List of the prehistoric life of West Virginia

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

{{Main|List of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia}}

• File:Alethopteris PAMuseum.jpg]] †Alethopteris
• †Alethopteris decurrens
• †Alethopteris gigas
• †Alethopteris grandini
• †Alethopteris parva
• †Alethopteris serlii
• †Alethopteris sternberg
• †Alethopteris virginiana
• †Aneurophyton – or unidentified related form
• †Annularia
• †Annularia asteris
• †Annularia galoides
• †Annularia mucronata
• †Annularia radiata
• †Annularia sphenophylloides
• †Annularia stellata
• File:Archaeopteris reconstruction.jpg with insets detailing its anatomy]] †Archaeopteris
• †Archaeopteris halliana
• †Archaeopteris hibernica
• †Archaeopteris macilenta
• †Archaeopteris obusa
• †Archaeopteris sphenophyllifolia
• †Artisia
• †Athyris
• †Atrypa
• †Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Aulopora
• †Aviculopecten
• †Aviculopecten batesvillensis
• †Aviculopecten crenistriatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Baiera
• †Barinophyton
• †Bassipterus
• †Calamites
• †Calamites cistii
• †Calamites suckowi
• †Calamites suckowii
• File:Callipteridium fossil cropped.png]] †Callipteridium
• †Callipteridium dawsonianum
• †Callipteridium grandifolium
• †Callipteridium oblongifolium
• †Callipteridium odontopteroides
• †Callipteridium unitum
• †Callipteris
• †Callipteris conferta
• †Callipteris currettiensis
• †Callipteris diabolica
• †Callipteris lyratifolia
• †Callixylon
• †Callixylon erianum
• †Calymene
• †Calymene camerata
• †Calymene cresapensis
• File:Calymenidae - Calymene niagarensis.JPG]] †Calymene niagarensis
• †Camarotoechia
• †Camarotoechia andrewsi
• †Camarotoechia limitare
• †Camarotoechia litchfieldensis
• †Camarotoechia tonolowayensis
• †Cardiocarpus
• †Carniodus
• †Chonetes
• †Chonetes novascoticus
• †Cordaites
• †Cordaites principalis
• †Cornulites
• †Crassigyrinus
• †Cyclopteris
• †Dalmanites
• †Dalmanites limulurus
• †Diploceraspis
• †Diploceraspis burkei
• †Distomodus
• †Drepanopterus
• File:Edaphosaurus NT small.jpg]] †Edaphosaurus
• †Edaphosaurus colohistion – type locality for species
• †Edmondia
• †Eucalyptocrinites
• †Eurypterus
• †Favosites
• †Greererpeton
• †Greererpeton burkemorani
• †Gyracanthus
• †Holopea
• †Hughmilleria
• File:Stigmaria Heimans.jpg. Eli Heimans (1911).]] †Lepidodendron
• †Lepidodendron aculeatum
• †Lepidodendron dichotomum
• †Lepidodendron obovatum
• †Limnopus
• †Limnopus glenshawensis
• †Lingula
• †Lithostrotion
• †Lyginopteris
• †Lyginopteris bermudensiformis
• †Lyginopteris fragilis
• †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
• †Modiolus
• †Mucrospirifer
• †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
• †Murchisonia
• File:Neuropteris PAMuseum.jpg]] †Neuropteris
• †Neuropteris auriculata
• †Neuropteris cordata
• †Neuropteris fimbriata
• †Neuropteris flexuosa
• †Neuropteris gigantea
• †Neuropteris heterophylla
• †Neuropteris hirsuta
• †Neuropteris loschii
• †Neuropteris odontopteroides
• †Neuropteris ovata
• †Neuropteris scheuchzeri
• †Neuropteris sternberg
• File:OnychodusDB15.jpg]] †Onychodus
• †Orthacanthus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Orthoceras – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Parahughmilleria
• †Pecopteris
• †Pecopteris arborescens
• †Pecopteris elliptica
• †Pecopteris feminaeformis
• †Pecopteris hemitelioides
• †Pecopteris hemiteloides
• †Pecopteris pennaeformis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pecopteris unita
• †Periechocrinus
• †Petalodus
• †Phacops
• †Phacops cristata
• †Pinna
• †Platyceras
• †Platyceras gebharti
• †Platyceras magnificum
• †Proterogyrinus
• †Proterogyrinus scheelei
• File:Protorothyris.jpg]] †Protorothyris – type locality for genus
• †Protorothyris morani – type locality for species
• †Rhodea
• †Sagenodus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sigillaria
• †Sigillaria approximata
• †Sigillaria brardii
• †Solenomorpha
• †Sphenophyllum
• †Sphenophyllum angustifolium
• †Sphenophyllum cornutum
• †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
• †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
• †Sphenophyllum majus
• †Sphenophyllum oblongifolia
• †Sphenophyllum subtenerrimmum
• †Sphenophyllum tenuifolium
• †Sphenopteris
• †Sphenopteris coriacea
• File:Spirifer perlamosus pedunculate valve.jpg]] †Spirifer – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Spirifer corallinensis
• †Spirifer keyserensis
• †Spirifer mackenzicus
• †Spirifer vanuxemi
• †Stigmaria
• †Tentaculites
• †Tetracystis
• †Tetrameroceras
• †Trimerus
• †Waeringopterus
• †Wilkingia
• †Wurmiella
• †Wurmiella excavata
• File:Zatrachys1DB.jpg]] †Zatrachys

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in West Virginia.

• Agkistrodon
• File:Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix CDC-a.png, or copperhead]] †Agkistrodon contortrix
• †Allophaiomys
• †Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
• †Ambystoma
• †Ambystoma jeffersonianum
• †Ambystoma maculatum
• †Ambystoma tigrinum
• †Atopomys
• †Atopomys texensis
• Blarina
• †Blarina bravicauda
• File:Blarina brevicauda.jpg, or northern short-tailed shrew]] †Blarina brevicauda
• †Blarina brevicuda
• †Blarine
• †Blarine brevicauda
• †Bootherium
• †Bootherium bombifrons
• †Brachyprotoma
• †Brachyprotoma obtusata
• Bufo
• †Bufo americanus
• †Bufo woodhousei
• Canis
• File:Canis lupus & Aenocyon dirus.jpg, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf]] †Canis dirus
• †Canis latrans
• Carphophis
• †Carphophis amoenus
• Castor
• †Castor canadensis
• †Cenis
• †Cenis latrans
• Cervus
• †Cervus elaphus
• Clethrionomys
• †Clethrionomys gapperi
• Coluber
• File:Coluber constrictor anthicus.jpg, or eastern racer]] †Coluber constrictor
• Condylura
• †Condylura cristata
• †Condylura crystata
• Crotalus
• †Crotalus horridus
• Cryptobranchus
• †Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
• †Cryptobranchus guildayi
• Cryptotis
• †Cryptotis parva
• †Cryptotis pava
• File:Desmodus rotundus A Catenazzi.jpg, or vampire bat]] Desmodus
• †Desmodus stocki
• Desmognathus
• †Desmognathus fuscus
• †Desmognathus monticola
• †Desmognathus ochrophaeus
• Dicrostonyx
• †Dicrostonyx hudsonius
• †Dipoides
• †Ectopistes
• File:Ectopistes migratorius (passenger pigeon).jpg, or passenger pigeon]] †Ectopistes migratorius
• Elaphe
• †Elaphe vulpina
• Eptesicus
• †Eptesicus fuscus
• Equus
• Erethizon
• †Erethizon dorsatum
• Eumeces
• †Eumeces fasciatus
• †Eumeces laticeps
• Eutamias
• †Eutamias minimus – or unidentified comparable form
• Geomys
• †Geomys bursarius – or unidentified comparable form
• Glaucomys
• †Glaucomys sabrinus
• Gyrinophilus
• File:Gyrinophilus po(1).jpg, or Spring salamander]] †Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
• Heterodon
• †Heterodon platyrhinos
• Hyla
• †Hyla chrysoscelis
• †Hyla crucifer
• Ictalurus
• Lampropeltis
• †Lampropeltis triangulum
• Lasiopodomys
• †Lasiopodomys deceitensis
• Lasiurus
• †Lasiurus borealis
• Lepus
• File:Lepus americanus 5459 cropped.jpg, or snowshoe hare]] †Lepus americanus
• Lynx
• †Lynx rufus
• †Mammut
• †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
• Marmota
• †Marmota monax
• †Megalonyx
• File:Megalonyx CasparWistar claw Griffe1799.jpg †Megalonyx jeffersonii
• †Megalonyx jerrersonii – or unidentified comparable form
• Mephitis
• †Mephitis mephitis
• Microtus
• †Microtus chrotorrhinus
• †Microtus hibbardi
• †Microtus llanensis
• †Microtus ochrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
• †Microtus paroperarius
• †Microtus pennsylvanicus
• †Microtus pinetorum
• †Microtus xanthognathus
• Mictomys
• †Mictomys borealis
• †Mimomys
• †Mimomys virginianus
• File:Miracinonyx inexpectatus.jpg, or American cheetah]] †Miracinonyx
• †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
• Mustela
• †Mustela americana
• †Mustela armines
• †Mustela fenata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Mustela nivalis
• †Mustela vison
• File:Mylohyus nasutus.jpg]] †Mylohyus
• †Mylohyus fossilis
• Myotis
• †Myotis grisescens – tentative report
• †Myotis keeni
• †Myotis keenii
• †Myotis leibi
• †Myotis leibii
• Napaeozapus
• †Napaeozapus insignis
• Neofiber
• †Neofiber alleni – or unidentified comparable form
• †Neofiber leonardi
• Neotoma
• File:Neotoma floridana smalli close.jpg, or eastern woodrat]] †Neotoma floridana
• †Neotoma spelaea
• Nerodia
• †Nerodia sipedon
• Notophthalmus
• †Notophthalmus viridescens
• Ochotona
• †Ochotone
• Odocoileus
• †Odocoileus virginianus
• †Ondarta
• †Ondarta ziebethicus
• Ondatra
• †Ondatra annectens
• †Ondatra zibethicus
• Opheodrys
• †Opheodrys vernalis
• Panthera
• File:Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) male Three Brothers River (cropped) cropped.jpg, or jaguar]] †Panthera onca
• †Parascalopis
• †Parascalopis breweri
• Parascalops
• †Parascalops breweri
• †Parascalopuis
• †Parascalopuis breweri
• Pekania
• †Pekania pennanti
• Peromyscus
• †Peromyscus cumberlandensis
• †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
• Phenacomys
• †Phenacomys brachyodus
• †Phenacomys intermedis
• †Phenacomys intermedius
• Pipistrellus
• †Pipistrellus subflavus
• Pitymys
• †Pitymys cumberlandensis
• File:Platygonus leptorhinus cropped.png of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).]] †Platygonus
• †Platygonus compressus
• †Platygonus vetus
• Plecotus
• †Plesiothomomys
• Procyon
• †Procyon lotor
• †Rana
• †Rana catesbeina
• †Rana clamitans
• †Rana pipiens
• †Rana sylvatica
• Rangifer
• File:Reinbukken på frisk grønt beite. - panoramio cropped.jpg, or reindeer]] †Rangifer tarandus
• Salamandra
• †Salamandra opaca
• Sceloporus
• †Sceloporus undulatus
• Sciuropterus
• †Sciuropterus volans
• Sciurus
• †Sciurus carolinensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sciurus carolinensus
• †Sciurus corolinensis
• Sistrurus
• †Sistrurus catenatus
• File:Smilodon fatalis.jpg]] †Smilodon
• †Smilodon fatalis
• †Smilodon gracilis
• Sorex
• †Sorex arcticus
• †Sorex cinereus
• †Sorex cinerus
• †Sorex dispar
• †Sorex fumeus
• †Sorex hoyi
• †Sorex palustris
• Spermophilus
• †Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
• Spilogale
• File:Spilogale putorius (2).jpg, or eastern spotted skunk]] †Spilogale putorius – or unidentified comparable form
• Storeria
• Sylvilagus
• †Sylvilegus – or unidentified comparable form
• Synaptomys
• †Synaptomys cooperi
• Tadarida
• †Tadarida brasiliensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Tamias
• †Tamias striatus
• Tamiasciurus
• †Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
• †Tamies
• †Tamies striatus
• File:South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris).JPG, or tapir]] Tapirus
• Taxidea
• †Taxidea taxus
• Thamnophis
• Thomomys
• †Thomomys potomacensis
• Urocyon
• †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Ursus
• †Ursus americanus
• Vulpes
• File:Fox - British Wildlife Centre (17429406401).jpg, or red fox]] †Vulpes vulpes
• Zapus
• †Zapus hudsonius

• {{cite web |title=Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database |author=((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)) |url=https://www.fossilworks.org |access-date=17 December 2021}}

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