University of Arizona
Geosciences 308

Major Fossil Groups


Kingdom: Protista

Phylum Chrysophyta
    Class Coccolithophorida (Jur-Rec)
    Class Silicoflagellata
    Class Diatomacea/Bacillariophyceae (K-Rec)
        Order Centrales (K-Rec)
        Order Pennales (Paleocene-Rec)

Phylum Sarcomastigophora
    Class Actinopoda
      Subclass Radiolaria (Cam-Rec)
    Class Rhizopoda
        Order Foraminiferida (Cam-Rec)
          Suborder Allogromina (Cam-Rec)
          Suborder Textulariina (Cam-Rec)
          Suborder Fusilinina (Ord-Trias)
          Suborder Miliolina (Carb-Rec)
          Suborder Rotaliina (Jur-Rec)


Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Porifera (Cam-Rec)
    Class Calcarea (Cam-Rec)
    Class Heactinellida (Ediac-Rec)
    Class Demospongia (Ediac-Rec)
    Class Sclerospongea (Ord-Rec)
    Class Stromatoporoidea (Ord-Mioc (Recent?)

Phylum Archaeocyatha (Lower-Middle Cam)
    Class Regulares
    Class Irregulares

Phylum: Cnidaria
    Class Hydrozoa (Cam-Rec)
        Order Hydroida (Cam-Rec)
        Order Milleporina (Tert-Rec)
    Class Scyphozoa (pCam-Rec)
    Class Anthozoa (Cam-Rec)
      Subclass Octocorallia (K-Rec)
      Subclass Zoantharia (Cam-Rec)
        Order Rugosa (Ord-?L. Tr)
        Order Tabulata (Ord-Perm)
        Order Scleractinia (Tr-Rec)

Phylum: Brachiopoda
    Class Inarticulata (Cam-Rec)
        Order Lingulida (Cam.-Rec)
        Order Acrotretida (Cam.-Rec)
        Order Obolellida (Cam)
    Class Articulata (Cam-Rec)
        Order Orthida (Cam-Perm)
        Order Pentamerida (Cam-Dev)
        Order Strophomenida (Ord-Trias)
          Productids
          "True Strophomenids"
          Chonetids
          Oldhaminids
        Order Rhynchonellida (Ord-Rec)
        Order Spiriferida (Ord-Jur)
        Order Terebratulida (Dev-Rec)

Phylum Bryozoa
    Class Stenolaemata (Ord-Rec)
        Order Trepostomata (Ord-Trias)
        Order Cryptostomata (Ord-Perm)
        Order Fenestrata (Ord-Trias)
        Order Cyclostomata (Ord-Rec)
    Class Gymnolaemata
        Order Ctenostomata (Ord-Rec)
        Order Cheilostomata (Jur-Rec)

Phylum Mollusca (Cam-Rec)
    Class Monoplacophora (Cam-Rec)
    Class Polyplaophora (Cam-Rec)
    Class Scaphopoda (Ord-Rec)
    Class Bivalvia (Cam-Rec)
      Subclass Pteriomorpha
      Subclass Palaeoheterodonta
      Subclass Heterodonta
    Class Rostroconchia (Cam-Perm)
    Class Gastropoda (Cam-Rec)
      Subclass Prosobranchia
        Order Archaeogastropoda
        Order Mesogastropoda
        Order Neogastropoda
      Subclass Opistobranchia
      Subclass Pulmonata
    Class Cephalopoda (Cam-Rec)
        Order Nautiloidea
        Order Ammonoidea
        Order Teuthida
        Order Belemnitida
        Order Sepiida
        Order Octopodida

Superphylum Arthropoda

Phylum Trilobita (Cam-Perm)
        Order Agnostida (L.Cam-U.Ord)
        Order Redlichiida (L.-M. Cam)
        Order Ptychopariida (L.Cam-U.Dev)
        Order Phacopida (L.Ord-M.Dev)

Phylum Crustacea
    Class Ostracoda (Cam-Rec)
    Class Cirripedia (Sil-Rec)
    Class Malacostraca (Cam-Rec)

Phylum Chelicerata
    Class Merostomata (Cam-Rec)
      Xiphosura
      Eurypterida (Ord-Perm)
    Class Arachnida (Sil-Rec)

Phylum Uniramia
    Class Myriapoda (Carb-Rec)
      Subclass Diplopoda
      Subclass Chilopoda
    Class Insecta (Dev-Rec)

Phylum Echinodermata
  Subphylum Homalozoa (Cam-Dev)
  Subphylum Pelmatozoa (Cam-Rec)
    Class Crinoidea (Cam-Rec)
    Class Blastozoa (Ord-Dev)
    Class Blastoidea (Sil-Perm)
  Subphylum Eleutherozoa
    Class Asteroidea (Ord-Rec)
    Class Ophiuroidea (Ord-Rec)
    Class Edriasteroidea (Camb-Penn)
    Class Echinoidea (Ord-Rec)
    Class Holothuroidea (Ord-Rec)