List of the prehistoric life of Virginia

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

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of Virginia

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Virginia

Mesozoic

  • †Abietites – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Abietites longifolius
  • †Acrostichites
    • †Acrostichites linnaeaefolius
  • †Agrestipus – type locality for genus
    • †Agrestipus hottoni – type locality for species
  • †Alisporites
    • †Alisporites aequalis
  • †Amblydactylus
    • †Amblydactylus gethingi
  • †Anchisauripus
    • †Anchisauripus parallelus
  • Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus
    †Anomoepus
  • †Appomatoxia – type locality for genus
    • †Appomatoxia ancistrophora – type locality for species
  • † Aquia – type locality for genus
  • † Aquia
    • †Aquia brookensis – type locality for species
  • Aralia
    • †Aralia dubia
  • †Aratrisporites
    • †Aratrisporites scabratus
  • †Araucarites
    • †Araucarites aquiensis
  • †Arcellites
    • †Arcellites disciformis
    • †Arcellites pyriformis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Athrotaxis
    • †Athrotaxis ungeri – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Athrotaxopsis
  • †Atreipus
    • †Atreipus milfordensis
  • †Auriculophora
    • †Auriculophora acrostichoides
  • †Boreogomphodon – type locality for genus
  • †Brachyphyllum
    • †Brachyphyllum crassicaule
  • †Brenneria – type locality for genus
    • †Brenneria potomacensis – type locality for species
  • †Brennerispermum – type locality for genus
    • †Brennerispermum potomacensis – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the sauropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Brontopodus
    †Brontopodus
    • †Brontopodus birdi
  • †Caririchnium
    • †Caririchnium leonardii
  • †Carpestella – type locality for genus
    • †Carpestella lacunata – type locality for species
  • †Chirotherium
  • Cladophlebis
  • †Classopollis
  • †Clathropteris
    • †Clathropteris meniscoides
  • †Colpectopollis
    • †Colpectopollis ellipsoideus
  • †Crudia
    • †Crudia grahamiana – type locality for species
  • †Crybelosporites
    • †Crybelosporites striatus
  • †Cyathocaulis
    • †Cyathocaulis carolinensis
  • †Cyathoforma
    • †Cyathoforma carolinensis
    • †Cyathoforma minuta
    • †Cyathoforma penticarpa
  • †Danaeopsis
    • †Danaeopsis virginiensis
  • †Decussosporites
    • †Decussosporites microreticulatus
  • †Delosorus
    • †Delosorus heterophyllus
  • †Dichotozamites
    • †Dichotozamites cycadopsis
  • Dicotylophyllum
    • †Dicotylophyllum ovatodecurrens – type locality for species
  • Dicranopteris
  • †Dictyophylum
  • †Dictyopygae
  • †Dictyothylakos
    • †Dictyothylakos pesslerae
  • †Diplurus
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic reptile Doswellia
    †Doswellia – type locality for genus
  • †Drewria
  • †Echitriletes
    • †Echitriletes lanatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Emydhipus – or unidentified related form
  • †Equisetites
    • †Equisetites milleri
    • †Equisetites richmondensis
    • †Equisetites rogersii
  • †Equisetum
    • †Equisetum lyellii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Erlansonisporites
    • †Erlansonisporites erlansonii
  • Fossils of the large theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Eubrontes
    †Eubrontes
  • †Eucommiidites
  • †Euscolosuchus – type locality for genus
    • †Euscolosuchus olseni – type locality for species
  • †Exesipollenites
  • †Ficophyllum
    • †Ficophyllum crassinerve
  • †Gleichenites
    • †Gleichenites distans
  • †Gomphiosauridion – type locality for genus
    • †Gomphiosauridion baileyae – type locality for species
  • Negative footprint of G. cuneatus showing skin impressions
    †Grallator
    • †Grallator cuneatus
    • †Grallator formosus
  • †Gregaripus
  • †Gwyneddichnium
    • †Gwyneddichnium majore
  • †Gypsichnites
    • †Gypsichnites pacensis
  • †Hypsiloichnus
    • †Hypsiloichnus marylandicus
  • †Isoetodendron
    • †Isoetodendron striata
  • †Juglandiphyllum
    • †Juglandiphyllum integrifolium
  • †Kayentapus
    • †Kayentapus minor
  • †Kenella – or unidentified related form
  • †Lagenella
    • †Lagenella martinii
  • †Landonia
    • †Landonia calophylla – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lapposisporites
    • †Lapposisporites loricatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Leptocyclotes
    • †Leptocyclotes americana
  • Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus
    †Lissodus
  • †Lonchopteris
    • †Lonchopteris oblonga
  • †Lunatisporites
    • †Lunatisporites acutus
  • †Macrotaeniopteris
    • †Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis
    • †Macrotaeniopteris magnifolia
  • †Megalosauropus
  • †Mertensides
    • †Mertensides bullatus
  • †Microconodon
    • †Microconodon tenuirostris
  • †Nageiopsis
    • †Nageiopsis longifolia
  • †Nelumbites
    • †Nelumbites extenuinervis – type locality for species
    • †Nelumbites minimus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neocalamites
    • †Neocalamites delawarensis – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Neocalamites knowltonii
    • †Neocalamites virginiensis
  • †Onychopsis
    • †Onychopsis latiloba
  • †Ornithomimipus
    • †Ornithomimipus angustus
  • Fossil of the Permian-Late Cretaceous fern Osmundites
    †Osmundites
    • †Osmundites winterpockensis
  • †Ovalipollis
    • †Ovalipollis ovalis
  • †Pabiania – or unidentified related form
  • †Patinasporites
    • †Patinasporites densus
  • †Paxillitriletes
  • †Pecopteris
    • †Pecopteris rarinervis
  • †Phlebopteris
    • †Phlebopteris smithii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pityopollenites
    • †Pityopollenites neomundanus
  • †Platanocarpus
    • †Platanocarpus brookensis – type locality for species
  • †Platanophyllum
    • †Platanophyllum crassinerve
  • †Plesiornis
    • †Plesiornis pilulatus
  • †Plicarizamites
    • †Plicarizamites lanceolatus
  • †Podozamites
    • †Podozamites acutifolius
    • †Podozamites lanceolatus
    • †Podozamites tenuistriatus
  • †Populophyllum
    • †Populophyllum crassinerve
  • †Potomacanthus
    • †Potomacanthus lobatus
  • †Primaraucaria
    • †Primaraucaria wielandii
  • †Protodiploxypinus
    • †Protodiploxypinus doubingeri
  • †Protohaploxypinus
  • †Pseudofrenelopsis
    • †Pseudofrenelopsis nathorstiana – type locality for species
    • †Pseudofrenelopsis parceramosa
  • †Pteridocaulis
    • †Pteridocaulis facialis
    • †Pteridocaulis rhombiformis
  • †Pterophyllum
    • †Pterophyllum affine
    • †Pterophyllum braunianum
    • †Pterophyllum descussatum
    • †Pterophyllum giganteum
    • †Pterophyllum grandifolium
    • †Pterophyllum taxinum
    • †Pterophyllum tenuinervis
  • †Ptycholepis
    • †Ptycholepis marshi
  • †Redfieldius
  • †Rothwellia – type locality for genus.[1]
    • †Rothwellia foveata – type locality for species[1]
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
    †Rutiodon
    • †Rutiodon manhattanensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sagenopteris
    • †Sagenopteris rhoifolia
  • †Sanmiguelia – tentative report
  • †Sapindopsis
    • †Sapindopsis – or unidentified comparable form magnifolia/variabilis – informal
    • †Sapindopsis minutifolia – type locality for species
    • †Sapindopsis obtusifolia
  • Sassafras
    • †Sassafras bilobata
  • Fossilized leaf of the Late Cretaceous ginkgo relative Sphenobaiera
    †Sphenobaiera
    • †Sphenobaiera striata
  • †Sphenolepis
    • †Sphenolepis sternbergiana
  • †Sphenopteris
    • †Sphenopteris lobata
    • †Sphenopteris sitholeyi
  • †Sphenozamites
    • †Sphenozamites rogersianus
  • †Stangerites
    • †Stangerites obliqua
    • †Stangerites planus
  • Ripe fruit capsule and seeds of a living Sterculia, or tropical chestnut
    Sterculia
    • †Sterculia elegans
  • †Sulcatisporites
    • †Sulcatisporites kraeuseli
  • †Taeniopteris
    • †Taeniopteris diminuta
  • †Tetrapodosaurus
    • †Tetrapodosaurus borealis
  • †Thodaya – type locality for genus.[1] Preoccupied.
    • †Thodaya sykesiae – type locality for species[1]
  • †Thylakosporites
    • †Thylakosporites retiarius
  • †Trassiflorites
    • †Trassiflorites grandiflora
  • †Triadispora
    • †Triadispora modesta
    • †Triadispora verrucata
  • †Uatchitodon – type locality for genus
    • †Uatchitodon kroehleri – type locality for species
  • †Ulmiphyllum
    • †Ulmiphyllum crassinerve
  • †Vallasporites
    • †Vallasporites ignacii
    • †Vallasporites perspicuus
  • †Verrutriletes
    • †Verrutriletes carbunculus
  • †Virginianthus – type locality for genus
    • †Virginianthus calycanthoides – type locality for species
  • †Watsoniocladus – type locality for genus
    • †Watsoniocladus florinii – type locality for species
    • †Watsoniocladus obatae
    • †Watsoniocladus pseudoexpansum
    • †Watsoniocladus ramonensis
    • †Watsoniocladus valdensis
    • †Watsoniocladus virginiensis – type locality for species
  • †Xenodiphyodon – type locality for genus
    • †Xenodiphyodon petraios – type locality for species
  • †Zamiostrobus
    • †Zamiostrobus lissocardius
    • †Zamiostrobus triasiccus
  • Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites
    †Zamites

Cenozoic

Main article: List of the Cenozoic life of Virginia

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Virginia

References

  1. ^ a b c d Else Marie Friis; Peter R. Crane; Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen (2019). "Chlamydospermous seeds document the diversity and abundance of extinct gnetalean relatives in Early Cretaceous vegetation". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 180 (7): 643–666. doi:10.1086/704356.
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