# 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

* Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris †Alethopteris
** †Alethopteris decurrens
** †Alethopteris lonchitica
** †Alethopteris valida
* †Amplexus
* †Annularia
** †Annularia asteris
** †Annularia radiata
* †Archimedes
** †Archimedes invaginatus
** †Archimedes swallovanus
* †Asaphiscus
* †Atrypa
** †Atrypa reticularis
* †Augustoceras
* †Bonneterrina – tentative report
** †Brooksella alternata
* Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites †Calamites
** †Calamites suckowi
* †Callipteridium
* †Calymene
** †Calymene celebra
* †Calyptaulax
* †Camarotoechia
* †Cincinnetina
** †Cincinnetina meeki
** †Cincinnetina multisecta
* †Columnaria
* †Constellaria
* †Coosella
* †Coosia
* †Cordaites
* †Cryptophragmus
* Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras †Cyrtoceras
* †Dalmanitina
* †Dipleura
* †Elrathia
* †Elrathina – tentative report
* †Eospirifer
** †Eospirifer radiatus
* †Favosites
** †Favosites turbinatus
* †Flexicalymene
* †Gonioceras
* †Hallopora
* †Isotelus
* Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911). †Lepidodendron
** †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
* Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum †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
* Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus †Tricrepicephalus
* †Valcouroceras

## Mesozoic
### Selected Mesozoic taxa of Georgia

* Acirsa
* Acteon
* †Acteonella
* †Aenona
* Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea †Agerostrea
* †Albertosaurus
* †Allonia – type locality for genus
* Amauropsis
* †Ancilla
* †Anomia
* †Anomoeodus
* †Arca
* Arrhoges
* Astarte
* Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites †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
* A living Chiloscyllium longtail carpet shark Chiloscyllium
* Chiton
* Chlamys
* Cliona
* Corbula
* Crassostrea
* †Crenella
** †Crenella elegantula
** †Crenella serica
* Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna †Cretolamna
** †Cretolamna appendiculata
* Cucullaea
** †Cucullaea capax
** †Cucullaea littlei
* Cuspidaria
** †Cuspidaria grandis
* Cylichna
** †Cylichna diversilirata
** †Cylichna incisa
* Restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus †Deinosuchus
** †Deinosuchus rugosus
* Dentalium
** †Dentalium leve
* †Dolicholatirus
* †Enchodus
** †Enchodus petrosus
* †Eulima
** †Eulima gracilistylis
** †Eulima monmouthensis
* †Euspira
* Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras †Eutrephoceras
* †Exogyra
** †Exogyra costata
** †Exogyra ponderosa
** †Exogyra upatoiensis
* Gemmula
* Ginglymostoma
* Glossus
* Glycymeris
** †Glycymeris hamula
** †Glycymeris rotundata
* Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus †Halisaurus
* †Hamulus
* Heterodontus
* †Hybodus
* †Ischyrhiza
** †Ischyrhiza mira
* Isognomon
* Lepisosteus
* Lima
* Limatula
* †Linearis
* †Linter
* †Lissodus
* Lithophaga
* Lopha
** †Lopha falcata
** †Lopha mesenterica
* †Mathilda
* Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus †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
* Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus †Platecarpus
* Polinices
* †Prognathodon
* †Protocardia
* †Pseudocorax
** †Pseudocorax affinis
* †Pteria
* †Pteridophyte
* †Pterotrigonia
** †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
** †Pterotrigonia cerulea
** †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
** †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
* †Ptychodus
** †Ptychodus mortoni
* †Ptychotrygon
** †Ptychotrygon triangularis – or unidentified comparable form
* Pycnodonte
** †Pycnodonte vesicularis
* †Regnellidium
* †Rhombodus
* Ringicula
** †Ringicula clarki
* Rissoa
* †Scapanorhynchus
** †Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
** †Scapanorhynchus texanus
* Seila
* Serpula
* †Sphenodiscus
* Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax Squalicorax
** †Squalicorax falcatus
** †Squalicorax kaupi
* Squatina
* †Stephanodus
* Teinostoma
* Tellina
* †Tenea
* Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus †Thoracosaurus
* Trachycardium
** †Trachycardium eufaulensis
* Turritella
** †Turritella bilira
** †Turritella hilgardi
** †Turritella trilira
** †Turritella vertebroides
* Xenophora
* Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus †Xiphactinus
** †Xiphactinus audax

## Cenozoic
### Selected Cenozoic taxa of Georgia

* Abra
* Acanthocardia
* Acar
* Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails Acteocina
* Aequipecten
* Aetobatus
** †Aetobatus narinari
* Agassizia
* Agkistrodon
** †Agkistrodon piscivorus
* Aix
** †Aix sponsa
* Alligator
** A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator †Alligator mississippiensis
* Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
* Alveopora
* Amauropsis
* †Ambystoma
** †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
** †Ambystoma tigrinum
* Amnicola
* Amphiuma
* †Ampullina
* †Ampullinopsis
* Amusium
* Anadara
** Shell in multiple views of an Anadara brasiliana, or incongruous ark clam †Anadara brasiliana
** †Anadara ovalis
** †Anadara transversa
* 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
** †Anomia simplex
* Apalone
** †Apalone ferox
* Arca
* Architectonica
* †Archosargus
** †Archosargus probatocephalus
* Arius
* Asio
* Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
* An Astrangia stony coral Astrangia
** †Astrangia danae
* Astreopora
* Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
* Atrina
* Aythya
** †Aythya collaris
* Bairdiella
** †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
* Balistes
* Barbatia
* Bartramia
** †Bartramia longicauda
* Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus †Basilosaurus
** †Basilosaurus cetoides
* Bison
** †Bison bison – tentative report
* Bittium
* Blarina
** †Blarina brevicauda
** †Blarina carolinensis
* Bonasa
** †Bonasa umbellus
** †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
* Bucephala
** A living Bucephala albeola, or bufflehead †Bucephala albeola
* 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
* A living Carcharodon shark Carcharodon
* 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
* Electron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga Coccolithus
* Colaptes
** †Colaptes auratus
* Colinus
** †Colinus virginianus
* Coluber
** †Coluber constrictor
* Conepatus
** †Conepatus leuconotus
* Conomitra
* Conus
* Coragyps
** †Coragyps atratus
* Corbula
* Corvus
** †Corvus brachyrhynchos
** A living Corvus corax, or common raven †Corvus corax
* Crassostrea
** †Crassostrea virginica
* Crepidula
** †Crepidula fornicata
* Crocodylus
* Crotalus
** †Crotalus horridus
* Crucibulum
* Cucullaea
* Cyanocitta
** †Cyanocitta cristata
* Cygnus
** †Cygnus columbianus
* †Cylindracanthus
* Cymatium
* Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus †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
* Dorsal and right lateral views of reconstructed skeleton of Dorudon atrox †Dorudon
** †Dorudon serratus
* Dosinia
* Dryocopus
** †Dryocopus pileatus
* †Ectopistes
** †Ectopistes migratorius
* Edaphodon
* Elops
** †Elops saurus
* Epitonium
* Eptesicus
** †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
* Equus
** †Equus simplicidens
* Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium †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
* Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
** †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
* Ginglymostoma
** †Ginglymostoma cirratum
* Glycymeris
* Glyptemys
** †Glyptemys insculpta
* Goniopora
* Gopherus
** †Gopherus polyphemus
* Haustator
* A living Hemipristis weasel shark Hemipristis
** †Hemipristis curvatus
* Hesperisternia
* †Hesperotestudo
* Heterodon
** †Heterodon platyrhinos
* Heterodontus
* Hexaplex
** †Hexaplex fulvescens
* †Hippotherium
* Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale †Holmesina
* Hyla
** †Hyla crucifer
* Isurus
** †Isurus oxyrinchus
* Kinosternon
* †Lactophrys
* Laevicardium
* †Lagodon
** †Lagodon rhomboides
* Lamna
* Lampropeltis
** †Lampropeltis getulus
** †Lampropeltis triangulum
* A living Leopardus Leopardus
* Lepisosteus
* †Leptotragulus
* Lima
* †Linthia
* Liotia
* Liquidambar
* Lithophaga
* Littoraria
** †Littoraria irrorata
* Lontra
** †Lontra canadensis
* Lopha
* Lophelia
* Lophodytes
** A living Lophodytes cucullatus, or hooded merganser †Lophodytes cucullatus
* Lucina
* Lynx
** †Lynx rufus
* Lyria
* Macrocallista
* Mactra
* Malaclemys
** †Malaclemys terrapin
* †Mammut
** Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon †Mammut americanum
* †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
* Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah †Miracinonyx
** †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
* Mitra
* Modiolus
* †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
* Mugil
* Mulinia
** †Mulinia lateralis
* 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
* Nassarius
** †Nassarius acutus
* Natica
* Nebrius
* Negaprion
** †Negaprion brevirostris
** †Negaprion eurybathrodon
* †Neochoerus
** †Neochoerus aesopi
** †Neochoerus pinckneyi – or unidentified comparable form
* 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
* Notophthalmus
** †Notophthalmus viridescens
* Nucula
** †Nucula proxima
* Nummulites
* Odocoileus
** †Odocoileus virginianus
* Fossil teeth of Odontaspis winkleri from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 mya Odontaspis
* Oliva
** †Oliva sayana
* Ondatra
** †Ondatra zibethicus
* †Ontocetus
** †Ontocetus emmonsi
* †Opsanus
* Oryzomys
** †Oryzomys palustris
* Ostrea
* †Otodus
* Otus
** †Otus asio
* †Palaeolama
* †Palaeophis
* Panopea
* Panthera
** †Panthera onca
* Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon †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
* A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale Physeter
* †Physeterula
* †Physogaleus
* Pica
** †Pica pica
* Picoides
** †Picoides villosus
* Pipistrellus
** †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
* Pitar
* Pituophis
* Placopecten
** †Placopecten magellanicus
* Planorbis
* 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
** †Pleuromeris tridentata
* Plicatula
* Podilymbus
** †Podilymbus podiceps
* Pogonias
** †Pogonias cromis
* †Potamides
* Prionotus
* Pristis
* Procyon
** †Procyon lotor
* Pseudacris
** †Pseudacris ornata
* Pseudemys
** †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form
* Replica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse Pseudhipparion †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
** A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer †Rangifer tarandus
* 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
* Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks Scyliorhinus
* Semele – tentative report
* Siderastrea
* Sigmodon
** †Sigmodon hispidus
* Sinum
* Siren
** †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
* Solemya
* Sorex
** †Sorex cinereus
** †Sorex fumeus
* Sphyraena
* Sphyrna
** A living Sphyrna tiburo, or bonnethead shark †Sphyrna tiburo
** †Sphyrna zygaena
* Spilogale
** †Spilogale putorius
* Spisula
* Spizella
** †Spizella passerina
* Spondylus
* Squatina
* Sternotherus
* Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia †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
** †Tapirus veroensis
* Taxodium
* Teinostoma
* Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras †Teleoceras
* Tellina
* Teredo
* Terrapene
** †Terrapene carolina
* Thamnophis
** †Thamnophis sirtalis
* Trachemys
** †Trachemys scripta
* Trachycardium
* Trachyphyllia – tentative report
* A living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear Tremarctos
** †Tremarctos floridanus
* †Triaenodon
* Trichiurus
* Trochita
* Turris
* Turritella
* Tympanuchus
** †Tympanuchus cupido
* Ulmus
* Urocyon
** †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
* Ursus
** †Ursus americanus
* Venericardia
* Xenophora
** †Xenophora conchyliophora
* Yoldia
* Zapus
** A living Zapus hudsonius, or meadow jumping mouse †Zapus hudsonius