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
- †Alethopteris
- †Amplexus
- †Annularia
- †Archimedes
- †Asaphiscus
- †Atrypa
- †Augustoceras
- †Bonneterrina – tentative report
- †Calamites
- †Callipteridium
- †Calymene
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Cincinnetina
- †Columnaria
- †Constellaria
- †Coosella
- †Coosia
- †Cordaites
- †Cryptophragmus
- †Cyrtoceras
- †Dalmanitina
- †Dipleura
- †Elrathia
- †Elrathina – tentative report
- †Eospirifer
- †Favosites
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gonioceras
- †Hallopora
- †Isotelus
- †Lepidodendron
- †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
- †Pleurodictyum
- †Sigillaria
- †Solenopora
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
- †Sphenopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenopteris pottsvillea
- †Spirifer
- †Stigmaria
- †Strophomena
- †Subulites
- †Tetradium
- †Tricrepicephalus
- †Valcouroceras
Mesozoic edit
Selected Mesozoic taxa of Georgia edit
- Acirsa
- Acteon
- †Acteonella
- †Aenona
- †Agerostrea
- †Albertosaurus
- †Allonia – type locality for genus
- Amauropsis
- †Ancilla
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Arca
- Arrhoges
- Astarte
- †Baculites
- †Bedellia – type locality for genus
- Botula
- Brachidontes
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- †Calliomphalus
- †Caveola
- Cerithiella
- †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
- Chiloscyllium
- Chiton
- Chlamys
- Cliona
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
- †Cretolamna
- Cucullaea
- Cuspidaria
- Cylichna
- †Deinosuchus
- Dentalium
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Enchodus
- †Eulima
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- †Exogyra
- Gemmula
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Halisaurus
- †Hamulus
- Heterodontus
- †Hybodus
- †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
- Lepisosteus
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Linter
- †Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Mathilda
- †Megalocoelacanthus
- †Modiolus
- †Morea
- Nerita
- Nozeba
- Nucula
- Ostrea
- Panopea
- †Paralbula
- † Paranomia
- Pholadomya
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †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
- Squalicorax
- Squatina
- †Stephanodus
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- †Tenea
- †Thoracosaurus
- Trachycardium
- Turritella
- Xenophora
- †Xiphactinus
Cenozoic edit
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Georgia edit
- Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Acar
- Acteocina
- Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- Agassizia
- Agkistrodon
- Aix
- Alligator
- Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Alveopora
- Amauropsis
- †Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
- Amnicola
- Amphiuma
- †Ampullina
- †Ampullinopsis
- Amusium
- Anadara
- Anas
- †Anas acuta
- †Anas americana
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas discors
- †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anas rubripes
- †Anas strepera
- Anolis
- Anomia
- Apalone
- Arca
- Architectonica
- †Archosargus
- Arius
- Asio
- Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Astrangia
- Astreopora
- Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Atrina
- Aythya
- Bairdiella
- †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
- Balistes
- Barbatia
- Bartramia
- †Basilosaurus
- Bison
- †Bison bison – tentative report
- Bittium
- Blarina
- Bonasa
- Bucephala
- 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
- Carcharodon
- Cardita
- Carditamera
- Carphophis
- Carya
- Cassis
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- Cervus
- Chama
- Chelydra
- Chlamys
- Chlorostoma
- Clypeaster
- Coccolithus
- Colaptes
- Colinus
- Coluber
- Conepatus
- Conomitra
- Conus
- Coragyps
- Corbula
- Corvus
- Crassostrea
- Crepidula
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- Crucibulum
- Cucullaea
- Cyanocitta
- Cygnus
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatium
- †Cynthiacetus
- Cypraea
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- Deirochelys
- Dentalium
- Diadophis
- Diastoma
- Didelphis
- Diodora
- Diploastrea
- †Discoaster
- Donax
- †Dorudon
- Dosinia
- Dryocopus
- †Ectopistes
- Edaphodon
- Elops
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
- †Eremotherium
- Eschrichtius
- †Eucastor
- Eupleura
- Falco
- Favites
- Felis
- †Fundulus
- Fusinus
- Galeocerdo
- Galeorhinus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gemma
- †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
- †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
- Ginglymostoma
- Glycymeris
- Glyptemys
- Goniopora
- Gopherus
- Haustator
- Hemipristis
- Hesperisternia
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- Heterodontus
- Hexaplex
- †Hippotherium
- †Holmesina
- Hyla
- Isurus
- Kinosternon
- †Lactophrys
- Laevicardium
- †Lagodon
- Lamna
- Lampropeltis
- Leopardus
- Lepisosteus
- †Leptotragulus
- Lima
- †Linthia
- Liotia
- Liquidambar
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- Lontra
- Lopha
- Lophelia
- Lophodytes
- Lucina
- Lynx
- Lyria
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- Malaclemys
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
- Margarites
- Marginella
- Marmota
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- Melongena
- Mephitis
- Mercenaria
- Meretrix
- Mesalia
- Microtus
- †Miracinonyx
- †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- Modiolus
- †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
- Mugil
- Mulinia
- Mustela
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- Myliobatis
- †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
- Neotoma
- Nerita
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- Neverita
- Notophthalmus
- Nucula
- Nummulites
- Odocoileus
- Odontaspis
- Oliva
- Ondatra
- †Ontocetus
- †Opsanus
- Oryzomys
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- Panopea
- Panthera
- †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
- Physeter
- †Physeterula
- †Physogaleus
- Pica
- Picoides
- Pipistrellus
- †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pitar
- Pituophis
- Placopecten
- Planorbis
- †Platygonus
- †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
- †Pseudhipparion
- Pseudotriton
- Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Pterynotus
- Puma
- Quercus
- Raja
- †Raja
- †Rana
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- Rapana
- †Regina
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- Sayornis
- Scalopus
- Sceloporus
- Schizaster
- Schizoporella
- Sciurus
- †Scoliodon
- Scolopax
- Scyliorhinus
- Semele – tentative report
- Siderastrea
- Sigmodon
- Sinum
- Siren
- †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- Solemya
- Sorex
- Sphyraena
- Sphyrna
- Spilogale
- Spisula
- Spizella
- Spondylus
- Squatina
- Sternotherus
- †Striatolamia
- Strioterebrum
- Strombus
- Stylophora
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- Synodus
- Tamias – type locality for genus
- †Tamias aristus – type locality for species
- Tapirus
- Taxodium
- Teinostoma
- †Teleoceras
- Tellina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Thamnophis
- Trachemys
- Trachycardium
- Trachyphyllia – tentative report
- Tremarctos
- †Triaenodon
- Trichiurus
- Trochita
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tympanuchus
- Ulmus
- Urocyon
- Ursus
- Venericardia
- Xenophora
- Yoldia
- Zapus
References edit
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.