List of the prehistoric life of Kentucky

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

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

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

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
Fossilized teeth of the Devonian-Cretaceous shark Asteracanthus
Life restoration of the Early Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Bumastus
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
Front (left) and right side (right) views of an enrolled fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Flexicalymene
Multiple views of a fossil of the Ordovician horn coral Grewingkia
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris
Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia
Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
Restoration showing the top (left) and underside of the Late Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Mammuthus , or mammoth