List of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia

Last updated May 29, 2025

This list of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of West Virginia and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.

A

† Acosmoblatta
- † Acosmoblatta eakiniana – type locality for species
- † Acosmoblatta permacra – type locality for species
† Acrospirifer
† Adiantities
- † Adiantities beechensis – type locality for species
† Adiantites ^[1]
- † Adiantites tenuifolius ^[1]
† Ageleodus
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
† Alethopteris ^[1]
- † Alethopteris ambigua – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Alethopteris aquilina ^[1]
- † Alethopteris decurrens ^[1]
- † Alethopteris evansii ^[1]
- † Alethopteris gigas ^[1]
- † Alethopteris grandini
- † Alethopteris grandifolia – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Alethopteris massilionis ^[1]
- † Alethopteris lonchitica ^[1]
- † Alethopteris parva
- † Alethopteris pennsylvanica ^[1]
- † Alethopteris serlii ^[1]
  - †Alethopteris serlii var. americana^[1]
  - †Alethopteris serlii var. europaea^[1]
- † Alethopteris sternberg
- † Alethopteris virginiana ^[1]
† Allenella
- † Allenella tullius
† Amblyblatta
- † Amblyblatta lata – type locality for species
† Ambocoelia
- † Ambocoelia gregaria
- † Ambocoelia umbonata
† Amoeboblatta
- † Amoeboblatta permanenta – type locality for species
† Aneimites ^[1]
- † Aneimites adiantoides ^[1]
- † Aneimites fertilis – previously classified as † Wardia fertilis ^[1]
- † Aneimites tenuifolius – or unidentified related form^[1]
† Aneurophyton – or unidentified related form
- † Aneurophyton olnense
Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia
† Annularia ^[1]
- † Annularia acicularis ^[1]
- † Annularia asteris
- † Annularia carinata ^[1]
- † Annularia cuspidata ^[1]
- † Annularia galoides
- † Annularia minuta ^[1]
- † Annularia mucronata
- † Annularia radiata ^[1]
- † Annularia ramosa ^[1]
- † Annularia sphenophylloides ^[1]
- † Annularia stellata ^[1]
† Anoplea
- † Anoplea nucleata
† Anthraconauta
† Aparchites
- † Aparchites obliquatus
- † Aparchites punctillosa
† Apempherus
- † Apempherus complexinervis – type locality for species
- † Apempherus fossus – type locality for species
† Aphlebia ^[1]
- † Aphlebia filiciformis ^[1]
  - †Aphlebia filiciformis var. majus^[1]
- † Aphlebia laciniata ^[1]
- † Aphlebia lactuca ^[1]
- † Aphlebia speciosissima ^[1]
- † Aphlebia spinosa ^[1]
† Archaeopteridium
- † Archaeopteridium tschermackei
† Archaeopteris
- † Archaeopteris halliana
- † Archaeopteris hibernica
- Life restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous tree Archaeopteris macilenta with insets detailing its anatomy
  † Archaeopteris macilenta
- † Archaeopteris obusa
- † Archaeopteris sphenophyllifolia
- † Archaeopteris stricta – or unidentified related form^[1]
† Areomartus – type locality for genus
- † Areomartus ovatus – type locality for species
† Arrhythmoblatta
- † Arrhythmoblatta detecta – type locality for species
- † Arrhythmoblatta scudderiana – type locality for species
† Artisia
- † Artisia approximata
† Asolanus
- † Asolanus camptotaenia
† Asterocalamites ^[1]
- † Asterocalamites scrobiculatus ^[1]
† Asterophyllites
- † Asterophyllites charaeformis
- † Asterophyllites equisetiformis ^[1]
- † Asterophyllites erectifolius ^[1]
- † Asterophyllites gracilis ^[1]
- † Asterophyllites longifolius
- † Asterophyllites lycopodioides ^[1]
- † Asterophyllites minutus ^[1]
- † Asterophyllites rigidus ^[1]
† Athyris
- † Athyris angelica
† Atrypa
- † Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
† Aulacotheca
- † Aulacotheca campbellii
† Aulopora
Mold fossil of a shell of the Early Devonian-Late Triassic bivalve Aviculopecten
† Aviculopecten
- † Aviculopecten batesvillensis
- † Aviculopecten crenistriatus – or unidentified comparable form

B

† Baiera ^[1]
- † Baiera braun
- † Baiera virginiana ^[1]
† Barbclabornia
- † Barbclabornia luedersensis
† Barinophyton
- † Barinophyton sibiricum
† Bassipterus
- † Bassipterus virginicus
† Beyrichia
- † Beyrichia moodeyi
Fossilized skeleton found in Mercer County; the holotype of the Carboniferous bony fish Bluefieldius . Close-up view of the skull at right.

† Bluefieldius ^[2]
- † Bluefieldius mercerensis ^[2]
† Bollia
- † Bollia hama
- † Bollia hindei
- † Bollia nitida
- † Bollia planofibra
- † Bollia ungula
† Bothrodendron ^[1]
- † Bothrodendron minutifolium – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
† Bradyblatta
- † Bradyblatta mucronata – type locality for species
- † Bradyblatta sagittaria – type locality for species
† Buthotrephis
- † Buthotrephis gracilis
Bythocypris
- † Bythocypris keyserensis
- † Bythocypris phaseolina

C

Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
† Calamites
- † Calamites approximatus ^[1]
- † Calamites cannaeformis ^[1]
- † Calamites cistii ^[1]
- † Calamites radiatus
- † Calamites ramosus ^[1]
- † Calamites roemeri ^[1]
- † Calamites suckowi ^[1]
- † Calamites suckowii
† Calamostachys ^[1]
- † Calamostachys lanceolata ^[1]
- † Calamostachys ramosus ^[1]
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Callipteridium
† Callipteridium
- † Callipteridium dawsonianum
- † Callipteridium grandifolium
- † Callipteridium inaequale ^[1]
- † Callipteridium oblongifolium
- † Callipteridium odontopteroides
- † Callipteridium unitum
† Callipteris
- † Callipteris conferta ^[1]
- † Callipteris diabolica
† Callixylon
- † Callixylon erianum
† Calymene
- † Calymene camerata
- † Calymene cresapensis
- Fossils in enrolled posture of the Silurian trilobite Calymene niagarensis
  † Calymene niagarensis
† Camarotoechia
- † Camarotoechia andrewsi
- † Camarotoechia limitare
- † Camarotoechia litchfieldensis
- † Camarotoechia tonolowayensis
† Caneyella
- † Caneyella richardsoni
† Cardiocarpon ^[1]
- † Cardiocarpon bicuspidatum ^[1]
- † Cardiocarpon cornutum ^[1]
- † Cardiocarpon elongatum ^[1]
- † Cardiocarpon minor ^[1]
† Cardiocarpus
† Cardiomorpha
- † Cardiomorpha obovata
† Cardiopteris ^[1]
- † Cardiopteris frondosa ^[1]
† Carniodus
- † Carniodus carnulus
† Carpolithes ^[1]
- † Carpolithes bi-carpus ^[1]
- † Carpolithes ellipticus ^[1]
- † Carpolithes fragarioides – tentative report^[1]
- † Carpolithes marginatus ^[1]
- † Carpolithes virginianus – type locality for species
† Caulopteris ^[1]
- † Caulopteris elliptica ^[1]
- † Caulopteris gigantea ^[1]
† Cavellina
- † Cavellina planoprocliva
† Charbeckia
- † Charbeckia macrophylla
† Cheilanthites ^[1]
- † Cheilanthites nummularius – or unidentified comparable form.^[1]
- † Cheilanthites obtusilobus ^[1]
  - †Cheilanthites obtusilobus var. dilatata^[1]
- † Cheilanthites solidus ^[1]
- † Cheilanthites squamosus ^[1]
- † Cheilanthites trifoliatus ^[1]
† Chonetes
- † Chonetes novascoticus
† Clidochirus
† Coelospira
- † Coelospira sulcata
† Condrusia
† Cordaicarpon ^[1]
- † Cordaicarpon circularis ^[1]
- † Cordaicarpon cinctum ^[1]
- † Cordaicarpon gutbieri ^[1]
† Cordaites ^[1]
- † Cordaites borassifolius ^[1]
- † Cordaites crassinervis ^[1]
- † Cordaites principalis
- † Cordaites robbii ^[1]
† Cornulites
† Courvoisiella
- † Courvoisiella ctenomorpha
Life restoration of the Carboniferous four-limbed animal precursor Crassigyrinus
† Crassigyrinus
† Crossoceras
- † Crossoceras belandi
† Crurispina
- † Crurispina nana
† Cupularostrum
- † Cupularostrum contracta
† Cyclopteris
- † Cyclopteris valida – probably the same as Triphyllopteris virginiana^[1]
† Cyperites
- † Cyperites bicarinatus
† Cypricardella

D

† Dalmanella
- † Dalmanella lenticularis
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites
† Dalmanites
- † Dalmanites limulurus
† Danaeides
- † Danaeides emersoni
† Delthyris
† Deltopecten
- † Deltopecten caneyanus – or unidentified comparable form
† Devonochonetes
- † Devonochonetes coronatus
- † Devonochonetes scitulus
† Dibolbina
- † Dibolbina cristata
† Dichophyllum
- † Dichophyllum moorei
† Dicladoblatta
- † Dicladoblatta defossa – type locality for species
† Diedrorynchus – type locality for genus
- † Diedrorynchus dictyum – type locality for species
Life restoration of a swimming group of the Permian amphibian Diploceraspis
† Diploceraspis
- † Diploceraspis burkei
† Diplothema ^[1]
- † Diplothema pachyderma ^[1]
† Distomodus
- † Distomodus nodosus – type locality for species
† Ditomopyge
- † Ditomopyge decurtata
† Dizygopleura
- † Dizygopleura costata
- † Dizygopleura halli
- † Dizygopleura orealis
- † Dizygopleura simulans
- † Dizygopleura subovalis
† Dolerotheca
- † Dolerotheca pennsylvanica
† Donaldina
- † Donaldina superclivis – type locality for species
† Douvillina
- † Douvillina inequistriata
† Drepanellina
- † Drepanellina clarki
Fossil of the Silurian-Late Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Drepanopterus
† Drepanopterus
- † Drepanopterus nodosus

E

† Ectogrammysia
- † Ectogrammysia inaffecta – type locality for species
- † Ectogrammysia prolata – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Edaphosaurus
† Edaphosaurus
- † Edaphosaurus colohistion – type locality for species
† Edmondia
- † Edmondia equilateralis
- † Edmondia equilateralus
- † Edmondia suborbiculata
† Elkinsia
- † Elkinsia polymorpha
† Endelocrinus
- † Endelocrinus kieri
† Equisetides
- † Equisetides rugosus
- † Equisetides schimper
- † Equisetides striatus
† Equisetites ^[1]
- † Equisetites elongatus ^[1]
- † Equisetites occidentalis ^[1]
- † Equisetites rugosus ^[1]
- † Equisetites striatus ^[1]
† Eremopteris ^[1]
- † Eremopteris artemisiaefolia ^[1]
- † Eremopteris cheathami ^[1]
- † Eremopteris decomposita – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Eremopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Eremopteris lincolniana – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Eremopteris macilenta ^[1]
- † Eremopteris microphylla ^[1]
- † Eremopteris sauvieri – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
† Etoblattina
- † Etoblattina aperta – type locality for species
- † Etoblattina exigua – type locality for species
† Eucalyptocrinites
† Eukloedenella
- † Eukloedenella umbiculata
Life restoration of Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Eurypterus
† Eurypterus
† Eurytaenia – type locality for genus
- † Eurytaenia virginiana – type locality for species
† Eviostachya – or unidentified comparable form

F

Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
† Favosites
- † Favosites helderbergiae
† Floweria
- † Floweria chemungensis

G

† Gerablattina
- † Gerablattina eversa – type locality for species
- † Gerablattina inculta – type locality for species
- † Gerablattina perita – type locality for species
† Gillespia
- † Gillespia randolphensis
Life restoration of the Carboniferous four-limbed animal precursor Greererpeton
† Greererpeton
- † Greererpeton burkemorani
† Guilielmites ^[1]
- † Guilielmites geinitz
- † Guilielmites orbicularis ^[1]
† Gypidula
- † Gypidula coeymanensis
† Gyracanthus

H

† Halliella
- † Halliella fissurella
- † Halliella subequata
† Halonia ^[1]
† Hapalocrinus
† Hierogramma
† Hindella
- † Hindella congregata
† Holcospermum
- † Holcospermum maizerentense
† Holopea
- † Holopea flintstonensis
† Homeospira
- † Homeospira evax
† Hormotoma
- † Hormotoma rowei
Life restoration in multiple views of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Hughmilleria
† Hughmilleria
- † Hughmilleria bellistriata
† Hylopus
- † Hylopus hamesi
† Hyphantozyga
- † Hyphantozyga fenestrata – type locality for species

J

† Jaeckelocystis

K

† Kloedenella
- † Kloedenella bisulcata
† Kloedenia
- † Kloedenia clarkei
- † Kloedenia normalis

L

† Leperditia
- † Leperditia alta
- † Leperditia elongata – or unidentified comparable form
- † Leperditia scalaris
† Lepidocystis ^[1]
- † Lepidocystis vesicularis ^[1]
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron . Eli Heimans (1911).
† Lepidodendron ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron aculeatum
- † Lepidodendron acuminatum ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron brittsii – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Lepidodendron clypeatum ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron dichotomum – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Lepidodendron lanceolatum ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron magnum – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Lepidodendron modulatum ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron obovatum ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron rushvillense ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron selaginoides ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron sternbergii ^[1]
- † Lepidodendron veltheimianum ^[1]
† Lepidodendropsis
- † Lepidodendropsis scobiniformis
† Lepidophloios ^[1]
- † Lepidophloios laricinus – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
† Lepidophyllum ^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum acuminatum ^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum brevifolium ^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum campbellianum ^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum cultriforme – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum hastatum ^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum jenneyi ^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum lanceolatum ^[1]
- † Lepidophyllum oblongifolium ^[1]
† Lepidostrobophyllum
† Lepidostrobus ^[1]
- † Lepidostrobus ornatus ^[1]
- † Lepidostrobus salisburyi ^[1]
- † Lepidostrobus variabilis ^[1]
† Lepocrinites
- † Lepocrinites gebhardi
† Leptaena
- † Leptaena rhomboidalis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
† Leptodesma
- † Leptodesma matheri
- † Leptodesma occidentale – or unidentified related form
- † Leptodesma pennsylvanica
- † Leptodesma spinerigum
† Leptostrophia
- † Leptostrophia bipartita
- † Leptostrophia proutyi
† Lescuropteris ^[1]
- † Lescuropteris adiantites ^[1]
- † Lescuropteris moorii ^[1]
† Levizygopleura
- † Levizygopleura inornata
† Limipecten
- † Limipecten greerensis – type locality for species
† Limnopus
- † Limnopus glenshawensis
† Limnosceloides – type locality for genus
- † Limnosceloides dunkardensis – type locality for species
Shell of the Cambrian-modern brachiopod Lingula
† Lingula
† Linopteris ^[1]
- † Linopteris neuropteroides
- † Linopteris obliqua ^[1]
† Liocalymene
- † Liocalymene clintoni
† Liparoblatta
- † Liparoblatta ovata – type locality for species
- † Liparoblatta radiata – type locality for species
† Lithostrotion
- † Lithostrotion angustum
† Lycopodites ^[1]
- † Lycopodites meekii ^[1]
- † Lycopodites pendulus ^[1]
- † Lycopodites simplex ^[1]
Fossil in cross section of the Carboniferous seed fern stem Lyginopteris
† Lyginopteris
- † Lyginopteris bermudensiformis
- † Lyginopteris fragilis
- † Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
- † Lyginopteris hoeninghausii

M

† Macrostachya ^[1]
† Mariacrinus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- † Mariacrinus stoloniferus
† Mariopteris ^[1]
- † Mariopteris andraena ^[1]
- † Mariopteris acuta ^[1]
- † Mariopteris dimorpha – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Mariopteris inflata ^[1]
- † Mariopteris latifolia ^[1]
- † Mariopteris muricata ^[1]
- † Mariopteris nervosa ^[1]
- † Mariopteris newberryi ^[1]
- † Mariopteris pottsvillea ^[1]
- † Mariopteris pygmaea ^[1]
- † Mariopteris sillimanni ^[1]
- † Mariopteris sphenopteroides ^[1]
- † Mariopteris spinulosa – tentative report^[1]
† Mediospirifer
- † Mediospirifer audaculus
† Megakozlowskiella
- † Megakozlowskiella sculptilis
† Megalichthyes – or unidentified comparable form
† Megalopteris ^[1]
- † Megalopteris dawsoni – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Megalopteris hartii ^[1]
- † Megalopteris sewellensis ^[1]
† Metapoblatta – type locality for genus
- † Metapoblatta microptera – type locality for species
† Microsphaeridiorhynchus
- † Microsphaeridiorhynchus litchfieldensis
† Modiolopsis
- † Modiolopsis gregarius
† Modiolus
- † Modiolus waverliensis – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized shell of the Devonian brachiopod Mucrospirifer
† Mucrospirifer
- † Mucrospirifer mucronatus
† Murchisonia
- † Murchisonia minuta
† Myelodactylus
- † Myelodactylus keyserensis
† Mylacris – type locality for genus
- † Mylacris virginiana – type locality for species

N

† Naiadites
† Naticonema
† Nematophyllum ^[1]
- † Nematophyllum angustum ^[1]
† Nervostrophia
- † Nervostrophia nervosa
† Neuralethopteris
- † Neuralethopteris pocahontas
- † Neuralethopteris smithsii
Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris
† Neuropteris ^[1]
- † Neuropteris agassizi ^[1]
- † Neuropteris auriculata ^[1]
- † Neuropteris biformis ^[1]
- † Neuropteris callosa ^[1]
- † Neuropteris carrii – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Neuropteris cistii ^[1]
- † Neuropteris cordata ^[1]
- † Neuropteris crenulata ^[1]
- † Neuropteris dictyopteroides ^[1]
- † Neuropteris elrodi ^[1]
- † Neuropteris fimbriata ^[1]
- † Neuropteris flexuosa ^[1]
- † Neuropteris gigantea
- † Neuropteris grangeri ^[1]
- † Neuropteris heterophylla
- † Neuropteris lindleyana ^[1]
- † Neuropteris loschii
- † Neuropteris odontopteroides ^[1]
- † Neuropteris ovata ^[1]
- † Neuropteris planchardi ^[1]
  - †Neuropteris planchardi var. longifolia^[1]
- † Neuropteris plicata ^[1]
- † Neuropteris pocahontas ^[1]
- † Neuropteris rarinervis ^[1]
- † Neuropteris scheuchzeri ^[1]
- † Neuropteris schlehani ^[1]
- † Neuropteris smithii ^[1]
- † Neuropteris sternberg
- † Neuropteris tenuifolia ^[1]
- † Neuropteris vermicularis ^[1]
- † Neuropteris zeilleri – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
† Nuculavus
- † Nuculavus okawensis
† Nuculopsis
- † Nuculopsis rectangula

O

† Octonaria
- † Octonaria muricata
† Odontopteris ^[1]
- † Odontopteris aequalis ^[1]
- † Odontopteris densifolia ^[1]
- † Odontopteris gracillima ^[1]
- † Odontopteris neuropteroides ^[1]
- † Odontopteris nervosa ^[1]
- † Odontopteris newberryi ^[1]
- † Odontopteris obtusiloba ^[1]
  - †Odontopteris obtusiloba var. rarinervis^[1]
- † Odontopteris subcuneata ^[1]
- † Odontopteris wortheni ^[1]
† Oligocarpia ^[1]
- † Oligocarpia alabamensis ^[1]
Life restoration of the Middle-Late Devonian lobe-finned fish Onychodus
† Onychodus
† Orthacanthus – or unidentified comparable form
† Orthoceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
† Orthogonophora – type locality for genus
- † Orthogonophora distincta – type locality for species
† Orthomylacris
- † Orthomylacris franklini – type locality for species
† Orthonychia
- † Orthonychia tortuosa
† Oxynoblatta
- † Oxynoblatta alutacea – type locality for species

P

† Palaeodictyopteron – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- † Palaeodictyopteron virginianum – type locality for species
† Palaeolima
† Palaeoneilo
- † Palaeoneilo sera
† Palaeostylus
- † Palaeostylus venustus
† Palaeoxyris ^[1]
- † Palaeoxyris appendiculata ^[1]
† Paleyoldia
- † Paleyoldia levistriata
† Paracyclas
- † Paracyclas lirata
† Paraechmina
- † Paraechmina dubia
† Parahughmilleria
- † Parahughmilleria bellistriata
† Parallelodon
- † Parallelodon mimina
- † Parallelodon minima – or unidentified comparable form
† Pareinoblatta
- † Pareinoblatta expuncta – type locality for species
Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris
† Pecopteris
- † Pecopteris angustipinna ^[1]
- † Pecopteris arborescens ^[1]
  - †Pecopteris arborescens var. integripinna^[1]
- † Pecopteris arguta ^[1]
- † Pecopteris aspera ^[1]
- † Pecopteris asplenioides ^[1]
- † Pecopteris candolleana ^[1]
- † Pecopteris dawsoniana ^[1]
- † Pecopteris dentata ^[1]
  - †Pecopteris dentata var. crenata^[1]
  - †Pecopteris dentata var. parva^[1]
- † Pecopteris elegans ^[1]
- † Pecopteris elliptica ^[1]
- † Pecopteris emarginata ^[1]
- † Pecopteris feminaeformis
- † Pecopteris germari ^[1]
  - †Pecopteris germari var. crassinervis^[1]
  - †Pecopteris germari var. cuspidata^[1]
- † Pecopteris goniopteroides ^[1]
- † Pecopteris grandifolia ^[1]
- † Pecopteris hemitelioides
- † Pecopteris hemiteloides
- † Pecopteris heeriana ^[1]
- † Pecopteris imbricata ^[1]
- † Pecopteris inclinata ^[1]
- † Pecopteris integra – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Pecopteris jenneyi – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Pecopteris lanceolata ^[1]
- † Pecopteris latifolia ^[1]
- † Pecopteris longifolia ^[1]
- † Pecopteris merianiopteroides ^[1]
- † Pecopteris microphylla ^[1]
- † Pecopteris miltoni ^[1]
- † Pecopteris newberryana ^[1]
- † Pecopteris nodosa ^[1]
- † Pecopteris notata ^[1]
- † Pecopteris oblonga ^[1]
- † Pecopteris oblongifolia ^[1]
- † Pecopteris odontopteroides ^[1]
- † Pecopteris oreopteridia ^[1]
- † Pecopteris ovoides ^[1]
- † Pecopteris pachypteroides ^[1]
- † Pecopteris pennaeformis ^[1]
  - †Pecopteris pennaeformis var. latifolia^[1]
- † Pecopteris platynervis ^[1]
- † Pecopteris pluckeneti ^[1]
  - †Pecopteris pluckeneti var. constricta^[1]
- † Pecopteris plumosa ^[1]
- † Pecopteris polymorpha ^[1]
- † Pecopteris pteroides ^[1]
- † Pecopteris rarinervis ^[1]
- † Pecopteris rotundifolia ^[1]
- † Pecopteris rotundiloba ^[1]
- † Pecopteris schimperiana ^[1]
- † Pecopteris serrulata – tentative report^[1]
- † Pecopteris sub-falcata ^[1]
- † Pecopteris tenuinervis ^[1]
- † Pecopteris unita ^[1]
- † Pecopteris vestita ^[1]
- † Pecopteris villosa ^[1]
† Penetoblatta
- † Penetoblatta rotundata – type locality for species
- † Penetoblatta virginiensis – type locality for species
† Periechocrinus
† Permophorus
- † Permophorus octocostatus
Fossilized tooth of the Carboniferous-Permian shark Petalodus
† Petalodus
† Petrablattina
- † Petrablattina ovata – type locality for species
† Phacops
- † Phacops cristata
† Phestia
- † Phestia pandoraeformis
- † Phestia rugodorsata
† Phyloblatta
- † Phyloblatta abbreviata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta abdicata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta accubita – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta angusta – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta arcuata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta cassvilleana – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta communis – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta concinna – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta debilis – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta deducta – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta dichotoma – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta dimidiata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta elatior – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta expugnata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta expulsata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta exsecuta – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta fracta – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta funeraria – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta gratiosa – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta immolata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta imperfecta – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta lata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta macerata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta macilenta – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta macroptera – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta mactata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta mortua – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta obatra – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta praedulcis – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta rebaptizata – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta regularis – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta residua – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta rogi – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta scudderiana – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta secreta – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta uniformis – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta virginiana – type locality for species
- † Phyloblatta vulgata – type locality for species
† Physonemus
† Pinna
- † Pinna missouriensis
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras
† Platyceras
- † Platyceras gebharti
- † Platyceras magnificum
† Plocezyga
- † Plocezyga acuminata
- † Plocezyga obscura – type locality for species
- † Plocezyga subquadrata – type locality for species
- † Plocezyga turbinata
† Poacordaites ^[1]
† Polidevcia
- † Polidevcia stevensiana
† Polyetoblatta – type locality for genus
- † Polyetoblatta calopteryx – type locality for species
† Ponderodictya
- † Ponderodictya favulosa
† Poroblattina
- † Poroblattina gratiosa – type locality for species
- † Poroblattina parvula – type locality for species
† Productella
- † Productella rectispina
† Promytilus
- † Promytilus illinoisensis
† Protathyris
- † Protathyris congregata
† Protaxocrinus
† Proterogyrinus
- † Proterogyrinus scheelei
† Prothyris
- † Prothyris acuticarinata – type locality for species
† Protoleptostrophia
- † Protoleptostrophia perplana
Life restoration of the Permian reptile Protorothyris
† Protorothyris – type locality for genus
- † Protorothyris morani – type locality for species
† Pseudocrinites
† Pseudozygopleura
- † Pseudozygopleura multicostata – or unidentified comparable form
- † Pseudozygopleura pandus
- † Pseudozygopleura schucherti – or unidentified comparable form
- † Pseudozygopleura scitula
- † Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga
† Pterinea
- † Pterinea emacerata – or unidentified comparable form
- † Pterinea flintstonensis
† Ptychopteria
- † Ptychopteria pusilla – type locality for species
† Pustulatia
- † Pustulatia pustulosa
† Pycnosaccus

R

† Rafinesquina
† Resserella
- † Resserella elegantula
† Rhabdocarpos ^[1]
- † Rhabdocarpos amygdalaeformis ^[1]
- † Rhabdocarpos bockschianus ^[1]
- † Rhabdocarpos multistriatus ^[1]
- † Rhabdocarpos oblongatus ^[1]
- † Rhabdocarpos sulcatus ^[1]
- † Rhabdocarpos tenax ^[1]
† Rhacophyton
- † Rhacophyton ceratangium
† Rhipidomella
- † Rhipidomella hybrida
- † Rhipidomella leucosia – or unidentified comparable form
- † Rhipidomella penelope – or unidentified comparable form
- † Rhipidomella vanuxemi
Shell of a Rhodea land snail
† Rhodea
- † Rhodea vepertina – type locality for species
† Rhynchospirina
- † Rhynchospirina globosa
† Rodea (genus)
- † Rodea vespertina – type locality for species

S

† Sagenodus – or unidentified comparable form
† Sanguinolites
- † Sanguinolites naiadiformis – or unidentified comparable form
- † Sanguinolites obliquus – or unidentified comparable form
- † Sanguinolites unioniformis – or unidentified comparable form
† Saportaea ^[1]
- † Saportaea grandifolia ^[1]
- † Saportaea salisburioides ^[1]
† Schellwienella
- † Schellwienella elegans
- † Schellwienella interstriata
- † Schellwienella rugosa
† Schizodus
- † Schizodus chesterensis – or unidentified related form
- † Schizodus depressus
† Schizophoria
- † Schizophoria impressa
† Schuchertella
- † Schuchertella deckerensis
- † Schuchertella variabilis
† Scudderula
- † Scudderula arcta – type locality for species
† Scyphocrinites
† Sedgwickia – tentative report
† Septimyalina
† Shenophyllum
- † Shenophyllum cunefolium
- † Shenophyllum tenerrimum
† Shenopteris
- † Shenopteris elegans
- † Shenopteris launoitii
Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria
† Sigillaria ^[1]
- † Sigillaria approximata ^[1]
- † Sigillaria brardii ^[1]
- † Sigillaria camptotaenia ^[1]
- † Sigillaria dentata – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sigillaria fissa ^[1]
- † Sigillaria ichthyolepis – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sigillaria reticulata – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sigillaria menardi ^[1]
† Solenomorpha
- † Solenomorpha nitida
† Sphaerocystites
† Sphaerotocrinus
Fossilized leaves and branches of the Devonian-Triassic horsetail relative Sphenophyllum
† Sphenophyllum
- † Sphenophyllum angustifolium ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum antiquum ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum cornutum
- † Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
- † Sphenophyllum densifolium ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum emarginatum ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum filiculme ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum fontaineaum ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum furcatum ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum lescurianum ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum longifolium ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum majus ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum oblongifolia
- † Sphenophyllum oblongifolium ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum subtenerrimmum
- † Sphenophyllum tenue ^[1]
- † Sphenophyllum tenuifolium ^[1]
† Sphenopteridium
- † Sphenopteridium bifidum
- † Sphenopteridium brooksi – type locality for species
- † Sphenopteridium girtiyi – type locality for species
- † Sphenopteridium virginianum
Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris
† Sphenopteris ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris acrocarpa ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris auriculata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris breviloba ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris broadheadi – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris canneltonensis – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris chaerophylloides ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris communis ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris deliculata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris dentata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris dicksonioides ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris distans ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris divaricata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris dubuissonis – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris elegans ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris flexicaulis ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris foliosa ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris formosa ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris furcata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris goepperti – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris hastata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris hymenophylloides ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris hoeninghausii ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris karwinensis ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris larischii – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris lescuriana ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris linearis – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris linkii ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris lobata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris microcarpa ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris minuti-secta ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris mixta ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris obtusiloba ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris ophioglossoides ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris pachynervis ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris patentissima ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris pinnatifida ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris rarinervis ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris royi – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris schatzlarensis ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris spinosa ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris stipulata – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
- † Sphenopteris subgeniculata ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris tenella ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris tracyana ^[1]
- † Sphenopteris trichomanoides – or unidentified comparable form^[1]
† Sphenotus
- † Sphenotus aeolus – tentative report
- † Sphenotus monroensis
- † Sphenotus pisinnus – tentative report
- † Sphenotus washingtonensis – or unidentified comparable form
† Spinatrypa
- † Spinatrypa hystrix
† Spinocyrtia
- † Spinocyrtia granulosa
Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
† Spirifer – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- † Spirifer corallinensis
- † Spirifer keyserensis
- † Spirifer mackenzicus
- † Spirifer vanuxemi
† Stegerhynchus
- † Stegerhynchus neglectum
† Stenochisma
- † Stenochisma lamellata
Fossil of the Carboniferous-Permian tree-like club moss relative rhizome Stigmaria
† Stigmaria
- † Stigmaria ficoides
- † Stigmaria stellata
† Streblochondria
- † Streblochondria girtyi
- † Streblochondria mutata – type locality for species
- † Streblochondria tiltoni – type locality for species
† Streblopteria
- † Streblopteria girtyi – type locality for species
† Stromatopora
- † Stromatopora constellata
† Symphyoblatta
- † Symphyoblatta debilis – type locality for species
† Synchirocrinus
- † Synchirocrinus keyserensis
† Sysciophlebia
- † Sysciophlebia balteata – type locality for species
- † Sysciophlebia invisa – type locality for species
- † Sysciophlebia patiens – type locality for species
- † Sysciophlebia recidiva – type locality for species

T

† Taeniopteris ^[1]
- † Taeniopteris lescuriana ^[1]
- † Taeniopteris newberriana ^[1]
  - †Taeniopteris newberriana var. angusta^[1]
† Tanypterichthys – type locality for genus
- † Tanypterichthys pridensis – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-Late Devonian probable mollusc Tentaculites
† Tentaculites
- † Tentaculites gyracanthus
- † Tentaculites minutus
† Tetracystis
† Tetrameroceras
- † Tetrameroceras cumberlandicum
† Thlipsura
- † Thlipsura ultimata
† Thlipsurella
- † Thlipsurella semipunctata
† Tradonis
- † Tradonis castrensis
† Trigonocarpum ^[1]
- † Trigonocarpum ampullaeforme ^[1]
- † Trigonocarpum clavatum ^[1]
- † Trigonocarpum noeggerathii ^[1]
- † Trigonocarpum oliviaeforme ^[1]
- † Trigonocarpum trioculare ^[1]
† Trigonocarpus
† Triletes ^[1]
† Trimerus
- † Trimerus delphinocephalus
† Triphyllopteris
- † Triphyllopteris latilobata – type locality for species
- † Triphyllopteris rarinervis – type locality for species
† Tropidoleptus
- † Tropidoleptus carinatus
† Truncatiramus – now regarded as a jr. synonym of Erettopterus ^[3]^[4]
- † Truncatiramus exopthalmus
† Tylothyris
- † Tylothyris mesacostalis

U

† Ulodendron ^[1]
- † Ulodendron majus ^[1]
† Uncinulus
- † Uncinulus convexorus
- † Uncinulus marylandicus
- † Uncinulus obtusiplicatus
† Unicinulus
- † Unicinulus marylandicus
† Unklesbayella
- † Unklesbayella geinitzi

W

Fossilized head of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Waeringopterus
† Waeringopterus
- † Waeringopterus cumberlandicus
† Wardia ^[1]
- † Wardia fertilis – Later reclassified as † Aneimites fertilis ^[1]
† Welleria
- † Welleria obliqua
† Whitfieldella
- † Whitfieldella marylandica
† Whittleseya ^[1]
- † Whittleseya elegans ^[1]
† Wilkingia
- † Wilkingia andrewsi
- † Wilkingia neglecta – or unidentified related form
- † Wilkingia walkeri
† Wurmiella
- † Wurmiella excavata

X

† Xenotheca

Z

Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Zatrachys
† Zatrachys
- † Zatrachys serratus
† Zygobeyrichia
- † Zygobeyrichia incipiens
- † Zygobeyrichia tonolowayensis
- † Zygobeyrichia ventricornis
- † Zygobeyrichia ventripunctata
- † Zygobeyrichia virginia
† Zygosella
- † Zygosella vallata

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1 2 Mickle, Kathryn E. (2018). "A new lower actinopterygian fish from the Upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation of West Virginia, USA".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ Ciurca, Samuel J.; Tetlie, O. Erik (2007). "Pterygotids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida) from the Silurian Vernon Formation of New York" . Journal of Paleontology. 81 (4): 725–736. doi:10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0725:PEFTSV]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 140668235.
↑ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 18.5 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils18.5.pdf (PDF).

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[mickle-2018-2] 1 2 Mickle, Kathryn E. (2018). "A new lower actinopterygian fish from the Upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation of West Virginia, USA".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[:5-3] Ciurca, Samuel J.; Tetlie, O. Erik (2007). "Pterygotids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida) from the Silurian Vernon Formation of New York" . Journal of Paleontology. 81 (4): 725–736. doi:10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0725:PEFTSV]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 140668235.

[:0-4] Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 18.5 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils18.5.pdf (PDF).

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List of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia

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U

W

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