List of the Paleozoic life of Montana
Appearance
This list of the Paleozoic life of Montana contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Montana and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
A
- †Acanthocrania
- †Acanthocrania spinosa – type locality for species
- †Acanthograptus
- †Acanthopecten
- †Achistrum
- †Acrothele
- †Acrothele colleni – type locality for species
- †Acrothele pentagonensis
- †Acrotreta
- †Acrotreta attica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Actinopteria
- †Actinopteria subdecussata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Adetognathus
- †Aenigmacaris – type locality for genus
- †Aenigmacaris cornigerum – type locality for species
- †Aesopichthys – type locality for genus
- †Aesopichthys erinaceus – type locality for species
- †Albertella – type locality for genus
- †Albertella hellena – type locality for species
- †Allanaria
- †Allenypterus – type locality for genus
- †Allenypterus montanus – type locality for species
- †Allorisma
- †Ambocoelia
- †Ambothyris
- †Ameura – tentative report
- Ammodiscus
- †Amphiscapha
- †Amplexizaphrentis
- †Amplexizaphrentis spinulosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Amplexus
- †Angulotreta
- †Angyomphalus – tentative report
- †Angyomphalus excavatus – type locality for species
- †Anisotrypa
- †Ankhelasma
- †Annuliconcha
- †Anoria
- †Anthracospirifer
- †Anthracospirifer curvilateralis – type locality for species
- †Anthracospirifer occidus
- †Anthracospirifer shoshonensis
- †Anthracospirifer welleri
- †Antiquatonia
- †Antiquatonia coloradoensis
- †Antiquatonia pernodosa – type locality for species
- †Apatokephalus
- †Apatokephalus canadensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Aphelaeceras
- †Aphelaspis
- †Apheoorthis
- †Aporthophyla
- †Apotocardium
- †Arceodomus
- †Arceodomus glabrata – type locality for species
- †Archisymplectes
- †Arctospirifer
- †Arctospirifer allegheniensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Asaphellus
- †Astartella
- †Astreptoscolex
- †Athyris
- †Atrypa
- †Aulacoparia
- †Aulacoparia impressa – type locality for species
- †Aulacoparia wibauxensis
- †Aulopora
- †Aviculopecten
- †Aviculopecten kaibabensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Aviculopinna
- †Avonia
- †Avonia arcuata – tentative report
- †Axiodeaneia
B
- †Babylonites
- †Bactrites
- Bairdia
- †Barytichisma
- †Basilicorhynchus
- †Bathyuriscus
- †Bathyuriscus formosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Beagiascus – type locality for genus
- †Beagiascus pulcherrimus – type locality for species
- †Beecheria
- †Beecheria paraplicata – type locality for species
- †Belantsea – type locality for genus
- †Belantsea montana – type locality for species
- †Bellefontia
- †Bellerophon
- †Bifungites
- †Billingsella
- †Blountia
- †Bolaspis
- †Brachythyris
- †Bradyphyllum
- †Bradyphyllum clavigerum – type locality for species
- †Bryantodus
- †Bryograptus
- †Bucanella
- †Bulimorpha
- †Burnetiella
- †Buxtonia
- †Bynumiella – tentative report
- †Bynumina
C
- †Cactocrinus – tentative report
- †Caenanoplia – tentative report
- †Caenanoplia logani – or unidentified related form
- †Callograptus
- †Camaraspis
- †Camarophorella
- †Camarophorella buckleyi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Camarotoechia
- †Camarotoechia C. chouteauensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Camarotoechia C. inaequa Shaw – or unidentified comparable form
- †Camarotoechia contracta
- †Camarotoechia crenistria
- †Camarotoechia elegantula
- †Camarotoechia herrickana – or unidentified related form
- †Camarotoechia metallica
- †Camarotoechia mettalica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Camarotoechia mutata
- †Camarotoechia tuta
- †Canadiphyllum
- †Caninia
- †Caninia montanensis – type locality for species
- †Carbosesostris – type locality for genus
- †Carbosesostris megaliphagon – type locality for species
- †Caridosuctor – type locality for genus
- †Caridosuctor populosum – type locality for species
- †Carinoclymenia
- †Cavusgnathus
- †Ceratopea
- †Ceratreta
- †Cheilocephalus
- †Cheiloceras
- †Chilotrypa – tentative report
- †Chonetes
- †Cladodus
- †Clavallus
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Cleiothyridina atrypoides
- †Cleiothyridina ciriacksi – type locality for species
- †Cleiothyridina coloradoensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cleiothyridina devonica
- †Cleiothyridina hirsuta
- †Cleiothyridina incrassata – or unidentified related form
- †Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
- †Cleiothyridnia
- †Cleistopora
- †Clelandia
- †Cliffia
- †Clionolithes
- †Clonograptus
- †Composita
- †Composita humilis
- †Composita laevis
- †Composita lateralis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Composita madisonensis
- †Composita ovata
- †Composita ozarkana
- †Composita sulcata
- †Conularia
- †Cornulites
- †Costatoblastus – type locality for genus
- †Costatoblastus sappingtonensis – type locality for species
- †Cranaena – tentative report
- †Cranaena circularis – type locality for species
- †Crania
- †Crania blairi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Crania rowleyi
- †Croixana
- †Crurithyris
- †Crurithyris minuta
- †Crurithyris parva – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cryptonella – tentative report
- †Cryptonella pinyonensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Crytina
- †Culmicrinus
- †Culmicrinus jeffersonensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cupularostrum
- †Cyathaxonia
- †Cypricardella
- †Cyranorhis – type locality for genus
- †Cyranorhis bergeraci – type locality for species
- †Cyrtina
- †Cyrtina acutirostris – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyrtiopsis – tentative report
- †Cyrtodiscus
- †Cyrtorostra
- †Cyrtospirifer
- †Cyrtospirifer animaensis
- †Cyrtospirifer animasensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyrtospirifer bertrandi – type locality for species
- †Cyrtospirifer gallatinensis
- †Cyrtospirifer hornellensis
- †Cyrtospirifer monticola
- †Cyrtospirifer perryi – type locality for species
- †Cyrtospirifer thalattodoxa – tentative report
- †Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
- †Cystodictya
D
- †Damocles – type locality for genus
- †Damocles serratus – type locality for species
- †Deadwoodia
- †Debeerius – type locality for genus
- †Debeerius ellefseni – type locality for species
- †Dellea
- †Delphyodontos – type locality for genus
- †Delphyodontos dacriformes – type locality for species
- †Delthyris – tentative report
- †Dendrograptus
- †Dentinella
- †Derbyia
- †Deuteronectanebos – type locality for genus
- †Deuteronectanebos papillorum – type locality for species
- †Diaphelasma
- †Diaphragmus
- †Dicellomus
- †Dictyclostus
- †Dictyoclostus
- †Dictyoclostus ferglenensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dictyoclostus gallatinensis
- †Dictyoclostus inflatus
- †Dictyoclostus richardsi
- †Dictyoclosyus
- †Dictyonema
- †Dielasma
- †Dikelocephalus
- †Dimegelasma
- †Dinotocrinus
- †Discoserra – type locality for genus
- †Discoserra pectinodon – type locality for species
- †Distomodus
- †Dithyrocaris
- †Dithyrocaris rolfei – type locality for species
E
- †Echinaria
- †Echinauris – or unidentified related form
- †Echinochimaera – type locality for genus
- †Echinochimaera meltoni – type locality for species
- †Echinochimaera snyderi – type locality for species
- †Echinocoelia
- †Echinoconchus
- †Echinoconchus alternatus – or unidentified related form
- †Echinoconchus angustus – type locality for species
- †Echinocrinus
- †Edmondia
- †Edmondia E. marionensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Edmondia stuchburia
- †Ehmania – tentative report
- †Eleutherokomma
- †Elrathiella – or unidentified comparable form
- †Elrathina
- †Elvinia
- †Emanuella
- †Enygmophyllum
- Eocaudina
- †Eolissochonetes
- †Eolissochonetes pseudoliratus – type locality for species
- †Eoorthis
- †Euconia
- †Euloma
- †Eumetria
- †Eumetria acuticosta
- †Eumetria vera – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eumetria verneuilana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eumetria verneuiliana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Euphemites
- †Euphemitopsis
- †Euphemitopsis paucinodosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Euphemitopsis subpapillosa
- †Exochops
F
- †Faberophyllum
- †Falcatus
- †Fasciculiamplexus
- †Fasciculophyllum
- †Favosites
- †Fenestella
- †Fenestralia – tentative report
- †Fenestrella
- †Finestrella – tentative report
- †Floweria
- †Floweria chemungensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Furcaster
G
- †Gattendorfia
- †Gennaeocrinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Geragnostus
- †Girtyella
- †Girtyella indianensis
- †Girtyella woodsworthi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Girtyella woodworthi
- †Glabretina – type locality for genus
- †Glabretina andrewsi – type locality for species
- †Glabrocingulum – tentative report
- †Glaphyraspis
- †Glossopleura
- †Glyphaspis
- †Grammysia
- †Grammysia G. welleri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Graphiadactyllis
- †Guizhoupecten
H
- †Hadronector – type locality for genus
- †Hadronector donbairdi – type locality for species
- †Hallograptus
- †Hamburgia – tentative report
- †Hamburgia walteri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hammatocyclus
- †Haplistion
- †Hapsiphyllum
- †Hardistiella – type locality for genus
- †Hardistiella montanensis – type locality for species
- †Harpagofututor – type locality for genus
- †Harpagofututor volsellorhinus – type locality for species
- †Helicoprion
- †Heteralosia
- †Heteropecten
- †Heteropecten vanvleeti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Heteropetalus – type locality for genus
- †Heteropetalus elegantulus – type locality for species
- †Homalophyllites
- †Homotreta
- †Hormotoma
- †Horridonia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Housia
- †Huenella
- †Hunanospirifer
- †Hunanospirifer animasensis
- †Hunanospirifer gallatinensis – tentative report
- †Hunanospirifer monticola
- †Hustedia
- †Hyolithes
- Hyperammina
- †Hypothyris
- †Hypseloconus
- †Hystriculina
- †Hystriculina wabashensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hystricurus
I
- †Icodonta
- †Icodonta nixonensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Icodonta typica
- †Idahoia
- †Imbrexia
- †Imbricatia
- †Imitoceras
- †Inflatia
- †Inflatia inflata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Iphidella
- †Irvingella
J
- †Janassa
- †Janassa clarki – type locality for species
- †Joanellia
- †Juresania
K
- †Kainella
- †Kallimorphocrinus
- †Kalops
- †Katabuporhynchus
- †Kayseraspis
- †Kendallina
- †Kindbladia
- †Komiella
- †Koninkophyllum – tentative report
- †Kootenia
- †Kyphocephalus
L
- †Labiostria
- †Laminatia
- †Laminatia laminata – tentative report
- †Langepis
- †Lecanospira
- †Leioestheria
- †Leioproductus
- †Leioproductus coloradensis
- †Leioproductus montanensis – type locality for species
- †Leioproductus plicatus
- †Leiorhynchus
- †Leiorhynchus carboniferus
- †Leiorhynchus dunbarense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leiorhynchus gibbosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leiorhynchus jeffersonense
- †Leiorhynchus lesleyi
- †Leiorhynchus seversoni
- †Leiorhynchus ventricosa
- †Leiorhynchus ventricosta – or unidentified related form
- †Lepidasterella
- †Lepidasterella montanensis – type locality for species
- †Leptaena
- †Leptagonia
- †Leptalosia
- †Leptalosia scintilla – tentative report
- †Leptella
- †Leptodesma
- †Leptodus
- †Leptotrypella
- †Liardiphyllum
- †Licnocephala
- †Limipecten
- †Limipecten grandicostatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Limipecten otterensis – type locality for species
- †Lineagruan – type locality for genus
- †Lineagruan judithi – type locality for species
- †Lineagruan snowyi – type locality for species
- †Lingula
- †Lingula carbonaria – or unidentified comparable form
- †Lingulella
- †Lingulepis
- †Linnarssonella
- †Linnarssonia
- †Linoproductus
- †Linoproductus croneisi
- †Linoproductus duodenaris – type locality for species
- †Linoproductus nodosus
- †Linoproductus ovatus
- †Lioestheria
- †Lithostrotion
- †Lithostrotionella
- Lituotuba – tentative report
- †Lloydia
- †Lloydia incomperta
- †Lloydia manitouensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Lochmocercus – type locality for genus
- †Lochmocercus aciculodontus – type locality for species
- †Lonchodina
- †Longiclava – type locality for genus
- †Longiclava tumida – type locality for species
- †Loxonema
- †Lyroschizodus
- †Lyroschizodus oklahomensis – or unidentified comparable form
M
- †Macluritella
- †Macluritella stantoni – or unidentified related form
- †Macronoda
- †Maladia
- †Marginifera
- †Marginovatia
- †Martinia
- †Maryvillia
- †Maryvillia omega – type locality for species
- †Mastigograptus
- †Megalaspidella
- †Megistaspis
- †Megistocrinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Metriophyllum
- †Michelinia
- †Microantyx
- †Micromitra
- †Millerella
- †Monocheilus
- †Mooreoceras – tentative report
- †Multivasculatus
- †Myalina
- †Myalina meeki
- †Myalina parallela – type locality for species
N
- †Nanorthis
- †Naticopsis
- †Naticopsis remex – or unidentified comparable form
- †Nemavermes
- †Neoprioniodus
- †Neospirifer
- †Neospirifer praenuntius – type locality for species
- †Neospirifer striatus
- †Neozaphrentis
- †Netsepoye – type locality for genus
- †Netsepoye hawesi – type locality for species
- †Nickelsopora
- †Nisusia
- †Nix – type locality for genus
- †Nix angulata – type locality for species
- †Nucleospira
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana biangulata – type locality for species
- †Nuculopsis
O
- †Obolus
- †Ogyginus
- †Olenopsis
- †Orbiculoidea
- †Orbiculoidea interlineata – type locality for species
- †Orbiculoidea missouriensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Orbiculoidea utahensis
- †Orbinaria
- †Orthonychia
- †Orthotetes
- †Orygmaspis
- †Ovatia
- †Oxinoxis
- †Ozarkodina
P
- †Paladin – tentative report
- †Palaeoneilo
- †Palaeonucula
- †Paleolimulus
- †Papilionichthys – type locality for genus
- †Papilionichthys stahlae – type locality for species
- †Parabolinoides
- †Paracyclus
- †Paraparchites
- †Paraphorhynchus
- †Paraphorhynchus ashboughense – type locality for species
- †Paraphorhynchus jeffersonense
- †Paraphorhynchus madisonense
- †Paraphorhynchus threeforkensis – type locality for species
- †Paraphorhynchus threeforksense
- †Paratarrasius – type locality for genus
- †Paratarrasius hibbardi – type locality for species
- †Pegmatrea – or unidentified related form
- †Pelagiella
- †Peltabellia
- †Peltabellia willistoni – type locality for species
- †Pennireptepora
- †Pentremites
- †Perditocardinia
- †Pericyclus
- †Pericyclus rockymontanus – type locality for species
- †Permophorus
- †Pernoceras
- †Peronopsis
- †Peronopsis scutalis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Petalorhynchus
- †Petalorhynchus beargulchensis – type locality for species
- †Petrocrania
- †Petrocrania modesta – or unidentified comparable form
- †Phestia
- †Phestia rugodorsata – type locality for species
- †Phiops – type locality for genus
- †Phiops aciculorum – type locality for species
- †Pinctus
- †Pinna
- †Plagioglypta
- †Platyceras
- †Platyceras niagarensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Platyclymenia
- †Platycrinus
- †Plectodiscus
- †Plectospira – tentative report
- †Plectospira problematica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Plethopeltis
- †Plethospira
- †Pleuroclymenia
- †Polidevcia
- †Polyosteorhynchus – type locality for genus
- †Polyosteorhynchus simplex – type locality for species
- †Polypora
- †Polyrhizodus
- †Praepatokephalus
- †Presbynileus
- †Proceramala – type locality for genus
- †Proceramala montanensis – type locality for species
- †Procostatoria
- †Prodentalium
- †Productella
- †Productella coloradensis
- †Productella coloradoense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Productella coloradoensis
- †Productella plicata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Productella spinerga – or unidentified comparable form
- †Productus
- †Proetus
- †Prographularia
- †Prographularia groenlandica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Promesus
- †Proplina
- †Proplina loganensis – type locality for species
- †Protopliomerops
- †Prototreta
- †Psalikilus
- †Psammodus
- †Pseudagnostus
- †Pseudoclelandia
- †Pseudodicellomus
- †Pseudogastrioceras
- †Pseudomonotis
- †Pseudopermophorus
- †Pseudopermophorus annettae – type locality for species
- †Pseudozygopleura
- †Pseudozygopleura scitula – or unidentified related form
- †Pterocephalia
- †Ptilograptus
- †Ptychagnostus
- †Ptychaspis
- †Ptychomalotoechia
- †Ptychoparia
- †Ptyocephalus
- †Ptyocephalus montanensis – type locality for species
- †Pugnoides
- †Punctolira
- †Punctospirifer
- †Pustula
R
- †Rachistognathus
- †Rainerichthys – type locality for genus
- †Rainerichthys zangerli – type locality for species
- †Ramesses – type locality for genus
- †Ramesses magnus – type locality for species
- †Ramiporalia
- †Raphistomina
- †Renalcis
- †Reticularia
- †Reticulariina
- †Reticularina
- †Retispira
- †Reubenella – type locality for genus
- †Reubenella rex – type locality for species
- †Rhabdomeson
- †Rhineoderma
- †Rhipidomella
- †Rhipidomella missouriensis
- †Rhipidomella newalbanensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rhombopora
- †Rhynchopora
- †Rhynchotreta – tentative report
- †Rhytiophora
- †Rhytiopora
- †Rhytiopora arcuatus – tentative report
- †Rota
- †Rotiphyllum
- †Rugoclostus
- †Rylstonia
- †Rystonia
- †Rystonia R. teres (Grity) – or unidentified comparable form
S
- Saccammina
- †Sanguinolites
- †Sanguinolites altidorsata – type locality for species
- †Saratogia
- †Saukia
- †Scalarituba
- †Scapallina
- †Scaphellina
- †Scaphiomanon – type locality for genus
- †Scaphiomanon hadros – type locality for species
- †Scaphiomanon nodulosum – type locality for species
- †Schallwienella
- †Schellwienella
- †Schizambon
- †Schizodus
- †Schizodus bifidus – type locality for species
- †Schizopea
- †Schizophoria
- †Schizophoria australis
- †Schizophoria compacta
- †Schizophoria depressa – type locality for species
- †Schizophoria striatula
- †Schizophoria strophodonta
- †Schuchertalla
- †Schuchertella
- †Schuchertella arctostriata
- †Schuchertella extensus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Schuchertella inflata
- †Schuchertella lens
- †Schuchertella nodocostata
- †Scolopodus
- †Sentosia
- †Sentosia spinigera – or unidentified comparable form
- †Septimyalina
- †Shizophoria
- †Shumardella
- †Siksika – type locality for genus
- †Siksika ottae – type locality for species
- †Sinuella
- †Soleniscus
- †Solenopleurella
- †Soris – type locality for genus
- †Soris labiosus – type locality for species
- †Spathognathodus
- †Sphenosteges
- †Sphenotus
- †Sphenotus altidorsatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spirifer
- †Spirifer brazerianus – or unidentified related form
- †Spirifer centronatus
- †Spirifer greenockensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spirifer grimesi
- †Spirifer louisianensis – or unidentified related form
- †Spirifer marionensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spirifer mudulus
- †Spirifer raymondi
- †Spirifer S. centronatus Winchell – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spirifer S. grimesi Hall – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spirifer shoshonensis
- †Spirifer welleri – tentative report
- †Spiriferina
- †Spiriferina solidirostris – or unidentified comparable form
- Spirorbis
- †Spirorbis kinderhookensis
- †Spirorbis moreyi – or unidentified related form
- †Spraparallus
- †Squamaria
- †Squatinactis – type locality for genus
- †Squatinactis caudispinatus – type locality for species
- †Squillites – type locality for genus
- †Squillites spinosus – type locality for species
- †Stenoglaphyrites
- †Stenoscisma
- †Stethacanthus
- †Stigmacephalus
- †Straparollus
- †Streblochondria
- †Stutchburia
- †Sulcocephalus
- †Sulcoretepora
- †Symphysurina
- †Syntrophina
- †Syntrophopsis
- †Syringopora
- †Syringopora aculeata Grity
- †Syringopora suraularia – or unidentified related form
- †Syringospira
- †Syringothyris
- †Syringothyris hannibalensis
- †Syringothyris typus – or unidentified comparable form
T
- †Taenicephalus
- †Teiichispira
- †Tetralobula
- †Thalattocanthus
- †Thamnopora
- Thurammina
- †Thuroholia
- †Thysanophyllum
- †Timaniella
- †Tolypammina
- †Tomagnostus
- †Tomasina – tentative report
- †Tonkinella
- †Tonkinella stephenensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tornoceras
- †Torynifer
- †Torynifer cooperensis
- †Torynifer setiger – or unidentified comparable form
- †Torynifera
- †Trachelocrinus – tentative report
- †Triplophylliltes
- †Triplophylliltes spinulosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Trochophyllum
- †Tropidodiscus
- Tubulipora
- †Tubulipora amsdenense – tentative report
- †Tylonautilus
- †Tylothyris
- †Tylothyris clarkesvillensis
- †Tylothyris clarksvillensis
- †Tylothyris compacta
- †Tylothyris novamexicana – or unidentified comparable form
V
W
- †Warthia
- †Waylandella
- †Wellerella
- †Wellerella osagensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Wendyichthys – type locality for genus
- †Wendyichthys dicksoni – type locality for species
- †Wendyichthys lautreci – type locality for species
- †Westergaardodina
- †Whidbornella
- †Wilbernia
- †Wilkingia
- †Wilkingia inflata – type locality for species
- †Wilkingia walkeri
- †Wimanella – type locality for genus
- †Wimanella simplex – type locality for species
- †Worthenia – tentative report
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References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.