List of the prehistoric life of Indiana

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

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

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Indiana

 * Cladida - Abrotocrinus.JPG †[[Abrotocrinus]]
 * †Abrotocrinus coreyi
 * †Abrotocrinus nodosus
 * †Abrotocrinus unicus
 * †Achistrum
 * †Achistrum brevis – type locality for species
 * †Achistrum ludwigi
 * †Achistrum nicholsoni
 * †Achistrum triassicum
 * †Acidaspis
 * † Acrophyllum
 * †Actinocrinites
 * †Actinocrinites gibsoni
 * †Actinocrinites grandissimus
 * †Actinocrinites lobatus – tentative report
 * †Actinocrinites lowei
 * †Agaricocrinus
 * †Agaricocrinus americanus
 * †Aipoceras – tentative report
 * Alethopteris PAMuseum.jpg †[[Alethopteris]]
 * †Alethopteris davreuxi
 * †Alethopteris decurrens
 * †Alethopteris grandini
 * †Alethopteris lonchitica
 * †Alethopteris owenii
 * †Alethopteris serlii
 * Ammodiscus
 * †Ammonellipsites
 * †Amplexopora
 * †Amplexus
 * †Anchiopsis
 * †Angustidontus
 * †Annularia
 * †Annularia mucronata
 * †Annularia radiata
 * †Annularia sphenophylloides
 * †Annularia stellata
 * †Aphlebia
 * Fenestellidae - Archimedes species.JPG]] †Archimedes''
 * †Archimedes communis
 * †Archimedes compactus
 * †Archimedes distans
 * †Archimedes intermedius
 * †Archimedes invaginatus
 * †Archimedes lativolvis
 * †Archimedes macfarlani
 * †Archimedes meekanoides
 * †Archimedes meekanus
 * †Archimedes negligens – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Archimedes proutanus
 * †Archimedes swallovanus
 * †Archimedes swallowvanus
 * †Archimedes symmetricus
 * †Archimedes terebriformis
 * †Arctinurus
 * †Armenoceras
 * †Artisia
 * †Asterotheca
 * †Asterotheca crenulata
 * †Asterotheca cyathea
 * †Asterotheca hemitelliodes
 * †Asterotheca miltoni
 * †Asterotheca oreopteridia
 * Asteroxylon.jpg †[[Asteroxylon]]
 * †Athyris
 * †Athyris fultonensis
 * †Athyris lamellosa
 * †Athyris parvirostra
 * †Athyris spiriferoides
 * †Atrypa
 * †Atrypa newsomensis
 * †Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Atrypa reticularis
 * †Atrypa reticularus
 * †Aulacophyllum
 * †Aulopora
 * †Aulopora edithana
 * †Aulopora microbuccinata
 * †Aulopora tubiporoides
 * †Aviculopecten
 * †Aviculopecten colletti
 * †Aviculopecten invalidus
 * †Aviculopecten spinuliferus
 * †Aviculopecten terminalis
 * † Avonia – tentative report
 * † Avonia
 * Bellerophon umbilicalis.jpg †[[Bellerophon (genus)|Bellerophon]]
 * †Bellerophon gibsoni – type locality for species
 * †Bellerophon jeffersonensis
 * †Bellerophon spergensis – type locality for species
 * †Bembexia
 * †Beyrichoceras
 * †Bordonia
 * †Bumastus
 * †Bumastus armatus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Bumastus insignis
 * †Bumastus ioxus
 * †Bumastus niagarense – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Calamites
 * †Calamites cruciatus
 * †Calamites suckowii
 * Callipteridium fossil cropped.png †[[Callipteridium]]
 * †Callixylon
 * †Calymene
 * †Calymene breviceps
 * †Calymene celebra
 * †Calymene niagarensis
 * †Camarotoechia
 * †Camarotoechia gregaria – tentative report
 * †Camarotoechia horsfordi
 * †Camarotoechia mutata
 * †Camarotoechia neglecta – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Camarotoechia pisa
 * †Camarotoechia tethys
 * The Eurypterida of New York plate 37.jpg †[[Carcinosoma]]
 * †Caseodus
 * †Caseodus eatoni – type locality for species
 * †Ceramopora
 * †Ceramopora imbricata
 * †Ceramopora vesicularis
 * †Ceraurinus
 * †Ceraurus
 * †Chancelloria
 * †Charactoceras
 * †Cheirurus
 * †Chomatodus
 * †Chondrites
 * †Chonetes
 * †Chonetes geniculatus
 * †Cincinnetina
 * †Cincinnetina meeki
 * †Cincinnetina multisecta
 * †Cladochonus
 * †Cladochonus beecheri
 * †Cladochonus crassus
 * †Cladochonus longi
 * Cleiothyridina sublamellosa pedunculate valve.jpg †[[Cleiothyridina]]
 * †Cleiothyridina hirsuta
 * †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
 * †Clorinda – tentative report
 * †Coenites
 * †Coenites brownsportensis
 * †Coenites cryptodens – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Coenites laqueata – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Coenites rectilineatus
 * †Columnaria
 * †Columnaria alveolata
 * †Composita
 * †Composita subquadrata
 * †Composita sulcata
 * †Composita trinuclea
 * †Conchidium
 * †Conocardium
 * †Conocardium richmondense – type locality for species
 * Constellaria polystomella Liberty Formation.jpg †[[Constellaria]]
 * †Coolinia
 * †Cordaites
 * †Cordaites borassifolius
 * †Cordaites crassinervis
 * †Cordaites principalis
 * †Cornulites
 * †Cornulites formosa
 * †Cornulites proprius
 * †Coronura
 * †Crania
 * †Craniops
 * †Crotalocrinites
 * [[File:Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus fossil crinoid (Mississippian; Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA) 2 (17385978065).jpg|thumb|upright=0.3|Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Silurian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Cyathocrinites]] †[[Cyathocrinites]]
 * †Cyathocrinites glenni – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
 * †Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
 * †Cyathocrinites pauli
 * †Cyathocrinites sanduskyensis
 * †Cyathocrinites striatissimus
 * †Cyathocrinites wilsoni
 * †Cyclonema
 * †Cyclopteris
 * †Cyphaspis
 * †Cypricardinia
 * †Cypricardinia indenta
 * †Cypricardinia scitula
 * †Cyrtolites
 * †Cyrtospirifer
 * †Cystodictya
 * †Cystodictya lineata
 * SilurianTrilobite.jpg †[[Dalmanites]]
 * †Dalmanites halli
 * †Dalmanites limulurus
 * †Danaea
 * †Decadocrinus
 * †Decadocrinus depressus
 * †Dicoelosia
 * †Dictyonema
 * †Dimerocrinites
 * †Dimerocrinites carleyi
 * †Dimerocrinites inornatus
 * †Dimerocrinites occidentalis
 * †Dinicthys
 * †Dizygocrinus
 * †Dizygocrinus indianaensis
 * †Dizygocrinus indianensis
 * †Dizygocrinus venustus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Dizygocrinus whitei – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Drepanopterus
 * Edestus protopirata1DB.jpg †[[Edestus]]
 * †Edestus heinrichi
 * †Edmondia
 * †Eldredgeops
 * †Eldredgeops rana
 * †Elytron
 * †Emmonsia
 * †Encrinurus
 * Eocaudina
 * †Eodictyonella
 * †Eospirifer
 * †Eospirifer eudora
 * †Eospirifer foggi
 * †Eospirifer niagarensis
 * †Eospirifer radiatus
 * †Eretmocrinus
 * †Eretmocrinus cassedayanus – tentative report
 * †Eretmocrinus magnificus
 * †Erieopterus
 * †Eucalyptocrinites
 * †Eucalyptocrinites caelatus
 * †Eucalyptocrinites crassus
 * †Eucalyptocrinites tuberculatus
 * FavositesOrdovicianIndiana.jpg †[[Favosites]]
 * †Favosites arbor
 * †Favosites baculus
 * †Favosites biloculi
 * †Favosites clelandi
 * †Favosites cristatus
 * †Favosites discoideus
 * †Favosites favosus
 * †Favosites forbesi
 * †Favosites forbsei
 * †Favosites goodwini
 * †Favosites hisingeri
 * †Favosites hispidus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Favosites impeditus
 * †Favosites mundus
 * †Favosites niagarensis
 * †Favosites occidentalis
 * †Favosites patellatus – type locality for species
 * †Favosites pirum
 * †Favosites placentus
 * †Favosites proximatus
 * †Favosites quercus
 * †Favosites ramulosus
 * †Favosites rotundituba
 * †Favosites spinigerus
 * †Favosites turbinatus
 * †Fayettoceras
 * †Fenestella
 * †Fenestella burlingtonensis
 * †Fenestella cestriensis
 * †Fenestella exigua
 * †Fenestella matheri
 * †Fletcheria
 * †Flexicalymene
 * †Flexicalymene meeki
 * †Gilbertsocrinus
 * Glikmanius1DB.jpg †[[Glikmanius]]
 * †Glikmanius occidentalis
 * †Glyptambon
 * †Glyptocrinus
 * †Gomphoceras
 * †Greenops
 * †Grewingkia
 * †Grewingkia canadensis
 * †Grewingkia rusticum
 * †Hallopora
 * †Hallopora elegantula
 * †Hallopora subnodosa
 * HalysitesSilurian.jpg †[[Halysites]]
 * †Halysites catenularia
 * †Halysites labyrinthicus
 * †Halysites microporus
 * †Harpidium – tentative report
 * †Heliophyllum
 * †Heliophyllum agassizi
 * †Heliophyllum denticulatum
 * †Heliophyllum halli
 * †Heliophyllum incrassatum
 * †Heliophyllum latericrescens
 * †Heliophyllum venatum
 * †Heliophyllum verticale
 * Hexagonaria percarinata close view.JPG †[[Hexagonaria]]
 * †Hexagonaria bella
 * †Hexagonaria cincta
 * †Hexagonaria curta
 * †Hexagonaria ovoidea
 * †Hexagonaria partita
 * †Hexagonaria ponderosa
 * †Hexagonaria prisma
 * †Hexameroceras
 * †Hindia
 * †Holopea
 * †Hyolithes
 * †Icriodus
 * †Illaenus
 * Iniopteryxrushlaui.JPG †[[Iniopteryx]]
 * †Iniopteryx rushlaui
 * †Iocrinus
 * †Isotelus
 * †Isotelus gigas
 * †Isotelus maximus
 * †Kindleoceras
 * †Kingstonia
 * †Kionoceras
 * †Kokomopterus
 * †Lambeoceras
 * Stigmaria Heimans.jpg †[[Lepidodendron]]
 * †Lepidodendron aculeatum
 * †Lepidodendron dichotomum
 * †Lepidodendron lanceolatum – tentative report
 * †Lepidodendron obovatum
 * †Lepidodendron vestitum
 * †Lepidophyllum
 * †Lepidostrobus
 * †Lichas
 * †Lingula
 * †Llanoaspis – tentative report
 * †Manitoulinoceras
 * †Marsupiocrinus
 * †Martinia
 * †Melonechinus
 * †Meristella
 * †Meristina
 * †Microplasma
 * †Mucrospirifer
 * †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 * †Mucrospirifer profundus
 * †Mucrospirifer prolificus
 * †Murchisonia
 * †Natica
 * †Naticopsis
 * †Naticopsis carleyana – type locality for species
 * Neuropteris cropped.jpg †[[Neuropteris]]
 * †Neuropteris fimbriata
 * †Neuropteris flexuosa
 * †Neuropteris heterophylla
 * †Neuropteris obliqua
 * †Neuropteris ovata
 * †Neuropteris rarinervis
 * †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
 * †Neuropteris tenuifolia
 * †Odontopleura – tentative report
 * †Oncoceras
 * †Onychocrinus
 * †Onychopterella
 * †Oonoceras
 * †Ornithoprion – type locality for genus
 * Orodus sp1DB.jpg †[[Orodus]]
 * †Palmatolepis
 * †Paolia – type locality for genus
 * †Paraspirifer
 * †Pecopteris
 * †Pelagiella
 * †Pentagonia
 * †Pentameroceras
 * †Pentamerus
 * †Pentremites
 * †Pentremites tulipaformis
 * †Periastron
 * †Periechocrinus
 * Phacops rana crassituberculata lateral.jpg †[[Phacops]]
 * †Phillipsia
 * †Phragmolites
 * †Pinna
 * †Pinnularia
 * †Plaesiomys
 * †Platyceras
 * †Platyceras bucculentum
 * †Platycrinites
 * †Platystrophia
 * †Platystrophia acutilirata
 * †Platystrophia annieana
 * †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
 * †Platystrophia cypha
 * †Platystrophia moritura
 * †Plectodonta
 * †Pleurodictyum
 * †Pleurorthoceras
 * †Poleumita
 * †Polygnathus
 * †Polysacos – type locality for genus
 * Priscopedatus
 * †Proetus
 * †Protochonetes – tentative report
 * †Protosalvinia
 * †Psaronius
 * †Pteria
 * †Pterotheca
 * Pterygotus anglicus reconstruction.jpg †[[Pterygotus]]
 * †Quasillites – tentative report
 * †Retzia
 * †Rhadinichthys
 * †Rhynchonella
 * †Richmondoceras – type locality for genus
 * †Rineceras
 * †Rota
 * †Samaropsis
 * †Sandalodus
 * †Scytalocrinus
 * †Sidetes
 * Stanhope Tree - geograph.org.uk - 2531669.jpg †[[Sigillaria]]
 * †Sigillaria brardii
 * †Sigillaria scutellata
 * †Skenidioides
 * †Sowerbyella
 * †Spathognathodus
 * †Sphaerexochus
 * †Sphaerocodium
 * †Sphenophyllum
 * †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
 * †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
 * †Sphenophyllum myriophyllum
 * †Sphenophyllum plurifoliatum
 * †Sphenopteris
 * †Spirifer
 * Spirorbis
 * †Spyroceras
 * Steth pair1 cropped.jpg †[[Stethacanthus]]
 * †Stethacanthus altonensis
 * †Stigmaria
 * †Stigmatella
 * †Strophomena
 * †Strophomena concordensis
 * †Strophomena erratica
 * †Strophomena extenuata
 * †Strophomena neglecta
 * †Strophomena nutans
 * †Strophomena planumbona
 * †Strophomena sulcata
 * †Syringopora
 * †Taxocrinus
 * †Tentaculites
 * †Tetradium
 * †Thalassinoides
 * †Treptoceras
 * †Tricrepicephalus
 * †Trimerus
 * †Zittelloceras
 * †Zoophycos

Mesozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Indiana.

Cenozoic

 * Acer
 * Aepycamelus Alticamelus hharder.jpg †[[Aepycamelus]] – or unidentified comparable form
 * Alces
 * †Alces alces
 * †Arctodus
 * †Arctodus simus
 * †Bensonomys
 * †Bensonomys hershkovitzi – type locality for species
 * †Bootherium
 * †Bootherium bombifrons
 * †Borophagus
 * †Bryum
 * Bufo
 * Candona
 * †Candona crogmaniana – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Candona elliptica – or unidentified related form
 * Canis
 * Canis lupus & Aenocyon dirus.jpg, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf]] †Canis dirus'' – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Canis latrans – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Canis lupus
 * †Carex
 * Carya
 * Chara
 * Chelydra
 * †Chelydra serpentina – or unidentified comparable form
 * Chrysemys
 * †Chrysemys picta – or unidentified comparable form
 * Coluber
 * †Coluber constrictor
 * Comptonia – or unidentified comparable form
 * Cyperus
 * Cypridopsis
 * †Cypridopsis okeechobei – or unidentified related form
 * †Cypridopsis vidua – or unidentified comparable form
 * Elaphe
 * Emydoidea
 * †Emydoidea blandingii – or unidentified comparable form
 * Equus
 * †Equus complicatus – or unidentified comparable form
 * Fagus
 * †Fagus grandifolia – or unidentified comparable form
 * Geomys
 * †Geomys adamsi – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Geomys bursarius – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Hemiauchenia – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Hesperotestudo
 * †Hypolagus
 * †Hypolagus fontinalis – or unidentified comparable form
 * Lynx
 * †Lynx rufus – or unidentified comparable form
 * Lyonia – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Mammut
 * Mammut americanum Sergiodlarosa.jpg †[[Mammut americanum]]
 * Marmota
 * †Marmota monax
 * Mephitis
 * †Mephitis mephitis
 * Microtus
 * †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
 * Mustela
 * †Mylohyus
 * †Mylohyus fossilis
 * Neotoma
 * †Neotoma floridana – or unidentified comparable form
 * Nerodia
 * †Nerodia erythrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
 * Odocoileus
 * White-tailed deer.jpg †[[Odocoileus virginianus]]
 * Ogmodontomys
 * †Ogmodontomys pipecreekensis – type locality for species
 * †Oxalis
 * †Paleoheterodon
 * †Paleoheterodon tiheni
 * Panthera
 * †Panthera onca
 * †Paracoluber
 * †Paracoluber storei
 * Parascalops
 * †Parascalops breweri
 * Peromyscus
 * †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
 * Platanus
 * †Platanus occidentalis
 * Platygonus leptorhinus cropped.png of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).]] †Platygonus
 * †Platygonus vetus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Plionarctos
 * †Plionarctos edensis
 * †Pliophenacomys
 * †Pliophenacomys koenigswaldi – type locality for species
 * Polygonum
 * Populus
 * †Populus deltoides – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Potamocypris
 * †Potamocypris unicaudata – or unidentified related form
 * †Potamogeton
 * †Potentilla
 * †Rana
 * †Rana catesbeiana – or unidentified comparable form
 * Rumex
 * Salix
 * †Scirpus
 * Smilodon fatalis.jpg †[[Smilodon]]
 * †Smilodon fatalis
 * Spermophilus
 * †Spermophilus howelli
 * Spilogale
 * †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Symmetrodontomys
 * †Symmetrodontomys daamsi – type locality for species
 * Synaptomys
 * †Synaptomys cooperi
 * Teleoceras Horsfall cropped.jpg †[[Teleoceras]]
 * Thamnophis
 * Trachemys
 * †Trachemys scripta – or unidentified comparable form
 * Urocyon
 * †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
 * Ursus
 * †Ursus americanus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Verbena
 * †Viola
 * Vitis
 * Vulpes
 * †Xanthium