List of the Paleozoic life of California

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

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  • †Advenella
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  • †Agathiceras
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  • †Ampyx – tentative report
  • †Ampyx
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  • †Apatolichas
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  • Fossil of the mysterious Ediacaran organism Aspidella
    †Aspidella – tentative report
    • †Aspidella terranovica
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  • †Atrypa
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  • Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten
    †Aviculopecten
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    • †Aviculopecten occidentalis – or unidentified comparable form

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  • †Bimuria
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  • †Bolbolenellus
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  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Bristolia
    †Bristolia
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  • †Bumastus
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  • Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Calymene
    †Calymene
  • †Camarotoechia – tentative report
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  • †Carolinites
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  • †Chonetes
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  • †Cleiothyridina
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    †Composita
    • †Composita grandis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Composita subtilita – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Conchidium
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  • †Conocardium
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  • †Crurithyris
  • Fossil of the Devonian-Triassic arthropod trackway ichnogenus Cruziana
    †Cruziana
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  • Fossilized shell of the Permian ammonoid cephalopod Cyclolobus
    †Cyclolobus
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  • †Cyclonema
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  • †Cymbidium
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  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Daguinaspis
    †Daguinaspis
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  • †Dicoelosia
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  • †Dictyoclostus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician graptolite Didymograptus
    †Didymograptus
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  • †Dimeropygiella
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  • †Diplichnites
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  • †Dolerorthis
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  • †Encrinurus
  • Fossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras
    †Endoceras – tentative report
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  • Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Permian sea snail Euomphalus
    †Euomphalus
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  • †Glassia – tentative report
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  • Life restoration of the Cambrian echinoderm Gogia
    †Gogia
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  • †Halysites
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  • †Helicoplacus
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  • Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
    †Helicoprion
    • †Helicoprion davisii
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  • †Heliomeroides
  • †Hercynella
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  • Fossilized shells of the Ordovician-Carboniferous sea snail Holopea
    †Holopea
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  • †Hyolithes
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  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician trilobite Illaenus
    †Illaenus
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  • †Ingria
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  • †Isogramma
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  • Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
    †Isotelus
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  • †Kawina
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  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the brachiopod Kutorgina
    †Kutorgina
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  • †Lingula
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
    †Lingulella
  • †Linoproductus
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  • †Lithostrotion
    • †Lithostrotion pauciradiale
  • Fossil of the Ordovician trilobite Lonchodomas
    †Lonchodomas
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  • Illustration (lower right, entry 15) of a fossilized shell in front and side views of the Silurian-Late Devonian brachiopod Meristella
    †Meristella
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  • †Micromitra
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  • †Murchisonia
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  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian brachiopod Neospirifer
    †Neospirifer
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  • †Nephrolenellus
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  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadella
    †Nevadella
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  • †Obolella
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  • Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Olenellus
    †Olenellus
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    • †Olenellus fowleri – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Omphalotrochus
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  • †Oryctocephalus
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  • †Paladin
  • Palaeoaplysina
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  • †Paleochiton
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  • †Parafusulina
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  • †Paraschwagerina
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  • Life restoration of the Cambrian trilobite Peachella
    †Peachella
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  • †Pentamerus
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  • †Perrinites
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  • †Petalaxis
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  • †Phillipsia
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  • †Phyllograptus
  • Fossilized shell of the Ordovician brachiopod Plaesiomys
    †Plaesiomys
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  • †Planolites
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  • †Platyceras
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  • †Poleumita
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  • †Productus
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  • Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus
    †Proetus
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  • Fossil of the mysterious Ediacaran animal Pteridinium
    †Pteridinium – tentative report
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  • †Raymondaspis
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  • †Remopleurides
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  • †Repinaella
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  • †Rhipidomella
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  • Fossil of the arthropod burrow ichnogenus Rusophycus
    †Rusophycus

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  • †Schizodus
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  • †Schizophoria
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  • †Schwagerina
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  • †Skenidioides
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
    †Spirifer
    • †Spirifer brazerianus
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  • †Spiriferina – tentative report
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  • †Stearoceras
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  • †Streptosolen
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  • †Stylonema
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  • Life restoration of the mysterious Ediacaran animal Swartpuntia
    †Swartpuntia – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Syringopora
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  • †Thompsonella
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  • Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Trinodus
    †Trinodus
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  • †Triticites
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    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – or unidentified related form
    • † – type locality for species
  • †Trocholites – tentative report
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • † – tentative report
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • †

U[]

  • †

V[]

  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
  • †Volborthella
    • †Volborthella tenuis
  • †
    • †
    • †

W[]

  • † – tentative report
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Wanneria
    †Wanneria
  • †
    • †
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
    • † – tentative report
    • †
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • † – tentative report
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • †

X[]

  • Fossilized shells of the ammonoid cephalopod Xenodiscus
    †Xenodiscus
    • † – or unidentified related form
  • †
  • †
    • †

Y[]

  • †
    • † – type locality for species

Z[]

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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