This list of the prehistoric life of New York contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New York.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of New York (state)Selected Paleozoic taxa of New York
- †Acanthoclymenia
- †Acanthodus
- †Achatella
Illustration of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Acidiscus - †Acimetopus
- †Acodus
- †Actinoceras
- †Actinophyllum
- †Acutiramus
- †Agoniatites
- †Agraulos
- †Allotrioceras
- †Amorphognathus
- †Amplexopora
- †Amplexus
- †Analox
- †Anchiopsis
- †Aneurophyton
- †Aphetoceras
- †Aphyllopteris
Life restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous tree Archaeopteris with insets detailing its anatomy - †Arctinurus
- Argyrotheca
- †Asaphus
- †Athyris
- †Atops
- †Atrypa
- †Attercopus
- †Aulatornoceras
- †Aulopora
- †Aviculopecten
- †Bactrotheca – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Baltoceras
- †Barinophyton
- †Barrandeoceras
- †Bassleroceras
- †Bathydiscus
- †Bathyuriscus
Fossil of the Middle Devonian trilobite Bellacartwrightia - †Bellerophon
- †Bembexia
- †Benthamaspis
- † Bertiella
- †Bolbocephalus
- †Bolboparia
- †Bolboporites
- †Botsfordia
- †Bowmania
- †Brachyopterus
- †Buffalopterus
- †Bumastus
- †Bunaia
- †Callixylon
- †Calymene
- †Calymenella
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Cameroceras
- †Campbelloceras
- †Caninia
Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Carcinosoma - †Cardiograptus
- †Carniodus
- †Carolinites
- †Cartersoceras
- †Cassinoceras
- †Centroceras
- †Ceramopora
- †Ceratiocaris
- †Ceratocephala
- †Ceraurinella
- †Ceraurus
- †Chancelloria
- †Chasmatopora
- †Chazyoceras
- †Cheiloceras
- †Cheirurus
- †Chondrites
- †Chonetes
- †Christiania
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina - †Cladochonus
- †Clarkeipterus
- †Clarkoceras
- †Climacograptus
- †Clitendoceras
- †Clorinda
- †Coenites
- †Columnaria
- †Conocardium
- †Conotheca
Life restoration of the Silurian-Early Devonian primitive land plant Cooksonia - †Coolinia
- †Cordylodus
- †Cornulites
- †Cornuproetus
- †Cotteroceras
- Crania
- Craniella
- †Craniops
- †Crassotornoceras
- †Crinoid
- †Ctenopterus
- †Curtoceras
- †Cybele
- †Cyclonema
- †Cyphaspis
- †Cypricardinia
- †Cyrtobaltoceras
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras - †Cyrtolites
- †Cyrtospirifer
- †Dadoxylon
- †Dakeoceras
- †Dalmanites
- †Dalmanitina
- †Daonella
- †Decadocrinus
- †Deiphon
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dictyonema
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician graptolite Didymograptus - †Dikelocephalus
- †Dimerocrinites
- †Dipleura
- †Diplograptus
- Discina
- †Discinella
- †Discosorus
- †Distomodus
Life restoration of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Dolichopterus - †Dracochela – type locality for genus
- †Dracochela deprehendor – type locality for species
- †Drepanophycus
- †Eatonia
- †Ecdyceras
- †Ectenolites
- †Edmondia – tentative report
- †Eldredgeops
- †Ellesmeroceras
- †Elliptocephala
- †Emmonsia
- †Encrinurus
Fossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras - †Eoagnostus
- †Eoarthropleura – type locality for genus
- †Eodictyonella
- †Eospermatopteris
- †Eospirifer
- †Eotripteroceras
- †Eremoceras
- †Erettopterus
- †Erieopterus
- †Erratencrinurus
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Euomphalus
Life restoration of Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Eurypterus - †Favosites
- †Fenestella
- †Fletcheria
- †Flexicalymene
- †Fordilla
- †Geisonoceras
- †Gilbertsocrinus
- †Glenisteroceras
- †Glyptocrinus
- †Goldringia
- †Gomphoceras
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Goniatites - †Gonioceras
- †Goniograptus
- †Greenops
- †Grinnellaspis
- †Gyroceras
- †Halkieria
- †Hallipterus
- †Halloceras
- †Hallopora
- †Halysites
- †Hardieopterus
- †Helcionella
- †Heliomeroides
Fossil of the Middle Devonian horn coral Heliophyllum - †Hemiaspis
- †Hemirhodon
- †Hepaticites
- †Hercynella
- †Hertzina
- †Hexameroceras
- †Hibbertia
- †Hindia
- †Holopea
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian Homalonotus - †Hostinella
- †Hughmilleria
- †Hungerfordia
- †Hyolithellus
- †Hyolithes
- †Hypodicranotus
- †Ibyka
- †Icriodus
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician trilobite Illaenus - †Iocrinus
- †Isograptus
- †Isotelus
- †Kawina
- †Kiaeropterus
- †Kionoceras
- †Kockelella
- †Lapworthella
- †Lawrenceoceras
- †Leclercqia
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911). - †Leptochilodiscus
- †Leptospira
- †Levisoceras
- †Limuloides – tentative report
- †Linguatornoceras
- †Linguella
- †Lingula
- †Lingulella
- †Lonchocephalus
- †Lonchodomas
- †Luprisca incuba – type locality for species
- †Mackinnonia
- †Manticoceras
- †Marsupiocrinus
- †Matthevia
- †Mcqueenoceras
- †Meadowtownella
- †Medusagraptus
- †Meniscoceras
- †Meristella
- †Meristina
- †Metabaltoceras – type locality for genus
- †Metaplasia
- †Michelia
- †Michelinoceras
- †Microcyclus
- †Micromitra
Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Mixopterus - †Monograptus
- †Moorea
- †Morania
- †Mucrospirifer
- †Murchisonia
- †Nanahughmilleria
- †Nanno
- †Naticopsis
- †Niobe
- †Noeggerathia
- †Nowakia
- Nucula
- †Nuculoidea
- † Nyassa
- †Nybyoceras
- †Obolella
- †Obolus
- †Odontochile
Restoration of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Odontopleura - †Olenellus
- †Olenoides
- †Oncoceras
- †Oonoceras
- †Ormoceras
- †Orthoceras
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Pachyphyllum
- †Paciphacops
- †Paedeumias
Life restoration of the Silurian-Devonian scorpion Palaeophonus - †Palmatolepis
- †Panenka
- †Paracarcinosoma
- †Paraceraurus
- †Paradakeoceras
- †Parahughmilleria
- †Paraspirifer
- †Pelagiella
- †Pentagonia
- †Pentamerus
- †Periechocrinus
- †Periodon
- †Peronopsis
- †Phacops
- †Phoenixites
- †Phragmolites
Fossil of the Early Ordovician graptolite Phyllograptus - †Phylloporina
- †Pittsfordipterus
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platyceras
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectoceras
- †Plectodonta
- †Pleurodictyum
- Pleurotomaria
- †Pojetaia
- †Poleumita
- †Polygnathus
- †Proetus
- †Proscorpius – type locality for genus
- †Proterocameroceras
- †Pseudoniscus
- †Psilophyton
- †Pterospathodus
- †Pterotheca
Life restoration of the Silurian-Middle Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Pterygotus - †Ptychagnostus
- †Ptychoparia
- †Pyronema
- †Quasillites
- †Receptaculites
- †Remopleurides
- †Rensselaeria
- †Reteocrinus
- †Rhinocarcinosoma
- †Rhynchonella
- †Ribeiria
- †Rimouskia
- †Rossodus
- †Ruedemannipterus
Fossil of the arthropod burrow ichnogenus Rusophycus - †Sawdonia
- †Scenella
- †Schizo (genus)
- †Scutellum
- Serpula
- †Serrodiscus
- †Serrulacaulis
- †Sigillaria
- †Skenidioides
Life restoration of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Slimonia - †Solenopora
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphaerexochus
- †Sphaerocoryphe
- †Spirifer
- †Spirophyton
- †Spiroraphe
- Spirorbis
- †Spyroceras
- †Stigmatella
- †Strepsodiscus
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena - Stylaraea
- †Stylonema
- †Stylonurus
- †Subligaculum
- †Subulites
- †Suecoceras
- †Syringopora
- †Taeniocrada
- †Tarphyceras
- †Tentaculites
- †Tetradium
- †Tetraxylopteris
- †Tornoceras
Fossil preserving limbs and antennae as pyrite (fool's gold) of the underside of the Late Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus - †Triendoceras
- †Trimerus
- †Trochoceras
- †Trocholites
- †Truyolsoceras
- †Tryblidium
- †Valcouroceras
- †Variabiloconus
- †Waeringopterus
- †Walcottoceras
- †Whitfieldia – tentative report
- †Wurmiella
Life restoration of the probable Cambrian mollusc Yochelcionella - † Yorba
- †Zittelloceras
- †Zoophycos
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Mesozoic
- †Apatopus
- †Atreipus – tentative report
- †Brachychirotherium – tentative report
- †Chirotherium
Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator - †Rhynchosauroides
- †Rhynchosauroides hyperbates – or unidentified comparable form
Cenozoic
Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails - †Adeorbis
- Ammonia
- Anadara
- Anomia
- Arctica
- Argopecten
A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians), or Atlantic bay scallop
- Astarte
- Astrangia
- Astyris
- Boonea
Living Busycotypus whelk sea snails - Caecum
- †Canodona
- Caryocorbula
- Cerithiopsis
- Chlamys
Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea - Crepidula
- Cyclocardia
- Cytheromorpha
- Delphinapterus
A living Delphinapterus leucas, or beluga whale
- Electra
- Elphidium
- Ensis
- Eontia
- Epitonium
- Eupleura
Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail - Gemma
- Hemimactra
- Heterocyprideis
- Hiatella
Two modern shells, closed (left) and open (right), of Hiatella arctica, also known as the wrinkled rock-borer
- Ilyanassa
- Macoma
- Marshallora
- Melanella
- Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria campechiensis
Collection of Mercenaria mercenaria, also known as hard clams or quahogs
- Mesodesma
- Mulinia
- †Mya
- Mytilus
A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail - Natica
- Neptunea
- Neverita
- Nucella
- Nucula
- Odostomia
- Parasmittina
- Phoca
A living Phoca vitulina, or harbor seal
- Pitar
- Placopecten
- Pusa
- Schizoporella
- Seila
- Skenea
Exterior and interior of the shell of a Tagelus marine bivalve - Thracia
- Turbonilla
- Urosalpinx
- Yoldia
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References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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