable form
- Zonitoides
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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