List of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state)
This list of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state) contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Georgia (U.S. state).
Precambrian[]
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic[]
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Georgia[]
- †Alethopteris
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris- †Alethopteris decurrens
- †Alethopteris lonchitica
- †Alethopteris valida
- †Amplexus
- †Annularia
- †Annularia asteris
- †Annularia radiata
- †Archimedes
- †Archimedes invaginatus
- †Archimedes swallovanus
- †Asaphiscus
- †Atrypa
- †Augustoceras
- †Bonneterrina – tentative report
- †Calamites
Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites- †Calamites suckowi
- †Callipteridium
- †Calymene
- †Calymene celebra
- †Calyptaulax
- †Camarotoechia
- †Cincinnetina
- †Cincinnetina meeki
- †Cincinnetina multisecta
- †Columnaria
- †Constellaria
- †Coosella
- †Coosia
- †Cordaites
- †Cryptophragmus
- †Cyrtoceras
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras - †Dalmanitina
- †Dipleura
- †Elrathia
- †Elrathina – tentative report
- †Eospirifer
- †Eospirifer radiatus
- †Favosites
- †Favosites turbinatus
- †Flexicalymene
- †Gonioceras
- †Hallopora
- †Isotelus
- †Lepidodendron
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. (1911).- †Lepidodendron aculeatum
- †Lepidodendron obovatum
- † Lingula
- †Lithostrotion
- †Lyginopteris
- †Michelinoceras
- †Murchisonia
- †Neuropteris
- †Neuropteris flexuosa
- †Neuropteris heterophylla – or unidentified comparable form
- †Orthoceras
- †Pecopteris
- †Pecopteris elliptica – tentative report
- †Pelagiella
- †Pentamerus
- †Pentremites
- †Peronopsis
- †Phacops
- †Phragmolites
- †Platycrinites
- †Platystrophia
- †Platystrophia acutilirata
- †Pleurodictyum
Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum - †Sigillaria
- †Sigillaria elegans
- †Solenopora
- †Solenopora compacta
- †Sowerbyella
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
- †Sphenopteris
- †Sphenopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphenopteris pottsvillea
- †Spirifer
- †Spirifer grimesi
- †Stigmaria
- †Strophomena
- †Strophomena incurvata
- †Strophomena planumbona
- †Subulites
- †Tetradium
- †Tricrepicephalus
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus - †Valcouroceras
Mesozoic[]
Selected Mesozoic taxa of Georgia[]
- Acirsa
- Acteon
- †Acteonella
- †Aenona
- †Agerostrea
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea - †Albertosaurus
- †Allonia – type locality for genus
- Amauropsis
- †Ancilla
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Arca
- Arrhoges
- Astarte
- †Baculites
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites - †Bedellia – type locality for genus
- Botula
- †Botula conchafodentis
- †Botula ripleyana
- Brachidontes
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- †Caestocorbula crassaplica
- †Caestocorbula crassiplica
- †Caestocorbula percompressa
- †Caestocorbula suffalciata
- †Caestocorbula terramaria
- †Calliomphalus
- †Calliomphalus americanus
- †Calliomphalus nudus
- †Caveola
- Cerithiella
- †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
- Chiloscyllium
A living Chiloscyllium longtail carpet shark - Chiton
- Chlamys
- Cliona
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
- †Crenella elegantula
- †Crenella serica
- †Cretolamna
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna- †Cretolamna appendiculata
- Cucullaea
- †Cucullaea capax
- †Cucullaea littlei
- Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria grandis
- Cylichna
- †Cylichna diversilirata
- †Cylichna incisa
- †Deinosuchus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus- †Deinosuchus rugosus
- Dentalium
- †Dentalium leve
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Enchodus
- †Enchodus petrosus
- †Eulima
- †Eulima gracilistylis
- †Eulima monmouthensis
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras - †Exogyra
- †Exogyra costata
- †Exogyra ponderosa
- †Exogyra upatoiensis
- Gemmula
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris hamula
- †Glycymeris rotundata
- †Halisaurus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - †Hamulus
- Heterodontus
- †Hybodus
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza mira
- Isognomon
- Lepisosteus
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
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- †Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Lopha falcata
- †Lopha mesenterica
- † Mathilda
- †Megalocoelacanthus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus- †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
- †Modiolus
- †Modiolus sedesclaris
- †Modiolus sedesclarus
- †Morea
- Nerita
- Nozeba
- Nucula
- †Nucula camia
- †Nucula cuneifrons
- †Nucula percrassa
- †Nucula severnensis
- Ostrea
- Panopea
- †Paralbula
- † Paranomia
- Pholadomya
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Placenticeras benningi
- †Platecarpus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - Polinices
- †Prognathodon
- †Protocardia
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pseudocorax affinis
- †Pteria
- †Pteridophyte
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
- †Pterotrigonia cerulea
- †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychotrygon
- †Ptychotrygon triangularis – or unidentified comparable form
- Pycnodonte
- †Pycnodonte vesicularis
- †Regnellidium
- †Rhombodus
- Ringicula
- †Ringicula clarki
- Rissoa
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
- †Scapanorhynchus texanus
- Seila
- Serpula
- †Sphenodiscus
- Squalicorax
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax- †Squalicorax falcatus
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- Squatina
- †Stephanodus
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- †Tenea
- †Thoracosaurus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus - Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium eufaulensis
- Turritella
- †Turritella bilira
- †Turritella hilgardi
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
- Xenophora
- †Xiphactinus
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus- †Xiphactinus audax
Cenozoic[]
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Georgia[]
- Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Acar
- Acteocina
Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails - Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- †Aetobatus narinari
- Agassizia
- Agkistrodon
- †Agkistrodon piscivorus
- Aix
- †Aix sponsa
- Alligator
- †Alligator mississippiensis
A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator
- Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Alveopora
- Amauropsis
- †Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
- Amnicola
- Amphiuma
- †Ampullina
- †Ampullinopsis
- Amusium
- Anadara
- †Anadara brasiliana
Shell in multiple views of an Anadara brasiliana, or incongruous ark clam - †Anadara ovalis
- †Anadara transversa
- Anas
- †Anas acuta
- †Anas americana
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas discors
- †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anas rubripes
- †Anas strepera
- Anolis
- †Anolis carolinensis
Living male (on top) and female (bottom, with white stripe down her back) Anolis carolinensis, or Carolina anoles
- Anomia
- Apalone
- †Apalone ferox
- Arca
- Architectonica
- †Archosargus
- †Archosargus probatocephalus
- Arius
- Asio
- Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Astrangia
An Astrangia stony coral- †Astrangia danae
- Astreopora
- Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Atrina
- Aythya
- †Aythya collaris
- Bairdiella
- †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
- Balistes
- Barbatia
- Bartramia
- †Bartramia longicauda
- †Basilosaurus
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus- †Basilosaurus cetoides
- Bison
- †Bison bison – tentative report
- Bittium
- Blarina
- †Blarina brevicauda
- †Blarina carolinensis
- Bonasa
- †Bonasa umbellus
- †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
- Bucephala
- †Bucephala albeola
A living Bucephala albeola, or bufflehead
- Bufo
- †Bufo americanus
- †Burnhamia
- Bursa
- Busycon
- †Busycon carica
- †Calippus
- Callista
- Calyptraea
- †Calyptraea centralis
- Campanile
- Canis
- †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
- Carcharhinus
- †Carcharhinus leucas
- †Carcharhinus macloti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carcharhinus obscurus
- Carcharias
- †Carcharias taurus
- Carcharodon
A living Carcharodon shark - Cardita
- Carditamera
- Carphophis
- †Carphophis amoenus
- Carya
- Cassis
- Castor
- †Castor canadensis
- †Castoroides
- †Castoroides ohioensis
- Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- †Cerithium georgianum
- Cervus
- †Cervus elaphus
- Chama
- Chelydra
- †Chelydra serpentina
- Chlamys
- Chlorostoma
- Clypeaster
- Coccolithus
Electron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga - Colaptes
- †Colaptes auratus
- Colinus
- †Colinus virginianus
- Coluber
- †Coluber constrictor
- Conepatus
- †Conepatus leuconotus
- Conomitra
- Conus
- Coragyps
- †Coragyps atratus
- Corbula
- Corvus
- †Corvus brachyrhynchos
- †Corvus corax
A living Corvus corax, or common raven
- Crassostrea
- †Crassostrea virginica
- Crepidula
- †Crepidula fornicata
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- †Crotalus horridus
- Crucibulum
- Cucullaea
- Cyanocitta
- †Cyanocitta cristata
- Cygnus
- †Cygnus columbianus
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatium
- †Cynthiacetus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus - Cypraea
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- †Dasypus bellus
- Deirochelys
- †Deirochelys reticularia
- Dentalium
- Diadophis
- †Diadophis punctatus
- Diastoma
- Didelphis
- †Didelphis marsupialis
- †Didelphis virginiana
- Diodora
- Diploastrea
- †Discoaster
- Donax
- †Donax variabilis
- †Dorudon
Dorsal and right lateral views of reconstructed skeleton of Dorudon atrox- †Dorudon serratus
- Dosinia
- Dryocopus
- †Dryocopus pileatus
- †Ectopistes
- †Ectopistes migratorius
- Edaphodon
- Elops
- †Elops saurus
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
- †Equus simplicidens
- †Eremotherium
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium- †Eremotherium laurillardi
- Eschrichtius
- †Eschrichtius robustus
- †Eucastor
- Eupleura
- †Eupleura caudata
- Falco
- †Falco sparverius
- Favites
- Felis
- †Fundulus
- Fusinus
- Galeocerdo
- †Galeocerdo cuvier
- Galeorhinus
- †Galeorhinus galeus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gemma
- †Gemma purpurea
- †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus- †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
- Ginglymostoma
- †Ginglymostoma cirratum
- Glycymeris
- Glyptemys
- †Glyptemys insculpta
- Goniopora
- Gopherus
- †Gopherus polyphemus
- Haustator
- Hemipristis
A living Hemipristis weasel shark - Hesperisternia
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- †Heterodon platyrhinos
- Heterodontus
- Hexaplex
- †Hexaplex fulvescens
- †Hippotherium
- †Holmesina
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale - Hyla
- †Hyla crucifer
- Isurus
- †Isurus oxyrinchus
- Kinosternon
- †Lactophrys
- Laevicardium
- †Lagodon
- †Lagodon rhomboides
- Lamna
- Lampropeltis
- †Lampropeltis getulus
- †Lampropeltis triangulum
- Leopardus
A living Leopardus - Lepisosteus
- †Leptotragulus
- Lima
- †Linthia
- Liotia
- Liquidambar
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- †Littoraria irrorata
- Lontra
- †Lontra canadensis
- Lopha
- Lophelia
- Lophodytes
- †Lophodytes cucullatus
A living Lophodytes cucullatus, or hooded merganser
- Lucina
- Lynx
- †Lynx rufus
- Lyria
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- Malaclemys
- †Malaclemys terrapin
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus columbi
- Margarites
- Marginella
- Marmota
- †Marmota monax
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- †Megatherium americanum
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- †Meleagris gallopavo
- Melongena
- †Melongena corona
- Mephitis
- †Mephitis mephitis
- Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria mercenaria
- Meretrix
- Mesalia
- Microtus
- †Microtus pennsylvanicus
- †Microtus pinetorum
- †Miracinonyx
Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah- †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- Modiolus
- †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
- Mugil
- Mulinia
- Mustela
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- Myliobatis
- †Mylohyus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus- †Mylohyus fossilis
- Myotis
- †Myotis grisescens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Myotis lucifugus – or unidentified comparable form
- Nassarius
- †Nassarius acutus
- Natica
- Nebrius
- Negaprion
- †Negaprion brevirostris
- †Negaprion eurybathrodon
- †Neochoerus
- †Neochoerus aesopi
- †Neochoerus pinckneyi – or unidentified comparable form
- Neofiber
- †Neofiber alleni
- Neomonachus
- †Neomonachus tropicalis
Illustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal
- Neotoma
- †Neotoma floridana
- Nerita
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- †Nerodia fasciata
- †Nerodia sipedon
- Neverita
- Notophthalmus
- †Notophthalmus viridescens
- Nucula
- †Nucula proxima
- Nummulites
- Odocoileus
- †Odocoileus virginianus
- Odontaspis
Fossil teeth of Odontaspis winkleri from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 mya - Oliva
- †Oliva sayana
- Ondatra
- †Ondatra zibethicus
- †Ontocetus
- †Ontocetus emmonsi
- †Opsanus
- Oryzomys
- †Oryzomys palustris
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
- †Otus asio
- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- Panopea
- Panthera
- †Panthera onca
- †Paramylodon
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon- †Paramylodon harlani
- Pecten
- Pekania
- †Pekania pennanti
- Periglypta
- Peromyscus
- †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus polionotus – or unidentified comparable form
- Persicula
- Persististrombus
- Petricola
- †Petricola pholadiformis
- Phyllodus
- Physeter
A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale - †Physeterula
- †Physogaleus
- Pica
- †Pica pica
- Picoides
- †Picoides villosus
- Pipistrellus
- †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pitar
- Pituophis
- Placopecten
- †Placopecten magellanicus
- Planorbis
- †Platygonus
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).- †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
- Plethodon
- †Plethodon glutinosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pleuromeris
- Plicatula
- Podilymbus
- †Podilymbus podiceps
- Pogonias
- †Pogonias cromis
- †Potamides
- Prionotus
- Pristis
- Procyon
- †Procyon lotor
- Pseudacris
- †Pseudacris ornata
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudhipparion
Replica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse Pseudhipparion - Pseudotriton
- †Pseudotriton ruber
- Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Pterynotus
- Puma
- †Puma concolor
- Quercus
- Raja
- †Raja
- †Rana
- †Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana pipiens
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- †Rangifer tarandus
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- Rapana
- †Regina
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- †Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
- Sayornis
- †Sayornis phoebe
- Scalopus
- †Scalopus aquaticus
- Sceloporus
- †Sceloporus undulatus
- Schizaster
- Schizoporella
- Sciurus
- †Sciurus carolinensis
- †Scoliodon
- Scolopax
- †Scolopax minor
- Scyliorhinus
Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks - Semele – tentative report
- Siderastrea
- Sigmodon
- †Sigmodon hispidus
- Sinum
- Siren
- †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- Solemya
- Sorex
- †Sorex cinereus
- †Sorex fumeus
- Sphyraena
- Sphyrna
- †Sphyrna tiburo
A living Sphyrna tiburo, or bonnethead shark - †Sphyrna zygaena
- Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius
- Spisula
- Spizella
- †Spizella passerina
- Spondylus
- Squatina
- Sternotherus
- †Striatolamia
Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia - Strioterebrum
- Strombus
- Stylophora
- Sylvilagus
- †Sylvilagus floridanus
- †Sylvilagus palustris
- †Sylvilagus transitionalis
- Synaptomys
- †Synaptomys cooperi
- Synodus
- Tamias – type locality for genus
- †Tamias aristus – type locality for species
- Tapirus
- Taxodium
- Teinostoma
- †Teleoceras
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Tellina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- †Terrapene carolina
- Thamnophis
- †Thamnophis sirtalis
- Trachemys
- †Trachemys scripta
- Trachycardium
- Trachyphyllia – tentative report
- Tremarctos
A living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear- †Tremarctos floridanus
- †Triaenodon
- Trichiurus
- Trochita
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tympanuchus
- †Tympanuchus cupido
- Ulmus
- Urocyon
- †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Ursus
- †Ursus americanus
- Venericardia
- Xenophora
- Yoldia
- Zapus
- †Zapus hudsonius
A living Zapus hudsonius, or meadow jumping mouse
References[]
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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