List of the Paleozoic life of Kentucky

This list of the Paleozoic life of Kentucky contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kentucky and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.

†Hyolithes

Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Abrotocrinus
Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Devonian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Actinocrinites
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
Ordovician-Permian bryozoan Amplexopora
Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia
Fossilized shell and spines of the Late Devonian-Permian sea urchin Archaeocidaris
Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes
Fossilized teeth of the Devonian-Cretaceous shark Asteracanthus
Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Carboniferous brachiopod Atrypa
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Aulopora
Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic mollusc Bellerophon
Life restoration of the Early Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Bumastus
Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
A polished round of the permineralised Late Devonian-Carboniferous wood Callixylon
Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian nautiloid cephalopod Cameroceras
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus
Fossilized shell of the Middle Devonian-Permian brachiopod Cleiothyridina
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Permian brachiopod Composita
Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites
Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Silurian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Cyathocrinites
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras
Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Decadocrinus
Cambrian graptolite Diplograptus
Fossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras
A living Equisetum , or horsetail
Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Favosites
Front (left) and right side (right) views of an enrolled fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Flexicalymene
Fossilized calyx of the Devonian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Forbesiocrinus
Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Devonian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Gilbertsocrinus
Assemblage of fossils of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian crinoid ("sea lily") Glyptocrinus
Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Goniatites
Multiple views of a fossil of the Ordovician horn coral Grewingkia
Fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan ("moss animal") Hallopora
Close-up photograph of a fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan ("moss animal") Hallopora
Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Halysites
Fossil of the Middle Devonian horn coral Heliophyllum
Fossilized shells of the Ordovician-Carboniferous sea snail Holopea
Fossilized shells of the Cambrian-Permian brachiopod relative Hyolitha
Fossil of the Ordovician crinoid ("sea lily") Iocrinus
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus .
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron . Eli Heimans (1911).
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella
Illustration (lower right, entry 15) of a fossilized shell in front and side views of the Silurian-Late Devonian brachiopod Meristella
Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-Permian brachiopod Neospirifer
Fossil of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Onychocrinus
Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician brachiopod Plaesiomys
Three fossilized calyces of the Devonian-Permian crinoid ("sea lily") Platycrinites
Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia
Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum
Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus
Restoration based on the "Schunnemunk tree" fossil of the Silurian-Late Devonian tree-like probable fungus Prototaxites
Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Scytalocrinus
Fossils of the red alga Solenopora
Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris
Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer
Fossils of the Ordovician-Silurian brittle star Stenaster
Fossil preserved in situ of a Carboniferous tree-like club moss relative with attached Stigmaria rhizome system
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora
Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Taxocrinus (right)
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Treptoceras
Fossilized calyx ad partial stem of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Ulrichicrinus