The following are lists of prehistoric animals:
By type Land and avian animals List of prehistoric amphibian genera List of prehistoric mammals List of fossil bird genera List of crurotarsan genera
Pterosaurs List of pterosaur genera List of informally named Mesozoic reptiles
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
By location List of African dinosaurs List of Asian dinosaurs List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs List of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of New Zealand List of European dinosaurs List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs List of North American dinosaurs List of Appalachian dinosaurs 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 List of prehistoric octocoral genera
Echinoderms List of prehistoric echinoderm genera List of prehistoric echinoid genera List of crinoid genera List of edrioasteroid genera List of prehistoric starfish genera List of prehistoric stylophoran genera
Fish Lists of prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish genera List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera List of prehistoric jawless fish genera List of acanthodian genera List of conodont genera List of placoderm genera
Other marine animals List of chitinozoan genera List of eurypterid genera List of mosasaur genera List of prehistoric annelid genera List of prehistoric barnacles List of prehistoric brittle stars List of prehistoric bryozoan genera List of prehistoric chitons List of prehistoric foraminifera genera List of ichthyosauromorph genera List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record List of plesiosaur genera List of prehistoric malacostracans List of prehistoric medusozoan genera List of prehistoric nautiloid genera List of prehistoric ostracod genera List of prehistoric sea cucumbers List of prehistoric sponge genera List of trilobite genera
By location Paleobiota of the La Brea Tar Pits, California, United States Paleobiota of the London Clay, England List of White Sea biota species by phylum, Russia Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation, 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 vertebrate fauna of the Maastrichtian stage List of Cambrian arthropods
See also Lists of extinct species#Animals Transitional fossil#Prominent examples Paleontology Prehistory