List of the Paleozoic life of Alabama

This list of the Paleozoic life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama and are between 541 and 252.17 million years of age.

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  Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
  †Alethopteris
  • †Alethopteris lonchitica
  • †Alethopteris valida
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• †Amphiscapha – tentative report
• †Amplexopora
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  Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia
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  • †Annularia radiata
  • †Annularia sphenophylloides
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• †Artisia
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Carboniferous brachiopod Atrypa
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• †Aviculopecten

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• †Beecheria
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• †Bimuria
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  Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
  †Calamites
  • †Calamites cisti
  • †Calamites goepperti
  • †Calamites suckowi
  • †Calamites suckowii
  • †Calamites undulatus
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• †Campbelloceras
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• †Caninia
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• †Carinamala
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• †Cavusgnathus
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• †Cedaria
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• †Christiania
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  Fossilized tooth of the shark Cladodus
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• †Cleiothyridina
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• †Composita
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• †Conocardium
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• †Cordaites
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  Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites
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• †Crepipora
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• †Ctenacanthus
  • †Ctenacanthus elegans
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• †Cyclopteris
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• †Cystodictya

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  Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Decadocrinus
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• †Diaphragmus
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• †Dicoelosia
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• †Diplichnites
  • †Diplichnites gouldi
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• †Dolorthoceras
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• †Endothyra
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• †Eostaffella
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• †Euphemites
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• †Girvanella
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    Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite
    †Glyptagnostus reticulatus
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• †Gnathodus
  • †Gnathodus bilineatus

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• †Hindeodus
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• †Innitagnostus
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• †Kingstonia
  • †Kingstonia appalachia
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  Fossil of the Late Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus at the end of the trackway that it produced of the ichnogenus Kouphichnium
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  Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. (1911).
  †Lepidodendron
  • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
  • †Lepidodendron obovatum
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• †Lepidostrobus
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• †Limnosaurus – type locality for genus
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  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
  †Lingulella
  • ��Lingulella alabamensis
  • †Lingulella lirata
  • †Lingulella pachyderma
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• †Lochriea
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• †Lyginopteris
  • †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
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• †Meristina – tentative report
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  Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
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  Exterior of the shell of a modern specimen of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
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• †Paladin
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  Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris
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  • †Pecopteris arborescens
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  • †Pentremites laminatus
  • †Pentremites tulipaformis
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  Fossilized tooth of the Carboniferous-Permian shark Petalodus
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• †Phestia
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• †Pinnularia
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  Three fossilized calyces of the Devonian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Platycrinites
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• †Rachis
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• †Rhipidomella
• †Rhombopora
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• †Schizodus
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• †Septopora
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  Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria
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  • †Sigillaria elegans
  • †Sigillaria ichthyolepis
  • †Sigillaria scutella
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• †Skenidioides
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• †Solenopora
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• †Sphenophyllum
  • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
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  Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris
  †Sphenopteris
  • †Sphenopteris brongniarti
  • †Sphenopteris elegans
  • †Sphenopteris herbacea
  • †Sphenopteris pottsvillea
  • †Sphenopteris pseudocristata
  • †Sphenopteris schatzlarensis
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• †Tabulipora
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  Illustration in side view of several fossils of the Cambrian burrow ichnogenus Treptichnus
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• †Undichna
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References[]

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)