List of the prehistoric life of Ohio
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Ohio.
Paleozoic
{{Main|List of the Paleozoic life of Ohio}}
=Selected Paleozoic taxa of Ohio=
- †Achatella
- †Acidaspis
- †Acleistoceras – tentative report
- †Acutichiton – type locality for genus
- †Adamanterpeton – type locality for genus
- †Adamanterpeton ohioensis – type locality for species
- †Aethaspis
- †Agnesia
- †Alethopteris
- †Ambedus – type locality for genus
- †Amphiscapha
- †Amplexopora
- †Annularia
- †Annularia asteris
- †Annularia radiata
- †Annularia sphenophylloides
- †Annularia stellata
- †Anthracodromeus
- †Anthracodromeus longipes – type locality for species
- File:Anthracosaurus russeli12DB.jpg]] †Anthracosaurus
- †Aphlebia
- †Archaeothyris
- †Arctinurus
- †Armenoceras
- †Artisia
- †Asterotheca
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Atrypa reticularis
- †Atrypa reticularus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Augustoceras
- †Aulopora
- †Aulopora microbuccinata
- †Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten appalachianus – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten columbianus – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten coxanus
- †Aviculopecten fasciculatus
- †Aviculopecten occidentalis
- †Aviculopecten winchelli
- †Baldwinonus
- †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon jeffersonensis
- †Bellerophon spergensis
- †Bembexia
- †Bickmorites
- File:Brachydectes.jpg]] †Brachydectes – type locality for genus
- †Brachydectes newberryi – type locality for species
- †Broiliellus
- †Calamites
- †Calamites carinatus
- †Calamites cisti
- †Calamites suckowi
- †Calamites suckowii
- †Calamites undulatus
- †Callixylon
- †Camarotoechia
- File:Cameroceras trentonese.jpg feeding on an Aphetoceras, while a quartet of Cyclostomiceras swim by]] †Cameroceras
- †Catenipora
- †Centroceras
- †Ceratocephala
- †Ceratopsis
- †Ceraurinus
- †Ceraurus
- †Chagrinia
- †Charactoceras
- †Chasmatopora
- †Chasmops
- †Chaunograptus
- †Chondrites
- †Chonetes
- File:Cincinnetina meeki (Miller, 1875) slab 3.jpg]] †Cincinnetina
- †Cincinnetina meeki
- †Cincinnetina multisecta
- †Cladochonus
- †Cladoselache
- †Clarkesvillia
- †Climacograptus
- †Coenites
- †Colosteus
- †Columnaria
- †Columnaria calicina
- †Composita
- †Composita subtilita
- †Conchidium
- †Constellaria
- †Cordaites
- †Cordaites principalis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cornulites
- †Cornulites flexuosus
- Craniella
- †Crepipora
- †Ctenacanthus
- †Ctenerpeton
- †Ctenospondylus
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cypricardinia
- †Cypricardinia indenta
- †Cyrtolites
- †Cyrtospirifer
- †Cystodictya
- †Decadocrinus
- †Diceratosaurus
- †Diceratosaurus brevirostris – type locality for species
- †Dictyonema
- †Dinichthys
- †Dinichthys herzeri
- †Diploceraspis
- †Diplograptus
- Discina
- †Dolichopterus
- File:Dunkleosteus (15677042802).jpg]] †Dunkleosteus
- †Ecdyceras
- †Edmondia
- †Edon
- †Eldredgeops
- †Eldredgeops rana
- †Elita
- †Elpe
- †Elrodoceras
- †Emmonsia
- †Endoceras
- †Erettopterus
- †Erpetosaurus
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Euomphalus
- †Euomphalus planodorsatus
- File:Eurypterus Paleoart.jpg]] †Eurypterus
- †Eurypterus ornatus
- †Eusauropleura – type locality for genus
- †Faberia
- †Faberoceras
- †Favosites
- †Favosites discoideus
- †Favosites favosus
- †Favosites hisingeri
- †Favosites turbinatus
- †Fayettoceras
- †Fenestella
- †Flexicalymene
- †Flexicalymene meeki
- †Foerstia
- †Fusulina
- †Gilbertsocrinus
- †Glyptocrinus
- File:RugosaOrdovician.jpg]] †Grewingkia
- †Grewingkia rusticum
- †Hallopora
- †Hallopora subnodosa
- †Halysites
- †Hamiltonella
- †Helcionopsis
- †Heliophyllum
- †Heliophyllum halli
- †Helminthochiton
- †Hexagonaria
- †Hexameroceras
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
- †Holoptychus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyolithes
- †Icriodus
- †Iocrinus
- †Isodectes
- †Isonema
- File:Isotelus brachycephalus.JPG.]] †Isotelus
- †Isotelus maximus
- †Kindleoceras
- †Kionoceras
- †Kockelella
- †Lambeoceras
- †Leiosphaeridia
- †Lepidodendron
- †Lepidodendron aculeatum
- Lingula
- †Liroceras – tentative report
- †Loxomma
- †Loxomma lintonensis – type locality for species
- †Maelonoceras
- †Manitoulinoceras
- †Manticoceras
- †Marsupiocrinus
- File:MegalocephalusDB.jpg]] †Megalocephalus – type locality for genus
- †Megalocephalus lineolatus – type locality for species
- †Megalograptus
- †Metaxys
- †Michelinoceras
- Modiolus
- †Molgophis – type locality for genus
- †Mucrospirifer
- †Mucrospirifer grabaui – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
- †Mucrospirifer prolificus
- †Murchisonia
- File:Neritopsidae - Naticopsis.JPG]] †Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis comperta
- †Naticopsis levis
- †Neospirifer
- †Neospirifer cameratus
- †Neospirifer dunbari
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris heterophylla
- †Neuropteris ovata
- †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
- †Nodonema
- Nucula
- † Nyassa
- †Odonterpeton – type locality for genus
- †Odonterpeton triangulare – type locality for species
- †Odontopleura
- †Oestocephalus – type locality for genus
- †Oestocephalus amphiuminum – type locality for species
- †Olenoides
- †Oncoceras
- File:Ophiacodon mirus cropped.png]] †Ophiacodon
- †Ophiacodon uniformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Orthoceras
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Ozarkodina confluens
- †Paraspirifer
- †Pattersonia
- †Pecopteris
- †Pecopteris arborescens
- †Pecopteris hemitelioides
- †Pecopteris unita
- †Pentamerus
- †Petalodus
- File:Phlegethontia.jpg.]] †Phlegethontia – type locality for genus
- †Phlegethontia linearis – type locality for species
- †Phlegethontia longissima – type locality for species
- †Phragmolites
- †Phragmolites elegans – type locality for species
- †Phylloporina
- Pinna
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platyceras
- †Platyceras bucculentum
- †Platyceras carinatum
- †Platyceras rarispinum
- †Platyrhinops – type locality for genus
- File:PlatystrophiaOrdovician.jpg]] †Platystrophia
- †Platystrophia acutilirata
- †Platystrophia annieana
- †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
- †Platystrophia cypha
- †Platystrophia moritura
- †Pleurodictyum
- †Pleuroptyx – type locality for genus
- †Pleurorthoceras
- †Poleumita
- †Polygnathus
- †Polygnathus eiflius
- †Polygnathus linguiformis
- †Polygnathus pseudofoliatus
- †Polygnathus xylus
- †Posidonia
- †Proetus
- †Protobalanus
- †Protosalvinia
- File:Prototaxites Dawson1888.PNG. John William Dawson (1888).]] †Prototaxites
- †Pterochiton
- †Pterotheca
- †Pterygotus
- †Ptyonius
- †Ptyonius marshii – type locality for species
- †Pugnax
- †Reteocrinus
- †Rhizocorallium
- †Richmondoceras
- †Rusophycus
- †Samaropsis
- †Sauropleura – type locality for genus
- †Sauropleura pectinata – type locality for species
- †Sigillaria
- †Sigillaria brardii
- †Sigillaria elegans
- †Similodonta – tentative report
- Solemya
- †Solenomorpha
- †Sowerbyella
- File:Sphenophyllum miravallis cropped.jpg]] †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum majus
- †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
- †Sphenopteris
- †Sphenopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenothallus
- †Spirifer
- †Spirifer opimus
- Spirorbis
- †Spyroceras
- †Stegops
- File:Steth pair1 cropped.jpg]] †Stethacanthus
- †Stethacanthus altonensis
- †Stigmatella
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena concordensis
- †Strophomena erratica
- †Strophomena extenuata
- †Strophomena neglecta
- †Strophomena nutans
- †Strophomena planumbona
- †Strophomena sulcata
- †Stylonema
- †Subulites
- †Syntomopterus
- †Syringopora – tentative report
- †Teichichnus
- †Tentaculites
- †Tetradium
- †Tornoceras
- †Treptoceras
- †Triarthrus
- †Triendoceras – tentative report
- †Trocholites
- File:Tuditanus1DB.jpg]] †Tuditanus – type locality for genus
- †Tuditanus punctulatus – type locality for species
- †Urasterella
- †Vinella
- †Walchia
- †Westonoceras
- †Whiteavesia
- †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia
- †Wurmiella
- †Wurmiella excavata
- †Xyloiulus
- †Zittelloceras
- †Zoophycos
Mesozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Ohio.
Cenozoic
- Acella
- †Acella haldermani
- Amnicola
- †Arctodus
- †Arctodus simus
- †Bembidium
- †Bembidium fragmentum – type locality for species
- Castor
- †Castor canadensis
- File:Giant-beaver-fieldmuseum.jpg]] †Castoroides
- †Castoroides ohioensis
- †Cervalces
- †Cervalces scotti
- Clethrionomys
- †Clethrionomys gapperi
- Equus
- Erethizon
- †Erethizon dorsatum
- Fossaria
- Gyraulus
- †Gyraulus deflectus
- †Gyraulus parvus
- Helisoma
- †Helisoma anceps
- Helophorus
- †Helophorus rigescens – type locality for species
- †Hydrochus
- †Hydrochus amictus – type locality for species
- Lucina
- Lymnaea
- †Mammut
- File:Mammut americanum Sergiodlarosa.jpg, or American mastodon]] †Mammut americanum
- †Megalonyx
- †Megalonyx jeffersonii
- †Meomphix
- Microtus
- †Microtus xanthognathus
- Mictomys
- †Mictomys borealis
- Mustela
- †Mustela americana
- †Mustela richardsonii
- Odocoileus
- File:White-tailed deer.jpg, or white-tailed deer]] †Odocoileus virginianus
- Ondatra
- †Ondatra zibethicus
- Pekania
- †Pekania pennanti
- Phenacomys
- †Phenacomys intermedius
- Physa
- †Physa heterostropha – or unidentified comparable form
- Picea
- Planorbis
- File:Platygonus leptorhinus cropped.png of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).]] †Platygonus
- †Platygonus compressus
- Promenetus
- †Promenetus exacuous
- Pterostichus
- †Pterostichus dormitans – type locality for species
- Rangifer
- †Rangifer tarandus
- Sorex
- †Sorex cinereus
- †Sorex hoyi
- Sphaerium
- Stagnicola
- †Stagnicola lanceata
- Ursus
- File:2010-kodiak-bear-1.jpg, or brown bear]] †Ursus arctos – type locality for species
- Valvata
- †Valvata tricarinata
References
- {{cite web |title=Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database |author=((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)) |url=https://www.fossilworks.org |access-date=17 December 2021}}
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