page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Nevada
section_title: Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Nevada / Paleozoic / Selected Paleozoic taxa of Nevada
caption_attribution_description: English: Receptaculitid from the Kimmswick Limestone (Middle Ordovician) near Ozora, Missouri.
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Nevada contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Nevada.
context_section_description: †Acanthopyge
  †Acmarhachis
  †Acmarhachis typicalis
  †Acodus
  †Acrothyra
  †Acutichiton
  †Adamsoceras
  †Agnostotes clavata – or unidentified comparable form
  †Agnostus
  †Agoniatites
  †Amorphognathus
  †Amphiscapha
  †Ampyx – tentative report
  †Ampyx
  †Anabarella
  † Ananias
  †Anataphrus
   †Anomalocaris
  †Anomphalus
  †Anomphalus jaggerius – type locality for species
  †Apatolichas
  †Archaeocidaris
  †Athyris
  †Athyris lamellosa
  †Atrypa
  †Atrypa parva – or unidentified comparable form
  †Atrypa reticularis
  †Aulopora
  †Aviculopecten
  †Avonia
  †Bactroceras
  †Baltoceras
   †Bathynotus
  †Bathyuriscus
  †Bellerophon
  †Bellerophon needlensis – type locality for species
  †Benthamaspis
  †Biceratops – type locality for genus
  †Biciragnostus
  † Bija
  †Bimuria
  †Bolbocephalus – tentative report
  †Bolbolenellus
  †Bradyfallotaspis
  †Brevibelus
  †Bristolia
  †Brongniartella
  †Brunsia
  †Bumastus
  †Calymene
  †Calyptaulax
  †Camarotoechia
   †Canadaspis
  †Cancelloceras
  †Cancelloceras elegans – or unidentified comparable form
  † Caninia
  †Carinamala
  †Carolinites
  †Catenipora
  †Cavusgnathus
  †Cedaria
  † Ceratocephala – tentative report
  †Ceraurinella
  †Ceraurinus
   †Ceraurus
  †Chancelloria
  †Chancia
  †Chonetes
  †Chonetes logani
  †Cladochonus
  †Cladodus
  †Cleiothyridina
  †Cleiothyridina ciriacksi
  †Cleiothyridina deroissyi
  †Cleiothyridina elegans
  †Cleiothyridina orbicularis
  †Climacograptus
  †Climacograptus innotatus
  †Climacograptus phyllophorus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Cloacaspis
  †Coleoloides
  †Columnaria
   †Composita
  †Composita apheles – or unidentified comparable form
  †Composita mexicana
  †Composita mira
  †Composita ovata
  †Composita parasulcata
  †Composita subquadrata
  †Composita subtilita
  †Composita trinuclea
  †Conchidium
  †Conocardium
  †Constellaria
  †Coosia
  †Cordylodus
  †Cornuodus
  †Cravenoceras
  †Culumbodina
  †Curtoceras
  †Cybelopsis
  †Cymbidium
  †Cypricardinia
  †Cyptendoceras
   †Cyrtospirifer
  †Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
  †Cystodictya
  †Dalmanites
  †Davidsonia
  Dentalium
  †Dicoelosia
  †Dictyonema
  †Didymograptus
  †Dimeropygiella
  †Diplograptus
  †Distomodus
  †Earlandia
  †Echinaria
  † Edmondia
  †Egania – type locality for genus
  †Ehmaniella
  †Elrathina
  †Emmonsia
  †Encrinuroides
   †Encrinurus
  †Eospirifer
  †Epiphyton
  †Esmeraldina
  †Ethmophyllum
  †Euomphalus
  †Fallotaspis
  †Favosites
  †Fenestella
  †Flexicalymene
  † Fremontia
  †Geragnostus
  †Geraldinella
  †Girvanella
  †Glaphurochiton – tentative report
  †Glyptagnostus reticulatus
  †Gnathodus
  †Gogia
  †Goniatites
  †Gracianella
  †Grandinasus
  †Gypospirifer
  †Halysites
   †Helicoprion
  †Heliomera
  †Helminthochiton
  †Hintzeia
  †Holmiella
  †Homagnostus
  †Hunnebergia – tentative report
  †Hyolithellus
  †Hyolithes
  †Hypodicranotus
  †Iapetognathus
  †Icriodus
  †Illaenus
  †Ingria
  †Innitagnostus
  †Irvingella
  †Isograptus
   †Isotelus
  †Jeffersonia
  †Kanoshia
  †Kawina
  †Komaspidella
  †Komia
  †Kootenia
  †Krausella
  †Lachnostoma
  †Ladatheca
  †Lehua
  †Leonardoceras
  †Leonaspis
  † Lingula
   †Lingulella
  †Lonchodomas
  †Lotagnostus
  †Lotagnostus trisectus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Martinia
  †Megalaspidella – tentative report
  †Megalaspides
  †Megistaspis
  †Meristella
  †Meristina
  †Metacoceras
  †Metaplasia
  †Michelinoceras
  †Micromitra
  †Microplasma
  † Modiolus
  †Monograptus
  †Monograptus thomasi
  †Monograptus yukonensis
  †Murchisonia
  †Nardophyllum
   †Naticopsis
  †Naticopsis glomerosa – type locality for species
  †Naticopsis inornata
  †Naticopsis kaibabensis
  †Neospirifer
  †Neospirifer cameratus
  †Neospirifer dunbari
  †Neospirifer goreii
  †Neospirifer latus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Neospirifer triplicatus
  †Nephrolenellus
   †Nevadella
  †Nevadia
  †Niobe
  †Nisusia – tentative report
  †Noblella
  †Nuculoidea
  †Obolella
  †Obolus
  †Ogygopsis
  †Olenellus
  †Olenellus fowleri – type locality for species
  †Olenoides
  †Olenus
  †Opipeuter
  †Orthoceras
  †Oryctocephalus
  †Oryctocephalus indicus
   †Ottoia
  †Oulodus
  †Ovatoryctocara – tentative report
  †Ozarkodina
  †Pachyphyllum
  †Paedeumias
  †Pagetia
  †Paladin
  †Palmettaspis – type locality for genus
  †Parafusulina
  †Paranevadella
  †Paterina
  †Peachella
  †Pelagiella
  †Pentamerus
  †Pentlandia
   †Pentremites
  †Periodon
  †Permocalculus
  †Peronopsis
  †Perspicaris
  †Phacops
  †Phalacroma
  †Phillipsia
  †Phragmophora
  †Phyllograptus
  Pinna
  †Platyceras
  †Platycrinites
  †Platystrophia
   †Pleurocystites
  †Po
caption: Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites
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