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
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
editSelected Paleozoic taxa of Georgia
editFossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris - †Amplexus
- †Annularia
- †Archimedes
- †Asaphiscus
- †Atrypa
- †Augustoceras
- †Bonneterrina – tentative report
Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites - †Callipteridium
- †Calymene
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Cincinnetina
- †Columnaria
- †Constellaria
- †Coosella
- †Coosia
- †Cordaites
- †Cryptophragmus
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras - †Dalmanitina
- †Dipleura
- †Elrathia
- †Elrathina – tentative report
- †Eospirifer
- †Favosites
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gonioceras
- †Hallopora
- †Isotelus
Restoration 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
Fossil 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
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus - †Valcouroceras
Mesozoic
editSelected Mesozoic taxa of Georgia
edit- Acirsa
- Acteon
- †Acteonella
- †Aenona
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea - †Albertosaurus
- †Allonia – type locality for genus
- Amauropsis
- †Ancilla
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Arca
- Arrhoges
- Astarte
Fossilized 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
A living Chiloscyllium longtail carpet shark - Chiton
- Chlamys
- Cliona
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - Cucullaea
- Cuspidaria
- Cylichna
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus - Dentalium
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Enchodus
- †Eulima
- †Euspira
Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras - †Exogyra
- Gemmula
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - †Hamulus
- Heterodontus
- †Hybodus
- †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
- Lepisosteus
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Linter
- †Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Mathilda
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus - †Modiolus
- †Morea
- Nerita
- Nozeba
- Nucula
- Ostrea
- Panopea
- †Paralbula
- † Paranomia
- Pholadomya
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
Restoration 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
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - Squatina
- †Stephanodus
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- †Tenea
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus - Trachycardium
- Turritella
- Xenophora
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
Cenozoic
editSelected Cenozoic taxa of Georgia
edit- Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Acar
Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails - Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- Agassizia
- Agkistrodon
- Aix
- Alligator
A 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
Shell 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
Living 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
An Astrangia stony coral - Astreopora
- Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Atrina
- Aythya
- Bairdiella
- †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
- Balistes
- Barbatia
- Bartramia
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus - Bison
- †Bison bison – tentative report
- Bittium
- Blarina
- Bonasa
- Bucephala
A 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
A living Carcharodon shark - Cardita
- Carditamera
- Carphophis
- Carya
- Cassis
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- Cervus
- Chama
- Chelydra
- Chlamys
- Chlorostoma
- Clypeaster
Electron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga - Colaptes
- Colinus
- Coluber
- Conepatus
- Conomitra
- Conus
- Coragyps
- Corbula
- Corvus
- †Corvus brachyrhynchos
A living Corvus corax, or common raven
- Crassostrea
- Crepidula
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- Crucibulum
- Cucullaea
- Cyanocitta
- Cygnus
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatium
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus - Cypraea
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- Deirochelys
- Dentalium
- Diadophis
- Diastoma
- Didelphis
- Diodora
- Diploastrea
- †Discoaster
- Donax
Dorsal and right lateral views of reconstructed skeleton of Dorudon atrox - Dosinia
- Dryocopus
- †Ectopistes
- Edaphodon
- Elops
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium - Eschrichtius
- †Eucastor
- Eupleura
- Falco
- Favites
- Felis
- †Fundulus
- Fusinus
- Galeocerdo
- Galeorhinus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gemma
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus - †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
- Ginglymostoma
- Glycymeris
- Glyptemys
- Goniopora
- Gopherus
- Haustator
A living Hemipristis weasel shark - Hesperisternia
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- Heterodontus
- Hexaplex
- †Hippotherium
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale - Hyla
- Isurus
- Kinosternon
- †Lactophrys
- Laevicardium
- †Lagodon
- Lamna
- Lampropeltis
A living Leopardus - Lepisosteus
- †Leptotragulus
- Lima
- †Linthia
- Liotia
- Liquidambar
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- Lontra
- Lopha
- Lophelia
- Lophodytes
A living Lophodytes cucullatus, or hooded merganser
- Lucina
- Lynx
- Lyria
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- Malaclemys
- †Mammut
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- Margarites
- Marginella
- Marmota
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- Melongena
- Mephitis
- Mercenaria
- Meretrix
- Mesalia
- Microtus
Restoration 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
Fossilized 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
Illustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal
- Neotoma
- Nerita
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- Neverita
- Notophthalmus
- Nucula
- Nummulites
- Odocoileus
Fossil teeth of Odontaspis winkleri from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 mya - Oliva
- Ondatra
- †Ontocetus
- †Opsanus
- Oryzomys
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- Panopea
- Panthera
Fossilized 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
A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale - †Physeterula
- †Physogaleus
- Pica
- Picoides
- Pipistrellus
- †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pitar
- Pituophis
- Placopecten
- Planorbis
Restoration 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
Replica 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
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- Rapana
- †Regina
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- Sayornis
- Scalopus
- Sceloporus
- Schizaster
- Schizoporella
- Sciurus
- †Scoliodon
- Scolopax
Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks - Semele – tentative report
- Siderastrea
- Sigmodon
- Sinum
- Siren
- †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- Solemya
- Sorex
- Sphyraena
- Sphyrna
A living Sphyrna tiburo, or bonnethead shark - †Sphyrna zygaena
- Spilogale
- Spisula
- Spizella
- Spondylus
- Squatina
- Sternotherus
Fossilized 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
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Tellina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Thamnophis
- Trachemys
- Trachycardium
- Trachyphyllia – tentative report
A living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear - †Triaenodon
- Trichiurus
- Trochita
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tympanuchus
- Ulmus
- Urocyon
- Ursus
- Venericardia
- Xenophora
- Yoldia
- Zapus
A 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.