page_title: List of the Paleozoic life of Minnesota
section_title: P
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Paleozoic life of Minnesota / P
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil Pleurocystites squamosus on display at the Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano
context_page_description: This list of the Paleozoic life of Minnesota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Minnesota and are between 541 and 252.17 million years of age.
context_section_description: †Pachydictya
  †Pachydictya elegans
  †Pachyglossella
  †Pachyglossella elderi
  †Pachyglossella riciniformis
  †Palaeocrinus
  †Palaeocrinus angulatus
  †Palaeoglossa
  †Palaeoglossa hurlburti
  †Palaeoneilo
  †Paleocrinus
  †Paleocrinus angulatus
  †Panderodus
  †Panderodus feulneri
  †Panderodus gracilis
  †Panderodus panderi
  †Parabolbina
  †Parabolbina antecedans
  †Parabolbina carinifera
  †Parabolbina staufferi
  †Paraliospira
  †Paraliospira abrupta
  †Paraliospira supracingulata
  †Paraschmidtella
  †Paraschmidtella irregularis
  †Paraschmidtella uphami
  †Parastrophina
  †Parastrophina berensis
  †Parastrophina bernensis
  †Parastrophina rotundiformis
  †Parenthatia
  †Parenthatia camerata
  †Parenthatia punctata
  †Parschmidtella
  †Parschmidtella uphami
  †Paucicrura
  †Paucicrura corpulenta
  †Paucicrura rogata
  †Paupospira
  †Paupospira burginensis
  †Paupospira elevata
  †Paupospira oweni
  †Paupospira sumnerensis
  †Pedomphalella
  †Pedomphalella intermedia
  †Pedomphalella subovata
  †Periglyptocrinus
  †Periglyptocrinus spinuliferus
  †Periodon
  †Periodon grandis
  †Petrocrania
  †Petrocrania halli
  †Petrocrania trentonensis
  †Phialaspongia – type locality for genus
  †Phialaspongia fossa – type locality for species
  †Phragmodus
  †Phragmodus cognitus
  †Phragmodus inflexus
  †Phragmodus undatus
  †Phragmolites
  †Phragmolites compressus
  †Phragmolites dyeri
  †Phragmolites fimbriata
  †Phragmolites obliquus
  †Phragmolites triangularis
  †Phyllodictya
  †Phyllodictya varia
  †Pinodema
  †Pinodema conradi
  †Pionodema
  †Pionodema circularis
  †Pionodema subaequata
   †Plaesiomys
  †Plaesiomys meedsi
  †Plaesiomys proavitus
  †Plaesiomys subquadrata
  †Platystrophia
  †Platystrophia amoena
  †Platystrophia biforata
  †Platystrophia extensa – tentative report
  †Platystrophia trentonensis
  †Plectoceras
  †Plectoceras occidentale
  †Plectoceras robertsoni
  †Plectodina
  †Plectodina aculeata
  †Plectodina tenuis
  †Plectorthis
  †Plectorthis plicatella
  †Plethocardia
  †Plethocardia suberecta
  †Plethospira
  †Plethospira cannonensis – type locality for species
  †Plethospira cassina
   †Pleurocystites
  †Pleurocystites squamosus
  †Polygammoceras
  †Polygammoceras prestonense
  †Polygnathus
  †Polygnathus curtigladius
  †Polygnathus intermedius
  †Polygnathus linguiformis
  †Polygnathus parawebbi
  †Polygrammoceras
  †Polygrammoceras prestonense
  †Polyplacognathus
  †Polyplacognathus ramosus
  †Porocrinus
  †Porocrinus elegans
  †Porocrinus fayettensis
  †Porocrinus pentagonius
  †Porocrinus smithi – or unidentified related form
  †Praepleurocystis
  †Prasopora
  †Prasopora insularis
  †Primitella
  †Primitella constricta
  †Primitella plattevillensis
  †Primitia
  †Primitia cannonensis – type locality for species
  †Primitia gibbera
  †Primitia mammata
  †Primitia spinata
  †Primitia tumidula
  †Primitiella
  †Primitiella bellevuensis
  †Primitiella carlei
  †Primitiella constricta
  †Primitiella milleri
  †Primitiella plattevillensis
  †Primitiopsis – tentative report
  †Primitiopsis bella
  †Probillingsites
  †Probillingsites milleri
  †Probillingsites pronis
  †Probillingsites welleri
  †Prolobella
  †Promopalaeaster
  †Promopalaeaster wilsoni
  †Proplina
  †Proplina convexum – type locality for species
  †Proplina cornutaformis – type locality for species
  †Proplina corpulentum – type locality for species
  †Proplina extensum – type locality for species
  †Prosaukia
  †Prosaukia ambigua
  †Prosaukia misa
  †Proteroconus
  †Proteroconus capuloides – type locality for species
  †Protopanderodus
  †Protopanderodus liripipus
  †Pseudagnostus
  †Pseudagnostus josephus
  †Pseudolingula
  †Pseudolingula eva
  †Pseudolingula iowensis
  †Pseudoprimitella
  †Pseudoprimitella unicornis
  †Pseudulrichia
  †Pseudulrichia simplex
  †Psuedulrichia
  †Psuedulrichia simplex
  †Pterinea
  †Pterotheca
  †Pterotheca attenuata
  †Pterygometopus
  †Pterygometopus sclerops – or unidentified comparable form
  †Ptiloconus
  †Ptilodictya – tentative report
  †Ptychaspis
  †Ptychaspis granulosa
  †Ptychaspis miniscaensis
  †Ptychaspis striata
  †Ptychaspis tuberosa
  †Ptychocrinus
  †Punctaparchites
  †Punctaparchites rugosus
  †Punctaparchites splendens
  †Pycnocrinus
  †Pycnocrinus gerki
  †Pycnocrinus multibrachialis
  †Pycnocrinus sardesoni
  †Pyrgocystis
  †Pyrgocystis sardesoni –
caption: Fossil of the Late Ordovician cystoid echinoderm Pleurocystites
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