List of the Cenozoic life of Florida

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

A[]

    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Abra
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle
    Acanthocardia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Acanthochitona
  • Acar
  • Accipiter
    • Accipiter cooperii
    • Living adult (center) and chick (lower right) Accipiter striatus, or sharp-shinned hawks
      Accipiter striatus
  • Acer
    • Acer rubrum
    • – type locality for species
  • Acmaturris
  • Acris
    • Acris gryllus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Acritohippus
    Acritohippus
    • Acritohippus isonesus
  • Acropora
    • Acropora cervicornis
    • Acropora palmata
    • – type locality for species
  • Acrosterigma
  • Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails
    Acteocina
    • Acteocina canaliculata
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Acteon
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Actitis macularius, or spotted sandpiper
    Actitis
    • Actitis macularia
  • Aegolius
    • Aegolius acadicus
  • Aelurodon
    • Aelurodon taxoides
  • Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Aepycamelus
    • Aepycamelus major
  • Aequipecten
  • Aesopus
  • Aetobatus
    • A living Aetobatus narinari, or spotted eagle ray
      Aetobatus narinari
  • Agaricia
    • Agaricia agaricites
  • Agaronia
    • – type locality for species
  • Agassizia
  • Agatrix
  • Agelaius
    • A living Agelaius phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird
      Agelaius phoeniceus
  • Agkistrodon
    • Agkistrodon piscivorus
  • Agladrillia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Agnotocastor
  • Fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pleistocene bear Agriotherium
    Agriotherium
    • – type locality for species
  • Aix
    • Aix sponsa
    • – type locality for species
  • Ajaia
    • Ajaia ajaja
    • – type locality for species
  • Alaba
    • – type locality for species
  • Alabina
  • Alca – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Restorative model of the Miocene deer relative Aletomeryx
    Aletomeryx
    • Aletomeryx gracilis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Alligator
    • Alligator mississipiensis
    • Alligator mississippiensis
    • Alligator olseni – type locality for species
  • Alnus
  • Alosa
    • – type locality for species
  • Alveopora
    • – type locality for species
  • Amauropsis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Ambystoma
    • Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932).
    Amebelodon
  • Americardia
    • – type locality for species
    • Americardia media
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Amia, or bowfin
    Amia
    • Amia calva
  • Ammodramus
    • Ammodramus maritimus
    • Ammodramus savannarum
  • Amnicola
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Amphicyon
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene saber-toothed cat Amphimachairodus
    Amphimachairodus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amphiroa
  • Amphistegina
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amphiuma
    • A living Amphiuma means, or two-toed amphiuma
      Amphiuma means
  • Amplibuteo
    • – type locality for species
    • Amplibuteo woodwardi
  • Ampullina
  • Ampullinopsis
    • – type locality for species
  • Amusium
  • Anabernicula
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shell of an Anachis dove sea snail
    Anachis
  • Anadara
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Shell of an Anadara floridana, or cut-ribbed ark clam
      Anadara floridana
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
    • Anadara ovalis
    • – type locality for species
    • Shell of an Anadara transversa, or transverse ark clam
      Anadara transversa
    • Anadara trapezia
    • Anadara tuberculosa
    • – type locality for species
  • Anas
    • Anas acuta
    • Anas americana
    • Anas carolinensis
    • Anas clypeata
    • Anas crecca
    • A living Spatula cyanoptera, or cinnamon teal
      Anas cyanoptera – or unidentified comparable form
    • Anas discors
    • Anas fulvigula
    • – type locality for species
    • Anas platyrhynchos
    • Anas rubripes
    • Anas strepera
  • Anatina
    • Anatina anatina
  • Fossilized limb bones, and teeth of the Miocene three-toed horse Anchitherium (left)
    Anchitherium
    • – type locality for species
  • Ancilla
  • Angulus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Anhinga
    • Anhinga anhinga
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Anodonta
  • Anodontia
    • Anodontia alba
  • Anolis
    • Living male (on top) and female (bottom, with white stripe down her back) Anolis carolinensis, or Carolina anoles
      Anolis carolinensis
    • informal
    • informal
  • Anomalocardia
    • Anomalocardia brasiliana
  • Anomia
    • – type locality for species
    • Anomia simplex
  • A shell of an Antalis tusk shell
    Antalis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Anticlimax
  • Antigona
  • – tentative report
  • Shell of an Antillophos nassa mud snail
    Antillophos
    • Antillophos candeanus – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Antillophyllia
    • – type locality for species
  • Antropora
  • Antrozous
  • Aorotrema
    • Aorotrema cistronium
  • Apalone
    • Apalone ferox
  • Aphelocoma
    • Aphelocoma coerulescens
  • Aphelops
  • Aphera
  • Aquila
    • – type locality for species
    • A living Aquila chrysaetos, or golden eagle
      Aquila chrysaetos
  • – tentative report[1]
    • – type locality for species. Formerly classified as . May warrant creation of new genus altogether.[1]
  • Aramides
    • Aramides cajanea
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Aramus
    • Aramus guarauna
  • Arbacia
  • Arca
    • Arca imbricata
    • Interior of the shell of an Arca zebra, or turkey wing ark clam
      Arca zebra
  • Archaeohippus
    • – type locality for species
  • Archimediella
  • A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail
    Architectonica
  • Archosargus
    • Archosargus probatocephalus
  • Arcinella
    • Arcinella arcinella
    • Arcinella cornuta
  • Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
    Arctodus
    • Arctodus pristinus
  • Arctonasua
    • – type locality for species
  • Ardea
    • Ardea herodias
    • – type locality for species
  • Ardeola
  • Argobuccinum – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Argopecten
    • – type locality for species
    • Argopecten gibbus
    • A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians), or Atlantic bay scallop
      Argopecten irradians
    • – type locality for species
  • Arius
    • – type locality for species
  • Arossia
  • Asaphis
  • Asio
    • A living Asio flammeus, or Short-eared owl
      Asio flammeus
  • Aspella
    • Aspella senex – type locality for species
  • Assiminea
  • Astarte
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    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Asterosmilia
  • Shell of a Lithopoma phoebium (formerly Astraea phoebia), or longspine star shell sea snail, inhabited by a hermit crab
    Astraea
  • Astralium
    • Astralium phoebium
  • Astrangia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Astrohippus
  • Astyris
    • Astyris lunata
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the volute sea snail Athleta
    Athleta
    • – type locality for species
  • Atractosteus
    • Atractosteus spatula
  • Atrina
  • Attiliosa
    • Attiliosa aldridgei
  • Restoration of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
    Aturia
    • Aturia alabamensis
  • Atys
  • Axelella
    • – type locality for species
  • Aythya
    • Aythya affinis
    • Aythya americana
    • Aythya collaris
    • Aythya marila
    • Aythya valisineria
  • Aztlanolagus

B[]

  • Babelomurex
  • Bactridium
  • Bailya
    • Bailya intricata
  • Baiomys
  • Bairdiella
    • Bairdiella chrysoura
  • Balaenoptera
    • Illustration of a living Balaenoptera acutorostrata, or common minke whale
      Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    • – type locality for species
  • Balanus
    • Balanus improvisus – or unidentified related form
    • Balanus trigonus
  • A living Balistes triggerfish
    Balistes
  • Barbatia
    • Barbatia candida
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Barbourofelis
  • Bartschella
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Basiliscus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
    Basilosaurus
    • Basilosaurus cetoides
    • – type locality for species
  • Basterotia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Shells of Batillaria mudcreeper snails
    Batillaria
    • – type locality for species
  • Batrachosauroides
  • Bela
    • Bela nassoides – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Bellucina
  • Benzoin
    • Benzoin melissaefolium – or unidentified comparable form
  • Biomphalaria
    • Biomphalaria havanensis
  • Bison
    • Bison antiquus
    • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison
      Bison latifrons
  • Bittiolum
    • Bittiolum varium
  • Bittium
    • – type locality for species
  • Bivetopsia
  • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Blarina
    • Blarina brevicauda
    • Blarina carolinensis
  • Life restoration of the Miocene musk deer Blastomeryx. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Blastomeryx
  • Boa
    • Boa constrictor – type locality for species
  • Bonasa
    • Bonasa umbellus
  • Boonea
    • Boonea seminuda
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of two of the Miocene-Pliocene bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964).
    Borophagus
    • Borophagus diversidens
    • Borophagus hilli
    • Borophagus orc
    • Borophagus pugnator
  • Bostrycapulus
    • Bostrycapulus aculeatus
  • Botaurus
    • Botaurus lentiginosus
  • Bothriodon
  • Botula
    • Botula fusca
  • Brachidontes
    • Brachidontes exustus
  • Illustration of the shell of a Brachycythara sea snail
    Brachycythara
    • Brachycythara dasa – type locality for species
  • Brana
  • Branta
    • Branta canadensis
  • Brasenia
  • Brissopsis
  • Brissus
  • Bubo
    • A living Bubo virginianus, or great horned owl
      Bubo virginianus
  • Buccella
  • Buccinum
  • Bucephala
    • Bucephala albeola
  • Buchema
  • Bufo
    • – type locality for species
    • Bufo quercicus
    • Bufo terrestris
    • – type locality for species
    • Bufo woodhousei
  • Bulimina
  • A living Bulimulus land snail
    Bulimulus
  • Bulla
    • Bulla striata
  • Bullaria
  • Bursa
    • – type locality for species. Later reclassified in the genus .[1]
    • Bursa rhodostoma
    • Shell of a Bursa rugosa frog shell sea snail
      Bursa rugosa
  • Busycon
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Busycon carica
    • Shell in multiple views of a Sinistrofulgur perversum
      Busycon contrarium
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
    • Busycon perversum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Busycon sinistrum
  • Busycotypus
    • Busycotypus canaliculatus
  • Buteo
    • A living Buteo jamaicensis, or red-tailed hawk
      Buteo jamaicensis
    • Buteo lineatus
    • Buteo platypterus
    • Buteo swainsoni
  • Buteogallus
    • Buteogallus fragilis
    • Buteogallus urubitinga
  • Butorides
    • – type locality for species
    • Butorides virescens

C[]

  • Cadulus
  • Caecum
    • Caecum cinctum
    • Caecum circumvolutum
    • Caecum cooperi
    • Caecum cycloferum
    • Caecum floridanum
    • Caecum imbricatum
    • – type locality for species
    • Caecum pulchellum
    • Caecum regulare
    • Caecum strigosum
    • – type locality for species
  • Calidris
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Calidris canutus – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • A living Calidris pusilla, or semipalmated sandpiper
      Calidris pusilla – or unidentified comparable form
  • Calippus
    • Calippus martini
  • Callianassa
    • – type locality for species
  • Calliostoma
    • Calliostoma euglyptum
    • – type locality for species
    • Illustration of the shell of a Calliostoma jujubinum
      Calliostoma jujubinum
    • Calliostoma pulchrum
    • – type locality for species
    • Calliostoma roseolum
    • – type locality for species
    • Illustration in multiple views of the shell of a Calliostoma tampaense
      Calliostoma tampaense
    • Calliostoma yucatecanum – or unidentified comparable form
  • Callista
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Callophoca
  • Calodiscus
  • Calotrophon
    • Calotrophon ostrearum
  • Calyptraea
    • Calyptraea centralis
  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
    Camelops
  • Cancellaria
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    • Cancellaria reticulata
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
  • Cancilla
  • Canis
    • Canis armbrusteri
    • Skeletons look identical
      Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf
      Canis dirus – type locality for species
    • Canis edwardii
    • Canis familiaris
    • Canis latrans
    • Canis lepophagus
    • Canis lupus
    • Canis rufus
  • Cantharus
  • Capella
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene dwarf pronghorn Capromeryx
    Capromeryx
  • Capulus
    • – type locality for species
  • Caracara
  • Caranx
    • Caranx hippos
  • Carcharhinus
    • Carcharhinus brevipinna
    • Carcharhinus leucas
    • Carcharhinus limbatus
    • Carcharhinus plumbeus
    • Carcharhinus signatus
  • Carcharias
    • Carcharias taurus
  • Carcharodon
    • Carcharodon carcharias
    • Fossilized tooth of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Cosmopolitodus hastalis, or broad-toothed mako
      Carcharodon hastalis
  • Cardinalis
    • Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardiolucina
    • – type locality for species
  • Cardita
  • Carditamera
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Caretta
    • A living Caretta caretta, or loggerhead sea turtle
      Caretta caretta
  • Carex
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Carinodrillia
    • Carinodrillia cymatoides – type locality for species
    • Carinodrillia pylonia
  • Carpella
  • Carphophis
    • Carphophis amoenus
  • Carpocyon
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Carya, or hickory tree
    Carya
  • Carychium
  • Caryocorbula
  • Casmerodius
    • A living Ardea alba, or great egret
      Casmerodius albus
  • Cassidulina
  • Cassis
    • Cassis madagascariensis
  • Castanea
  • Castor
    • Castor californicus
    • Castor canadensis
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides
    Castoroides
    • Castoroides leiseyorum – type locality for species
    • Castoroides ohioensis
  • Cathartes
    • Cathartes aura
  • Catharus
  • Celleporaria
  • Celleporina
  • Centropomus
  • Cepolis
  • Living Cerastoderma cockles
    Cerastoderma
  • Cerion
  • Cerithidea
    • Shells of Cerithideopsis pliculosa, or the plicate horn shell sea snail
      Cerithidea pliculosa
    • Cerithidea scalariformis
  • Cerithioclava
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Two views of a Cerithium cerith sea snail
    Cerithium
    • Cerithium atratum
    • Cerithium eburneum
    • Cerithium georgianum – or unidentified related form
    • Cerithium guinaicum
    • Cerithium lutosum
    • Cerithium muscarum
  • Cerodrillia
    • Cerodrillia simpsoni
  • A living Ceryle rudis, or pied kingfisher
    Ceryle
  • Chaetopleura
    • Chaetopleura apiculata
  • Chama
  • Chamelea
  • Charadrius
    • Charadrius vociferus
  • Fossilized cranium of the Pliocene-Pleistocene hyena Chasmaporthetes
    Chasmaporthetes
  • Cheilea
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Chelonia
    • Chelonia mydas
  • Chelonibia
    • Chelonibia testudinaria
  • Chelydra
    • Chelydra serpentina
  • Chemnitzia
  • Chesapecten
    • Chesapecten jeffersonius
  • Chicoreus
    • – type locality for species
    • Shell in multiple views of a Chicoreus brevifrons, or West Indian murex
      Chicoreus brevifrons
    • Chicoreus dilectus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Chilomycterus, or burrfish
    Chilomycterus
  • Chione
    • Chione cancellata
    • Chione chipolana
    • Chione elevata
    • Chione erosa
  • Chionopsis
    • Chionopsis intapurpurea
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossillized shell of a Chlamys bivalve
    Chlamys
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Chlorostoma
  • Chondestes – or unidentified comparable form
    • Chondestes grammacus
  • Choristodon
  • Chrysallida
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • A living Chrysemys picta, or painted turtle
    Chrysemys
    • Chrysemys floridana
  • Cibicides
  • Ciconia
    • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Ciconia maltha, also known as the asphalt stork or La Brea stork
      Ciconia maltha
  • Cidaris
  • Cinctura
    • Cinctura hunteria
    • Cinctura lilium
  • Circulus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Circus
    • A living Circus cyaneus, or hen harrier
      Circus cyaneus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cirsotrema
  • Cistothorus
    • Cistothorus platensis
  • Cladocora
  • Clangula
    • A living Clangula hyemalis, or long-tailed duck
      Clangula hyemalis
  • Clathrodrillia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Clathrus
  • Shell of a Clavatula sea snail
    Clavatula
    • – type locality for species
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  • Clavus
    • – type locality for species
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    • – or unidentified related form
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  • Clementia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Closia
  • A living Clypeaster, or sea biscuit
    Clypeaster
    • Clypeaster rosaceus
  • Cnemidophorus
    • Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
  • Coccyzus
    • Coccyzus americanus
  • Shell of a Cochlespira sea snail
    Cochlespira
  • Cochliolepis
    • – type locality for species
  • Codakia
    • – or unidentified related form
    • Codakia orbicularis
  • Colaptes
    • A living Colaptes auratus, or northern flicker
      Colaptes auratus
  • Colinus
    • – type locality for species
    • Colinus virginianus
  • Colpophyllia
    • Colpophyllia natans
  • Coluber
    • Coluber constrictor
  • Columba
    • Columba fasciata
  • Columbella
    • Shell in multiple views of Columbella mercatoria dove sea snails
      Columbella mercatoria
    • Columbella rusticoides
  • Columbellopsis
    • Columbellopsis nycteis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Compsodrillia
    • Compsodrillia drewi
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Concavus
  • Concholepas
    • – type locality for species
  • Conepatus
    • Illustration of a living Conepatus leuconotus, or American hog-nosed skunk
      Conepatus leuconotus
    • Conepatus robustus – type locality for species
  • Conomitra
    • – type locality for species
  • Conorbis
  • Conus
    • Conus adversarius
    • Conus anabathrum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Conus daucus
    • Shell in multiple views of a Conasprella delessertii (formerly Conus delessertii), or Sozon's cone sea snail

Conus delessertii

    • – type locality for species
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    • Conus eversoni – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
    • Shell in multiple views of a Conasprella jaspidea (formerly Conus jaspideus), or jasper cone sea snail
      Conus jaspideus – type locality for species
    • Conus miamiensis
    • Conus molis
    • – type locality for species
    • Conus patglicksteinae
    • Shell in multiple views of a Conus patricius, or patrician cone sea snail
      Conus patricius
    • – type locality for species
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    • Conus sennottorum
    • – type locality for species
    • Conus spurius
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  • Coragyps
    • A living Coragyps atratus, or American black vulture
      Coragyps atratus
    • Coragyps occidentalis
  • Coralliophila
  • Shell of a Corbula basket clam
    Corbula
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    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cormocyon
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion
    Cormohipparion
    • Cormohipparion ingenuum
  • Corvus
    • Corvus brachyrhynchos
    • Corvus ossifragus
  • Corylus
  • Corystosiren
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Coturnicops
    • A living Coturnicops noveboracensis, or yellow rail
      Coturnicops noveboracensis
  • Crassatella
    • – type locality for species
  • Crassinella
  • Shell of a Crassispira sea snail
    Crassispira
    • Crassispira boadicea
    • Crassispira calligona
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Crassispira lyopleura
    • Crassispira meunieri
    • Crassispira perrugata
  • Crassostrea
    • Crassostrea virginica
  • Cremaster – type locality for genus
  • Cremaster
    • – type locality for species
  • Crenatosiren – type locality for genus
  • Crenella
  • Crepidula
    • Crepidula convexa
    • Shell in multiple views of a Crepidula fornicata, or common slipper shell sea snail
      Crepidula fornicata
    • Crepidula maculosa
    • Crepidula plana
  • Crepipatella
  • Creusia
  • Crommium
  • Crotalus
    • A living Crotalus adamanteus, or eastern diamondback rattlesnake
      Crotalus adamanteus
    • Crotalus giganteus
  • Crucibulum
    • Crucibulum auricula
    • Crucibulum spinosum
    • Crucibulum striatum
    • – type locality for species
  • Cryptotis
    • A living Cryptotis parva, or North American least shrew
      Cryptotis parva
  • Ctena
    • Ctena orbiculata
  • Ctenoides
  • Cumingia
  • Cupuladria
  • Cupularia
  • Cuvierina
  • Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius
    Cuvieronius
    • Cuvieronius tropicus
  • Cyanocitta
    • Cyanocitta cristata
  • Cyclinella
  • Cyclocardia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cyclostremiscus
    • – tentative report
  • Cygnus
    • Cygnus buccinator
    • A living Cygnus columbianus, or tundra swan
      Cygnus columbianus
  • Cylichna
    • – type locality for species
  • Cylichnella
  • Cymakra
    • Cymakra poncei
  • Cymatium
  • Shell of a Cymatosyrinx sea snail
    Cymatosyrinx
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cymbovula
    • Cymbovula acicularis
  • Cymodocea
    • – type locality for species
  • Cynarctoides
    • Cynarctoides lemur
  • Cynelos
  • Cynoscion
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus
    Cynthiacetus
  • Cyphastrea
    • – type locality for species
  • Cyphoma
    • Cyphoma gibbosum
    • Cyphoma intermedium
  • Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail
    Cypraea
  • Cypraecassis
  • Cypraedia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cypraeorbis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cyrenoida
  • Cyrtopleura
    • Shell in multiple views of a Cyrtopleura costata, or angel wing clam
      Cyrtopleura costata
  • Cythara
    • Cythara anthera
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Cytherella

D[]

  • Daedalochila
  • Daphnella
    • Daphnella elata
  • Daphoenodon
    • – type locality for species
  • Daphoenus – tentative report
  • Dasyatis
  • Dasypus
    • Fossilized cranium seen from above and below of the Pleistocene Dasypus bellus, or beautiful armadillo
      Dasypus bellus – type locality for species
  • Dauciconus
  • Deirochelys
    • Deirochelys reticularia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dendraster
  • Dendrocopos
  • Dendrocygna
  • Dendrogyra
    • Dendrogyra cylindrus
  • Dendropoma
    • Dendropoma irregulare
  • Dentalium
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Dentimargo
    • Dentimargo aureocinctus
    • Dentimargo eburneolus
  • Dermomurex
    • Dermomurex antecessor
    • – type locality for species
    • Dermomurex elizabethae
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Desmatippus
  • Desmocyon
  • A living Desmodus, or vampire bat
    Desmodus
    • – type locality for species
    • Desmodus stocki
  • Desmophyllum
  • Diadophis
    • – type locality for species
    • Diadophis punctatus
  • Diastoma
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Dicathais
  • Restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene hornless rhinoceros Diceratherium. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form
  • Dichocoenia
  • Didelphis
    • Didelphis marsupialis
    • Didelphis virginiana
  • Didianema
    • Didianema pauli
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Dinocardium
  • Dinohippus
    • Dinohippus mexicanus
  • Dinohyus
  • Diodon
    • – type locality for species
  • Diodora
    • Diodora cayenensis
    • – type locality for species
    • Diodora meta
    • Diodora sayi
  • Dioplotherium
  • Diplectrum
  • Diplodonta
  • Diploria
    • Living Diploria labyrinthiformis, or grooved brain coral
      Diploria labyrinthiformis
    • – type locality for species
  • Dipoides
  • Discinisca
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of a Discohelix sea snail
    Discohelix
  • Discorbis
  • Distorsio
    • Distorsio mcgintyi – type locality for species
  • Divaricella
    • Divaricella dentata
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Dolabella
  • Shell of a Dolicholatirus sea snail
    Dolicholatirus
  • Donax
    • – type locality for species
    • Donax fossor
    • – type locality for species
    • Donax variabilis
  • Dorypaltus – type locality for genus
    • Dorypaltus prosphatus – type locality for species
  • Dosinia
    • – type locality for species
  • Drymarchon
    • Drymarchon corais
  • A living Dryocopus woodpecker
    Dryocopus
  • Dumetella
    • Dumetella carolinensis

E[]

  • Shell of an Echinocardium, or heart urchin
    Echinocardium
  • Echinocyamus
  • Echinolampas
    • – type locality for species
  • Echinometra
    • Echinometra lucunter
  • Ecphora
  • Ectopistes
    • Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon
      Ectopistes migratorius
    • – type locality for species
  • Egretta
    • – type locality for species
    • Egretta thula
    • Egretta tricolor – or unidentified comparable form
  • Elaphe
    • Elaphe guttata
    • Elaphe obsoleta
  • Eleutherodactylus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Elliptoideus
  • Test of Elphidium, an Eocene to modern foraminiferan
    Elphidium
  • Emarginula
    • – type locality for species
  • Enaeta
  • Encope
  • Endopachys
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of an Engina sea snail
    Engina
  • Engoniophos
    • – type locality for species
  • Enhydritherium
    • Enhydritherium terraenovae – type locality for species
  • Enhydrocyon
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ensis
  • Eontia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon
    Epicyon
    • Epicyon haydeni
    • – type locality for species
  • Epitonium
    • Epitonium humphreysii
    • Illustration in multiple views of the shell of an Epitonium novangliae, or New England wentletrap
      Epitonium novangliae
  • Eptesicus
    • Eptesicus fuscus
  • A living Equetus punctatus, or spotted drum
    Equetus
  • Equus
    • Equus fraternus
    • Equus giganteus
  • Eratoidea
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium
    Eremotherium
    • – type locality for species
    • Eremotherium laurillardi
  • Erethizon
    • Erethizon dorsatum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Eretmochelys
  • Ereunetes
    • – type locality for species
  • Erolia
    • – type locality for species
  • Ervilia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Eubalaena, or Right whale
    Eubalaena
  • Eucidaris
    • Eucidaris tribuloides
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene coyote-like canine Eucyon
    Eucyon
    • Eucyon davisi
    • – type locality for species
  • Eudocimus
    • Eudocimus albus
    • – type locality for species
  • Eudolium
  • Eugeniconus
  • Euglandina
    • A living Euglandina rosea, also known as the rosy wolfsnail or the cannibal land snail
      Euglandina rosea
  • Eulima
    • Eulima bifasciata
  • Eulithidium
    • Eulithidium thalassicola
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Eumeces
    • Eumeces fasciatus
    • Eumeces inexpectatus
  • Eumops – type locality for genus
    • A living Eumops glaucinus, or Wagner's bonneted bat
      Eumops glaucinus – type locality for species
  • Euoplocyon
  • Euphagus
    • Euphagus cyanocephalus
  • Eupleura
    • Eupleura caudata
    • – type locality for species
    • Eupleura sulcidentata
    • Eupleura tampaensis
  • Eurhodia
  • Eurytellina
  • A living Eusmilia stony coral
    Eusmilia
    • Eusmilia fastigiata
  • Euspira
    • – type locality for species
  • Euvola
    • – or unidentified related form
    • Euvola raveneli
    • Euvola ziczac

F[]

  • Fabella
  • Falco
    • A living Falco columbarius, or merlin
      Falco columbarius
    • Falco peregrinus
    • – type locality for species
    • Falco sparverius
  • Farancia
    • A living Farancia abacura, or mud snake
      Farancia abacura
  • Fasciolaria
    • Fasciolaria rhomboidea
    • A living Fasciolaria tulipa, or true tulip sea snail
      Fasciolaria tulipa
  • Favartia
    • Favartia cellulosa
  • Favia
    • Favia fragum
  • Favites
    • – type locality for species
  • Felis
  • Fenimorea
    • Fenimorea fucata
    • Fenimorea moseri
    • Fenimorea pagodula
  • Ferrissia
  • Fibularia
  • Illustration of the fruit and foliage of a living Ficus carica, or Common fig
    Ficus
    • Ficus communis
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Figularia
  • Fimbria
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Finella
    • Finella adamsi
    • Finella dubia
  • Shell of a Fissurella keyhole limpet
    Fissurella
  • Flabellum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Florida
    • A living Egretta caerulea, or little blue heron
      Florida caerulea
  • Floridaceras
  • Floridachoerus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Floridatragulus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fontigens – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Fossaria
    • Fossaria cubensis
  • Fossarus
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Fragum cockle
    Fragum
    • – type locality for species
  • Fulgurofusus
  • Fulguropsis
    • Fulguropsis feldmanni
  • Fulica
    • Fulica americana
  • A living Fundulus
    Fundulus
  • Fusinus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fusiturricula
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form

G[]

  • Gadila
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Galaxea
    • – type locality for species
  • Galeocerdo
    • Galeocerdo aduncus
    • Galeocerdo contortus
    • A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark
      Galeocerdo cuvier
  • Gallinago
    • Gallinago gallinago
  • Gallinula
    • Gallinula brodkorbi – type locality for species
    • Gallinula chloropus
  • Gambusia
    • Gambusia affinis
  • Gari
    • – type locality for species
  • A Gastrochaena marine bivalve
    Gastrochaena
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Gastrocopta
  • Gastrophryne
    • Gastrophryne carolinensis
  • Gavia
    • Gavia immer
    • Gavia pacifica
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene crocodile relative Gavialosuchus
    Gavialosuchus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • Gavialosuchus americanus
  • Gegania
  • Gemma
    • Gemma gemma
  • Fossilized shell of a Gemmula sea snail, or gem turrid
    Gemmula
    • – type locality for species
  • Gemophos
    • Gemophos tinctus
  • Genota
    • – type locality for species
  • Gentilicamelus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Geochelone
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Geomys
    • Geomys pinetis
  • Geothlypis
    • Geothlypis trichas
  • A living Geranoaetus bird of prey
    Geranoaetus
    • – type locality for species
  • Gibberula
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shells of the Oligocene-Pliocene scallop Gigantopecten
    Gigantopecten
  • Gigantopora
  • Gigantostrea
  • Ginglymostoma
    • Ginglymostoma cirratum
  • Glans
  • Glaucidium
  • Glaucomys
  • Globicephala
    • Illustration of a living Globicephala macrorhynchus, or short-finned pilot whale
      Globicephala macrorhynchus – type locality for species
  • Globigerina
  • Globivenus
    • Globivenus rugatina
  • Globorotalia
  • Globularia
  • Globulina
  • Restoration of a herd of the Pliocene-Holocene ground sloth Glossotherium
    Glossotherium
  • Glycymeris
    • Glycymeris americana
    • Glycymeris decussata
    • – tentative report
    • – tentative report
  • Shell of a Glyphostoma sea snail
    Glyphostoma
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Glyphyalinia
    • – type locality for species
  • Glyptoactis
  • Glyptotherium
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Gomphotherium
    Gomphotherium
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Goniodelphis – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Goniopora
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Gopherus
    • A living Gopherus polyphemus, or gopher tortoise
      Gopherus polyphemus
    • – type locality for species
  • Granoturris
    • Granoturris padolina
  • Granulina
  • Graptemys
    • A living Graptemys barbouri, or Barbour's map turtle
      Graptemys barbouri – or unidentified comparable form
  • Gregariella
    • Gregariella coralliophaga
  • Grus
    • Grus americana
    • Grus canadensis
  • Guara
  • Guttulina
  • Gymnogyps
    • A living Gymnogyps californianus, or California condor
      Gymnogyps californianus
    • Gymnogyps kofordi – type locality for species
  • Gyraulus

H[]

  • Hadrodelphis
  • Haematopus – type locality for genus
    • Haematopus palliatus – type locality for species
  • Haemulon
  • Haliaeetus
    • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Haliaetus
  • A living Halichoeres wrasse
    Halichoeres
  • Halimeda
  • Halodule
  • Haminoea
  • Harengula
  • Shells in differing orientations of Hastula augur sea snails
    Hastula
    • Hastula cinerea
  • Haustellum
  • Hawaiia
  • Heilprinia
  • Heliaster
  • Helicina
  • Helisoma
  • Heloderma – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia
    Hemiauchenia
    • – type locality for species
    • Hemiauchenia macrocephala
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Hemipristis weasel shark
    Hemipristis
    • Hemipristis serra
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Herodias
  • Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene mammal Herpetotherium
    Herpetotherium
  • Hespererato
    • – type locality for species
    • Hespererato maugeriae
  • Hesperisternia
    • – type locality for species
    • Hesperisternia multangulus
    • – type locality for species
  • Hesperotestudo
    • – type locality for species
    • Hesperotestudo mlynarskii
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Heterodon
    • – type locality for species
    • Heterodon platyrhinos
    • Heterodon simus
  • Hexameryx – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Hexaplex
    • A Shell of Hexaplex fulvescens from the Antilles
      Hexaplex fulvescens
    • – type locality for species
  • Hiatella
    • Hiatella arctica
  • Himantopus
  • Himerometra
    • – type locality for species
  • Hindsia
  • Hindsiclava
    • Hindsiclava antealesidota
    • Hindsiclava calligonoides – type locality for species
    • Hindsiclava eupora
    • Hindsiclava perspirata
  • Life restoration of a herd of the Miocene-Pleistocene horse Hipparion. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Hipparion
    • Hipparion tehonense – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hipponix
    • – type locality for species
  • Hippopodina
  • Hippoporidra
  • Hippotherium
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale
    Holmesina
  • Homiphoca
  • Homo
    • Homo sapiens
  • Homotherium
    • Homotherium serum
  • Humboldtiana – tentative report
  • Shell of a Hyalina margin sea snail
    Hyalina
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Hydrobia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • A living Hydrochoerus, or capybara
    Hydrochoerus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hyla
    • – type locality for species
    • Hyla cinerea
    • Hyla femoralis
    • – type locality for species
    • Hyla gratiosa
  • Hylocichla – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hylocichla mustelina
  • Hyotissa
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Miocene horse Hypohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Hypohippus
    • Hypohippus affinis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hypolagus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hysteroconcha

I[]

  • Ictalurus
    • Ictalurus catus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ilex
    • Ilex glabra
  • Ilyanassa
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos
    Indarctos
  • Inodrillia
    • Inodrillia aepynota
  • Ischnochiton
  • Iselica
    • – type locality for species
  • Isognomon
    • Isognomon alatus
    • Isognomon radiatus – tentative report
  • Isophyllia
    • – type locality for species
    • Isophyllia sinuosa
  • Isurus
    • A living Isurus oxyrinchus, or shortfin mako shark
      Isurus oxyrinchus
  • Ithycythara
    • – type locality for species
    • Ithycythara lanceolata
    • Ithycythara psila
    • – type locality for species
  • Ixobrychus
    • Ixobrychus exilis

J[]

  • A living Jabiru mycteria stork
    Jabiru
    • Jabiru mycteria – type locality for species
  • Jacana
    • – type locality for species
    • Jacana spinosa
  • Japonactaeon
    • Japonactaeon punctostriatus
  • Jaspidella
    • – type locality for species
    • Jaspidella jaspidea – tentative report
  • Jenkinsia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Jenneria
  • – or unidentified related form
  • Jordanella
    • A living Jordanella floridae, or American flagfish
      Jordanella floridae
  • Julia
  • Junco
    • Junco hyemalis

K[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Kinosternon
    • A living Kinosternon subrubrum, or eastern mud turtle
      Kinosternon subrubrum
    • – type locality for species
  • Knefastia
    • Knefastia glypta – type locality for species
    • Knefastia lindae
    • Knefastia waltonia – type locality for species
  • Kogiopsis – type locality for genus
    • Kogiopsis floridana – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus[2]
    • – type locality for species[3]
  • Kuphus
  • Kurtziella
    • Illustration of the shell of a Kurtziella cerina sea snail
      Kurtziella cerina
    • – type locality for species
    • Kurtziella limonitella
    • – type locality for species
    • Kurtziella serta
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Kyptoceras

L[]

  • Lachnolaimus
    • A living Lachnolaimus maximus, or hogfish
      Lachnolaimus maximus
  • Lactophrys
  • Laevapex
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Laevicardium
  • Lagena
  • Lagodon
    • A living Lagodon rhomboides, or pinfish
      Lagodon rhomboides
  • Laguna
  • Lampropeltis
    • Lampropeltis getulus
  • Lanius
    • Lanius ludovicianus
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Larus gull
    Larus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Lasiurus
    • Lasiurus borealis
    • Lasiurus intermedius
  • Laterallus
    • Illustration of a living Laterallus exilis, or grey-breasted crake
      Laterallus exilis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Latirus
    • Latirus jucundus
    • Latirus maxwelli
  • Leiocephalus – tentative report
  • Leiostomus
    • Leiostomus xanthurus
  • Leitneria
    • Leitneria floridana
  • Leopardus
    • Leopardus pardalis
    • A living Leopardus wiedii, or margay
      Leopardus wiedii
    • – type locality for species
  • Lepidochelys
  • Lepisosteus
  • Lepomis
    • Lepomis gulosus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Lepomis microlophus
    • – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon
    Leptocyon – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Leptopecten
  • Leptoseris
  • Lepus
    • A living Lepus townsendii, or white-tailed jackrabbit
      Lepus townsendii – or unidentified comparable form
    • Leucophoyx thula
  • Lichenopora
  • Lima
  • Living Limaria, or file shells
    Limaria
    • Limaria pellucida
  • Limatula
  • Limea
  • Limnodromus
    • Limnodromus scolopaceus
  • Limosa
  • Linatella
    • Shell of a Linatella triton sea snail
      Linatella caudata
    • – type locality for species
  • Linga
  • Lioglyphostoma
    • Lioglyphostoma rusum – type locality for species
    • Lioglyphostoma tyro – type locality for species
  • Illustration of the shell of a Liotia sea snail
    Liotia
  • Liquidamber
  • Lirophora
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Lirophora latilirata
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Lithophaga
  • Lithophyllum
  • Lithopoma
    • Shell of a Lithopoma americanum turban sea snail
      Lithopoma americanum
  • Lithothamnion
  • Litiopa
  • Littoraria
    • Littoraria angulifera
    • Littoraria irrorata
  • Littorina
  • Lobatus
    • Lobatus costatus
    • Lobatus gigas
    • Lobatus raninus
  • Longchaeus
    • Longchaeus suturalis
  • Lontra
    • Pair of living Lontra canadensis, or North American river otter
      Lontra canadensis
  • Lophelia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Lophelia prolifera
  • Lophocetus – or unidentified related form
  • Lophodytes
    • Lophodytes cucullatus
  • Lottia
  • Lovenia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Lucapina
    • Shells of Lucapina sowerbii, or Sowerby's fleshy limpet
      Lucapina sowerbii
    • Lucapina suffusa
  • Lucapinella
    • Lucapinella limatula
  • Lucina
    • Lucina pensylvanica
  • Lucinisca
  • Lucinoma
  • Underside of a Luidia sea star
    Luidia
  • Luria
    • – type locality for species
  • Lutjanus
  • Lynx
    • Lynx rufus
  • Lyria
    • – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Lytechinus
    • A living Lytechinus variegatus, also known as the green or variegated sea urchin
      Lytechinus variegatus

M[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus
    Machairodus
  • Macoma
    • Macoma constricta
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Macoma tenta
  • Macrocallista
  • Macrochelys
    • – type locality for species
    • A living Macrochelys temminckii, or alligator snapping turtle
      Macrochelys temminckii
  • Macrocypraea
    • Macrocypraea cervus
  • Mactra
  • Madracis
    • – type locality for species
  • Madrepora
    • Madrepora oculata
  • Magilus
  • Magnolia
    • Magnolia virginiana
  • Malaclemys
    • Malaclemys terrapin
  • Malea
  • Mammacyon
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mammut
    • Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
      Mammut americanum
    • Mammut matthewi
  • Mammuthus
    • Mammuthus columbi – type locality for species
  • Manicina
    • Manicina areolata
  • Maoricrypta
    • Maoricrypta costata
  • Margaretta
    • – type locality for species
  • Margaritaria
  • Margarites
  • A living Marginella margin sea snail
    Marginella
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Marginella minuta
  • Marshallora
  • Marsupina
    • Shell of a Marsupina bufo, or chestnut frog shell sea snail
      Marsupina bufo
  • Martesia
    • Martesia striata
  • Massyla
    • – type locality for species
  • Masticophis
    • Masticophis flagellum
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Meandrina
    • Meandrina meandrites
  • Megabalanus
    • Megabalanus tintinnabulum
  • Megaceryle
    • Megaceryle alcyon
  • Megahippus
    • – type locality for species
  • Megalictis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
    • Restoration of two Megalonyx leptostomus ground sloths. Jay Matternes.
      Megalonyx leptostomus
    • Megalonyx wheatleyi
  • Megalops
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Megalops atlanticus
  • Megantereon
  • Megaptera
  • Meioceras
    • Meioceras nitidum
  • Melampus
    • Melampus bidentatus
    • Melampus coffea
  • Melanella
    • Melanella conoidea
  • Melanerpes
    • Melanerpes carolinus
    • Melanerpes erythrocephalus
  • Meleagris
    • A wild male Meleagris gallopavo, or turkey, displaying his facial coloration and tail feathers to attract a female
      Meleagris gallopavo – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Mellita
  • Melongena
    • Melongena bispinosa
    • Melongena corona
    • Shell in multiple views of a Melongena melongena, or Caribbean crown conch
      Melongena melongena
  • Melospiza
    • Melospiza georgiana
    • Melospiza melodia
  • Membranipora – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Miocene rhinoceros Menoceras
    Menoceras
    • Menoceras barbouri
  • Menticirrhus
  • Mephitis
    • Mephitis mephitis
  • Mercenaria
    • Mercenaria campechiensis
    • Collection of Mercenaria mercenaria, also known as hard clams or quahogs
      Mercenaria mercenaria
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Meretrix
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
  • Mergus
    • Mergus merganser
    • Mergus serrator
  • Life restoration of the Miocene three-toed horse Merychippus
    Merychippus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Merycoidodon
  • Mesoplodon
  • Mesoreodon
    • – type locality for species
  • Metatomarctus
    • Metatomarctus canavus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene manatee relative Metaxytherium
    Metaxytherium – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Metula
  • Microdrillia
    • – type locality for species
  • Microhyla
  • Micropogonias
  • Micropora
  • Illustration of a living Micropterus, or black bass
    Micropterus
    • Micropterus salmoides
  • Microtus
    • Microtus pennsylvanicus
    • Microtus pinetorum
  • Micrurus
    • Micrurus fulvius
  • Millepora
    • Living Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger
      Millepora alcicornis
    • – type locality for species
  • Milvago
    • Milvago chimachima
  • Mimus
    • Mimus polyglottos
  • Miohippus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Miopetaurista
    • – type locality for species
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah
    Miracinonyx
    • Miracinonyx inexpectatus
  • Mitra
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Mitra semiferruginea
  • Mitrella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Multiple views of a shell of a Mitromorpha sea snail
    Mitromorpha
    • Mitromorpha dormitor
  • Modiolus
  • Modulus
    • – type locality for species
    • Modulus calusa
    • Modulus carchedonius
    • A living Modulus modulus, or tulip mussel
      Modulus modulus
  • Molothrus
    • Molothrus ater
  • Monilispira
    • Monilispira archeri
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Monoplex
    • informal
    • Monoplex krebsii
    • Shell in multiple views of a Monoplex parthenopeus, or giant triton
      Monoplex parthenopeus
  • Monostiolum
  • Montastraea
    • Montastraea cavernosa
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Mormoops
    • Mormoops megalophylla
  • Life restoration of the Miocene chalicothere mammal Moropus threatening a pair of the bear-dog Daphoenodon. Jay Matternes (1964).
    Moropus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Morum
    • – type locality for species
    • Morum oniscus
  • Morus
    • – type locality for species
  • Mugil
  • Mulina
    • – type locality for species
  • Mulinia
    • Mulinia lateralis
  • Shell of a Murex sea snail
    Murex
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Murexiella
    • – type locality for species
    • Murexiella glypta
    • Murexiella macgintyi – type locality for species
  • Murexsul
  • Shell in multiple views of a Muricanthus murex sea snail
    Muricanthus
  • Muricopsis
  • Musculium
  • Musculus
  • Mussa
  • Living Mussismilia stony coral
    Mussismilia
  • Mustela
    • Mustela frenata
  • Mya
    • Mya arenaria
  • Mycetophyllia
  • Mycteria
    • Mycteria americana
  • Mylagaulus
    • – type locality for species
  • Myliobatis
  • Mylodon
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
    Mylohyus
    • Mylohyus elmorei
    • Mylohyus floridanus – type locality for species
    • Mylohyus fossilis – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Myotis
    • Myotis austroriparius
    • Myotis grisescens
  • Myrica
    • A living Myrica cerifera, or southern wax myrtle
      Myrica cerifera
    • – type locality for species
  • Mytilopsis
    • Mytilopsis leucophaeata
  • Mytilus

N[]

  • Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus
    Nannippus
  • Nannodiella
  • Nanosiren – type locality for genus
    • Nanosiren garciae – type locality for species
  • Nanotragulus
  • Narona
    • – type locality for species
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nassarina
    • Nassarina glypta
    • – type locality for species
  • Nassarius
    • Nassarius acutus
    • – type locality for species
    • Shells in differing orientations of a Phrontis antillara (formerly Nassarius antillarum), or the Antilles nassa sea snail
      Nassarius antillarum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Nassarius consensus – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Nassarius vibex
  • A living Nasua, or coati
    Nasua – or unidentified comparable form
  • Natica
  • Naticarius
    • Naticarius canrena
    • – type locality for species
  • Natrix
    • Natrix cyclopion
    • Natrix erythrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Necturus, or mudpuppy
    Necturus
  • Negaprion
    • Negaprion brevirostris
    • – type locality for species
  • Nemocardium
  • Neochoerus
  • Neofiber
    • Neofiber alleni
  • Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Neohipparion
  • Neomonachus
    • Neomonachus tropicalis
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene Neophrontops
    Neophrontops
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Neotoma
    • Neotoma floridana
  • Nerita
  • Neritina
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Neritina usnea
    • Neritina virginea
  • Neritopsis
    • – type locality for species
  • Nerodia
    • A living Nerodia fasciata, or banded water snake
      Nerodia fasciata
    • Nerodia sipedon
    • Nerodia taxispilota – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nesovitrea
    • Nettion crecca
  • Neverita
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized partial cranium of the Miocene saber-toothed cat Nimravides
    Nimravides
    • – type locality for species
  • Niso
  • Nitidella
    • Nitidella nitida
  • Niveria
    • Niveria quadripunctata
    • Shell of a Niveria suffusa false cowrie
      Niveria suffusa
  • Nodipecten
    • Nodipecten nodosus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nothokemas
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops
    Nothrotheriops
    • Nothrotheriops texanus
  • Notophthalmus
    • Notophthalmus viridescens
  • Notorynchus
  • Nototamias
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Nucula proxima
  • Nuculana
    • Nuculana acuta
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Numenius
    • Numenius americanus
  • Nummulites
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nyctanassa
    • A living Nyctanassa violacea, or yellow-crowned night heron
      Nyctanassa violacea – type locality for species
  • Nycticeius
    • Nycticeius humeralis
  • Nycticorax
    • – type locality for species
    • Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Nyssa

O[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Ochrotomys
    • Ochrotomys nuttalli
  • Living Oculina stony coral
    Oculina
    • Oculina diffusa
    • – type locality for species
  • Odocoileus
    • – type locality for species
    • Odocoileus virginianus
  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
  • Odostomia
    • Odostomia acutidens
    • Odostomia laevigata
    • – type locality for species
  • Olar
  • Oligobunis
    • – type locality for species
  • Oliva
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Oliva reticularis
    • Shell in multiple views of an Oliva sayana, or lettered olive sea snail
      Oliva sayana
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Olivella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Olivella dealbata
    • – type locality for species
    • Olivella floralia
    • – or unidentified related form
    • Olivella mutica
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Olivella pusilla
  • – tentative report
  • A living Ondatra, or muskrat
    Ondatra
    • Ondatra zibethicus
  • Onoba
    • – type locality for species
  • Ontocetus
    • Ontocetus emmonsi
  • Onustus
    • – type locality for species
  • Opalia
  • Opheodrys
    • Opheodrys aestivus
  • Ophidion
  • Fossil of the Permian-modern crustacean burrow ichnogenus Ophiomorpha
    Ophiomorpha
  • Ophisaurus
    • Ophisaurus compressus
    • Ophisaurus ventralis
  • Opsanus
  • Orbicella
    • Orbicella annularis
  • Orthaulax
    • Orthaulax gabbi
  • Orthogeomys
  • Orthopristis
  • Oryzomys
    • A living Oryzomys palustris, or marsh rice rat
      Oryzomys palustris
  • Osbornodon
    • Osbornodon iamonensis
    • – type locality for species
  • Oscilla
  • Ostrea
    • Ostrea compressirostra
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • Ostrea equestris
  • Otodus
    • At the top of the picture is a line representing twenty meters. Below this is a gray megalodon silhouette that measures twenty meters, below is a red megalodon silhouette that measures fifteen meters, below is a violet whale shark silhouette that measures ten meters, below is a green great white shark that measures five meters. Standing next to this shark is a black human silhouette that stands two meters.
      Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale
      Otodus megalodon
  • Otus
    • Otus asio
  • Oxydactylus – tentative report
  • Oxyura
    • – type locality for species
    • Oxyura jamaicensis
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species

P[]

  • Pachyarmatherium
    • Pachyarmatherium leiseyi – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Palaeogale
  • Palaeolama
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis
    Palaeophis
  • – type locality for genus
    • Palaeophoyx columbiana – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Pandanaris
    • Pandanaris convexa
  • Pandion
    • A living Pandion haliaetus, or osprey
      Pandion haliaetus
    • – type locality for species
  • Pandora
  • Panopea
    • – type locality for species
  • Panthera
    • A living Panthera leo, or lion
      Panthera leo
    • Panthera onca
  • Papillina
    • – type locality for species
  • Papyridea
    • – type locality for species
  • Parahippus
    • Parahippus leonensis – type locality for species
  • Parametaria
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    Paramylodon
    • Paramylodon harlani
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Parastarte
  • Fossilized teeth of the Eocene-Pleistocene shark Parotodus, or the false-toothed mako
    Parotodus
  • Parvanachis
    • Parvanachis obesa
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Illustration of the shell of a Parviturbo
    Parviturbo
  • Parviturboides
  • Passerculus
    • Passerculus sandwichensis
  • Passerella – or unidentified comparable form
  • Passerina – or unidentified comparable form
  • Patelloida
    • Patelloida pustulata
  • A living Pecari
    Pecari
  • Pecten
  • Pedalion
  • Pediomeryx
  • Pelecanus
    • Pelecanus erythrorhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
    • Pelecanus schreiberi
  • Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene lizard Peltosaurus
    Peltosaurus
    • – type locality for species
  • Peneroplis
  • Interior of the shell of a Periglypta venus clam
    Periglypta
  • Periploma
    • – type locality for species
  • Peristernia
  • Perna
  • Perognathus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • The appearance of a Podomys floridanus, or Florida mouse, is similar to the Peromyscus shown in this illustration
    Peromyscus
    • Peromyscus gossypinus
    • Peromyscus polionotus
    • – type locality for species
  • Peronella
  • Perplicaria
  • Illustration of the shell of a Persicula sea snail
    Persicula
    • – type locality for species
  • Persististrombus
  • Petaloconchus
    • Petaloconchus floridanus
    • Petaloconchus varians
  • Petricola
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Petrolisthes porcelain crab
    Petrolisthes
    • – type locality for species
  • Petrophyllia
  • Phacoides
    • – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
    • – tentative report
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Phalacrocorax
    • Phalacrocorax auritus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Phalium
  • Illustration of a fossilized skull in multiple views of the Oligocene-Miocene bone-crushing dog Phlaocyon
    Phlaocyon
    • Phlaocyon achoros
    • – type locality for species
  • Phoberocyon
  • Phocanella
  • Phoenicopterus
    • Phoenicopterus copei
    • A living Phoenicopterus ruber, or American flamingo
      Phoenicopterus ruber
  • Pholadomya
  • Phos
    • – type locality for species
  • Phrontis
    • Phrontis vibex
  • Phyllacanthus
    • Phyllangia americana
    • – type locality for species
  • Phyllonotus
    • Phyllonotus globosus
    • Phyllonotus pomum
  • Shells in differing orientations of Physa freshwater bladder snails
    Physa
  • Physella
    • Physella heterostropha
  • Physeterula
  • Physogaleus
    • Physogaleus contortus
  • Pica
    • Pica pica
  • Picoides
    • Picoides villosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pilsbryspira
    • Pilsbryspira leucocyma
  • Pinctada
    • Pinctada imbricata
  • Pinna
  • Pinus
    • Pinus caribaea
    • Pinus taeda
  • Pipilo
    • Pipilo erythrophthalmus
  • Pipistrellus
    • Pipistrellus subflavus
  • Pisania
  • Skull
    Piscobalaena
  • Pistia
  • Pitar
  • Pituophis
    • A living Pituophis melanoleucus, or pine snake
      Pituophis melanoleucus
  • Pitymys
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Plagiobrissus
    • – type locality for species
  • Planorbella
    • Planorbella duryi
  • Planorbis
  • – tentative report
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon
    Platybelodon
  • Platygonus
    • Platygonus compressus
  • Platylepas
  • Plecotus
    • Plecotus rafinesquii
  • Plegadis
  • Plethodon
    • A living Plethodon glutinosus, or northern slimy salamander
      Plethodon glutinosus
  • Pleurodonte
  • Pleurofusia
    • Pleurofusia dowlingi
  • Pleuromeris
  • Shell in multiple views of a Pleuroploca sea snail
    Pleuroploca
  • Plicatula
    • Plicatula gibbosa
    • – type locality for species
  • Pliocyon
    • – type locality for species
  • Pliohippus
    • Pliohippus pernix
  • Pliometanastes
    • Pliometanastes protistus – type locality for species
  • Plionarctos
  • – tentative report
  • Fossilized partial skull of the Miocene dog-like bear relative Plithocyon
    Plithocyon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pocillopora
  • Podiceps
    • Podiceps auritus
  • Podilymbus
    • Podilymbus podiceps
  • Pododesmus
  • Podomys
    • Podomys floridanus
  • Poecilia
    • A living Poecilia latipinna, or sailfin molly
      Poecilia latipinna
  • Pogonias
    • Pogonias cromis
  • Poirieria
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Polinices
    • Polinices hepaticus
    • Shell in multiple views of a Polinices lacteus, or milk moon sea snai
      Polinices lacteus
    • – type locality for species
  • Polygireulima
    • – type locality for species
  • Polygonum
  • Polygyra
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Polyschides
    • – type locality for species
  • Polystira
    • Polystira albida
    • – or unidentified loosely related form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Pomacea
    • Illustration of a living Pomacea paludosa, or freshwater Florida applesnail
      Pomacea paludosa
  • Pomatodelphis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Porites
    • Porites astreoides
    • – type locality for species
    • Porites furcata
    • Porites porites
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • A living Porphyrio martinicus, or American purple gallinule
      Porphyrula martinica
  • Portunus
  • Porzana
    • – type locality for species
    • Porzana carolina
  • Potamides
    • – tentative report
  • – tentative report
  • Primonatalus – type locality for genus
    • Primonatalus prattae – type locality for species
  • Prionocidaris
  • Prionotus
  • Pristis
    • Pristis aquitanicus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Procamelus
    • Procamelus grandis
  • Procranioceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Procyon
    • Procyon lotor – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Prosynthetoceras
  • Protocardia
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus
    Protohippus
    • Protohippus supremus
  • Protosiren
  • – tentative report
  • Prunum
    • Prunum amabile
    • – type locality for species
    • Prunum apicinum
    • Prunum bellum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Illustration of the shell in multiple views of a Prunum guttatum margin sea snail
      Prunum guttatum
    • – type locality for species
    • Prunum roscidum
    • – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Psammechinus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Hypothetical restoration of the Oligocene-Pliocene sea turtle Psephophorus
    Psephophorus
  • Pseudacris
    • Pseudacris ornata
  • Pseudemys
    • – type locality for species
    • Pseudemys concinna
    • Pseudemys floridana
    • Pseudemys nelsoni
  • Replica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse Pseudhipparion
    Pseudhipparion
    • Pseudhipparion curtivallum
    • – type locality for species
  • Pseudobranchus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Eocene-modern jewelbox marine bivalve Pseudochama
    Pseudochama
  • Pseudodiploria
    • Pseudodiploria clivosa
    • Pseudodiploria strigosa
    • – type locality for species
  • Pseudosuccinea
    • Pseudosuccinea columella
  • Pseudotorinia
  • Pseudozonaria
  • Psilaxis
  • Pteria
    • Pteria colymbus
  • A living Pterocarya or wingnut tree
    Pterocarya
  • Pteromeris
  • Pteropurpura
    • – type locality for species
  • Pterorytis
  • Pterosphenus
  • Pterotyphis
    • – type locality for species
    • Pterotyphis triangularis
  • Shell of a Pterynotus alatus murex sea snail
    Pterynotus
    • – type locality for species
    • Pterynotus phyllopterus
    • Pterynotus pinnatus
  • Ptychosalpinx
  • Puffinus
    • – type locality for species
    • Puffinus puffinus
  • Pugnus
  • A living Puma
    Puma
    • Puma concolor
  • Pupoides
    • Pupoides albilabris
  • Purpura
  • Pusula
    • Pusula pediculus
  • Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
    Pycnodonte
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Pygmaepterys
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Pyramidella
    • – type locality for species
  • Pyrazus
    Pyrazus
  • Pyrgocythara
    • Pyrgocythara plicosa
  • Pyrgospira
    • Pyrgospira ostrearum
    • Pyrgospira tampaensis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pyruconus

Q[]

  • Quercus
    • Quercus brevifolia
    • – tentative report
    • Quercus laurifolia
    • A living Quercus virginiana, or southern live oak
      Quercus virginiana
  • Querquedula
    • Querquedula discors
    • – type locality for species
  • Quinqueloculina
    • – tentative report
  • Quiscalus
    • Quiscalus major
    • Quiscalus mexicanus
    • Quiscalus quiscula

R[]

  • Radiolucina
    • Radiolucina amianta
  • Rallus
    • A living Rallus elegans, or king rail
      Rallus elegans
    • Rallus limicola
    • Rallus longirostris
  • Rana
    • Rana capito
    • Rana catesbeiana
    • Rana grylio
    • Rana pipiens
  • Rangia
    • Rangia cuneata
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rapana
  • Recurvirostra
    • A living Recurvirostra americana, or American avocet
      Recurvirostra americana
  • Regina – or unidentified comparable form
    • Regina alleni
  • Reithrodontomys
    • Reithrodontomys humulis
  • Reteporella
  • Retilaskeya
  • Retusa – tentative report
  • Rhadinaea
    • Rhadinaea flavilata
  • Rhegminornis
    • Rhegminornis calobates – type locality for species
  • Rhineura
    • A living Rhineura floridana, or North American worm lizard
      Rhineura floridana
  • Rhinoclavis
    • – type locality for species
  • Rhinoptera
    • Rhinoptera bonasus
  • Rhizoprionodon
    • A living Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, or Atlantic sharpnose shark
      Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
  • Rhyncholampas
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium
    Rhynchotherium
    • Richmondena cardinalis
  • Rictaxis
  • Rimella
  • Rimula
  • Ringicula
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Rissoa
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shells of the sea snail Rissoina
    Rissoina
    • Rissoina floridana
    • – type locality for species
    • Rissoina sagraiana
    • Rissoina striatocostata
  • Rostellaria
    • – type locality for species
  • Roxania
  • Illustration of living Ruppia, or widgeonweeds
    Ruppia – or unidentified related form

S[]

  • Sabal
    • Living Sabal palmetto
      Sabal palmetto
  • Saccharoturris
    • Saccharoturris centrodes – type locality for species
  • A living Sardinella
    Sardinella
  • Sassia
    • – type locality for species
  • Satherium
    • Satherium piscinarium
  • Scala
  • Fossilized teeth of the Neogene sperm whale Scaldicetus
    Scaldicetus
  • – or unidentified related form
  • Scalopus
    • Scalopus aquaticus
  • Scaphander
    • – type locality for species
  • Scapharca
  • Scaphella
    • Scaphella junonia
  • Scaphiopus
    • Scaphiopus holbrooki
    • A living Scaphiopus holbrookii, or eastern spadefoot toad
      Scaphiopus holbrookii
  • Schizaster
  • Illustration of a close-up view of a Schizoporella bryozoan ("moss animal")
    Schizoporella
    • – type locality for species
  • Sciadopitys
  • Sciurus
    • Sciurus carolinensis
    • Sciurus niger
  • Scolopax
    • – type locality for species
    • A living Scolopax minor, or American woodcock
      Scolopax minor
  • Scolymia
    • Scolymia lacera
  • Sconsia
    • – type locality for species
  • Scrupocellaria
  • Scutella
  • Sedilia
    • Sedilia aphanitoma
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shell of a Seila sea snail
    Seila
  • Semele
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Semicassis helmet sea snail
    Semicassis
    • Semicassis granulata
  • Seminoleconus
  • Seraphs
    • – type locality for species
  • Living Serenoa, or saw palmetto
    Serenoa
    • Serenoa serrulata
  • Serpula
  • Serpulorbis
    • Serpulorbis decussatus
  • Siderastrea
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Siderastrea radians
    • Siderastrea siderea
    • – type locality for species
  • Sigatica
    • Sigatica semisulcata
  • Sigmodon
    • – type locality for species
    • A living Sigmodon hispidus, or hispid cotton rat
      Sigmodon hispidus
  • Simnia
    • – type locality for species
  • Simnialena
    • – type locality for species
  • Several views of the shell of a Sinum moon snail
    Sinum
    • – type locality for species
    • Sinum perspectivum
    • – type locality for species
  • Siphonochelus
  • Siren
    • Siren hesterna – type locality for species
    • A living Siren lacertina, or greater siren
      Siren lacertina
    • Siren simpsoni – type locality for species
  • Sistrurus
    • Sistrurus miliarius
  • Smaragdia
    • – type locality for species
    • Smaragdia viridis
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
    • Smilodon fatalis
    • Smilodon gracilis
  • Smittina
  • Smittipora
  • Shell of a Solariella top sea snail
    Solariella
  • Fossilized shells of the marine bivalve Solecurtus
    Solecurtus
  • Solen
  • Solenosteira
    • Solenosteira cancellaria
  • Somateria
    • A living Somateria spectabilis, or king eider
      Somateria spectabilis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sorex
    • Sorex longirostris
  • Spatula
    • Speotyto cunicularia
  • Spermophilus
  • Sphyraena
    • A living Sphyraena barracuda, or great barracuda
      Sphyraena barracuda
  • Sphyrna
  • Spilogale
    • Spilogale putorius
  • Spiraxis – tentative report
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Spirorbis
  • Spisula
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Spizaetus, or typical hawk-eagle
    Spizaetus
  • Spizella
    • Spizella passerina
    • Spizella pusilla
  • Splendrillia
  • Spondylus
    • Spondylus americanus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
    Squalodon – tentative report
  • Steginoporella
    • – type locality for species
  • Stellifer
  • Stercorarius
  • Sternotherus
  • Stewartia
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene weasel Sthenictis
    Sthenictis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Stigmaulax
  • Stilosoma
    • – type locality for species
  • Storeria
    • Storeria dekayi
  • Stramonita
  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia
    Striatolamia
  • Strigilla
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Strioterebrum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Strix
    • A living Strix varia, or barred owl
      Strix varia
  • Strobilops
  • Strombiformis
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Strombina dove sea snail
    Strombina
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Strombus
    • Fossilized shell in multiple views of a Strombus alatus, or Florida fighting conch
      Strombus alatus
    • – type locality for species
    • Strombus pugilis
    • Strombus raninus
  • Sturnella
    • A living Sturnella magna, or eastern meadowlark
      Sturnella magna
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Stylophora
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Subcancilla sea snail
    Subcancilla
  • Sula
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Syllomus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sylvilagus
    • Sylvilagus floridanus
    • A living Sylvilagus palustris, or marsh rabbit
      Sylvilagus palustris
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Synaptomys
    • Synaptomys australis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Synodus
    • Synodus foetens – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Miocene even-toed ungulate Synthetoceras
    Synthetoceras
    • Synthetoceras tricornatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Syntomodrillia
  • Syrnola
    • – type locality for species

T[]

  • Tachybaptus
    • A living Tachybaptus dominicus, or least grebe
      Tachybaptus dominicus
  • Tachycineta
  • Tadarida
    • Tadarida brasiliensis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tagelus
  • Talparia
    • – type locality for species
  • Tamias
    • Tamias aristus
    • – type locality for species
  • Tantilla
    • Tantilla coronata
  • – type locality for genus[4]
    • – type locality for species[5]
  • A living Tapirus, or tapir
    Tapirus
    • Tapirus haysii
    • Tapirus lundeliusi – type locality for species
    • Tapirus polkensis
    • Tapirus veroensis
    • Tapirus webbi – type locality for species
  • Taxodium
    • Living Taxodium distichum, or bald cypresses
      Taxodium distichum
  • Tectariopsis – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
  • Tectonatica
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • Tectonatica pusilla
    • – type locality for species
  • Tegula
    • Tegula fasciata
  • Teinostoma
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
    • Teleoceras proterum
  • Telescopium
  • Shell of a Tellina, or tellin
    Tellina
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Tenagodus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Tephrocyon
    • Tephrocyon scitulus
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene bird of prey Teratornis
    Teratornis
    • Teratornis merriami
  • Terebellum
    • – tentative report
  • Terebra
    • – type locality for species
    • Shell in multiple views of a Terebra dislocata, or eastern auger sea snail
      Terebra dislocata
    • – type locality for species
    • Terebra protexta
  • Terebratalia
  • Terebratulina
  • Teredo
  • Terrapene
    • A living Terrapene carolina, or common box turtle
      Terrapene carolina
  • Testudo
    • – type locality for species
  • Textularia
  • Thalamoporella
  • Thalassia
    • Thalassia testudinum
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Illustration of living Thalassodendron sea grass
    Thalassodendron
    • – type locality for species
  • Thamnophis
    • Thamnophis sirtalis
  • Thelecythara
    • Thelecythara floridana
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Theriodictis
    • – tentative report
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene ground sloth Thinobadistes
    Thinobadistes
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Thomomys
  • Thracia
    • – tentative report
  • Thyasira
    • – type locality for species
  • Ticholeptus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Timoclea
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene terror bird Titanis
    Titanis – type locality for genus
    • Titanis walleri – type locality for species
  • Tocobaga
  • Tonna
    • Tonna galea
  • Torcula
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Totanus
    • – type locality for species
  • Toxostoma
    • Toxostoma rufum
  • Trachemys
    • A living Trachemys scripta, or pond slider
      Trachemys scripta
  • Trachycardium
    • Trachycardium egmontianum
    • – tentative report
    • Exterior and interior of the shell of a Trachycardium isocardia, or West Indian prickly cockle
      Trachycardium isocardia
    • �� type locality for species
    • Trachycardium muricatum
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Living Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, or open brain coral
    Trachyphyllia
  • Trachypollia
    • – type locality for species
  • Tremarctos
    • Tremarctos floridanus
  • Trichechus
    • A living Trichechus manatus, or West Indian manatee
      Trichechus manatus
  • Tricolia
    • – type locality for species
    • Tricolia umbilicata
  • Trigonictis
    • Trigonictis macrodon
  • Shell of a Trigonostoma nutmeg sea snail
    Trigonostoma
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Triloculina
  • Trinacria
  • Tringa
    • Tringa melanoleuca
    • Tringa solitaria
  • Triphora
  • A living Triplofusus papillosus, or Florida horse conch
    Triplofusus
    • Triplofusus giganteus
  • Tritonoharpa
    • Tritonoharpa lanceolata
  • Trivia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Trochita
    • – type locality for species
  • Troglodytes
    • Troglodytes aedon
  • Trona
  • Trophon
  • Close-up portrait of a living Tropidophis, or West Indian wood snake
    Tropidophis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tucetona
  • A living Turbinella, or chank
    Turbinella
    • – type locality for species
  • Turbo
    • Shell of a Turbo castanea, or chestnut turban sea snail
      Turbo castanea
  • Turbonilla
    • Turbonilla hemphilli
    • Turbonilla levis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Turdus
  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
    • Turritella apicalis
    • – or unidentified related form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Tursiops, or bottlenose dolphin
    Tursiops – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tutufa
  • Tympanuchus
    • Tympanuchus cupido
  • Typhina
  • Typhinellus
  • Typhis
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Close-up portrait of a living Typhlops blind snake
    Typhlops – tentative report
  • Tyrannus
    • Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Tyronia
  • Tyto
    • Tyto alba

U[]

  • A living Ulmus, or elm
    Ulmus
    • – type locality for species[6]
  • Umbonula
  • Urocoptis
  • Urocyon
    • Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Urosalpinx
    • A living Urosalpinx sea snail, or oyster drill
      Urosalpinx cinerea
    • Urosalpinx perrugata
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Ursus
    • A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear
      Ursus americanus

V[]

  • Vasum
    • – type locality for species
    • Vasum horridum
    • Shell in multiple views of a Vasum muricatum, or Caribbean vase sea snail
      Vasum muricatum
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nerite sea snail Velates
    Velates
  • Venericardia
    • – type locality for species
  • Ventricolaria
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Venus
  • Vermicularia
    • Vermicularia fargoi
    • Vermicularia spirata
  • Vermivora
    • A living Oreothlypis celata (formerly Vermivora celata), or orange-crowned warbler
      Vermivora celata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Verticordia
  • Vertigo
  • Vexillum
    • Vexillum wandoense
  • Viburnum
    • Viburnum dentatum – or unidentified comparable form
    • Viburnum nudum
  • Vireo
    • Vireo griseus
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Vitis
    • Fruit and foliage of living Vitis rotundifolia, or muscadine grape vines
      Vitis rotundifolia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Vitricythara
  • Vitrinella
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Vitularia
  • Viviparus
    • Viviparus georgianus
  • Vokesimurex
    • Vokesimurex anniae
    • Vokesimurex bellegladeensis
    • Shell in multiple views of a Vokesimurex rubidus, or rose murex sea snail
      Vokesimurex rubidus
  • Volsella
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Volutifusus
  • Volvarina
    • Volvarina albolineata
    • Volvarina avena
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Volvula
    • – type locality for species
  • Volvulella
  • Vulpes
    • A living Vulpes vulpes, or red fox
      Vulpes vulpes – type locality for species

W[]

X[]

  • Xanthium
    • – type locality for species
  • Xenophora
    • Xenophora conchyliophora
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Xenosmilus
    Xenosmilus – type locality for genus
    • Xenosmilus hodsonae – type locality for species

Y[]

  • Yoldia
    • – type locality for species
  • Yumaceras

Z[]

  • Zapus
  • Zebina
    • Zebina browniana
    • Zebina laevigata
    • – type locality for species
  • Zenaida
    • Mourning dove
      Zenaida macroura
  • Zenaidura
    • Zenaidura macroura
  • Zizyphus
  • Zodiolestes
    • – type locality for species
  • Zonaria
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Zonitoides
  • Zonotrichia
    • Zonotrichia albicollis – or unidentified comparable form
    • A living Zonotrichia leucophrys, or white-crowned sparrow
      Zonotrichia leucophrys – or unidentified comparable form
  • Zonulispira
    • Zonulispira crocata

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