# List of the prehistoric life of Kentucky

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

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Kentucky.

## Paleozoic
### Selected Paleozoic taxa of Kentucky

* Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Abrotocrinus †Abrotocrinus
** †Abrotocrinus coreyi
** †Abrotocrinus unicus
* †Achatella
* †Achistrum
** †Achistrum ludwigi
** †Achistrum nicholsoni
* †Acidaspis
* † Acrophyllum
* †Actinoceras
* †Actinocrinites
** †Actinocrinites gibsoni
* †Agaricocrinus
** †Agaricocrinus americanus
* Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris †Alethopteris
** †Alethopteris decurrens
** †Alethopteris lonchitica – or unidentified comparable form
* †Ammonellipsites
* †Amphiscapha
* †Amplexopora
* †Amplexus
* †Anchiopella
* †Anisophyllum
* †Annularia
* †Archaeocidaris
* †Archaeopteris
* Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes †Archimedes
** †Archimedes communis
** †Archimedes compactus
** †Archimedes distans
** †Archimedes invaginatus
** †Archimedes lativolvis
** †Archimedes macfarlani
** †Archimedes meekanoides
** †Archimedes meekanus
** †Archimedes proutanus
** †Archimedes swallowvanus
** †Archimedes terebriformis
* Fossilized teeth of the Devonian-Cretaceous shark Asteracanthus †Asteracanthus
* †Athyris
** †Athyris fultonensis
* †Atrypa
* †Augustoceras
* †Aulopora
** †Aulopora tubiporoides
* †Aviculopecten
** †Aviculopecten germanus – or unidentified related form
* †Bellerophon
* †Beyrichoceras
* †Bisatoceras – tentative report
* †Bostonia
* Life restoration of the Early Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Bumastus †Bumastus
* †Calamites
** †Calamites cistii
** †Calamites undulatus
* †Callixylon
* †Calyptaulax
* †Camarotoechia
** †Camarotoechia mutata
* †Cameroceras
* †Cartersoceras
* †Ceratopsis
* †Ceraurus
* †Chasmatopora
* †Chonetes
* Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina †Cincinnetina
** †Cincinnetina meeki
** †Cincinnetina multisecta
* †Cladochonus
** †Cladochonus beecheri
** †Cladochonus crassus
* †Cleiothyridina
** †Cleiothyridina hirsuta
** †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
* †Climacograptus
* †Coenites
* Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita †Composita
** †Composita subquadrata
** †Composita trinuclea
* †Conostoma
* †Constellaria
* †Cordaites
* †Cornulites
* †Crania – tentative report
* †Craniops
* †Cyathocrinites
** †Cyathocrinites glenni
** †Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
** †Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
* †Cyclonema
* †Cydrocrinus
* †Cyphaspis
* †Cypricardinia
* Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras †Cyrtoceras
* †Cyrtolites
* †Cystodictya
** †Cystodictya lineata
* †Decadocrinus
* †Declinognathodus
** †Declinognathodus donetzianus
* †Diplograptus
* †Dizygocrinus
** †Dizygocrinus whitei
* †Edmondia
* †Emmonsia
* †Endoceras
* Eocaudina
* †Eospirifer
* †Equisetum
** †Equisetum arvense
* †Eretmocrinus
** †Eretmocrinus magnificus
* Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites †Favosites
** †Favosites arbor
** †Favosites biloculi
** †Favosites discoideus
** †Favosites favosus
** †Favosites hisingeri
** †Favosites niagarensis
** †Favosites proximatus
** †Favosites quercus
** †Favosites rotundituba
** †Favosites turbinatus
* †Fenestella
* Front (left) and right side (right) views of an enrolled fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Flexicalymene †Flexicalymene
** †Flexicalymene meeki
* †Foerstia
* †Forbesiocrinus
* †Gastrioceras
* †Gilbertsocrinus
* †Glossina
* †Glyptocrinus
* †Glyptopleura
* †Gnathodus
* †Goniatites
* †Gravicalymene
* Multiple views of a fossil of the Ordovician horn coral Grewingkia †Grewingkia
** †Grewingkia rusticum
* †Hallia
* †Hallopora
* †Halysites
* †Heliophyllum
** †Heliophyllum halli
* †Helminthochiton
* †Hindia
* †Holopea
* †Hyolithes
* †Idiognathoides
** †Idiognathoides sinuatus
* †Iocrinus
* †Isotelus
** †Isotelus gigas
** †Isotelus maximus
* †Kazakhstania
* †Krausella
* †Lepidodendron
** †Lepidodendron aculeatum – or unidentified comparable form
* †Lepidostrobus
* Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella †Lingulella
* †Liroceras
* Lithophaga – tentative report
* †Maelonoceras
* †Masonoceras – type locality for genus
* †Maximites
* †Meristella
* †Meristina – tentative report
* †Michelinoceras
* †Murchisonia
* †Murrayoceras
* †Neospirifer
** †Neospirifer cameratus
* Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris †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
** †Pentremites tulipaformis
* †Periastron
* †Phillipsia
* †Phragmolites
* †Pitys
* †Plaesiomys
* †Platyceras
* †Platycrinites
* Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia †Platystrophia
** †Platystrophia acutilirata
** †Platystrophia annieana
** †Platystrophia clarkesvillensis
** †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
** †Platystrophia cypha
* †Plectoceras
* †Pleurodictyum
* Pleurotomaria
* †Polygnathus
** †Polygnathus communis
* †Polygrammoceras
* Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus †Proetus
* †Protosalvinia
* †Prototaxites
* †Pseudopolygnathus
* †Pterotheca
* †Quadratia
* †Scytalocrinus
* †Similodonta
* †Solenopora
* †Sowerbyella
* †Sphenophyllum
** †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
* †Sphenopteris
* †Sphenothallus
* †Spirifer
** †Spirifer rockymontanus
* †Spiriferina
* †Stenaster
* †Stigmaria
* †Stigmatella
* Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena †Strophomena
** †Strophomena concordensis
** †Strophomena costellata – or unidentified comparable form
** †Strophomena neglecta
** †Strophomena planumbona
** †Strophomena sulcata
* †Subulites
* †Syringopora
* †Taxocrinus
* †Tetradium
* †Theelia
* †Treptoceras
* Restoration showing the top (left) and underside of the Late Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus †Triarthrus
** †Triarthrus eatoni
* †Triendoceras – tentative report
* †Trocholites
* †Ulrichicrinus
* †Whiteavesia
* †Worthenia
* †Zadelsdorfia – tentative report

## Mesozoic

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Kentucky.

## Cenozoic

* †Berhamniphyllum – type locality for genus
** †Berhamniphyllum claibornense – type locality for species
* Canis
** †Canis dirus
* †Diplotropis
** †Diplotropis claibornensis – type locality for species
* Equus
* Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Mammuthus, or mammoth †Mammuthus
* Microtus
** †Microtus xanthognathus – or unidentified comparable form
* †Platygonus
* Spermophilus
** †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus – or unidentified comparable form
* Taxidea
* Ursus
** †Ursus arctos