# 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 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.

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* †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

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* †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

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* 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

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* †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

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* †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

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* †Fenestella
* †Fistulipora
* †Foerstephyllum

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* †Girtyella
* †Girvanella
* †Glossella
** †Glossella papulosa
* †Glyptagnostus
** Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Glyptagnostus †Glyptagnostus reticulatus
** †Glyptagnostus stolidotus
* †Glyptambonites
** †Glyptambonites glyptus
* †Glyptopora
* †Glyptorthis
** †Glyptorthis crispa – type locality for species
** †Glyptorthis glypta
* †Gnathodus
** †Gnathodus bilineatus

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

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* †Ianthinopsis
* †Inflatia
* †Innitagnostus
** †Innitagnostus inexpectans
* †Isophragma
* †Isorthis

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* †Kingstonia
** †Kingstonia appalachia
* Fossil of the Late Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus at the end of the trackway that it produced of the ichnogenus Kouphichnium †Kouphichnium
* †Kullervo
** †Kullervo sulcata

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* †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

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

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* †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

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

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* †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

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

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* †Rachis
* †Ramulocrinus
* †Raphistoma
** †Raphistoma pelhamensis – type locality for species
* †Reticularia (protist)
* †Reticulariina
* †Reticycloceras
* †Rhabdomeson
* †Rhabomeson
* †Rhipidomella
* †Rhombopora
* †Rhopocrinus
* †Rhynchospirina – tentative report
* †Rhysotreta
** †Rhysotreta corrugata

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* †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

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* †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

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* †Ulodendron
** †Ulodendron majus
* †Undichna
* †Undiferina
** †Undiferina rugosa

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* †Vermiporella

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* †Westonia
** †Westonia superba
* †Wewokella
** †Wewokella costata
* †Whittleseya
** †Whittleseya elegans

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* †Xenambonites – type locality for genus
** †Xenambonites undosus – type locality for species

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* †Zaphrentoides
* †Zygospira – tentative report
** †Zygospira matutina – type locality for species