List of the Paleozoic life of Michigan

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

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• †Acidaspis
• †Actinoceras
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  Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
  †Alethopteris
  • †Alethopteris decurrens
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  Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia
  †Annularia
  • †Annularia asteris
  • †Annularia sphenophylloides
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• †Athyris
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Carboniferous brachiopod Atrypa
  †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa traversensis
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• †Aulopora
  • †Aulopora microbuccinata

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  Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic mollusc Bellerophon
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  Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
  †Calamites
  • †Calamites carinatus
  • †Calamites cistii
  • †Calamites ramosus
  • †Calamites schutzeiformis
  • †Calamites suckowii
  • †Calamites undulatus
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• †Callixylon
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  Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Calymene
  †Calymene
• †Camarotoechia
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  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
  †Ceraurus
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• †Chonetes
  • †Chonetes ensicosta
  • †Chonetes hybus
  • †Chonetes pachyactis
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  Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian graptolite Climacograptus
  †Climacograptus
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• †Columnaria
  • †Columnaria alveolata
  • †Columnaria calicina
  • †Columnaria stokesi
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  Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Permian conifer relative Cordaites
  †Cordaites
  • †Cordaites borassifolius
  • †Cordaites crassinervis
  • †Cordaites michiganensis
  • †Cordaites palmaeformis
  • †Cordaites principalis
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• †Cornulites
  • †Cornulites corrugatus
  • †Cornulites flexuosus
  • †Cornulites sterlingensis – or unidentified comparable form
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• †Cyclonema
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• †Cylindrophyllum
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• †Cyrtoceras – tentative report^[1]
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• †Cyrtolites
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• †Discosorus^[1]
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• †Eldredgeops
  • †Eldredgeops rana
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• †Encrinurus
• †Endoceras
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  Fossils (figures 2-10) of the Silurian-Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Erieopterus
  †Erieopterus
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  Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
  †Favosites
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• †Flexicalymene
  • †Flexicalymene croneisi
  • †Flexicalymene magnipapilla – type locality for species
  • †Flexicalymene meeki – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Flexicalymene planilabra – type locality for species
  • †Flexicalymene praelongicephala – type locality for species
  • †Flexicalymene quadricapita – type locality for species
  • †Flexicalymene senaria
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  Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Devonian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Gilbertsocrinus
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• †Girvanella
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  Multiple views of a fossil of the Ordovician horn coral Grewingkia
  †Grewingkia
  • †Grewingkia canadensis
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  Fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan ("moss animal") Hallopora
  †Hallopora
  • †Hallopora subnodosa
• †Halysites
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  Fossil of the Devonian colonial rugose coral Hexagonaria, also known as a Petoskey stone
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  • †Hexagonaria pericarinata
• †Hindia
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  Fossilized shells of the Ordovician-Carboniferous sea snail Holopea
  †Holopea
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• †Huronia^[1]
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  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
  †Isotelus
  • †Isotelus gigas

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• †Leiorhynchus
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  Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. (1911).
  †Lepidodendron
  • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
  • †Lepidodendron Brittsii
  • †Lepidodendron dichotomum
  • †Lepidodendron lanceolatum
  • †Lepidodendron lycopodiodes
  • †Lepidodendron obovatum
  • †Lepidodendron obvatum
  • †Lepidodendron ophiurioides
  • †Lepidodendron vestitum
• †Lepidostrobus
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• †Leptaena
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• †Lingula
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• †Maelonoceras
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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
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  Fossilized shell of the Devonian brachiopod Mucrospirifer
  †Mucrospirifer
  • †Mucrospirifer attenuatus
  • †Mucrospirifer grabaui
  • †Mucrospirifer latus
  • †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
  • †Mucrospirifer profundus
  • †Mucrospirifer prolificus
  • †Mucrospirifer thedfordensis
• †Murchisonia
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• †Naticopsis
  • †Naticopsis manitobensis
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  Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris
  †Neuropteris
  • †Neuropteris caudata
  • †Neuropteris dilitata
  • †Neuropteris flexuosa
  • †Neuropteris gigntea – tentative report
  • †Neuropteris harrisi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neuropteris heterophylla – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neuropteris obliqua
  • †Neuropteris rarinervis
  • †Neuropteris saginawensis
  • †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
  • †Neuropteris Schlehani
  • †Neuropteris tenuifolia
• †Nodonema
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• †Nowakia
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• †Nuculoidea
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  Fossil of the Ordovician trilobite Ogygites
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• †Oncoceras
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• †Ormoceras^[1]
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• †Orthoceras
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• †Panenka
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  Assemblage of the Early-Middle Devonian brachiopod Paraspirifer
  †Paraspirifer
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• †Pecopteris
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  Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Middle Devonian brachiopod Pentamerus
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  Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras
  †Platyceras
  • †Platyceras bucculentum
  • †Platyceras carinatum
  • †Platyceras rarispinum
• †Platystrophia
  • †Platystrophia acutilirata
  • †Platystrophia annieana
  • †Platystrophia clarkesvillensis
  • †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
  • †Platystrophia cypha – or unidentified related form
  • †Platystrophia moritura
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  Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum
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  Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus
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  • †Proetus chambliensis
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• †Pugnoides

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• †Rafinesquina
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• †Rhipidomella
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• †Samaropsis
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  Fossils of the Cambrian mollusc Scenella
  †Scenella – tentative report
• †Schizophoria
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• †Scutellum
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• †Sigillaria
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  Fossilized leaves and branches of the Devonian-Triassic horsetail relative Sphenophyllum
  †Sphenophyllum
  • †Sphenophyllum bifurcatum
  • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
  • †Sphenophyllum majus
  • †Sphenophyllum saxifragaefolium
• †Sphenopteris
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• †Spirifer – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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• †Spyroceras
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  Life restorations of a male (foreground) and female (background) of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous Chimaera relative Stethacanthus
  †Stethacanthus
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• †Stigmaria
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• †Stigmatella
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  Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
  †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena alpenensis
  • †Strophomena costata
  • †Strophomena crassa
  • †Strophomena elongata
  • †Strophomena erratica
  • †Strophomena extenuata
  • †Strophomena heteromys
  • †Strophomena huronensis
  • †Strophomena inaequiradiata
  • †Strophomena levidensa
  • †Strophomena neglecta
  • †Strophomena nutans – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Strophomena parvula
  • †Strophomena pentagonia
  • †Strophomena planumbona
  • †Strophomena potterensis
  • †Strophomena sulcata
  • †Strophomena tenuicosta
  • †Strophomena titan
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  Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora
  †Syringopora

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  Fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-Late Devonian probable mollusc Tentaculites
  †Tentaculites
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• †Tetradium
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  Restoration showing the top (left) and underside of the Late Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus
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  • †Triarthrus eatoni
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References[]

Uncited entries[]

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