- Precambrian
- Paleozoic Selected Paleozoic taxa of Minnesota
- Mesozoic
- Cenozoic
- References
This list of the prehistoric life of Minnesota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Minnesota. PrecambrianThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama. Paleozoic{{Main|List of the Paleozoic life of Minnesota}}Selected Paleozoic taxa of Minnesota- †Actinoceras
- †Actinodiscus
- †Amorphognathus
- †Armenoceras
- †Bothriocidaris
- †Bumastus
- †Calymene
- †Cameroceras
- †Ceratopsis
- †Ceraurinella
- †Ceraurinus
- †Ceraurus
- †Charactoceras
- †Chasmatopora
- †Chidleyenoceras
- †Chirognathus
- †Cincinnetina
- †Cincinnetina minnesotensis – type locality for species
- †Constellaria
- †Cordylodus
- †Cotteroceras
- †Crania
- †Craniops
- †Culumbodina
- †Curtognathus
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyptendoceras
- †Cyrtolites
- †Diplograptus
- †Ellesmeroceras
- †Endoceras
- †Erratencrinurus
- †Fayettoceras – tentative report
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gabriceraurus
- †Geisonoceras
- †Glyptocrinus
- †Gonioceras
- †Grewingkia
- †Hallopora
- †Helcionopsis
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
- †Hypseloconus – type locality for genus
- †Icriodus
- †Illaenus
- †Isotelus
- †Kentlandoceras
- †Kionoceras
- †Kirengella
- †Krausella
- †Lambeoceras
- †Lingula
- †Manitoulinoceras
- †Michelinoceras
- †Nanno
- †Ormoceras – tentative report
- †Orthoceras
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Periodon
- †Phragmolites
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectoceras
- †Pleurocystites
- †Polygnathus
- †Polygnathus linguiformis
- †Polygnathus parawebbi
- †Polygrammoceras
- †Pterotheca
- †Reedsoceras
- †Reteocrinus
- †Rigidella
- †Rioceras
- †Scenella
- †Scenella compressa
- †Scenella obtusa
- †Similodonta
- †Skenidioides
- †Sowerbyella
- †Spyroceras
- †Stigmatella
- †Strepsodiscus
- {{multiple image
| total_width = 248 | image1 = Strophomena costellata brachial.jpg | alt1 = | image2 = Urasterella asperula.jpg | alt2 = | footer = Left: Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena. Right: Fossil of the Ordovician-Devonian sea star Urasterella.}} †Strophomena - †Strophomena billingsi
- †Strophomena filitexta
- †Strophomena incurvata
- †Strophomena plattinensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Subulites
- †Teichertoceras
- †Tryblidium
- †Ulrichoceras
- †Urasterella
- †Valcouroceras
- †Vellamo
- †Westonoceras
- †Whiteavesia
- †Zittelloceras
Mesozoic- †Acanthoceras
- †Acteon
- †Amphidonte – tentative report
- †Anatimya
- Anatina
- †Anchura
- †Anomia
- Aporrhais
- †Arcellites
- †Ariadnaesporites
- Azolla – or unidentified comparable form
- Barbatia
- Brachidontes
- †Brachidontes arcturusensis
- †Calliomphalus – tentative report
- †Calliomphalus colerainensis
- †Calycoceras – tentative report
- Carcharias
- Cardium
- †Cenocarcharias
- †Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus
- †Collignoniceras
- †Collignoniceras percarinatum
- Coptothyris
- Corbula
- †Costatheca
- †Cretodus
- †Cretolamna
- †Cretolamna appendiculata
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymbophora emmonsi
- †Cymbophora utahensis – tentative report
- †Dentalium
- Discradisca
- †Dunveganoceras
- †Epitonium
- †Etea – tentative report
- †Exogyra
- †Exogyra boveyensis
- †Exogyra lamellosa
- †Exogyra mesabiensis
- †Exogyra suborbiculata
- †Gervillia
- †Gervillia propleura – tentative report
- †Goolandia
- Gyrodes
- †Hybodus
- †Hybodus rajkovichi – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Inoceramus apicalis
- †Inoceramus fragilis
- †Inoceramus mesabiensis
- †Ischyodus
- †Legumen
- †Legumen planulatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leptosolen
- Lima
- †Lingula
- †Lingula subspatulata – tentative report
- †Mesozoisynangia
- †Mesozoisynangia trilobus
- †Metengonoceras
- †Metengonoceras acutum
- †Metengonoceras dumblei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Metengonoceras dumbli
- †Metoicoceras
- †Metoicoceras bergquisti
- †Metoicoceras swallovi – or unidentified related form
- †Minerisporites
- †Minerisporites mirabilis
- †Molaspora
- †Mytiloides
- †Mytiloides labiatus
- †Mytiloides mytiloides
- Nerita – tentative report
- Nucula
- †Onchopristis
- Ostrea
- †Ostrea gilei
- †Ostrea prudentia
- †Ostrea soleniscus
- †Ostrea staufferi
- Parapholas
- †Pecten
- Pholadomya
- †Pholadomya coloradensis
- †Pholadomya coloradoensis
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Placenticeras pseudoplacenta
- Polinices
- †Prionocyclus
- †Prionocyclus novimexicanus
- †Protolamna
- †Protolamna gigantea – type locality for species
- †Pseudoperna
- †Pteria
- Rostellaria
- †Sanoarca
- †Scaphites
- †Scaphites corvensis
- †Scaphites preventricosus
- Serpula
- Siliqua
- †Spermatites
- Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax baharijensis
- Tapes
- Tellina
- †Tenellisporites
- †Tenellisporites spinatus
- Teredolites – tentative report
- †Terminonaris
- †Terminonaris robusta – type locality for species
- †Volutoderma
- Vulsella
- †Watinoceras
- †Watinoceras coloradoense
- Yoldia
Cenozoic- Bison
- †Bison antiquus
- †Bison bison
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
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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