List of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state)
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This list of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state) contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Georgia (U.S. state).
Precambrian[edit]
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic[edit]
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Georgia[edit]
†AlethopterisFossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris - †Amplexus
- †Annularia
- †Archimedes
- †Asaphiscus
- †Atrypa
- †Augustoceras
- †Bonneterrina – tentative report
†CalamitesFossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites - †Callipteridium
- †Calymene
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Cincinnetina
- †Columnaria
- †Constellaria
- †Coosella
- †Coosia
- †Cordaites
- †Cryptophragmus
†CyrtocerasRestoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras - †Dalmanitina
- †Dipleura
- †Elrathia
- †Elrathina – tentative report
- †Eospirifer
- †Favosites
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gonioceras
- †Hallopora
- †Isotelus
†LepidodendronRestoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911). - †Lingula
- †Lithostrotion
- †Lyginopteris
- †Michelinoceras
- †Murchisonia
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris flexuosa
- †Neuropteris heterophylla – or unidentified comparable form
- †Orthoceras
- †Pecopteris
- †Pecopteris elliptica – tentative report
- †Pelagiella
- †Pentamerus
- †Pentremites
- †Peronopsis
- †Phacops
- †Phragmolites
- †Platycrinites
- †Platystrophia
†PleurodictyumFossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum - †Sigillaria
- †Solenopora
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
- †Sphenopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenopteris pottsvillea
- †Spirifer
- †Stigmaria
- †Strophomena
- †Subulites
- †Tetradium
†TricrepicephalusFossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus - †Valcouroceras
Mesozoic[edit]
Selected Mesozoic taxa of Georgia[edit]
- Acirsa
- Acteon
- †Acteonella
- †Aenona
†AgerostreaFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea - †Albertosaurus
- †Allonia – type locality for genus
- Amauropsis
- †Ancilla
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Arca
- Arrhoges
- Astarte
†BaculitesFossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites - †Bedellia – type locality for genus
- Botula
- Brachidontes
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- †Calliomphalus
- †Caveola
- Cerithiella
- †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
ChiloscylliumA living Chiloscyllium longtail carpet shark - Chiton
- Chlamys
- Cliona
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
†CretolamnaFossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - Cucullaea
- Cuspidaria
- Cylichna
†DeinosuchusRestoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus - Dentalium
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Enchodus
- †Eulima
- †Euspira
†EutrephocerasIllustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras - †Exogyra
- Gemmula
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
†HalisaurusLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - †Hamulus
- Heterodontus
- †Hybodus
- †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
- Lepisosteus
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Linter
- †Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Mathilda
†MegalocoelacanthusFossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus - †Modiolus
- †Morea
- Nerita
- Nozeba
- Nucula
- Ostrea
- Panopea
- †Paralbula
- † Paranomia
- Pholadomya
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
†PlatecarpusRestoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - Polinices
- †Prognathodon
- †Protocardia
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pteria
- †Pteridophyte
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychotrygon
- †Ptychotrygon triangularis – or unidentified comparable form
- Pycnodonte
- †Regnellidium
- †Rhombodus
- Ringicula
- Rissoa
- †Scapanorhynchus
- Seila
- Serpula
- †Sphenodiscus
SqualicoraxLife restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - Squatina
- †Stephanodus
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- †Tenea
†ThoracosaurusFossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus - Trachycardium
- Turritella
- Xenophora
†XiphactinusLife restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
Cenozoic[edit]
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Georgia[edit]
- Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Acar
ActeocinaShells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails - Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- Agassizia
- Agkistrodon
- Aix
- Alligator
†Alligator mississippiensisA living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator
- Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Alveopora
- Amauropsis
- †Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
- Amnicola
- Amphiuma
- †Ampullina
- †Ampullinopsis
- Amusium
- Anadara
†Anadara brasilianaShell in multiple views of an Anadara brasiliana, or incongruous ark clam - †Anadara ovalis
- †Anadara transversa
- Anas
- †Anas acuta
- †Anas americana
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas discors
- †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anas rubripes
- †Anas strepera
- Anolis
†Anolis carolinensisLiving male (on top) and female (bottom, with white stripe down her back) Anolis carolinensis, or Carolina anoles
- Anomia
- Apalone
- Arca
- Architectonica
- †Archosargus
- Arius
- Asio
- Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
AstrangiaAn Astrangia stony coral - Astreopora
- Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Atrina
- Aythya
- Bairdiella
- †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
- Balistes
- Barbatia
- Bartramia
†BasilosaurusLife restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus - Bison
- †Bison bison – tentative report
- Bittium
- Blarina
- Bonasa
- Bucephala
†Bucephala albeolaA living Bucephala albeola, or bufflehead
- Bufo
- †Burnhamia
- Bursa
- Busycon
- †Calippus
- Callista
- Calyptraea
- Campanile
- Canis
- †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
- Carcharhinus
- †Carcharhinus leucas
- †Carcharhinus macloti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carcharhinus obscurus
- Carcharias
CarcharodonA living Carcharodon shark - Cardita
- Carditamera
- Carphophis
- Carya
- Cassis
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- Cervus
- Chama
- Chelydra
- Chlamys
- Chlorostoma
- Clypeaster
CoccolithusElectron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga - Colaptes
- Colinus
- Coluber
- Conepatus
- Conomitra
- Conus
- Coragyps
- Corbula
- Corvus
- †Corvus brachyrhynchos
†Corvus coraxA living Corvus corax, or common raven
- Crassostrea
- Crepidula
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- Crucibulum
- Cucullaea
- Cyanocitta
- Cygnus
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatium
†CynthiacetusMounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus - Cypraea
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- Deirochelys
- Dentalium
- Diadophis
- Diastoma
- Didelphis
- Diodora
- Diploastrea
- †Discoaster
- Donax
†DorudonDorsal and right lateral views of reconstructed skeleton of Dorudon atrox - Dosinia
- Dryocopus
- †Ectopistes
- Edaphodon
- Elops
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
†EremotheriumMounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium - Eschrichtius
- †Eucastor
- Eupleura
- Falco
- Favites
- Felis
- †Fundulus
- Fusinus
- Galeocerdo
- Galeorhinus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gemma
†Georgiacetus – type locality for genusLife restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus - †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
- Ginglymostoma
- Glycymeris
- Glyptemys
- Goniopora
- Gopherus
- Haustator
HemipristisA living Hemipristis weasel shark - Hesperisternia
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- Heterodontus
- Hexaplex
- †Hippotherium
†HolmesinaLife restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale - Hyla
- Isurus
- Kinosternon
- †Lactophrys
- Laevicardium
- †Lagodon
- Lamna
- Lampropeltis
LeopardusA living Leopardus - Lepisosteus
- †Leptotragulus
- Lima
- †Linthia
- Liotia
- Liquidambar
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- Lontra
- Lopha
- Lophelia
- Lophodytes
†Lophodytes cucullatusA living Lophodytes cucullatus, or hooded merganser
- Lucina
- Lynx
- Lyria
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- Malaclemys
- †Mammut
†Mammut americanumRestoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- Margarites
- Marginella
- Marmota
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- Melongena
- Mephitis
- Mercenaria
- Meretrix
- Mesalia
- Microtus
†MiracinonyxRestoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah - †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- Modiolus
- †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
- Mugil
- Mulinia
- Mustela
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- Myliobatis
†MylohyusFossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus - Myotis
- †Myotis grisescens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Myotis lucifugus – or unidentified comparable form
- Nassarius
- Natica
- Nebrius
- Negaprion
- †Neochoerus
- †Neochoerus aesopi
- †Neochoerus pinckneyi – or unidentified comparable form
- Neofiber
- Neomonachus
†Neomonachus tropicalisIllustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal
- Neotoma
- Nerita
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- Neverita
- Notophthalmus
- Nucula
- Nummulites
- Odocoileus
OdontaspisFossil teeth of Odontaspis winkleri from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 mya - Oliva
- Ondatra
- †Ontocetus
- †Opsanus
- Oryzomys
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- Panopea
- Panthera
†ParamylodonFossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - Pecten
- Pekania
- Periglypta
- Peromyscus
- †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus polionotus – or unidentified comparable form
- Persicula
- Persististrombus
- Petricola
- Phyllodus
PhyseterA living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale - †Physeterula
- †Physogaleus
- Pica
- Picoides
- Pipistrellus
- †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pitar
- Pituophis
- Placopecten
- Planorbis
†PlatygonusRestoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922). - †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
- Plethodon
- †Plethodon glutinosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pleuromeris
- Plicatula
- Podilymbus
- Pogonias
- †Potamides
- Prionotus
- Pristis
- Procyon
- Pseudacris
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form
†PseudhipparionReplica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse Pseudhipparion - Pseudotriton
- Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Pterynotus
- Puma
- Quercus
- Raja
- †Raja
- †Rana
- Rangia
- Rangifer
†Rangifer tarandusA living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- Rapana
- †Regina
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- Sayornis
- Scalopus
- Sceloporus
- Schizaster
- Schizoporella
- Sciurus
- †Scoliodon
- Scolopax
ScyliorhinusGroup of living Scyliorhinus catsharks - Semele – tentative report
- Siderastrea
- Sigmodon
- Sinum
- Siren
- †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- Solemya
- Sorex
- Sphyraena
- Sphyrna
†Sphyrna tiburoA living Sphyrna tiburo, or bonnethead shark - †Sphyrna zygaena
- Spilogale
- Spisula
- Spizella
- Spondylus
- Squatina
- Sternotherus
†StriatolamiaFossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia - Strioterebrum
- Strombus
- Stylophora
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- Synodus
- Tamias – type locality for genus
- †Tamias aristus – type locality for species
- Tapirus
- Taxodium
- Teinostoma
†TeleocerasMounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Tellina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Thamnophis
- Trachemys
- Trachycardium
- Trachyphyllia – tentative report
TremarctosA living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear - †Triaenodon
- Trichiurus
- Trochita
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tympanuchus
- Ulmus
- Urocyon
- Ursus
- Venericardia
- Xenophora
- Yoldia
- Zapus
†Zapus hudsoniusA living Zapus hudsonius, or meadow jumping mouse
References[edit]
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.