# List of the prehistoric life of Vermont

This list of the prehistoric life of Vermont contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Vermont.

## Precambrian

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

## Paleozoic

* †Acheilops
* †Acidiphorus
** †Acidiphorus whittingtoni
* †Albiconus
** †Albiconus antiquus
* †Alokistocarella
* †Ambonychiopsis
** †Ambonychiopsis curvata
* †Amphilichas
** †Amphilichas minganensis
* Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris †Anomalocaris – tentative report
** †Anomalocaris emmonsi
* †Antagmus
** †Antagmus typicalis
* †Anthaspidella
* †Apheoorthis
* †Apianurus
** †Apianurus narrawayi
* †Archaeorthis
* †Archinacella
** †Archinacella pileolum – type locality for species
* †Baltoceras
** †Baltoceras minor
* †Basilicus
** †Basilicus whittingtoni
* †Bassleroceras
** †Bassleroceras acinacellum
** †Bassleroceras kirbyi – type locality for species
* Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Bathynotus †Bathynotus
** †Bathynotus holopygus
* †Batostoma
** †Batostoma campensis
** †Batostoma chaziensis
** †Batostoma chazyensis
** †Batostoma lanensis
* †Bellaspis
** †Bellaspis longifrons – type locality for species
* †Bigranulella
** †Bigranulella latigenae – type locality for species
* †Billingaspis
* †Billingsaria
** †Billingsaria parva
* †Billingsaspis
** †Billingsaspis adamsii
* †Bolaspidella
** †Bolaspidella convexa
* †Bonnia
** †Bonnia bubaris
** †Bonnia capito
* †Bovicornellum
** †Bovicornellum vermontense
* †Bowmania
** †Bowmania americana
* †Bridgeites
** †Bridgeites volutatus – type locality for species
* †Brunswickia
** †Brunswickia quadrata
* †Bucanella
** †Bucanella tripla – type locality for species
* †Bucania
** †Bucania sulcatina
* †Bumastoides
** †Bumastoides aplatus
** †Bumastoides gardenensis
* †Bynumia
* †Calaurops – type locality for genus
** †Calaurops lituiformis – type locality for species
* †Calyptaulax
** †Calyptaulax annulata
* †Cambrooistodus
** †Cambrooistodus cambricus
** †Cambrooistodus minutus
* Restoration of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian nautiloid cephalopod Cameroceras feeding on an Aphetoceras, while a quartet of Cyclostomiceras swim by †Cameroceras
** †Cameroceras curvatum
* †Campbelloceras
** †Campbelloceras hyatti
** †Campbelloceras virginianus
* †Cassinoceras
** †Cassinoceras explanator
** †Cassinoceras grande
* †Catillicephala
** †Catillicephala lata
** †Catillicephala ovoides
** †Catillicephala rotunda
* †Centropleura
* †Centrotarphyceras
** †Centrotarphyceras seelyi
** †Centrotarphyceras subundosum
* †Ceramoporella
* †Ceratopea
** †Ceratopea canadensis – type locality for species
** †Ceratopea compressum – type locality for species
* †Ceraurinella
** †Ceraurinella latipyga
* Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus †Ceraurus
* †Champlainopora
** †Champlainopora chazyensis
* †Chancia
** †Chancia rasettii – type locality for species
* †Chazydictya
** †Chazydictya chazyensis
* †Clisospira
** †Clisospira bassleri – type locality for species
* †Coelocerodontus
** †Coelocerodontus cambricus
** †Coelocerodontus latus
** †Coelocerodontus variabilis
* Fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan Constellaria †Constellaria
** †Constellaria islensis
* †Cordylodus
** †Cordylodus proavus
* †Coreospira – tentative report
** †Coreospira raymondi – type locality for species
* †Curtoceras
** †Curtoceras eatoni
* †Cyclostomiceras
** †Cyclostomiceras cassinense
** †Cyclostomiceras minimum
* †Cyptendoceras
** †Cyptendoceras ruedemanni
* †Cyrtactinoceras
** †Cyrtactinoceras boycii
* †Cyrtobaltoceras
** †Cyrtobaltoceras gracile
* †Dactylagonia
** †Dactylagonia incrasata
* †Dactylogonia
** †Dactylogonia incrassata
* †Dictyonema
* †Dimeropyge
** †Dimeropyge clintonensis
* †Diraphora – tentative report
* †Dunderbergia
** †Dunderbergia directifrons – type locality for species
* †Ecculiomphalus
** †Ecculiomphalus calciferus – type locality for species
** †Ecculiomphalus priscus – type locality for species
* †Elrathia
* †Emmonsaspis
** †Emmonsaspis cambriensis
* †Endoceras
** †Endoceras primigenium
* †Eobronteus
* †Eoconodontus
** †Eoconodontus alisonae
** †Eoconodontus notchpeakensis
** †Eoconodontus notchperkensis
* Life restoration of the Cambrian echinoderm relative Eocystites †Eocystites
* †Eopachydictya
** †Eopachydictya gregaria
* †Eopteria
** †Eopteria ventricosa – type locality for species
* †Eridotrypa
** †Eridotrypa exigua
* †Eroicaspira – tentative report
** †Eroicaspira obelisca – type locality for species
* †Esmeraldina
** †Esmeraldina hermani
* †Euconia
** †Euconia etna – type locality for species
* †Eurekia
* †Eurystomites
** †Eurystomites kelloggi
* †Exigua
** †Exigua quadrata
* †Failleana
** †Failleana limbata
* †Finkelnburgia
** †Finkelnburgia macleodi – type locality for species
* †Foerstephyllum
** †Foerstephyllum wissleri
* †Furnishina
** †Furnishina furnishi
** †Furnishina primitiva
* †Fusispira
** †Fusispira obesus – type locality for species
* Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Genevievella †Genevievella
* †Geragnostus
* †Glaphurina
** †Glaphurina lamottensis
* †Glaphurus
** †Glaphurus pustulatus
* †Glyptometopsis
** †Glyptometopsis tumida
* †Glyptotrophia
* †Gonioceras
** †Gonioceras chaziense
* †Grandagnostus
* †Grinnellaspis
** †Grinnellaspis marginiata – or unidentified comparable form
* †Hardyoides
* †Hastagnostus
* †Helcionella
** †Helcionella A – informal
* †Heliomeroides
** †Heliomeroides teres
* †Helopora
* Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Hemirhodon †Hemirhodon
** †Hemirhodon schucherti
* †Heterocaryon
** †Heterocaryon platystigma
* †Heteronema
* †Hibbertia
** †Hibbertia valcourensis
* †Highgatella
* †Hirsutodontus
** †Hirsutodontus hirsutus
** †Hirsutodontus rarus
* †Homagnostus
* †Hormotoma
** †Hormotoma confusa – type locality for species
** †Hormotoma gracilens – type locality for species
** †Hormotoma prava – type locality for species
* †Huenella
** †Huenella billingsi
* †Hyboaspis
** †Hyboaspis depressa
†Hyolithes
** †Hyolithes americanus
* †Hypagnostus
* †Hypseloconus
** †Hypseloconus A – informal
* †Hysteropleura
** †Hysteropleura macgerriglei
** †Hysteropleura schucherti
* †Hystricurus
** †Hystricurus conicus
* †Idiomesus
** †Idiomesus tantillus
* †Insolitotheca
** †Insolitotheca communis
* †Isoteloides
** †Isoteloides canalis
** †Isoteloides peri
* Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. †Isotelus
** †Isotelus harrisi
* †Jordanopora
** †Jordanopora heroensis
* †Kawina – tentative report
** †Kawina chazyensis
* †Keithia
** †Keithia schucherti
* †Keithiella – tentative report
** †Keithiella raymondi
* †Kirengella
** †Kirengella alta – type locality for species
* Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Kootenia †Kootenia
** †Kootenia boucheri – type locality for species
** †Kootenia marcoui
* †Kutorgina
** †Kutorgina cingulata
* †Labechia
** †Labechia eatoni
** †Labechia prima
** †Labechia pustulosa – or unidentified comparable form
** †Labechia valcourensis
* †Laiwugnathus
** †Laiwugnathus laiwuensis
* †Lambeophyllum
** †Lambeophyllum profundum
* †Lamottia
** †Lamottia heroensis
* †Lamottoceras
** †Lamottoceras nodosum
** †Lamottoceras ruedemanni
* †Lamottopora
** †Lamottopora duncanae
* †Lawrenceoceras
** †Lawrenceoceras breve
** †Lawrenceoceras confertissimum
* †Lecanospira
** †Lecanospira compacta
* †Leiocoryphe
** †Leiocoryphe brevis
* †Leptomitus
** †Leptomitus zitteli
* †Lichenaria
** †Lichenaria heroensis
* Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella †Lingulella
** †Lingulella brainerdi
** †Lingulella columba
** †Lingulella franklinensis
** †Lingulella quadrilateralis
** †Lingulella stonei
* †Lingulepis
** †Lingulepis vermontensis
* †Linnarssonia
* †Litagnostus
* †Lonchodomas
** †Lonchodomas halli
* †Lophonema
** †Lophonema circumlirata – type locality for species
* †Lophospira
** †Lophospira calcifera – type locality for species
** †Lophospira milleri – type locality for species
** †Lophospira rectistriata
* †Lotagnostus
** †Lotagnostus hedini
** †Lotagnostus heidini
* †Maclurites
** †Maclurites magnus
* †Macrocoelia
** †Macrocoelia champlainensis
* †Malayaspira
** †Malayaspira perkinsi – type locality for species
* †Matherella
** †Matherella lirata – type locality for species
* †Meneviella
* †Mesnaquaceras
** †Mesnaquaceras curviseptatum
* Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Mesonacis †Mesonacis
** †Mesonacis vermontanus
* †Mexicella
** †Mexicella stator
* †Missisquoia
* †Modocia
** †Modocia vermontensis
* †Murrayoceras
** †Murrayoceras primum
* †Nanno
* †Nicholsonella
* †Nileoides
** †Nileoides perkinsi
* †Nisusia
** †Nisusia cloudi – type locality for species
** †Nisusia festinata
** †Nisusia howelli – type locality for species
** †Nisusia transversa
* †Nybyoceras
** †Nybyoceras cryptum
* †Nyctopora
** †Nyctopora vantuyli
* †Olenaspella
** †Olenaspella angularis
* Restoration of the Cambrian trilobite Olenellus †Olenellus
** †Olenellus brachycephalus
** †Olenellus thompsoni
* †Oligometopus
** †Oligometopus vermontensis – type locality for species
* †Onchonotopsis
* †Oneotodus
** †Oneotodus erectus
* †Oonoceras
** †Oonoceras lativentrum
** †Oonoceras perkinsi
* †Orthambonites
** †Orthambonites exfoliata
** †Orthambonites exfoliatus
* †Orthidium
** †Orthidium lamellosum
* †Orthis
* †Orthoceras
** †Orthoceras modestum
** †Orthoceras vagum
* †Orthotheca
** †Orthotheca acicula
* †Pachydictya
** †Pachydictya sheldonensis
* †Pachystylostroma
** †Pachystylostroma champlainense
** †Pachystylostroma goodsellense – type locality for species
** †Pachystylostroma pollicellum – type locality for species
** †Pachystylostroma vallum – type locality for species
* †Pagetides
** †Pagetides parkeri
* †Palliseria
** †Palliseria acuminata
* †Parabolinella
* †Paraplethopeltis
** †Paraplethopeltis seelyi – type locality for species
* †Paterina
** †Paterina labradorica
* †Peracheilus
** †Peracheilus laevis
* †Periomma
* †Peruniscus
** †Peruniscus cassinensis – type locality for species
* †Petrocrania
** †Petrocrania prona
* †Phakelodus
** †Phakelodus tenuis
* †Phoreotropis
** †Phoreotropis puteatus
* †Phorocephala
** †Phorocephala setoni
* †Phylacterus
** †Phylacterus saylesi
* †Phylloporina
* †Physemataspis
** †Physemataspis insularis
* †Pionoceras
** †Pionoceras vokesi
* †Platillaenus
** †Platillaenus erastusi
* †Platydiamesus
** †Platydiamesus inornatus
* †Plethopeltis
* †Plethospira
** †Plethospira cassina – type locality for species
** †Plethospira difficilis – type locality for species
* †Plicatolina
* †Pliomerops
** †Pliomerops canadensis
* †Pojetaconcha
** †Pojetaconcha beecheri – type locality for species
* †Problematoconites
** †Problematoconites perforata
* †Proconodontus
** †Proconodontus muelleri
** †Proconodontus serratus
* †Proconodonuts
** †Proconodonuts serratus
* †Prooneotodus
** †Prooneotodus gallatini
** †Prooneotodus rotundatus
* †Proplina
** †Proplina acutum
* †Prosagittodontus
** †Prosagittodontus dahlmani
* †Prosaukia
** †Prosaukia irrassa
* †Proteoceras
** †Proteoceras perkinsi
** †Proteoceras pulchrum
* †Proterocameroceras
** †Proterocameroceras brainerdi
* Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian crustacean Protocaris †Protocaris
** †Protocaris marshi
* †Protoconchioides
** †Protoconchioides varians
* †Protocycloceras
** †Protocycloceras geronticum
** †Protocycloceras lamarcki
* †Protorthis – tentative report
** †Protorthis vermontensis
* †Protospongia
** †Protospongia hicksi
* †Protypus
** †Protypus hitchcocki
* †Prozacanthoides
* †Pseudagnostus
* †Pseudostylodictyon
** †Pseudostylodictyon lamottense
* †Pterocephalops
** †Pterocephalops tuberculineata – type locality for species
* Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Ptychagnostus †Ptychagnostus
* †Ptychoparella
** †Ptychoparella kindlei – or unidentified comparable form
* †Ptychopleurites
** †Ptychopleurites quebecensis
* †Punctaspis
** †Punctaspis crassimargo – type locality for species
* †Quadragnostus
* †Quebecaspis
** †Quebecaspis hemiphaerica – type locality for species
** †Quebecaspis marylandica
* †Raphistoma
** †Raphistoma stamineum
* †Raphistomina
** †Raphistomina hortensia
* †Remopleurides
** †Remopleurides canadensis
* †Ribeiria
** †Ribeiria compressa – type locality for species
* †Richardsonella
** †Richardsonella arctostriata
* Rostricellula
** †Rostricellula plena
** †Rostricellula pristina
* †Rothpletzella
* †Rudolfoceras
** †Rudolfoceras cornuoryx
* Fossils of the Cambrian mollusc Scenella †Scenella
** †Scenella conicum – type locality for species
* †Schizopea
* †Semiacontiodus
* †Serpulites
* †Solenopleura
** †Solenopleura franklinensis
* †Solenopora
** †Solenopora embrunensis
* †Sphaerexochus
** †Sphaerexochus valcourensis
* Assemblage of fossils of the Ordovician-Triassic blue-green alga Sphaerocodium †Sphaerocodium
* †Sphaerocoryphe
** †Sphaerocoryphe goodnovi
* †Sphenotreta
** †Sphenotreta acutirostris
* †Stenelymus
** †Stenelymus kobayashii
* †Stenopareia
** †Stenopareia globosus
* †Stenopilus
** †Stenopilus pronus
* †Stereospyroceras
** †Stereospyroceras champlainense
** †Stereospyroceras clintoni
* †Stictopora
** †Stictopora fenestrata – or unidentified comparable form
* †Straparollina
** †Straparollina cassina – type locality for species
** †Straparollina turgida
* †Streptelasma
** †Streptelasma expansum
* †Stromatocerium
* †Sublites
* †Swantonia – tentative report
* †Symphysurina
* †Syntrophina
* †Syspacephalus
** †Syspacephalus cadyi – type locality for species
* †Taenicephalites
** †Taenicephalites macrops
* †Tarphyceras
** †Tarphyceras multicameratum
** †Tarphyceras perkinsi
* †Tatonaspis
** †Tatonaspis breviceps
* †Teridontus
** †Teridontus nakamurai
* †Thaleops
** †Thaleops longispina
** †Thaleops raymondi
* †Theodenisia
** †Theodenisia gibba
** †Theodenisia macrops
* †Tholifrons
** †Tholifrons vermontensis – type locality for species
* †Trigyra – type locality for genus
** †Trigyra ulrichi – type locality for species
* †Trocholites
** †Trocholites internestriatus
* †Trocholitoceras
** †Trocholitoceras walcotti
* †Trochonema
** †Trochonema exile – type locality for species
* †Tryblidium
** †Tryblidium ovale – type locality for species
** †Tryblidium ovatum – type locality for species
** †Tryblidium simplex – type locality for species
* Fossilized shell of the Cambrian arthropod Tuzoia †Tuzoia
* †Vaginoceras
** †Vaginoceras oppletum
* †Valcouroceras
** †Valcouroceras seelyi
** †Valcouroceras tenuiseptum
* †Vermontella
** †Vermontella secunda – type locality for species
* †Vogdesia – tentative report
** †Vogdesia obtusus
* †Westergaardodina
** †Westergaardodina bicuspidata
* †Westonaspis
** †Westonaspis laevifrons
* †Wimanella – tentative report
** †Wimanella orientalis
* †Yukonaspis
* †Zacanthoides
** †Zacanthoides kelsayae – type locality for species
* †Zittelella
** †Zittelella varians

## Mesozoic

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

## Cenozoic

* Alangium
* †Caldesia
* †Caricoidea
* Carya
* Cleyera
* Cylichna
** †Cylichna alba
* Delphinapterus
** A living Delphinapterus leucas, or beluga whale †Delphinapterus leucas
* Euodia
* †Gordonia
* Hiatella
** †Hiatella arctica
* Huxleyia
* Ilex
* †Illicium
* Macoma
** †Macoma balthica
** †Macoma calcarea
* Magnolia
* †Mammuthus primigenius
* †Microdiptera
* †Moroidea
* †Mya
** A modern Mya arenaria, or soft-shell clam †Mya arenaria
* Mytilus
** †Mytilus edulis
* †Nyssa
* †Parthenocissus
* Persea
* †Phellodendron
* Portlandia
** †Portlandia glacialis
* Pusa
** A living Pusa hispida, or ringed seal †Pusa hispida
* Quercus
* Rubus
* †Sargentodoxa
** †Sargentodoxa barghoorniana – type locality for species
* Symplocos
* Thyasira
** †Thyasira gouldii
* †Turpinia
* Vitis
* Zanthoxylum