List of the Paleozoic life of Wyoming

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

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• †Acondylacanthus
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• †Actinoceras
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• †Agassizodus
  • †Agassizodus variabilis
• †Agnostogonus
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• †Amphiscapha
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• †Amphissites
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• †Amplexus
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• †Anarthraspis
  • †Anarthraspis chamberlini
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• †Archaeocidaris
• †Arctacanthus
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  Life restoration of the Middle-Late Ordovician jawless fish Astraspis
  †Astraspis
  • †Astraspis desiderata
• †Aviculopecten
  • †Aviculopecten basilicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Aviculopecten girtyi
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  • †Aviculopecten gryphus
  • †Aviculopecten kaibabensis – or unidentified comparable form
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  Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic mollusc Bellerophon
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• †Blountiella
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• †Bowmania
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• †Bradyina – tentative report
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• †Bucheria – type locality for genus
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  Restorative portrait of the Permian synapsid (mammal prescursor) Burnetia
  †Burnetia
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  Life restoration of the Carboniferous Chimaera relative
  †Campodus
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• †Caninia
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• †Cardipeltis
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  • †Cardipeltis wallacii
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  Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Catenipora
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• †Cavusgnathus
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• †Cedaria
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  Life restoration of the Early Devonian jawless fish Cephalaspis
  †Cephalaspis
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• †Chaetetes
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• †Charactoceras – tentative report
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• †Chirognathus
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• †Chonetes
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  Fossilized shell of the Middle Devonian-Permian brachiopod Cleiothyridina
  †Cleiothyridina
  • †Cleiothyridina atrypoides
  • †Cleiothyridina elegans – or unidentified related form
  • †Cleiothyridina hirsuta
  • †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa – or unidentified related form
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• †Coleodus
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
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  • †Composita elongata
  • †Composita laevis – or unidentified related form
  • †Composita mira
  • †Composita ovata
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  • †Composita sigma
  • †Composita subquadrata
  • †Composita subtilita
  • †Composita sulcata
• †Conocardium
• †Coosella
• †Coosia
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• †Coosina
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• †Cordylodus
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• †Crepicephalus
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• †Crurithyris
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  Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus
  †Ctenacanthus
  • †Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias
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• †Cyrtogomphoceras
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• Cytherella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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• †Deckera
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  Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
  †Dentalium
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• †Diaphragmus
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• †Distichophytum
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• †Donaldina
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  Fossilized foliage from the Early-Late Devonian club moss relative Drepanophycus
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• †Earlandia
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  Fossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras
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• †Endothyra
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• †Eostaffella
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  Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Permian sea snail Euomphalus
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• †Euphemites
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  Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
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• †Gastrioceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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• †Genevievella
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  Fossil of the Early-Late Ordovician trilobite Geragnostus
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• †Girvanella
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  Life restoration of the Carboniferous shark Glikmanius
  †Glikmanius
  • †Glikmanius occidentalis
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• †Glyptopleura
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  Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Goniatites
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• †Goniophora – tentative report
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• †Gosslingia
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  Life restoration of the Permian Chimaera relative Helicoprion
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  • †Helicoprion davisii
• †Helodus
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• †Holophragma – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Homagnostus
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  Fossilized shells of the Cambrian-Permian brachiopod relative Hyolitha
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• †Hypseloconus
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• †Idiognathoides
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• †Ithyektyphus
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  Restoration of the Carboniferous-Permian ray-like cartilaginous fish Janassa (top and left)
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• †Juresania

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  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Kendallina
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• †Kingstonia
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• †Kionoceras
• †Kochoceras
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• †Lambeoceras
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  Fossils of the Middle Devonian clubmoss Leclercqia
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• †Leiorhynchus
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• †Lingula
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  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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• †Lonchocephalus
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• †Marginifera
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• †Maryvillia
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• †Mesolobus
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  Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Metacoceras
  †Metacoceras
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• †Meteoraspis
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• †Micromitra
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• †Millerella
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• †Minicephalus – type locality for genus
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  Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
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  • †Naticopsis judithae
  • †Naticopsis kaibabensis
  • †Naticopsis marthaae – or unidentified comparable form
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  Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian brachiopod Neospirifer
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  • †Neospirifer bakeri
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  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Olenoides
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• †Ozarkodina

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• †Paladin
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• †Paractinoceras
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• †Peripetoceras
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• †Phestia
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• †Plaesiomys
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• †Platyceras
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  Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia
  †Platystrophia
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• †Posidonia
• †Praearcturus
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• †Prodentalium
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• †Protaspis
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• †Pseudogastrioceras
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  Fossilized shell of a Pseudomelania sea snail
  †Pseudomelania – tentative report
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• †Psilophyton
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• †Pugnoides
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• †Rawlinsella
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  Restoration of the Early Devonian primitive vascular plant Renalia
  †Renalia
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• †Sallya
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  Fossil of the Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite Saukiella
  †Saukiella
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• †Sawdonia
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• †Schizodus
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• †Schizophoria
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  Modern specimen of the marine bivalve Solemya
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• †Solenochilus
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  Fossilized shell and lophophore of the Silurian-Middle Jurassic brachiopod Spiriferina
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• †Spyroceras
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• †Stearoceras
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• †Streptognathodus
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  Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
  †Strophomena
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• †Syspacheilus

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• †Tainoceras
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• †Tetrataxis
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  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus
  †Tricrepicephalus
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• †Triticites
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• †Uncaspis
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  Fossilized jaws of the Late Devonian lungfish Uranolophus
  †Uranolophus
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• †Westonoceras
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• †Wilkingia
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• †Winnipegoceras
• †Worthenia
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• † – tentative report

Z[]

• † – tentative report
• †Zellerina
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References[]

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