List of the prehistoric life of Illinois
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This list of the prehistoric life of Illinois contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Illinois.
Precambrian
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Illinois.
Paleozoic
editSelected Paleozoic taxa of Illinois
edit- †Achatella
- †Actinoceras
- †Alethopteris
Life restoration of the Carboniferous amphibian Amphibamus - †Amphibamus grandiceps – type locality for species
- †Amphiscapha
- †Amynilyspes – type locality for genus
- †Annularia
- †Annularia asteris – or unidentified comparable form
- †Annularia stellata
- †Anomphalus – type locality for genus
- †Anthracoceras
- †Archaeocidaris – tentative report
- †Archaeopteris
- †Archimedes
- †Archimylacris
- †Arctinurus
Illustration of a fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian spider Arthrolycosa. Charles Emerson Beecher (1889). - †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Asterotheca miltoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Asyncritus – type locality for genus
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Aviculopecten
- † Avonia
- †Bandringa – type locality for genus
- †Bassleroceras
- †Bellerophon
- †Belinurus
- †Bembexia
- †Blattoidea
Life restoration of the Carboniferous amphibian Brachydectes - †Bumastus
- †Bumastus armatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bumastus chicagoensis
- †Bumastus cuniculus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bumastus graftonensis
- †Bumastus insignis
- †Bumastus springfieldensis
- †Bumastus transversalis
- †Calamites
- †Callipteridium
- †Calvinia
- †Calymene
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Caseodus - †Cephalerpeton – type locality for genus
- †Cephalerpeton ventriarmatum – type locality for species
- †Ceratiocaris
- †Ceratocephala
- †Ceraurinella
- †Ceraurinus
- †Ceraurus
- †Cheirurus
- †Chonetes
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Clepsydrops – type locality for genus
- †Cliftonia
Life restoration (foreground) of the Permian-Jurassic lobe-finned fish Coelacanthus - †Composita
- †Conocardium
- †Cooperoceras
- †Cordaicarpus
- †Cordaites
- †Cornulites
- †Crania
- †Craniops
Fossilized skeleton of the Carboniferous-Permian reptile relative Cricotus - †Crotalocrinites
- †Ctenacanthus
- †Ctenacanthus buttersi – type locality for species
- †Curriella – tentative report
- †Cyathocrinites
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyclus
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cyrtoceras
- †Dalmanites
- †Deiphon
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dictyonema
- †Dimerocrinites
Fossilized axial skeleton of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Diplocaulus - †Domatoceras
- †Echinaria
- †Edestus
- †Edmondia
- †Elonichthys
- †Encrinurus
- †Eodictyonella
- †Eophacops
- †Eospirifer
- †Erratencrinurus
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Euomphalus
Illustration of fossil of the Carboniferous millipede Euphoberia - †Euphoberia armigera – type locality for species
- †Favosites
- †Fenestella
- †Fletcheria
- †Gerarus – type locality for genus
- †Glikmanius
- †Glyptambon
- †Glyptopleura
- †Gondolella
- †Graeophonus
- †Graeophonus scudderi – type locality for species
- †Greenops
Life restoration of the Carboniferous four-limbed animal precursor Greererpeton - †Hallopora – tentative report
- †Halysites
- †Harpidium
- †Helenodora – type locality for genus
- †Helenodora inopinata – type locality for species
- †Heliomeroides
- †Holia
- †Hyolithes
- †Ilyodes
- †Isodectes
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. - †Kionoceras
- †Latzelia – type locality for genus
- †Latzelia primordialis – type locality for species
- †Lepidodendron
- †Lepidophyllum
- †Lepidostrobus
- †Lichas
- †Lingula
- †Liroceras
- Lithophaga – tentative report
Life restoration of the Permian snake-like amphibian Lysorophus showing speculative egg-coiling behavior - †Marsupiocrinus
- †Meristina
- †Metacoceras
- †Milosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Monograptus
- †Murchisonia
- †Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis carleyana
- †Naticopsis planifrons
- †Naticopsis waterlooensis – type locality for species
- †Nemastomoides – type locality for genus
- †Neospirifer
Fossilized frond of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris - †Nodonema
- Nucula
- †Nuculoidea – tentative report
- †Onychopterella – tentative report
- †Palenarthrus – type locality for genus
- †Palenarthrus impressus – type locality for species
- †Paraisobuthus
- †Pecopteris
- †Pentremites
- †Periechocrinus
- †Phacops
Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Phlegethontia. - †Phlegethontia longissima – type locality for species
- †Phragmolites
- †Platyceras
- †Platysomus
- †Platystrophia
- †Plicochonetes
- †Polysentor – type locality for genus
- †Priapulites – type locality for genus
- †Priapulites konecniorum – type locality for species
- †Prodentalium
- †Proetus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous insects Protophasma and Titanophasma - †Protopilio
- †Pseudophlegethontia – type locality for genus
- †Pseudophlegethontia turnbullorum – type locality for species
- †Pterochiton
- †Pterotheca
- †Rasstriga – type locality for genus
- †Rasstriga americana – type locality for species
- †Remopleurides
- †Rhodea
- †Rhynchonella
- †Saccoglossus
- †Sagenodus
- †Samaropsis
- †Savagella
- †Scepasma – type locality for genus
Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria - †Silphion – type locality for genus
- † Simplicius
- †Skenidioides
- Solemya
- †Solenochilus
- †Sphaerexochus
- †Sphaerocoryphe
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
- †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
- †Sphenophyllum longifolium – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenopteris
- †Stearoceras
- †Stethacanthus
- †Stigmaria
- †Strophomena
- †Symmorium – type locality for genus
- †Syringopora
- †Tainoceras
- †Tentaculites
- †Tranodis
Restoration of the mysterious Carboniferous life-form Tullimonstrum, or the Tully monster - †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
- †Xyloiulus
- Yoldia
Mesozoic
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Illinois.
Cenozoic
edit- Agabus
- †Agabus praelugens – type locality for species
- †Agabus savagei – type locality for species
- †Anomodon – type locality for genus
- †Anomodon snyderi – type locality for species
- †Araloselachus
- Arvicola
- †Bananogmius
- †Bananogmius crieleyi – or unidentified comparable form
- Bison
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison antiquus, or ancient bison - †Bison bison
- Blarina
- †Bootherium
- Carabus
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- †Cervalces
- †Cervalces latifrons – tentative report
Life restoration of the Pleistocene Cervalces scotti, or stag-moose
- Chelonia
- Chlaenius
- †Chlaenius plicatipennis – type locality for species
- Conopeum
- Donacia
- †Donacia stirioides – type locality for species
- Equus
- Esox
- †Euceratherium
- Geomys
- †Ischyodus
- Lasiopodomys
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
Restoration of a herd of Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoths
- Marmota
- †Megalonyx
- Mesalia
- Microtus
- Natica
- Olophrum
- †Olophrum henryi – type locality for species
- Ostrea
- †Pachyrhizodus
- Patrobus
- †Patrobus henshawi – type locality for species
- Peromyscus
- Pitar – tentative report
- Pituophis
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922). - †Platygonus compressus – type locality for species
- †Platygonus cumberlandensis – tentative report
- Platynus
- †Platynus calvini – type locality for species
- †Platynus pleistocenicus – type locality for species
- †Platynus subgelidus – type locality for species
- Procyon
- †Procyon lotor – type locality for species
- †Propenser
- †Ptychodus
- Rangifer
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- †Sangamona
- Sorex
- †Strepsidura
- Sylvilagus
- Ursus
- Venericardia
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.