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
- †Abdounia enniskilleni
- Abra
- †Abra aequalis
- Acanthocardia
- †Acanthocardia glebosum
- †Acanthocardia tuomeyi
- Acar
- †Acar domingensis – tentative report
- Acteocina
- †Actinacis
- †Actinacis alabamensis
- Aequipecten
- †Aequipecten clinchfieldensis
- †Aequipecten spillmani
- †Aequipecten suwaneensis
- Aetobatus
- Agassizia
- †Agassizia conradi
- Agkistrodon
- †Agomphus
- †Agomphus oxysternum – type locality for species
- Aix
- Alligator
- Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Alveopora
- Amauropsis
- †Amauropsis ocalana
- †Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
- Amnicola
- †Amnicola expansilabris
- †Amnicola georgiensis
- †Amnicola saltillensis
- Amphiuma
- †Ampullina
- †Ampullina flintensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ampullina solida
- †Ampullina streptostoma
- †Ampullinopsis
- †Ampullinopsis amphora
- Amusium
- †Amusium ocalanum
- Anadara
- †Anadara brasiliana
- †Anadara ovalis
- †Anadara santarosana
- †Anadara transversa
- Anas
- †Anas acuta
- †Anas americana
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas discors
- †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anas rubripes
- †Anas strepera
- Anolis
- Anomia
- †Anomia lisbonensis
- †Anomia simplex
- †Anomia suwaneensis
- †Anoplonassa – type locality for genus
- †Anoplonassa forcipata – type locality for species
- †Antiguastrea
- †Antiguastrea cellulosa
- Apalone
- †Aporolepas
- †Aporolepas howei
- †Araloselachus
- †Araloselachus cuspidata
- Arca
- †Arca subrotracta
- Archaeolithothamnium
- Architectonica
- †Architectonica nobilis
- †Archosargus
- Arcoperna
- †Arcoperna inflata
- Arius
- †Arius felis
- Asio
- Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Astarte subpontis
- Astrangia
- Astreopora
- †Astreopora antiguensis
- †Astrocoenia
- †Astrocoenia decaturensis – type locality for species
- Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Atrina
- †Atrina jacksoniana
- Aythya
B
- Bairdiella
- †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
- Balistes
- Barbatia
- †Barbatia cuculloides
- Bartramia
- †Basilosaurus
- Bathytormus
- †Bathytormus protextus
- Bison
- †Bison bison – tentative report
- Bittium
- †Bittium silicium
- Blarina
- Bonasa
- Bornia
- †Bornia isosceles
- †Braarudosphaera
- Brissus
- Bucephala
- Bufo
- †Burnhamia
- †Burnhamia daviesi
- Bursa
- †Bursa vitrix
- Busycon
- †Busycon carica
- †Busycon foerstei – type locality for species
- †Busycon proterum – type locality for species
C
- †Calippus
- Callista
- †Callista perovata
- †Calorhadia
- †Calorhadia pharcida
- Calyptraea
- Campanile
- †Campanile claytonense
- Canachites
- Canis
- †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
- Carcharhinus
- †Carcharhinus gibbesi
- †Carcharhinus leucas
- †Carcharhinus macloti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carcharhinus obscurus
- Carcharias
- †Carcharias accutissima
- †Carcharias hopei
- †Carcharias taurus
- †Carcharis
- †Carcharis koerti
- Carcharodon
- †Carcharodon auriculatus
- Cardita
- †Cardita shepardi
- Carditamera
- †Carditamera apotegea
- Carphophis
- Carya
- Cassis
- †Cassis globosa
- †Cassis inornatus
- †Cassis sulcifera
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- Cerithiopsis
- †Cerithiopsis diagona
- Cerithium
- †Cerithium cookei
- †Cerithium corallicolum
- †Cerithium eutextile
- †Cerithium gainesense
- †Cerithium georgianum
- †Cerithium halense
- †Cerithium hernandoensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cerithium insulatum
- †Cerithium mascotianum
- †Cerithium platynema
- †Cerithium praecursor – tentative report
- †Cerithium silicifluvium
- †Cerithium vaughani
- Cervus
- †Cestumcerithium
- †Cestumcerithium vaginatum
- Chama
- †Chama gainesensis
- Cheiloporina
- †Cheiloporina anderseni – type locality for species
- Chelydra
- †Chiasmolithus
- †Chiasmolithus modestus
- †Chiasmolithus solitus
- †Chiasmolithus titus
- Chionopsis
- †Chionopsis bainbridgensis
- Chlamys
- †Chlamys anatipes
- †Chlamys cawcawensis
- †Chlamys choctavensis
- †Chlamys deshayesii
- †Chlamys indecisa
- †Chlamys nupera
- Chlorostoma
- †Chlorostoma exolutum
- Clypeaster
- †Clypeaster cotteaui
- Coccolithus
- †Coccolithus formosus
- †Coccolithus pelagicus
- Colaptes
- Colinus
- Coluber
- Conepatus
- Conomitra
- †Conomitra subpontis
- Conus
- †Conus cookei
- †Conus demiurgus
- †Conus sauridens
- †Conus vaughani
- †Copemys – or unidentified comparable form
- Coragyps
- Corbula
- †Corbula alabamiensis
- †Corbula subcompressa
- Corvus
- Crassatella
- †Crassatella deformis
- †Crassatella gabbi
- †Crassatella ioannes
- †Crassatella ocordia
- Crassatellites
- †Crassatellites paramesus
- Crassostrea
- Crepidula
- †Cribocentrum
- †Cribocentrum reticulatum
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- Crucibulum
- †Crucibulum multilineatum
- Ctenoides
- †Ctenoides tricinta
- †Cubitostrea
- †Cubitostrea perplicata
- †Cubitostrea sellaeformis
- Cucullaea
- Cyanocitta
- †Cyclicargolithus
- †Cyclicargolithus pseudogammation
- Cygnus
- †Cylindracanthus
- †Cylindracanthus rectus
- Cymatium
- †Cymatium cecilianum
- †Cynthiacetus
- †Cynthiacetus maxwelli
- Cypraea
- Cyrena
- †Cyrena floridana
D
- Dasyatis
- †Dasyatis borodini – type locality for species
- †Dasyatis charlisae – type locality for species
- Dasypus
- Deirochelys
- Dentalium
- †Dentalium thalloides
- †Dhondtichlamys
- †Dhondtichlamys greggi
- Diadophis
- Diastoma
- †Diastoma georgiana
- Dictyococcites
- †Dictyococcites bisectus
- †Dictyococcites scrippsae
- Didelphis
- Diodora
- †Diodora pumpellyi – type locality for species
- †Dioplotherium
- †Dioplotherium manigaulti
- Diploastrea
- †Diploastrea crassolamellata
- †Discoaster
- †Discoaster barbadiensis
- Divalinga
- †Divalinga quadrisulcata
- Donax
- †Dorudon
- Dosinia
- †Dosiniopsis
- †Dosiniopsis lenticularis
- Dryocopus
E
- †Echanthus
- †Echanthus georgiensis – type locality for species
- Echinolampas
- †Ectopistes
- Edaphodon
- Elops
- Eontia
- †Eontia ponderosa
- Epitonium
- †Epitonium dubiosum
- †Epitonium rupicola
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
- †Equus complicatus – tentative report
- †Equus leidyi
- †Equus litoralis
- †Equus simplicidens
- †Eremotherium
- Eschrichtius
- †Eucastor
- Eupatagus
- Eupleura
F
- Falco
- Favites
- †Favites polygonalis
- Felis
- Floridina
- †Floridina asymmetrica
- †Fundulus
- Fusinus
- †Fusinus exilis
G
- Galeocerdo
- †Galeocerdo alabamensis
- †Galeocerdo clarkensis
- †Galeocerdo cuvier
- †Galeocerdo latidens
- Galeorhinus
- †Galeorhinus galeus
- †Galeorhinus huberensis – type locality for species
- Gari
- †Gari cerasia
- Gastrochaena
- †Gastrochaena cimitariopsis
- †Gastrochaena dalliana
- †Gastrochaena gainesensis
- Gemma
- †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
- †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
- Ginglymostoma
- †Ginglymostoma cirratum
- †Ginglymostoma obliquum
- †Ginglymostoma serra
- †Gitolampas
- †Gitolampas georgiensis
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris cookei
- †Glycymeris mississippiensis
- Glyptemys
- Goniopora
- †Goniopora decaturensis – type locality for species
- Gopherus
H
- †Hadralucina – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Hadralucina augustana
- Haustator
- †Haustator carinata
- †Helicosphaera
- †Helicosphaera seminulum
- Hemimactra
- †Hemimactra densa
- Hemipristis
- †Hemipristis curvatus
- †Hemipristis wyattdurhami
- †Hercoglossa
- †Hercoglossa ulrichi
- Hesperibalanus
- †Hesperibalanus huddlestuni – type locality for species
- Hesperisternia
- †Hesperisternia bainbridgensis – type locality for species
- †Hesperotestudo
- †Hesperotestudo crassicutata
- †Hesperotestudo incisa
- Heterodon
- Heterodontus
- †Heterodontus pinetti – type locality for species
- Hexaplex
- Hincksina
- †Hincksina ocalensis
- Hippopleurifera
- †Hippopleurifera incondita
- †Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis – type locality for species
- Hippopodina
- †Hippopodina stephensi – type locality for species
- Hippoporina
- †Hippoporina vespertilio
- †Hippotherium
- †Holmesina
- †Holmesina septentrionalis
- †Huberophis – type locality for genus
- †Huberophis georgiensis – type locality for species
- Hyla
I
- Isurus
- †Isurus oxyrinchus
- †Isurus praecursor
K
- †Kapalmerella
- †Kapalmerella mortoni
- †Kathpalmeria
- †Kathpalmeria georgiana
- Kinosternon
- †Kleidionella
- †Kleidionella mcbeanensis – type locality for species
L
- †Lactophrys
- Laevicardium
- †Lagodon
- Lamna
- †Lamna twiggsensis – type locality for species
- Lampropeltis
- Leopardus
- †Lepidocyclina
- Lepisosteus
- †Leptotragulus
- Lima
- †Lima halensis
- Lindapecten
- †Lindapecten chipolanus
- †Linthia
- †Linthia prima – type locality for species
- Liotia
- †Liotia halensis
- †Liotia persculpturata
- Liquidambar
- †Lirodiscus
- †Lirodiscus tellinoides
- Lithophaga
- †Lithophaga gainesensis
- †Lithophaga nuda
- †Lithoporella
- †Litorhadia
- †Litorhadia bastropensis
- Littoraria
- Lontra
- Lopha
- †Lopha vicksburgensis
- Lophelia
- †Lophelia tubaeformis – type locality for species
- Lophodytes
- †Lophoranina
- †Lophoranina georgiana
- Lucina
- Lynx
- Lyria
- †Lyria mansfieldi
- †Lyria silicata – or unidentified related form
- †Lyropecten
- †Lyropecten duncanensis
M
- Macrocallista
- †Macrocallista subimpressa
- Mactra
- †Mactra mississippiensis
- Malaclemys
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
- †Mammut floridanum
- †Mammuthus
- Margarites
- †Margarites crallicus
- Marginella
- †Marginella halensis
- †Marginella silicifluvia
- Marmota
- †Mazzalina – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mazzalina impressa
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- †Megatherium americanum
- †Megatherium mirable
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- Melongena
- Membraniporidra
- Mephitis
- Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria langdoni
- †Mercenaria mercenaria
- †Mercenaria prodroma
- Meretrix
- †Meretrix calcanea
- †Meretrix silicifluvia
- Mesalia
- †Mesalia alabamiensis
- †Mesalia georgiana
- †Mesalia pumila
- †Mesalia vetusta
- †Mesomorpha – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Metradolium
- †Metradolium areolatum – type locality for species
- Microtus
- Miltha
- †Miltha claibornensis
- †Miltha hillsboroensis
- †Miracinonyx
- †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- †Mitra syra
- Modiolaria
- Modiolus
- †Modiolus grammatus
- †Modiolus subpontis
- †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
- Montastraea
- †Montastraea bainbridgensis – type locality for species
- Mugil
- Mulinia
- †Mulinia congesta
- †Mulinia lateralis
- Mustela
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mustules
- †Mustules vanderhoefti
- Myliobatis
- †Mylohyus
- Myotis
- †Myotis grisescens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Myotis lucifugus – or unidentified comparable form
N
- Nassarius
- †Nassarius acutus
- †Nassarius rabdota – type locality for species
- Natica
- †Natica mediavia
- †Nebraskophis
- Nebrius
- †Nebrius theilensis
- Negaprion
- †Negaprior
- †Negaprior eurybathrodon
- Nellia
- †Nellia tenella
- †Neochoerus
- †Neochoerus aesopi
- †Neochoerus pinckneyi – or unidentified comparable form
- Neofiber
- Neomonachus
- Neotoma
- Nerita
- †Nerita tampaensis
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- Neverita
- †Neverita duplicatus
- †Neverita eucallosus
- Notophthalmus
- Nucleolites
- †Nucleolites gouldii
- Nucula
- †Nucula ovula
- †Nucula proxima
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana magna
- †Nuculana saffordana
- †Nuculana trumani
- Nummulites
- †Nummulites wilcoxi
O
- †Ochetosella
- †Ochetosella jacksonica
- †Ochetosella parva – type locality for species
- Odocoileus
- Odontaspis
- †Odontaspis acutissima
- †Odontogryphaea
- †Odontogryphaea thirsae
- †Ogmophis
- †Ogmophis voorhiesi – type locality for species
- †Oligopygus
- †Oligopygus haldermani
- †Oligopygus rotundus
- †Oligotresium
- †Oligotresium howei – type locality for species
- Oliva
- Ondatra
- †Ontocetus
- †Opsanus
- †Orbitoides
- †Orbitoides papyracea
- †Orthaulax
- †Orthaulax hernandoensis
- †Orthosurcula
- †Orthosurcula indenta
- Oryzomys
- Ostrea
- †Ostrea crenulimarginata
- †Ostrea mauricensis
- †Ostrea podagrina
- †Ostrea sinuosa
- †Otodus
- †Otodus angustidens
- †Otodus aruiculatus
- Otus
P
- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- †Palaeophis africanus
- †Palaeorhncodon
- Paludestrina
- †Paludestrina plana
- Panopea
- †Panopea alabama
- Panthera
- †Paramylodon
- †Pastinacea
- Pecten
- †Pecten alpha
- †Pecten perplanus
- Pekania
- †Periarchus
- †Periarchus floridanus
- †Periarchus lyelli
- Perigastrella
- †Perigastrella elegans
- Periglypta
- †Periglypta caesarina – or unidentified related form
- Peromyscus
- †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus polionotus – or unidentified comparable form
- Persicula
- †Persicula progravida – type locality for species
- Persististrombus
- †Persististrombus chipolanus
- Petricola
- Phacoides
- †Phacoides perovatus
- †Phacoides wacissanus – or unidentified comparable form
- Phyllodus
- Physeter
- †Physeter vetus – tentative report
- †Physeterula
- †Physeterula neolassicus – tentative report
- †Physogaleus
- †Physogaleus secundus
- Pica
- Picoides
- †Pipilio
- †Pipilio erythrophthalamus
- Pipistrellus
- †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pitar
- †Pitar macbeani
- †Pitar nuttalliopsis
- †Pitar trigoniata
- Pituophis
- †Pituophis melanoleucas
- Placopecten
- †Plagiosmittia
- †Plagiosmittia porelloides
- Planorbis
- †Planorbis antiquatus
- †Platygonus
- †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
- Plethodon
- †Plethodon glutinosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pleuromeris
- Plicatula
- Podilymbus
- Pogonias
- †Pontosphaera
- †Potamides
- †Potamides cancelloides
- †Potamides saltillensis
- Prionocidaris – tentative report
- Prionotus
- Pristis
- †Pristis lathami
- †Pristis pickeringi – type locality for species
- Procyon
- †Propristis
- †Propristis schweinfurthi
- Pseudacris
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudhipparion
- †Pseudhipparion simpsoni – or unidentified comparable form
- Pseudomiltha
- †Pseudomiltha ocalanus
- Pseudotriton
- †Psilocochlis
- †Psilocochlis mccalliei
- Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Pteria argentea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pteropsella
- †Pteropsella lapidosa
- †Pterosphenus
- †Pterosphenus schucherti
- Pterynotus
- †Pterynotus rufirupicolus
- Puma
- †Pyrazisinus
- †Pyrazisinus campanulatus
- †Pyrazisinus cornutus
Q
R
- Raja
- †Rana
- †Rana catesbiana – lapsus calami of Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana pipiens
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- Rapana
- †Rapana vaughani
- †Regina
- Reticulofenestra
- †Reticulofenestra samodurovii
- †Reticulofenestra umbilica
- †Rhabdosphaera
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhinobatos casieri – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- †Rhopostoma
- †Rhopostoma cruciferum
- Rhyncholampas
- †Rhyncholampas ericsoni
- †Rhyncholampas gouldii
- †Rimosocella
- †Rimosocella laciniosa
- †Ringicardium
- †Ringicardium harrisi
S
- Sayornis
- Scalopus
- Sceloporus
- Schizaster
- †Schizaster americanus
- †Schizaster armiger
- Schizomavella
- †Schizomavella porosa
- Schizoporella
- †Schizoporella mcbeanensis – type locality for species
- †Schizorthosecos
- †Schizorthosecos interstitia
- †Scianops
- †Scianops ocellata
- Sciuropterus
- †Sciuropterus volans
- Sciurus
- †Scoliodon
- †Scoliodon terraenovae
- Scolopax
- Scyliorhinus
- †Scyliorhinus distans
- †Scyliorhinus enniskilleni
- †Scyliorhinus gilberti
- Semele – tentative report
- Semihaswellia
- †Semihaswellia rectifurcata
- Siderastrea
- †Siderastrea silecensis
- Sigmodon
- Sinum
- †Sinum imperforatum
- Siren
- †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- Smittina
- †Smittina denticulifera
- †Smittina portentosa
- Solemya
- †Solemya alabamensis
- Solena
- †Solena lisbonensis
- Sorex
- Sphenolithus
- †Sphenolithus moriformis
- †Sphenolithus spiniger
- Sphyraena
- Sphyrna
- Spilogale
- Spisula
- †Spisula praetenuis – or unidentified comparable form
- Spizella
- Spondylus
- †Spondylus filiaris
- Squatina
- †Squatina prima
- Sternotherus
- †Striatolamia
- †Striatolamia macrota
- Strigilla
- †Strigilla georgiana – type locality for species
- †Striostrea
- †Striostrea gigantissima
- Strioterebrum
- †Strioterebrum dislocatum
- Strombus
- †Stylocoenia
- †Stylocoenia pumpellyi
- Stylophora
- †Stylophora minutissima
- †Stylophora silicensis – type locality for species
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- Synodus
T
- Tamias – type locality for genus
- †Tamias aristus – type locality for species
- Tapirus
- Taxodium
- Teinostoma
- †Teinostoma sublimata
- †Teleoceras
- Tellina
- †Tellina segregata
- Terebratulina
- †Terebratulina brundidgensis
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Thamnophis
- Trachemys
- Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium eversum
- Trachyphyllia – tentative report
- †Transversopontis
- Tremarctos
- †Triaenodon
- †Trichiuris
- Trichiurus
- Trochita
- †Trochita aperta
- Trochocyathus – tentative report
- †Truncorotaloides
- †Truncorotaloides rohri
- †Truncorotaloides topiensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Turris
- Turritella
- †Turritella alcida
- †Turritella aldrichi
- †Turritella dalli
- †Turritella halensis
- †Turritella humerosa
- †Turritella martinensis
- †Turritella nasuta
- †Turritella tampae
- †Turritella tennesseensis
- Tympanuchus
U
V
- Venericardia
- †Venericardia bashiplata
- †Venericardia hatcheplata
- †Venericardia horatiana
- †Venericardia mediaplata
- †Venericardia ocalaedes
- †Venericardia praecisa
- †Venericardia smithii
- †Volutilithes – or unidentified comparable form
- †Volutilithes florencis
X
- Xancus
- †Xancus wilsoni
- Xenophora
Y
- Yoldia
- †Yoldia semenoides
Z
- Zapus
- †Zygolithus
- †Zygolithus dubius
- †Zygrhablithus
- †Zygrhablithus bijugatus
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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