page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Kentucky
section_title: Selected Paleozoic taxa of Kentucky
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Kentucky / Paleozoic / Selected Paleozoic taxa of Kentucky
caption_attribution_description: English: Cincinnetina meeki (Miller, 1875) from the Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician) of southern Ohio.
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Kentucky contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kentucky.
context_section_description: †Abrotocrinus
  †Abrotocrinus coreyi
  †Abrotocrinus unicus
  †Achatella
  †Achistrum
  †Achistrum ludwigi
  †Achistrum nicholsoni
  †Acidaspis
  † Acrophyllum
  †Actinoceras
  †Actinocrinites
  †Actinocrinites gibsoni
  †Agaricocrinus
  †Agaricocrinus americanus
   †Alethopteris
  †Alethopteris decurrens
  †Alethopteris lonchitica – or unidentified comparable form
  †Ammonellipsites
  †Amphiscapha
  †Amplexopora
  †Amplexus
  †Anchiopella
  †Anisophyllum
  †Annularia
  †Archaeocidaris
  †Archaeopteris
   †Archimedes
  †Archimedes communis
  †Archimedes compactus
  †Archimedes distans
  †Archimedes invaginatus
  †Archimedes lativolvis
  †Archimedes macfarlani
  †Archimedes meekanoides
  †Archimedes meekanus
  †Archimedes proutanus
  †Archimedes swallowvanus
  †Archimedes terebriformis
   †Asteracanthus
  †Athyris
  †Athyris fultonensis
  †Atrypa
  †Augustoceras
  †Aulopora
  †Aulopora tubiporoides
  †Aviculopecten
  †Aviculopecten germanus – or unidentified related form
  †Bellerophon
  †Beyrichoceras
  †Bisatoceras – tentative report
  †Bostonia
   †Bumastus
  †Calamites
  †Calamites cistii
  †Calamites undulatus
  †Callixylon
  †Calyptaulax
  †Camarotoechia
  †Camarotoechia mutata
  †Cameroceras
  †Cartersoceras
  †Ceratopsis
  †Ceraurus
  †Chasmatopora
  †Chonetes
   †Cincinnetina
  †Cincinnetina meeki
  †Cincinnetina multisecta
  †Cladochonus
  †Cladochonus beecheri
  †Cladochonus crassus
  †Cleiothyridina
  †Cleiothyridina hirsuta
  †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
  †Climacograptus
  †Coenites
   †Composita
  †Composita subquadrata
  †Composita trinuclea
  †Conostoma
  †Constellaria
  †Cordaites
  †Cornulites
  †Crania – tentative report
  †Craniops
  †Cyathocrinites
  †Cyathocrinites glenni
  †Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
  †Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
  †Cyclonema
  †Cydrocrinus
  †Cyphaspis
  †Cypricardinia
   †Cyrtoceras
  †Cyrtolites
  †Cystodictya
  †Cystodictya lineata
  †Decadocrinus
  †Declinognathodus
  †Declinognathodus donetzianus
  †Diplograptus
  †Dizygocrinus
  †Dizygocrinus whitei
  †Edmondia
  †Emmonsia
  †Endoceras
  Eocaudina
  †Eospirifer
  †Equisetum
  †Equisetum arvense
  †Eretmocrinus
  †Eretmocrinus magnificus
   †Favosites
  †Favosites arbor
  †Favosites biloculi
  †Favosites discoideus
  †Favosites favosus
  †Favosites hisingeri
  †Favosites niagarensis
  †Favosites proximatus
  †Favosites quercus
  †Favosites rotundituba
  †Favosites turbinatus
  †Fenestella
   †Flexicalymene
  †Flexicalymene meeki
  †Foerstia
  †Forbesiocrinus
  †Gastrioceras
  †Gilbertsocrinus
  †Glossina
  †Glyptocrinus
  †Glyptopleura
  †Gnathodus
  †Goniatites
  †Gravicalymene
   †Grewingkia
  †Grewingkia rusticum
  †Hallia
  †Hallopora
  †Halysites
  †Heliophyllum
  †Heliophyllum halli
  †Helminthochiton
  †Hindia
  †Holopea
  †Hyolithes
  †Idiognathoides
  †Idiognathoides sinuatus
  †Iocrinus
  †Isotelus
  †Isotelus gigas
  †Isotelus maximus
  †Kazakhstania
  †Krausella
  †Lepidodendron
  †Lepidodendron aculeatum – or unidentified comparable form
  †Lepidostrobus
   †Lingulella
  †Liroceras
  Lithophaga – tentative report
  †Maelonoceras
  †Masonoceras – type locality for genus
  †Maximites
  †Meristella
  †Meristina – tentative report
  †Michelinoceras
  †Murchisonia
  †Murrayoceras
  †Neospirifer
  †Neospirifer cameratus
   †Neuropteris
  †Neuropteris gigantea
  †Neuropteris heterophylla
  †Neuropteris tenuifolia – or unidentified comparable form
  †Oncoceras
  †Onychocrinus
  †Ormoceras
  †Orthoceras
  †Pattersonia
  †Pecopteris
  †Pecopteris plumosa – or unidentified comparable form
  †Pentagonia
  †Pentamerus
  †Pentremites
  †Pentremites tulipaformis
  †Periastron
  †Phillipsia
  †Phragmolites
  †Pitys
  †Plaesiomys
  †Platyceras
  †Platycrinites
   †Platystrophia
  †Platystrophia acutilirata
  †Platystrophia annieana
  †Platystrophia clarkesvillensis
  †Platystrophia clarksvillensis
  †Platystrophia cypha
  †Plectoceras
  †Pleurodictyum
  Pleurotomaria
  †Polygnathus
  †Polygnathus communis
  †Polygrammoceras
   †Proetus
  †Protosalvinia
  †Prototaxites
  †Pseudopolygnathus
  †Pterotheca
  †Quadratia
  †Scytalocrinus
  †Similodonta
  †Solenopora
  †Sowerbyella
  †Sphenophyllum
  †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
  †Sphenopteris
  †Sphenothallus
  †Spirifer
  †Spirifer rockymontanus
  †Spiriferina
  †Stenaster
  †Stigmaria
  †Stigmatella
   †Strophomena
  †Strophomena concordensis
  †Strophomena costellata – or unidentified comparable form
  †Strophomena neglecta
  †Strophomena planumbona
  †Strophomena sulcata
  †Subulites
  †Syringopora
  †Taxocrinus
  †Tetradium
  †Theelia
caption: Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina
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