List of the prehistoric life of Michigan

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

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

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Michigan

 * †Acidaspis
 * †Actinoceras
 * †Alethopteris
 * †Alethopteris decurrens
 * Annularia Stellata.jpg †[[Annularia]]
 * †Annularia asteris
 * †Annularia sphenophylloides
 * †Athyris
 * †Atrypa
 * †Atrypa traversensis
 * †Aulopora
 * †Aulopora microbuccinata
 * †Bellerophon
 * †Calamites
 * †Calamites carinatus
 * †Calamites cistii
 * †Calamites ramosus
 * †Calamites schutzeiformis
 * †Calamites suckowii
 * †Calamites undulatus
 * †Callixylon
 * †Calymene
 * †Camarotoechia
 * Ceraurus fossil cropped.png †[[Ceraurus]]
 * †Chonetes
 * †Chonetes ensicosta
 * †Chonetes hybus
 * †Chonetes pachyactis
 * †Climacograptus
 * †Columnaria
 * †Columnaria alveolata
 * †Columnaria calicina
 * †Columnaria stokesi
 * †Cordaites
 * †Cordaites borassifolius
 * †Cordaites crassinervis
 * †Cordaites michiganensis
 * †Cordaites palmaeformis
 * †Cordaites principalis
 * †Cornulites
 * †Cornulites corrugatus
 * †Cornulites flexuosus
 * †Cornulites sterlingensis – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Cyclonema
 * †Cyrtolites
 * †Eldredgeops
 * †Eldredgeops rana
 * †Encrinurus
 * †Endoceras
 * †Erieopterus
 * †Favosites
 * Flexicalymene-ouzregui-rolled.jpg †Flexicalymene
 * †Flexicalymene croneisi
 * †Flexicalymene magnipapilla – type locality for species
 * †Flexicalymene meeki – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Flexicalymene planilabra – type locality for species
 * †Flexicalymene praelongicephala – type locality for species
 * †Flexicalymene quadricapita – type locality for species
 * †Flexicalymene senaria
 * †Gilbertsocrinus
 * †Girvanella
 * †Grewingkia
 * †Grewingkia canadensis
 * †Hallopora
 * †Hallopora subnodosa
 * †Halysites
 * Hexagonaria percarinata close view.JPG †[[Hexagonaria]]
 * †Hexagonaria pericarinata
 * †Hindia
 * †Holopea
 * †Icriodus
 * †Isotelus
 * †Isotelus gigas
 * †Lepidodendron
 * †Lepidodendron aculeatum
 * †Lepidodendron Brittsii
 * †Lepidodendron dichotomum
 * †Lepidodendron lanceolatum
 * †Lepidodendron lycopodiodes
 * †Lepidodendron obovatum
 * †Lepidodendron obvatum
 * †Lepidodendron ophiurioides
 * †Lepidodendron vestitum
 * †Lepidostrobus
 * †Lingula
 * †Maelonoceras
 * †Meristella
 * Mucrospirifer mucronatus Silica Shale.JPG †[[Mucrospirifer]]
 * †Mucrospirifer attenuatus
 * †Mucrospirifer grabaui
 * †Mucrospirifer latus
 * †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 * †Mucrospirifer profundus
 * †Mucrospirifer prolificus
 * †Mucrospirifer thedfordensis
 * †Murchisonia
 * †Naticopsis
 * †Naticopsis manitobensis
 * Neuropteris PAMuseum.jpg †[[Neuropteris]]
 * †Neuropteris caudata
 * †Neuropteris dilitata
 * †Neuropteris flexuosa
 * †Neuropteris gigntea – tentative report
 * †Neuropteris harrisi – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Neuropteris heterophylla – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Neuropteris obliqua
 * †Neuropteris rarinervis
 * †Neuropteris saginawensis
 * †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
 * †Neuropteris Schlehani
 * †Neuropteris tenuifolia
 * †Nodonema
 * †Nowakia
 * †Nuculoidea
 * †Ogygites
 * †Oncoceras
 * †Orthoceras
 * †Panenka
 * †Paraspirifer
 * †Pecopteris
 * †Pentamerus
 * †Phragmolites
 * †Plaesiomys
 * PlatycerasLoganOhio.jpg †[[Platyceras]]
 * †Platyceras bucculentum
 * †Platyceras carinatum
 * †Platyceras rarispinum
 * †Platystrophia
 * †Platystrophia acutilirata
 * †Platystrophia annieana
 * †Platystrophia clarkesvillensis
 * †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
 * †Platystrophia cypha – or unidentified related form
 * †Platystrophia moritura
 * †Pleurodictyum
 * †Polygnathus
 * Proetus concinnus reconstruction cropped.png †[[Proetus (trilobite)|Proetus]]
 * †Proetus chambliensis
 * †Samaropsis
 * †Scenella – tentative report
 * †Scutellum
 * †Sigillaria
 * †Sphenophyllum
 * †Sphenophyllum bifurcatum
 * †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
 * †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
 * †Sphenophyllum majus
 * †Sphenophyllum saxifragaefolium
 * †Sphenopteris
 * †Spirifer – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
 * †Spyroceras
 * Steth pair1 cropped.jpg †[[Stethacanthus]]
 * †Stigmaria
 * †Stigmatella
 * †Strophomena
 * †Strophomena alpenensis
 * †Strophomena costata
 * †Strophomena crassa
 * †Strophomena elongata
 * †Strophomena erratica
 * †Strophomena extenuata
 * †Strophomena heteromys
 * †Strophomena huronensis
 * †Strophomena inaequiradiata
 * †Strophomena levidensa
 * †Strophomena neglecta
 * †Strophomena nutans – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Strophomena parvula
 * †Strophomena pentagonia
 * †Strophomena planumbona
 * †Strophomena potterensis
 * †Strophomena sulcata
 * †Strophomena tenuicosta
 * †Strophomena titan
 * †Syringopora
 * †Tentaculites
 * †Tetradium
 * Triarthrus becki.jpg †[[Triarthrus]]
 * †Triarthrus eatoni

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

Cenozoic

 * Abies
 * †Abies balsamea
 * Acer
 * †Achnanthes
 * †Achnanthes biasolettiana
 * †Achnanthes exigua
 * Moose superior.jpg [[Alces]]
 * †Alces alces
 * Alnus
 * †Ambrosia
 * Amnicola
 * †Amnicola integra
 * †Amnicola limosa
 * †Amphora
 * †Amphora perpusilla
 * Anodonta
 * †Anodonta grandis – or unidentified comparable form
 * Aplodinotus
 * †Aplodinotus grunniens – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Armiger
 * †Armiger crista
 * †Artemesia
 * †Artemisia
 * Aythya
 * †Aythya affinis
 * †Bakerilymnea
 * †Bakerilymnea dalli
 * Betula
 * Bufo
 * American toad - Bufo americanus - 3.JPG (formerly Bufo americanus), or American toad]] †Bufo americanus''
 * Candona
 * †Candona caudata
 * †Candona paraohioensis
 * †Candona rawsoni
 * Canis
 * Carya
 * Carychium
 * †Carychium exiguum
 * Castor
 * †Castor canadensis
 * Giant-beaver-fieldmuseum.jpg †[[Castoroides]]
 * †Castoroides ohioensis
 * †Catinella
 * †Catostomus
 * †Catostomus commersoni
 * †Cervalces
 * †Cervalces scotti
 * †Cionella
 * †Cionella lubrica
 * Clethrionomys
 * †Columella
 * †Cymbella
 * †Cymbella diluviana
 * †Cytherissa
 * †Cytherissa lacustris
 * Dicrostonyx
 * Discus
 * †Discus cronkhitei
 * Dryopteris
 * Esox
 * Esox lucius1.jpg †[[Esox lucius]]
 * Ferrissia
 * †Ferrissia fragilis
 * †Ferrissia paralellelus
 * Fossaria
 * †Fossaria decampi
 * †Fragilaria
 * †Fragilaria brevistriata
 * †Fragilaria construens
 * †Fragilaria lapponica
 * †Fragillaria
 * †Fragillaria pinnata
 * †Fraxinus
 * Grus
 * Grus americana Sasata.jpg †[[Grus americana]]
 * Gryaulus
 * †Gryaulus parvus
 * Gyraulus
 * †Gyraulus deflectus
 * †Gyraulus parvus
 * Helisoma
 * †Helisoma anceps
 * Hendersonia
 * †Hendersonia occulta
 * Juglans
 * Larix
 * †Larix laricina
 * Lemmus
 * †Lemmus trimucronatus – or unidentified comparable form
 * Limnocythere
 * †Limnocythere varia
 * Lioplax
 * †Lioplax suculosa – or unidentified comparable form
 * Lycopodium
 * Lymnaea
 * †Lymnaea stagnalis
 * †Mammut
 * †Mammut americanum
 * †Mammuthus
 * †Mammuthus columbi
 * MammothVsMastodon.jpg, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left)]] †Mammuthus primigenius''
 * Meleagris
 * †Meleagris gallopavo
 * Microtus
 * †Microtus pennsylvanicus
 * †Microtus xanthognathus
 * Mictomys
 * †Mictomys borealis
 * Mustela
 * †Mustela richardsonii
 * †Navicula
 * †Navicula graciloides
 * †Navicula minima
 * †Navicula modica
 * †Navicula subrotundata
 * Odocoileus
 * White-tailed deer.jpg †[[Odocoileus virginianus]]
 * Ondatra
 * †Ondatra zibethicus
 * Ostrya
 * †Pediastrum
 * Perca
 * †Perca flavescens
 * Peromyscus
 * Physella
 * †Physella integra
 * Picea
 * †Picea glauca
 * †Picea mariana
 * Pinus
 * †Pinus banksiana
 * †Pinus resinosa
 * †Pinus strobus
 * Pisidium
 * †Pisidium compressum
 * †Pisidium dubium
 * †Pisidium idahoense
 * †Pisidium milium
 * †Pisidium nitidum
 * †Pisidium variabile
 * †Pisidium ventricosum
 * †Planorbella
 * †Planorbella campanulata
 * Platygonus leptorhinus cropped.png of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).]] †Platygonus
 * †Platygonus compressus
 * †Pomoxis – or unidentified comparable form
 * Populus
 * †Probythinella
 * †Probythinella lacustris
 * Pteridium
 * Pungitius
 * †Pungitius pungitius – or unidentified comparable form
 * Quercus
 * †Rana
 * †Rana catesbeiana
 * †Rana clamitans
 * Reinbukken på frisk grønt beite. - panoramio.jpg [[Rangifer (genus)|Rangifer]]
 * Salix
 * †Selaginella
 * †Shepherdia
 * †Shepherdia argentea
 * Sorex
 * †Sorex hoyi
 * Sphaerium
 * †Sphaerium striatinum
 * Sphagnum
 * Stagnicola
 * †Stagnicola elodes
 * †Thalictrum
 * †Thuja
 * Tilia
 * †Tsuga
 * Typha
 * Ulmus
 * Ursus
 * 01 Schwarzbär cropped.jpg †[[Ursus americanus]]
 * Vallonia
 * †Vallonia costata
 * Valvata
 * †Valvata sincera
 * †Valvata tricarinata
 * Vertigo
 * †Vertigo alpestris
 * †Vertigo elatior
 * †Vertigo gouldi – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Vertigo hannai
 * †Vertigo modesta
 * †Vertigo morsei
 * †Vertigo ovata
 * †Vertigo paradoxa
 * Vitis californica with grapes.jpg [[Vitis]]
 * Zapus
 * †Zapus hudsonius – or unidentified comparable form
 * Zonitoides
 * †Zonitoides aboreas