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prehistoric Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

animals:

By type

Land and avian animals

* List of prehistoric amphibian genera *List of prehistoric insects *

List of prehistoric mammals This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals. It does not include extant mammals or recently extinct mammals. For extinct primate species, see: list of fossil primates.Mikko's Phylogeny Archiv Mammaliaformes ' *Genus †''Adelobasileus' ...

List of fossil bird genera Birds evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and non-avian dinosaurs except that some of the former survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event while the latter did not. For ...

* List of crurotarsan genera

Pterosaurs

* List of pterosaur genera *

List of informally named pterosaurs This list of informally named pterosaurs is a list of pterosaurs that have not been formally published. This can include unavailable names that have not been published under a valid name. The following types of invalid names are present: *''Nomen n ...

Dinosaurs

* List of dinosaur genera * List of informally named dinosaurs * List of dinosaur species on display * Lists of dinosaur specimens * List of non-avian dinosaur species preserved with evidence of feathers *

List of fictional dinosaurs A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

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List of African dinosaurs This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Africa. Africa has a rich fossil record, but it is patchy and incomplete. It is rich in Triassic and Early Jurassic dinosaurs. African dinosaurs from these time periods include ''Co ...

* List of Asian dinosaurs * List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs *

List of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of New Zealand __NOTOC__ Although the evidence is rare, fossils reveal that there were dinosaurs in New Zealand. Possibly because it lacks the right conditions for fossilisation, only fragments of bone and a few vertebrae have been found there. Because these foss ...

List of European dinosaurs Dinosaurs evolved partway through the Triassic period of the Mesozoic era, around 230 Ma (million years ago). At that time, the earth had one supercontinental landmass, called Pangaea, of which Europe was a part. So it remained throughout the T ...

* List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs *

List of North American dinosaurs This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from North America. North America has a rich dinosaur fossil record with great diversity of dinosaurs. History The earliest potential record of dinosaurs in North America comes from r ...

List of Appalachian dinosaurs This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Appalachia. During the Late Cretaceous period, the Western Interior Seaway divided the continent of North America into two landmasses; one in the west named Laramidia and Appalach ...

** List of archosaurs of the Chinle Formation ** List of dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation * List of South American dinosaurs

Marine animals

Corals

List of prehistoric hexacoral genera This list of prehistoric hexacorals (Scleractinia) is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the hexacorallia which are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacular terms ...

* List of prehistoric octocoral genera

Echinoderms

* List of prehistoric echinoderm genera * List of prehistoric echinoid genera *

List of crinoid genera This list of crinoid genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been considered to be crinoids, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that a ...

List of edrioasteroid genera This list of edrioasteroids is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be edrioasteroids, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted gener ...

List of prehistoric starfish genera This list of prehistoric starfish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be in the class Asteroidea, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all co ...

* List of prehistoric stylophoran genera

Fish

* Lists of prehistoric fish **

List of prehistoric bony fish genera This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes al ...

List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes ''and'' are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacul ...

List of prehistoric jawless fish genera This list of prehistoric jawless fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be jawless fish, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepte ...

* List of acanthodian genera *

List of conodont genera This is a list of conodonts genera, sorted in alphabetical order. A-C * †'' Acanthodus'' * †''Acodus'' * †'' Acuminatella'' * †'' Alternognathus'' * †'' Amorphognathus'' * †''Ancyrodella'' * †''Ancyrognathus'' * †'' Anticostiodus ...

List of placoderm genera This list of placoderms is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be members of the class Placodermi. This list excludes purely vernacular terms. It includes all commo ...

Other marine animals

* List of chitinozoan genera *

List of eurypterid genera This list of eurypterid genera is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Eurypterida, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now consider ...

* List of mosasaur genera * List of prehistoric annelid genera *

List of prehistoric barnacles This list of prehistoric barnacles is an incomplete, and ongoing listing of all barnacle genera known from the fossil record: *'' Acasta'' *'' Actinobalanus'' *'' Aporolepas'' *'' Archaeolepas'' *'' Arcoscalpellum'' *'' Armatobalanus'' *'' Aross ...

* List of prehistoric brittle stars *

List of prehistoric bryozoan genera This list of prehistoric bryozoans is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the bryozoa which are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacular terms. It includes all com ...

List of prehistoric chitons This list of prehistoric chitons is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be polyplacophora, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly ac ...

List of prehistoric foraminifera genera This is a list of fossil genera of foraminiferans. A *'' Abadehella'' *''Abathomphalus'' *'' Abditodentrix'' *'' Abdullaevia'' *'' Abrardia'' *'' Abyssamina'' *''Acarinina'' *'' Accordiella'' *'' Acervoschwagerina'' *'' Acervulina'' *'' Acicul ...

* List of ichthyosaur genera *

List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record This list of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record is an attempt to list all the genera of sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks which have been found in the fossil record. Nearly all of these are genera of shelled forms, since it is ...

List of plesiosaur genera This list of plesiosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Plesiosauria, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered inv ...

* List of prehistoric malacostracans * List of prehistoric medusozoan genera * List of prehistoric nautiloid genera *

List of prehistoric ostracod genera This list of prehistoric ostracods is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be members of the Ostracoda, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonl ...

List of prehistoric sea cucumbers This list of prehistoric sea cucumbers is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be holothuroidea, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commo ...

List of prehistoric sponge genera This list of prehistoric sponges is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the phylum Porifera, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera ...

List of trilobite genera This list of trilobites is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the Arthropod class Trilobita, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now conside ...

By location

List of extinct animals of Romania Prehistoric extinctions Mammals * Panthera spelaea * Deinotherium * Cave hyena * Cave bear * Neanderthal * Homo heidelbergensis * Woolly Mammoth * Woolly Rhinoceros * Straight-tusked elephant * Barbary macaque * Mammuthus rumanus * Panthera leo * ...

List of fossil species in the La Brea Tar Pits A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshi ...

, California, United States *

List of fossil species in the London Clay A list of prehistoric and extant species whose fossils have been found in the London Clay, which underlies large areas of southeast England. Plant fossils, especially seeds and fruits, are found in abundance and have been collected from the Londo ...

, England * List of White Sea biota species by phylum, Russia *

Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation This is an overview of the fossil flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian-Danian Hell Creek Formation. Invertebrates Insects Insects from the groups Diptera, Zygoptera, and possibly Hemiphlebiidae have been unearthed in Hell Creek in amber. Fossils ...

, northern United States * Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation, western United States

By period or other grouping

* Largest prehistoric animals * List of Ediacaran genera * List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species *

List of quaternary mammalian fauna of China List of mammalian fauna of China List A list of archaeologically important quaternary mammalian fauna of Northern China: *Nihewan 泥河湾 * Gongwangling 公王岭 *Zhoukoudian Zhoukoudian Area () is a town and an area located on the east ...

List of vertebrate fauna of the Maastrichtian stage This is an incomplete list that briefly describes vertebrates that were extant during the Maastrichtian, a stage of the Late Cretaceous Period which extended from 72.1 to 66 million years before present. This was the last time period in whi ...