List of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia
Fossilized remains of the following life forms from the Paleozoic, between 538.8 and 252.17 million years ago, have been reported from within the US state of West Virginia.
A
- †Acosmoblatta
- †Acosmoblatta eakiniana – type locality for species
- †Acosmoblatta permacra – type locality for species
- †Acrospirifer
- †Adiantities
- †Adiantities beechensis – type locality for species
- †Adiantites[1]
- †Adiantites tenuifolius[1]
- †Ageleodus
†Alethopteris[1]
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris - †Alethopteris ambigua – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Alethopteris aquilina[1]
- †Alethopteris decurrens[1]
- †Alethopteris evansii[1]
- †Alethopteris gigas[1]
- †Alethopteris grandini
- †Alethopteris grandifolia – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Alethopteris massilionis[1]
- †Alethopteris lonchitica[1]
- †Alethopteris parva
- †Alethopteris pennsylvanica[1]
- †Alethopteris serlii[1]
- †Alethopteris sternberg
- †Alethopteris virginiana[1]
- †Allenella
- †Allenella tullius
- †Amblyblatta
- †Amblyblatta lata – type locality for species
- †Ambocoelia
- †Ambocoelia gregaria
- †Ambocoelia umbonata
- †Amoeboblatta
- †Amoeboblatta permanenta – type locality for species
- †Aneimites[1]
- †Aneurophyton – or unidentified related form
†Annularia[1]
Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia - †Annularia acicularis[1]
- †Annularia asteris
- †Annularia carinata[1]
- †Annularia cuspidata[1]
- †Annularia galoides
- †Annularia minuta[1]
- †Annularia mucronata
- †Annularia radiata[1]
- †Annularia ramosa[1]
- †Annularia sphenophylloides[1]
- †Annularia stellata[1]
- †Anoplea
- †Anoplea nucleata
- †Anthraconauta
- †Aparchites
- †Aparchites obliquatus
- †Aparchites punctillosa
- †Apempherus
- †Apempherus complexinervis – type locality for species
- †Apempherus fossus – type locality for species
- †Aphlebia[1]
- †Archaeopteridium
- †Archaeopteridium tschermackei
- †Archaeopteris
- †Archaeopteris halliana
- †Archaeopteris hibernica
†Archaeopteris macilenta
Life restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous tree Archaeopteris macilenta with insets detailing its anatomy - †Archaeopteris obusa
- †Archaeopteris sphenophyllifolia
- †Archaeopteris stricta – or unidentified related form[1]
- †Areomartus – type locality for genus
- †Areomartus ovatus – type locality for species
- †Arrhythmoblatta
- †Arrhythmoblatta detecta – type locality for species
- †Arrhythmoblatta scudderiana – type locality for species
- †Artisia
- †Artisia approximata
- †Asolanus
- †Asolanus camptotaenia
- †Asterocalamites[1]
- †Asterocalamites scrobiculatus[1]
- †Asterophyllites
- †Athyris
- †Athyris angelica
- †Atrypa
- †Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Aulacotheca
- †Aulacotheca campbellii
- †Aulopora
†AviculopectenMold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten - †Aviculopecten batesvillensis
- †Aviculopecten crenistriatus – or unidentified comparable form
B
- †Baiera[1]
- †Baiera braun
- †Baiera virginiana[1]
- †Barbclabornia
- †Barbclabornia luedersensis
- †Barinophyton
- †Barinophyton sibiricum
- †Bassipterus
- †Bassipterus virginicus
- †Beyrichia
- †Beyrichia moodeyi
- †Bluefieldius[2]
Fossilized skeleton found in Mercer County; the holotype of the Carboniferous bony fish Bluefieldius. Close-up view of the skull at right.
- †Bluefieldius mercerensis[2]
- †Bollia
- †Bollia hama
- †Bollia hindei
- †Bollia nitida
- †Bollia planofibra
- †Bollia ungula
- †Bothrodendron[1]
- †Bothrodendron minutifolium – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Bradyblatta
- †Bradyblatta mucronata – type locality for species
- †Bradyblatta sagittaria – type locality for species
- †Buthotrephis
- †Buthotrephis gracilis
- Bythocypris
- †Bythocypris keyserensis
- †Bythocypris phaseolina
C
†CalamitesFossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites - †Calamites approximatus[1]
- †Calamites cannaeformis[1]
- †Calamites cistii[1]
- †Calamites radiatus
- †Calamites ramosus[1]
- †Calamites roemeri[1]
- †Calamites suckowi[1]
- †Calamites suckowii
- †Calamostachys[1]
†Callipteridium
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Callipteridium - †Callipteridium dawsonianum
- †Callipteridium grandifolium
- †Callipteridium inaequale[1]
- †Callipteridium oblongifolium
- †Callipteridium odontopteroides
- †Callipteridium unitum
- †Callipteris
- †Callixylon
- †Calymene
- †Calymene camerata
- †Calymene cresapensis
†Calymene niagarensisFossils in enrolled posture of the Silurian trilobite Calymene niagarensis
- †Camarotoechia
- †Caneyella
- †Caneyella richardsoni
- †Cardiocarpon[1]
- †Cardiocarpus
- †Cardiomorpha
- †Cardiomorpha obovata
- †Cardiopteris[1]
- †Cardiopteris frondosa[1]
- †Carniodus
- †Carniodus carnulus
- †Carpolithes[1]
- †Caulopteris[1]
- †Cavellina
- †Cavellina planoprocliva
- †Charbeckia
- †Charbeckia macrophylla
- †Cheilanthites[1]
- †Chonetes
- †Clidochirus
- †Coelospira
- †Coelospira sulcata
- †Condrusia
- †Cordaicarpon[1]
- †Cordaites[1]
- †Cornulites
- †Courvoisiella
- †Courvoisiella ctenomorpha
†Crassigyrinus
Life restoration of the Carboniferous four-limbed animal precursor Crassigyrinus - †Crossoceras
- †Crossoceras belandi
- †Crurispina
- †Crurispina nana
- †Cupularostrum
- †Cupularostrum contracta
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cyclopteris valida – probably the same as Triphyllopteris virginiana[1]
- †Cyperites
- †Cyperites bicarinatus
- †Cypricardella
D
- †Dalmanella
- †Dalmanella lenticularis
†Dalmanites
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites - †Danaeides
- †Danaeides emersoni
- †Delthyris
- †Deltopecten
- †Deltopecten caneyanus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Devonochonetes
- †Devonochonetes coronatus
- †Devonochonetes scitulus
- †Dibolbina
- †Dibolbina cristata
- †Dichophyllum
- †Dichophyllum moorei
- †Dicladoblatta
- †Dicladoblatta defossa – type locality for species
- †Diedrorynchus – type locality for genus
- †Diedrorynchus dictyum – type locality for species
†Diploceraspis
Life restoration of a swimming group of the Permian amphibian Diploceraspis - †Diplothema[1]
- †Diplothema pachyderma[1]
- †Distomodus
- †Distomodus nodosus – type locality for species
- †Ditomopyge
- †Ditomopyge decurtata
- †Dizygopleura
- †Dizygopleura costata
- †Dizygopleura halli
- †Dizygopleura orealis
- †Dizygopleura simulans
- †Dizygopleura subovalis
- †Dolerotheca
- †Dolerotheca pennsylvanica
- †Donaldina
- †Donaldina superclivis – type locality for species
- †Douvillina
- †Douvillina inequistriata
- †Drepanellina
- †Drepanellina clarki
†Drepanopterus
Fossil of the Silurian-Late Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Drepanopterus - †Drepanopterus nodosus
E
- †Ectogrammysia
- †Ectogrammysia inaffecta – type locality for species
- †Ectogrammysia prolata – type locality for species
†Edaphosaurus
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Edaphosaurus - †Edaphosaurus colohistion – type locality for species
- †Edmondia
- †Edmondia equilateralis
- †Edmondia equilateralus
- †Edmondia suborbiculata
- †Elkinsia
- †Elkinsia polymorpha
- †Endelocrinus
- †Endelocrinus kieri
- †Equisetides
- †Equisetides rugosus
- †Equisetides schimper
- †Equisetides striatus
- †Equisetites[1]
- †Eremopteris[1]
- †Eremopteris artemisiaefolia[1]
- †Eremopteris cheathami[1]
- †Eremopteris decomposita – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Eremopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Eremopteris lincolniana – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Eremopteris macilenta[1]
- †Eremopteris microphylla[1]
- †Eremopteris sauvieri – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Etoblattina
- †Etoblattina aperta – type locality for species
- †Etoblattina exigua – type locality for species
- †Eucalyptocrinites
- †Eukloedenella
- †Eukloedenella umbiculata
†Eurypterus
Life restoration of Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Eurypterus - †Eurytaenia – type locality for genus
- †Eurytaenia virginiana – type locality for species
- †Eviostachya – or unidentified comparable form
F
†Favosites
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites - †Favosites helderbergiae
- †Floweria
- †Floweria chemungensis
G
- †Gerablattina
- †Gerablattina eversa – type locality for species
- †Gerablattina inculta – type locality for species
- †Gerablattina perita – type locality for species
- †Gillespia
- †Gillespia randolphensis
†Greererpeton
Life restoration of the Carboniferous four-limbed animal precursor Greererpeton - †Guilielmites[1]
- †Guilielmites geinitz
- †Guilielmites orbicularis[1]
- †Gypidula
- †Gypidula coeymanensis
- †Gyracanthus
H
- †Halliella
- †Halliella fissurella
- †Halliella subequata
- †Halonia[1]
- †Hapalocrinus
- †Hierogramma
- †Hindella
- †Hindella congregata
- †Holcospermum
- †Holcospermum maizerentense
- †Holopea
- †Holopea flintstonensis
- †Homeospira
- †Homeospira evax
- †Hormotoma
- †Hormotoma rowei
†Hughmilleria
Life restoration in multiple views of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Hughmilleria - †Hughmilleria bellistriata
- †Hylopus
- †Hylopus hamesi
- †Hyphantozyga
- †Hyphantozyga fenestrata – type locality for species
J
- †Jaeckelocystis
K
- †Kloedenella
- †Kloedenella bisulcata
- †Kloedenia
- †Kloedenia clarkei
- †Kloedenia normalis
L
- †Leperditia
- †Leperditia alta
- †Leperditia elongata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leperditia scalaris
- †Lepidocystis[1]
- †Lepidocystis vesicularis[1]
†Lepidodendron[1]
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911). - †Lepidodendron aculeatum
- †Lepidodendron acuminatum[1]
- †Lepidodendron brittsii – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Lepidodendron clypeatum[1]
- †Lepidodendron dichotomum – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Lepidodendron lanceolatum[1]
- †Lepidodendron magnum – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Lepidodendron modulatum[1]
- †Lepidodendron obovatum[1]
- †Lepidodendron rushvillense[1]
- †Lepidodendron selaginoides[1]
- †Lepidodendron sternbergii[1]
- †Lepidodendron veltheimianum[1]
- †Lepidodendropsis
- †Lepidodendropsis scobiniformis
- †Lepidophloios[1]
- †Lepidophloios laricinus – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Lepidophyllum[1]
- †Lepidostrobophyllum
- †Lepidostrobus[1]
- †Lepocrinites
- †Lepocrinites gebhardi
- †Leptaena
- †Leptaena rhomboidalis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Leptodesma
- †Leptodesma matheri
- †Leptodesma occidentale – or unidentified related form
- †Leptodesma pennsylvanica
- †Leptodesma spinerigum
- †Leptostrophia
- †Leptostrophia bipartita
- †Leptostrophia proutyi
- †Lescuropteris[1]
- †Levizygopleura
- †Levizygopleura inornata
- †Limipecten
- †Limipecten greerensis – type locality for species
- †Limnopus
- †Limnosceloides – type locality for genus
- †Limnosceloides dunkardensis – type locality for species
†LingulaShell of the Cambrian-modern brachiopod Lingula - †Linopteris[1]
- †Linopteris neuropteroides
- †Linopteris obliqua[1]
- †Liocalymene
- †Liocalymene clintoni
- †Liparoblatta
- †Liparoblatta ovata – type locality for species
- †Liparoblatta radiata – type locality for species
- †Lithostrotion
- †Lithostrotion angustum
- †Lycopodites[1]
†Lyginopteris
Fossil in cross section of the Carboniferous seed fern stem Lyginopteris - †Lyginopteris bermudensiformis
- †Lyginopteris fragilis
- †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
- †Lyginopteris hoeninghausii
M
- †Macrostachya[1]
- †Mariacrinus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Mariacrinus stoloniferus
- †Mariopteris[1]
- †Mariopteris andraena[1]
- †Mariopteris acuta[1]
- †Mariopteris dimorpha – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Mariopteris inflata[1]
- †Mariopteris latifolia[1]
- †Mariopteris muricata[1]
- †Mariopteris nervosa[1]
- †Mariopteris newberryi[1]
- †Mariopteris pottsvillea[1]
- †Mariopteris pygmaea[1]
- †Mariopteris sillimanni[1]
- †Mariopteris sphenopteroides[1]
- †Mariopteris spinulosa – tentative report[1]
- †Mediospirifer
- †Mediospirifer audaculus
- †Megakozlowskiella
- †Megakozlowskiella sculptilis
- †Megalichthyes – or unidentified comparable form
- †Megalopteris[1]
- †Metapoblatta – type locality for genus
- †Metapoblatta microptera – type locality for species
- †Microsphaeridiorhynchus
- †Microsphaeridiorhynchus litchfieldensis
- †Modiolopsis
- †Modiolopsis gregarius
- †Modiolus
- †Modiolus waverliensis – or unidentified comparable form
†MucrospiriferFossilized shell of the Devonian brachiopod Mucrospirifer - †Murchisonia
- †Murchisonia minuta
- †Myelodactylus
- †Myelodactylus keyserensis
- †Mylacris – type locality for genus
- †Mylacris virginiana – type locality for species
N
- †Naiadites
- †Naticonema
- †Nematophyllum[1]
- †Nematophyllum angustum[1]
- †Nervostrophia
- †Nervostrophia nervosa
- †Neuralethopteris
- †Neuralethopteris pocahontas
- †Neuralethopteris smithsii
†Neuropteris[1]
Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris - †Neuropteris agassizi[1]
- †Neuropteris auriculata[1]
- †Neuropteris biformis[1]
- †Neuropteris callosa[1]
- †Neuropteris carrii – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Neuropteris cistii[1]
- †Neuropteris cordata[1]
- †Neuropteris crenulata[1]
- †Neuropteris dictyopteroides[1]
- †Neuropteris elrodi[1]
- †Neuropteris fimbriata[1]
- †Neuropteris flexuosa[1]
- †Neuropteris gigantea
- †Neuropteris grangeri[1]
- †Neuropteris heterophylla
- †Neuropteris lindleyana[1]
- †Neuropteris loschii
- †Neuropteris odontopteroides[1]
- †Neuropteris ovata[1]
- †Neuropteris planchardi[1]
- †Neuropteris planchardi var. longifolia[1]
- †Neuropteris plicata[1]
- †Neuropteris pocahontas[1]
- †Neuropteris rarinervis[1]
- †Neuropteris scheuchzeri[1]
- †Neuropteris schlehani[1]
- †Neuropteris smithii[1]
- †Neuropteris sternberg
- †Neuropteris tenuifolia[1]
- †Neuropteris vermicularis[1]
- †Neuropteris zeilleri – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Nuculavus
- †Nuculavus okawensis
- †Nuculopsis
- †Nuculopsis rectangula
O
- †Octonaria
- †Octonaria muricata
- †Odontopteris[1]
- †Oligocarpia[1]
- †Oligocarpia alabamensis[1]
†Onychodus
Life restoration of the Middle-Late Devonian lobe-finned fish Onychodus - †Orthacanthus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Orthoceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Orthogonophora – type locality for genus
- †Orthogonophora distincta – type locality for species
- †Orthomylacris
- †Orthomylacris franklini – type locality for species
- †Orthonychia
- †Orthonychia tortuosa
- †Oxynoblatta
- †Oxynoblatta alutacea – type locality for species
P
- †Palaeodictyopteron – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Palaeodictyopteron virginianum – type locality for species
- †Palaeolima
- †Palaeoneilo
- †Palaeoneilo sera
- †Palaeostylus
- †Palaeostylus venustus
- †Palaeoxyris[1]
- †Palaeoxyris appendiculata[1]
- †Paleyoldia
- †Paleyoldia levistriata
- †Paracyclas
- †Paracyclas lirata
- †Paraechmina
- †Paraechmina dubia
- †Parahughmilleria
- †Parahughmilleria bellistriata
- †Parallelodon
- †Parallelodon mimina
- †Parallelodon minima – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pareinoblatta
- †Pareinoblatta expuncta – type locality for species
†Pecopteris
Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris - †Pecopteris angustipinna[1]
- †Pecopteris arborescens[1]
- †Pecopteris arborescens var. integripinna[1]
- †Pecopteris arguta[1]
- †Pecopteris aspera[1]
- †Pecopteris asplenioides[1]
- †Pecopteris candolleana[1]
- †Pecopteris dawsoniana[1]
- †Pecopteris dentata[1]
- †Pecopteris elegans[1]
- †Pecopteris elliptica[1]
- †Pecopteris emarginata[1]
- †Pecopteris feminaeformis
- †Pecopteris germari[1]
- †Pecopteris goniopteroides[1]
- †Pecopteris grandifolia[1]
- †Pecopteris hemitelioides
- †Pecopteris hemiteloides
- †Pecopteris heeriana[1]
- †Pecopteris imbricata[1]
- †Pecopteris inclinata[1]
- †Pecopteris integra – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Pecopteris jenneyi – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Pecopteris lanceolata[1]
- †Pecopteris latifolia[1]
- †Pecopteris longifolia[1]
- †Pecopteris merianiopteroides[1]
- †Pecopteris microphylla[1]
- †Pecopteris miltoni[1]
- †Pecopteris newberryana[1]
- †Pecopteris nodosa[1]
- †Pecopteris notata[1]
- †Pecopteris oblonga[1]
- †Pecopteris oblongifolia[1]
- †Pecopteris odontopteroides[1]
- †Pecopteris oreopteridia[1]
- †Pecopteris ovoides[1]
- †Pecopteris pachypteroides[1]
- †Pecopteris pennaeformis[1]
- †Pecopteris pennaeformis var. latifolia[1]
- †Pecopteris platynervis[1]
- †Pecopteris pluckeneti[1]
- †Pecopteris pluckeneti var. constricta[1]
- †Pecopteris plumosa[1]
- †Pecopteris polymorpha[1]
- †Pecopteris pteroides[1]
- †Pecopteris rarinervis[1]
- †Pecopteris rotundifolia[1]
- †Pecopteris rotundiloba[1]
- †Pecopteris schimperiana[1]
- †Pecopteris serrulata – tentative report[1]
- †Pecopteris sub-falcata[1]
- †Pecopteris tenuinervis[1]
- †Pecopteris unita[1]
- †Pecopteris vestita[1]
- †Pecopteris villosa[1]
- †Penetoblatta
- †Penetoblatta rotundata – type locality for species
- †Penetoblatta virginiensis – type locality for species
- †Periechocrinus
- †Permophorus
- †Permophorus octocostatus
†Petalodus
Fossilized tooth of the Carboniferous-Permian shark Petalodus - †Petrablattina
- †Petrablattina ovata – type locality for species
- †Phacops
- †Phestia
- †Phestia pandoraeformis
- †Phestia rugodorsata
- †Phyloblatta
- †Phyloblatta abbreviata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta abdicata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta accubita – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta angusta – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta arcuata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta cassvilleana – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta communis – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta concinna – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta debilis – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta deducta – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta dichotoma – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta dimidiata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta elatior – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta expugnata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta expulsata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta exsecuta – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta fracta – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta funeraria – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta gratiosa – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta immolata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta imperfecta – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta lata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta macerata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta macilenta – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta macroptera – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta mactata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta mortua – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta obatra – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta praedulcis – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta rebaptizata – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta regularis – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta residua – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta rogi – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta scudderiana – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta secreta – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta uniformis – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta virginiana – type locality for species
- †Phyloblatta vulgata – type locality for species
- †Physonemus
- †Pinna
- †Pinna missouriensis
†Platyceras
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras - †Plocezyga
- †Plocezyga acuminata
- †Plocezyga obscura – type locality for species
- †Plocezyga subquadrata – type locality for species
- †Plocezyga turbinata
- †Poacordaites[1]
- †Polidevcia
- †Polidevcia stevensiana
- †Polyetoblatta – type locality for genus
- †Polyetoblatta calopteryx – type locality for species
- †Ponderodictya
- †Ponderodictya favulosa
- †Poroblattina
- †Poroblattina gratiosa – type locality for species
- †Poroblattina parvula – type locality for species
- †Productella
- †Productella rectispina
- †Promytilus
- †Promytilus illinoisensis
- †Protathyris
- †Protathyris congregata
- †Protaxocrinus
- †Proterogyrinus
- †Prothyris
- †Prothyris acuticarinata – type locality for species
- †Protoleptostrophia
- †Protoleptostrophia perplana
†Protorothyris – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Permian reptile Protorothyris - †Protorothyris morani – type locality for species
- †Pseudocrinites
- †Pseudozygopleura
- †Pseudozygopleura multicostata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudozygopleura pandus
- †Pseudozygopleura schucherti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudozygopleura scitula
- †Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga
- †Pterinea
- †Pterinea emacerata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pterinea flintstonensis
- †Ptychopteria
- †Ptychopteria pusilla – type locality for species
- †Pustulatia
- †Pustulatia pustulosa
- †Pycnosaccus
R
- †Rafinesquina
- †Resserella
- †Resserella elegantula
- †Rhabdocarpos[1]
- †Rhacophyton
- †Rhacophyton ceratangium
- †Rhipidomella
- †Rhipidomella hybrida
- †Rhipidomella leucosia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rhipidomella penelope – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rhipidomella vanuxemi
†Rhodea
Shell of a Rhodea land snail - †Rhodea vepertina – type locality for species
- †Rhynchospirina
- †Rhynchospirina globosa
- †Rodea (genus)
- †Rodea vespertina – type locality for species
S
- †Sagenodus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sanguinolites
- †Sanguinolites naiadiformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sanguinolites obliquus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sanguinolites unioniformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Saportaea[1]
- †Schellwienella
- †Schellwienella elegans
- †Schellwienella interstriata
- †Schellwienella rugosa
- †Schizodus
- †Schizodus chesterensis – or unidentified related form
- †Schizodus depressus
- †Schizophoria
- †Schizophoria impressa
- †Schuchertella
- †Schuchertella deckerensis
- †Schuchertella variabilis
- †Scudderula
- †Scudderula arcta – type locality for species
- †Scyphocrinites
- †Sedgwickia – tentative report
- †Septimyalina
- †Shenophyllum
- †Shenophyllum cunefolium
- †Shenophyllum tenerrimum
- †Shenopteris
- †Shenopteris elegans
- †Shenopteris launoitii
†Sigillaria[1]
Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria - †Sigillaria approximata[1]
- †Sigillaria brardii[1]
- †Sigillaria camptotaenia[1]
- †Sigillaria dentata – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sigillaria fissa[1]
- †Sigillaria ichthyolepis – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sigillaria reticulata – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sigillaria menardi[1]
- †Solenomorpha
- †Solenomorpha nitida
- †Sphaerocystites
- †Sphaerotocrinus
†Sphenophyllum
Fossilized leaves and branches of the Devonian-Triassic horsetail relative Sphenophyllum - †Sphenophyllum angustifolium[1]
- †Sphenophyllum antiquum[1]
- †Sphenophyllum cornutum
- †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
- †Sphenophyllum densifolium[1]
- †Sphenophyllum emarginatum[1]
- †Sphenophyllum filiculme[1]
- †Sphenophyllum fontaineaum[1]
- †Sphenophyllum furcatum[1]
- †Sphenophyllum lescurianum[1]
- †Sphenophyllum longifolium[1]
- †Sphenophyllum majus[1]
- †Sphenophyllum oblongifolia
- †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium[1]
- †Sphenophyllum subtenerrimmum
- †Sphenophyllum tenue[1]
- †Sphenophyllum tenuifolium[1]
- †Sphenopteridium
- †Sphenopteridium bifidum
- †Sphenopteridium brooksi – type locality for species
- †Sphenopteridium girtiyi – type locality for species
- †Sphenopteridium virginianum
†Sphenopteris[1]
Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris - †Sphenopteris acrocarpa[1]
- †Sphenopteris auriculata[1]
- †Sphenopteris breviloba[1]
- †Sphenopteris broadheadi – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris canneltonensis – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris chaerophylloides[1]
- †Sphenopteris communis[1]
- †Sphenopteris deliculata[1]
- †Sphenopteris dentata[1]
- †Sphenopteris dicksonioides[1]
- †Sphenopteris distans[1]
- †Sphenopteris divaricata[1]
- †Sphenopteris dubuissonis – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris elegans[1]
- †Sphenopteris flexicaulis[1]
- †Sphenopteris foliosa[1]
- †Sphenopteris formosa[1]
- †Sphenopteris furcata[1]
- †Sphenopteris goepperti – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris hastata[1]
- †Sphenopteris hymenophylloides[1]
- †Sphenopteris hoeninghausii[1]
- †Sphenopteris karwinensis[1]
- †Sphenopteris larischii – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris lescuriana[1]
- †Sphenopteris linearis – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris linkii[1]
- †Sphenopteris lobata[1]
- †Sphenopteris microcarpa[1]
- †Sphenopteris minuti-secta[1]
- †Sphenopteris mixta[1]
- †Sphenopteris obtusiloba[1]
- †Sphenopteris ophioglossoides[1]
- †Sphenopteris pachynervis[1]
- †Sphenopteris patentissima[1]
- †Sphenopteris pinnatifida[1]
- †Sphenopteris rarinervis[1]
- †Sphenopteris royi – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris schatzlarensis[1]
- †Sphenopteris spinosa[1]
- †Sphenopteris stipulata – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenopteris subgeniculata[1]
- †Sphenopteris tenella[1]
- †Sphenopteris tracyana[1]
- †Sphenopteris trichomanoides – or unidentified comparable form[1]
- †Sphenotus
- †Sphenotus aeolus – tentative report
- †Sphenotus monroensis
- †Sphenotus pisinnus – tentative report
- †Sphenotus washingtonensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spinatrypa
- †Spinatrypa hystrix
- †Spinocyrtia
- †Spinocyrtia granulosa
†Spirifer – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer - †Stegerhynchus
- †Stegerhynchus neglectum
- †Stenochisma
- †Stenochisma lamellata
†Stigmaria
Fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian tree-like club moss relative rhizome Stigmaria - †Stigmaria ficoides
- †Stigmaria stellata
- †Streblochondria
- †Streblochondria girtyi
- †Streblochondria mutata – type locality for species
- †Streblochondria tiltoni – type locality for species
- †Streblopteria
- †Streblopteria girtyi – type locality for species
- †Stromatopora
- †Stromatopora constellata
- †Symphyoblatta
- †Symphyoblatta debilis – type locality for species
- †Synchirocrinus
- †Synchirocrinus keyserensis
- †Sysciophlebia
- †Sysciophlebia balteata – type locality for species
- †Sysciophlebia invisa – type locality for species
- †Sysciophlebia patiens – type locality for species
- †Sysciophlebia recidiva – type locality for species
T
- †Taeniopteris[1]
- †Tanypterichthys – type locality for genus
- †Tanypterichthys pridensis – type locality for species
†Tentaculites
Fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-Late Devonian probable mollusc Tentaculites - †Tentaculites gyracanthus
- †Tentaculites minutus
- †Tetracystis
- †Tetrameroceras
- †Tetrameroceras cumberlandicum
- †Thlipsura
- †Thlipsura ultimata
- †Thlipsurella
- †Thlipsurella semipunctata
- †Tradonis
- †Tradonis castrensis
- †Trigonocarpum[1]
- †Trigonocarpus
- †Triletes[1]
- †Trimerus
- †Trimerus delphinocephalus
- †Triphyllopteris
- †Triphyllopteris latilobata – type locality for species
- †Triphyllopteris rarinervis – type locality for species
- †Tropidoleptus
- †Tropidoleptus carinatus
- †Truncatiramus – now regarded as a jr. synonym of Erettopterus[3][4]
- †Truncatiramus exopthalmus
- †Tylothyris
- †Tylothyris mesacostalis
U
- †Ulodendron[1]
- †Ulodendron majus[1]
- †Uncinulus
- †Uncinulus convexorus
- †Uncinulus marylandicus
- †Uncinulus obtusiplicatus
- †Unicinulus
- †Unicinulus marylandicus
- †Unklesbayella
- †Unklesbayella geinitzi
W
†Waeringopterus
Fossilized head of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Waeringopterus - †Waeringopterus cumberlandicus
- †Wardia[1]
- †Wardia fertilis – Later reclassified as †Aneimites fertilis[1]
- †Welleria
- †Welleria obliqua
- †Whitfieldella
- †Whitfieldella marylandica
- †Whittleseya[1]
- †Whittleseya elegans[1]
- †Wilkingia
- †Wilkingia andrewsi
- †Wilkingia neglecta – or unidentified related form
- †Wilkingia walkeri
- †Wurmiella
X
- †Xenotheca
Z
†Zatrachys
Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Zatrachys - †Zatrachys serratus
- †Zygobeyrichia
- †Zygobeyrichia incipiens
- †Zygobeyrichia tonolowayensis
- †Zygobeyrichia ventricornis
- †Zygobeyrichia ventripunctata
- †Zygobeyrichia virginia
- †Zygosella
- †Zygosella vallata
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Uncited inclusions
Uncited inclusions can be attributed to:
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