List of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state)

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

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.

Paleozoic

Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of Georgia (U.S. state)

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Georgia

• 

  Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris

  †Alethopteris
  • †Alethopteris decurrens
  • †Alethopteris lonchitica
  • †Alethopteris valida
• †Amplexus
• †Annularia
  • †Annularia asteris
  • †Annularia radiata
• †Archimedes
  • †Archimedes invaginatus
  • †Archimedes swallovanus
• †Asaphiscus
• †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa reticularis
• †Augustoceras
• †Bonneterrina – tentative report
  • †Brooksella alternata

• 

  Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites

  †Calamites
  • †Calamites suckowi
• †Callipteridium
• †Calymene
  • †Calymene celebra
• †Calyptaulax
• †Camarotoechia
• †Cincinnetina
  • †Cincinnetina meeki
  • †Cincinnetina multisecta
• †Columnaria
• †Constellaria
• †Coosella
• †Coosia
• †Cordaites
• †Cryptophragmus

• 

  Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras

  †Cyrtoceras
• †Dalmanitina
• †Dipleura
• †Elrathia
• †Elrathina – tentative report
• †Eospirifer
  • †Eospirifer radiatus
• †Favosites
  • †Favosites turbinatus
• †Flexicalymene
• †Gonioceras
• †Hallopora
• †Isotelus

• 

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

  †Lepidodendron
  • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
  • †Lepidodendron obovatum
• †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
  • †Platystrophia acutilirata

• 

  Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum

  †Pleurodictyum
• †Sigillaria
  • †Sigillaria elegans
• †Solenopora
  • †Solenopora compacta
• †Sowerbyella
• †Sphenophyllum
  • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
• †Sphenopteris
  • †Sphenopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris pottsvillea
• †Spirifer
  • †Spirifer grimesi
• †Stigmaria
• †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena incurvata
  • †Strophomena planumbona
• †Subulites
• †Tetradium

• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus

  †Tricrepicephalus
• †Valcouroceras

Mesozoic

Main article: List of the Mesozoic life of Georgia (U.S. state)

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Georgia

• Acirsa
• Acteon
• †Acteonella
• †Aenona

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea

  †Agerostrea
• †Allonia – type locality for genus
• Amauropsis
• †Ancilla
• †Anomia
• †Anomoeodus
• Appalachiosaurus
• †Arca
• Arrhoges
• Astarte

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites

  †Baculites
• †Bedellia – type locality for genus
• Botula
  • †Botula conchafodentis
  • †Botula ripleyana
• Brachidontes
• Cadulus
• Caestocorbula
  • †Caestocorbula crassaplica
  • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  • †Caestocorbula percompressa
  • †Caestocorbula suffalciata
  • †Caestocorbula terramaria
• †Calliomphalus
  • †Calliomphalus americanus
  • †Calliomphalus nudus
• †Caveola
• Cerithiella
  • †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form

• 

  A living Chiloscyllium longtail carpet shark

  Chiloscyllium
• Chiton
• Chlamys
• Cliona
• Corbula
• Crassostrea
• †Crenella
  • †Crenella elegantula
  • †Crenella serica

• 

  Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna

  †Cretolamna
  • †Cretolamna appendiculata
• Cucullaea
  • †Cucullaea capax
  • †Cucullaea littlei
• Cuspidaria
  • †Cuspidaria grandis
• Cylichna
  • †Cylichna diversilirata
  • †Cylichna incisa

• 

  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus

  †Deinosuchus
  • †Deinosuchus rugosus
• Dentalium
  • †Dentalium leve
• †Dolicholatirus
• Dromaeosauridae
• †Enchodus
  • †Enchodus petrosus
• †Eulima
  • †Eulima gracilistylis
  • †Eulima monmouthensis
• †Euspira

• 

  Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras

  †Eutrephoceras
• †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra costata
  • †Exogyra ponderosa
  • †Exogyra upatoiensis
• Gemmula
• Ginglymostoma
• Glossus
• Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris hamula
  • †Glycymeris rotundata

• 

  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus

  †Halisaurus
• †Hamulus
• Hadrosauroidea
• Hadrosauromorpha
• Heterodontus
• †Hybodus
• †Ischyrhiza
  • †Ischyrhiza mira
• Isognomon
• Lepisosteus
• Lima
• Limatula
• †Linearis
• †Linter
• †Lissodus
• Lithophaga
• Lopha
  • †Lopha falcata
  • †Lopha mesenterica
• Lophorhothon
• †Mathilda

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus

  †Megalocoelacanthus
  • †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
• †Modiolus
  • †Modiolus sedesclaris
  • †Modiolus sedesclarus
• †Morea
• Nerita
• Nozeba
• Nucula
  • †Nucula camia
  • †Nucula cuneifrons
  • †Nucula percrassa
  • †Nucula severnensis
• Ostrea
• Ornithomimidae
• Panopea
• †Paralbula
• † Paranomia
• Pholadomya
• †Pinna
• †Placenticeras
  • †Placenticeras benningi

• 

  Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus

  †Platecarpus
• Polinices
• †Prognathodon
• †Protocardia
• †Pseudocorax
  • †Pseudocorax affinis
• †Pteria
• †Pteridophyte
• †Pterotrigonia
  • †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
  • †Pterotrigonia cerulea
  • †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
  • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
• †Ptychodus
  • †Ptychodus mortoni
• †Ptychotrygon
  • †Ptychotrygon triangularis – or unidentified comparable form
• Pycnodonte
  • †Pycnodonte vesicularis
• †Regnellidium
• †Rhombodus
• Ringicula
  • †Ringicula clarki
• Rissoa
• †Scapanorhynchus
  • †Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
  • †Scapanorhynchus texanus
• Seila
• Serpula
• †Sphenodiscus

• 

  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax

  Squalicorax
  • †Squalicorax falcatus
  • †Squalicorax kaupi
• Squatina
• †Stephanodus
• Teinostoma
• Tellina
• †Tenea

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus

  †Thoracosaurus
• Trachycardium
  • †Trachycardium eufaulensis
• Turritella
  • †Turritella bilira
  • †Turritella hilgardi
  • †Turritella trilira
  • †Turritella vertebroides
• Xenophora

• 

  Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus

  †Xiphactinus
  • †Xiphactinus audax

Cenozoic

Main article: List of the Cenozoic life of Georgia (U.S. state)

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Georgia

• Abra
• Acanthocardia
• Acar

• 

  Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails

  Acteocina
• Aequipecten
• Aetobatus
  • †Aetobatus narinari
• Agassizia
• Agkistrodon
  • †Agkistrodon piscivorus
• Aix
  • †Aix sponsa
• Alligator

  • 

    A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator

    †Alligator mississippiensis
• 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 brasiliana
  • †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

    †Anolis carolinensis
• Anomia
  • †Anomia simplex
• Apalone
  • †Apalone ferox
• Arca
• Architectonica
• †Archosargus
  • †Archosargus probatocephalus
• Arius
• Asio
• Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature

• 

  An Astrangia stony coral

  Astrangia
  • †Astrangia danae
• Astreopora
• Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
• Atrina
• Aythya
  • †Aythya collaris
• Bairdiella
  • †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
• Balistes
• Barbatia
• Bartramia
  • †Bartramia longicauda

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus

  †Basilosaurus
  • †Basilosaurus cetoides
• Bison
  • †Bison bison – tentative report
• Bittium
• Blarina
  • †Blarina brevicauda
  • †Blarina carolinensis
• Bonasa
  • †Bonasa umbellus
  • †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
• Bucephala

  • 

    A living Bucephala albeola, or bufflehead

    †Bucephala albeola
• Bufo
  • †Bufo americanus
• †Burnhamia
• Bursa
• Busycon
  • †Busycon carica
• †Calippus
• Callista
• Calyptraea
  • †Calyptraea centralis
• Campanile
• Canis
  • †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
• Carcharhinus
  • †Carcharhinus leucas
  • †Carcharhinus macloti – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Carcharhinus obscurus
• Carcharias
  • †Carcharias taurus

• 

  A living Carcharodon shark

  Carcharodon
• Cardita
• Carditamera
• Carphophis
  • †Carphophis amoenus
• Carya
• Cassis
• Castor
  • †Castor canadensis
• †Castoroides
  • †Castoroides ohioensis
• Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
• Cerithiopsis
• Cerithium
  • †Cerithium georgianum
• Cervus
  • †Cervus elaphus
• Chama
• Chelydra
  • †Chelydra serpentina
• Chlamys
• Chlorostoma
• Clypeaster

• 

  Electron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga

  Coccolithus
• Colaptes
  • †Colaptes auratus
• Colinus
  • †Colinus virginianus
• Coluber
  • †Coluber constrictor
• Conepatus
  • †Conepatus leuconotus
• Conomitra
• Conus
• Coragyps
  • †Coragyps atratus
• Corbula
• Corvus
  • †Corvus brachyrhynchos

  • 

    A living Corvus corax, or common raven

    †Corvus corax
• Crassostrea
  • †Crassostrea virginica
• Crepidula
  • †Crepidula fornicata
• Crocodylus
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus horridus
• Crucibulum
• Cucullaea
• Cyanocitta
  • †Cyanocitta cristata
• Cygnus
  • †Cygnus columbianus
• †Cylindracanthus
• Cymatium

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus

  †Cynthiacetus
• Cypraea
• Dasyatis
• Dasypus
  • †Dasypus bellus
• Deirochelys
  • †Deirochelys reticularia
• Dentalium
• Diadophis
  • †Diadophis punctatus
• Diastoma
• Didelphis
  • †Didelphis marsupialis
  • †Didelphis virginiana
• Diodora
• Diploastrea
• †Discoaster
• Donax
  • †Donax variabilis

• 

  Dorsal and right lateral views of reconstructed skeleton of Dorudon atrox

  †Dorudon
  • †Dorudon serratus
• Dosinia
• Dryocopus
  • †Dryocopus pileatus
• †Ectopistes
  • †Ectopistes migratorius
• Edaphodon
• Elops
  • †Elops saurus
• Epitonium
• Eptesicus
  • †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
• Equus
  • †Equus simplicidens

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium

  †Eremotherium
  • †Eremotherium laurillardi
• Eschrichtius
  • †Eschrichtius robustus
• †Eucastor
• Eupleura
  • †Eupleura caudata
• Falco
  • †Falco sparverius
• Favites
• Felis
• †Fundulus
• Fusinus
• Galeocerdo
  • †Galeocerdo cuvier
• Galeorhinus
  • †Galeorhinus galeus
• Gari
• Gastrochaena
• Gemma
  • †Gemma purpurea

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus

  †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
  • †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
• Ginglymostoma
  • †Ginglymostoma cirratum
• Glycymeris
• Glyptemys
  • †Glyptemys insculpta
• Goniopora
• Gopherus
  • †Gopherus polyphemus
• Haustator

• 

  A living Hemipristis weasel shark

  Hemipristis
  • †Hemipristis curvatus
• Hesperisternia
• †Hesperotestudo
• Heterodon
  • †Heterodon platyrhinos
• Heterodontus
• Hexaplex
  • †Hexaplex fulvescens
• †Hippotherium

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale

  †Holmesina
• Hyla
  • †Hyla crucifer
• Isurus
  • †Isurus oxyrinchus
• Kinosternon
• †Lactophrys
• Laevicardium
• †Lagodon
  • †Lagodon rhomboides
• Lamna
• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
  • †Lampropeltis triangulum

• 

  A living Leopardus

  Leopardus
• Lepisosteus
• †Leptotragulus
• Lima
• †Linthia
• Liotia
• Liquidambar
• Lithophaga
• Littoraria
  • †Littoraria irrorata
• Lontra
  • †Lontra canadensis
• Lopha
• Lophelia
• Lophodytes

  • 

    A living Lophodytes cucullatus, or hooded merganser

    †Lophodytes cucullatus
• Lucina
• Lynx
  • †Lynx rufus
• Lyria
• Macrocallista
• Mactra
• Malaclemys
  • †Malaclemys terrapin
• †Mammut

  • 

    Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon

    †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
  • †Mammuthus columbi
• Margarites
• Marginella
• Marmota
  • †Marmota monax
• †Megalonyx
• †Megatherium
  • †Megatherium americanum
• Melanerpes
• Meleagris
  • †Meleagris gallopavo
• Melongena
  • †Melongena corona
• Mephitis
  • †Mephitis mephitis
• Mercenaria
  • †Mercenaria mercenaria
• Meretrix
• Mesalia
• Microtus
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • †Microtus pinetorum

• 

  Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah

  †Miracinonyx
  • †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
• Mitra
• Modiolus
• †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
• Mugil
• Mulinia
  • †Mulinia lateralis
• Mustela
  • †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
• Myliobatis

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus

  †Mylohyus
  • †Mylohyus fossilis
• Myotis
  • †Myotis grisescens – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Myotis lucifugus – or unidentified comparable form
• Nassarius
  • †Nassarius acutus
• Natica
• Nebrius
• Negaprion
  • †Negaprion brevirostris
  • †Negaprion eurybathrodon
• †Neochoerus
  • †Neochoerus aesopi
  • †Neochoerus pinckneyi – or unidentified comparable form
• Neofiber
  • †Neofiber alleni
• Neomonachus

  • 

    Illustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal

    †Neomonachus tropicalis
• Neotoma
  • †Neotoma floridana
• Nerita
• Neritina
• Nerodia
  • †Nerodia fasciata
  • †Nerodia sipedon
• Neverita
• Notophthalmus
  • †Notophthalmus viridescens
• Nucula
  • †Nucula proxima
• Nummulites
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus

• 

  Fossil teeth of Odontaspis winkleri from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 mya

  Odontaspis
• Oliva
  • †Oliva sayana
• Ondatra
  • †Ondatra zibethicus
• †Ontocetus
  • †Ontocetus emmonsi
• †Opsanus
• Oryzomys
  • †Oryzomys palustris
• Ostrea
• †Otodus
• Otus
  • †Otus asio
• †Palaeolama
• †Palaeophis
• Panopea
• Panthera
  • †Panthera onca

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon

  †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani
• Pecten
• Pekania
  • †Pekania pennanti
• Periglypta
• Peromyscus
  • †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Peromyscus polionotus – or unidentified comparable form
• Persicula
• Persististrombus
• Petricola
  • †Petricola pholadiformis
• Phyllodus

• 

  A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale

  Physeter
• †Physeterula
• †Physogaleus
• Pica
  • †Pica pica
• Picoides
  • †Picoides villosus
• Pipistrellus
  • †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
• Pitar
• Pituophis
• Placopecten
  • †Placopecten magellanicus
• Planorbis

• 

  Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).

  †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
• Plethodon
  • †Plethodon glutinosus – or unidentified comparable form
• Pleuromeris
  • †Pleuromeris tridentata
• Plicatula
• Podilymbus
  • †Podilymbus podiceps
• Pogonias
  • †Pogonias cromis
• †Potamides
• Prionotus
• Pristis
• Procyon
  • †Procyon lotor
• Pseudacris
  • †Pseudacris ornata
• Pseudemys
  • †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Replica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse Pseudhipparion

  †Pseudhipparion
• Pseudotriton
  • †Pseudotriton ruber
• Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Pterynotus
• Puma
  • †Puma concolor
• Quercus
• Raja
• †Raja
• †Rana
  • †Rana catesbeiana
  • †Rana pipiens
• Rangia
• Rangifer

  • 

    A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer

    †Rangifer tarandus
• Rapana
• †Regina
• Rhinobatos
• Rhinoptera
• Rhizoprionodon
  • †Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
• Sayornis
  • †Sayornis phoebe
• Scalopus
  • †Scalopus aquaticus
• Sceloporus
  • †Sceloporus undulatus
• Schizaster
• Schizoporella
• Sciurus
  • †Sciurus carolinensis
• †Scoliodon
• Scolopax
  • †Scolopax minor

• 

  Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks

  Scyliorhinus
• Semele – tentative report
• Siderastrea
• Sigmodon
  • †Sigmodon hispidus
• Sinum
• Siren
  • †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
• Solemya
• Sorex
  • †Sorex cinereus
  • †Sorex fumeus
• Sphyraena
• Sphyrna

  • 

    A living Sphyrna tiburo, or bonnethead shark

    †Sphyrna tiburo
  • †Sphyrna zygaena
• Spilogale
  • †Spilogale putorius
• Spisula
• Spizella
  • †Spizella passerina
• Spondylus
• Squatina
• Sternotherus

• 

  Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia

  †Striatolamia
• Strioterebrum
• Strombus
• Stylophora
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus floridanus
  • †Sylvilagus palustris
  • †Sylvilagus transitionalis
• Synaptomys
  • †Synaptomys cooperi
• Synodus
• Tamias – type locality for genus
  • †Tamias aristus – type locality for species
• Tapirus
  • †Tapirus veroensis
• Taxodium
• Teinostoma

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras

  †Teleoceras
• Tellina
• Teredo
• Terrapene
  • †Terrapene carolina
• Thamnophis
  • †Thamnophis sirtalis
• Trachemys
  • †Trachemys scripta
• Trachycardium
• Trachyphyllia – tentative report

• 

  A living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear

  Tremarctos
  • †Tremarctos floridanus
• †Triaenodon
• Trichiurus
• Trochita
• Turris
• Turritella
• Tympanuchus
  • †Tympanuchus cupido
• Ulmus
• Urocyon
  • †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Ursus
  • †Ursus americanus
• Venericardia
• Xenophora
  • †Xenophora conchyliophora
• Yoldia
• Zapus

  • 

    A living Zapus hudsonius, or meadow jumping mouse

    †Zapus hudsonius

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.