List of the Paleozoic life of Arizona

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

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  • †Achistrum
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  • †Aglaocrinus
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  • †Altudoceras
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  • †Alula
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  • †Amelacanthus
  • †Ameura
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  • †Amphiscapha
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  • †Anisopyge
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  • Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia
    †Annularia
    • †Annularia asteris
    • †Annularia mucronata
    • †Annularia stellata
  • †Anomphalus
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  • †Aphyllopteris
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  • †Arastra – type locality for genus
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  • †Archaeocidaris
  • Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes
    †Archimedes
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    • †Archimedes intermedius
    • †Archimedes invaginatus
    • †Archimedes lativolvis
    • †Archimedes proutanus
    • †Archimedes terebriformis
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  • †Arizonerpeton – type locality for genus
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  • †Athyris
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  • †Aulopora
  • Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten
    †Aviculopecten
    • †Aviculopecten bellatulus – type locality for species
    • †Aviculopecten girtyi – or unidentified comparable form
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    • †Aviculopecten kaibabensis – type locality for species
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  • Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic mollusc Bellerophon
    †Bellerophon
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  • †Brachyphyllum
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  • †Bransonella
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  • Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
    †Calamites
    • †Calamites cisti
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  • †Callipteris
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    • †Callipteris conferta
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  • †Camarotoechia
    • †Camarotoechia metallica
    • †Camarotoechia mutata
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  • Fossils of the Devonian-Permian horn coral Caninia
    † Caninia – tentative report
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  • †Chonetes
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    • †Chonetes oklahomensis
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  • †Cleiothyridina
    • †Cleiothyridina orbicularis
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    †Composita
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    • †Composita humilis
    • †Composita laevis
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    • †Composita mexicana
    • †Composita ovata
    • †Composita ozarkana
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    • †Composita subtilita
    • †Composita trinuclea
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  • Life restoration of the Silurian-Early Devonian primitive land plant Cooksonia
    †Cooksonia – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Cordaites
    • †Cordaites principalis
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  • †Crurithyris
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  • †Cycloceras
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  • †Cyclopteris
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  • †Cymatochiton – tentative report
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  • Fossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer
    †Cyrtospirifer
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    • †Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
  • †Cystodictya

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  • †Delocrinus
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  • †Diaphragmus
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  • †Dictyoclostus
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  • †Ditomopyge
  • †Donaldina
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  • †Echinaria
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  • †Elfridia – type locality for genus
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  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Elrathia
    †Elrathia
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  • Eocaudina
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  • Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Permian sea snail Euomphalus
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    • †Euomphalus utahensis
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  • †Fenestella
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  • Assemblage of fossils of Silurian-Permian fusulinid foraminiferans
    †Fusulina
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  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous shark Glikmanius
    †Glikmanius
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    • †Glikmanius occidentalis
  • †Globular
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  • Life restoration of the Permian lungfish Gnathorhiza
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  • †Goniophora
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  • †Kaibabvenator – type locality for genus
    • †Kaibabvenator swiftae – type locality for species
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  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Kootenia
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  • Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. (1911).
    †Lepidodendron
    • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
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  • †Lepidostrobus
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  • † Lingula
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
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  • †Linoproductus
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  • †Liroceras
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  • †Marginifera – tentative report
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  • †Megactenopetalus – type locality for genus
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  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras
    †Metacoceras
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  • †Michelina
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  • † Modiolus
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  • †Murchisonia
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
    †Naticopsis
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    • †Naticopsis kaibabensis – type locality for species
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    • †Naticopsis waterlooensis
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  • †Neospirifer – tentative report
    • †Neospirifer dunbari
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  • Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris
    †Neuropteris
    • †Neuropteris heterophylla
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    • †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
  • †Nisusia
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  • Nucula
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  • Nuculana
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  • †Olenellus
  • †Omphalotrochus
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  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Ophiderpeton
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  • †Orodus
  • †Orthacanthus
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  • †Pachyphyllum
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  • Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous plant Pagiophyllum
    †Pagiophyllum
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  • †Paladin
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  • †Palmatolepis
    • †Palmatolepis triangularis
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  • †Paterina
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  • Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris
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  • Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites
    †Pentremites
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  • †Perrinites
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  • †Petalodus
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  • †Phestia
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  • †Phillipsia
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Phlegethontia.
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  • † Pinna
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  • †Platyceras
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  • Various conodont elements of Polygnathus
    †Polygnathus
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  • †Prodentalium
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  • †Productus
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  • †Pseudogastrioceras – tentative report
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  • †Ptyonius – tentative report
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  • †Pugnoides
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  • †Rhipidomella
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  • †Rhombopora
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  • †Rugosa

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  • †Sallya – tentative report
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  • †Schizodus
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  • †Schizophoria
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  • †Scoyenia
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  • †Septopora
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  • A living Serpula, or calcareous tubeworm
    Serpula
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  • †Shark
    • †Shark teeth
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  • Solemya
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  • †Solenomorpha – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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  • †Spathognathodus
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  • †Sphenophyllum
    • †Sphenophyllum gilmorei – type locality for species
    • †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
  • †Sphenopteris
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
    †Spirifer
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    • †Spirifer centronatus
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  • †Spiriferina
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  • Fossil preserved in situ of a Carboniferous tree-like club moss relative with attached Stigmaria rhizome system
    †Stigmaria
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  • †Stroboceras
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  • †Supaia – type locality for genus
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  • Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora
    †Syringopora
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  • †Tabulipora
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  • †Tabulophyllum
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  • †Tainoceras
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  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Triassic freshwater shark Triodus
    †Triodus
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  • †Triplophyllum
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  • †Venustodus
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  • Restoration of the Permian trilobite Vidria
    †Vidria
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  • Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Permian conifer Walchia
    †Walchia
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  • †Wardia
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  • †Wedekindellina
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  • †Wilkingia
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  • †Worthenia
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  • †Yarravia
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  • Yoldia

References[]

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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