List of the Paleozoic life of Utah

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

A[]

    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Acinocricus
    • Acinocricus stichus
  • Acodus
    • – type locality for species
  • Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Agnostus
    Agnostus
    • – type locality for species
  • Ameura – tentative report
  • Amphiscapha
  • Amplexus[clarification needed]
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
  • Anisopyge
  • Annularia
    • Annularia stellata
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Anomalocaris
    Anomalocaris
  • Anomphalus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes
    Archimedes
    • Archimedes macfarlani
  • Arcuolimbus
  • Arenicolites
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Artisia
  • – tentative report
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Asaphiscus
    Asaphiscus
    • Asaphiscus wheeleri
  • Athyris
    • Athyris lamellosa
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Carboniferous brachiopod Atrypa
    Atrypa
    • Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
  • Atrypid
  • – tentative report
  • Aulopora – tentative report
  • Aviculopecten
    • Aviculopecten girtyi
    • Aviculopecten kaibabensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • – tentative report
  • Fossil of the Cambrian velvet worm relative Aysheaia
    Aysheaia

B[]

  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Bathyuriscus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Beckwithia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Benthamaspis
    • – type locality for species
  • Beyrichoceras
  • Biscoia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – informal
  • Bolbocephalus
    • – type locality for species
  • Bonneterrina
  • Bourbonnella
    • – type locality for species
  • Bowmania
  • Life restoration of the mysterious Cambrian animal Branchiocaris
    Branchiocaris
  • Brassicicephalus
    • – type locality for species

C[]

  • Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
    Calamites
    • Calamites cistii – or unidentified comparable form
    • Calamites suckowii
  • – tentative report
  • Calathium
    • – type locality for species
  • Callipteris – tentative report
  • Callocladia
    • – type locality for species
  • Camarotoechia
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Campbelloceras – tentative report
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Canadaspis (left)
    Canadaspis
    • Canadaspis perfecta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Canadia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Caninia
  • Cardiopteris
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Carolinites
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cavusgnathus
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Cedaria
    Cedaria
  • – tentative report
    • – informal
  • Chaetetes
  • Chancelloria
    • – type locality for species
  • Chancia (genus)
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian sponge Choia
    Choia
  • Chondrites
  • Chonetes
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossil of the Carboniferous tabulate coral Cladochonus
    Cladochonus
  • – tentative report
  • Cleiothyridina
    • – informal
    • – informal
  • Clonograptus
  • Coenites
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    Composita
    • Composita mira
    • Composita ovata
    • Composita parasulcata
    • Composita plana
    • Composita subtilita
    • Composita trinuclea
  • Coosella
  • Coosina
  • Cordaicarpus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Permian conifer relative Cordaites
    Cordaites
    • Cordaites principalis
    • – informal
    • – informal
    • – type locality for species
  • Crania
  • Cravenoceras
  • Crepicephalus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Crurithyris
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – tentative report
  • Cruziana
  • Restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ctenospondylus
    Ctenospondylus
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Cybelopsis
  • Fossilized foliage from the Carboniferous seed fern Cyclopteris
    Cyclopteris
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cystodictya

D[]

  • Deiracephalus
  • Delocrinus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Dentalium
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Permian reptile relative Diadectes
    Diadectes
  • Diagoniella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Diaphragmus
  • Dictyoclostus
  • Dictyonema
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician graptolite Didymograptus
    Didymograptus
    • Didymograptus nitidus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dimeropygiella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Diplorrhina
  • – tentative report
  • Ditomopyge
  • Dolerorthis – tentative report
  • Donaldina
  • Dresbachia
  • – tentative report
    • – tentative report
    • – informal

E[]

    • – informal
  • Echinaria[clarification needed]
    • – or unidentified related form
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Permian lobe-finned fish Ectosteorhachis
    Ectosteorhachis – or unidentified related form
  • Ehmaniella
    • – tentative report
  • Eldonia
  • Eleutherocentrus
  • Fossils at different stages of development of the Cambrian trilobite Elrathia
    Elrathia
    • – type locality for species
  • Elrathina
  • Emeraldella
  • Endoceras
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Eridotrypa
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Eryops
    Eryops
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Euphemites
    • – type locality for species
  • Euptychaspis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species

F[]

  • Falcatamacaris – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fenestella
  • Forteyops
    • – type locality for species
  • Fusulinella

G[]

  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Genevievella
    Genevievella
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Girvanella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Gnathodus
  • Fossil of the Cambrian echinoderm Gogia
    Gogia
    • – type locality for species
  • Goniatites
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – informal
  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Gunterichthys – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species

H[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Hamptonia
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian brachiopod relative Haplophrentis
    Haplophrentis
  • Hazelia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
    Helicoprion
  • Hematites
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Hemirhodon
  • Hemitrypa
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hindia[clarification needed]
  • Hintzeia
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Homagnostus
  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
  • Huronia
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Hyolithellus
Fossilized shells of the Cambrian-Permian brachiopod relative Hyolitha

Hyolithes

    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species

I[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Idiognathodus
  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician trilobite Illaenus
    Illaenus
  • Irvingella[clarification needed]
    • – tentative report

J[]

K[]

  • Kanoshia
    • – type locality for species
  • Kawina
    • – type locality for species
  • Kingstonia
  • Kirkella[clarification needed]
  • Komia[clarification needed]
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Kootenia
    Kootenia
    • – or unidentified related form

L[]

  • Lachnostoma
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration in multiple views of the Cambrian arthropod Leanchoilia
    Leanchoilia
  • Leiorhynchus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lejopyge
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous tree-sized club moss relative Lepidodendron
    Lepidodendron
    • Lepidodendron aculeatum
    • Lepidodendron obovatum
  • Lepidophyllum
  • Lepidostrobus
  • Leptaena
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Leptomitus
  • – tentative report
    • – tentative report
  • Lima[clarification needed]
  • Limatula
  • Lingula
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
    Lingulella
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Linoproductus
    • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Llanoaspis
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Lochriea
  • Lonchocephalus
  • Lyracystis

M[]

  • Restoration of the mysterious Cambrian life-form Margaretia
    Margaretia
    • Margaretia dorus
  • Marginifera
    • – type locality for species
  • Marpolia
  • Matthevia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras
    Metacoceras
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Meteoraspis
  • Micromitra
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Modiolus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • – type locality for species
  • Mollisonia
  • Morania
    • – type locality for species

N[]

  • Restoration of the Cambrian-Silurian arthropod Naraoia
    Naraoia
    • – tentative report
  • Naticopsis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian brachiopod Neospirifer
    Neospirifer
    • Neospirifer cameratus
    • Neospirifer kansasensis
    • Neospirifer triplicatus
  • – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris
    Neuropteris
    • – type locality for species
    • Neuropteris gigantea
    • Neuropteris heterophylla
  • – tentative report
  • Niobe[clarification needed] – tentative report
  • Nisusia
  • Norwoodia
  • Nuia
    • – type locality for species

O[]

  • Obolus[clarification needed]
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – informal
  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Ogygopsis
    Ogygopsis
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Olenellus
  • Olenoides
    • Olenoides nevadensis
    • Olenoides serratus
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Ophiacodon
    Ophiacodon
    • Ophiacodon navajovicus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Orthis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Oryctocephalus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian priapulid worm relative Ottoia
    Ottoia
    • Ottoia prolifica
  • Ozarkodina

P[]

  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Pagetia
    Pagetia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Paladin
  • Palaeoaplysina
  • Palaeoscolex
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
  • Pelagiella
  • Pentamerus
  • Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Itagnostus interstrictus, until recently known as Peronopsis interstricta
    Peronopsis
    • Peronopsis interstricta
  • Perspicaris
    • – informal
  • Phillipsia
    • – informal
  • Phyllograptus
    • – tentative report
  • Pinna – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Platycrinites
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian sail-backed amphibian Platyhystrix
    Platyhystrix – or unidentified comparable form
    • Platyhystrix rugosus
    • – informal
    • – informal
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Prodentalium
  • Productus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Prohedinia
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Protopliomerella
    • – type locality for species
  • Protospongia
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
  • Ptychagnostus
    • – type locality for species
  • Pugnax[clarification needed]
    • – type locality for species
  • Pugnoides
  • Punka[clarification needed]
    • – or unidentified comparable form

Q[]

  • Quadratia
  • – tentative report
    • – informal

R[]

  • – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Rayonnoceras
  • Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites
    Receptaculites
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rhipidomella
  • Shell of a Rhodea land snail
    Rhodea
  • Rhombopora
  • Ribeiria
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossil of the arthropod burrow ichnogenus Rusophycus
    Rusophycus
  • – tentative report

S[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella
    Saukiella
  • – tentative report
  • Scenella
    • – type locality for species
  • Schizodus
    • – type locality for species
  • Schizophoria
  • Schmalenseeia
  • Schwagerina
  • Scolicia
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Cambrian priapulid worm Selkirkia
    Selkirkia
    • Selkirkia columbia – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – tentative report
  • Septopora
  • Restorative model of the Cambrian arthropod Sidneyia
    Sidneyia
  • Sigillaria
    • Sigillaria brardii
  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Sphenacodon
    Sphenacodon
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
  • Sphenophyllum
    • Sphenophyllum angustifolium
    • Sphenophyllum verticillatum
    • – type locality for species
  • Sphenopteris
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Spinofacia – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
    Spirifer
    • Spirifer centronatus
    • Spirifer opimus
  • Spiriferina
  • Spirorbis
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Stenopora
  • Stenorhachis – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil preserved in situ of a Carboniferous tree-like club moss relative with attached Stigmaria rhizome system
    Stigmaria
  • – or unidentified related form
  • – or unidentified related form
  • Supaia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora
    Syringopora

T[]

  • Tabulipora
  • Fossil of the feeding trace ichnogenus Teichichnus
    Teichichnus – tentative report
  • Terranovella
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Tetragraptus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossils of the burrow ichnogenus Thalassinoides
    Thalassinoides – tentative report
  • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Trace
    • Trace fossil
  • – tentative report
  • Tricrepicephalus
  • Trigonocercella
  • Illustration of a fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Trinodus
    Trinodus
  • Triplagnostus
  • Triticites
  • Trocholites
  • – tentative report
  • Restoration of the Permian reptile relative Tseajaia
    Tseajaia
    • Tseajaia campi – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Tuzoia

U[]

  • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Carboniferous amphibian Utaherpeton
    Utaherpeton – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species

V[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Cambrian-Silurian sponge Vauxia
    Vauxia
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species

W[]

    • – informal
    • – type locality for species
  • Walcottoceras – tentative report
  • Restoration of the Cambrian arthropod Waptia
    Waptia
    • Waptia fieldensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report
  • Weeksina
  • Wilkingia
  • Life restoration of the Cambrian possible mollusc Wiwaxia
    Wiwaxia
    • Wiwaxia corrugata
  • Worthenia

X[]

  • Restoration of the Late Devonian–Triassic freshwater shark Xenacanthus
    Xenacanthus – or unidentified related form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – tentative report

Y[]

  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Yuknessia

Z[]

References[]

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