List of the prehistoric life of Virginia

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

• †Abietites – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Abietites longifolius
• †Acrostichites
  • †Acrostichites linnaeaefolius
• †Agrestipus – type locality for genus
  • †Agrestipus hottoni – type locality for species
• †Alisporites
  • †Alisporites aequalis
• †Amblydactylus
  • †Amblydactylus gethingi
• †Anchisauripus
  • †Anchisauripus parallelus
• 

  Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus
  †Anomoepus
• †Appomatoxia – type locality for genus
  • †Appomatoxia ancistrophora – type locality for species
• † Aquia – type locality for genus
• † Aquia
  • †Aquia brookensis – type locality for species
• Aralia
  • †Aralia dubia
• †Aratrisporites
  • †Aratrisporites scabratus
• †Araucarites
  • †Araucarites aquiensis
• †Arcellites
  • †Arcellites disciformis
  • †Arcellites pyriformis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Athrotaxis
  • †Athrotaxis ungeri – or unidentified comparable form
• †Athrotaxopsis
• †Atreipus
  • †Atreipus milfordensis
• †Auriculophora
  • †Auriculophora acrostichoides
• †Boreogomphodon – type locality for genus
  • †Boreogomphodon jeffersoni – type locality for species
• †Brachyphyllum
  • †Brachyphyllum crassicaule
• †Brenneria – type locality for genus
  • †Brenneria potomacensis – type locality for species
• †Brennerispermum – type locality for genus
  • †Brennerispermum potomacensis – type locality for species
• 

  Fossil of the sauropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Brontopodus
  †Brontopodus
  • †Brontopodus birdi
• †Caririchnium
  • †Caririchnium leonardii
• †Carpestella – type locality for genus
  • †Carpestella lacunata – type locality for species
• †Chirotherium
  • †Chirotherium lulli
  • †Chirotherium parvum
• Cladophlebis
  • †Cladophlebis auriculata
  • †Cladophlebis constricta
  • †Cladophlebis mexicana
• †Classopollis
• †Clathropteris
  • †Clathropteris meniscoides
• †Colpectopollis
  • †Colpectopollis ellipsoideus
• †Crudia
  • †Crudia grahamiana – type locality for species
• †Crybelosporites
  • †Crybelosporites striatus
• †Cyathocaulis
  • †Cyathocaulis carolinensis
• †Cyathoforma
  • †Cyathoforma carolinensis
  • †Cyathoforma minuta
  • †Cyathoforma penticarpa
• †Danaeopsis
  • †Danaeopsis virginiensis
• †Decussosporites
  • †Decussosporites microreticulatus
• †Delosorus
  • †Delosorus heterophyllus
• †Dichotozamites
  • †Dichotozamites cycadopsis
• Dicotylophyllum
  • †Dicotylophyllum ovatodecurrens – type locality for species
• Dicranopteris
• †Dictyophylum
• †Dictyopygae
• †Dictyothylakos
  • †Dictyothylakos pesslerae
• †Diplurus
• 

  Life restoration of the Late Triassic reptile Doswellia
  †Doswellia – type locality for genus
  • †Doswellia kaltenbachi – type locality for species
• †Drewria
• †Echitriletes
  • †Echitriletes lanatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Emydhipus – or unidentified related form
• †Equisetites
  • †Equisetites milleri
  • †Equisetites richmondensis
  • †Equisetites rogersii
• †Equisetum
  • †Equisetum lyellii – or unidentified comparable form
• †Erlansonisporites
  • †Erlansonisporites erlansonii
• 

  Fossils of the large theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Eubrontes
  †Eubrontes
  • †Eubrontes approximus
  • †Eubrontes giganteus
• †Eucommiidites
• †Euscolosuchus – type locality for genus
  • †Euscolosuchus olseni – type locality for species
• †Exesipollenites
• †Ficophyllum
  • †Ficophyllum crassinerve
• †Gleichenites
  • †Gleichenites distans
• †Gomphiosauridion – type locality for genus
  • †Gomphiosauridion baileyae – type locality for species
• 

  Negative footprint of G. cuneatus showing skin impressions
  †Grallator
  • †Grallator cuneatus
  • †Grallator formosus
• †Gregaripus
• †Gwyneddichnium
  • †Gwyneddichnium majore
• †Gypsichnites
  • †Gypsichnites pacensis
• †Hypsiloichnus
  • †Hypsiloichnus marylandicus
• †Isoetodendron
  • †Isoetodendron striata
• †Juglandiphyllum
  • †Juglandiphyllum integrifolium
• †Kayentapus
  • †Kayentapus minor
• †Kenella – or unidentified related form
• †Lagenella
  • †Lagenella martinii
• †Landonia
  • †Landonia calophylla – or unidentified comparable form
• †Lapposisporites
  • †Lapposisporites loricatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Leptocyclotes
  • †Leptocyclotes americana
• 

  Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus
  †Lissodus
• †Lonchopteris
  • †Lonchopteris oblonga
• †Lunatisporites
  • †Lunatisporites acutus
• †Macrotaeniopteris
  • †Macrotaeniopteris crassinervis
  • †Macrotaeniopteris magnifolia
• †Megalosauropus
• †Mertensides
  • †Mertensides bullatus
• †Microconodon
  • †Microconodon tenuirostris
• †Nageiopsis
  • †Nageiopsis longifolia
• †Nelumbites
  • †Nelumbites extenuinervis – type locality for species
  • †Nelumbites minimus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Neocalamites
  • †Neocalamites delawarensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neocalamites knowltonii
  • †Neocalamites virginiensis
• †Onychopsis
  • †Onychopsis latiloba
• †Ornithomimipus
  • †Ornithomimipus angustus
• 

  Fossil of the Permian-Late Cretaceous fern Osmundites
  †Osmundites
  • †Osmundites winterpockensis
• †Ovalipollis
  • †Ovalipollis ovalis
• †Pabiania – or unidentified related form
• †Patinasporites
  • †Patinasporites densus
• †Paxillitriletes
• †Pecopteris
  • †Pecopteris rarinervis
• †Phlebopteris
  • †Phlebopteris smithii – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pityopollenites
  • †Pityopollenites neomundanus
• †Platanocarpus
  • †Platanocarpus brookensis – type locality for species
• †Platanophyllum
  • †Platanophyllum crassinerve
• †Plesiornis
  • †Plesiornis pilulatus
• †Plicarizamites
  • †Plicarizamites lanceolatus
• †Podozamites
  • †Podozamites acutifolius
  • †Podozamites lanceolatus
  • †Podozamites tenuistriatus
• †Populophyllum
  • †Populophyllum crassinerve
• †Potomacanthus
  • †Potomacanthus lobatus
• †Primaraucaria
  • †Primaraucaria wielandii
• †Protodiploxypinus
  • †Protodiploxypinus doubingeri
• †Protohaploxypinus
• †Pseudofrenelopsis
  • †Pseudofrenelopsis nathorstiana – type locality for species
  • †Pseudofrenelopsis parceramosa
• †Pteridocaulis
  • †Pteridocaulis facialis
  • †Pteridocaulis rhombiformis
• †Pterophyllum
  • †Pterophyllum affine
  • †Pterophyllum braunianum
  • †Pterophyllum descussatum
  • †Pterophyllum giganteum
  • †Pterophyllum grandifolium
  • †Pterophyllum taxinum
  • †Pterophyllum tenuinervis
• †Ptycholepis
  • †Ptycholepis marshi
• †Redfieldius
• †Rothwellia – type locality for genus.[1]
  • †Rothwellia foveata – type locality for species[1]
• 

  Life restoration of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
  †Rutiodon
  • †Rutiodon manhattanensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sagenopteris
  • †Sagenopteris rhoifolia
• †Sanmiguelia – tentative report
• †Sapindopsis
  • †Sapindopsis – or unidentified comparable form magnifolia/variabilis – informal
  • †Sapindopsis minutifolia – type locality for species
  • †Sapindopsis obtusifolia
• Sassafras
  • †Sassafras bilobata
• 

  Fossilized leaf of the Late Cretaceous ginkgo relative Sphenobaiera
  †Sphenobaiera
  • †Sphenobaiera striata
• †Sphenolepis
  • †Sphenolepis sternbergiana
• †Sphenopteris
  • †Sphenopteris lobata
  • †Sphenopteris sitholeyi
• †Sphenozamites
  • †Sphenozamites rogersianus
• †Stangerites
  • †Stangerites obliqua
  • †Stangerites planus
• 

  Ripe fruit capsule and seeds of a living Sterculia, or tropical chestnut
  Sterculia
  • †Sterculia elegans
• †Sulcatisporites
  • †Sulcatisporites kraeuseli
• †Taeniopteris
  • †Taeniopteris diminuta
• †Tetrapodosaurus
  • †Tetrapodosaurus borealis
• † Thodaya – type locality for genus.[1] Preoccupied.
  • †Thodaya sykesiae – type locality for species[1]
• †Thylakosporites
  • †Thylakosporites retiarius
• †Trassiflorites
  • †Trassiflorites grandiflora
• †Triadispora
  • †Triadispora modesta
  • †Triadispora verrucata
• †Uatchitodon – type locality for genus
  • †Uatchitodon kroehleri – type locality for species
• †Ulmiphyllum
  • †Ulmiphyllum crassinerve
• †Vallasporites
  • †Vallasporites ignacii
  • †Vallasporites perspicuus
• †Verrutriletes
  • †Verrutriletes carbunculus
• †Virginianthus – type locality for genus
  • †Virginianthus calycanthoides – type locality for species
• †Watsoniocladus – type locality for genus
  • †Watsoniocladus florinii – type locality for species
  • †Watsoniocladus obatae
  • †Watsoniocladus pseudoexpansum
  • †Watsoniocladus ramonensis
  • †Watsoniocladus valdensis
  • †Watsoniocladus virginiensis – type locality for species
• †Xenodiphyodon – type locality for genus
  • †Xenodiphyodon petraios – type locality for species
• †Zamiostrobus
  • †Zamiostrobus lissocardius
  • †Zamiostrobus triasiccus
• 

  Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites
  †Zamites
  • †Zamites buchianus
  • †Zamites powellii

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.