Knowledge (XXG)

This list of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of West Virginia and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.

• †Acosmoblatta
  • †Acosmoblatta eakiniana – type locality for species
  • †Acosmoblatta permacra – type locality for species
• †Acrospirifer
• †Adiantities
  • †Adiantities beechensis – type locality for species
• †Adiantites
  • †Adiantites tenuifolius
• †Ageleodus

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  †Alethopteris
  • †Alethopteris ambigua – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Alethopteris aquilina
  • †Alethopteris decurrens
  • †Alethopteris evansii
  • †Alethopteris gigas
  • †Alethopteris grandini
  • †Alethopteris grandifolia – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Alethopteris massilionis
  • †Alethopteris lonchitica
  • †Alethopteris parva
  • †Alethopteris pennsylvanica
  • †Alethopteris serlii
    • †Alethopteris serlii var. americana
    • †Alethopteris serlii var. europaea
  • †Alethopteris sternberg
  • †Alethopteris virginiana
• †Allenella
  • †Allenella tullius
• †Amblyblatta
  • †Amblyblatta lata – type locality for species
• †Ambocoelia
  • †Ambocoelia gregaria
  • †Ambocoelia umbonata
• †Amoeboblatta
  • †Amoeboblatta permanenta – type locality for species
• †Aneimites
  • †Aneimites adiantoides
  • †Aneimites fertilis – previously classified as †Wardia fertilis
  • †Aneimites tenuifolius – or unidentified related form
• †Aneurophyton – or unidentified related form
  • †Aneurophyton olnense

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  †Annularia
  • †Annularia acicularis
  • †Annularia asteris
  • †Annularia carinata
  • †Annularia cuspidata
  • †Annularia galoides
  • †Annularia minuta
  • †Annularia mucronata
  • †Annularia radiata
  • †Annularia ramosa
  • †Annularia sphenophylloides
  • †Annularia stellata
• †Anoplea
  • †Anoplea nucleata
• †Anthraconauta
• †Aparchites
  • †Aparchites obliquatus
  • †Aparchites punctillosa
• †Apempherus
  • †Apempherus complexinervis – type locality for species
  • †Apempherus fossus – type locality for species
• †Aphlebia
  • †Aphlebia filiciformis
    • †Aphlebia filiciformis var. majus
  • †Aphlebia laciniata
  • †Aphlebia lactuca
  • †Aphlebia speciosissima
  • †Aphlebia spinosa
• †Archaeopteridium
  • †Archaeopteridium tschermackei
• †Archaeopteris
  • †Archaeopteris halliana
  • †Archaeopteris hibernica

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    †Archaeopteris macilenta
  • †Archaeopteris obusa
  • †Archaeopteris sphenophyllifolia
  • †Archaeopteris stricta – or unidentified related form
• †Areomartus – type locality for genus
  • †Areomartus ovatus – type locality for species
• †Arrhythmoblatta
  • †Arrhythmoblatta detecta – type locality for species
  • †Arrhythmoblatta scudderiana – type locality for species
• †Artisia
  • †Artisia approximata
• †Asolanus
  • †Asolanus camptotaenia
• †Asterocalamites
  • †Asterocalamites scrobiculatus
• †Asterophyllites
  • †Asterophyllites charaeformis
  • †Asterophyllites equisetiformis
  • †Asterophyllites erectifolius
  • †Asterophyllites gracilis
  • †Asterophyllites longifolius
  • †Asterophyllites lycopodioides
  • †Asterophyllites minutus
  • †Asterophyllites rigidus
• †Athyris
  • †Athyris angelica
• †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Aulacotheca
  • †Aulacotheca campbellii
• †Aulopora

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  †Aviculopecten
  • †Aviculopecten batesvillensis
  • †Aviculopecten crenistriatus – or unidentified comparable form

• †Baiera
  • †Baiera braun
  • †Baiera virginiana
• †Barbclabornia
  • †Barbclabornia luedersensis
• †Barinophyton
  • †Barinophyton sibiricum
• †Bassipterus
  • †Bassipterus virginicus
• †Beyrichia
  • †Beyrichia moodeyi
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  Fossilized skeleton found in Mercer County; the holotype of the Carboniferous bony fish Bluefieldius. Close-up view of the skull at right.

  
  †Bluefieldius
  • †Bluefieldius mercerensis
• †Bollia
  • †Bollia hama
  • †Bollia hindei
  • †Bollia nitida
  • †Bollia planofibra
  • †Bollia ungula
• †Bothrodendron
  • †Bothrodendron minutifolium – or unidentified comparable form
• †Bradyblatta
  • †Bradyblatta mucronata – type locality for species
  • †Bradyblatta sagittaria – type locality for species
• †Buthotrephis
  • †Buthotrephis gracilis
• Bythocypris
  • †Bythocypris keyserensis
  • †Bythocypris phaseolina

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  †Calamites
  • †Calamites approximatus
  • †Calamites cannaeformis
  • †Calamites cistii
  • †Calamites radiatus
  • †Calamites ramosus
  • †Calamites roemeri
  • †Calamites suckowi
  • †Calamites suckowii
• †Calamostachys
  • †Calamostachys lanceolata
  • †Calamostachys ramosus

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  †Callipteridium
  • †Callipteridium dawsonianum
  • †Callipteridium grandifolium
  • †Callipteridium inaequale
  • †Callipteridium oblongifolium
  • †Callipteridium odontopteroides
  • †Callipteridium unitum
• †Callipteris
  • †Callipteris conferta
  • †Callipteris diabolica
• †Callixylon
  • †Callixylon erianum
• †Calymene
  • †Calymene camerata
  • †Calymene cresapensis

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    †Calymene niagarensis
• †Camarotoechia
  • †Camarotoechia andrewsi
  • †Camarotoechia limitare
  • †Camarotoechia litchfieldensis
  • †Camarotoechia tonolowayensis
• †Caneyella
  • †Caneyella richardsoni
• †Cardiocarpon
  • †Cardiocarpon bicuspidatum
  • †Cardiocarpon cornutum
  • †Cardiocarpon elongatum
  • †Cardiocarpon minor
• †Cardiocarpus
• †Cardiomorpha
  • †Cardiomorpha obovata
• †Cardiopteris
  • †Cardiopteris frondosa
• †Carniodus
  • †Carniodus carnulus
• †Carpolithes
  • †Carpolithes bi-carpus
  • †Carpolithes ellipticus
  • †Carpolithes fragarioides – tentative report
  • †Carpolithes marginatus
  • †Carpolithes virginianus – type locality for species
• †Caulopteris
  • †Caulopteris elliptica
  • †Caulopteris gigantea
• †Cavellina
  • †Cavellina planoprocliva
• †Charbeckia
  • †Charbeckia macrophylla
• †Cheilanthites
  • †Cheilanthites nummularius – or unidentified comparable form.
  • †Cheilanthites obtusilobus
    • †Cheilanthites obtusilobus var. dilatata
  • †Cheilanthites solidus
  • †Cheilanthites squamosus
  • †Cheilanthites trifoliatus
• †Chonetes
  • †Chonetes novascoticus
• †Clidochirus
• †Coelospira
  • †Coelospira sulcata
• †Condrusia
• †Cordaicarpon
  • †Cordaicarpon circularis
  • †Cordaicarpon cinctum
  • †Cordaicarpon gutbieri
• †Cordaites
  • †Cordaites borassifolius
  • †Cordaites crassinervis
  • †Cordaites principalis
  • †Cordaites robbii
• †Cornulites
• †Courvoisiella
  • †Courvoisiella ctenomorpha

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  †Crassigyrinus
• †Crossoceras
  • †Crossoceras belandi
• †Crurispina
  • †Crurispina nana
• †Cupularostrum
  • †Cupularostrum contracta
• †Cyclopteris
  • †Cyclopteris valida – probably the same as Triphyllopteris virginiana
• †Cyperites
  • †Cyperites bicarinatus
• †Cypricardella

• †Dalmanella
  • †Dalmanella lenticularis

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  †Dalmanites
  • †Dalmanites limulurus
• †Danaeides
  • †Danaeides emersoni
• †Delthyris
• †Deltopecten
  • †Deltopecten caneyanus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Devonochonetes
  • †Devonochonetes coronatus
  • †Devonochonetes scitulus
• †Dibolbina
  • †Dibolbina cristata
• †Dichophyllum
  • †Dichophyllum moorei
• †Dicladoblatta
  • †Dicladoblatta defossa – type locality for species
• †Diedrorynchus – type locality for genus
  • †Diedrorynchus dictyum – type locality for species

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  †Diploceraspis
  • †Diploceraspis burkei
• †Diplothema
  • †Diplothema pachyderma
• †Distomodus
  • †Distomodus nodosus – type locality for species
• †Ditomopyge
  • †Ditomopyge decurtata
• †Dizygopleura
  • †Dizygopleura costata
  • †Dizygopleura halli
  • †Dizygopleura orealis
  • †Dizygopleura simulans
  • †Dizygopleura subovalis
• †Dolerotheca
  • †Dolerotheca pennsylvanica
• †Donaldina
  • †Donaldina superclivis – type locality for species
• †Douvillina
  • †Douvillina inequistriata
• †Drepanellina
  • †Drepanellina clarki

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  †Drepanopterus
  • †Drepanopterus nodosus

• †Ectogrammysia
  • †Ectogrammysia inaffecta – type locality for species
  • †Ectogrammysia prolata – type locality for species

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  †Edaphosaurus
  • †Edaphosaurus colohistion – type locality for species
• †Edmondia
  • †Edmondia equilateralis
  • †Edmondia equilateralus
  • †Edmondia suborbiculata
• †Elkinsia
  • †Elkinsia polymorpha
• †Endelocrinus
  • †Endelocrinus kieri
• †Equisetides
  • †Equisetides rugosus
  • †Equisetides schimper
  • †Equisetides striatus
• †Equisetites
  • †Equisetites elongatus
  • †Equisetites occidentalis
  • †Equisetites rugosus
  • †Equisetites striatus
• †Eremopteris
  • †Eremopteris artemisiaefolia
  • †Eremopteris cheathami
  • †Eremopteris decomposita – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Eremopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Eremopteris lincolniana – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Eremopteris macilenta
  • †Eremopteris microphylla
  • †Eremopteris sauvieri – or unidentified comparable form
• †Etoblattina
  • †Etoblattina aperta – type locality for species
  • †Etoblattina exigua – type locality for species
• †Eucalyptocrinites
• †Eukloedenella
  • †Eukloedenella umbiculata

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  †Eurypterus
• †Eurytaenia – type locality for genus
  • †Eurytaenia virginiana – type locality for species
• †Eviostachya – or unidentified comparable form

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  †Favosites
  • †Favosites helderbergiae
• †Floweria
  • †Floweria chemungensis

• †Gerablattina
  • †Gerablattina eversa – type locality for species
  • †Gerablattina inculta – type locality for species
  • †Gerablattina perita – type locality for species
• †Gillespia
  • †Gillespia randolphensis

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  †Greererpeton
  • †Greererpeton burkemorani
• †Guilielmites
  • †Guilielmites geinitz
  • †Guilielmites orbicularis
• †Gypidula
  • †Gypidula coeymanensis
• †Gyracanthus

• †Halliella
  • †Halliella fissurella
  • †Halliella subequata
• †Halonia
• †Hapalocrinus
• †Hierogramma
• †Hindella
  • †Hindella congregata
• †Holcospermum
  • †Holcospermum maizerentense
• †Holopea
  • †Holopea flintstonensis
• †Homeospira
  • †Homeospira evax
• †Hormotoma
  • †Hormotoma rowei

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  †Hughmilleria
  • †Hughmilleria bellistriata
• †Hylopus
  • †Hylopus hamesi
• †Hyphantozyga
  • †Hyphantozyga fenestrata – type locality for species

• †Jaeckelocystis

• †Kloedenella
  • †Kloedenella bisulcata
• †Kloedenia
  • †Kloedenia clarkei
  • †Kloedenia normalis

• †Leperditia
  • †Leperditia alta
  • †Leperditia elongata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Leperditia scalaris
• †Lepidocystis
  • †Lepidocystis vesicularis

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  †Lepidodendron
  • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
  • †Lepidodendron acuminatum
  • †Lepidodendron brittsii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lepidodendron clypeatum
  • †Lepidodendron dichotomum – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lepidodendron lanceolatum
  • †Lepidodendron magnum – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lepidodendron modulatum
  • †Lepidodendron obovatum
  • †Lepidodendron rushvillense
  • †Lepidodendron selaginoides
  • †Lepidodendron sternbergii
  • †Lepidodendron veltheimianum
• †Lepidodendropsis
  • †Lepidodendropsis scobiniformis
• †Lepidophloios
  • †Lepidophloios laricinus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Lepidophyllum
  • †Lepidophyllum acuminatum
  • †Lepidophyllum brevifolium
  • †Lepidophyllum campbellianum
  • †Lepidophyllum cultriforme – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lepidophyllum hastatum
  • †Lepidophyllum jenneyi
  • †Lepidophyllum lanceolatum
  • †Lepidophyllum oblongifolium
• †Lepidostrobophyllum
• †Lepidostrobus
  • †Lepidostrobus ornatus
  • †Lepidostrobus salisburyi
  • †Lepidostrobus variabilis
• †Lepocrinites
  • †Lepocrinites gebhardi
• †Leptaena
  • †Leptaena rhomboidalis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Leptodesma
  • †Leptodesma matheri
  • †Leptodesma occidentale – or unidentified related form
  • †Leptodesma pennsylvanica
  • †Leptodesma spinerigum
• †Leptostrophia
  • †Leptostrophia bipartita
  • †Leptostrophia proutyi
• †Lescuropteris
  • †Lescuropteris adiantites
  • †Lescuropteris moorii
• †Levizygopleura
  • †Levizygopleura inornata
• †Limipecten
  • †Limipecten greerensis – type locality for species
• †Limnopus
  • †Limnopus glenshawensis
• †Limnosceloides – type locality for genus
  • †Limnosceloides dunkardensis – type locality for species

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  †Lingula
• †Linopteris
  • †Linopteris neuropteroides
  • †Linopteris obliqua
• †Liocalymene
  • †Liocalymene clintoni
• †Liparoblatta
  • †Liparoblatta ovata – type locality for species
  • †Liparoblatta radiata – type locality for species
• †Lithostrotion
  • †Lithostrotion angustum
• †Lycopodites
  • †Lycopodites meekii
  • †Lycopodites pendulus
  • †Lycopodites simplex

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  †Lyginopteris
  • †Lyginopteris bermudensiformis
  • †Lyginopteris fragilis
  • †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
  • †Lyginopteris hoeninghausii

• †Macrostachya
• †Mariacrinus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Mariacrinus stoloniferus
• †Mariopteris
  • †Mariopteris andraena
  • †Mariopteris acuta
  • †Mariopteris dimorpha – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Mariopteris inflata
  • †Mariopteris latifolia
  • †Mariopteris muricata
  • †Mariopteris nervosa
  • †Mariopteris newberryi
  • †Mariopteris pottsvillea
  • †Mariopteris pygmaea
  • †Mariopteris sillimanni
  • †Mariopteris sphenopteroides
  • †Mariopteris spinulosa – tentative report
• †Mediospirifer
  • †Mediospirifer audaculus
• †Megakozlowskiella
  • †Megakozlowskiella sculptilis
• †Megalichthyes – or unidentified comparable form
• †Megalopteris
  • †Megalopteris dawsoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Megalopteris hartii
  • †Megalopteris sewellensis
• †Metapoblatta – type locality for genus
  • †Metapoblatta microptera – type locality for species
• †Microsphaeridiorhynchus
  • †Microsphaeridiorhynchus litchfieldensis
• †Modiolopsis
  • †Modiolopsis gregarius
• †Modiolus
  • †Modiolus waverliensis – or unidentified comparable form

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  †Mucrospirifer
  • †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
• †Murchisonia
  • †Murchisonia minuta
• †Myelodactylus
  • †Myelodactylus keyserensis
• †Mylacris – type locality for genus
  • †Mylacris virginiana – type locality for species

• †Naiadites
• †Naticonema
• †Nematophyllum
  • †Nematophyllum angustum
• †Nervostrophia
  • †Nervostrophia nervosa
• †Neuralethopteris
  • †Neuralethopteris pocahontas
  • †Neuralethopteris smithsii

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  †Neuropteris
  • †Neuropteris agassizi
  • †Neuropteris auriculata
  • †Neuropteris biformis
  • †Neuropteris callosa
  • †Neuropteris carrii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neuropteris cistii
  • †Neuropteris cordata
  • †Neuropteris crenulata
  • †Neuropteris dictyopteroides
  • †Neuropteris elrodi
  • †Neuropteris fimbriata
  • †Neuropteris flexuosa
  • †Neuropteris gigantea
  • †Neuropteris grangeri
  • †Neuropteris heterophylla
  • †Neuropteris lindleyana
  • †Neuropteris loschii
  • †Neuropteris odontopteroides
  • †Neuropteris ovata
  • †Neuropteris planchardi
    • †Neuropteris planchardi var. longifolia
  • †Neuropteris plicata
  • †Neuropteris pocahontas
  • †Neuropteris rarinervis
  • †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
  • †Neuropteris schlehani
  • †Neuropteris smithii
  • †Neuropteris sternberg
  • †Neuropteris tenuifolia
  • †Neuropteris vermicularis
  • †Neuropteris zeilleri – or unidentified comparable form
• †Nuculavus
  • †Nuculavus okawensis
• †Nuculopsis
  • †Nuculopsis rectangula

• †Octonaria
  • †Octonaria muricata
• †Odontopteris
  • †Odontopteris aequalis
  • †Odontopteris densifolia
  • †Odontopteris gracillima
  • †Odontopteris neuropteroides
  • †Odontopteris nervosa
  • †Odontopteris newberryi
  • †Odontopteris obtusiloba
    • †Odontopteris obtusiloba var. rarinervis
  • †Odontopteris subcuneata
  • †Odontopteris wortheni
• †Oligocarpia
  • †Oligocarpia alabamensis

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  †Onychodus
• †Orthacanthus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Orthoceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Orthogonophora – type locality for genus
  • †Orthogonophora distincta – type locality for species
• †Orthomylacris
  • †Orthomylacris franklini – type locality for species
• †Orthonychia
  • †Orthonychia tortuosa
• †Oxynoblatta
  • †Oxynoblatta alutacea – type locality for species

• †Palaeodictyopteron – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Palaeodictyopteron virginianum – type locality for species
• †Palaeolima
• †Palaeoneilo
  • †Palaeoneilo sera
• †Palaeostylus
  • †Palaeostylus venustus
• †Palaeoxyris
  • †Palaeoxyris appendiculata
• †Paleyoldia
  • †Paleyoldia levistriata
• †Paracyclas
  • †Paracyclas lirata
• †Paraechmina
  • †Paraechmina dubia
• †Parahughmilleria
  • †Parahughmilleria bellistriata
• †Parallelodon
  • †Parallelodon mimina
  • †Parallelodon minima – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pareinoblatta
  • †Pareinoblatta expuncta – type locality for species

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  †Pecopteris
  • †Pecopteris angustipinna
  • †Pecopteris arborescens
    • †Pecopteris arborescens var. integripinna
  • †Pecopteris arguta
  • †Pecopteris aspera
  • †Pecopteris asplenioides
  • †Pecopteris candolleana
  • †Pecopteris dawsoniana
  • †Pecopteris dentata
    • †Pecopteris dentata var. crenata
    • †Pecopteris dentata var. parva
  • †Pecopteris elegans
  • †Pecopteris elliptica
  • †Pecopteris emarginata
  • †Pecopteris feminaeformis
  • †Pecopteris germari
    • †Pecopteris germari var. crassinervis
    • †Pecopteris germari var. cuspidata
  • †Pecopteris goniopteroides
  • †Pecopteris grandifolia
  • †Pecopteris hemitelioides
  • †Pecopteris hemiteloides
  • †Pecopteris heeriana
  • †Pecopteris imbricata
  • †Pecopteris inclinata
  • †Pecopteris integra – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pecopteris jenneyi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pecopteris lanceolata
  • †Pecopteris latifolia
  • †Pecopteris longifolia
  • †Pecopteris merianiopteroides
  • †Pecopteris microphylla
  • †Pecopteris miltoni
  • †Pecopteris newberryana
  • †Pecopteris nodosa
  • †Pecopteris notata
  • †Pecopteris oblonga
  • †Pecopteris oblongifolia
  • †Pecopteris odontopteroides
  • †Pecopteris oreopteridia
  • †Pecopteris ovoides
  • †Pecopteris pachypteroides
  • †Pecopteris pennaeformis
    • †Pecopteris pennaeformis var. latifolia
  • †Pecopteris platynervis
  • †Pecopteris pluckeneti
    • †Pecopteris pluckeneti var. constricta
  • †Pecopteris plumosa
  • †Pecopteris polymorpha
  • †Pecopteris pteroides
  • †Pecopteris rarinervis
  • †Pecopteris rotundifolia
  • †Pecopteris rotundiloba
  • †Pecopteris schimperiana
  • †Pecopteris serrulata – tentative report
  • †Pecopteris sub-falcata
  • †Pecopteris tenuinervis
  • †Pecopteris unita
  • †Pecopteris vestita
  • †Pecopteris villosa
• †Penetoblatta
  • †Penetoblatta rotundata – type locality for species
  • †Penetoblatta virginiensis – type locality for species
• †Periechocrinus
• †Permophorus
  • †Permophorus octocostatus

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  †Petalodus
• †Petrablattina
  • †Petrablattina ovata – type locality for species
• †Phacops
  • †Phacops cristata
• †Phestia
  • †Phestia pandoraeformis
  • †Phestia rugodorsata
• †Phyloblatta
  • †Phyloblatta abbreviata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta abdicata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta accubita – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta angusta – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta arcuata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta cassvilleana – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta communis – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta concinna – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta debilis – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta deducta – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta dichotoma – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta dimidiata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta elatior – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta expugnata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta expulsata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta exsecuta – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta fracta – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta funeraria – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta gratiosa – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta immolata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta imperfecta – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta lata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta macerata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta macilenta – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta macroptera – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta mactata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta mortua – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta obatra – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta praedulcis – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta rebaptizata – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta regularis – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta residua – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta rogi – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta scudderiana – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta secreta – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta uniformis – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta virginiana – type locality for species
  • †Phyloblatta vulgata – type locality for species
• †Physonemus
• †Pinna
  • †Pinna missouriensis

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  †Platyceras
  • †Platyceras gebharti
  • †Platyceras magnificum
• †Plocezyga
  • †Plocezyga acuminata
  • †Plocezyga obscura – type locality for species
  • †Plocezyga subquadrata – type locality for species
  • †Plocezyga turbinata
• †Poacordaites
• †Polidevcia
  • †Polidevcia stevensiana
• †Polyetoblatta – type locality for genus
  • †Polyetoblatta calopteryx – type locality for species
• †Ponderodictya
  • †Ponderodictya favulosa
• †Poroblattina
  • †Poroblattina gratiosa – type locality for species
  • †Poroblattina parvula – type locality for species
• †Productella
  • †Productella rectispina
• †Promytilus
  • †Promytilus illinoisensis
• †Protathyris
  • †Protathyris congregata
• †Protaxocrinus
• †Proterogyrinus
  • †Proterogyrinus scheelei
• †Prothyris
  • †Prothyris acuticarinata – type locality for species
• †Protoleptostrophia
  • †Protoleptostrophia perplana

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  †Protorothyris – type locality for genus
  • †Protorothyris morani – type locality for species
• †Pseudocrinites
• †Pseudozygopleura
  • †Pseudozygopleura multicostata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pseudozygopleura pandus
  • †Pseudozygopleura schucherti – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pseudozygopleura scitula
  • †Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga
• †Pterinea
  • †Pterinea emacerata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pterinea flintstonensis
• †Ptychopteria
  • †Ptychopteria pusilla – type locality for species
• †Pustulatia
  • †Pustulatia pustulosa
• †Pycnosaccus

• †Rafinesquina
• †Resserella
  • †Resserella elegantula
• †Rhabdocarpos
  • †Rhabdocarpos amygdalaeformis
  • †Rhabdocarpos bockschianus
  • †Rhabdocarpos multistriatus
  • †Rhabdocarpos oblongatus
  • †Rhabdocarpos sulcatus
  • †Rhabdocarpos tenax
• †Rhacophyton
  • †Rhacophyton ceratangium
• †Rhipidomella
  • †Rhipidomella hybrida
  • †Rhipidomella leucosia – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Rhipidomella penelope – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Rhipidomella vanuxemi

• 

  †Rhodea
  • †Rhodea vepertina – type locality for species
• †Rhynchospirina
  • †Rhynchospirina globosa
• †Rodea (genus)
  • †Rodea vespertina – type locality for species

• †Sagenodus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sanguinolites
  • †Sanguinolites naiadiformis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sanguinolites obliquus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sanguinolites unioniformis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Saportaea
  • †Saportaea grandifolia
  • †Saportaea salisburioides
• †Schellwienella
  • †Schellwienella elegans
  • †Schellwienella interstriata
  • †Schellwienella rugosa
• †Schizodus
  • †Schizodus chesterensis – or unidentified related form
  • †Schizodus depressus
• †Schizophoria
  • †Schizophoria impressa
• †Schuchertella
  • †Schuchertella deckerensis
  • †Schuchertella variabilis
• †Scudderula
  • †Scudderula arcta – type locality for species
• †Scyphocrinites
• †Sedgwickia – tentative report
• †Septimyalina
• †Shenophyllum
  • †Shenophyllum cunefolium
  • †Shenophyllum tenerrimum
• †Shenopteris
  • †Shenopteris elegans
  • †Shenopteris launoitii

• 

  †Sigillaria
  • †Sigillaria approximata
  • †Sigillaria brardii
  • †Sigillaria camptotaenia
  • †Sigillaria dentata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sigillaria fissa
  • †Sigillaria ichthyolepis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sigillaria reticulata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sigillaria menardi
• †Solenomorpha
  • †Solenomorpha nitida
• †Sphaerocystites
• †Sphaerotocrinus

• 

  †Sphenophyllum
  • †Sphenophyllum angustifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum antiquum
  • †Sphenophyllum cornutum
  • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum densifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
  • †Sphenophyllum filiculme
  • †Sphenophyllum fontaineaum
  • †Sphenophyllum furcatum
  • †Sphenophyllum lescurianum
  • †Sphenophyllum longifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum majus
  • †Sphenophyllum oblongifolia
  • †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum subtenerrimmum
  • †Sphenophyllum tenue
  • †Sphenophyllum tenuifolium
• †Sphenopteridium
  • †Sphenopteridium bifidum
  • †Sphenopteridium brooksi – type locality for species
  • †Sphenopteridium girtiyi – type locality for species
  • †Sphenopteridium virginianum

• 

  †Sphenopteris
  • †Sphenopteris acrocarpa
  • †Sphenopteris auriculata
  • †Sphenopteris breviloba
  • †Sphenopteris broadheadi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris canneltonensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris chaerophylloides
  • †Sphenopteris communis
  • †Sphenopteris deliculata
  • †Sphenopteris dentata
  • †Sphenopteris dicksonioides
  • †Sphenopteris distans
  • †Sphenopteris divaricata
  • †Sphenopteris dubuissonis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris elegans
  • †Sphenopteris flexicaulis
  • †Sphenopteris foliosa
  • †Sphenopteris formosa
  • †Sphenopteris furcata
  • †Sphenopteris goepperti – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris hastata
  • †Sphenopteris hymenophylloides
  • †Sphenopteris hoeninghausii
  • †Sphenopteris karwinensis
  • †Sphenopteris larischii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris lescuriana
  • †Sphenopteris linearis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris linkii
  • †Sphenopteris lobata
  • †Sphenopteris microcarpa
  • †Sphenopteris minuti-secta
  • †Sphenopteris mixta
  • †Sphenopteris obtusiloba
  • †Sphenopteris ophioglossoides
  • †Sphenopteris pachynervis
  • †Sphenopteris patentissima
  • †Sphenopteris pinnatifida
  • †Sphenopteris rarinervis
  • †Sphenopteris royi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris schatzlarensis
  • †Sphenopteris spinosa
  • †Sphenopteris stipulata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris subgeniculata
  • †Sphenopteris tenella
  • †Sphenopteris tracyana
  • †Sphenopteris trichomanoides – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sphenotus
  • †Sphenotus aeolus – tentative report
  • †Sphenotus monroensis
  • †Sphenotus pisinnus – tentative report
  • †Sphenotus washingtonensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Spinatrypa
  • †Spinatrypa hystrix
• †Spinocyrtia
  • †Spinocyrtia granulosa

• 

  †Spirifer – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Spirifer corallinensis
  • †Spirifer keyserensis
  • †Spirifer mackenzicus
  • †Spirifer vanuxemi
• †Stegerhynchus
  • †Stegerhynchus neglectum
• †Stenochisma
  • †Stenochisma lamellata

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  †Stigmaria
  • †Stigmaria ficoides
  • †Stigmaria stellata
• †Streblochondria
  • †Streblochondria girtyi
  • †Streblochondria mutata – type locality for species
  • †Streblochondria tiltoni – type locality for species
• †Streblopteria
  • †Streblopteria girtyi – type locality for species
• †Stromatopora
  • †Stromatopora constellata
• †Symphyoblatta
  • †Symphyoblatta debilis – type locality for species
• †Synchirocrinus
  • †Synchirocrinus keyserensis
• †Sysciophlebia
  • †Sysciophlebia balteata – type locality for species
  • †Sysciophlebia invisa – type locality for species
  • †Sysciophlebia patiens – type locality for species
  • †Sysciophlebia recidiva – type locality for species

• †Taeniopteris
  • †Taeniopteris lescuriana
  • †Taeniopteris newberriana
    • †Taeniopteris newberriana var. angusta
• †Tanypterichthys – type locality for genus
  • †Tanypterichthys pridensis – type locality for species

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  †Tentaculites
  • †Tentaculites gyracanthus
  • †Tentaculites minutus
• †Tetracystis
• †Tetrameroceras
  • †Tetrameroceras cumberlandicum
• †Thlipsura
  • †Thlipsura ultimata
• †Thlipsurella
  • †Thlipsurella semipunctata
• †Tradonis
  • †Tradonis castrensis
• †Trigonocarpum
  • †Trigonocarpum ampullaeforme
  • †Trigonocarpum clavatum
  • †Trigonocarpum noeggerathii
  • †Trigonocarpum oliviaeforme
  • †Trigonocarpum trioculare
• †Trigonocarpus
• †Triletes
• †Trimerus
  • †Trimerus delphinocephalus
• †Triphyllopteris
  • †Triphyllopteris latilobata – type locality for species
  • †Triphyllopteris rarinervis – type locality for species
• †Tropidoleptus
  • †Tropidoleptus carinatus
• †Truncatiramus – now regarded as a jr. synonym of Erettopterus
  • †Truncatiramus exopthalmus
• †Tylothyris
  • †Tylothyris mesacostalis

• †Ulodendron
  • †Ulodendron majus
• †Uncinulus
  • †Uncinulus convexorus
  • †Uncinulus marylandicus
  • †Uncinulus obtusiplicatus
• †Unicinulus
  • †Unicinulus marylandicus
• †Unklesbayella
  • †Unklesbayella geinitzi

• 

  †Waeringopterus
  • †Waeringopterus cumberlandicus
• †Wardia
  • †Wardia fertilis – Later reclassified as †Aneimites fertilis
• †Welleria
  • †Welleria obliqua
• †Whitfieldella
  • †Whitfieldella marylandica
• †Whittleseya
  • †Whittleseya elegans
• †Wilkingia
  • †Wilkingia andrewsi
  • †Wilkingia neglecta – or unidentified related form
  • †Wilkingia walkeri
• †Wurmiella
  • †Wurmiella excavata

• †Xenotheca

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  †Zatrachys
  • †Zatrachys serratus
• †Zygobeyrichia
  • †Zygobeyrichia incipiens
  • †Zygobeyrichia tonolowayensis
  • †Zygobeyrichia ventricornis
  • †Zygobeyrichia ventripunctata
  • †Zygobeyrichia virginia
• †Zygosella
  • †Zygosella vallata

Uncited inclusions can be attributed to:

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

• Paleontology in West Virginia
• Paleozoic West Virginia
• Lists of the Paleozoic life of the United States by state