page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Louisiana
section_title: P
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Louisiana / Cenozoic / P
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil specimen in the Botanischer Garten, Dresden, Germany. Photography was permitted in the botanical garden without restriction.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: †Pachecoa
  †Pachecoa decisa
  †Pachecoa ellipsis
  †Pachecoa pulchra
   †Palmoxylon
  †Palmoxylon cellulosum
  †Palmoxylon quenstedi
  †Papillina
  †Papillina dumosa
  Paraconger
  Paracyathus
  †Paracyathus alternatus – type locality for species
  †Paracyathus bellus
  Paracypris
  †Paracypris rosefieldensis
   †Paramylodon
  †Paramylodon harlani – type locality for species
  Parasmilia
  †Parasmilia ludoviciana – type locality for species
  †Parcypris
  Parvilucina
  †Parvilucina sabelli
  †Patulaxis
  †Patulaxis scrobiculata
  Pecten
  †Pecten perplanus
  †Pediastrum
   Penion
  †Penion penrosei
  Periploma
  †Periploma claibornense
  †Periploma collardi
  †Periploma howei – type locality for species
  †Perotriletes
  †Pesavis
  †Pesavis tagulensis
  †Petauristodon
  Petrophyllia
  †Petrophyllia vernonensis – type locality for species
  †Petrophyllia vicksburgensis
   Phalium
  †Phalium brevicostatum
  †Phalium taitii
  Pholadomya
  †Pholadomya harrisi
  Phos
  †Phos sagenum
  †Phos texanum
  †Piceapollenites
  †Pilicatula
  †Pilicatula filamentosa
  Pinna
  †Pinna gardnerae
  †Pinuspollenites
  †Pistillipollenites
  †Pistillipollenites mcgregorii
   Pitar
  †Pitar securiformis
  †Pitar trigoniata
  †Plagiarca
  †Plagiarca rhomboidella
  †Plagiarca vaughani
  Plagiocardium
  Planorbulina
  †Planorbulina mediterranensis
  Planularia
  Planulina
  †Planulina ouachitaensis
  †Platycaryapollenites
  †Platycaryapollenites platycaryoides
  †Platyoptera
  †Platyoptera extenta
  Platytrochus – type locality for genus
  †Platytrochus elegans – type locality for species
  †Pleuricellaesporites
  Pleurofusia
  †Pleurofusia danvicola
  †Pleurofusia evanescens
  †Pleurofusia fluctuosa
  †Pleurofusia huppertzi
  †Pleurofusia subservata
  †Pleuroliria
  †Pleuroliria crenulosa
  †Pleuroliria jacksonella
  †Pleuroliria simplex
  Pleuromeris
  †Pleuromeris inflatior
  †Pleuromeris inflator
  Pleurotomella
  †Pleurotomella veatchi
  Plicatula
  †Plicatula filamentosa
  †Plicatula louisiana
  Podocarpus
   Polinices
  †Polinices aratus
  †Polinices harrisii
  †Polinices julianna
  †Polinices weisbordi
  †Pollinices
  †Pollinices harrisii
  †Polycolporopollenites
  Polymorphina
  †Polymorphina advena
  †Polypodium
  Polyschides
  †Polyschides margarita
  Pontocythere
  †Pontogeneus – type locality for genus
  †Pontogeneus priscus – type locality for species
  †Porocolpopollenites
  Poromya
  †Poromya mississippiensis
  †Porticulasphaera
  †Porticulasphaera index
  †Preophidion
  †Preophidion meyeri
  †Priscoficus
  †Priscoficus juvenis
   Pristigenys
  †Pristigenys obliquus
  Pristipomoides
  Pristis
  †Pristis lathami
  †Projenneria
  †Projenneria ludoviciana – type locality for species
  Propeamussium
  †Propeamussium squamulum – or unidentified comparable form
  †Propristis
  †Propristis schweinfurthi
  †Prosynthetoceras
  †Prosynthetoceras francisi
  †Proteacidites
  †Protosurcula
  †Protosurcula gabbii
  †Pseudohastigerina
  †Pseudohastigerina micra
   †Pseudolatirus
  †Pseudolatirus tortilis
  Pseudoliva
  †Pseudoliva santander
  †Pseudoliva vetusta
  Pseudoneptunea – or unidentified comparable form
  †Pseudoneptunea harrisi
  Pseudononion
  †Pseudononion spissus
  †Pseudoparablastomeryx
  Pseudophichthys
  †Pseudoplicapollis
  Pteria
  †Pteria limula
  †Pterocaryapollenites
  †Pteropsella
  †Pteropsella lapidosa
  †Pterosphenus
  †Pterosphenus schucherti
  Pterynotus
  †Pterynotus sabinola
  †Pterynotus weisbordi – type locality for species
   Pycnodonte
  †Pycnodonte ludoviciana
  †Pycnodonte sylvaerupis
  †Pycnodonte trigonalis
  †Pycnodonte vicksburgensis
  Pyramidella
  †Pyramidella lapinaria
  †Pyramidella meyeri
  †Pyramidella perexilis
  †Pyramimitra
  †Pyramimitra terebraeformis
  Pythonichthys – or unidentified comparable form
caption: Petrified trunk segment of the Late Cretaceous-Miocene palm wood Palmoxylon
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