List of the prehistoric life of New York

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

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

Illustration of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Acidiscus
Life restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous tree Archaeopteris with insets detailing its anatomy
Fossil of the Middle Devonian trilobite Bellacartwrightia
Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Carcinosoma
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina
Life restoration of the Silurian-Early Devonian primitive land plant Cooksonia
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician graptolite Didymograptus
Life restoration of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Dolichopterus
Fossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras
Life restoration of Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Eurypterus
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Goniatites
Fossil of the Middle Devonian horn coral Heliophyllum
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian Homalonotus
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician trilobite Illaenus
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron . Eli Heimans (1911).
Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Mixopterus
Restoration of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Odontopleura
Life restoration of the Silurian-Devonian scorpion Palaeophonus
Fossil of the Early Ordovician graptolite Phyllograptus
Life restoration of the Silurian-Middle Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Pterygotus
Fossil of the arthropod burrow ichnogenus Rusophycus
Life restoration of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Slimonia
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
Fossil preserving limbs and antennae as pyrite (fool's gold) of the underside of the Late Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus
Life restoration of the probable Cambrian mollusc Yochelcionella
Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails
A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians ), or Atlantic bay scallop
Living Busycotypus whelk sea snails
Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea
A living Delphinapterus leucas , or beluga whale
Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail
Two modern shells, closed (left) and open (right), of Hiatella arctica , also known as the wrinkled rock-borer
Collection of Mercenaria mercenaria , also known as hard clams or quahogs
A living Nassarius , or nassa mud snail
A living Phoca vitulina , or harbor seal
Exterior and interior of the shell of a Tagelus marine bivalve