List of the prehistoric life of Washington (state) facts for kids

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

• †Alternifenestella
  • †Alternifenestella vagrantia – type locality for species
• †Coeloclemis
  • †Coeloclemis urhausenii – type locality for species
• †Dybowskiella
• †Dyscritella
  • †Dyscritella iwaizakiensis
• †Dyscritellina
• †Fistulamina – tentative report
• †Fistulipora
• †Fistuliramus
  • †Fistuliramus pacificus – type locality for species
• †Hayasakapora
  • †Hayasakapora erectoradiata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hyolithellus
• 

  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the brachiopod Kutorgina
  †Kutorgina
• †Mackinneyella
  • †Mackinneyella stylettia – type locality for species
• †Meekoporella
  • †Meekoporella inflecta – type locality for species
• †Micromitra
• †Nematopora
• †Neoeridotrypella
  • †Neoeridotrypella missionensis – type locality for species
• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadia
  †Nevadia
• †Pamirella
  • †Pamirella oculus – type locality for species
• †Parapolypora
• †Pinegopora
  • †Pinegopora petita – type locality for species
• †Polypora
  • †Polypora arbusca – type locality for species
• †Polyporella
• †Pseudobatostomella
• †Rhombopora – tentative report
• †Rhombotrypella
  • †Rhombotrypella kettlensis – type locality for species
• †Sakagamiina – type locality for genus
  • †Sakagamiina easternensis – type locality for species
• †Stenopora
• †Streblotrypa – tentative report
• †Tabulipora
  • †Tabulipora colvillensis – type locality for species
• †Wjatkella
  • †Wjatkella nanea – type locality for species

Mesozoic

• †Anchura
  • †Anchura falciformis
• †Canadoceras
  • †Canadoceras newberryanum
  • †Canadoceras sp.
• †Desmophyllites
  • †Desmophyllites diphylloides
• †Dieneroceras
  • †Dieneroceras dieneri – or unidentified comparable form
• †Epigondolella
  • †Epigondolella abneptis
• †Gaudryceras
  • †Gaudryceras denmanense – or unidentified comparable form
• †Homolsomites
  • †Homolsomites mutabilis
• †Hoplitoplacenticeras
  • †Hoplitoplacenticeras sp.
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
  †Inoceramus
  • †Inoceramus subundatus
  • †Inoceramus vancouverensis
• †Juvenites
  • †Juvenites septentrionalis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Neophylloceras
  • †Neophylloceras ramosum – or unidentified comparable form
• †Olcostephanus
  • †Olcostephanus pecki – or unidentified comparable form
• †Owenites
  • †Owenites koeneni
• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
  †Pachydiscus
  • †Pachydiscus buckhami
• Palaeocypraea
  • †Palaeocypraea suciensis – type locality for species
• †Pentzia
  • †Pentzia hilgardi
• †Perissitys
  • †Perissitys brevirostris
• †Pseudocymia – tentative report
  • †Pseudocymia cahalli
• †Pseudoxybeloceras
  • †Pseudoxybeloceras lineatum – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sucia – type locality for genus
  • †Sucia suavis – type locality for species

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Washington

• Abies
• Abyssochrysos
• Acanthocardia
• Acer
  • †Acer browni
  • †Acer chaneyi
  • †Acer latahense - type locality for species
  • †Acer hillsi - type locality for species
  • 

    Seed and leaves of a living Acer negundo, or box elder
    Acer negundo – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Acer republicense - type locality for species
  • †Acer stonebergae
  • †Acer toradense - type locality for species
  • †Acer washingtonense - type locality for species
  • †Acer whitebirdense
• †Acherontemys – type locality for genus
  • †Acherontemys heckmani – type locality for species
• Actium
• Aegialia
• Aforia
• Agabus
• Agathidium
• †Aglyptorhynchus
• Agonum
  • †Agonum cupreum
  • †Agonum ferruginosum
• †Ainigmapsychops – type locality for genus
  • †Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus – type locality for species
• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene seal Allodesmus
  †Allodesmus
• †Allophylus
• †Allorapisma – type locality for genus
  • †Allorapisma chuorum – type locality for species
• Alnus
  • †Alnus parvifolia - type locality for species
• Altica
• Amara
• Amauropsis
• Ammospermophilus
• Amphistegina
• Anadara
• †Anamirta
• Ancistrolepis
• †Anthrax
• †Aphelops
• Aphodius
• Apion
• †Arceuthobium
• †Arctostaphylos
• Argobuccinum
• Artemisia
• Asplenium
• Astrangia
• Astreopora
• †Aturia
• Auleutes
  • †Auleutes epilobii – or unidentified comparable form
• Balanophyllia
• Balanus
  • †Balanus crenatus
• Barbatia
• †Barghoornia - type locality for genus
  • †Barghoornia oblongifolia - type locality for species
• 

  Two living Bassariscus, or ringtails
  Bassariscus
• Bathybembix
• †Behemotops – type locality for genus
• Bembidion
  • †Bembidion fortestriatum
  • †Bembidion rusticum
• †Berberis
• Betula
  • †Betula leopoldae - type locality for species
  • †Betula papyrifera – or unidentified comparable form
• Bibio
• Bison
• Bledius
• †Bohlenia
  • †Bohlenia americana - type locality for species
• †Bombus
• †Bonellitia
• 

  Restoration of two of the Miocene-Pliocene bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964).
  †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens
  • †Borophagus hilli
• Botrychium
• †Botryococcus
• Brachidontes
• Buccinum
• †Bursera
• Cadulus
• †Caesalpinia
• Calathus
• †Calkinsia
• Callianassa – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Calliostoma
• Calosoma
• Calyptraea
• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
  †Camelops
• Cancellaria
• Cancer
• Canis
  • †Canis lepophagus
• †Capromeryx
• Carabus
• †Carex
• Carya
• Caryophyllia
• Cassidulina
• Castanea
• Castanopsis
• Castor
  • †Castor californicus
• Catops
• †Celastrus
• †Ceratophyllum
  • 

    A living Ceratophyllum demersum, or hornwort
    †Ceratophyllum demersum
• Cercidiphyllum
  • †Cercidiphyllum obtritum
• Cercyon
• Cerithiopsis
• Cervus – tentative report
• Chama
• Charina
  • †Charina bottae
• †Cheilanthes
• †Chenopodium
• Chione
• Chlaenius
  • †Chlaenius interruptus
• Chlamys
  • †Chlamys hastata
  • †Chlamys islandica
• †Chrysodomus
• Cibicides
• Cicindela
  • †Cicindela oregona
• Cidarina
• 

  Cimbrophlebia
  †Cimbrophlebia
• Cirsotrema
• Cladrastis
• Clavus
• Clinocardium
  • †Clinocardium nuttallii
• Cocculus
• Colpophyllia
• †Colwellia
• Colymbetes
• Comptonia
  • †Comptonia columbiana
• Conus
• 

  A living Corbicula basket clam
  Corbicula
• Corbula
• Corixa
• †Cormocyon
• Cornus
  • †Cornus stolonifera
  • Cornus - undescribed species
• Corticaria
• †Cosoryx
• Cossonus
• 

  Restoration of the Miocene palaeomerycid Cranioceras, a relative of modern deer, with anachronistic human to scale
  †Cranioceras
• Craniscus
• †Craspedochiton
• Crenella – tentative report
• Crepidula
• †Cristispira
• Crotalus
• Cryptonatica
  • †Cryptonatica affinis
• Cryptophagus
• Cyathea
• Cyclammina
• Cyclocardia
• Cyclostremella
• Cymbiodyta
• †Cynarctus
• Cypraea
• Dendroctonus
  • †Dendroctonus rufipennis
• Dendrophyllia
• †Dennstaedtia
• Dentalium
• †Desmatophoca
  • †Desmatophoca brachycephala – type locality for species
• 

  Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene herbivorous marine mammal Desmostylus
  †Desmostylus
  • †Desmostylus hesperus
• Diapterna
• †Diceratherium
• †Dinofelis
• †Dinokanaga
  • †Dinokanaga andersoni – type locality for species
  • †Dinokanaga dowsonae
  • †Dinokanaga sternbergi – type locality for species
• Diodora
• †Dipoides
• Dosinia
• Dryopteris
• Dyschirius
  • †Dyschirius laevifasciatus
  • †Dyschirius montanus
• Dytiscus
• Echinophoria
• Elaphe
  • †Elaphe vulpina
• 

  A living Elaphrus ground beetle
  Elaphrus
  • †Elaphrus americanus
  • †Elaphrus californicus
  • †Elaphrus clairvillei
  • †Elaphrus purpurans
• Eleocharis
• Elphidium
• Emarginula
• †Enhydrocyon
• †Eoceneithycerus - type locality for genus
  • †Eoceneithycerus carpenteri - type locality for species
• †Eoprephasma – type locality for genus
  • †Eoprephasma hichensi – type locality for species
• †Eorpa
  • †Eorpa elverumi – type locality for species
  • †Eorpa ypsipeda – tentative report
• Ephedra
• Epitonium
• †Epophthalmia
• †Eporeodon
• †Equisetum
• Equus
  • 

    Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
    †Equus simplicidens
• Erginus
• †Eucyon
  • †Eucyon davisi
• Eulima
• Eusmilia
• Euspira
• †Eutrephoceras
• †Exilia
• Fagopsis
  • Fagopsis undulata
• Felis
• †Ficopsis
• Ficus
• Flabellum
• 

  Fothergilla malloryi
  Fothergilla
• Fraxinus
• †Fucaia – type locality for genus
• Fulgoraria
• Fulgurofusus
• Fusinus
• Galeodea
• Galeruca
• Galium
• Gari
• Gastrophysa
• Gemmula
• Georissus
• Gerris
• Globigerina
• Globocassidulina
• Glycymeris
• 

  Fossilized foliage of the cypress relative Glyptostrobus
  Glyptostrobus
• Guttulina
• Gymnusa
• Gyrineum
• Gyrinus
• Gyroidina
• Haplocochlias
• Helophorus
• †Hemiauchenia
  • †Hemiauchenia macrocephala – or unidentified comparable form
• Heptranchias
  • †Heptranchias howelli
• Hiatella
  • †Hiatella arctica
• 

  Life restoration of a herd of the Miocene-Pleistocene horse Hipparion. Heinrich Harder (1920).
  †Hipparion
• Hipponix
• †Hippuris
  • †Hippuris vulgaris
• Homalopoma
• Hydrobius
  • †Hydrobius fuscipes
• Hydrothassa
• Hygrotus
• †Hypertragulus
• †Hypolagus
• Idas
• Ilex
  • 

    Branches of a living Ilex opaca, or American holly, full of ripe fruit
    †Ilex opaca – or unidentified comparable form
• Ilybius
• Ips
• Ischnochiton
• Isognomon
• Isurus
• †Itea
• Kellia
• Koelreuteria
  • †Koelreuteria arnoldi
• †Kolponomos
  • †Kolponomos clallamensis
• †Kronokotherium – tentative report
• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
• 

  Langeria
  †Langeria – type locality for genus
  • †Langeria magnifica – type locality for species
• Lapsus
• Latirus
• Laurus
• Leiodes
• Lemna
• Lepidochitona
• Lepidophorus
• Lepidopleurus
• Leptochiton
• Leukoma
  • †Leukoma staminea
• Lioligus
• Liotia
• 

  The autumn foliage of a living Liquidambar, or sweetgum tree
  Liquidambar
• Loricera
• Lynx
  • †Lynx canadensis
  • †Lynx rufus – or unidentified comparable form
• Lyria
• Macaranga
• †Macginitiea
  • †Macginitiea gracilis
• Macoma
  • †Macoma nasuta
• Macrocallista
• Magdalis
• Magnolia
• †Mammut
  • †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
  • †Mammuthus columbi
  • 

    Life restorations of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left)
    †Mammuthus primigenius
• Marcia
• Margarites
• Marginella
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx leptostomus
• †Megatylopus
• Melanoides
• †Menyanthes
• †Merycoides
• †Mesoreodon
• †Metanephrocerus
  • †Metanephrocerus belgardeae – type locality for species
• Metasequoia
• Microlestes
• Micropeplus
• 

  Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene three-toed horse Miohippus
  †Miohippus
• Mitra
• Modiolus
• Montipora
• Morychus
• Murex
• †Mursia
• Mustela
• †Mya
  • †Mya arenaria
  • †Mya truncata
• Mycetoporus
• Myriophyllum
  • †Myriophyllum spicatum
• 

  Myrmeciites
  †Myrmeciites
• Mytilus
  • †Mytilus edulis
• Nassarius
• Natica
• Nebria
  • †Nebria metallica
  • †Nebria sahlbergi
• †Neoephemera
  • †Neoephemera antiqua – type locality for species
• Neotoma
• Neptunea
• Nerita
• Neverita
• Notaris
• Notiophilus
  • †Notiophilus aquaticus
• Nucella
  • †Nucella lamellosa
• Nucula
• Nymphes
  • 

    Nymphes georgei
    †Nymphes georgei – type locality for species
• Ocypus
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus hemionus
• Odostomia
• Olivella
• Ondatra
• Opalia
• Ophiodermella
• Opisthius
• Orchestes
• Oreodytes – or unidentified comparable form
• Oropus
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea lurida
• †Palaeolagus – or unidentified comparable form
• Paliurus
• Pandora
• Panopea
  • †Panopea abrupta
• Panthera – tentative report
  • †Panthera onca
• †Paraenhydrocyon
  • †Paraenhydrocyon josephi
• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
  †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani
• †Parastylotermes
  • †Parastylotermes washingtonensis – type locality for species
• Patelloida
• Patrobus
  • †Patrobus stygicus
• Pecten
• †Pediastrum
• †Pedicularis
• Pelecomalium
• Pelophila
  • †Pelophila borealis
• 

  A living Peromyscus, or deer mouse
  Peromyscus
• †Perse – tentative report
• Persea
• Persicula
• Phaedon
  • †Phaedon armoraciae
• Phenacomys – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Phenacomys intermedius
• Phloeosinus
• Phoebe
  • †Phoebe undescribed species
• †Photinia
• Phryganea
• Picea
• Pinus
• Pitar
• Pituophis
  • †Pituophis catenifer
• Plantago
• Platanus
• Plateumaris
  • †Plateumaris neomexicana
• Platycarya
• 

  Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
  †Platygonus
• Platystethus
• †Plionarctos
• Polinices
  • †Polinices lewisii
• Polygonum
  • †Polygonum amphibium
• †Polypodium
• †Polystoechotites
  • †Polystoechotites barksdalae - type locality for species
  • †Polystoechotites falcatus - type locality for species
  • †Polystoechotites lewisi - type locality for species
• Populus
• Portlandia
• †Potamides
• †Potamogeton
• †Potentilla
• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene perch Priscacara
  †Priscacara
• †Procastoroides
• Procyon – tentative report
• †Promerycochoerus
• †Proneuronema
  • †Proneuronema wehri - type locality for species
• †Propalosoma – type locality for genus
  • †Propalosoma gutierrezae - type locality for species
• †Provanna
• 

  A living Prunus tree in bloom. This genus contains plants like almonds, cherries, peaches, and plums
  Prunus
• Pseudohylesinus
  • †Pseudohylesinus sericeus – or unidentified comparable form
• Pseudoliva
• Pteria
• Pterocarya
• Pterostichus
  • †Pterostichus adstrictus
• Pterynotus
• †Puma
  • †Puma concolor – tentative report
• Purpura
• Pyramidella
• Pyrgo
• Quedius
• Quercus
• Quinqueloculina
• Rangifer
• 

  Fossilized carapace of the Paleogene-modern crab Ranina
  Ranina
• Ranunculus
• Rectiplanes – tentative report
• Reichenbachia
• †Republic – type locality for genus
  • †Republica hickeyi - type locality for species
• Retusa
• Rhantus
• Rhus
  • †Rhus malloryi – type locality for species
  • †Rhus typhina – or unidentified comparable form
• †Rhynchonella
• †Ribes
• Rimella
• Rinorea – or unidentified comparable form
• Rosa
• †Rotularia
• Salix
• †Salvinia
• †Sarcobatus
• Sassafras
  • 

    Fossilized leaf of the Eocene sassafras Sassafras hesperia
    †Sassafras hesperia - type locality for species
• †Satherium
  • †Satherium piscinarium
• Saxidomus
• Scapanus
• Scaphander
• Scaphinotus
• Schizaster
• Schoepfia
  • †Schoepfia republicensis - type locality for species
• †Scirpus
• †Selaginella
• Semicassis
• Serripes
  • †Serripes groenlandicus
• †Shepherdia
  • †Shepherdia canadensis
• Siderastrea
• 

  Several views of the shell of a Sinum moon snail
  Sinum
• Siphonalia
• Sitona
• †Sitsqwayk
• Solariella
• Solen
• Sonoma
• Sorex
• †Sparganium
• 

  A living Spermophilus ground squirrel
  Spermophilus
• Spilogale
• Spirotropis
• Spisula
• Spondylus
• †Squaloziphius – type locality for genus
• Squalus
• Stenoplax
• Stenus
• Stephostethus
• Sthereus
• †Stylaster
• Sveltella
• Syntomus
• Taxidea
  • †Taxidea taxus
• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
  †Teleoceras
  • †Teleoceras major – or unidentified comparable form
• Tellina
• Tenagodus
• Teredo
• Thais
• †Thalictrum
• Thamnophis
• Thomomys
• Thracia
• Thyasira
• Tilia
  • 

    Tilia johnsoni
    †Tilia johnsoni – type locality for species
• Tipula
  • †Tournotaris bimaculatus – or unidentified comparable form
• Trechiama – or unidentified related form
• Trechus
  • †Trechus ovipennis – or unidentified comparable form
• Tresus
  • †Tresus capax
  • †Tresus nuttallii
  • †Trigonictis macrodon
• Trochita
• Trophon
• Trypophloeus
• †Tsuga
  • †Tsuga heterophylla
  • †Tsuga mertensiana
• †Tsukada – type locality for genus
  • 

    Tsukada davidiifolia
    †Tsukada davidiifolia – type locality for species
• Tubastraea
• Turcica
  • †Turcica caffea
• †Turcicula
• Turricula
• Turris
• Turritella
• Typha
  • †Typha latifolia
• Ulmus
• †Ulteramus – type locality for genus
  • †Ulteramus republicensis – type locality for species
• †Upogebia
• Urosalpinx
• Utricularia
• Venericardia
• †Viburnum
• †Vinea – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• 

  Leaves and fruit of a living Vitis, or grapevine
  Vitis
• Volsella
• Yoldia
• Zannichellia
  • †Zannichellia palustris
• †Zarhinocetus
• Zelkova