List of the prehistoric life of Virginia
Appearance
This list of the prehistoric life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia.
Precambrian
[edit]The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Virginia.
Paleozoic
[edit]Selected Paleozoic taxa of Virginia
[edit]- †Acmarhachis
- †Amplexopora
- †Ampyx
- †Archimedes
- †Arthrorhachis
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Aulopora
- †Aviculopecten
- †Bassleroceras
- †Bellerophon
- †Bellerophon spergensis – tentative report
- †Bimuria
- †Blountiella
- †Bothriolepis
- †Bumastus
- †Bumastus lioderma – or unidentified comparable form
- †Callixylon
- †Calymene
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Campbelloceras
- †Cardiopteris
- †Ceratocephala
- †Ceratopsis
- †Ceraurinella – type locality for genus
- †Ceraurus
- †Chasmatopora
- †Chonetes
- †Christiania
- †Cincinnetina
- †Clarkoceras – tentative report
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Climacograptus
- †Coleoloides
- †Columnaria
- †Composita
- †Composita subquadrata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Conocardium
- †Constellaria
- †Coosia
- †Coosina
- †Cornulites
- †Cornulites flexuosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Craniops
- †Crepicephalus
- †Cryptophragmus
- †Cyrtoceras
- †Cyrtospirifer
- †Cystodictya
- †Dakeoceras
- †Dalmanites – or unidentified comparable form
- †Diplograptus
- †Echinosphaerites
- †Edmondia
- †Encrinuroides
- †Eophacops
- †Epiphyton
- †Ethmophyllum
- †Favosites
- †Fletcheria – tentative report
- †Flexicalymene
- †Foerstia
- †Girvanella
- †Glauconome
- †Gonioceras
- †Hallopora
- †Helcionella
- †Heliomeroides
- †Hemithecella – type locality for genus
- †Holia
- †Holopea
- †Homagnostus
- †Hyolithellus
- †Hyolithes
- †Hypseloconus
- †Illaenus
- †Isotelus
- †Kingstonia
- †Kionoceras
- †Komaspidella
- †Kootenia
- †Krausella
- †Kutorgina
- †Labyrinthus
- †Latouchella
- †Lepidodendron
- †Levisoceras
- Lingula
- †Lingulella – tentative report
- †Llanoaspis
- †Lonchodomas
- †Maryvillia
- †Meteoraspis
- †Michelinoceras
- †Microplasma
- †Miraspis
- †Naticopsis
- †Niobe
- †Nisusia
- Nucula
- †Odontopleura
- †Olenellus
- †Olenoides
- †Orthoceras
- †Oulodus
- †Ozarkodina
- †Pagetia
- †Paractinoceras
- †Paterina
- †Pemphigaspis
- †Pentremites
- †Phillipsia
- †Phragmolites
- †Phylloporina
- Pinna
- †Plaesiomys
- †Platyceras
- †Platystrophia
- †Plectoceras
- †Posidonia
- †Proetus
- †Protobarinophyton
- †Raymondaspis
- †Receptaculites
- †Remopleurides
- †Rhodea
- †Rothpletzella
- †Salterella
- †Siphonodella
- †Skenidioides
- Solemya
- †Solenopora
- †Sowerbyella
- †Spathognathodus
- †Sphaerexochus
- †Sphaerocoryphe
- †Spirifer
- †Spyroceras
- †Strophomena
- †Subligaculum
- †Subulites
- †Syringopora
- †Tentaculites
- †Terranovella
- †Tetradium
- †Tricrepicephalus
- †Trinodus
- Trypanites
- †Wilkingia
Mesozoic
[edit]- †Abietites – or unidentified comparable form
- †Acrostichites
- †Agrestipus – type locality for genus
- †Agrestipus hottoni – type locality for species
- †Alisporites
- †Amblydactylus
- †Anchisauripus
- †Anomoepus
- †Appomatoxia – type locality for genus
- †Appomatoxia ancistrophora – type locality for species
- † Aquia – type locality for genus
- † Aquia
- †Aquia brookensis – type locality for species
- Aralia
- †Aratrisporites
- †Araucarites
- †Arcellites
- †Arcellites disciformis
- †Arcellites pyriformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Athrotaxis
- †Athrotaxis ungeri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Athrotaxopsis
- †Atreipus
- †Auriculophora
- †Boreogomphodon – type locality for genus
- †Boreogomphodon jeffersoni – type locality for species
- †Brachyphyllum
- †Brenneria – type locality for genus
- †Brenneria potomacensis – type locality for species
- †Brennerispermum – type locality for genus
- †Brennerispermum potomacensis – type locality for species
- †Brontopodus
- †Caririchnium
- †Carpestella – type locality for genus
- †Carpestella lacunata – type locality for species
- †Chirotherium
- Cladophlebis
- †Classopollis
- †Clathropteris
- †Colpectopollis
- †Crudia
- †Crudia grahamiana – type locality for species
- †Crybelosporites
- †Cyathocaulis
- †Cyathoforma
- †Danaeopsis
- †Decussosporites
- †Delosorus
- †Dichotozamites
- Dicotylophyllum
- †Dicotylophyllum ovatodecurrens – type locality for species
- Dicranopteris
- †Dictyophylum
- †Dictyopygae
- †Dictyothylakos
- †Diplurus
- †Doswellia – type locality for genus
- †Doswellia kaltenbachi – type locality for species
- †Drewria
- †Echitriletes
- †Echitriletes lanatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Emydhipus – or unidentified related form
- †Equisetites
- †Equisetum
- †Equisetum lyellii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Erlansonisporites
- †Eubrontes
- †Eucommiidites
- †Euscolosuchus – type locality for genus
- †Euscolosuchus olseni – type locality for species
- †Exesipollenites
- †Ficophyllum
- †Gleichenites
- †Gomphiosauridion – type locality for genus
- †Gomphiosauridion baileyae – type locality for species
- †Grallator
- †Gregaripus
- †Gwyneddichnium
- †Gypsichnites
- †Hypsiloichnus
- †Isoetodendron
- †Juglandiphyllum
- †Kayentapus
- †Kenella – or unidentified related form
- †Lagenella
- †Landonia
- †Landonia calophylla – or unidentified comparable form
- †Lapposisporites
- †Lapposisporites loricatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leptocyclotes
- †Lissodus
- †Lonchopteris
- †Lunatisporites
- †Macrotaeniopteris
- †Megalosauropus
- †Mertensides
- †Microconodon
- †Nageiopsis
- †Nelumbites
- †Nelumbites extenuinervis – type locality for species
- †Nelumbites minimus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neocalamites
- †Neocalamites delawarensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neocalamites knowltonii
- †Neocalamites virginiensis
- †Onychopsis
- †Ornithomimipus
- †Osmundites
- †Ovalipollis
- †Pabiania – or unidentified related form
- †Patinasporites
- †Paxillitriletes
- †Pecopteris
- †Phlebopteris
- †Phlebopteris smithii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pityopollenites
- †Platanocarpus
- †Platanocarpus brookensis – type locality for species
- †Platanophyllum
- †Plesiornis
- †Plicarizamites
- †Podozamites
- †Populophyllum
- †Potomacanthus
- †Primaraucaria
- †Protodiploxypinus
- †Protohaploxypinus
- †Pseudofrenelopsis
- †Pseudofrenelopsis nathorstiana – type locality for species
- †Pseudofrenelopsis parceramosa
- †Pteridocaulis
- †Pterophyllum
- †Ptycholepis
- †Redfieldius
- †Rothwellia – type locality for genus.[1]
- †Rothwellia foveata – type locality for species[1]
- †Rutiodon
- †Rutiodon manhattanensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sagenopteris
- †Sanmiguelia – tentative report
- †Sapindopsis
- †Sapindopsis – or unidentified comparable form magnifolia/variabilis – informal
- †Sapindopsis minutifolia – type locality for species
- †Sapindopsis obtusifolia
- Sassafras
- †Sphenobaiera
- †Sphenolepis
- †Sphenopteris
- †Sphenozamites
- †Stangerites
- Sterculia
- †Sulcatisporites
- †Taeniopteris
- †Tetrapodosaurus
- †Thodaya – type locality for genus.[1] Preoccupied.
- †Thodaya sykesiae – type locality for species[1]
- †Thylakosporites
- †Trassiflorites
- †Triadispora
- †Uatchitodon – type locality for genus
- †Uatchitodon kroehleri – type locality for species
- †Ulmiphyllum
- †Vallasporites
- †Verrutriletes
- †Virginianthus – type locality for genus
- †Virginianthus calycanthoides – type locality for species
- †Watsoniocladus – type locality for genus
- †Watsoniocladus florinii – type locality for species
- †Watsoniocladus obatae
- †Watsoniocladus pseudoexpansum
- †Watsoniocladus ramonensis
- †Watsoniocladus valdensis
- †Watsoniocladus virginiensis – type locality for species
- †Xenodiphyodon – type locality for genus
- †Xenodiphyodon petraios – type locality for species
- †Zamiostrobus
- †Zamites
Cenozoic
[edit]Selected Cenozoic taxa of Virginia
[edit]- Abies
- †Abra
- Acanthocybium
- Accipiter
- Acipenser
- Acmaea
- Acteocina
- Acteon
- †Actinocyclus
- Actitis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Adeorbis
- Aegolius
- Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- Aetomylaeus
- Agelaius
- †Aglaocetus
- †Aglyptorhynchus
- Albula
- Alca
- †Alca torda – or unidentified comparable form
- Alces – or unidentified comparable form
- †Allaeochelys
- Alnus
- Alopias
- Aluterus
- †Ambystoma
- Amia
- Ammonia
- †Amonia
- †Ampelopsis
- Amyda – or unidentified comparable form
- Anachis
- Anadara
- Anas
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas discors
- †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
- Anguilla
- †Anguispira
- Angulus
- Anomia
- †Anomotodon
- Anoxypristis
- †Anthus – or unidentified comparable form
- Aporrhais
- Arbacia
- †Archaeohippus
- †Archaeomanta
- Architectonica
- †Arctodus
- Argobuccinum
- Argopecten
- Arius – tentative report
- Asio
- †Asio flammeus – or unidentified comparable form
- Astarte
- Astrangia
- Astyris
- Athleta
- Balaena
- Balaenoptera
- †Balaenotus
- Balanophyllia
- Balanus
- Barbatia
- Barnea
- Bartramia
- †Basilotritus
- Betula
- Bison
- Bittiolum
- Blarina
- †Bohaskaia – type locality for genus
- †Bohaskaia monodontoides – type locality for species
- †Bolcyrus – or unidentified comparable form
- Bombycilla
- Bonasa
- †Bootherium
- Boreotrophon
- Bos
- Bostrycapulus
- Botaurus
- Brachidontes
- Branta
- †Brevoortia
- †Brychaetus
- Bubo
- Buccella
- Buccinum
- Bucephala
- Bufo
- †Burnhamia
- Busycon
- Busycotypus
- Buteo
- Cadulus
- Caecum
- Caestocorbula
- †Calippus
- Calliostoma
- †Callippus
- Callista
- Calonectris
- Cambarus
- †Cambarus bartonii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Canarium
- Cancellaria
- Cancer
- Canis
- †Canis dirus
- †Canis latrans
- †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
- Cantharus
- Canthon
- Capella
- Carcharhinus
- Carcharias
- Carcharodon
- Carditamera
- †Carolinochelys
- Carphophis
- Carya
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- Catharus
- †Catinella
- Catoptrophorus
- †Catostomus
- Celtis
- Cerithiopsis
- Certhia
- †Cervalces – tentative report
- Cervus
- Cetorhinus
- †Cetotherium
- Chaetura
- Chama
- Charadrius
- Chelydra
- †Chesapecten
- Chione
- Chlamys
- †Chordeiles
- Cibicides
- Cingula
- Circulus
- Cirsotrema
- Cistothorus
- †Cistothorus platensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Clavus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Clethrionomys
- Cliona
- Coccyzus
- Colaptes
- Colinus
- Coluber
- †Columella
- Colus
- Condylura
- Contopus
- Conus
- Corbula
- Corvus
- Cotonopsis
- †Coupatezia
- Crassostrea
- Crepidula
- †Cretolamna
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- †Crotalus adamanteus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Crotalus horridus
- Crucibulum
- Cryptobranchus
- †Cryptogramma
- Cryptotis
- Cucullaea
- Cumingia
- Cupuladria
- Cyanocitta
- Cyclocardia
- †Cyclopoma
- Cylichna
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatosyrinx
- †Cynelos
- Cynoscion
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- †Dasypus bellus – or unidentified comparable form
- Dendrocopos
- †Dendroica – or unidentified comparable form
- Dentalium
- Dentimargo
- Desmognathus
- Diadophis
- Dicaelus
- Dinocardium
- Diodora
- †Diorocetus
- †Diplocynodon
- Discinisca
- †Discoaster
- Discus
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Dolichonyx – or unidentified comparable form
- Donax
- Dosinia
- Dryocopus
- Echinocardium
- Echinorhinus
- †Ecphora
- †Ectopistes
- †Egertonia
- Elaphe
- †Elaphe guttata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Elaphe obsoleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Electra
- Elphidium
- †Empidonax
- Ensis
- †Eobalaenoptera – type locality for genus
- †Eobalaenoptera harrisoni – type locality for species
- †Eosphargis
- †Eosuchus
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- Equus
- Eremophila
- Erethizon
- Erolia
- Eschrichtius
- Esox
- †Esox americanus – or unidentified comparable form
- Eulima
- Eumeces
- †Eumeces laticeps – or unidentified comparable form
- Eupleura
- †Eurhinodelphis
- Euspira
- Eutamias
- Euvola
- Falco
- Felis
- Ficus
- Flabellum
- Fossarus
- Fusinus
- Gadus
- Galeocerdo
- Galeodea
- Galeorhinus
- Galerita
- †Galerita bicolor – or unidentified comparable form
- Gallinula
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gastrocopta
- Gavia
- †Gavialosuchus
- Gemma
- Genota – or unidentified comparable form
- Geomys
- Geukensia
- Gibbula – tentative report
- Ginglymostoma
- Glaucomys
- Globigerina
- Globulina
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- Granulina
- Grus
- †Hadrodelphis – or unidentified comparable form
- Halichoerus
- Hastula
- Helicodiscus
- Hemipristis
- Heterodontus
- Hexanchus
- Hiatella
- Hipponix
- †Homogalax – or unidentified related form
- Hydrobia
- Hydroides
- Hyla
- †Hyla crucifer – or unidentified comparable form
- Hylocichla
- †Hyopsodus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hyposaurus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Icterus – or unidentified comparable form
- Ilyanassa
- Ischadium
- Isistius
- Isognomon
- Istiophorus
- Isurus
- Junco
- †Kentriodon
- Kuphus
- Kurtziella
- Lagena
- †Lagopus
- †Lagopus mutus – or unidentified comparable form
- Lamna
- Lampropeltis
- Larus
- Lasiurus
- Latirus
- Lepisosteus
- †Leptophoca
- †Leptoxis
- Lepus
- Libinia
- †Limosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Linga
- Litiopa
- Littoraria
- Lontra
- Lophius
- Lophodytes
- Lopholatilus
- Loxia
- Lucina
- Lunatia
- Lymnaea
- Lynx
- †Lynx rufus – or unidentified comparable form
- Lyonsia
- Macoma
- Macrocallista
- Makaira
- †Makaira nigricans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
- †Margaritaria
- Marginella
- Marmota
- Masticophis
- Megaceryle
- †Megalonyx
- Megalops
- Megaptera
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- Melospiza
- Membranipora
- Mephitis
- Mercenaria
- Mergus
- †Merychippus
- †Mesocetus
- Mesoplodon
- †Metaxytherium
- †Metopocetus – type locality for genus
- Microtus
- Mitrella
- Modiolus
- Mola
- Molothrus
- †Monotherium
- Morus
- †Moxostoma
- Mulinia
- Musculus
- Mustela
- †Mya
- Myliobatis
- †Mylohyus
- Myotis
- Myriophyllum
- Mytilus
- Napaeozapus
- Nassarius
- Naticarius
- Natrix
- Nebrius
- Negaprion
- Neofiber
- Neogale
- Neotoma
- Nerodia
- Neverita
- †Nipa – or unidentified comparable form
- Niso
- †Nocomis
- †Nocomis raneyi – or unidentified comparable form
- Notophthalmus
- †Notophthalmus viridescens – or unidentified comparable form
- Notorhynchus
- Notorynchus
- †Noturus
- Nucula
- †Nyssa
- Ochotona
- Ocypode
- Odobenus
- Odocoileus
- Odontaspis
- †Odontopteryx – tentative report
- Odostomia
- Oliva
- Olivella
- Ondatra
- Onthophagus
- †Ontocetus – type locality for genus
- †Ontocetus emmonsi – type locality for species
- Opheodrys
- †Opsanus
- †Orycterocetus
- †Osteopygis
- †Ostracion
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
- †Oxyrhina
- †Oxyura
- †Pachecoa
- †Palaeophis
- †Palaeorhincodon
- †Palaeosinopa – or unidentified comparable form
- Pandora
- Panopea
- Panopeus
- Panthera
- †Paralbula
- Parascalops
- †Parietobalaena
- Parus
- Parvanachis
- Passerella
- Pecten
- †Pedalion
- Pedioecetes
- Pekania
- †Pekania pennanti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pelagornis
- †Pelocetus
- †Perimyotis
- Perisoreus
- Peristernia
- Peromyscus
- Petaloconchus
- Petricola
- Petrochelidon
- Phalacrocorax
- Phenacomys
- †Phenacomys intermedius
- †Phenacomys ungava – or unidentified comparable form
- †Phocageneus – type locality for genus
- Pholadomya
- Pholas
- Phyllodus
- Physa
- †Physogaleus
- †Phytolacca
- Pica
- Picea
- †Pinguinus
- Pinicola – or unidentified comparable form
- Pinus
- Pipistrellus
- Piranga
- Pisania
- Pisidium
- Pitar
- Placopecten
- †Platygonus
- Plecotus
- †Plecotus townsendii – or unidentified comparable form
- Pleuromeris
- Plicatula
- Pluvialis
- Podiceps
- Podilymbus
- Pogonias
- Polinices
- Polydora
- Polygonum
- †Pomatiopsis
- †Pooecetes
- Porzana
- †Potamogeton
- †Prionodon
- Prionotus
- Pristis
- †Procamelus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Procolpochelys
- Procyon
- †Prolates
- †Protautoga
- Prunum
- Psammechinus
- †Psephophorus
- Pseudochama
- Pseudoliva
- Pseudotorinia
- Pteria
- Pteromeris
- Pteromylaeus
- †Ptychosalpinx
- †Puppigerus
- Pycnodonte
- Pycnodus
- Quercus
- Quinqueloculina
- Raja
- Rallus
- †Rana
- †Rana catesbiana – lapsus calami of Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana clamitans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rana palustris
- †Rana pipiens
- †Rana sylvatica – or unidentified comparable form
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- Ranzania
- †Retinella
- Retusa
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoptera
- Rosalina
- Rostellaria
- †Sarda
- Sayornis
- †Scala
- Scalopus
- Scaphella
- Scaphiopus
- Sceloporus
- †Sceptrum
- †Schizodelphis
- Schizoporella
- Sciaenops
- †Sciaenurus – or unidentified comparable form
- Sciurus
- Scolopax
- Scomberomorus
- †Scombrinus
- Scyliorhinus
- Seila
- †Seiurus
- Semele
- †Semotilus
- †Semotilus corporalis – or unidentified comparable form
- Serpulorbis
- †Serratolamna
- †Sialia – or unidentified comparable form
- Sinum
- Sitta
- †Solarium
- Solemya
- Solen
- Solenosteira
- Sorex
- †Spatangus
- Spermophilus
- Sphaerium
- Sphyraena
- †Sphyrapicus
- Sphyrna
- Spilogale
- Spisula
- †Squalodon
- Squalus
- Squatina
- †Stenotrema
- Stewartia
- Storeria
- †Striatolamia
- Strioterebrum
- Strobilops
- Strombiformis
- Sturnella – or unidentified comparable form
- Sveltia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Syllomus
- Sylvilagus
- Symplocos
- Synaptomys
- Tagelus
- Tamias
- Tamiasciurus
- Tapirus
- Tautoga
- Tectonatica
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- Terebra
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Textularia
- Thamnophis
- †Thecachampsa
- †Thoracosaurus
- Thracia
- †Thuja
- Thunnus
- Tilia
- Toxostoma
- Triakis
- Trigonostoma
- Tringa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Triodopsis
- Triphora
- Trochita
- Trox
- †Tsuga
- †Tsuga canadensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Tucetona
- Turbonilla
- Turdus
- Turritella
- Uria
- Urosalpinx
- Ursus
- Vallonia
- Valvata
- Venericardia
- Vermetus
- Vertigo
- Vitis
- Vitrinella
- †Voltaconger
- Voluta
- Volutifusus
- Vulpes
- Xenophora
- †Xiphiacetus
- Yoldia
- Zapus
- Zonotrichia
References
[edit]- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.