# List of the prehistoric life of West Virginia

This list of the prehistoric life of West Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of West Virginia.

## Precambrian

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

## Paleozoic
### Selected Paleozoic taxa of West Virginia

* Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris †Alethopteris
** †Alethopteris decurrens
** †Alethopteris gigas
** †Alethopteris grandini
** †Alethopteris parva
** †Alethopteris serlii
** †Alethopteris sternberg
** †Alethopteris virginiana
* †Aneurophyton – or unidentified related form
* †Annularia
** †Annularia asteris
** †Annularia galoides
** †Annularia mucronata
** †Annularia radiata
** †Annularia sphenophylloides
** †Annularia stellata
* Restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous tree Archaeopteris with insets detailing its anatomy †Archaeopteris
** †Archaeopteris halliana
** †Archaeopteris hibernica
** †Archaeopteris macilenta
** †Archaeopteris obusa
** †Archaeopteris sphenophyllifolia
* †Artisia
* †Athyris
* †Atrypa
** †Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
* †Aulopora
* †Aviculopecten
** †Aviculopecten batesvillensis
** †Aviculopecten crenistriatus – or unidentified comparable form
* †Baiera
* †Barinophyton
* †Bassipterus
* †Calamites
** †Calamites cistii
** †Calamites suckowi
** †Calamites suckowii
* Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Callipteridium †Callipteridium
** †Callipteridium dawsonianum
** †Callipteridium grandifolium
** †Callipteridium oblongifolium
** †Callipteridium odontopteroides
** †Callipteridium unitum
* †Callipteris
** †Callipteris conferta
** †Callipteris currettiensis
** †Callipteris diabolica
** †Callipteris lyratifolia
* †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
* †Cardiocarpus
* †Carniodus
* †Chonetes
** †Chonetes novascoticus
* †Cordaites
** †Cordaites principalis
* †Cornulites
* †Crassigyrinus
* †Cyclopteris
* †Dalmanites
** †Dalmanites limulurus
* †Diploceraspis
** †Diploceraspis burkei
* †Distomodus
* †Drepanopterus
* Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Edaphosaurus †Edaphosaurus
** †Edaphosaurus colohistion – type locality for species
* †Edmondia
* †Eucalyptocrinites
* †Eurypterus
* †Favosites
* †Greererpeton
** †Greererpeton burkemorani
* †Gyracanthus
* †Holopea
* †Hughmilleria
* Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911). †Lepidodendron
** †Lepidodendron aculeatum
** †Lepidodendron dichotomum
** †Lepidodendron obovatum
* †Limnopus
** †Limnopus glenshawensis
* †Lingula
* †Lithostrotion
* †Lyginopteris
** †Lyginopteris bermudensiformis
** †Lyginopteris fragilis
** †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
* †Modiolus
* †Mucrospirifer
** †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
* †Murchisonia
* Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris †Neuropteris
** †Neuropteris auriculata
** †Neuropteris cordata
** †Neuropteris fimbriata
** †Neuropteris flexuosa
** †Neuropteris gigantea
** †Neuropteris heterophylla
** †Neuropteris hirsuta
** †Neuropteris loschii
** †Neuropteris odontopteroides
** †Neuropteris ovata
** †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
** †Neuropteris sternberg
* 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
* †Parahughmilleria
* †Pecopteris
** †Pecopteris arborescens
** †Pecopteris elliptica
** †Pecopteris feminaeformis
** †Pecopteris hemitelioides
** †Pecopteris hemiteloides
** †Pecopteris pennaeformis – or unidentified comparable form
** †Pecopteris unita
* †Periechocrinus
* †Petalodus
* †Phacops
** †Phacops cristata
* †Pinna
* †Platyceras
** †Platyceras gebharti
** †Platyceras magnificum
* †Proterogyrinus
** †Proterogyrinus scheelei
* Life restoration of the Permian reptile Protorothyris †Protorothyris – type locality for genus
** †Protorothyris morani – type locality for species
* †Rhodea
* †Sagenodus – or unidentified comparable form
* †Sigillaria
** †Sigillaria approximata
** †Sigillaria brardii
* †Solenomorpha
* †Sphenophyllum
** †Sphenophyllum angustifolium
** †Sphenophyllum cornutum
** †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
** †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
** †Sphenophyllum majus
** †Sphenophyllum oblongifolia
** †Sphenophyllum subtenerrimmum
** †Sphenophyllum tenuifolium
* †Sphenopteris
** †Sphenopteris coriacea
* 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
* †Stigmaria
* †Tentaculites
* †Tetracystis
* †Tetrameroceras
* †Trimerus
* †Waeringopterus
* †Wilkingia
* †Wurmiella
** †Wurmiella excavata
* Life restoration of the Permian amphibian Zatrachys †Zatrachys

## Mesozoic

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in West Virginia.

## Cenozoic

* Agkistrodon
** A living Agkistrodon contortrix, or copperhead †Agkistrodon contortrix
* †Allophaiomys
** †Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
* †Ambystoma
** †Ambystoma jeffersonianum
** †Ambystoma maculatum
** †Ambystoma tigrinum
* †Atopomys
** †Atopomys texensis
* Blarina
** †Blarina bravicauda
** A living Blarina brevicauda, or northern short-tailed shrew †Blarina brevicauda
** †Blarina brevicuda
* †Blarine
** †Blarine brevicauda
* †Bootherium
** †Bootherium bombifrons
* †Brachyprotoma
** †Brachyprotoma obtusata
* Bufo
** †Bufo americanus
** †Bufo woodhousei
* Canis
** Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf †Canis dirus
** †Canis latrans
* Carphophis
** †Carphophis amoenus
* Castor
** †Castor canadensis
* †Cenis
** †Cenis latrans
* Cervus
** †Cervus elaphus
* Clethrionomys
** †Clethrionomys gapperi
* Coluber
** A living Coluber constrictor, or eastern racer †Coluber constrictor
* Condylura
** †Condylura cristata
** †Condylura crystata
* Crotalus
** †Crotalus horridus
* Cryptobranchus
** †Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
** †Cryptobranchus guildayi
* Cryptotis
** †Cryptotis parva
** †Cryptotis pava
* A living Desmodus, or vampire bat Desmodus
** †Desmodus stocki
* Desmognathus
** †Desmognathus fuscus
** †Desmognathus monticola
** †Desmognathus ochrophaeus
* Dicrostonyx
** †Dicrostonyx hudsonius
* †Dipoides
* †Ectopistes
** Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon †Ectopistes migratorius
* Elaphe
** †Elaphe vulpina
* Eptesicus
** †Eptesicus fuscus
* Equus
* Erethizon
** †Erethizon dorsatum
* Eumeces
** †Eumeces fasciatus
** †Eumeces laticeps
* Eutamias
** †Eutamias minimus – or unidentified comparable form
* Geomys
** †Geomys bursarius – or unidentified comparable form
* Glaucomys
** †Glaucomys sabrinus
* Gyrinophilus
** A living Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, or Spring salamander †Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
* Heterodon
** †Heterodon platyrhinos
* Hyla
** †Hyla chrysoscelis
** †Hyla crucifer
* Ictalurus
* Lampropeltis
** †Lampropeltis triangulum
* Lasiopodomys
** †Lasiopodomys deceitensis
* Lasiurus
** †Lasiurus borealis
* Lepus
** A living Lepus americanus, or snowshoe hare †Lepus americanus
* Lynx
** †Lynx rufus
* †Mammut
** †Mammut americanum
* †Mammuthus
* Marmota
** †Marmota monax
* †Megalonyx
** Claws of M. jeffersonii †Megalonyx jeffersonii
** †Megalonyx jerrersonii – or unidentified comparable form
* Mephitis
** †Mephitis mephitis
* Microtus
** †Microtus chrotorrhinus
** †Microtus hibbardi
** †Microtus llanensis
** †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
** †Microtus paroperarius
** †Microtus pennsylvanicus
** †Microtus pinetorum
** †Microtus xanthognathus
* Mictomys
** †Mictomys borealis
* †Mimomys
** †Mimomys virginianus
* Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah †Miracinonyx
** †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
* Mustela
** †Mustela americana
** †Mustela armines
** †Mustela fenata – or unidentified comparable form
** †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
** †Mustela nivalis
** †Mustela vison
* Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus †Mylohyus
** †Mylohyus fossilis
* Myotis
** †Myotis grisescens – tentative report
** †Myotis keeni
** †Myotis keenii
** †Myotis leibi
** †Myotis leibii
* Napaeozapus
** †Napaeozapus insignis
* Neofiber
** †Neofiber alleni – or unidentified comparable form
** †Neofiber leonardi
* Neotoma
** Close-up of a Neotoma floridana, or eastern woodrat †Neotoma floridana
** †Neotoma spelaea
* Nerodia
** †Nerodia sipedon
* Notophthalmus
** †Notophthalmus viridescens
* Ochotona
* †Ochotone
* Odocoileus
** †Odocoileus virginianus
* †Ondarta
** †Ondarta ziebethicus
* Ondatra
** †Ondatra annectens
** †Ondatra zibethicus
* Opheodrys
** †Opheodrys vernalis
* Panthera
** A living Panthera onca, or jaguar †Panthera onca
* †Parascalopis
** †Parascalopis breweri
* Parascalops
** †Parascalops breweri
* †Parascalopuis
** †Parascalopuis breweri
* Pekania
** †Pekania pennanti
* Peromyscus
** †Peromyscus cumberlandensis
** †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
* Phenacomys
** †Phenacomys brachyodus
** †Phenacomys intermedis
** †Phenacomys intermedius
* Pipistrellus
** †Pipistrellus subflavus
* Pitymys
** †Pitymys cumberlandensis
* Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922). †Platygonus
** †Platygonus compressus
** †Platygonus vetus
* Plecotus
* †Plesiothomomys
* Procyon
** †Procyon lotor
* †Rana
** †Rana catesbeina
** †Rana clamitans
** †Rana pipiens
** †Rana sylvatica
* Rangifer
** A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer †Rangifer tarandus
* Salamandra
** †Salamandra opaca
* Sceloporus
** †Sceloporus undulatus
* Sciuropterus
** †Sciuropterus volans
* Sciurus
** †Sciurus carolinensis – or unidentified comparable form
** †Sciurus carolinensus
** †Sciurus corolinensis
* Sistrurus
** †Sistrurus catenatus
* Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon †Smilodon
** †Smilodon fatalis
** †Smilodon gracilis
* Sorex
** †Sorex arcticus
** †Sorex cinereus
** †Sorex cinerus
** †Sorex dispar
** †Sorex fumeus
** †Sorex hoyi
** †Sorex palustris
* Spermophilus
** †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
* Spilogale
** A living Spilogale putorius, or eastern spotted skunk †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
* Storeria
* Sylvilagus
* †Sylvilegus – or unidentified comparable form
* Synaptomys
** †Synaptomys cooperi
* Tadarida
** †Tadarida brasiliensis – or unidentified comparable form
* Tamias
** †Tamias striatus
* Tamiasciurus
** †Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
* †Tamies
** †Tamies striatus
* A living Tapirus, or tapir Tapirus
* Taxidea
** †Taxidea taxus
* Thamnophis
* Thomomys
** †Thomomys potomacensis
* Urocyon
** †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
* Ursus
** †Ursus americanus
* Vulpes
** A living Vulpes vulpes, or red fox †Vulpes vulpes
* Zapus
** †Zapus hudsonius