List of the Paleozoic life of Virginia

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

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  • †Acmarhachis
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  • Fossils of the Ordovician-Permian bryozoan Amplexopora
    †Amplexopora
  • †Ampyx
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  • Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes
    †Archimedes
  • †Arthrorhachis
  • †Athyris
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    • †Athyris lamellosa
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  • †Atrypa
  • †Aulopora
  • †Aviculopecten
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  • †Bassleroceras
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  • Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic mollusc Bellerophon
    †Bellerophon
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    • †Bellerophon spergensis – tentative report
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  • †Bimuria
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  • †Blountiella
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  • Life restoration of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Bothriolepis
    †Bothriolepis
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  • †Bumastus
    • †Bumastus lioderma – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Callixylon
  • Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Early Devonian trilobite Calymene
    †Calymene
  • †Calyptaulax
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  • †Camarotoechia
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  • †Campbelloceras
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  • †Cardiopteris
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  • †Ceratocephala
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  • †Ceratopsis
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  • †Ceraurinella – type locality for genus
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  • Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
    †Ceraurus
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  • †Chasmatopora
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  • †Chonetes
    • †Chonetes chesterensis
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    • †Chonetes novascoticus
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  • †Christiania
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  • Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina
    †Cincinnetina
    • †Cincinnetina meeki
    • †Cincinnetina multisecta
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  • †Clarkoceras – tentative report
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  • †Cleiothyridina
    • †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa – or unidentified comparable form
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  • Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian graptolite Climacograptus
    †Climacograptus
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  • †Coleoloides
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  • †Columnaria
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
    †Composita
    • †Composita subquadrata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Conocardium
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  • †Constellaria
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  • †Coosia
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  • †Coosina
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  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites
    †Cornulites
    • †Cornulites flexuosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Craniops
  • †Crepicephalus
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  • †Cryptolithus
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  • †Cryptophragmus
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  • Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras
    †Cyrtoceras
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  • †Cyrtospirifer
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  • †Cystodictya
    • †Cystodictya lineata
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  • †Dakeoceras
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  • Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites
    †Dalmanites – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Dekayia
  • †Delocrinus
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  • †Diaphragmus
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  • †Dictyoclostus
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  • Cambrian graptolite Diplograptus
    †Diplograptus
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  • †Donaldina
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  • †Dromopus
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  • Fossil of the Early-Middle Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Echinosphaerites
    †Echinosphaerites
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  • †Edmondia
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  • †Encrinuroides
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  • †Eophacops
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  • †Epiphyton
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  • †Eridotrypa
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  • Illustration with inset cross-section diagrams of the Cambrian sponge Ethmophyllum
    †Ethmophyllum
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  • †Euphemites
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  • Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
    †Favosites
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  • †Fletcheria – tentative report
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  • Front (left) and right side (right) views of an enrolled fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Flexicalymene
    †Flexicalymene
    • †Flexicalymene senaria
  • †Foerstia
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  • †Girvanella
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  • †Glauconome
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  • †Gonioceras
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  • †Graphiadactyllis
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  • Fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan ("moss animal") Hallopora
    †Hallopora
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  • †Helcionella
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  • †Heliomeroides
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  • †Hemiphragma
  • †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
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  • †Hemitrypa
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  • †Holia
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  • Fossilized shells of the Ordovician-Carboniferous sea snail Holopea
    †Holopea
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  • †Homagnostus
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  • †Hyolithellus
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Fossilized shells of the Cambrian-Permian brachiopod relative Hyolitha

†Hyolithes

  • †Hypseloconus
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  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician trilobite Illaenus
    †Illaenus
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  • Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
    †Isotelus
    • †Isotelus maximus
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  • †Labyrinthus
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  • †Latouchella
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  • †Leiorhynchus
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  • Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. (1911).
    †Lepidodendron
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  • †Leptaena
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  • Life restoration of the Early Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Levisoceras
    †Levisoceras
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  • Lingula
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  • †Lingulella – tentative report
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  • †Llanoaspis
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  • Fossil of the Ordovician trilobite Lonchodomas
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  • †Maryvillia
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  • †Mesotrypa
  • Restoration of the Cambrian trilobite Meteoraspis
    †Meteoraspis
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  • †Michelinoceras
  • †Microplasma
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  • Life restoration of the Silurian trilobite Miraspis
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  • †Monticulipora
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
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  • †Nicholsonella
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  • †Niobe
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  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
  • Nuculana
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  • †Nuia

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  • †Odontopleura
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  • Restoration of the Cambrian trilobite Olenellus
    †Olenellus
  • †Olenoides
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  • †Orthoceras
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  • †Oulodus
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  • †Ozarkodina

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  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Pagetia
    †Pagetia
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  • †Paractinoceras
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  • †Paterina
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  • †Pemphigaspis
  • Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites
    †Pentremites
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  • †Phestia
  • †Phillipsia
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  • †Phragmolites
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  • †Phylloporina
  • Pinna
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  • †Plaesiomys
  • †Platyceras
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  • Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia
    †Platystrophia
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  • †Plectoceras
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  • †Posidonia
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  • †Prasopora
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  • †Productus
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  • Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus
    †Proetus
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  • †Protobarinophyton
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  • †Rafinesquina
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  • †Raymondaspis
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  • Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites
    †Receptaculites
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  • †Remopleurides
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  • Shell of a Rhodea land snail
    †Rhodea
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  • †Rhombopora
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  • †Robergia
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  • †Rothpletzella
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  • Illustration of fossilized shells of the mysterious Cambrian organism Salterella
    †Salterella
    • †Salterella conulata
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  • †Schizodus
  • †Schizophoria
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  • †Septopora
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  • †Siphonodella
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  • †Skenidioides
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    • † – type locality for species
  • Solemya
  • Fossils of the red alga Solenopora
    †Solenopora
    • †Solenopora compacta
  • †Sowerbyella
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  • †Spathognathodus
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  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Sphaerexochus
    †Sphaerexochus
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  • †Sphaerocoryphe
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    • † – type locality for species
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  • Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
    †Spirifer
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    • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
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    • † – tentative report
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  • †Spyroceras
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  • Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
    †Strophomena
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    • †Strophomena filitexta
    • †Strophomena incurvata
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  • †Subligaculum
  • †Subulites
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  • Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora
    †Syringopora
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  • †Tabulipora
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  • Fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-Late Devonian probable mollusc Tentaculites
    †Tentaculites
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  • †Terranovella
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  • †Tetradium
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  • †Thaleops
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  • Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus
    †Tricrepicephalus
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  • †Trinodus
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    • †
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    • †
    • † – tentative report
    • †
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  • Fossils of the bore-hole ichnogenus Trypanites
    Trypanites
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  • †
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    • †

U[]

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V[]

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    • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • † – type locality for species
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form

W[]

  • †Wilkingia
  • †
  • †
    • † – type locality for species

Z[]

  • †
    • †
  • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
  • †
    • †
  • †
  • †
    • †
    • †

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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