List of the prehistoric life of Washington

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Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Washington.

Contents

Paleozoic

Brachiopoda

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Kutorgina fossil (illustration)

Bryozoa

Conodonta

Hyolithelmintida

Pterobranchia

Trilobita

Chlorophyta

Mesozoic

Animals

Ammonitida

Asteroidea

Bivalvia

Conodonts

Gastropoda

Decapoda

Vertebrata

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indeterminate theropod

Plants

Angiosperms

Bennettitales

Cyatheales

Cycadales

Czekanowkiales

Equisetales

Gingkophytes

Gleicheniales

Marchantiophyta

Osmundales

Pinales

Polypodiophyta - incertae sedis

Polypodiales

Pteridospermopsids

Plantae incertae sedis

Cenozoic

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