List of the Paleozoic life of Alabama

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

A
  • †Acanthambonia
    • †Acanthambonia miiiutissima
  • †Acanthopecten
  • †Acrocrinus
  • †Adetognathus
    • †Adetognathus unicornis
  • †Agaeoleptoptera – type locality for genus
    • †Agaeoleptoptera uniotempla – type locality for species
  • †Agassizocrinus
  • †Alaskadiscus
    • †Alaskadiscus subacutus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
    †Alethopteris
    • †Alethopteris lonchitica
    • †Alethopteris valida
  • †Allegacrinus
  • †Allocatillocrinus
  • †Alloiopteris
  • †Amphiscapha – tentative report
  • †Amplexopora
  • †Anisopleurella
    • †Anisopleurella tricostellata
  • †Anniedarwinia – type locality for genus
    • †Anniedarwinia alabamensis – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia
    †Annularia
    • †Annularia radiata
    • †Annularia sphenophylloides
  • †Annuliconcha
  • †Anoptambonites
    • †Anoptambonites pulchra
  • †Anthracospirifer
    • †Anthracospirifer increbescens
    • †Anthracospirifer leidyi
  • †Aphelacrinus
  • †Aphelaspis
    • †Aphelaspis buttsi
  • †Aphelecrinus
  • †Arborichnus
    • †Arborichnus repetita
  • †Archimedes (bryozoan)Archimedes
  • †Arenicolites
    • †Arenicolites longistriatus – type locality for species
  • †Armenocrinus
  • †Artisia
  • †Ascopora
  • †Aspidagnostus
    • †Aspidagnostus rugosus
  • †Aspidiopsis
  • †Astartella – tentative report
  • †Asterophyllites
    • †Asterophyllites charaeformis
    • †Asterophyllites grandis
    • †Asterophyllites longifolius
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Carboniferous brachiopod Atrypa
    †Atrypa
  • †Atrypina
  • †Attenosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Attenosaurus indistinctus – type locality for species
    • †Attenosaurus subulensis – type locality for species
  • †Aviculopecten

B
  • †Bathytaptus – type locality for genus
    • †Bathytaptus falcipennis – type locality for species
  • †Batocrinus
  • †Batostoma
  • †Beecheria
  • †Belemnospongia
    • †Belemnospongia parmula – type locality for species
  • †Bellimurina
    • †Bellimurina sulcata
  • †Bimuria
    • †Bimuria buttsi – type locality for species
    • †Bimuria siphonata
  • †Bipedes – type locality for genus
    • †Bipedes aspodon – type locality for species
  • †Blountia
    • †Blountia bristolensis
  • †Borestus
  • †Buttsoceras
    • †Buttsoceras adamsi
    • †Buttsoceras odenvillense
    • †Buttsoceras vandiverense

C
  • Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
    †Calamites
    • †Calamites cisti
    • †Calamites goepperti
    • †Calamites suckowi
    • †Calamites suckowii
    • †Calamites undulatus
  • †Calamostachys
  • †Campbelloceras
    • †Campbelloceras brevicameratum
  • †Campteroneura – type locality for genus
    • †Campteroneura reticulata – type locality for species
  • †Camptocrinus
    • †Camptocrinus columnals
  • †Camptodiapha – type locality for genus
    • †Camptodiapha atkinsoni – type locality for species
  • †Caninia
    • †Caninia flaccida
  • †Carcharopsis
    • †Carcharopsis wortheni
  • †Cardiopteridiuim
  • †Cardiopteridium
  • †Carinamala
  • †Carpolithes
  • †Catoraphiceras
    • †Catoraphiceras foersteri
  • †Cavusgnathus
    • †Cavusgnathus unicornis
  • †Cedaria
    • †Cedaria prolifica
  • †Chirlotrypa
  • †Christiania
    • †Christiania subquadrata
  • †Cincosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Cincosaurus cobbi – type locality for species
    • †Cincosaurus fisheri – type locality for species
    • †Cincosaurus jaggerensis – type locality for species
    • †Cincosaurus jonesii – type locality for species
  • Fossilized tooth of the shark Cladodus
    †Cladodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Cladodus newmani
  • †Clathrospira
    • †Clathrospira euconica – type locality for species
  • †Clathrospongia
    • †Clathrospongia bangorensis
  • †Cleiothyridina
  • †Cloudia – type locality for genus
    • †Cloudia buttsi – type locality for species
  • †Cochlichnus
  • †Coelconus
  • †Coelocaulus
  • †Coeloconus
  • †Coelocrinus
  • †Composita
    • †Composita subquadrata
  • †Conocardium
  • †Conotreta
    • †Conotreta apicalis
    • †Conotreta concentrica
    • †Conotreta multisinuata
  • †Cordaicarpon
  • †Cordaites
  • Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites
    †Cornulites
  • †Crania
  • †Craspedelia – type locality for genus
    • †Craspedelia marginata – type locality for species
  • †Crepipora
  • †Cryphiocrinus
  • †Ctenacanthus
    • †Ctenacanthus elegans
  • †Ctenerpeton
    • †Ctenerpeton primum – type locality for species
  • †Cyclomyonia
    • †Cyclomyonia peculiaris
  • †Cyclopteris
  • †Cymbiocrinus
  • †Cypricardella
  • †Cyrtonotreta
    • †Cyrtonotreta depressa – type locality for species
  • †Cystodictya

D
  • †Dalejina
  • †Dasyporella
  • Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Decadocrinus
    †Decadocrinus
  • †Deiracephalus
    • †Deiracephalus unicornis
  • †Derbyia
  • †Diaphragmus
  • †Dichocrinus
  • †Dicoelosia
  • †Dictyonites
    • †Dictyonites perforata
  • †Dictyospongia – tentative report
  • †Dinotocrinus
  • †Diorthelasma
    • †Diorthelasma parviim
  • †Diplichnites
    • †Diplichnites gouldi
  • †Diploblastus
  • †Diplothmema
  • †Diplotrypa
  • †Discocystis
  • †Dolorthoceras
  • †Donalina – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Dystactospongia

E
  • †Echinochonus
  • †Echinoconchus
  • †Elasmothyris
    • †Elasmothyris concimmla
  • †Eliasopora
  • †Elliptoglossa
    • †Elliptoglossa ovalis
  • †Endocycloceras
    • †Endocycloceras perannulatum
  • †Endothyra
    • †Endothyra excellens
  • †Eoconospira
  • †Eoconulus
    • †Eoconulus rectangulus
  • †Eopteria
    • †Eopteria conocardiformis – type locality for species
    • †Eopteria richardsoni
  • †Eostaffella
    • †Eostaffella paraendothyroidea
  • †Eotrochus
  • †Ephippelasma
    • †Ephippelasma minutum
  • †Eremopteris
    • †Eremopteris rhodea
    • †Eremopteris rhodea type – informal
    • †Eremopteris rhodeatype – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Eremotoechia
    • †Eremotoechia silicica
  • †Eridopora
  • †Euconospira
  • †Eumetra
  • †Eumetria
  • †Eupachycrinus
  • †Euphemites
  • †Eurythmopteryx – type locality for genus
    • †Eurythmopteryx antiqua – type locality for species
  • †Eusphenopteris
    • †Eusphenopteris lobata

F

G
  • †Girtyella
  • †Girvanella
  • †Glossella
    • †Glossella papulosa
  • †Glyptagnostus
  • †Glyptambonites
    • †Glyptambonites glyptus
  • †Glyptopora
  • †Glyptorthis
    • †Glyptorthis crispa – type locality for species
    • †Glyptorthis glypta
  • †Gnathodus
    • †Gnathodus bilineatus

H
  • †Haplistion
    • †Haplistion armstrongi
  • †Hedeina
  • †Hederella
  • †Hindeodus
    • †Hindeodus minutus
  • †Holcospermum
  • †Hustedia
    • †Hustedia miseri
  • †Hydromeda – type locality for genus
    • †Hydromeda fimbriata – type locality for species

I
  • †Ianthinopsis
  • †Inflatia
  • †Innitagnostus
    • †Innitagnostus inexpectans
  • †Isophragma
  • †Isorthis

K

L
  • †Labechiella – tentative report
  • †Leangella
  • Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911).
    †Lepidodendron
    • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
    • †Lepidodendron obovatum
  • †Lepidophloios
    • †Lepidophloios laricinus
  • †Lepidophylloides
    • †Lepidophylloides intermedium
  • †Lepidostrobophyllum
    • †Lepidostrobophyllum majus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lepidostrobus
  • †Leptoptygma
  • †Limnosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Limnosaurus alabamaensis – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
    †Lingulella
    • †Lingulella alabamensis
    • †Lingulella lirata
    • †Lingulella pachyderma
  • †Linocrinus
  • †Lochriea
    • †Lochriea commutata
  • †Lophospira
  • †Lyginopteris
    • †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
    • †Lyginopteris hoeninghausii
  • †Lyropora

M
  • †Maclurites
  • †Macrostachya
  • †Matthewichnus
    • †Matthewichnus caudifer
  • †Meekopora
  • †Meekospira
  • †Meristina – tentative report
  • †Metacamarella
    • †Metacamarella pentagonum
  • †Monogonoceras
    • †Monogonoceras alabamense
  • †Mourlonia
  • †Myeloxylon

N
  • †Nanopus
    • †Nanopus reidiae – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis
    †Naticopsis
  • †Neilsonia
  • †Neoarchaediscus
    • †Neoarchaediscus parvus
  • †Neuralethopteris
    • †Neuralethopteris biformis
    • †Neuralethopteris elrodi
    • †Neuralethopteris pocahontas
    • †Neuralethopteris schlehani
    • †Neuralethopteris smithsii
  • †Neuropteridium
  • †Notalacerta
    • †Notalacerta missouriensis
  • †Nothorthis
    • †Nothorthis tarda
    • †Nothorthis transversa
  • Exterior of the shell of a modern specimen of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
  • †Nuculopsis

O
  • †Obolus
  • †Oligotypus
    • †Oligotypus tuscaloosae – type locality for species
  • †Onychaster
  • †Onychoceras
    • †Onychoceras australe
  • †Opisthotreta
  • †Orbiculoidea
  • †Orthonychia
  • †Orthotetes
  • †Ovatia

P
  • †Pachyglossella – type locality for genus
    • †Pachyglossella dorsiconvexa – type locality for species
    • †Pachyglossella pachydermata
  • †Pachystylostroma
  • †Paladin
  • †Palaeophycus
  • †Paleostachya
  • †Paleozygopleura
  • †Palmatopteris
    • †Palmatopteris furcata
  • †Paraconularia
  • †Parastrophina
    • †Parastrophina bilobata
  • †Patellilabia
  • †Paterula
    • †Paterula perjecta
  • †Paurorthis
    • †Paurorthis fasciculata
  • Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris
    †Pecopteris
    • †Pecopteris arborescens
  • †Penneritopora
  • †Penniretopora
  • †Pentremites
    • †Pentremites laminatus
    • †Pentremites tulipaformis
  • †Perimecocoelia
    • †Perimecocoelia semicostata
  • Fossilized tooth of the Carboniferous-Permian shark Petalodus
    †Petalodus – tentative report
  • †Phacelocrinus
  • †Phanocrinus
  • †Pharciphyzelus – type locality for genus
    • †Pharciphyzelus lacefieldi – type locality for species
  • †Phestia
  • †Phosphanulus
  • †Phragmodictya
    • †Phragmodictya rugosa – type locality for species
  • †Phragmorthis
    • †Phragmorthis biittsi
  • †Pileospongia – type locality for genus
    • †Pileospongia lopados – type locality for species
  • †Pinnularia
  • †Platyceras
  • Three fossilized calyces of the Devonian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Platycrinites
    †Platycrinites
  • †Platyzona
  • †Pojetaconcha
    • †Pojetaconcha alabamensis – type locality for species
  • †Polypora
  • †Prismapora
  • †Prismopora
  • †Prismpora
  • †Proagnostus
  • †Protocycloceras
    • †Protocycloceras odenvillense
  • †Protoniella
  • †Protovirgularia
  • †Psammodus
  • †Pseudagnostus
    • †Pseudagnostus contracta
  • †Pseudomonotis
  • †Pterocrinus
  • †Pterotocrinus
  • †Ptychoglyptus
    • †Ptychoglyptus virginiensis
  • †Ptychopleurella
  • †Ptylopora
  • †Punctospirifer

Q
  • †Quadropedia – type locality for genus
    • †Quadropedia prima – type locality for species
  • †Quasiarcgaediscus
    • †Quasiarcgaediscus clausiluminus – or unidentified comparable form

R
  • †Rachis
  • †Ramulocrinus
  • †Raphistoma
    • †Raphistoma pelhamensis – type locality for species
  • †Reticularia
  • †Reticulariina
  • †Reticycloceras
  • †Rhabdomeson
  • †Rhabomeson
  • †Rhipidomella
  • †Rhombopora
  • †Rhopocrinus
  • †Rhynchospirina – tentative report
  • †Rhysotreta
    • †Rhysotreta corrugata

S
  • †Saivodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †Saivodus striatus
  • †Scaphelasma
    • †Scaphelasma septatum
  • †Scheillwinella
  • †Schellwienella
  • †Schizambon
  • †Schizodus
  • †Schizopea – type locality for genus
    • †Schizopea washburnei – type locality for species
  • †Schizotreta
    • †Schizotreta corrugata
    • †Schizotreta subconica
    • †Schizotreta willardi
  • †Selenichnites
  • †Septimyalina
  • †Septopora
  • Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria
    †Sigillaria
    • †Sigillaria elegans
    • †Sigillaria ichthyolepis
    • †Sigillaria scutella
    • †Sigillaria scutellata
  • †Sivorthis
    • †Sivorthis tenuicostatus
  • †Skenidioides
    • †Skenidioides convexus
  • †Solenopora
  • †Spenopteris
    • †Spenopteris pseudocristata
  • †Sphaeriella – type locality for genus
    • †Sphaeriella radiata – type locality for species
  • †Sphenophyllum
    • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
    • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
  • Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris
    †Sphenopteris
    • †Sphenopteris brongniarti
    • †Sphenopteris elegans
    • †Sphenopteris herbacea
    • †Sphenopteris pottsvillea
    • †Sphenopteris pseudocristata
    • †Sphenopteris schatzlarensis
  • †Spinilingula
    • †Spinilingula intralamellata
  • Spirorbis
  • †Spondylotreta
    • †Spondylotreta concentrica
  • †Stegocoelia
  • †Straparollus
  • †Streblochondria
  • †Streblotrypa
  • †Strophostylus
  • †Syringodendron

T
  • †Tabuliopora
  • †Tabulipora
  • †Talasotreta
    • †Talasotreta gigantea
  • †Taphrorthis
    • †Taphrorthis peculiaris
  • †Teiichispira
    • †Teiichispira odenvillensis
  • †Tetranota
    • †Tetranota obsoleta – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Thamniscus
  • †Thamnodictya – tentative report
    • †Thamnodictya radiata
  • †Thanmiscus
  • †Titanambonites
    • †Titanambonites amplus
  • †Torynelasma
    • †Torynelasma minor
    • †Torynelasma torynijeriim
  • †Torynifer
  • †Trematis
    • †Trematis elliptopora
    • †Trematis spinosa
  • Illustration in side view of several fossils of the Cambrian burrow ichnogenus Treptichnus
    †Treptichnus
    • †Treptichnus apsorum – type locality for species
  • †Trigonocarpus
    • †Trigonocarpus ampulliforme
  • †Triplesia
    • †Triplesia carinata
  • †Trisaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Trisaurus lachrymus – type locality for species
  • †Tropidothyris
    • †Tropidothyris pentagona

U
  • †Ulodendron
    • †Ulodendron majus
  • †Undichna
  • †Undiferina
    • †Undiferina rugosa

V
  • †Vermiporella

W
  • †Westonia
    • †Westonia superba
  • †Wewokella
    • †Wewokella costata
  • †Whittleseya
    • †Whittleseya elegans

X
  • †Xenambonites – type locality for genus
    • †Xenambonites undosus – type locality for species

Z
  • †Zaphrentoides
  • †Zygospira – tentative report
    • †Zygospira matutina – type locality for species
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References
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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