This list of the Paleozoic life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
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- †Acanthambonia
- †Acanthopecten
- †Acrocrinus
- †Adetognathus
- †Agaeoleptoptera – type locality for genus
- †Agaeoleptoptera uniotempla – type locality for species
- †Agassizocrinus
- †Alaskadiscus
- †Alaskadiscus subacutus – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris - †Allegacrinus
- †Allocatillocrinus
- †Alloiopteris
- †Amphiscapha – tentative report
- †Amplexopora
- †Anisopleurella
- †Anniedarwinia – type locality for genus
- †Anniedarwinia alabamensis – type locality for species
Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia - †Annuliconcha
- †Anoptambonites
- †Anthracospirifer
- †Aphelacrinus
- †Aphelaspis
- †Aphelecrinus
- †Arborichnus
- †Archimedes (bryozoan)Archimedes
- †Arenicolites
- †Arenicolites longistriatus – type locality for species
- †Armenocrinus
- †Artisia
- †Ascopora
- †Aspidagnostus
- †Aspidiopsis
- †Astartella – tentative report
- †Asterophyllites
Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Carboniferous brachiopod Atrypa - †Atrypina
- †Attenosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Attenosaurus indistinctus – type locality for species
- †Attenosaurus subulensis – type locality for species
- †Aviculopecten
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- †Bathytaptus – type locality for genus
- †Bathytaptus falcipennis – type locality for species
- †Batocrinus
- †Batostoma
- †Beecheria
- †Belemnospongia
- †Belemnospongia parmula – type locality for species
- †Bellimurina
- †Bimuria
- †Bimuria buttsi – type locality for species
- †Bimuria siphonata
- †Bipedes – type locality for genus
- †Bipedes aspodon – type locality for species
- †Blountia
- †Borestus
- †Buttsoceras
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Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites - †Calamostachys
- †Campbelloceras
- †Campteroneura – type locality for genus
- †Campteroneura reticulata – type locality for species
- †Camptocrinus
- †Camptodiapha – type locality for genus
- †Camptodiapha atkinsoni – type locality for species
- †Caninia
- †Carcharopsis
- †Cardiopteridiuim
- †Cardiopteridium
- †Carinamala
- †Carpolithes
- †Catoraphiceras
- †Cavusgnathus
- †Cedaria
- †Chirlotrypa
- †Christiania
- †Cincosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Cincosaurus cobbi – type locality for species
- †Cincosaurus fisheri – type locality for species
- †Cincosaurus jaggerensis – type locality for species
- †Cincosaurus jonesii – type locality for species
Fossilized tooth of the shark Cladodus - †Clathrospira
- †Clathrospira euconica – type locality for species
- †Clathrospongia
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cloudia – type locality for genus
- †Cloudia buttsi – type locality for species
- †Cochlichnus
- †Coelconus
- †Coelocaulus
- †Coeloconus
- †Coelocrinus
- †Composita
- †Conocardium
- †Conotreta
- †Cordaicarpon
- †Cordaites
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites - †Crania
- †Craspedelia – type locality for genus
- †Craspedelia marginata – type locality for species
- †Crepipora
- †Cryphiocrinus
- †Ctenacanthus
- †Ctenerpeton
- †Ctenerpeton primum – type locality for species
- †Cyclomyonia
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cymbiocrinus
- †Cypricardella
- †Cyrtonotreta
- †Cyrtonotreta depressa – type locality for species
- †Cystodictya
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- †Dalejina
- †Dasyporella
Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Decadocrinus - †Deiracephalus
- †Derbyia
- †Diaphragmus
- †Dichocrinus
- †Dicoelosia
- †Dictyonites
- †Dictyospongia – tentative report
- †Dinotocrinus
- †Diorthelasma
- †Diplichnites
- †Diploblastus
- †Diplothmema
- †Diplotrypa
- †Discocystis
- †Dolorthoceras
- †Donalina – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dystactospongia
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- †Echinochonus
- †Echinoconchus
- †Elasmothyris
- †Eliasopora
- †Elliptoglossa
- †Endocycloceras
- †Endothyra
- †Eoconospira
- †Eoconulus
- †Eopteria
- †Eopteria conocardiformis – type locality for species
- †Eopteria richardsoni
- †Eostaffella
- †Eotrochus
- †Ephippelasma
- †Eremopteris
- †Eremopteris rhodea
- †Eremopteris rhodea type – informal
- †Eremopteris rhodeatype – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eremotoechia
- †Eridopora
- †Euconospira
- †Eumetra
- †Eumetria
- †Eupachycrinus
- †Euphemites
- †Eurythmopteryx – type locality for genus
- †Eurythmopteryx antiqua – type locality for species
- †Eusphenopteris
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- †Girtyella
- †Girvanella
- †Glossella
- †Glyptagnostus
Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Glyptagnostus - †Glyptagnostus stolidotus
- †Glyptambonites
- †Glyptopora
- †Glyptorthis
- †Glyptorthis crispa – type locality for species
- †Glyptorthis glypta
- †Gnathodus
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- †Haplistion
- †Hedeina
- †Hederella
- †Hindeodus
- †Holcospermum
- †Hustedia
- †Hydromeda – type locality for genus
- †Hydromeda fimbriata – type locality for species
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- †Kingstonia
Fossil of the Late Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus at the end of the trackway that it produced of the ichnogenus Kouphichnium - †Kullervo
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- †Labechiella – tentative report
- †Leangella
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911). - †Lepidophloios
- †Lepidophylloides
- †Lepidostrobophyllum
- †Lepidostrobophyllum majus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Lepidostrobus
- †Leptoptygma
- †Limnosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Limnosaurus alabamaensis – type locality for species
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella - †Linocrinus
- †Lochriea
- †Lophospira
- †Lyginopteris
- †Lyropora
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- †Maclurites
- †Macrostachya
- †Matthewichnus
- †Meekopora
- †Meekospira
- †Meristina – tentative report
- †Metacamarella
- †Monogonoceras
- †Mourlonia
- †Myeloxylon
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- †Nanopus
- †Nanopus reidiae – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis - †Neilsonia
- †Neoarchaediscus
- †Neuralethopteris
- †Neuropteridium
- †Notalacerta
- †Nothorthis
Exterior of the shell of a modern specimen of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - †Nuculopsis
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- †Obolus
- †Oligotypus
- †Oligotypus tuscaloosae – type locality for species
- †Onychaster
- †Onychoceras
- †Opisthotreta
- †Orbiculoidea
- †Orthonychia
- †Orthotetes
- †Ovatia
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- †Pachyglossella – type locality for genus
- †Pachyglossella dorsiconvexa – type locality for species
- †Pachyglossella pachydermata
- †Pachystylostroma
- †Paladin
- †Palaeophycus
- †Paleostachya
- †Paleozygopleura
- †Palmatopteris
- †Paraconularia
- †Parastrophina
- †Patellilabia
- †Paterula
- †Paurorthis
Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris - †Penneritopora
- †Penniretopora
- †Pentremites
- †Perimecocoelia
Fossilized tooth of the Carboniferous-Permian shark Petalodus - †Phacelocrinus
- †Phanocrinus
- †Pharciphyzelus – type locality for genus
- †Pharciphyzelus lacefieldi – type locality for species
- †Phestia
- †Phosphanulus
- †Phragmodictya
- †Phragmodictya rugosa – type locality for species
- †Phragmorthis
- †Pileospongia – type locality for genus
- †Pileospongia lopados – type locality for species
- †Pinnularia
- †Platyceras
Three fossilized calyces of the Devonian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Platycrinites - †Platyzona
- †Pojetaconcha
- †Pojetaconcha alabamensis – type locality for species
- †Polypora
- †Prismapora
- †Prismopora
- †Prismpora
- †Proagnostus
- †Protocycloceras
- †Protoniella
- †Protovirgularia
- †Psammodus
- †Pseudagnostus
- †Pseudomonotis
- †Pterocrinus
- †Pterotocrinus
- †Ptychoglyptus
- †Ptychopleurella
- †Ptylopora
- †Punctospirifer
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- †Quadropedia – type locality for genus
- †Quadropedia prima – type locality for species
- †Quasiarcgaediscus
- †Quasiarcgaediscus clausiluminus – or unidentified comparable form
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- †Rachis
- †Ramulocrinus
- †Raphistoma
- †Raphistoma pelhamensis – type locality for species
- †Reticularia (protist)
- †Reticulariina
- †Reticycloceras
- †Rhabdomeson
- †Rhabomeson
- †Rhipidomella
- †Rhombopora
- †Rhopocrinus
- †Rhynchospirina – tentative report
- †Rhysotreta
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- †Saivodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Scaphelasma
- †Scheillwinella
- †Schellwienella
- †Schizambon
- †Schizodus
- †Schizopea – type locality for genus
- †Schizopea washburnei – type locality for species
- †Schizotreta
- †Selenichnites
- †Septimyalina
- †Septopora
Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria - †Sivorthis
- †Skenidioides
- †Solenopora
- †Spenopteris
- †Sphaeriella – type locality for genus
- †Sphaeriella radiata – type locality for species
- †Sphenophyllum
Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris - †Spinilingula
- Spirorbis
- †Spondylotreta
- †Stegocoelia
- †Straparollus
- †Streblochondria
- †Streblotrypa
- †Strophostylus
- †Syringodendron
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- †Tabuliopora
- †Tabulipora
- †Talasotreta
- †Taphrorthis
- †Teiichispira
- †Tetranota
- †Tetranota obsoleta – or unidentified comparable form
- †Thamniscus
- †Thamnodictya – tentative report
- †Thanmiscus
- †Titanambonites
- †Torynelasma
- †Torynifer
- †Trematis
Illustration in side view of several fossils of the Cambrian burrow ichnogenus Treptichnus - †Treptichnus apsorum – type locality for species
- †Trigonocarpus
- †Triplesia
- †Trisaurus – type locality for genus
- †Trisaurus lachrymus – type locality for species
- †Tropidothyris
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- †Xenambonites – type locality for genus
- †Xenambonites undosus – type locality for species
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- †Zaphrentoides
- †Zygospira – tentative report
- †Zygospira matutina – type locality for species
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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