List of the prehistoric life of Alabama

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This list of the prehistoric life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama.

Precambrian[]

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

Paleozoic[]

Main article: List of the Paleozoic life of Alabama

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Alabama[]

  • Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris
    †Alethopteris
    • †Alethopteris lonchitica
    • †Alethopteris valida
  • †Amphiscapha – tentative report
  • †Amplexopora
  • †Annularia
    • †Annularia radiata
    • †Annularia sphenophylloides
  • †Arenicolites
  • †Artisia
  • †Atrypa
  • †Aviculopecten
  • †Bimuria
  • Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites
    †Calamites
    • †Calamites cisti
    • †Calamites goepperti
    • †Calamites suckowi
    • †Calamites suckowii
    • †Calamites undulatus
  • †Campbelloceras
  • †Caninia
  • †Carinamala
  • †Cavusgnathus
  • †Cedaria
  • †Christiania
  • †Cladodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Cleiothyridina
  • †Composita
    • †Composita subquadrata
  • †Conocardium
  • †Cordaites
  • †Cornulites
  • †Crania
  • †Crepipora
  • Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus
    †Ctenacanthus
    • †Ctenacanthus elegans
  • †Ctenerpeton
  • †Cyclopteris
  • †Cystodictya
  • †Decadocrinus
  • †Deiracephalus
  • †Dicoelosia
  • †Diplichnites
    • †Diplichnites gouldi
  • †Dolorthoceras
  • †Fenestella
  • †Girvanella
  • †
    • †Glyptagnostus reticulatus
  • †Gnathodus
    • †Gnathodus bilineatus
  • †Hindeodus
    • †Hindeodus minutus
  • †Innitagnostus
  • †Kingstonia
    • †Kingstonia appalachia
  • †Kouphichnium
  • Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. (1911).
    †Lepidodendron
    • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
    • †Lepidodendron obovatum
  • †Lepidostrobus
  • †Limnosaurus – type locality for genus
  • †Lingulella
    • †Lingulella alabamensis
    • †Lingulella lirata
    • †Lingulella pachyderma
  • †Lochriea
  • †Lyginopteris
    • †Lyginopteris hoeninghausi
  • †Meristina – tentative report
  • †Naticopsis
  • Nucula
  • †Obolus
  • †Paladin
  • Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris
    †Pecopteris
    • †Pecopteris arborescens
  • †Pentremites
    • †Pentremites laminatus
    • †Pentremites tulipaformis
  • †Petalodus – tentative report
  • †Pinnularia
  • †Platyceras
  • †Platycrinites
  • †Rachis
  • Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria
    †Sigillaria
    • †Sigillaria elegans
    • †Sigillaria ichthyolepis
    • †Sigillaria scutella
    • †Sigillaria scutellata
  • †Skenidioides
  • †Solenopora
  • †Sphenophyllum
    • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
    • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum
  • Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris
    †Sphenopteris
    • †Sphenopteris brongniarti
    • †Sphenopteris elegans
    • †Sphenopteris herbacea
    • †Sphenopteris pottsvillea
    • †Sphenopteris pseudocristata
    • †Sphenopteris schatzlarensis
  • Spirorbis
  • †Treptichnus
  • †Undichna

Mesozoic[]

Main article: List of the Mesozoic life of Alabama

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Alabama[]

  • Acirsa
  • Acmaea
  • †Acteon
  • †Agerostrea
  • †Albertosaurus
  • †Albula
  • †Ampullina
  • †Ancilla
  • †Anomia
  • †Anomoeodus
  • Fossilized skull and skeleton of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Appalachiosaurus
    †Appalachiosaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis – type locality for species
  • Arca
  • Architectonica
  • Arrhoges
  • Astarte
  • †Avellana
  • †Avitelmessus
    • †Avitelmessus grapsoideus
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
    †Baculites
    • †Baculites arculus
    • †Baculites asper – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Baculites capensis
    • †Baculites tippahensis
  • †Bananogmius
    • †Bananogmius crieleyi – type locality for species
    • †Bananogmius zitteli – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Banis
  • Barbatia
  • †Belemnitella
    • †Belemnitella americana
  • †Belemnitida
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Belonostomus
    †Belonostomus
  • Botula
    • †Botula carolinensis
    • †Botula conchafodentis
    • †Botula ripleyana
  • Brachidontes – tentative report
  • †Bulla – tentative report
  • Cadulus
  • Caestocorbula
    • †Caestocorbula crassaplica
    • †Caestocorbula crassiplica
    • †Caestocorbula percompressa
    • †Caestocorbula suffalciata
    • †Caestocorbula terramaria
  • Callianassa
    • †Callianassa mortoni
  • †Calliomphalus
    • †Calliomphalus americanus
    • †Calliomphalus nudus
  • Calyptraea
  • Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails
    Capulus
  • †Caveola
  • Cerithiella
    • †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
    • †Cerithiella semirugatum
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Cerithium
  • Charonia
  • †Chelosphargis
    • †Chelosphargis advena – or unidentified comparable form
  • Chlamys
  • †Chondrites
  • Cidaris
  • †Cimolichthys
    • †Cimolichthys nepaholica
  • Clavagella
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes
    †Clidastes
    • †Clidastes liodontus
    • †Clidastes propython – type locality for species
  • Cliona
  • Corbula
  • †Corsochelys – type locality for genus
  • Crassostrea
  • †Crenella
    • †Crenella elegantula
    • †Crenella senica
    • †Crenella serica
  • †Cretolamna
    • †Cretolamna appendiculata
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark
    †Cretoxyrhina
    • †Cretoxyrhina mantelli
  • Crucibulum
  • Ctenochelys – type locality for genus
    • †Ctenochelys acris – type locality for species
    • †Ctenochelys tenuitesta – type locality for species
  • Cucullaea
    • †Cucullaea capax
    • †Cucullaea littlei
    • †Cucullaea powersi – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cuspidaria
    • †Cuspidaria ampulla
    • †Cuspidaria grandis
    • †Cuspidaria grovensis
    • †Cuspidaria jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cylichna
    • †Cylichna diversilirata
    • †Cylichna incisa
  • †Cymella
  • Cypraea – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Dasmosmilia
    • †Dasmosmilia kochii
    • †Dasmosmilia reesidi
  • Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
    †Dentalium
    • †Dentalium leve
    • †Dentalium pauperculum
    • †Dentalium ripleyana
  • †Discosaurus
    • †Discosaurus vetustus
  • †Discoscaphites
    • †Discoscaphites conradi
    • †Discoscaphites iris
  • †Dolicholatirus
  • †Ecphora
  • Edaphodon
  • †Enchodus
    • †Enchodus petrosus
    • †Enchodus saevus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Eotrachodon
    †Eotrachodon – type locality for genus
    • †Eotrachodon orientalis – type locality for species
  • †Epitonium
    • †Epitonium sillimani
  • †Eulima
    • †Eulima gracilistylis
    • †Eulima monmouthensis
  • †Euspira
  • †Eutrephoceras
  • †Exogyra
    • †Exogyra costata
    • †Exogyra ponderosa
    • †Exogyra upatoiensis
  • Fusinus
  • †Gegania
  • Gemmula
  • †Gervillia
  • Illustration of a reconstructed skull of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens
    †Globidens – type locality for genus
    • †Globidens alabamensis – type locality for species
  • Glossus
  • Glycymeris
    • †Glycymeris hamula
    • †Glycymeris rotundata
    • †Glycymeris subaustralis
  • †Halimornis – type locality for genus
    • †Halimornis thompsoni – type locality for species
  • †Halisaurus
    • †Halisaurus sternbergi
  • †Hamulus
  • Haustator
  • †Helicoceras
  • Hoplopteryx – tentative report
  • †Hybodus
  • †Ichthyodectes
    • †Ichthyodectes ctenodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis
    †Ichthyornis – type locality for genus
    • †Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
  • †Inoceramus
  • †Ischyrhiza
    • †Ischyrhiza mira
  • Isognomon
  • Lima
  • Limatula
  • †Linearis
  • †
  • †Linthia
  • Lithophaga
  • Lopha
    • †Lopha falcata
    • †Lopha mesenterica
    • †Lopha ucheensis
  • Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Lophorhothon
    †Lophorhothon – type locality for genus
    • †Lophorhothon atopus – type locality for species
  • †Loxotoma
  • †Lucina
  • Martesia
  • †Mathilda
  • †Megalocoelacanthus – type locality for genus
    • †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei – type locality for species
  • Menippe
  • †Modiolus
    • †Modiolus sedesclaris
    • †Modiolus sedesclarus
    • †Modiolus trigonus
  • †Moorevillia – type locality for genus
  • †Morea
  • †Neithea
    • †Neithea bexarensis
    • †Neithea quinquecostata
    • †Neithea quinquecostatus
  • Nozeba
  • Nucula
    • †Nucula camia
    • †Nucula cuneifrons
    • †Nucula percrassa
    • †Nucula severnensis
  • Odontaspis
  • Ostrea
  • †Pachydiscus
  • †Pachymelania – tentative report
  • Fossilized skeletons of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Pachyrhizodus
    †Pachyrhizodus
    • †Pachyrhizodus caninus
    • †Pachyrhizodus kingi
    • †Pachyrhizodus minimus
  • Pagurus
    • †Pagurus convexus – type locality for species
  • Panopea
  • †
  • †Pecten
  • Pholadomya
    • †Pholadomya occidentalis
    • †Pholadomya tippana
  • †Pinna
  • †Placenticeras
    • †Placenticeras benningi
  • †Plagiostoma
  • †Platecarpus
  • Plicatula
  • Polinices
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth
    †Polycotylus
    • †Polycotylus latipinnis
  • †Prognathodon
  • †Protocardia
  • †Protosphyraena
    • †Protosphyraena nitida – tentative report
  • †Protostega
    • †Protostega dixie – type locality for species
    • †Protostega gigas
  • †Pseudocorax
    • †Pseudocorax affinis
    • †Pseudocorax laevis
  • †Pteria
  • †Pterotrigonia
    • †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
    • †Pterotrigonia cerulea
    • †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
    • †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
    • †Pterotrigonia thoracica
  • †Ptychodus
    • †Ptychodus mortoni
    • †Ptychodus polygyrus
  • †Ptychotrygon
  • Pycnodonte
    • †Pycnodonte belli
    • †Pycnodonte mutabilis
    • †Pycnodonte vesicularis
    • †Pycnodonte wratheri
  • Ringicula
  • Rissoina
  • Rostellaria – tentative report
  • †Sargana
  • †Saurocephalus
    • †Saurocephalus lanciformis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Saurodon
    †Saurodon
    • †Saurodon leanus
  • †Saurornitholestes – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Scapanorhynchus
    • †Scapanorhynchus rapax
    • †Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
  • †Scaphites
  • †Schizobasis
  • Mounted fossilized skull and neck of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Selmasaurus
    †Selmasaurus – type locality for genus
    • †Selmasaurus russelli – type locality for species
  • Serpula
  • Solemya
  • †Sphenodiscus
    • †Sphenodiscus lobatus
    • †Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
  • †Spirorbula
  • Spondylus
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
    Squalicorax
    • †Squalicorax falcatus
    • †Squalicorax pristodontus
  • †Stratodus
  • Teinostoma
  • Tellina
  • †Tenea
  • Teredo
  • †Thalassinoides
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys
    †Toxochelys
  • Trachycardium
    • †Trachycardium efaulense
    • †Trachycardium eufaulense
    • †Trachycardium eufaulensis
  • Turritella
    • †Turritella bilira
    • †Turritella chalybeatensis
    • †Turritella forgemoli – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Turritella hilgardi
    • †Turritella paravertebroides
    • †Turritella tippana
    • †Turritella trilira
    • †Turritella vertebroides
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
    †Tylosaurus
    • †Tylosaurus zangerli
  • Xenophora
  • †Xiphactinus
    • †Xiphactinus audax

Cenozoic[]

Main article: List of the Cenozoic life of Alabama

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Alabama[]

  • Abra
  • Acanthocardia
  • Accipiter
    • Living adult (center) and chick (lower right) Accipiter striatus, or sharp-shinned hawks
      †Accipiter striatus
  • Acirsa
  • Aclis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Acropora
  • Acteocina
  • Acteon
  • †Adeorbis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Aequipecten
  • Aetobatus
  • Agaronia
  • Alaba
  • Albula
  • †Allomorone – type locality for genus
  • A living Alopias, or thresher shark
    Alopias
  • †Ambystoma
  • Ampheristus
  • †Ampullina
  • Amusium
  • Anas
    • †Anas crecca
    • †Anas platyrhynchos
  • Ancilla
  • Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Angulus
  • Anodontia
  • Anolis
    • †Anolis carolinensis
  • Anomia
  • Antalis
  • Apalone
    • †Apalone spinifera
  • †Aphelops
  • Aplodinotus – tentative report
  • Aporrhais
  • Arca
  • Architectonica
  • †Arctodus
    • †Arctodus simus
  • †Area
  • Argobuccinum
  • Argyrotheca
  • Astarte
  • Asthenotoma
  • Astrangia
  • Astyris
  • Athleta
  • Atrina
  • Restoration of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
    †Aturia
  • Atys
  • Aythya
    • †Aythya collaris
    • †Aythya valisineria – or unidentified comparable form
  • Bactridium
  • †Baculites
  • Balanophyllia
  • Balanus
  • †Baluchicardia
  • Barbatia
  • Barnea
  • Bartramia
    • †Bartramia longicauda
  • Life restoration of a pod of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
    †Basilosaurus
    • †Basilosaurus cetoides
  • Bathytoma
    • †Bathytoma nonplicata – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Belosaepia
  • Bison
    • †Bison antiquus
  • Bittium
  • Blarina
    • †Blarina carolinensis
  • Bonasa
    • †Bonasa umbellus
  • †Bonellitia
  • Botula
    • †Botula carolinensis
  • Brachidontes
  • Branta
    • A living Branta canadensis, or Canada goose
      †Branta canadensis
  • Bufo
    • †Bufo americanus
    • †Bufo woodhousei
  • Bullia
  • †Burnhamia
  • Busycon
  • Cadulus
  • Caestocorbula
  • Callianassa
  • A living Calliostoma top sea snail
    Calliostoma
  • Callista
  • Calyptraea
  • Campanile
  • Cancellaria
    • †Cancellaria costata
  • Canis
    • †Canis rufus
  • Cantharus
  • Capulus
  • Carcharhinus
  • Carcharias
  • Carphophis
  • Caryophyllia
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides
    †Castoroides
  • †Catenicella
  • Catoptrophorus
    • †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  • Centroberyx
  • Cerithiella
  • Cerithiopsis
  • Cerithium – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Cervus
    • †Cervus elaphus
  • Chama
  • Charonia
  • Chiton
  • Chlamys
  • †Chlorophthalmus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Chrysemys
    • †Chrysemys picta
  • †Chrysodomus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Cibicides
  • Cidaris
  • Cirsotrema
  • Clavatula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Pliocene spindle sea snail Clavilithes
    Clavilithes
  • Cliona
  • Closia
  • Clypeaster
  • Cochlespira
  • Codakia – tentative report
  • Colinus
    • †Colinus virginianus
  • Coluber
    • †Coluber constrictor
  • Columbellopsis
  • Conomitra
  • †Conorbis
  • Conus
  • Corbicula – tentative report
  • Corbula
  • Cordieria
  • †Cormohipparion
  • †Corvina
  • Corvus
    • †Corvus corax
  • Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    †Coryphodon
  • Crassostrea
    • †Crassostrea alabamiensis
  • Crenella
  • Crepidula
  • Crisia
  • †Crommium
  • Crotalus
    • †Crotalus horridus
  • Cryptobranchus
    • †Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
  • Cucullaea
  • Cuspidaria
  • Cyanocitta
    • †Cyanocitta cristata
  • Cygnus
  • Cylichna
  • †Cylindracanthus
  • Cyllene – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus
    †Cynthiacetus
  • Cypraea
  • Cypraedia
  • †Cytherideis
  • Daphnella
  • Dasyatis
  • Dasypus
    • †Dasypus bellus
  • Dendrophyllia
  • Dentalium
  • Desmognathus
    • †Desmognathus ochrophaeus
  • Diadophis
    • †Diadophis punctatus
  • Dichocoenia
  • †Dinematichthys
  • †Dinohyus
    • †Dinohyus hollandi – or unidentified related form
  • Diodon – tentative report
  • Diodora
  • Discorbis
  • Distorsio
  • †Dolicholatirus – tentative report
  • Donax
  • Dorsanum
  • Dosinia – tentative report
  • Dumetella
    • †Dumetella carolinensis
  • †Echinopsis – tentative report
  • †Ectopistes
    • Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon
      †Ectopistes migratorius
  • †Egertonia
  • Elaphe
    • †Elaphe guttata – or unidentified comparable form
    • †Elaphe vulpina
  • †Elimia
  • Emarginula
  • †Eosurcula
  • †Epicyon
    • †Epicyon haydeni – or unidentified comparable form
  • Epitonium
  • Eptesicus
    • †Eptesicus fuscus
  • Equus
  • Ervilia
  • Eulima
  • Eulimella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Eupleura
  • †Eurycea
  • Euspira
  • Euthria
  • Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras
    †Eutrephoceras
  • Evalea
  • †Exilia
  • †Exogyra
    • †Exogyra costata
  • Falco
    • †Falco sparverius
  • †Ficopsis
  • Fimbria
  • Fissurella
  • Flabellum
  • Fulgurofusus
  • Fustiaria
  • A living Galeocerdo requiem shark
    Galeocerdo
  • Galeodea
  • Galeorhinus
  • Gari
  • Gastrochaena
  • Gavia
    • †Gavia immer
  • Gegania
  • Gemma
  • Genota
  • Geodia
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus
    †Georgiacetus
    • †Georgiacetus vogtlensis
  • †Gigantostrea
  • Ginglymostoma
  • Glossus
  • Glycymeris
  • Glyptoactis
  • Goniopora
  • Graptemys
    • †Graptemys geographica
  • A living Grus americana, or whooping crane
    Grus
  • Gyroidina
  • Haliaeetus
    • †Haliaeetus leucocephalus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hamulus
  • Hastula
  • Haustator
  • Hemipristis
    • †Hemipristis curvatus
  • †Hemisurcula
  • Heterodon
    • †Heterodon platirhinos – or unidentified comparable form
  • A living Heterodontus, or bullhead shark
    Heterodontus
  • Hexaplex
  • Hipponix
  • Hyla
    • †Hyla gratiosa
  • †Hyposaurus
    • †Hyposaurus rogersii
  • Isognomon
  • †Jefitchia
  • Kuphus
  • †Lacunaria
  • Laevicardium
  • Lamna
  • Close-up of the head of a Lampropeltis , or kingsnake
    Lampropeltis
    • †Lampropeltis getulus
    • †Lampropeltis triangulum
  • Latirus
  • †Ledina
  • Lepton
  • Limacina
  • Limaria
  • Linga
  • †Linthia
  • †Linuparus
  • Lithophaga
  • Lithophyllum red algae
    Lithophyllum – tentative report
  • Lithothamnion – tentative report
  • Longchaeus
  • Lopha
  • Lucina
  • Lynx
    • †Lynx rufus
  • Macoma
  • Macrocallista
  • †Mammut
    • Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
      †Mammut americanum
  • †Mammuthus
    • †Mammuthus columbi
  • Margaretta
  • Marginella
  • Martesia
  • †Mastigophora
  • †Mathilda
  • †Megalonyx
    • †Megalonyx jeffersonii
  • Melanella
  • Melanerpes
    • †Melanerpes carolinus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Melanopsis
  • Meleagris
    • A wild male Meleagris gallopavo, or turkey, displaying his facial coloration and tail feathers to attract a female
      †Meleagris gallopavo
  • Membranipora
  • Meretrix
  • Mergus
  • Mesalia
  • Mesophyllum
  • Metula
  • †Michela
  • Microdrillia
  • Micropora
  • Microtus
    • †Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • Mitrella
  • Mitrolumna
  • Modiolus
  • Murex
  • Murexiella
  • Myliobatis
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
    †Mylohyus
    • †Mylohyus fossilis
  • Myotis
    • †Myotis lucifugus
  • †Nannippus
  • Narona
  • Nassarius
  • Natica
  • Naticarius
  • Nebrius
  • Negaprion
  • †Nemipterus
  • Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    †Neohipparion
  • Neotoma
    • †Neotoma floridana
  • Neritina
  • Nerodia
  • Neverita
  • Niso
  • Norrisia
  • Nucula
  • Nycticeius
    • †Nycticeius humeralis
  • Oculina – type locality for genus
  • Odocoileus
    • A living Odocoileus virginianus, or white-tailed deer
      †Odocoileus virginianus
  • Odontaspis
  • Odostomia
  • Oliva
  • Olivella
  • Opheodrys
    • †Opheodrys aestivus
  • Ostrea
  • †Otodus
  • Otus
    • †Otus asio
  • †Oxyrhina
  • †Pachecoa
  • Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis
    †Palaeophis
  • Panopea
  • Panthera
    • †Panthera onca
  • Pasithea
  • Pecten
  • †Pediomeryx
  • Pekania
    • †Pekania pennanti
  • Pelecyora
  • Penion
  • Peromyscus
  • Petricola
  • Phalium
  • Philine
  • Pholadomya
  • Shell of a Pholas, or angelwing
    Pholas
  • Phos
  • Phyllodus
  • Pica
    • †Pica pica
  • Picoides
    • †Picoides villosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pinna
  • Pipistrellus
  • Piranga
    • †Piranga olivacea – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pitar
  • †Planaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Planorbis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pleiolama
  • Plethodon
    • A living Plethodon glutinosus, or northern slimy salamander
      †Plethodon glutinosus
  • Pleurofusia
  • Pleuromeris
  • †Pleurostoma
  • Pleurotomaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Pleurotomella
  • Plicatula
  • Podilymbus
    • †Podilymbus podiceps
  • Shell of a Poirieria murex snail
    Poirieria
  • Polinices
  • Polyschides
  • Pomatodelphis
  • †Pontogeneus
  • Porella
  • Porina
  • †Potamides – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Pristis
  • Propeamussium
  • †Protocardia
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus
    †Protohippus
  • Prunum
  • Pseudemys
  • †Pseudolatirus
  • Pseudoliva
  • Pteria
  • Pterothrissus
  • Pterynotus
  • Pycnodonte
  • Pyramidella
  • †Pyrgulina
  • Quinqueloculina
  • Quiscalus
    • †Quiscalus quiscula
  • Raja
  • †Rana
    • †Rana catesbeiana
    • †Rana pipiens
  • Rangifer
    • A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
      †Rangifer tarandus
  • Raphitoma
  • Reithrodontomys
  • Reteporella
  • Retusa
  • Rhinobatos
  • Rhinoclavis
  • Rhinoptera
  • Rhizoprionodon
  • Rhynchoconger
  • Rimella
  • Ringicula
  • Fossilized shells of the sea snail Rissoina
    Rissoina
  • Rostellaria
  • †Rotularia
  • Sassia
  • Sayornis
    • †Sayornis phoebe – or unidentified comparable form
  • Scaphander
  • Scaphella
  • †Sceptrum
  • Schizaster
  • Illustration of a close-up view of a Schizoporella bryozoan ("moss animal")
    Schizoporella
  • Scolopax
    • †Scolopax minor
  • Scyliorhinus
  • Seila
  • Semele
  • Serpula
  • Serpulorbis
  • Siderastrea
  • Sigatica
  • Sinum
  • Siphonalia
  • Siphonochelus
  • Skena
  • Skenea
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    †Smilodon
    • †Smilodon fatalis
  • Solariella
  • Solemya
  • Sorex
  • Sphyraena – tentative report
  • Sphyrna
  • Spilogale – tentative report
    • †Spilogale putorius
  • Spirorbis
  • †Spirorbula – tentative report
  • Spisula
  • Spondylus
  • Sterna
  • Stomachetosella
  • Storeria
  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia
    †Striatolamia
  • Strioturbonilla
  • Strix
    • †Strix varia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Strombus
  • Stylophora
  • Sveltella
  • Sveltia
  • Sylvilagus
  • †Synthetoceras
    • †Synthetoceras tricornatus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tapirus
  • Teinostoma
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    †Teleoceras
  • Tellina
  • Temnocidaris – tentative report
  • Tenagodus
  • Terebra
  • Teredo
  • Textularia
  • Thamnophis
    • †Thamnophis sirtalis
  • Thiara
  • Tornus
  • Trachyphyllia
  • Illustration of a living Trichiurus cutlassfish
    Trichiurus
  • Trigonostoma
  • †Trinacria
  • Trionyx
  • Triphora
  • †Tripia
  • Trochita
  • Trochus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Trophon
  • Turbinella – or unidentified related form
  • Turbo – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Turbonilla
  • Turdus
    • A living Turdus migratorius, or American robin
      †Turdus migratorius
  • Turricula
  • Turris
  • Turritella
  • Tylocidaris
  • Tympanuchus
    • †Tympanuchus cupido
  • Umbraculum
  • Ursus
    • †Ursus americanus
  • Venericardia
  • Verticordia
  • Vitrinella
  • †Volvariella
  • Xenophora
  • Xylophaga
  • Yoldia
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza
    †Zygorhiza
    • †Zygorhiza kochii – type locality for species

References[]

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