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.

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

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

Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Abrotocrinus
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes
Life restoration of the Early Devonian club moss relative Asteroxylon
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic mollusc Bellerophon
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Callipteridium
Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Carcinosoma
Fossilized shell of the Middle Devonian-Permian brachiopod Cleiothyridina
Fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan Constellaria
Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Silurian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Cyathocrinites
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites
Life restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Edestus
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
Life restoration of the Carboniferous shark Glikmanius
Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Halysites
Fossil of the Devonian colonial rugose coral Hexagonaria , also known as a Petoskey stone
Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative Iniopteryx
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron . Eli Heimans (1911).
Fossilized frond of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian cartilaginous fish Orodus
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Late Devonian trilobite Phacops
Life restoration of the Silurian-Middle Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Pterygotus
Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria
Life restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus , or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
Skeletons look identical
Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus , the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus , or dire wolf
Restoration of a Mammut americanum , or American mastodon
A living Odocoileus virginianus , or white-tailed deer
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus . Charles R. Knight (1922).
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras