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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Minnesota

• †Actinoceras
• †Actinodiscus
• †Amorphognathus
• †Armenoceras

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  †Bothriocidaris
• †Bumastus
  • †Bumastus orbicaudatus
• †Calymene
• †Cameroceras
• †Ceratopsis
• †Ceraurinella
• †Ceraurinus
• †Ceraurus
• †Charactoceras
• †Chasmatopora
• †Chidleyenoceras
• †Chirognathus

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  †Cincinnetina
  • †Cincinnetina minnesotensis – type locality for species
• †Constellaria
• †Cordylodus
• †Cotteroceras
• †Crania
• †Craniops
• †Culumbodina
• †Curtognathus
• †Cyclonema
• †Cyptendoceras
• †Cyrtolites
• †Diplograptus
• †Ellesmeroceras

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  †Endoceras
• †Erratencrinurus
• †Fayettoceras – tentative report
• †Flexicalymene
  • †Flexicalymene senaria
• †Gabriceraurus
• †Geisonoceras
• †Glyptocrinus
• †Gonioceras
• †Grewingkia
• †Hallopora
• †Helcionopsis
• †Hindia
• †Holopea
• †Hypseloconus – type locality for genus
• †Icriodus
• †Illaenus

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  †Isotelus
  • †Isotelus gigas
• †Kentlandoceras
• †Kionoceras
• †Kirengella
• †Krausella
• †Lambeoceras
• †Lingula
• †Manitoulinoceras
• †Michelinoceras
• †Nanno
• †Ormoceras – tentative report
• †Orthoceras
• †Oulodus
• †Ozarkodina
• †Periodon
• †Phragmolites
• †Plaesiomys
• †Platystrophia
• †Plectoceras

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  †Pleurocystites
• †Polygnathus
  • †Polygnathus linguiformis
  • †Polygnathus parawebbi
• †Polygrammoceras
• †Pterotheca
• †Reedsoceras
• †Reteocrinus
• †Rigidella
• †Rioceras

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  †Scenella
  • †Scenella compressa
  • †Scenella obtusa
• †Similodonta
• †Skenidioides
• †Sowerbyella
• †Spyroceras
• †Stigmatella
• †Strepsodiscus
• †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena billingsi
  • †Strophomena filitexta
  • †Strophomena incurvata
  • †Strophomena plattinensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Subulites
• †Teichertoceras
• †Tryblidium
• †Ulrichoceras

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  †Urasterella
• †Valcouroceras
• †Vellamo
• †Westonoceras
• †Whiteavesia
• †Zittelloceras

Mesozoic

• †Acanthoceras

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  †Acteon
  • †Acteon propinquus
• †Amphidonte – tentative report
• †Anatimya
  • †Anatimya plicata
• Anatina
  • †Anatina marblensis
• †Anchura
  • †Anchura grouti

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  †Anomia
  • †Anomia propatoris
• Aporrhais
  • †Aporrhais nuptialis
• †Arcellites
  • †Arcellites disciformis
• †Ariadnaesporites
  • †Ariadnaesporites varius
• Azolla – or unidentified comparable form
• Barbatia
  • †Barbatia micronema
• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes arcturusensis
• †Calliomphalus – tentative report
  • †Calliomphalus colerainensis

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  †Calycoceras – tentative report
• Carcharias
  • †Carcharias amonensis
• †Cenocarcharias
  • †Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus
• †Collignoniceras
  • †Collignoniceras percarinatum
• Coptothyris
  • †Coptothyris dakotaensis
• Corbula
  • †Corbula kanabensis
• †Costatheca
• †Cretodus
  • †Cretodus semiplicatus

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  †Cretolamna
  • †Cretolamna appendiculata
• †Cymbophora
  • †Cymbophora emmonsi
  • †Cymbophora utahensis – tentative report
• †Dentalium
• Discradisca
• †Dunveganoceras
  • †Dunveganoceras hagei
• †Epitonium
• †Etea – tentative report

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  †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra boveyensis
  • †Exogyra lamellosa
  • †Exogyra mesabiensis
  • †Exogyra suborbiculata
• †Gervillia
  • †Gervillia propleura – tentative report
• †Goolandia
  • †Goolandia minnesotensis
• Granocardium
  • †Granocardium enstromi ^[1]
• Gyrodes
  • †Gyrodes conradi
• †Hybodus
  • †Hybodus rajkovichi – type locality for species

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  †Inoceramus
  • †Inoceramus apicalis
  • †Inoceramus fragilis
  • †Inoceramus mesabiensis
• †Ischyodus
• †Legumen
  • †Legumen planulatum – or unidentified comparable form
• †Leptosolen
  • †Leptosolen biplicatus
• Lima
  • †Lima utahensis
• †Lingula
  • †Lingula subspatulata – tentative report
• †Mesozoisynangia
  • †Mesozoisynangia trilobus
• †Metengonoceras
  • †Metengonoceras acutum
  • †Metengonoceras dumblei – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Metengonoceras dumbli
• †Metoicoceras
  • †Metoicoceras bergquisti
  • †Metoicoceras swallovi – or unidentified related form
• †Minerisporites
  • †Minerisporites mirabilis
• †Molaspora
  • †Molaspora rugosa
• †Mytiloides
  • †Mytiloides labiatus
  • †Mytiloides mytiloides
• Nerita – tentative report
  • †Nerita minnesotensis
• Nucula
  • †Nucula coloradoensis

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  †Onchopristis
  • †Onchopristis dunklei
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea gilei
  • †Ostrea prudentia
  • †Ostrea soleniscus
  • †Ostrea staufferi
• Parapholas
  • †Parapholas sphenoideus
• †Pecten
  • †Pecten platessus
• Pholadomya
  • †Pholadomya coloradensis
  • †Pholadomya coloradoensis
• †Pinna

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  †Placenticeras
  • †Placenticeras pseudoplacenta
• Polinices
  • †Polinices concinna
• †Prionocyclus
  • †Prionocyclus novimexicanus
• †Protolamna
  • †Protolamna gigantea – type locality for species
• †Pseudoperna
  • †Pseudoperna congesta
• †Pteria
  • †Pteria gastrodes
• Rostellaria
  • †Rostellaria shumardi
• †Sanoarca
  • †Sanoarca siouxensis
• †Scaphites
  • †Scaphites corvensis
  • †Scaphites preventricosus
• Serpula
  • †Serpula bicarinata
• Siliqua
  • †Siliqua huerfanensis
• †Spermatites

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  Squalicorax
  • †Squalicorax baharijensis
• Tapes (bivalve)
  • †Tapes cyprimeriformis
• Tellina
  • †Tellina calumetensis
• †Tenellisporites
  • †Tenellisporites spinatus
• Teredolites – tentative report

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  †Terminonaris
  • †Terminonaris robusta – type locality for species
• †Volutoderma
  • †Volutoderma dalli
• Vulsella
• †Watinoceras
  • †Watinoceras coloradoense
• Yoldia
  • †Yoldia calumetensis

Cenozoic

• Bison
  • †Bison antiquus
  • †Bison bison
• †Mammut

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    †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
  • †Mammuthus columbi