List of the prehistoric life of Louisiana

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

Precambrian-Paleozoic[]

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian or Paleozoic fossils in Louisiana.

Mesozoic[]

Fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax pristodontus
  • Dufrenoyia
    • – or unidentified related form
  • – tentative report
  • Squalicorax
    • Squalicorax pristodontus

Cenozoic[]

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

A[]

  • Abdounia
  • Abra
  • Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle
    Acanthocardia
  • Acirsa
  • Aclis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Acteon
  • Adeorbis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Adrana
  • Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
    Aepycamelus
  • Aetobatus
  • Agaronia
  • – tentative report
  • Albula
  • Allomorone
  • A living Alopias, or thresher shark
    Alopias
  • Ammospermophilus – tentative report
  • Ampullina
  • Anadara
  • Ancilla
    • – type locality for species
  • Anomia
  • Antalis
  • Antrozous
  • Aphelops
  • Aplodinotus
  • Architectonica
  • A living Ariosoma conger eel
    Ariosoma
  • Arius
  • Articulina
  • Asthenotoma
  • Astrangia
    • – type locality for species
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the volute sea snail Athleta
    Athleta
  • Atrina
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
    Aturia
  • Atys
    • – or unidentified comparable form

B[]

  • Balanophyllia
  • Barbatia
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
    Basilosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Basilosaurus cetoides – type locality for species
  • Bassariscus
  • Bathytoma
    • Bathytoma nonplicata
  • Batrachosauroides
  • Illustration of a living Belone needlefish
    Belone
  • Belosaepia
  • Bittium
  • Bonellitia
  • Bootherium
    • Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene bovid Bootherium bombifrons, or Harlan's musk ox.
      Bootherium bombifrons
  • Brachidontes
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Bregmaceros
  • Brychaetus
  • Buccella
  • Bulimina
  • Illustration of the shell of a Bullia nassa mud sea snail
    Bullia

C[]

  • Cadulus
  • Caestocorbula
  • Calapa
  • Callista
  • Three modern shells of Calyptraea, or Chinese hat snails
    Calyptraea
  • Capulus
  • Carcharhinus
  • A living Caretta caretta, or loggerhead sea turtle
    Caretta
  • Caryocorbula
  • A living Caryophyllia solitary coral
    Caryophyllia
    • – type locality for species
  • Celleporaria
  • Centroberyx
  • Centropristis
  • Illustration of a shell of a Cerithiella cerith sea snail
    Cerithiella
  • Chama
  • Chiton
  • Chlamys
  • Test of a Cibicides foraminiferan
    Cibicides
  • Cirsotrema
  • Citharichthys
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Pliocene spindle sea snail Clavilithes
    Clavilithes
  • Closia
  • Cochlespira
  • Columbellopsis
  • Cominella – or unidentified comparable form
  • A living Conger
    Conger
  • Conomitra
  • Conopeum
  • Conorbis
  • Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail
    Conus
    • – type locality for species
  • Coralliophila
  • Corbula
  • Cordieria
  • Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion
    Cormohipparion
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Crassatella
  • Crassinella
  • Crepidula
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    Cretolamna
  • Crocodylus
  • Cuspidaria
  • Electron micrograph of the shell of a Cyclammina foraminiferan
    Cyclammina
  • Cylichnella
  • Cylindracanthus
  • Cymatosyrinx
  • Cynarctus
  • Cypraedia
  • Cypraeorbis
  • Cytherella

D[]

E[]

F[]

  • Ficopsis
  • A living Ficus, or fig tree
    Ficus
  • Fissurella
  • Flabellum
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Fusinus sea snail
    Fusinus
  • Fustiaria

G[]

  • A living Galeocerdo requiem shark
    Galeocerdo
    • Galeocerdo alabamensis
    • Galeocerdo clarkensis
    • Galeocerdo contortus
  • Galeodea
  • Galeorhinus
  • Gari
  • Genota
  • Fossilized shell of the Eocene-Miocene foam oyster Gigantostrea
    Gigantostrea
  • Ginglymostoma
  • Globigerina
  • Globorotalia
  • Globulina
  • Glycymeris
  • Glyptoactis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium
    Glyptotherium
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Gnathophis
  • Gomphotherium
  • Guttulina
  • Gyroidina

H[]

I[]

  • A modern Isurus, or mako shark
    Isurus

J[]

K[]

L[]

  • Lactarius
  • Lagena
  • A modern Lamna mackerel shark
    Lamna
  • Latirus
  • Lima
  • Limopsis
  • Linthia
    • – type locality for species
    • – tentative report
  • Lucina

M[]

  • Macrocallista
  • Madracis
    • – type locality for species
  • Madrepora
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
    Mammut
  • Margaritaria
  • Marginella
  • Martesia
  • Mauricia
  • Melanella
  • Meretrix
  • Life restoration of the Miocene three-toed horse Merychippus
    Merychippus
  • Merychyus
  • Mesalia
  • Metula
  • Michela
  • Microdrillia
  • Mitrella
  • Mnestia
  • Modiolus
  • Myliobatis
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene ground sloth Mylodon with an inset depicting its excrement and a skin fragment
    Mylodon
  • Myripristis

N[]

  • A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail
    Nassarius
  • Natchitochia – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Natica
  • A living Naticarius moon sea snail
    Naticarius – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nemocardium
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Neverita
  • Shell of a Niso sea snail
    Niso
  • Nototamias
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
    Nucula
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Nuculana
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified related form

O[]

  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
  • Odostomia
  • Operculina
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Orthopristis
    • – or unidentified related form
  • A living Ostracion boxfish
    Ostracion
  • Ostrea

P[]

  • Pachecoa
  • Petrified trunk segment of the Late Cretaceous-Miocene palm wood Palmoxylon
    Palmoxylon
  • Papillina
  • Paraconger
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    Paramylodon
    • Paramylodon harlani – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Pecten
  • Pediastrum
  • An apetural view of a shell of Penion maximus.
    Penion
  • Periploma
    • – type locality for species
  • Petrophyllia
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Phalium, or bonnet shell sea snail
    Phalium
  • Pholadomya
  • Phos
  • Picea
  • Pinna
  • Shell of a Pitar venus clam
    Pitar
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Pleurofusia
    • Pleurofusia fluctuosa
  • Pleuromeris
  • Pleurotomella
  • Plicatula
  • Podocarpus
  • Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
    Polinices
  • Polypodium
  • Polyschides
  • Pontogeneus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene bony fish Pristigenys
    Pristigenys
  • Pristipomoides
  • Pristis
    • Pristis lathami
    • – type locality for species
  • Propeamussium
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Prosynthetoceras
  • Shell in multiple views of a Pseudolatirus spindle sea snail
    Pseudolatirus
  • Pseudoliva
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pseudophichthys
  • Pteria
  • Pterosphenus
  • Pterynotus
    • – type locality for species
  • Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
    Pycnodonte
  • Pyramidella
  • Pythonichthys – or unidentified comparable form

Q[]

R[]

S[]

  • Sassia
  • Scaphella – or unidentified comparable form
  • Schizaster
  • Sciaena
    • A living Sciaena umbra, or brown meagre
      Sciaena umbra
  • Serpulorbis
  • Simnia
  • Sinistrella
  • Several views of the shell of a Sinum moon snail
    Sinum
    • – type locality for species
  • Siphonalia
  • Sirembo – or unidentified related form
  • Solariella
  • Solen
    • – type locality for species
  • – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • A living Sphyraena, or barracuda
    Sphyraena
  • Spisula
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Shell of a Spondylus, or spiny oyster
    Spondylus
  • Sveltella

T[]

  • Taxodium
  • Teinostoma
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
  • Tellina
  • Tenagodus
  • Terebra
  • – tentative report
  • Teredo
  • Tetraporina
  • Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-modern foraminiferan Textularia
    Textularia
  • Trachycardium
    • – tentative report
  • Illustration of a living Trichiurus cutlassfish
    Trichiurus
  • Trigonostoma
  • Triloculina
  • Trinacria
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Trochita
  • Trochocyathus
  • Turbinolia
  • A living Turbonilla parasitic pyram sea snail
    Turbonilla
  • Turricula
  • Turris
  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
    • – type locality for species
  • – or unidentified comparable form

U[]

  • Umbraculum
  • Umbrina
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Uroconger
  • Ursus
    • A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear
      Ursus americanus

V[]

  • A living Vasum, or vase sea snail
    Vasum
  • Venericardia
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Verticordia
  • A living Voluta sea snail
    Voluta

X[]

  • Xenistius – or unidentified related form
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous-modern carrier shell sea snail Xenophora
    Xenophora
  • Xiphiorhynchus

Y[]

Z[]

  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza
    Zygorhiza
    • Zygorhiza kochii

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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