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
- †Albiconus
- †Alokistocarella
- †Ambonychiopsis
- †Amphilichas
Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris - †Antagmus
- †Anthaspidella
- †Apheoorthis
- †Apianurus
- †Archaeorthis
- †Archinacella
- †Archinacella pileolum – type locality for species
- †Baltoceras
- †Basilicus
- †Bassleroceras
- †Bassleroceras acinacellum
- †Bassleroceras kirbyi – type locality for species
Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Bathynotus - †Batostoma
- †Bellaspis
- †Bellaspis longifrons – type locality for species
- †Bigranulella
- †Bigranulella latigenae – type locality for species
- †Billingaspis
- †Billingsaria
- †Billingsaspis
- †Bolaspidella
- †Bonnia
- †Bovicornellum
- †Bowmania
- †Bridgeites
- †Bridgeites volutatus – type locality for species
- †Brunswickia
- †Bucanella
- †Bucanella tripla – type locality for species
- †Bucania
- †Bumastoides
- †Bynumia
- †Calaurops – type locality for genus
- †Calaurops lituiformis – type locality for species
- †Calyptaulax
- †Cambrooistodus
Restoration of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian nautiloid cephalopod Cameroceras feeding on an Aphetoceras, while a quartet of Cyclostomiceras swim by - †Campbelloceras
- †Cassinoceras
- †Catillicephala
- †Centropleura
- †Centrotarphyceras
- †Ceramoporella
- †Ceratopea
- †Ceratopea canadensis – type locality for species
- †Ceratopea compressum – type locality for species
- †Ceraurinella
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus - †Champlainopora
- †Chancia
- †Chancia rasettii – type locality for species
- †Chazydictya
- †Clisospira
- †Clisospira bassleri – type locality for species
- †Coelocerodontus
Fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan Constellaria - †Cordylodus
- †Coreospira – tentative report
- †Coreospira raymondi – type locality for species
- †Curtoceras
- †Cyclostomiceras
- †Cyptendoceras
- †Cyrtactinoceras
- †Cyrtobaltoceras
- †Dactylagonia
- †Dactylogonia
- †Dictyonema
- †Dimeropyge
- †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
- †Endoceras
- †Eobronteus
- †Eoconodontus
Life restoration of the Cambrian echinoderm relative Eocystites - †Eopachydictya
- †Eopteria
- †Eopteria ventricosa – type locality for species
- †Eridotrypa
- †Eroicaspira – tentative report
- †Eroicaspira obelisca – type locality for species
- †Esmeraldina
- †Euconia
- †Euconia etna – type locality for species
- †Eurekia
- †Eurystomites
- †Exigua
- †Failleana
- †Finkelnburgia
- †Finkelnburgia macleodi – type locality for species
- †Foerstephyllum
- †Furnishina
- †Fusispira
- †Fusispira obesus – type locality for species
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Genevievella - †Geragnostus
- †Glaphurina
- †Glaphurus
- †Glyptometopsis
- †Glyptotrophia
- †Gonioceras
- †Grandagnostus
- †Grinnellaspis
- †Grinnellaspis marginiata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hardyoides
- †Hastagnostus
- †Helcionella
- †Helcionella A – informal
- †Heliomeroides
- †Helopora
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Hemirhodon - †Heterocaryon
- †Heteronema
- †Hibbertia
- †Highgatella
- †Hirsutodontus
- †Homagnostus
- †Hormotoma
- †Hormotoma confusa – type locality for species
- †Hormotoma gracilens – type locality for species
- †Hormotoma prava – type locality for species
- †Huenella
- †Hyboaspis
- †Hypagnostus
- †Hypseloconus
- †Hypseloconus A – informal
- †Hysteropleura
- †Hystricurus
- †Idiomesus
- †Insolitotheca
- †Isoteloides
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. - †Jordanopora
- †Kawina – tentative report
- †Keithia
- †Keithiella – tentative report
- †Kirengella
- †Kirengella alta – type locality for species
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Kootenia - †Kootenia boucheri – type locality for species
- †Kootenia marcoui
- †Kutorgina
- †Labechia
- †Labechia eatoni
- †Labechia prima
- †Labechia pustulosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Labechia valcourensis
- †Laiwugnathus
- †Lambeophyllum
- †Lamottia
- †Lamottoceras
- †Lamottopora
- †Lawrenceoceras
- †Lecanospira
- †Leiocoryphe
- †Leptomitus
- †Lichenaria
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella - †Lingulepis
- †Linnarssonia
- †Litagnostus
- †Lonchodomas
- †Lophonema
- †Lophonema circumlirata – type locality for species
- †Lophospira
- †Lophospira calcifera – type locality for species
- †Lophospira milleri – type locality for species
- †Lophospira rectistriata
- †Lotagnostus
- †Maclurites
- †Macrocoelia
- †Malayaspira
- †Malayaspira perkinsi – type locality for species
- †Matherella
- †Matherella lirata – type locality for species
- †Meneviella
- †Mesnaquaceras
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Mesonacis - †Mexicella
- †Missisquoia
- †Modocia
- †Murrayoceras
- †Nanno
- †Nicholsonella
- †Nileoides
- †Nisusia
- †Nisusia cloudi – type locality for species
- †Nisusia festinata
- †Nisusia howelli – type locality for species
- †Nisusia transversa
- †Nybyoceras
- †Nyctopora
- †Olenaspella
Restoration of the Cambrian trilobite Olenellus - †Oligometopus
- †Oligometopus vermontensis – type locality for species
- †Onchonotopsis
- †Oneotodus
- †Oonoceras
- †Orthambonites
- †Orthidium
- †Orthis
- †Orthoceras
- †Orthotheca
- †Pachydictya
- †Pachystylostroma
- †Pachystylostroma champlainense
- †Pachystylostroma goodsellense – type locality for species
- †Pachystylostroma pollicellum – type locality for species
- †Pachystylostroma vallum – type locality for species
- †Pagetides
- †Palliseria
- †Parabolinella
- †Paraplethopeltis
- †Paraplethopeltis seelyi – type locality for species
- †Paterina
- †Peracheilus
- †Periomma
- †Peruniscus
- †Peruniscus cassinensis – type locality for species
- †Petrocrania
- †Phakelodus
- †Phoreotropis
- †Phorocephala
- †Phylacterus
- †Phylloporina
- †Physemataspis
- †Pionoceras
- †Platillaenus
- †Platydiamesus
- †Plethopeltis
- †Plethospira
- †Plethospira cassina – type locality for species
- †Plethospira difficilis – type locality for species
- †Plicatolina
- †Pliomerops
- †Pojetaconcha
- †Pojetaconcha beecheri – type locality for species
- †Problematoconites
- †Proconodontus
- †Proconodonuts
- †Prooneotodus
- †Proplina
- †Prosagittodontus
- †Prosaukia
- †Proteoceras
- †Proterocameroceras
Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian crustacean Protocaris - †Protoconchioides
- †Protocycloceras
- †Protorthis – tentative report
- †Protospongia
- †Protypus
- †Prozacanthoides
- †Pseudagnostus
- †Pseudostylodictyon
- †Pterocephalops
- †Pterocephalops tuberculineata – type locality for species
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Ptychagnostus - †Ptychoparella
- †Ptychoparella kindlei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ptychopleurites
- †Punctaspis
- †Punctaspis crassimargo – type locality for species
- †Quadragnostus
- †Quebecaspis
- †Quebecaspis hemiphaerica – type locality for species
- †Quebecaspis marylandica
- †Raphistoma
- †Raphistomina
- †Remopleurides
- †Ribeiria
- †Ribeiria compressa – type locality for species
- †Richardsonella
- Rostricellula
- †Rothpletzella
- †Rudolfoceras
Fossils of the Cambrian mollusc Scenella - †Scenella conicum – type locality for species
- †Schizopea
- †Semiacontiodus
- †Serpulites
- †Solenopleura
- †Solenopora
- †Sphaerexochus
Assemblage of fossils of the Ordovician-Triassic blue-green alga Sphaerocodium - †Sphaerocoryphe
- †Sphenotreta
- †Stenelymus
- †Stenopareia
- †Stenopilus
- †Stereospyroceras
- †Stictopora
- †Stictopora fenestrata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Straparollina
- †Straparollina cassina – type locality for species
- †Straparollina turgida
- †Streptelasma
- †Stromatocerium
- †Sublites
- †Swantonia – tentative report
- †Symphysurina
- †Syntrophina
- †Syspacephalus
- †Syspacephalus cadyi – type locality for species
- †Taenicephalites
- †Tarphyceras
- †Tatonaspis
- †Teridontus
- †Thaleops
- †Theodenisia
- †Tholifrons
- †Tholifrons vermontensis – type locality for species
- †Trigyra – type locality for genus
- †Trigyra ulrichi – type locality for species
- †Trocholites
- †Trocholitoceras
- †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 - †Vaginoceras
- †Valcouroceras
- †Vermontella
- †Vermontella secunda – type locality for species
- †Vogdesia – tentative report
- †Westergaardodina
- †Westonaspis
- †Wimanella – tentative report
- †Yukonaspis
- †Zacanthoides
- †Zacanthoides kelsayae – type locality for species
- †Zittelella
Mesozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Vermont.
Cenozoic
- Alangium
- †Caldesia
- †Caricoidea
- Carya
- Cleyera
- Cylichna
- Delphinapterus
A living Delphinapterus leucas, or beluga whale
- Euodia
- †Gordonia
- Hiatella
- Huxleyia
- Ilex
- †Illicium
- Macoma
- Magnolia
- †Mammuthus primigenius
- †Microdiptera
- †Moroidea
- †Mya
A modern Mya arenaria, or soft-shell clam
- Mytilus
- †Nyssa
- †Parthenocissus
- Persea
- †Phellodendron
- Portlandia
- Pusa
A living Pusa hispida, or ringed seal
- Quercus
- Rubus
- †Sargentodoxa
- †Sargentodoxa barghoorniana – type locality for species
- Symplocos
- Thyasira
- †Turpinia
- Vitis
- Zanthoxylum
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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