List of the prehistoric life of Washington

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

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• †Acrothele
• †Acrothele sp.
• †Kutorgina{{cite journal |last1=Okulitch |first1=V.J. |year=1951 |title=A Lower Cambrian Fossil Locality near Addy, Washington |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=405–407}}
• Cf. †Kutorgina cingulata
• †Kutorgina sp.
• †Leptobolus
• †Leptobolus sp.
• Cf. †Rustella edsoni
• †Micromitra
• †Micromitra sp.
• †Paterina
• †Paterina sp.

• †Alternifenestella{{cite journal |last1=Gilmour |first1=E.H. |last2=Snyder |first2=E.M. |year=2000 |title=Bryozoa of the Mission Argillite (Permian), northeastern Washington |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=540–570}}
• †Alternifenestella vagrantia – type locality for species
• †Coeloclemis
• †Coeloclemis urhausenii – type locality for species
• †Dybowskiella
• †Dybowskiella sp.
• †Dyscritella
• †Dyscritella iwaizakiensis
• †Dyscritellina
• †Dyscritellina sp.
• †?Fistulamina
• †?Fistulamina sp.
• †Fistulipora
• †Fistulipora sp.
• †Fistuliramus
• †Fistuliramus pacificus – type locality for species
• †Hayasakapora
• Cf. †Hayasakapora erectoradiata
• †Mackinneyella
• †Mackinneyella stylettia – type locality for species
• †Meekoporella
• †Meekoporella inflecta – type locality for species
• †Nematopora
• †Nematopora sp.
• †Neoeridotrypella
• †Neoeridotrypella missionensis – type locality for species
• †Pamirella
• †Pamirella oculus – type locality for species
• †Parapolypora
• †Parapolypora sp.
• †Pinegopora
• †Pinegopora petita – type locality for species
• †Polypora
• †Polypora arbusca – type locality for species
• †Polyporella
• †Polyporella sp.
• †Pseudobatostomella
• †Pseudobatostomella sp.
• †?Rhombopora
• †?Rhombopora sp.
• †Rhombotrypella
• †Rhombotrypella kettlensis – type locality for species
• †Sakagamiina – type locality for genus
• †Sakagamiina easternensis – type locality for species
• †Stenopora
• †Stenopora sp.
• †?Streblotrypa
• †?Streblotrypa sp.
• †Tabulipora
• †Tabulipora colvillensis – type locality for species
• †Wjatkella
• †Wjatkella nanea – type locality for species

• †Bythocypris{{cite journal |last1=McLaughlin |first1=K.P. |last2=Simons |first2=M.E. |year=1951 |title=Upper Paleozoic microfossils from Stevens County, Washington |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=514–519}}
• Aff. †Bythocypris amsdenensis
• †Cavellina
• Aff. †Cavellina coryelli
• †Graphiodactylus
• †Graphiodactylus tenuis
• †Jonesina
• †Jonesina craterigera
• ?†Neokloedenella
• ?†Neokloedenella sp.
• †Paraparchites
• †Paraparchites nicklesi
• †Parafusulina
• †Parafusulina dunbari

• †Hyolithellus
• †Hyolithellus sp.

• †Amplexograptus{{cite report |last1=Carter |first1=C. |year=1989 |chapter=Ordovician-Silurian Graptolites from the Ledbetter Slate, Northeastern Washington State |title=Shorter Contributions to Paleontology and Stratigraphy |series=Bulletin |editor-last1=Sando |editor-first1=W. |publisher=United States Geological Survey |volume=1860 |pages=B1-B24 |doi=10.3133/b1860}}
• †Amplexograptus sp.
• ?†Apiograptus
• Cf. ?†Apiograptus crudus
• †Azygograptus
• Cf. †Azygograptus canadensis
• †Cardiograptus
• †Cardiograptus morsus
• †Climacograptus{{cite report |last1=Carter |first1=C. |year=1989 |chapter=A Middle Ordovician graptolite fauna from near the contact between the Ledbetter Slate and the Metaline Limestone in the Pend Oreille Mine, northeastern Washington State. |title=Shorter Contributions to Paleontology and Stratigraphy |series=Bulletin |editor-last1=Sando |editor-first1=W. |publisher=United States Geological Survey |volume=1860 |pages=A1-A22 |doi=10.3133/b1860}}
• Cf. †Climacograptus baragwanathi
• Cf. †Climacograptus riddellensis
• †Climacograptus sp.
• †Cryptograptus
• Cf. †Cryptograptus antennarius
• Cf. †Cryptograptus hopkinsoni
• †Cryptograptus insectiformis
• ?†Cryptograptus inutilus
• †Cryptograptus sp.
• †Dicellograptus{{cite report |last1=Park Jr |first1=C.F. |last2=Cannon Jr |first2=R.S. |year=1943 |title=Geology and ore deposits of the Metaline quadrangle, Washington |series=Professional Paper |publisher=United States Geological Survey |volume=202 |pages=1–81 |doi=10.3133/pp202 |doi-access=free }}
• †Dicellograptus flexuosus
• †Dichograptus
• †Dicranograptus
• †Dicranograptus hians hians
• Aff. †Dichograptus norvegicus
• †Didymograptus
• Cf. †Didymograptus cognatus
• Aff. †Didymograptus extensus
• †Didymograptus nanus
• †Didymograptus serratulus
• †Didymograptus (Didymograptellus) sp.
• †Diplograptus
• Cf. Diplograptus ingens wellingtonensis
• †Holmograptus
• Cf. †Holmograptus lentus
• Cf. †Holmograptus spinosus
• †Glossograptus
• †Glossograptus ciliatus
• †Glossograptus echinatus
• †Isograptus
• Cf. Isograptus angulatus
• †Isograptus caduceus
• †Isograptus victoriae
• Cf. Isograptus forcipiformis
• †Isograptus sp.
• †Kalpinograptus
• †Kalpinograptus ovatus
• ?†Kinnegraptus
• ?†Kinnegraptus sp.
• †Loganograptus
• †Loganograptus logani
• †Loganograptus sp.
• †Orthograptus
• †Orthograptus quadrimucronatus
• †Orthograptus sp.
• †Paraglossograptus
• †Paraglossograptus tentaculatus
• †Phyllograptus
• †Phyllograptus ilicifolius
• †Phyllograptus sp.
• ?†Pseudisograptus
• ?† Aff. Pseudisograptus manubriatus koi
• †Pseudoclimacograptus
• †Pseudoclimacograptus sp.
• †Pseudotrigonograptus
• †Pseudotrigonograptus ensiformis
• †Pterograptus
• †Pterograptus elegans
• †Sinograptus
• †Sinograptus rastritoides
• †Tetragraptus
• Cf. †Tetragraptus (Tetragraptus) bigsbyi
• Cf. †Tetragraptus minutus
• †Tetragraptus pendens
• †Tetragraptus pendens liber - type locality for subspecies
• Cf. †Tetragraptus pseudobigsbyi
• †Tetragraptus quadribrachiatus
• †Tetragraptus similis
• Cf. †Tetragraptus zhejiangensis
• †Tetragraptus (Tetragraptus) sp.
• † Thamnograptus
• † Thamnograptus capillaris
• ?†Trichograptus
• ?†Trichograptus sp.
• ?†Undulograptus
• ?Cf. Undulograptus intersitus
• ?†Undulograptus sp.
• †Xiphograptus
• †Xiphograptus sp.
• †Zygograptus
• ?†Zygograptus junori

• †Bathyuriscus
• †Bathyuriscus sp.
• †Elrathia
• †Elratliia kingii
• †Elrathia longiceps
• †Kootenia
• †Kootenia sp.
• †Nevadia
• †Nevadia addyensis
• †Olenoides
• †Olenoides maladensis
• †Ogygopsis
• †Ogygopsis klotzi
• †Pagetia
• †Pagetia sp.
• †Ptychoparella
• †Ptychoparella cordillerae

• †Gyroporella{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=J.H. |last2=Danner |first2=W.R. |year=1966 |title=Permian Calcareous Algae from Northwestern Washington and Southwestern British Columbia |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=424–432}}
• †Gyroporella igoi
• †Gyroporella nipponica
• †Mizzia
• †Mizzia velebitana
• †Oligoporella
• †Oligoporella expansa
• †Vermiporella
• †Vermiporella sp.

• ?†Barroisiceras{{cite journal |last1=Haggart |first1=J.W. |last2=Ward |first2=P.D. |last3=Orr |first3=W. |year=2005 |title=Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) lithostratigraphy and biochronology, southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, and northern San Juan Islands, Washington State |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=42 |issue=11 |pages=2001–2020|doi=10.1139/e05-066 |bibcode=2005CaJES..42.2001H }}
• ?†Barroisiceras sp.
• †Canadoceras{{cite journal |last1=Matsumoto |first1=T. |year=1960 |title=Upper Cretaceous ammonites of California. Part III. |journal=Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University Series D, Geology |volume=Special Volume II |pages=1–204}}
• †Canadoceras newberryanum
• Cf. †Canadoceras newberryanum
• †Canadoceras sp.
• †Desmophyllites
• †Desmophyllites diphylloides
• †Dieneroceras{{cite journal |last1=Kuenzi |first1=W. D. |year=1965 |title=Early Triassic (Scythian) ammonoids from northeastern Washington |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=39 |pages=365–378}}
• Cf. †Dieneroceras dieneri
• †Gaudryceras
• Cf. †Gaudryceras denmanense
• †Homolsomites{{cite Report|last1=Imlay |first1=R.W. |year=1960 |title=Ammonites of Early Cretaceous age (Valanginian and Hauterivian) from the Pacific Coast states. |journal=United States Geological Survey |series=Professional Paper |volume=334(F) |pages=1–228}}
• †Homolsomites mutabilis
• †Homolsomites stantoni
• †Hoplitoplacenticeras
• †Hoplitoplacenticeras vancouverense
• †Hoplitoplacenticeras sp.
• †Hypophylloceras
• †Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) ramosum
• †Juvenites
• Cf. †Juvenites septentrionalis
• †Olcostephanus
• Cf. †Olcostephanus pecki
• †Owenites'
• †Owenites koeneni'
• File:Pachydiscus neubergicus cropped.jpg]] †Pachydiscus
• †Pachydiscus buckhami
• †Pseudoxybeloceras
• Cf. †Pseudoxybeloceras lineatum

• †Sucia – type locality for genus{{cite journal |last1=Blake |first1=D.B. |year=1973 |title=Ossicle morphology of some recent asteroids and description of some West American fossil asteroids. |journal=University of California Publications in Geological Sciences |volume=104 |pages=1–59}}
• †Sucia suavis – type locality for species

• †Calva{{cite journal |last1=Saul |first1=L.R. |last2=Popenoe |first2=W.P. |year=1992 |title=Pacific Slope Cretaceous bivalves of the genus Calva |journal=Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum |volume=433 |pages=1–68}}
• †Calva bowersiana
• †Calva haggarti - type locality for species
• †Clisocolus{{cite journal |last1=Saul |first1=L.R. |year=1991 |title=Type And Referred Specimens of Fossil Invertebrata in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Supplement 3: Mollusca Formerly Conserved at the University of California, Los Angeles. |journal=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Technical Reports |volume=6 |issue=1–173}}
• †Clisocolus dubius
• †Cymbophora{{cite journal |last1=Saul |first1=L.R. |year=1974 |title=Described or figured West Coast species of Cymbophora. |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=1068–1095}}
• †Cymbophora suciensis
• File:Inoceramus steenstrup, world's largest fossil mollusk.jpg with a human indicating its size]] †Inoceramus
• †Inoceramus subundatus
• †Inoceramus vancouverensis

• †Epigondolella{{cite journal |last1=Savage |first1=N. M. |year=1983 |title=Late Triassic (Karnian) conodonts from Orcas Island, Northwest Washington |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=57 |pages=870–873}}
• †Epigondolella abneptis

• †Anchura{{cite journal |last1=Elder |first1=W.P. |last2=Saul |first2=L.R. |year=1996 |title=Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=381–399|doi=10.1017/S0022336000038324 |bibcode=1996JPal...70..381E }}
• †Anchura falciformis
• †Atria{{cite journal |last1=Squires |first1=R.L. |year=2010 |title=Northeast Pacific Record of the Cretaceous Marine Gastropod Atira and a Review of its Paleobiogeography |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=84 |issue=6 |pages=1022–1030|doi=10.1666/10-038.1 }}
• †Atira ornatissima
• †Boggsia{{cite journal |last1=Squires |first1=R.L. |last2=Saul |first2=L.R. |year=1997 |title=Late Cretaceous occurrence on the Pacific slope of North America of the melanopsid gastropod genus Boggsia Olsson, 1929. |journal=The Veliger |volume=40 |pages=193–202}}
• †Boggsia tenuis
• †Forsia
• †Forsia popenoei
• †Gyrodes{{cite journal |last1=Popenoe |first1=W.P. |last2=Saul |first2=L.R. |last3=Susuki |first3=T. |year=1987 |title=Gyrodiform gastropods from the Pacific coast Cretaceous and Paleocene. |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=70–100|doi=10.1017/S0022336000028225 |bibcode=1987JPal...61...70P }}
• †Gyrodes canadensis
• Palaeocypraea{{cite journal |last1=Groves |first1=L.T. |last2=Filkorn |first2=H.F. |last3=Alderson |first3=J.M. |year=2011 |title=A New Species Of Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Cypraeid Gastropod, Santa Ana Mountains, Southern California and New Records of California Cretaceous Cypraeids |journal=Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences |volume=110 |issue=3 |pages=177–183|doi=10.3160/0038-3872-110.3.177 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/292078 }}
• †Palaeocypraea suciensis – type locality for species{{cite journal |last1=Whiteaves |first1=J.F. |year=1895 |title=On some fossils from the Nanaimo Group of the Vancouver Cretaceous |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada |series=2 |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=119–133}}
• †Pentzia{{cite journal |last1=Squires |first1=R.L. |last2=Saul |first2=L.R. |year=2003 |title=New late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) marine gastropods from California |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=50–63|doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0050:NLCCAM>2.0.CO;2 }}
• †Pentzia hilgardi
• †Perissitys
• †Perissitys brevirostris
• ?†Pseudocymia {{cite journal |last1=Popenoe |first1=W.P. |last2=Saul |first2=L.R. |year=1987 |title=Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys |journal=Contributions in Science |volume=380 |pages=1–37|doi=10.5962/p.208124 }}
• ?†Pseudocymia cahalli
• †Turritella
• Cf. †Turritella chicoensis
• †Zinsitys{{cite journal |last1=Saul |first1=L.R. |year=1988 |title=New Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Perissityidae (Gastropoda) from the Pacific Slope of North America |journal=Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum |volume=400 |pages=1–25}}
• †Zinsitys anassa

• †Campanaxius - Type locality for genus{{Cite journal|last1=Nyborg |first1=T. |last2=Hyžný |first2=M. |last3=Haggart |first3=J. W. |title=On the occurrence of a burrowing lobster (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Axiidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Cedar District Formation, Little Sucia Island, Washington State, with a description of a new genus |year=2023 |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=309 |issue=2 |pages=153–159 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2023/1156 |bibcode=2023NJGPA.309..153N }}
• †Campanaxius raffi - Type locality for species

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• Indeterminate - informally named "Suciasaurus"{{cite journal |last1=Peecook |first1=Brandon R. |last2=Sidor |first2=Christian A. |last3=Evans |first3=David C. |title=The First Dinosaur from Washington State and a Review of Pacific Coast Dinosaurs from North America |journal=PLOS ONE |date=20 May 2015 |volume=10 |issue=5 |pages=e0127792 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0127792|pmid=25993090 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1027792P |pmc=4439161 |doi-access=free }}

• †Fenestracarpa – type locality for genus{{Cite journal|last1=Nguyen |first1=A. T. |last2=Atkinson |first2=B. A. |year=2024 |title=Cretaceous and Paleocene fossils reveal an extinct higher clade within Cornales, the dogwood order |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=111 |issue=7 |at=e16372 |doi=10.1002/ajb2.16372 |pmid=39010697 }}
• †Fenestracarpa washingtonensis – type locality for species

• †Cycadolepis{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=I.M. |last2=Hickey |first2=L.J. |year=2010 |title=The fossil flora of the Winthrop Formation (Albian-Early Cretaceous) of Washington State, USA. Part II: Pinophytina. |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=3–96 |doi=10.3374/014.051.0104|bibcode=2010BPMNH..51....3M }}
• †Cycadolepis sp.
• †Pseudocycas
• †Pseudocycas insignis
• ?†Pseudocycas sp.
• †Pterophyllum
• †Pterophyllum palmulum - Type locality for species
• †Pterophyllum rectangulare
• ?†Pterophyllum sp.
• †Sphenozamites
• †Sphenozamites sp.
• †Williamsonia
• †Williamsonia aculeata - Type locality for species
• †Williamsonia winthropensis - Type locality for species

• †Tympanophora{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=I.M. |last2=Hickey |first2=L.J. |year=2008 |title=The Fossil Flora of the Winthrop Formation (Albian–Early Cretaceous) of Washington State, USA. Part I: Bryophyta and Pteridophytina |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=135–180 |doi=10.3374/0079-032X-49.2.135}}
• †Tympanophora simplex
• †Tympanophora sp.

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

• †Czekanowskia
• †Czekanowskia durabilis - Type locality for species

• Equisetum
• †Equisetum sp.
• †Neocalamites
• †Neocalamites vaganta - Type locality for species

• †Baiera
• †Baiera sp.
• Ginkgo
• †Ginkgo adiantoides

• †Calcaropteris - Type locality for genus
• †Calcaropteris boeselii - Type locality for species
• †Calcaropteris bifurcata - Type locality for species
• †Microphyllopteris
• †Microphyllopteris gieseckiana
• †Microphyllopteris delicata - Type locality for species
• †Paramatonia - Type locality for genus
• †Paramatonia linearis - Type locality for species

• †Hepaticites
• †Hepaticites sp.

• †Cladophlebis
• ↑Cladophlebis baja-beeceensis - Type locality for species
• †Cladophlebis crenata
• †Cladophlebis denticulata
• †Cladophlebis impressa
• †Cladophlebis methowensis - Type locality for species

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

• †Furcillopteris
• †Furcillopteris oblongata - Type locality for species
• †Furcillopteris serrata
• †Sectilopteris
• †Sectilopteris latiloba
• †Sectilopteris newberryi
• †Sectilopteris psilotoides

• †Winthropteris - Type locality for genus
• †Winthropteris ovalis - Type locality for species

• †Sagenopteris
• †Sagenopteris nilsoniana
• †Sagenopteris panda - Type locality for species
• †Aff. Sagenopteris williamsii

• †Desmiophyllum
• †Desmiophyllum truncatum
• †Desmiophyllum "sp A."
• †Desmiophyllum "sp B."

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