page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee
section_title: Cenozoic
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee / Cenozoic
caption_attribution_description: English: Crop of file in filename
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee.
context_section_description: Aegolius
  †Aegolius acadicus
  †Aegolius funereus
  Alligator
  Alnus
  †Ambystoma
  †Androglandula – type locality for genus
  †Androglandula tennessensis – type locality for species
  †Arctomeles
  †Arctomeles dimolodontus – type locality for species
  Athleta
  †Athleta rugatus
   †Basilosaurus
  †Basilosaurus cetoides – or unidentified comparable form
  †Berhamniphyllum – type locality for genus
  †Berhamniphyllum claibornense – type locality for species
  Betula
  †Blattotermes
  †Blattotermes wheeleri – type locality for species
  Bonasa
  †Bonasa umbellus
  Brachidontes – or unidentified comparable form
  †Brachidontes saffordi
  †Caesalpinia
  †Caesalpinia claibornensis – type locality for species
  Canis
   †Canis dirus – tentative report
  Capella
  †Capella gallinago
  Carduelis
  †Carduelis pinus
  Carpodacus
  †Carpodacus purpureus
  Carya
  †Castaneoidea – type locality for genus
  †Castaneoidea puryearensis – type locality for species
  †Castanopsoidea – type locality for genus
  †Castanopsoidea columbiana – type locality for species
  Castor
  †Castor canadensis
   †Castoroides
  Celtis
  Cervus
  †Cervus elaphus
  Chaetura
  †Chaetura pelagica
  Chrysemys
  Clethrionomys
  †Clethrionomys gapperi
  Colaptes
  †Colaptes auratus
  Coluber
  Corbula
  †Corbula subcompressa
   †Cormohipparion – or unidentified comparable form
  Coturnicops
  †Coturnicops noveboracensis
  Crassatella
  †Crassatella gabbi
  Crotalus
  Cucullaea
  †Cucullaea saffordi
  Cyanocitta
  †Cyanocitta cristata
  Desmognathus
  Didelphis
  †Didelphis virginiana
  †Diplotropis
  †Diplotropis claybornensis – type locality for species
  †Ectopistes
   †Ectopistes migratorius
  †Elater
  †Elater berryi – type locality for species
  †Eoglandulosa – type locality for genus
  †Eoglandulosa warmanensis – type locality for species
  †Eomimosoidea – type locality for genus
  †Eomimosoidea plumosa – type locality for species
  Eptesicus
  †Eptesicus fuscus
  Equus
  †Equus complicatus
  †Equus leidyi
  Eremophila
  †Eremophila alpestris
  Erethizon
  †Erethizon dorsatum
  Falco
   †Falco sparverius
  †Folindusia
  †Folindusia wilcoxiana
  †Formicium – type locality for genus
  †Formicium berryi – type locality for species
  †Fraxinus
  Geomys
  Glaucomys
  †Glaucomys sabrinus
  Glycymeris
  Glyptemys
  †Glyptemys insculpta
  †Hippomaneoidea – type locality for genus
  †Hippomaneoidea warmanensis – type locality for species
  Hyla
  †Hyla femoralis
  †Knightiophyllum
  †Knightiophyllum wilcoxianum
  †Laevibuccinum
  †Laevibuccinum constrictum
  Lepus
  †Lepus americanus
  Lontra
  †Lontra canadensis
  Lynx
  †Lynx rufus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Machairodus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Mammut
  †Mammut americanum
  †Mammuthus
   †Mammuthus primigenius
  Marmota
  †Marmota monax
  †Mazzalina – or unidentified comparable form
  †Mazzalina impressa
  †Megatylopus – or unidentified comparable form
  Melanerpes
  †Melanerpes carolinus
  †Melolonthites
  †Melolonthites collinsi – type locality for species
  Mephitis
   †Mephitis mephitis
  Mesalia
  †Mesalia hardemanensis
  †Mesalia pumila
  Microtus
  †Microtus pennsylvanicus
  †Microtus xanthognathus
  †Mylohyus
  †Mylohyus fossilis
  Natica – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  †Natica saffordia
  Neotoma
  †Neotoma floridana
  Notophthalmus
  Nuculana
  †Nuculana hannahae
  †Nuculana saffordana
  Odocoileus
   †Odocoileus virginianus
  Ondatra
  †Ondatra zibethicus
  Orthoyoldia
  †Orthoyoldia kindlei
  Ostrea
  †Ostrea crenulimarginata
  †Ostrea pulaskensis
  †Otiorhynchites
  †Otiorhynchites wilcoxianus
  †Ovibovini
  Paleofroeschnerius – type locality for genus
  †Paleofroeschnerius magnus – type locality for species
  †Paleojulacea – type locality for genus
  †Paleojulacea laxa – type locality for species
  Panthera
  †Panthera onca
   †Paramylodon
  Pedioecetes
  †Pedioecetes phasianellus
  Perisoreus
  †Perisoreus canadensis
  Phenacomys
  †Phenacomys intermedius
  Pholadomya
  †Pholadomya mauryi
  Picoides
  †Picoides villosus
  Pinicola
  †Pinicola enucleator
  Pinus
  Pipilo
  †Pipilo erythrophthalmus
  Pitar – tentative report
  †Pitar ripleyanus
  Pituophis
  Plethodon
  †Plionarctos
   †Pristinailurus – type locality for genus
  †Pristinailurus bristoli – type locality for species
  Procyon
  †Procyon lotor
  Quercus
  †Regina – or unidentified comparable form
  Salix
  Sayornis
  †Sayornis phoebe
  
caption: A living Mephitis mephitis, or striped skunk
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