List of the prehistoric life of Wyoming

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Wyoming

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Wyoming

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Wyoming

  • Cornus
  • Corvus
  • Corylus
  • Coryphodon
  • Crataegus
  • Credneria
  • Crocodylus
    • Crocodylus affinis
      – type locality for species
  • Cryptocephalus
  • Cryptorhynchus
  • Cryptotis
  • Culex
  • Cyclocarya
  • Cynarctoides
    • Cynarctoides acridens
    • Cynarctoides harlowi
    • Cynarctoides luskensis
      – type locality for species
  • Dalbergia
  • Daphoenictis
  • Life restoration of the Miocene bear-dog Daphoenodon
    Daphoenodon
  • Daphoenus
    • Daphoenus lambei
  • Dasyatis
  • Davidia
  • Dawsonicyon – type locality for genus
  • Dendragapus
    • Dendragapus obscurus
  • Dendropanax
  • Dennstaedtia
  • Desmatippus
  • Desmatochoerus
  • Desmocyon
  • Diacodexis
  • Diatryma
    – type locality for genus
  • Diceratherium
  • Dicranomyia
  • Dicrostonyx
  • Didymictis
  • Dilophodon
  • Dinictis
  • Dinohyus
  • Diospyros
  • Diplocynodon
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Diplomystus preserved in the act of swallowing another fish
    Diplomystus
    • Diplomystus dentatus
  • Dipoides
  • Dipteronia
  • Discus
  • Dissacus
  • Distylium
  • Dolichopus
  • Dombeya
  • Domnina
  • Drimys
  • Dryopteris
  • Fossilized shell of the Eocene turtle Echmatemys
    Echmatemys
  • Ectocion
  • Ectoconus
  • Ectopistes
    • Ectopistes migratorius
  • Ectopocynus
  • Elaeodendron
  • Enhydrocyon
    • Enhydrocyon basilatus
  • Enochrus
  • Entelodon
  • Life restoration of a pair of the Eocene uintathere mammal Eobasileus. Charles R. Knight (1890s).
    Eobasileus
    • Eobasileus cornutus
  • Eoconodon
    • Eoconodon copanus
  • Eohippus
  • Eorhinophrynus
  • Eostrix
  • Eotitanops
  • Epicaerus
  • Epihippus
  • Equisetum
  • Equus
  • Eremophila
    • Eremophila alpestris
  • Erythrina
  • Esox
  • Eucastor
  • Eucommia
  • Eugenia
  • Euparius
  • Euphagus
    • Euphagus cyanocephalus
  • Eusmilus
  • Eutamias
  • Fagus
  • Falco
    • Falco columbarius
    • Falco mexicanus
    • Falco rusticolus
    • Falco sparverius
  • Ficus
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene bird Fluvioviridavis
    Fluvioviridavis – type locality for genus
  • Fortuna
  • Fraxinus
  • Fulgora
  • Gagadon
    • Gagadon minimonstrum
  • Galecyon
  • Galerita
  • Gallinuloides – type locality for genus
  • Gastrocopta
  • Gerrhonotus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ginkgo
  • Gleditsia – or unidentified related form
  • Fossilized foliage of the cypress relative Glyptostrobus
    Glyptostrobus
  • Goniacodon
  • Gopherus
  • Gracilocyon
  • Grus
    • Grus canadensis
  • Gulo
    • Gulo gulo
  • Gymnocladus
  • Gyraulus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Habrosaurus
    • Habrosaurus dilatus
  • Hadrianus
  • Hapalodectes
  • Hapalorestes
  • Haplolambda
  • Harpagolestes
  • Helaletes – type locality for genus
  • Helix
  • Fossilized skull of the Oligocene lizard Helodermoides
    Helodermoides
    • Helodermoides tuberculatus
  • Hemiauchenia
  • Hemitelia
  • Heptodon
  • Herpetotherium
    • Herpetotherium knighti
  • Hesperocyon
  • Heteraletes
  • Hirundo – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hirundo pyrrhonota
  • Holospira
  • Homogalax
  • Hoplophoneus
  • Hovenia
  • Hutchemys
  • Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene creodont mammal Hyaenodon
    Hyaenodon
    • Hyaenodon crucians
    • Hyaenodon horridus
    • Hyaenodon megaloides
    • Hyaenodon montanus
    • Hyaenodon mustelinus
    • Hyaenodon venturae
    • Hyaenodon vetus
  • Hydrangea
  • Hydrobia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Hydrobius
  • Hydrochus
  • Hydromystria
  • Hylobius
  • Hyopsodus
    • Hyopsodus lepidus
      – type locality for species
  • Hypertragulus
  • Hypisodus
  • Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Hypohippus
  • Hypolagus
  • Hyporhina
  • Hypsiops
  • Hyrachyus
  • Hyracodon
  • Hyracotherium
    • Hyracotherium vasacciense
  • Icaronycteris – type locality for genus
    • Icaronycteris index
      – type locality for species
  • Indusia
  • Intyrictis
  • Ischyromys
  • Iulus
  • Juglans
  • Juncitarsus – type locality for genus
  • Junco – or unidentified comparable form
    • Junco hyemalis
  • Kalmia
  • Kalobatippus
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene bony fish Knightia
    Knightia
    • Knightia eocaena
  • Koelreuteria
  • Lagopus
    • Lagopus leucurus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lambdotherium
  • Lambertocyon
    • Lambertocyon eximius
  • Lanius
    • Lanius ludovicianus
  • Larus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lathrobium
  • Laurinoxylon
  • Laurus
  • Leiocephalus
  • Lepisosteus
  • Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene oreodont mammal Leptauchenia
    Leptauchenia
  • Leptictis
  • Leptocyon
  • Leptolambda
  • Leptomeryx
  • Leptoreodon
  • Leptotragulus
  • Lepus
  • Leucosticte
    • Leucosticte arctoa
  • Limnocyon
    • Limnocyon verus
      – type locality for species
  • Limnofregata – type locality for genus
    • Limnofregata azygosternon
      – type locality for species
  • Lindera
  • Lisserpeton
    • Lisserpeton bairdi
  • Listronotus
  • Lithophysa – type locality for genus
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene bird Lithornis
    Lithornis
    • Lithornis plebius
      – type locality for species
    • Lithornis promiscuus
      – type locality for species
  • Lygodium
  • Lynx
    • Lynx lynx
      – tentative report
  • Lystra – tentative report
  • Macginitiea
  • Machaeroides
  • Macrocranion
  • Magnolia
  • Maiorana
  • Mammacyon
  • Mammuthus
    • Mammuthus columbi
  • Marmota
  • Megacerops
  • Megalictis
    • Megalictis ferox
  • Meliosma
  • Meniscotherium
  • Menoceras
  • Menops
  • Mentoclaenodon
  • Mergus
    • Mergus merganser
  • Life restoration of the Miocene three-toed horse Merychippus
    Merychippus
  • Merychyus
  • Merycochoerus
  • Merycodus
  • Merycoides
  • Merycoidodon
  • Mesatirhinus
  • Mesocyon – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Mesodma
    • Mesodma formosa
    • Mesodma garfieldensis
      – or unidentified comparable form
    • Mesodma hensleighi
    • Mesodma pygmaea
  • Mesohippus
  • Mesonyx
    • Mesonyx obtusidens
      – type locality for species
  • Mesoreodon
  • Life restoration of the Eocene pangolin relative Metacheiromys
    Metacheiromys
  • Metamynodon
    • Metamynodon planifrons
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Metarhinus
  • Metasequoia
  • Metatomarctus
  • Miacis
  • Michenia
  • Microcosmodon
    • Microcosmodon conus
      – type locality for species
    • Microcosmodon rosei
      – type locality for species
  • Microphysula – or unidentified comparable form
  • Microsyops
  • Microtus
    • Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • Mimetodon
    • Mimetodon churchilli
      – type locality for species
  • Mimoperadectes
    • Mimoperadectes houdei
      – type locality for species
  • Miniochoerus
  • Miocyon
  • Miohippus
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene perch relative Mioplosus
    Mioplosus
  • Miotapirus
    • Miotapirus harrisonensis
      – type locality for species
  • Miotylopus
  • Miracinonyx
    • Miracinonyx studeri
  • Mithrandir
  • Mnemosyne
  • Monosaulax
  • Moropus
  • Morus
  • Mustela
    • Mustela nigripes
  • Myrica
  • Myrmica
  • Nanotragulus
  • Neanis
  • Nelumbo
  • Neocathartes
    • Neocathartes grallator
  • Neoliotomus
    • Neoliotomus conventus
    • Neoliotomus ultimus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene Neophrontops
    Neophrontops
    • Neophrontops americanus
  • Neoplagiaulax
    • Neoplagiaulax grangeri
      – tentative report
    • Neoplagiaulax hunteri
    • Neoplagiaulax jepi
      – type locality for species
    • Neoplagiaulax mckennai
      – type locality for species
    • Neoplagiaulax nelsoni
  • Neotoma
  • Nexuotapirus
  • Niglarodon
  • Notharctus
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene beaked salmon relative Notogoneus
    Notogoneus
  • Nototamias – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nucifraga
    • Nucifraga columbiana
  • Numenius
    • Numenius americanus
    • Numenius borealis
  • Nyctea
    • Nyctea scandiaca
  • Nyssa
  • Ochotona
    • Ochotona princeps
  • Ocotea
  • Odaxosaurus
    • Odaxosaurus piger
  • Ondatra
  • Onoclea
  • Restoration of the Eocene bat Onychonycteris
    Onychonycteris – type locality for genus
    • Onychonycteris finneyi
      – type locality for species
  • Oodectes
  • Ophryastes
  • Opisthotriton
  • Oreamnos
  • Oreodontoides
  • Oreohelix
  • Oreopanax
  • Ormiscus
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene horse Orohippus
    Orohippus
  • Orthogenysuchus – type locality for genus
    • Orthogenysuchus olseni
      – type locality for species
  • Osbornodon
  • Osmanthus
  • Osmunda
  • Otarocyon
  • Otiorhynchus
  • Ototriton – type locality for genus
    • Ototriton solidus
      – type locality for species
  • Ovis
    • Ovis canadensis
  • Oxyacodon
  • Oxyaena
  • Life restoration of a pair of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Oxydactylus. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Oxydactylus
  • Pachyaena
  • Pachycondyla
  • Palaearctonyx
  • Palaeogale
  • Palaeolagus
  • Palaeonictis
  • Palaeoryctes
  • Palaeosinopa
  • Palaeosyops
  • Palatobaena – type locality for genus
  • Paleoamphiuma – type locality for genus
  • Paliurus
  • Panthera
    • Panthera leo
  • Pantolambda
  • Paracathartes
    • Paracathartes howardae
  • Paracynarctus
  • Paraenhydrocyon
    • Paraenhydrocyon josephi
  • Parahippus
  • Paramys
  • Parandrita
  • Paratomarctus
  • Paratylopus
  • Parectypodus
    • Parectypodus lunatus
    • Parectypodus sinclairi
    • Parectypodus sylviae
  • Parictis
  • Parvitragulus
  • Life restoration of the Eocene creodont mammal Patriofelis. Charles R. Knight (1896).
    Patriofelis
    • Patriofelis ferox
      – type locality for species
  • Patriomanis
  • Peltosaurus
  • Pelycodus
  • Pentacosmodon
    • Pentacosmodon pronus
      – type locality for species
  • Peratherium
  • Perognathus
  • Peromyscus
  • Persea
  • Phalaenoptilus
    • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Paleocene-Eocene arowana relative Phareodus
    Phareodus
    • Phareodus encaustus
    • Phareodus testis
  • Phenacocoelus
  • Phenacodontid
  • Phenacodus
  • Phenacomys
  • Philodendron – or unidentified related form
  • Philotrox
    • Philotrox condoni
  • Illustration of a fossilized skull in multiple views of the Oligocene-Miocene bone-crushing dog Phlaocyon
    Phlaocyon
  • Phoebe
  • Phragmites – tentative report
  • Phyllobius
  • Physa
  • Pica
    • Pica pica
  • Piceoerpeton – type locality for genus
  • Pinus
  • Pipilo
    • Pipilo chlorurus
  • Plagiomene
  • Planera
  • Planetetherium
    • Planetetherium mirabile
  • Plastomenoides
  • Platanus
  • Platycarya
  • Platynus
  • Plecia
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene primate Plesiadapis
    Plesiadapis
    • Plesiadapis cookei
  • Poabromylus
  • Poebrodon
  • Poebrotherium
  • Polygyra
  • Populus
  • Porzana
    • Porzana carolina
  • Potamogeton
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene waterfowl Presbyornis
    Presbyornis
  • Primobucco
  • Princetonia
  • Priscacara
  • Pristichampsus
  • Probathyopsis
  • Procaimanoidea
  • Procamelus
  • Prochetodon
    • Prochetodon cavus
      – type locality for species
    • Prochetodon foxi
    • Prochetodon taxus
      – type locality for species
  • Procynodictis
  • Prolimnocyon
  • Promartes
  • Promerycochoerus
  • Proscalops
  • Life restoration of a female (left) and male of the Oligocene-Miocene even-toed ungulate Protoceras. Charles R. Knight (1896).
    Protoceras
  • Protochelydra
    • Protochelydra zangerli
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Protohippus
  • Protolabis
  • Protomarctus
  • Protorohippus
  • Protostrix
  • Protungulatum
    • Protungulatum donnae
  • Protylopus
  • Prunus
  • Pseudaelurus
  • Pseudhipparion
  • Pseudocrypturus – type locality for genus
    • Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius
      – type locality for species
  • Pseudolabis
  • Pseudoprotoceras
  • Psilota
  • Psittacotherium
  • Ptelea
  • Pteris – or unidentified related form
  • Pterocarya
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Paleocene multituberculate mammal Ptilodus
    Ptilodus
    • Ptilodus fractus
    • Ptilodus gnomus
    • Ptilodus kummae
    • Ptilodus mediaevus
    • Ptilodus montanus
      – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ptilodus tsosiensis
      – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ptilodus wyomingensis
      – type locality for species
  • Puma
    • Puma concolor
  • Pupilla – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pyramidula
  • Pyrocyon
  • Quercus
  • Quiscalus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene pronghorn Ramoceros and Cosoryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Ramoceros
  • Raphictis
  • Rhamnus
  • Rhineura – type locality for genus
  • Rhinoclemmys – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Rhus
  • Rhyssa
  • Robinia
  • Rosa
  • Sabal
  • Saccoloma
  • Salix
  • Salpinctes
    – or unidentified comparable form
    • Salpinctes obsoletus
  • Salvinia
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene monitor lizard Saniwa
    Saniwa – type locality for genus
    • Saniwa ensidens
      – type locality for species
  • Sapindus
  • Sassafras
  • Scapherpeton
  • Schoepfia
  • Sciara
  • Sciophila
  • Sequoia
  • Sespia
  • Shoshonius
    • Shoshonius bowni
    • Shoshonius cooperi
  • Sialia
  • Sifrhippus
  • Simoedosaurus
  • Sinomenium – or unidentified related form
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene creodont mammal Sinopa
    Sinopa
  • Siren
    • Siren dunni
      – type locality for species
  • Sitona
  • Sloanea – or unidentified related form
  • Smilax
  • Smilodectes
    • Smilodectes gracilis
      – type locality for species
    • Smilodectes mcgrewi
      – type locality for species
  • Sorex
    • Sorex hoyi
  • Sparganium
  • Spathorhynchus – type locality for genus
    • Spathorhynchus fossorium
      – type locality for species
    • Spathorhynchus natronicus
  • Spermophilus
    • Spermophilus variegatus
  • Sphenocoelus
  • Spirodela
  • Spiza
    • Spiza americana
  • Stagnicola
  • Stegobium
  • Steneofiber
  • Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Stenomylus
    Stenomylus
    • Stenomylus gracilis
    • Stenomylus hitchcocki
    • Stenomylus keelinensis
  • Sterculia
  • Stillingia
  • Sturnella
    • Sturnella neglecta
  • Stygimys
    • Stygimys kuszmauli
  • Stylemys
  • Stylinodon
  • Styrax
  • Subhyracodon
  • Surnia
    • Surnia ulula
  • Suzanniwana – type locality for genus
    • Suzanniwana patriciana
      – type locality for species
    • Suzanniwana revenanta
      – type locality for species
  • Swartzia
  • Sylvilagus
  • Symplocos
  • Synaptomys
  • Life restoration of the Miocene protoceratid mammal Syndyoceras
    Syndyoceras
    • Syndyoceras cooki
  • Syrphus
  • Tachycineta – or unidentified comparable form
    • Tachycineta bicolor
  • Taeniolabis
    • Taeniolabis taoensis
  • Tamias
  • Tanymykter
  • Tapocyon
  • Tarka
  • Taxidea
    • Taxidea taxus
  • Taxodium
  • Taxonus
  • Teilhardina
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
  • Telmatherium
  • Temnocyon
  • Tetraclaenodon
  • Thelypteris
  • Thouinia
  • Thuja
  • Tilia
  • Tipula
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene pantodont mammal Titanoides
    Titanoides
    • Titanoides gidleyi
      – type locality for species
    • Titanoides major
    • Titanoides nanus
      – type locality for species
    • Titanoides primaevus
  • Titanomyrma
    • Titanomyrma lubei
      – type locality for species
  • Trapa
  • Trigenicus
  • Trigonias
  • Trionyx
  • Tritemnodon
  • Tritoma
  • Triumfetta
  • Trogosus
  • Tropisternus
  • Trypodendron
  • Tsoabichi – type locality for genus
    • Tsoabichi greenriverensis
      – type locality for species
  • Turdus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Turdus migratorius
  • Tylocephalonyx
  • Tympanuchus
    • Tympanuchus phasianellus
  • Typha – or unidentified related form
  • Tytthaena
  • Uintacyon
  • Life restoration of the Eocene mammal Uintatherium
    Uintatherium – type locality for genus
    • Uintatherium anceps
      – type locality for species
  • Ulmus
  • Unio
  • Ursus
    • Ursus arctos
  • Ustatochoerus
  • Valenia
  • Valenopsalis
  • Vassacyon
  • Vauquelinia
  • Leaves and fruit of a living Viburnum.
    Viburnum
  • Vinea
    – or unidentified comparable form
  • Vitis
  • Viverravus
  • Viviparus
  • Vulpavus
  • Vulpes
    • Vulpes vulpes
  • Woodwardia
  • Xanclomys
    • Xanclomys mcgrewi
      – type locality for species
  • Xyronomys
  • Life restoration of the Miocene bear dog Ysengrinia
    Ysengrinia
  • Zamia
  • Zelkova
  • Zenaida
  • Zizyphus
  • Zodiolestes
  • Zonotrichia
    • Zonotrichia albicollis
  • References

    • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.