List of the Cenozoic life of Alabama

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This list of the Cenozoic life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A[]

  • Abdounia
    • Abdounia recticona
  • Abra
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle
    Acanthocardia
  • Acanthodesia
  • Accipiter
    • Accipiter striatus
  • Acirsa
  • Aclis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Living Acropora coral
    Acropora
  • Acteocina
  • Acteon
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Adeorbis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Aequipecten
  • A living Aetobatus eagle ray
    Aetobatus
  • Agaronia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Alaba
  • Albula
    • – or unidentified related form
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • – tentative report
  • Allomorone – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Alopias, or thresher shark
    Alopias
  • Ambystoma
  • Ampheristus
    • – type locality for species
  • Ampullina
  • Amusium
  • Anas
    • Anas crecca
    • Living female (left) and male (right) Anas platyrhynchos, or mallard ducks
      Anas platyrhynchos
  • Ancilla
  • Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Angulus
  • Anodontia
  • Anolis
    • Anolis carolinensis
  • Anomia
  • A shell of an Antalis tusk shell
    Antalis
  • Antropora
  • Apalone
    • Apalone spinifera
  • Aphelops
  • Aplodinotus – tentative report
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • – type locality for species
  • Aporrhais
    • – type locality for species
  • Arca
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail
    Architectonica
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
    Arctodus
    • Arctodus simus
  • Area
  • Argobuccinum
  • Argyrotheca
    • – type locality for species
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve
    Astarte
  • Asthenotoma
  • Astrangia
    • – type locality for species
  • Astyris
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the volute sea snail Athleta
    Athleta
  • Atrina
  • Restoration of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
    Aturia
    • Aturia alabamensis
  • Atys
  • Aythya
    • Aythya collaris
    • Aythya valisineria – or unidentified comparable form

B[]

  • Bactridium
  • Baculites
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Balanophyllia stony coral
    Balanophyllia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Balanus
  • Three fossilized shells of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene marine bivalve Baluchicardia
    Baluchicardia
  • Barbatia
  • Barnea
  • Bartramia
    • Bartramia longicauda
  • Life restoration of a pod of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
    Basilosaurus
    • Basilosaurus cetoides
  • Basterotia
    • – tentative report
  • Bathytoma
    • Bathytoma nonplicata – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Belosaepia
  • Bison
    • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison antiquus, or ancient bison
      Bison antiquus
  • Bittium
  • Blarina
    • Blarina carolinensis
  • Bonasa
    • Bonasa umbellus
  • Bonellitia
  • Botula
    • Botula carolinensis
  • Brachidontes
  • – tentative report
  • Branta
    • A living Branta canadensis, or Canada goose
      Branta canadensis
  • Bufo
    • A living Anaxyrus americanus (formerly Bufo americanus), or American toad
      Bufo americanus
    • Bufo woodhousei
  • Bullia
    • – tentative report
  • Burnhamia
  • Fossilized shell in multiple views of a Busycon sea snail
    Busycon

C[]

  • Cadulus
  • Caestocorbula
  • Callianassa
  • A living Calliostoma top sea snail
    Calliostoma
  • Callista
  • Callopora
    • – type locality for species
  • Calyptraea
  • Campanile
  • Cancellaria
    • Cancellaria costata
  • Canis
    • A living Canis rufus, or red wolf
      Canis rufus
  • Cantharus
  • Capulus
  • Carcharhinus
  • A living Carcharias sand tiger shark
    Carcharias
  • Cardium – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature; see Cerastoderma
  • Carphophis
  • Caryocorbula
  • Caryophyllia
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides
    Castoroides
  • Catenicella
  • Catoptrophorus
    • Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  • Celleporaria
    • – type locality for species
  • Celleporina
  • Centroberyx
  • Illustration of a shell of a Cerithiella cerith sea snail
    Cerithiella
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Cerithium – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Cervus
    • A living Cervus elaphus, or red deer
      Cervus elaphus
  • Chama
  • Charonia
  • Chiton
  • Fossillized shell of a Chlamys bivalve
    Chlamys
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Chlorophthalmus greeneye fish
    Chlorophthalmus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • – type locality for species
  • Chrysemys
    • Chrysemys picta
  • Chrysodomus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Cibicides
  • Cidaris
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Cirsotrema
  • Clava – or unidentified comparable form
  • Clavatula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Pliocene spindle sea snail Clavilithes
    Clavilithes
  • Clavus
  • Cliona
  • Closia
  • A living Clypeaster, or sea biscuit
    Clypeaster
  • Cochlespira
  • Codakia – tentative report
  • Colinus
    • A living Colinus virginianus, or northern bobwhite
      Colinus virginianus
  • Coluber
    • Coluber constrictor
  • Columbellopsis
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Conomitra
  • Conopeum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Conorbis
  • Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail
    Conus
  • Corbicula – tentative report
  • Corbula
  • Cordieria
  • Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion
    Cormohipparion
  • Corvina
  • Corvus
    • Corvus corax
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Coryphodon
    • – type locality for species
  • Crassatella
  • Crassinella
  • Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea
    Crassostrea
    • Crassostrea alabamiensis
  • Crenella
  • Crepidula
  • Creseis
  • Crisia
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Eocene moon sea snail Crommium
    Crommium
  • Crotalus
    • Crotalus horridus
  • Cryptobranchus
    • Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
    • Cucullaea gigantea
  • Cultellus
  • Cuspidaria
  • A living Cyanocitta jay
    Cyanocitta
    • Cyanocitta cristata
    • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Cyclostremiscus
    • informal
  • Cygnus
  • Cylichna
  • Cylindracanthus
  • Cyllene – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus
    Cynthiacetus
  • Cypraea
  • Cypraedia
  • Cypraeorbis
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cytherella
  • Cytherideis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species

D[]

  • Daphnella
  • Dasyatis
  • A living Dasypus, or long-nosed armadillo
    Dasypus
    • Dasypus bellus
  • Dendrophyllia
    • – type locality for species
  • Dentalium
  • Desmognathus
    • A living Desmognathus ochrophaeus, or Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander
      Desmognathus ochrophaeus
  • Diadophis
    • Diadophis punctatus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Dichocoenia
    • – type locality for species
  • Dinematichthys
    • – type locality for species
  • Dinohyus
    • Dinohyus hollandi – or unidentified related form
  • Diodon – tentative report
  • Diodora
  • Diplodonta
  • Discorbis
  • Distorsio
  • Dolicholatirus – tentative report
  • Donax
  • Dorsanum
  • Dosinia – tentative report
  • Dumetella
    • A living Dumetella carolinensis, or gray catbird
      Dumetella carolinensis

E[]

  • Echinocyamus
  • Echinolampas
  • Echinopsis – tentative report
  • Ectopistes
    • Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon
      Ectopistes migratorius
  • Egertonia
  • Elaphe
    • Elaphe guttata – or unidentified comparable form
    • Elaphe vulpina
  • Elimia
  • Shell of an Emarginula keyhole limpet
    Emarginula
  • Endopachys – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Entalophora
  • Eopleurotoma
  • Eosurcula
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon
    Epicyon
    • Epicyon haydeni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Epilucina
  • Epitonium
  • Eptesicus
    • A living Eptesicus fuscus, or big brown bat
      Eptesicus fuscus
  • Equus
  • Ervilia
  • Shells in differing orientations of the parasitic sea snail Eulima
    Eulima
  • Eulimella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Eupleura
  • Eurhodia
  • Close-up of the head of a living Eurycea, or brook salamander
    Eurycea
  • Eurytellina
    • – tentative report
  • Euspira
  • Shells in differing orientations of Euthria whelks
    Euthria
  • Eutrephoceras
    • – type locality for species
  • Evalea
  • Exilia
    • – type locality for species
  • Exogyra
    • Exogyra costata

F[]

  • Falco
    • A living Falco sparverius, or American kestrel
      Falco sparverius
  • Fibularia
  • Ficopsis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fimbria
  • Shell of a Fissurella keyhole limpet
    Fissurella
  • Flabellum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fulgurofusus
  • Fustiaria

G[]

    • – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
  • A living Galeocerdo requiem shark
    Galeocerdo
    • Galeocerdo alabamensis – type locality for species
    • Galeocerdo clarkensis – type locality for species
  • Galeodea
  • Galeorhinus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Gari
  • Gastrochaena
  • Gavia
    • A living Gavia immer, or common loon
      Gavia immer
  • Gegania
  • Gemma
  • Genota
  • Geodia
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus
    Georgiacetus
    • Georgiacetus vogtlensis
  • Gigantostrea
  • Gilbertia
  • A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark
    Ginglymostoma
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Glossus
  • – tentative report
  • Glycymeris
  • Glyptoactis
  • Goniopora
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Graptemys
    • A living Graptemys geographica, or northern map turtle
      Graptemys geographica
  • Grus
  • Gyroidina

H[]

  • – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Haliaeetus
    • Haliaeetus leucocephalus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Haliris
  • Hamulus
  • Hastula
  • Haustator
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Hemipristis weasel shark
    Hemipristis
    • Hemipristis curvatus
    • – type locality for species
  • Hemisurcula
  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
  • Heterodon
    • Heterodon platirhinos – or unidentified comparable form
  • Heterodontus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern murex sea snail Hexaplex
    Hexaplex
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Hippomenella
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Hipponix, or hoof sea snail
    Hipponix
  • Hippoporella
    • – type locality for species
  • Hyla
    • A living Hyla gratiosa, or barking tree frog
      Hyla gratiosa
  • Hyposaurus
    • Hyposaurus rogersii

I[]

  • Idmonea
  • Fossilized shell of the Permian-modern marine bivalve Isognomon
    Isognomon

J[]

K[]

  • Fossilized "worm" tube, possibly of the Oligocene-modern shipworm marine bivalve genus Kuphus
    Kuphus

L[]

  • Lacazella
    • – type locality for species
  • Lacerna
  • Lacunaria
  • Laevicardium
    • – type locality for species
  • A modern Lamna mackerel shark
    Lamna
    • – type locality for species
  • Lampropeltis
    • Lampropeltis getulus
    • Lampropeltis triangulum
  • Two views of a shell of a Latirus sea snail
    Latirus
  • Ledina
  • Leiosella
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lepton
  • Lichenopora
  • Limacina
  • Living Limaria, or file shells
    Limaria
  • Limopsis
  • Linga
  • Linthia
    • – type locality for species
  • A modern Linuparus spiny lobster
    Linuparus
  • Lithophaga
  • Lithophyllum red algae
    Lithophyllum – tentative report
  • Lithothamnion – tentative report
  • Longchaeus
  • Fossilized shell of the Triassic-modern marine bivalve Lopha
    Lopha
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Lucina
    • – type locality for species
  • Lynx
    • A living Lynx rufus, or bobcat
      Lynx rufus
  • Lyria

M[]

  • Interior and exterior of a shell of a Macoma tellin
    Macoma
  • Macrocallista
  • Madracis
    • – type locality for species
  • Mammut
    • Mammut americanum
  • Mammuthus
    • Painting of a family of mammoths walking
      Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909).
      Mammuthus columbi
  • Margaretta
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Marginella
  • Martesia
  • Mastigophora
  • Mathilda
  • Mecynoecia
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx
    Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
  • Melanella
  • Melanerpes
    • Melanerpes carolinus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Melanopsis
  • Meleagris
    • A wild male Meleagris gallopavo, or turkey, displaying his facial coloration and tail feathers to attract a female
      Meleagris gallopavo
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Membranipora
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
  • Meretrix
  • Mergus
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of Mesalia tower sea snail
    Mesalia
    • – type locality for species
  • Mesophyllum
    • – type locality for species
  • Metula
  • Michela
    • – type locality for species
  • Microdrillia
  • Micropora
  • Microtus
    • A living Microtus pennsylvanicus, or meadow vole
      Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mitrella
  • Mitrolumna
  • Mnestia
  • Modiolus
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Murex sea snail
    Murex
  • Murexiella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Myliobatis
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
    Mylohyus
    • Mylohyus fossilis
  • Myotis
    • Myotis lucifugus

N[]

  • Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
    Nannippus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Narona
  • Nassarius
  • Natica
  • Naticarius
  • Nebrius
  • A living Negaprion, or lemon shark
    Negaprion
  • Nemipterus
    • – type locality for species
  • Nemocardium
  • Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Neohipparion
  • Neotoma
    • Neotoma floridana
  • Neritina
  • Nerodia
  • Neverita
  • Niso
  • Norrisia
  • Nucula
  • Nuculana
    • – tentative report
  • Nycticeius
    • A living Nycticeius humeralis, or evening bat
      Nycticeius humeralis

O[]

  • Oculina – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Odocoileus
    • Odocoileus virginianus
  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
    • – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
  • Illustration of a shell of Odostomia sea snails (reddish)
    Odostomia
  • Oliva
  • Olivella
  • Opheodrys
    • A living Opheodrys aestivus, or rough green snake
      Opheodrys aestivus
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
    Ostrea
  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene–Miocene shark Otodus
    Otodus
    • Otodus angustidens
  • Otus
    • Otus asio
  • Oxyrhina

P[]

  • Pachecoa
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis
    Palaeophis
  • Panopea
  • Panthera
    • A living Panthera onca, or jaguar
      Panthera onca
  • Papillina
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pasithea
  • Pecten
  • Pediomeryx
  • Pekania
    • Pekania pennanti
  • Fossilized shell of a Pelecyora venus clam
    Pelecyora
  • Penion
  • Periploma
    • – type locality for species
  • Peromyscus
  • Petricola
  • Petrophyllia
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Phalium, or bonnet shell sea snail
    Phalium
  • Philine
  • Pholadomya
  • Pholas
  • Shell of a Phos nassa mud snail
    Phos
    • – tentative report
  • Phyllodus
  • Pica
    • Pica pica
  • Picoides
    • Picoides villosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pinna
  • Pipistrellus
  • Piranga
    • Piranga olivacea – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shell of a Pitar venus clam
    Pitar
  • Plagiobrissus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Planaria
    Planaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Planorbis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pleiolama
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Plethodon
    • A living Plethodon glutinosus, or northern slimy salamander
      Plethodon glutinosus
  • Pleurofusia
  • Pleuromeris
  • Pleurostoma
  • Fossilized shell of a Pleurotomaria slit snail
    Pleurotomaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Pleurotomella
  • – tentative report
  • Plicatula
  • Podilymbus
    • Podilymbus podiceps
  • Poirieria
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
    Polinices
  • Polyschides
  • Pomatodelphis
  • Pontogeneus
  • Porella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Porina
    • – type locality for species
  • Potamides – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • A living Pristis sawfish
    Pristis
    • Pristis lathami
  • Proboscina
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Propeamussium
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Protocardia
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus
    Protohippus
  • Prunum
  • Pseudemys
  • Shell in multiple views of a Pseudolatirus spindle sea snail
    Pseudolatirus
  • Pseudoliva
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pteria
  • Pterosphenus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a living Pterothrissus gissu, or Japanese gissu
    Pterothrissus
  • Pterynotus
  • Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
    Pycnodonte
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Pyramidella
  • Pyrgulina

Q[]

  • Quinqueloculina
    • – tentative report
  • Quiscalus
    • A living Quiscalus quiscula, or common grackle
      Quiscalus quiscula

R[]

  • Raja
  • Rana
    • Rana catesbeiana
    • Rana pipiens
  • Rangifer
    • A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
      Rangifer tarandus
  • Raphitoma
    • Raphitoma venusta
    • – type locality for species
  • Reithrodontomys
  • Living Reteporella bryozoan ("moss animal")
    Reteporella
    • – type locality for species
  • Retusa
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Rhinobatos guitar fish
    Rhinobatos
  • Rhinoclavis
  • Rhinoptera
  • Rhizoprionodon
  • A living Rhynchoconger conger eel
    Rhynchoconger
  • Rimella
  • Ringicula
  • Fossilized shells of the sea snail Rissoina
    Rissoina
    • – tentative report
  • Rostellaria
  • Rotularia

S[]

  • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
  • Sassia
  • Sayornis
    • A living Sayornis phoebe, or eastern phoebe
      Sayornis phoebe – or unidentified comparable form
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Scaphander
  • Scaphella
  • Sceptrum
  • Fossil of the Paleocene-recent heart urchin Schizaster
    Schizaster
    • – type locality for species
  • Schizoporella
    • – type locality for species
  • Scintilla
  • Scolopax
    • A living Scolopax minor, or American woodcock
      Scolopax minor
  • Scrupocellaria
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks
    Scyliorhinus
    • – type locality for species
  • Seila
  • Semele
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Serpula, or calcareous tubeworm
    Serpula
    • – tentative report
  • Serpulorbis
  • Siderastrea
    • – type locality for species
  • Sigatica
  • – tentative report
  • Several views of the shell of a Sinum moon snail
    Sinum
  • Siphonalia
  • Siphonochelus
  • Skena
  • Skenea
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon mounted in a climbing posture
    Smilodon
    • Smilodon fatalis
  • Smittina
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Smittipora
  • Solariella
  • Modern specimen of the marine bivalve Solemya
    Solemya
  • Sorex
    • – type locality for species
  • Sphyraena – tentative report
  • A living Sphyrna hammerhead shark
    Sphyrna
    • – type locality for species
  • Spilogale – tentative report
    • Spilogale putorius
  • Spirorbis
  • Spirorbula – tentative report
  • Spisula
  • Shell of a Spondylus, or spiny oyster
    Spondylus
    • – type locality for species
  • Steginoporella
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Sterna tern
    Sterna
  • Stomachetosella
  • Storeria
  • Striarca – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia
    Striatolamia
  • Strioturbonilla
  • Strix
    • Strix varia – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Strombus
  • Stylophora
  • Sveltella
  • Sveltia
  • Sylvilagus
  • Life restoration of the Miocene even-toed ungulate Synthetoceras
    Fossilized cranium of the Miocene even-toed ungulate Synthetoceras
    Synthetoceras
    • – type locality for species
    • Synthetoceras tricornatus – or unidentified comparable form

T[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Tapirus
  • Teinostoma
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Tellina
  • Temnocidaris – tentative report
  • Tenagodus
  • – tentative report
  • Shell of a Terebra augur sea snail
    Terebra
  • Terebratulina
    • informal
  • Teredo
  • Textularia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Thamnophis
    • A living Thamnophis sirtalis, or common garter snake
      Thamnophis sirtalis
  • Thecidellina
    • – type locality for species
  • Thiara
  • Tibiella
  • Tornus
    • – type locality for species
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • – type locality for species
  • Living Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, or open brain coral
    Trachyphyllia
  • Trichiurides
  • Trichiurus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Shell of a Trigonostoma nutmeg sea snail
    Trigonostoma
  • Trinacria
  • Trionyx
  • Triphora
  • Tripia
  • Trochita
  • Trochocyathus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell in multiple views of a Trochus top sea snail
    Trochus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Trophon
    • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Turbinella, or chank
    Turbinella – or unidentified related form
  • Turbinolia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Turbo – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Turbonilla
  • Turdus
    • A living Turdus migratorius, or American robin
      Turdus migratorius
  • Turricula
  • Turris
  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tylocidaris
    • – type locality for species
  • Tympanuchus
    • A living Tympanuchus cupido, or greater prairie chicken
      Tympanuchus cupido

U[]

  • Umbonula
  • Umbraculum
  • Ursus
    • A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear
      Ursus americanus

V[]

  • Venericardia
  • Verticordia
    • – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a shell of a Vitrinella sea snail
    Vitrinella
  • Volvariella

W[]

X[]

Y[]

Z[]

    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza
    Zygorhiza
    • Zygorhiza kochii – type locality for species

References[]

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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