# List of the prehistoric life of Maine

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

## Precambrian

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

## Paleozoic

* †Amphistrophonella
** †Amphistrophonella funiculata – or unidentified comparable form
* Fossils of the Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Ampyx. †Ampyx
* †Annamitella – tentative report
** †Annamitella borealis
* †Apiculiretusispora
* †Atrypa
** †Atrypa reticularis
* †Barinophyton
** †Barinophyton richardsoni
* †Barrandeina
** †Barrandeina aroostookensis
* †Batostoma
* †Batostomella
* †Bucania – or unidentified comparable form
* †Cardiola
** †Cardiola gibbosa
* †Cartericardia – tentative report
** †Cartericardia dubia – type locality for species
* †Clivosisporites – or unidentified comparable form
** †Clivosisporites verrucata
* †Crossoceras
** †Crossoceras belandi
* †Cyrtia
* †Daidia
** †Daidia wilsonae
* †Dalejina
* †Dalmanella
** †Dalmanella testudinaria
* †Decorochilina
** †Decorochilina beushauseni
* †Delerorthis
** †Delerorthis flabellites
* †Delthyris
* †Deltoidospora
* †Dolerorthis
* Fossilized foliage from the Early-Late Devonian club moss relative Drepanophycus †Drepanophycus
* †Eccentricosta
* †Emphanisporites
** †Emphanisporites annulatus
** †Emphanisporites rotatus
* †Eocoelia
* †Eodinobolus
** †Eodinobolus rotundus
* †Eohostimella – type locality for genus
** †Eohostimella heathana – type locality for species
* †Eoplectodona – tentative report
* †Famatinorthis
** †Famatinorthis turneri – or unidentified comparable form
* †Ferganella
* †Geragnostus
* †Goniostropha
** †Goniostropha chapmani
* †Grandispora
* †Gypidula
* †Hibbertia – tentative report
* †Hostimella
* †Hystricoceras
** †Hystricoceras hitchcocki
* Fossil of the Middle Ordovician trilobite Illaenus †Illaenus
* †Kaulangiophyton
** †Kaulangiophyton akantha
* †Kolihadiscus
** †Kolihadiscus somerseti – type locality for species
* †Leptaena
** †Leptaena rhomboidalis
* †Lesueurilla – tentative report
* †Lophospira
** †Lophospira milleri – or unidentified comparable form
* †Mesoleptostrophia
* †Michelia
** †Michelia compacta – or unidentified comparable form
** †Michelia planogyrata – or unidentified comparable form
** †Michelia tenue – type locality for species
* Fossils of the Early Devonian graptolite Monograptus †Monograptus
** †Monograptus bohemicus
** †Monograptus chimaera
** †Monograptus colonus
** †Monograptus crinitus
** †Monograptus dubius
** †Monograptus forbesi
** †Monograptus nilssoni
** †Monograptus scanicus
** †Monograptus tumescens
** †Monograptus varians
** †Monograptus vicinus – or unidentified comparable form
* †Neumanella
* †Nicholsonella
* †Nileus
* †Nucleospira
* †Nylanderina – type locality for genus
** †Nylanderina goldringae – type locality for species
* †Orthambonites
** †Orthambonites robusta
* †Orthonychia
** †Orthonychia aroostooki – type locality for species
** †Orthonychia compressa – type locality for species
* †Paleocyclus – tentative report
* †Paralenorthis
** †Paralenorthis robustus
* †Paraliospira
** †Paraliospira angulata – or unidentified related form
* †Patellostium
** †Patellostium revolvens – type locality for species
* †Pentamerus – tentative report
* Life restoration of Pertica. †Pertica – type locality for genus
** †Pertica quadrifaria – type locality for species
* †Platyceras
** †Platyceras chapmani – type locality for species
** †Platyceras edmundi – type locality for species
** †Platyceras hebes
** †Platyceras ventricosum
* †Platystrophia
* †Platytoechia
** †Platytoechia boucoti
* †Plectodonta
* †Plectonotus
** †Plectonotus trilobatus
* †Polytoechia – tentative report
* †Pragozyga
** †Pragozyga jerseyense – type locality for species
* †Productorthis
** †Productorthis mainensis
* Life restoration with a conifer-like body plan of the Silurian-Late Devonian tree-like probable fungus Prototaxites. John William Dawson (1888). †Prototaxites
* †Psilophyton
** †Psilophyton dapsile – type locality for species
** †Psilophyton forbesii – type locality for species
** †Psilophyton microspinosum – type locality for species
** †Psilophyton princeps
* †Raymondaspis
* †Resserella
* †Sawdonia
** †Sawdonia ornata
* †Sphaerochitina
* †Streptotrochus – tentative report
** †Streptotrochus deciduus – type locality for species
* †Stricklandialens
** †Stricklandialens ultima – or unidentified comparable form
* †Strophonella
** †Strophonella euglypha
* †Strophostylus
** †Strophostylus globosus – or unidentified comparable form
* †Taeniocrada
* †Tholisporites
* †Thursophyton
* †Tritoechia
* †Trochonemella
** †Trochonemella churkini – or unidentified related form
* †Tropidodiscus
** †Tropidodiscus minimus
** †Tropidodiscus obex

## Mesozoic

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

## Cenozoic

This list of the Cenozoic life of Maine contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Maine and are from 66 million years of age to geologically recent.
* Astarte
** †Astarte borealis
** †Astarte castanea
** †Astarte elliptica
** †Astarte montagui
** †Astarte sulcata
* A living Bison Bison
* Buccinum
** †Buccinum cyaneum
** †Buccinum glaciale
** †Buccinum polare
** †Buccinum scalariforme
** †Buccinum undatum
* Chlamys
** †Chlamys islandica
* Ciliatocardium
** †Ciliatocardium ciliatum
* Colus
** †Colus stimpsoni
* Cryptonatica
** †Cryptonatica affinis
* Ennucula
** †Ennucula tenuis
* Ensis
** †Ensis directus
* Erignathus
** A living Erignathus barbatus, or bearded seal †Erignathus barbatus
* Euspira
** †Euspira pallida
* Goethemia
** †Goethemia pinnulata
* Hemimactra
** †Hemimactra solidissima
* Hiatella
** †Hiatella arctica
** †Hiatella distorta
* Lyonsia
** †Lyonsia arenosa
* Macoma
** †Macoma balthica
** †Macoma calcarea
** †Macoma groenlandica
** †Macoma subulosa
* Mactromeris
** †Mactromeris polynyma
* Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Mammuthus, or mammoth †Mammuthus
* Margarites
** †Margarites striatus
* Mesodesma
** †Mesodesma arctatum
* Musculus
** †Musculus discors
** †Musculus glacialis
** †Musculus niger
* †Mya
** †Mya arenaria
** †Mya truncata
* Shells washed ashore of Mytilus mussels Mytilus
** †Mytilus edulis
* Neptunea
** †Neptunea despecta
** †Neptunea lyrata
* Nucella
** †Nucella lapillus
* Nucula
** †Nucula antiqua
** †Nucula proxima
* Nuculana
** †Nuculana pernula
** †Nuculana tenuisulcata
* Odobenus
** A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus †Odobenus rosmarus
* Pagophilus
** †Pagophilus groenlandica
* Pandora
** †Pandora arctica
** †Pandora glacialis
** †Pandora trilineata
* Placopecten
** †Placopecten magellanicus
* Portlandia
** †Portlandia arctica
** †Portlandia glacialis
* Puncturella
** †Puncturella noachina
* Saccella
** †Saccella pernula
* Serripes
** †Serripes groenlandicus
* Similipecten
** †Similipecten greenlandicus
* Tectonatica
** †Tectonatica pusilla
* Thracia
** †Thracia conradi
** †Thracia septentrionalis
* Thyasira
** †Thyasira gouldii
* Living Uria, also known as murres of guillemots Uria
** †Uria affinis – type locality for species
* Yoldia
** †Yoldia myalis
* Yoldiella
** †Yoldiella lenticula
* Zirfaea
** †Zirfaea crispata