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

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

A[]

  • †Abdounia
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  • Abra
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  • Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle
    Acanthocardia
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  • Acar
    • † – tentative report
  • Acteocina
    • †Acteocina canaliculata
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  • Aequipecten
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  • Aetobatus
    • A living Aetobatus narinari, or spotted eagle ray
      †Aetobatus narinari
  • Agassizia
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  • Agkistrodon
    • †Agkistrodon piscivorus
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Aix
    • †Aix sponsa
  • Alligator
    • A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator
      †Alligator mississippiensis
  • Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
  • Alveopora
  • Amauropsis
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  • †Ambystoma
    • †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Amnicola
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  • A living Amphiuma
    Amphiuma
  • †Ampullina
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Ampullinopsis
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  • Amusium
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  • Anadara
  • Anas
    • †Anas acuta
    • †Anas americana
    • †Anas crecca
    • †Anas discors
    • †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Anas rubripes
    • †Anas strepera
  • Anolis
    • Living male (on top) and female (bottom, with white stripe down her back) Anolis carolinensis, or Carolina anoles
      †Anolis carolinensis
  • Anomia
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
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  • Apalone
    • †Apalone ferox
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  • Arca
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  • Architectonica
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  • †Archosargus
    • A living Archosargus probatocephalus, or sheepshead
      †Archosargus probatocephalus
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  • Arius
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  • Asio
  • Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • †
  • Electron micrograph and gross view of an Astrangia poculata stony coral
    Astrangia
    • †Astrangia danae
  • Astreopora
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  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
  • Atrina
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  • Aythya
    • †Aythya collaris

B[]

  • Bairdiella
    • †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
  • Balistes
  • Barbatia
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  • Bartramia
    • †Bartramia longicauda
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
    †Basilosaurus
    • †Basilosaurus cetoides
    • †
  • Bison
    • †Bison bison – tentative report
  • Bittium
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  • Blarina
    • †Blarina brevicauda
    • †Blarina carolinensis
  • Bonasa
    • A living Bonasa umbellus, or ruffed grouse
      †Bonasa umbellus
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  • †
    • †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
  • Brissus
  • Bucephala
    • †Bucephala albeola
  • Bufo
    • †Bufo americanus
  • †Burnhamia
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  • Bursa
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  • Busycon
    • †Busycon carica
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species

C[]

  • †Calippus
  • Callista
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  • Calyptraea
  • Campanile
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  • Canachites
    • †Canachites canadensis
  • Canis
    • A living Canis lupus, or gray wolf
      †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Carcharhinus
    • †
    • †Carcharhinus leucas
    • †Carcharhinus macloti – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Carcharhinus obscurus
  • Carcharias
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    • †Carcharias taurus
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  • A living Carcharodon shark
    Carcharodon
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  • Cardita
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  • Carditamera
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  • Carphophis
  • Carya
  • Cassis
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  • Castor
    • †Castor canadensis
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides
    †Castoroides
    • †Castoroides ohioensis
  • Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  • Cerithiopsis
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  • Cerithium
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    • †Cerithium georgianum
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    • † – or unidentified comparable form
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    • † – tentative report
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  • Cervus
    • A living Cervus elaphus, or red deer
      †Cervus elaphus
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  • Chama
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    • † – type locality for species
  • Chelydra
    • †Chelydra serpentina
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  • Chionopsis
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  • Fossillized shell of a Chlamys bivalve
    Chlamys
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  • Chlorostoma
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  • Clypeaster
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  • Coccolithus
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  • Colaptes
    • †Colaptes auratus
  • Colinus
    • †Colinus virginianus
  • Coluber
    • †Coluber constrictor
  • Conepatus
    • †Conepatus leuconotus
  • Conomitra
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  • Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail
    Conus
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • Coragyps
    • †Coragyps atratus
  • Corbula
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  • Corvus
    • †Corvus brachyrhynchos
    • A living Corvus corax, or common raven
      †Corvus corax
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  • Crassostrea
    • †Crassostrea virginica
  • Crepidula
    • †Crepidula fornicata
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  • A living Crocodylus
    Crocodylus
  • Crotalus
    • †Crotalus horridus
  • Crucibulum
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  • Ctenoides
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  • Cucullaea
  • Cyanocitta
    • †Cyanocitta cristata
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  • Cygnus
    • †Cygnus columbianus
  • †Cylindracanthus
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  • Cymatium
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  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus
    †Cynthiacetus
    • †
  • Cypraea
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D[]

  • Dasyatis
    • † – type locality for species
    • † – type locality for species
  • Dasypus
    • Fossilized mandible in multiple views of the Pleistocene Dasypus bellus, or beautiful armadillo
      †Dasypus bellus
  • Deirochelys
    • †Deirochelys reticularia
  • Dentalium
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  • Diadophis
    • †Diadophis punctatus
  • Diastoma
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  • Didelphis
    • A living Didelphis marsupialis, or common opossum
      †Didelphis marsupialis
    • †Didelphis virginiana
  • Diodora
    • † – type locality for species
  • †Dioplotherium
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  • Diploastrea
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  • †Discoaster
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  • Donax
    • †Donax variabilis
  • Dorsal and right lateral views of reconstructed skeleton of Dorudon atrox
    †Dorudon
    • †Dorudon serratus
  • Dosinia
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  • Dryocopus
    • †Dryocopus pileatus

E[]

  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Echinolampas
  • †Ectopistes
    • Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon
      †Ectopistes migratorius
  • Edaphodon
  • Elops
    • †Elops saurus
  • Eontia
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  • Epitonium
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  • Eptesicus
    • †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Equus
    • † – tentative report
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    • †Equus simplicidens
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium
    †Eremotherium
    • †Eremotherium laurillardi
  • Eschrichtius
    • †Eschrichtius robustus
  • †Eucastor
  • Eupleura

F[]

G[]

  • Galeocerdo
    • †Galeocerdo alabamensis
    • †Galeocerdo clarkensis
    • A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark
      †Galeocerdo cuvier
    • †
  • Galeorhinus
    • †Galeorhinus galeus
    • † – type locality for species
  • Gari
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  • Gastrochaena
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  • Gemma
    • †Gemma purpurea
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus
    †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
    • †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
  • Ginglymostoma
    • †Ginglymostoma cirratum
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  • Glycymeris
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  • Glyptemys
    • †Glyptemys insculpta
  • Goniopora
    • † – type locality for species
  • Gopherus
    • A living Gopherus polyphemus, or gopher tortoise
      †Gopherus polyphemus

H[]

  • † – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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  • Haustator
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  • A living Hemipristis weasel shark
    Hemipristis
  • †
    • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Hesperisternia
    • † – type locality for species
  • †Hesperotestudo
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  • Heterodon
    • †Heterodon platyrhinos
  • A living Heterodontus, or bullhead shark
    Heterodontus
    • † – type locality for species
  • Hexaplex
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    • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Hippopodina
    • † – type locality for species
    • †
  • †Hippotherium
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale
    †Holmesina
    • †
  • † – type locality for genus
    • † – type locality for species
  • Hyla
    • †Hyla crucifer

I[]

  • Isurus
    • A living Isurus oxyrinchus, or shortfin mako shark
      †Isurus oxyrinchus
    • †

K[]

L[]

  • A living Lactophrys boxfish
    †Lactophrys
  • Laevicardium
  • †Lagodon
    • †Lagodon rhomboides
  • Lamna
    • † – type locality for species
  • Lampropeltis
    • †Lampropeltis getulus
    • †Lampropeltis triangulum
  • Leopardus
  • †
  • Illustration of a living Lepisosteus, or gar
    Lepisosteus
  • †Leptotragulus
  • Lima
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  • †Linthia
    • † – type locality for species
  • Liotia
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  • Liquidambar
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  • Lithophaga
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  • Littoraria
  • Lontra
    • †Lontra canadensis
  • Lopha
    • †
  • Lophelia
    • † – type locality for species
  • Lophodytes
    • †Lophodytes cucullatus
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  • Lucina
  • Lynx
    • A living Lynx rufus, or bobcat
      †Lynx rufus
  • Lyria
    • †
    • † – or unidentified related form
  • †
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M[]

  • Macrocallista
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  • Mactra
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  • Malaclemys
    • †Malaclemys terrapin
  • †Mammut
    • Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
      †Mammut americanum
    • †
  • †Mammuthus
    • †Mammuthus columbi
  • Margarites
    • †
  • Marginella
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  • Marmota
    • †Marmota monax
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • †
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx
    †Megalonyx
  • †Megatherium
    • †Megatherium americanum
    • †
  • Melanerpes
  • Meleagris
    • †Meleagris gallopavo
  • Melongena
  • Mephitis
    • A living Mephitis mephitis, or striped skunk
      †Mephitis mephitis
  • Mercenaria
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    • †Mercenaria mercenaria
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  • Meretrix
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  • Mesalia
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  • † – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Microtus
    • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
    • †Microtus pinetorum
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  • Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah
    †Miracinonyx
    • †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mitra
    • †
  • Modiolus
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  • †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
  • Montastraea
    • † – type locality for species
  • Mugil
  • Mulinia
  • Mustela
    • †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †
    • †
  • Myliobatis
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
    †Mylohyus
    • †Mylohyus fossilis
  • Myotis
    • †Myotis grisescens – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Myotis lucifugus – or unidentified comparable form

N[]

  • A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail
    Nassarius
  • Natica
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  • Nebrius
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  • Negaprion
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  • †Neochoerus
  • Neofiber
    • †Neofiber alleni
  • Neomonachus
    • Illustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal
      †Neomonachus tropicalis
  • Neotoma
    • †Neotoma floridana
  • Nerita
    • †
  • Neritina
  • Nerodia
    • †Nerodia fasciata
    • †Nerodia sipedon
  • Neverita
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  • Notophthalmus
    • A living Notophthalmus viridescens, or eastern newt
      †Notophthalmus viridescens
    • †
  • Nucula
  • Nuculana
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  • Nummulites
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O[]

  • †
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    • † – type locality for species
  • Odocoileus
    • †Odocoileus virginianus
  • Fossil teeth of Odontaspis winkleri from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 mya
    Odontaspis
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  • †
    • † – type locality for species
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  • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Oliva
    • †Oliva sayana
  • Ondatra
    • †Ondatra zibethicus
  • †Ontocetus
    • †Ontocetus emmonsi
  • A living Opsanus toadfish
    †Opsanus
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  • †Orthaulax
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  • Oryzomys
    • †Oryzomys palustris
  • Ostrea
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  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene–Miocene shark Otodus
    †Otodus
  • Otus
    • †Otus asio

P[]

  • †Palaeolama
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  • †Palaeophis
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  • Panopea
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  • Panthera
    • †Panthera onca
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    †Paramylodon
    • †Paramylodon harlani
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  • Pecten
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  • Pekania
    • †Pekania pennanti
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  • Periglypta
    • † – or unidentified related form
  • Peromyscus
    • A living Peromyscus leucopus, or white-footed mouse
      †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Peromyscus polionotus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Persicula
    • † – type locality for species
  • Persististrombus
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  • Petricola
    • †Petricola pholadiformis
  • Phacoides
    • †
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • Phyllodus
  • A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale
    Physeter
    • †Physeter vetus – tentative report
  • †Physeterula
    • † – tentative report
  • †Physogaleus
    • †
  • Pica
    • †Pica pica
  • Picoides
    • †Picoides villosus
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  • Pipistrellus
    • †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shell of a Pitar venus clam
    Pitar
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  • Pituophis
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  • Placopecten
    • †Placopecten magellanicus
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  • Planorbis
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  • Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
    †Platygonus
    • †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Plethodon
    • †Plethodon glutinosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pleuromeris
  • Plicatula
  • Podilymbus
    • †Podilymbus podiceps
  • Pogonias
    • †Pogonias cromis
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  • †Potamides
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  • Prionocidaris – tentative report
  • Prionotus
  • A living Pristis sawfish
    Pristis
    • †Pristis lathami
    • † – type locality for species
  • Procyon
    • †Procyon lotor
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  • Pseudacris
    • †Pseudacris ornata
  • Pseudemys
    • †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form
  • Replica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse Pseudhipparion
    †Pseudhipparion
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
    • †
  • Pseudotriton
    • †Pseudotriton ruber
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  • Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Pterosphenus
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  • Pterynotus
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  • Puma
    • †Puma concolor
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Q[]

  • Quercus

R[]

  • Raja
  • †Rana
    • †Rana catesbiana – lapsus calami of Rana catesbeiana
    • †Rana pipiens
  • Rangia
  • Rangifer
    • A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
      †Rangifer tarandus
  • Rapana
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  • †Regina
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  • Rhinobatos
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rhinoptera
  • Rhizoprionodon
    • A living Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, or Atlantic sharpnose shark
      †Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
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  • Rhyncholampas
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S[]

  • Sayornis
    • A living Phoebe
      †Sayornis phoebe
  • Scalopus
    • †Scalopus aquaticus
  • Sceloporus
    • †Sceloporus undulatus
  • Schizaster
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  • Schizoporella
    • † – type locality for species
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  • Sciurus
    • A living Sciurus carolinensis, or eastern gray squirrel
      †Sciurus carolinensis
  • †Scoliodon
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  • Scolopax
    • †Scolopax minor
  • Scyliorhinus
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  • Semele – tentative report
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  • Siderastrea
    • †
  • Sigmodon
    • †Sigmodon hispidus
  • Sinum
    • †
  • Siren
    • Close-up portrait of a Siren intermedia, or lesser siren
      †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Smittina
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  • Solemya
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  • Sorex
    • †Sorex cinereus
    • †Sorex fumeus
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  • A living Sphyraena, or barracuda
    Sphyraena
  • Sphyrna
    • †Sphyrna tiburo
    • †Sphyrna zygaena
  • Spilogale
    • †Spilogale putorius
  • Spisula
    • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • Spizella
    • †Spizella passerina
  • Spondylus
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  • Squatina
    • †
  • A living Sternotherus, or musk turtle
    Sternotherus
  • †Striatolamia
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  • Strigilla
    • † – type locality for species
  • †Striostrea
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  • Strioterebrum
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  • Strombus
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  • Stylophora
    • †
    • † – type locality for species
  • Sylvilagus
    • †Sylvilagus floridanus
    • A living Sylvilagus palustris, or marsh rabbit
      †Sylvilagus palustris
    • †Sylvilagus transitionalis
  • Synaptomys
    • †Synaptomys australis
    • †Synaptomys cooperi
  • Synodus

T[]

U[]

  • Ulmus
  • Urocyon
    • †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
  • Ursus
    • A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear
      †Ursus americanus

V[]

  • Venericardia
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    • †
    • †
    • †
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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X[]

Y[]

Z[]

  • Zapus
    • A living Zapus hudsonius, or meadow jumping mouse
      †Zapus hudsonius
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References[]

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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