This list of the prehistoric life of Kentucky contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kentucky.
Precambrian edit
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Kentucky.
Paleozoic edit
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Kentucky edit
- †Abrotocrinus
- †Achatella
- †Achistrum
- †Acidaspis
- † Acrophyllum
- †Actinoceras
- †Actinocrinites
- †Agaricocrinus
- †Alethopteris
- †Alethopteris decurrens
- †Alethopteris lonchitica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ammonellipsites
- †Amphiscapha
- †Amplexopora
- †Amplexus
- †Anchiopella
- †Anisophyllum
- †Annularia
- †Archaeocidaris
- †Archaeopteris
- †Archimedes
- †Asteracanthus
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Augustoceras
- †Aulopora
- †Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten germanus – or unidentified related form
- †Bellerophon
- †Beyrichoceras
- †Bisatoceras – tentative report
- †Bostonia
- †Bumastus
- †Calamites
- †Callixylon
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Cameroceras
- †Cartersoceras
- †Ceratopsis
- †Ceraurus
- †Chasmatopora
- †Chonetes
- †Cincinnetina
- †Cladochonus
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Climacograptus
- †Coenites
- †Composita
- †Conostoma
- †Constellaria
- †Cordaites
- †Cornulites
- †Crania – tentative report
- †Craniops
- †Cyathocrinites
- †Cyclonema
- †Cydrocrinus
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cypricardinia
- †Cyrtoceras
- †Cyrtolites
- †Cystodictya
- †Decadocrinus
- †Declinognathodus
- †Diplograptus
- †Dizygocrinus
- †Edmondia
- †Emmonsia
- †Endoceras
- Eocaudina
- †Eospirifer
- †Equisetum
- †Eretmocrinus
- †Favosites
- †Fenestella
- †Flexicalymene
- †Foerstia
- †Forbesiocrinus
- †Gastrioceras
- †Gilbertsocrinus
- †Glossina
- †Glyptocrinus
- †Glyptopleura
- †Gnathodus
- †Goniatites
- †Gravicalymene
- †Grewingkia
- †Hallia
- †Hallopora
- †Halysites
- †Heliophyllum
- †Helminthochiton
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
- †Hyolithes
- †Idiognathoides
- †Iocrinus
- †Isotelus
- †Kazakhstania
- †Krausella
- †Lepidodendron
- †Lepidodendron aculeatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Lepidostrobus
- †Lingulella
- †Liroceras
- Lithophaga – tentative report
- †Maelonoceras
- †Masonoceras – type locality for genus
- †Maximites
- †Meristella
- †Meristina – tentative report
- †Michelinoceras
- †Murchisonia
- †Murrayoceras
- †Neospirifer
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris gigantea
- †Neuropteris heterophylla
- †Neuropteris tenuifolia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Oncoceras
- †Onychocrinus
- †Ormoceras
- †Orthoceras
- †Pattersonia
- †Pecopteris
- †Pecopteris plumosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pentagonia
- †Pentamerus
- †Pentremites
- †Periastron
- †Phillipsia
- †Phragmolites
- †Pitys
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platyceras
- †Platycrinites
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectoceras
- †Pleurodictyum
- Pleurotomaria
- †Polygnathus
- †Polygrammoceras
- †Proetus
- †Protosalvinia
- †Prototaxites
- †Pseudopolygnathus
- †Pterotheca
- †Quadratia
- †Scytalocrinus
- †Similodonta
- †Solenopora
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
- †Sphenothallus
- †Spirifer
- †Spiriferina
- †Stenaster
- †Stigmaria
- †Stigmatella
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena concordensis
- †Strophomena costellata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Strophomena neglecta
- †Strophomena planumbona
- †Strophomena sulcata
- †Subulites
- †Syringopora
- †Taxocrinus
- †Tetradium
- †Theelia
- †Treptoceras
- †Triarthrus
- †Triendoceras – tentative report
- †Trocholites
- †Ulrichicrinus
- †Whiteavesia
- †Worthenia
- †Zadelsdorfia – tentative report
Mesozoic edit
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Kentucky.
Cenozoic edit
- †Berhamniphyllum – type locality for genus
- †Berhamniphyllum claibornense – type locality for species
- Canis
- †Diplotropis
- †Diplotropis claibornensis – type locality for species
- Equus
- †Mammuthus
- Microtus
- †Microtus xanthognathus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Platygonus
- Spermophilus
- †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Taxidea
- Ursus
References edit
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.