List of the prehistoric life of Idaho
This list of the prehistoric life of Idaho contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Idaho.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Idaho
- †Acrothyra
- †Adrianites
- †Agnostus
Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Agnostus - †Amplexus
- † Ananias
- Archaeolithophyllum
- †Atrypa
- †Aulopora
- †Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten kaibabensis – or unidentified comparable form
- † Avonia
- †Bathyuriscus
- †Benthamaspis
- †Caninia
- †Cardiograptus
- †Chancia
- †Chonetes
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Climacograptus
Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian graptolite Climacograptus- †Climacograptus bicornis
- †Climacograptus innotatus
- †Climacograptus scalaris – or unidentified comparable form
- †Composita
- †Composita humilis
- †Composita idahoensis – type locality for species
- †Composita mira – or unidentified comparable form
- †Composita sigma
- †Composita subquadrata
- †Composita subtilita – or unidentified comparable form
- †Composita sulcata
- †Cyrtograptus
- †Cystodictya
- †Dictyonema
- †Didymograptus
- †Diplograptus
- †Edmondia
- †Ehmaniella
- †Elrathia
- †Elrathina
- †Euomphalus
- †Fenestella
- †Gastrioceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Girvanella
- †Gogia
- †Goniograptus
- †Haplophrentis
- †Helcionella
- †Helicoprion
Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion- †Helicoprion davisii – type locality for species
- †Hintzeia
- †Hyolithes
- †Isograptus
- †Kazakhstania
- †Kootenia
- †Lingula
- †Lingulella
- †Lithostrotion
- †Margaretia
- †Martinia
- †Micromitra
- †Monograptus
- †Morania
- †Naticopsis
- †Neospirifer
- †Niobe – tentative report
- †Obolus
- †Ogygopsis
- †Olenoides
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Olenoides - †Orthotheca
- †Oryctocephalus
- †Pagetia
- Palaeoaplysina
- †Paterina
- †Pelagiella
- †Peronopsis
- †Phyllograptus
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platyceras
- †Platycrinites
- †Platystrophia
- †Poulsenia
- †Prodentalium
- †Proetus
Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus - †Protopliomerella
- †Protospongia
- †Quadratia
- †Selkirkia
- †Siphonodendron
- †Spirifer
- †Spiriferina
- †Strophomena
- †Syringopora
Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora - †Tetragraptus
- †Tetrataxis
- †Thoracocare
- †Urotheca
- †Wilkingia
- †Worthenia – tentative report
- †Zacanthoides
Mesozoic
Selected Mesozoic taxa of Idaho
- †Albanites
- †Anaflemingites
- †Anasibirites
- †Anemia
- †Arcestes – tentative report
Life restoration of two species of the Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Arcestes - †Arctomeekoceras
- †Aspenites
- Astarte
- †Aviculopecten – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Aviculopecten altus – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten idahoensis
- †Aviculopecten pealei – type locality for species
- †Carteria – type locality for genus
- †Ceccaisculitoides
- Chlamys
- †Claraia
- Corbicula
- †Cryptaulax
- †Cycadeoidea
- †Cymbospondylus
Diagram illustrating the Middle-Late Triassic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus with an anachronistic human to scale. - †Dagnoceras
- †Dennstaedtia – tentative report
- †Enoploceras
- †Flemingites
- †Germanonautilus
- †Gervillia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Gleichenia
- †Gryphaea
- †Grypoceras
- †Hedenstroemia
- †Inoceramus
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size - †Inyoites
- †Lecanites
- †Lingula
- Lopha
- †Meekoceras
- †Meekoceras gracilitatis – type locality for species
- †Megasphaeroceras
- †Naticopsis – tentative report
- †Nemacanthus
- †Nemacanthus elegans – type locality for species
- †Neogondolella
- †Neospathodus
- †Nerinea
- †Normannites
Fossilized shell of the Middle Jurassic ammonoid cephalopod Normannites - †Orthoceras
- Ostrea
- †Owenites
- †Owenites koeneni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pagiophyllum
- †Palaeophyllites – tentative report
- †Phaedrysmocheilus
- Pholadomya
- †Plagiostoma
- †Platymya
- †Pleuronautilus
Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Triassic nautiloid cephalopod Pleuronautilus - †Protocardia
- †Pseudomelania – tentative report
- †Pteria – tentative report
- †Rhaetina
- †Rhynchonella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Saurichthys
- †Spiriferina
- †Stephanoceras
- †Tempskya
- †Tenontosaurus
Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon relative Tenontosaurus - †Thamnasteria
- †Trigonia
- †Ussuria
- †Ussurites
- †Vex – type locality for genus
- †Worthenia
- †Wyomingites – type locality for genus
- †Xenoceltites
- †Xenodiscus
Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus
Cenozoic
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Idaho
- Abies
- Acer
- †Acritohippus
- †Aepycamelus
- †Aesculus
- Agelaius
- †Agelaius phoeniceus
- †Agriotherium
- †Alforjas – tentative report
- Alnus
- †Amebelodon
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932). - Amelanchier
- Anas
- Anser
- Antilocapra
- Antrozous
- †Aphelops
- †Archaeohippus
- †Arctodus
- Ardea
- Baiomys
- Betula
- Bibio
- Bison
- †Bison antiquus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bison latifrons
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Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison - †Bison priscus
- Boletina
- †Bolitophila
- †Bombus
- Bonasa
- †Bootherium
- †Borophagus
- †Brachycrus
Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus - Brachylagus
- Branta
- Bucephala
- †Camelops
- Camponotus
- Canis
- †Canis dirus
- †Canis ferox
- †Canis latrans
- †Canis lepophagus
- Carya
A living Carya, or hickory tree - Castor
- †Castor californicus
- †Castor canadensis
- Ceanothus
- Cedrela
- Cercidiphyllum
- Cervus
- †Cervus elaphus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Chamaecyparis
- Chen
- †Chrysolepis
- Ciconia – tentative report
- †Ciconia maltha
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Ciconia maltha, also known as the asphalt stork or La Brea stork
- Comptonia
- Cornus
- †Cosoryx
- Craigia
- Crataegus
- †Cunninghamia
- Cygnus
- Cynomys
- †Dennstaedtia
- †Diceratherium
- †Dipoides
- Dolichoderus
- †Domnina
- †Dromomeryx
- Dytiscus
- Elaphe
- †Epicyon
- †Equisetum
- Equus
- †Equus idahoensis
- †Equus scotti
- †Equus simplicidens
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
- Erethizon
- †Erethizon dorsatum
- †Eucommia
- †Euptelea
- Falco
- Felis
- †Fraxinus
- Gallinula
- †Garrya
- †Gigantocamelus
- Ginkgo
- †Gleditsia
- Halesia
- †Hemiauchenia
- Homo
- †Homotherium
Restoration of Pliocene-Pleistocene Homotherium, or scimitar cat - Hydrangea
- †Hypohippus
- †Hypolagus
- Ilex
- Juglans
- Larix
- Lasiurus
- Lasius
- †Ledum
- Lepus
- Libocedrus
- †Limnephilus
A living Limnephilus caddisfly - †Liriodendron
- †Lithocarpus
- Lontra
- †Lontra canadensis
- Lynx
- †Macrophya
- Mahonia
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- †Megacamelus
- †Megalonyx
- †Megantereon
- Meleagris
- Mergus
- †Merychyus
- †Mesoreodon
- Messor – tentative report
- †Metalopex
- Metasequoia
- †Michenia
- †Miohippus
Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene three-toed horse Miohippus - Mustela
- Natrix
- Neophrontops
- Neotoma
- †Niglarodon
- †Nyssa
- Odocoileus
- Ondatra
- †Osmunda
- Ostrya
- †Oxydactylus
- †Palaeolagus – tentative report
- Panthera
- †Paramylodon
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Parthenocissus
- Pelecanus
- †Pelecanus halieus – type locality for species
- Perognathus
- Peromyscus
- Persea
- Phalacrocorax
- Phenacomys
- Phryganea
- Picea
- Pinus
- Platanus
- †Platygonus
- Populus
- Porzana
- †Potamogeton
- †Procastoroides
- Procyon
- †Promerycochoerus
Restoration of the Miocene hippopotamus-like oreodont Promerycochoerus both onshore and in the water. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - †Protolabis
- Prunus
- †Pseudolarix
- †Pseudotsuga
- Pterocarya
- Puma
- Quercus
- Querquedula
- Rangifer
- †Rhamnus
- Rhododendron
- Rhus
- †Rhynchotherium
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium - †Ribes
- Rosa
- Salix
- Sassafras
- †Satherium
- Scapanus
- †Scapanus townsendii – or unidentified related form
- Sciara
- Sequoia
- †Sequoiadendron
- †Simocyon
- †Smilax
- †Smilodon
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - †Sophora
- †Sorbus
- Sorex
- Spermophilus
- †Spiraea
- †Stegomastodon
- Sthenictis
- †Symphoricarpos
- Taxidea
- Taxodium
- †Teleoceras
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Thamnophis
- Thomomys
- †Thuja
- †Ticholeptus
- Tilia
- †Tsuga
- Typha
- Ulmus
- †Ungnadia
- Ursus
- †Vaccinium
A variety of modern Vaccinium species, clockwise from top right: cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries, and huckleberries - †Vauquelinia
- Vulpes
- Zelkova
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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