List of the prehistoric life of West Virginia

This list of the prehistoric life of West Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of West Virginia.

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

Selected Paleozoic taxa of West Virginia

 * 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
 * Archaeopteris reconstruction.jpg †[[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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Edaphosaurus NT small.jpg †[[Edaphosaurus]]
 * †Edaphosaurus colohistion – type locality for species
 * †Edmondia
 * †Eucalyptocrinites
 * †Eurypterus
 * †Favosites
 * †Greererpeton
 * †Greererpeton burkemorani
 * †Gyracanthus
 * †Holopea
 * †Hughmilleria
 * Stigmaria Heimans.jpg †[[Lepidodendron]]
 * †Lepidodendron aculeatum
 * †Lepidodendron dichotomum
 * †Lepidodendron obovatum
 * †Limnopus
 * †Limnopus glenshawensis
 * †Lingula
 * †Lithostrotion
 * †Lyginopteris
 * †Lyginopteris bermudensiformis
 * †Lyginopteris fragilis
 * †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
 * †Modiolus
 * †Mucrospirifer
 * †Mucrospirifer mucronatus
 * †Murchisonia
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Zatrachys1DB.jpg †[[Zatrachys]]

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

Cenozoic

 * Agkistrodon
 * Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix CDC-a.png †[[Agkistrodon contortrix]]
 * †Allophaiomys
 * †Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
 * †Ambystoma
 * †Ambystoma jeffersonianum
 * †Ambystoma maculatum
 * †Ambystoma tigrinum
 * †Atopomys
 * †Atopomys texensis
 * Blarina
 * †Blarina bravicauda
 * Blarina brevicauda.jpg †[[Blarina brevicauda]]
 * †Blarina brevicuda
 * †Blarine
 * †Blarine brevicauda
 * †Bootherium
 * †Bootherium bombifrons
 * †Brachyprotoma
 * †Brachyprotoma obtusata
 * Bufo
 * †Bufo americanus
 * †Bufo woodhousei
 * Canis
 * 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
 * Coluber constrictor anthicus.jpg †[[Coluber constrictor]]
 * Condylura
 * †Condylura cristata
 * †Condylura crystata
 * Crotalus
 * †Crotalus horridus
 * Cryptobranchus
 * †Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
 * †Cryptobranchus guildayi
 * Cryptotis
 * †Cryptotis parva
 * †Cryptotis pava
 * Desmodus rotundus A Catenazzi.jpg [[Desmodus]]
 * †Desmodus stocki
 * Desmognathus
 * †Desmognathus fuscus
 * †Desmognathus monticola
 * †Desmognathus ochrophaeus
 * Dicrostonyx
 * †Dicrostonyx hudsonius
 * †Dipoides
 * †Ectopistes
 * Ectopistes migratorius (passenger pigeon).jpg †[[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
 * Gyrinophilus po(1).jpg †[[Gyrinophilus porphyriticus]]
 * Heterodon
 * †Heterodon platyrhinos
 * Hyla
 * †Hyla chrysoscelis
 * †Hyla crucifer
 * Ictalurus
 * Lampropeltis
 * †Lampropeltis triangulum
 * Lasiopodomys
 * †Lasiopodomys deceitensis
 * Lasiurus
 * †Lasiurus borealis
 * Lepus
 * Lepus americanus 5459 cropped.jpg †[[Lepus americanus]]
 * Lynx
 * †Lynx rufus
 * †Mammut
 * †Mammut americanum
 * †Mammuthus
 * Marmota
 * †Marmota monax
 * †Megalonyx
 * 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
 * Miracinonyx inexpectatus.jpg †[[Miracinonyx]]
 * †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
 * Mustela
 * †Mustela americana
 * †Mustela armines
 * †Mustela fenata – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Mustela nivalis
 * †Mustela vison
 * 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
 * Neotoma floridana smalli close.jpg †[[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
 * Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) male Three Brothers River (cropped) cropped.jpg †[[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
 * 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
 * Reinbukken på frisk grønt beite. - panoramio cropped.jpg †[[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
 * 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
 * Spilogale putorius (2).jpg †[[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
 * South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris).JPG [[Tapirus]]
 * Taxidea
 * †Taxidea taxus
 * Thamnophis
 * Thomomys
 * †Thomomys potomacensis
 * Urocyon
 * †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
 * Ursus
 * †Ursus americanus
 * Vulpes
 * Fox - British Wildlife Centre (17429406401).jpg †[[Vulpes vulpes]]
 * Zapus
 * †Zapus hudsonius