List of the prehistoric life of Washington

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Brachiopoda

Kutorgina fossil (illustration)

Bryozoa

  • Alternifenestella[3]
    • Alternifenestella vagrantia – type locality for species[3]
  • Coeloclemis[3]
    • Coeloclemis urhausenii – type locality for species[3]
  • Dybowskiella[3]
    • Dybowskiella sp.[3]
  • Dyscritella[3]
    • Dyscritella iwaizakiensis[3]
  • Dyscritellina[3]
    • Dyscritellina sp.[3]
  • †?Fistulamina[3]
    • †?Fistulamina sp.[3]
  • Fistulipora[3]
    • Fistulipora sp.[3]
  • Fistuliramus[3]
    • Fistuliramus pacificus – type locality for species[3]
  • Hayasakapora[3]
    • Cf.Hayasakapora erectoradiata[3]
  • Mackinneyella[3]
    • Mackinneyella stylettia – type locality for species[3]
  • Meekoporella[3]
    • Meekoporella inflecta – type locality for species[3]
  • Nematopora[3]
    • Nematopora sp.[3]
  • Neoeridotrypella[3]
    • Neoeridotrypella missionensis – type locality for species[3]
  • Pamirella[3]
    • Pamirella oculus – type locality for species[3]
  • Parapolypora[3]
    • Parapolypora sp.[3]
  • Pinegopora[3]
    • Pinegopora petita – type locality for species[3]
  • Polypora[3]
    • Polypora arbusca – type locality for species[3]
  • Polyporella[3]
    • Polyporella sp.[3]
  • Pseudobatostomella[3]
    • Pseudobatostomella sp.[3]
  • †?Rhombopora[3]
  • Rhombotrypella[3]
    • Rhombotrypella kettlensis – type locality for species[3]
  • Sakagamiina – type locality for genus[3]
    • Sakagamiina easternensis – type locality for species[3]
  • Stenopora[3]
  • †?Streblotrypa[3]
    • †?Streblotrypa sp.[3]
  • Tabulipora[3]
    • Tabulipora colvillensis – type locality for species[3]
  • Wjatkella[3]
    • Wjatkella nanea – type locality for species[3]

Conodonta

  • Bythocypris[4]
  • Cavellina[4]
  • Graphiodactylus[4]
    • Graphiodactylus tenuis[4]
  • Jonesina[4]
    • Jonesina craterigera[4]
  • ?†Neokloedenella[4]
    • ?†Neokloedenella sp.[4]
  • Paraparchites[4]
    • Paraparchites nicklesi[4]
  • Parafusulina[4]
    • Parafusulina dunbari[4]

Hyolithelmintida

Pterobranchia

Trilobita

Chlorophyta

  • Gyroporella[7]
    • Gyroporella igoi[7]
    • Gyroporella nipponica[7]
  • Mizzia[7]
    • Mizzia velebitana[7]
  • Oligoporella[7]
    • Oligoporella expansa[7]
  • Vermiporella[7]
    • Vermiporella sp.[7]

Mesozoic

Animals

Ammonitida

Asteroidea

  • Sucia – type locality for genus[13]
    • Sucia suavis – type locality for species[13]

Bivalvia

Conodonts

Gastropoda

Decapoda

  • Campanaxius - Type locality for genus[12]
    • Campanaxius raffi - Type locality for species[12]

Vertebrata

indeterminate theropod

Plants

Angiosperms

  • Fenestracarpa – type locality for genus[28]
    • Fenestracarpa washingtonensis – type locality for species[28]

Bennettitales

Cyatheales

Cycadales

  • Androstrobus[29]
    • Androstrobus scutulatus - Type locality for species[29]
  • Laceria - Type locality for genus[29]
    • Laceria pulcra - Type locality for species[29]
  • Nilssoniocladus[29]
    • Nilssoniocladus corrugatus - Type locality for species[29]
    • Nilssoniocladus sp.[29]
  • Orthoneura - Type locality for genus[29]
    • Orthoneura longissima - Type locality for species[29]

Czekanowkiales

  • Czekanowskia[29]
    • Czekanowskia durabilis - Type locality for species[29]

Equisetales

Gingkophytes

Gleicheniales

  • Calcaropteris - Type locality for genus[30]
    • Calcaropteris boeselii - Type locality for species[30]
    • Calcaropteris bifurcata - Type locality for species[30]
  • Microphyllopteris[30]
    • Microphyllopteris gieseckiana[30]
    • Microphyllopteris delicata - Type locality for species[30]
  • Paramatonia - Type locality for genus[30]
    • Paramatonia linearis - Type locality for species[30]

Marchantiophyta

Osmundales

  • Cladophlebis[30]
    • Cladophlebis baja-beeceensis - Type locality for species[30]
    • Cladophlebis crenata[30]
    • Cladophlebis denticulata[30]
    • Cladophlebis impressa[30]
    • Cladophlebis methowensis - Type locality for species[30]

Pinales

  • Athrotaxis[29]
    • Athrotaxis parvistrobili - Type locality for species[29]
  • Brachyphyllum[29]
    • Brachyphyllum cracenente - Type locality for species[29]
    • Brachyphyllum crassicaule[29]
  • Conago - Type locality for genus[29]
    • Conago chartifera - Type locality for species[29]
    • Conago fornicata - Type locality for species[29]
    • Conago fornicata - Type locality for species[29]
    • Conago spinosa - Type locality for species[29]
    • Conago tonsifera - Type locality for species[29]
  • Elatocladus[29]
    • Elatocladus gracilis - Type locality for species[29]
  • Geinitzia[29]
    • Geinitzia dentifolia[29]
    • Geinitzia subtilis - Type locality for species[29]
  • Pagiophyllum[29]
    • Pagiophyllum tenuifolium - Type locality for species[29]
  • Platycladium - Type locality for genus[29]
    • Platycladium creberum - Type locality for species[29]
  • Podozamites[29]
    • Podozamites decrescens[29]
    • Podozamites varifolia - Type locality for species[29]
  • Sphenolepis[29]
    • Sphenolepis condita[29]

Polypodiophyta - incertae sedis

  • Furcillopteris[30]
    • Furcillopteris oblongata - Type locality for species[30]
    • Furcillopteris serrata[30]
  • Sectilopteris[30]
    • Sectilopteris latiloba[30]
    • Sectilopteris newberryi[30]
    • Sectilopteris psilotoides[30]

Polypodiales

  • Winthropteris - Type locality for genus[30]
    • Winthropteris ovalis - Type locality for species[30]

Pteridospermopsids

Plantae incertae sedis

  • Desmiophyllum[29]
    • Desmiophyllum truncatum[29]
    • Desmiophyllum "sp A."[29]
    • Desmiophyllum "sp B."[29]

Cenozoic

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