This list of the prehistoric life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the country of Alabama.
Precambrian
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Paleozoic fossils in Alabama.
Mesozoic
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Alabama.
Cenozoic
edit- †Aepyceros – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anancus
- †Antidorcas – or unidentified comparable form
- †Antidorcas
- †Archaeopotamus
- †Ardea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arius
- †Arvicanthis
- †Australopithecus
- †Bagrus
- †Bohlinia
- †Bohlinia adoumi – type locality for species
- †Ceratotherium
- †Ceratotherium praecox – or unidentified comparable form
- †Clarotes
- †Crocodylus
- †Diceros – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dinofelis
- †Enhydriodon
- †Ephippiorhynchus
- †Eurygnathohippus
- †Eurygnathohippus afarense – or unidentified related form
- †Eurygnathohippus afarense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eurygnathohippus hasumense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Euthecodon
- †Euthecodon brumpti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Euthecodon nitriae – or unidentified comparable form
- †Felis
- †Gazella
- †Geochelone
- †Giraffa
- †Giraffa gracilis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Giraffa jumae – or unidentified comparable form
- †Gymnarchus
- †Hexaprotodon – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hexaprotodon
- †Hexaprotodon garyam – type locality for species
- †Hexaprotodon mingoz – type locality for species
- †Hexaprotodon mingoz – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
- †Hexaprotodon sp.
- †Hipparion
- †Hipparion abudhabiense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hipparion sp.
- †Hippopotamus
- †Hyaena
- †Hyaenictitherium
- †Hyaenictitherium hyaenoides – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hydrocynus
- †Hystrix
- †Ictitherium
- †Kobus
- †Kobus sp.
- †Kobus sp. large tail nov.sp.Ainformal
- †Kobus sp. tail moyenne,nov.sp.Binformal
- †Kolpochoerus
- †Labeo
- †Lates
- †Libycosaurus
- †Loxodonta
- †Loxodonta exoptata – or unidentified related form
- †Loxodonta exoptata
- †Loxodonta sp.
- †Lycyaena
- †Machairodus
- †Machairodus giganteus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Machairodus kabir – type locality for species
- †Notochoerus
- †Nyanzachoerus
- †Orycteropus
- †Orycteropus abundulafus – type locality for species
- †Orycteropus djourabensis – type locality for species
- †Orycteropus gaudryi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Palaeoryx – or unidentified related form
- †Paracamelus
- †Parmularius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Parmularius sp. – type locality for species
- †Phalacrocorax
- †Polypterus
- †Praeanthropus
- †Primelephas
- †Primelephas korotorensis – type locality for species
- †Primelephas korotorensis – or unidentified related form
- †Primelephas korotorensis
- †Protoryx – or unidentified related form
- † Python
- †Python sebae – or unidentified related form
- †Python sebae – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rimasuchus
- †Sahelanthropus – type locality for genus
- †Sahelanthropus tchadensis – type locality for species
- †Serengetilagus
- †Serengetilagus precapensis – or unidentified related form
- †Simatherium – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sindacharax – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sindarcharax
- †Sivatherium
- †Sivatherium hendeyi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sivatherium sp.
- †Stegodibelodon – type locality for genus
- †Stegodibelodon schneideri – type locality for species
- †Stegodon
- †Syncerus
- †Synodontis
- †Tetraodon
- †Tomistoma – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tomistoma
- †Trionyx
- †Varanus
- †Varanus niloticus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Varanus sp.
- †Xerus
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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