List of the Paleozoic life of New York (state)

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

Fossilized teeth (W) of the Cambrian–Early Ordovician conodont Acanthodus

Illustration of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Acidiscus

Fossil of the Silurian-Early Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Acutiramus

Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Agraulos

Fossils of the Ordovician-Permian bryozoan Amplexopora

Restoration of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian nautiloid cephalopod Cameroceras feeding on an Aphetoceras , while a quartet of Cyclostomiceras swim by

Life restoration of the Late Devonian-Carboniferous tree Archaeopteris with insets detailing its anatomy

Fossil of the Silurian trilobite Arctinurus

Fossil of the Early-Middle Ordovician trilobite Asaphus

Life restoration of the Middle Devonian arachnid Attercopus

Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Permian tabulate coral Aulopora

Illustration of fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Bathydiscus

Fossil of the Middle Devonian trilobite Bellacartwrightia

Fossil of the Ordovician echinoderm Bolboporites

Fossilized heads of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Buffalopterus

Fossils in enrolled posture of the Silurian trilobite Calymene niagarensis

Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian nautiloid cephalopod Cameroceras

Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Carcinosoma

Illustration of a fossil and restoration of the Early Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Cassinoceras

Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus

Fossil of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian trilobite Cheirurus

Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina

Fossils (1-8) of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Clarkeipterus

Assemblage of fossils of the Cambrian graptolite Climacograptus

Life restoration of the Silurian-Early Devonian primitive land plant Cooksonia

Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Carboniferous horn coral Cornulites

A living Craniella sponge

Fossils and life restoration of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Ctenopterus

Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Late Devonian trilobite Cyphaspis

Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras

Fossilized shells of the Middle-Late Devonian brachiopod Cyrtospirifer

Fossil of the Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous petrified conifer wood morphogenus Dadoxylon

Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dalmanites

Life restoration of two species of the Silurian trilobite Deiphon

Fossil of the Middle Ordovician graptolite Didymograptus

Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dipleura

Life restoration of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Dolichopterus

Fossilized foliage from the Early-Late Devonian club moss relative Drepanophycus

Fossil of the Middle-Late Devonian trilobite Eldredgeops

Fossilized shells and restored appearances of the Middle-Late Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Endoceras

Fossilized roots of the Middle Devonian tree Wattieza

Illustration of fossils of various organs and stages of development of the Silurian-Early Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Erettopterus

Fossils (figures 2-10) of the Silurian-Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Erieopterus

Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Eurypterus

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

Illustrations of fossilized shells of the Cambrian marine bivalve Fordilla

Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Geisonoceras

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 Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Goldringia

Fossilized shell of the Late Devonian-Late Triassic ammonoid cephalopod Goniatites

Fossil of the Middle-Late Devonian trilobite Greenops

Life restoration of the Late Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Hallipterus

Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Hardieopterus

Fossil of the Middle Devonian horn coral Heliophyllum

Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Hemirhodon

Fossilized shells of the Ordovician-Carboniferous sea snail Holopea

Fossils of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Hughmilleria

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 .

Fossilized shells of the Middle Ordovician-Permian nautiloid cephalopod Kionoceras

Fossils of the Middle Devonian clubmoss Leclercqia

Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron . Eli Heimans (1911).

Leptospira

Life restoration of the Early Ordovician nautiloid cephalopod Levisoceras

Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Cambrian-Late Ordovician brachiopod Lingulella

Fossil of the Ordovician trilobite Lonchodomas

Fossilized shell of the Devonian ammonoid cephalopod Manticoceras

Fossilized plates of the Cambrian-Early Ordovician chiton Matthevia

Illustration (lower right, entry 15) of a fossilized shell in front and side views of the Silurian-Late Devonian brachiopod Meristella

Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Mixopterus

Fossils of the Early Devonian graptolite Monograptus

Fossilized shell of the Devonian brachiopod Mucrospirifer

Fossilized shell of the Early Devonian – Triassic sea snail Naticopsis

Illustrations of fossilized foliage of the Carboniferous-Permian plant Noeggerathia

Nuculoidea

Illustration of fossils of the Cambrian brachiopod Obolella

Restoration of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Odontopleura

Fossil of the trilobite Paciphacops

Life restoration of the Silurian-Devonian scorpion Palaeophonus

Fossil of the Silurian-Early Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Paracarcinosoma

Fossils of the Silurian-Middle Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Parahughmilleria

Assemblage of the Early-Middle Devonian brachiopod Paraspirifer

Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Periechocrinus

Fossil of the Devonian trilobite Phacops rana

Fossil of the Early Ordovician graptolite Phyllograptus

Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Early Triassic sea snail Platyceras

Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia

Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum

Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail

Various conodont elements of Polygnathus

Restoration of the Silurian trilobite Proetus

Illustration of a fossil of the Silurian arthropod Pseudoniscus

Fossil of the primitive Devonian vascular plant Psilophyton

Restoration of the Silurian-Middle Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Pterygotus

Fossils of the Cambrian trilobite Ptychoparia

Fossil of the Early Ordovician-Permian benthic alga Receptaculites

Fossil of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Rhinocarcinosoma

Fossilized shell of the Silurian-Eocene articulate brachiopod Rhynchonella

Fossil of the arthropod burrow ichnogenus Rusophycus

Fossils of the Cambrian mollusc Scenella

Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria

Life restoration of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Slimonia

Fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Sphaerexochus

Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer

Fossil of the burrow ichnogenus Spirorhaphe

Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena

Life restoration of the Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Stylonurus

Fossil of the Devonian tabulate coral Syringopora

Fossils of the Devonian plant stem morphogenus Taeniocrada

Fossils of the Devonian plant stem morphogenus Taeniocrada

Fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-Late Devonian probable mollusc Tentaculites

Diagram of the branches of the Middle-Late Devonian vascular plant Tetraxylopteris

Fossil preserving limbs and antennae as pyrite (fool's gold) of the underside of the Late Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus

Fossilized shell of the Middle-Late Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Trochoceras

Illustration of a fossilized shell in multiple views of the Silurian monoplacophoran mollusc Tryblidium reticulatum . Head region is to the left.

Fossilized head of the Silurian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Waeringopterus

Life restoration of the probable Cambrian mollusc Yochelcionella

Fossil of the feeding trace ichnogenus Zoophycos