page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Alabama
section_title: Selected Cenozoic taxa of Alabama
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Alabama / Cenozoic / Selected Cenozoic taxa of Alabama
caption_attribution_description: Basilosaurus.
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama.
context_section_description: Abra
  Acanthocardia
  Accipiter
   †Accipiter striatus
  Acirsa
  Aclis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Acropora
  Acteocina
  Acteon
  †Adeorbis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Aequipecten
  Aetobatus
  Agaronia
  Alaba
  Albula
  †Allomorone – type locality for genus
   Alopias
  Amaura
  †Ambystoma
  Ampheristus
  †Ampullina
  Amusium
  Anas
  †Anas crecca
  †Anas platyrhynchos
  Ancilla
  Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Angulus
  Anodontia
  Anolis
  †Anolis carolinensis
  Anomia
  Antalis
  Apalone
  †Apalone spinifera
  †Aphelops
  Aplodinotus – tentative report
  Aporrhais
  Arca
  Architectonica
  †Arctodus
  †Arctodus simus
  †Area
  Argobuccinum
  Argyrotheca
  Astarte
  Asthenotoma
  Astrangia
  Astyris
  Athleta
  Atrina
   †Aturia
  Atys
  Aythya
  †Aythya collaris
  †Aythya valisineria – or unidentified comparable form
  Bactridium
  †Baculites
  Balanophyllia
  Balanus
  †Baluchicardia
  Barbatia
  Barnea
  Bartramia
  †Bartramia longicauda
   †Basilosaurus
  †Basilosaurus cetoides
  Bathytoma
  †Bathytoma nonplicata – or unidentified comparable form
  †Belosaepia
  Bison
  †Bison antiquus
  Bittium
  Blarina
  †Blarina carolinensis
  Bonasa
  †Bonasa umbellus
  †Bonellitia
  Botula
  †Botula carolinensis
  Brachidontes
  Branta
   †Branta canadensis
  Bufo
  †Bufo americanus
  †Bufo woodhousei
  Bullia
  †Burnhamia
  Busycon
  Cadulus
  Caestocorbula
  Callianassa
   Calliostoma
  Callista
  Calyptraea
  Campanile
  Cancellaria
  †Cancellaria costata
  Canis
  †Canis rufus
  Cantharus
  Capulus
  Carcharhinus
  Carcharias
  Carphophis
  Caryophyllia
   †Castoroides
  †Catenicella
  Catoptrophorus
  †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  Centroberyx
  Cerithiella
  Cerithiopsis
  Cerithium – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Cervus
  †Cervus elaphus
  Chama
  Charonia
  Chiton
  Chlamys
  †Chlorophthalmus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Chrysemys
  †Chrysemys picta
  †Chrysodomus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Cibicides
  Cidaris
  Cirsotrema
  Clavatula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
   Clavilithes
  Cliona
  Closia
  Clypeaster
  Cochlespira
  Codakia – tentative report
  Colinus
  †Colinus virginianus
  Coluber
  †Coluber constrictor
  Columbellopsis
  Conomitra
  †Conorbis
  Conus
  Corbicula – tentative report
  Corbula
  Cordieria
  †Cormohipparion
  †Corvina
  Corvus
  †Corvus corax
   †Coryphodon
  Crassostrea
  †Crassostrea alabamiensis
  Crenella
  Crepidula
  Crisia
  †Crommium
  Crotalus
  †Crotalus horridus
  Cryptobranchus
  †Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
  Cucullaea
  Cultellus
  Cuna
  Cuspidaria
  Cyanocitta
  †Cyanocitta cristata
  Cygnus
  Cylichna
  †Cylindracanthus
  Cyllene – or unidentified comparable form
   †Cynthiacetus
  Cypraea
  Cypraedia
  †Cytherideis
  Daphnella
  Dasyatis
  Dasypus
  †Dasypus bellus
  Dendrophyllia
  Dentalium
  Desmognathus
  †Desmognathus ochrophaeus
  Diadophis
  †Diadophis punctatus
  Dichocoenia
  †Dinematichthys
  †Dinohyus
  †Dinohyus hollandi – or unidentified related form
  Diodon – tentative report
  Diodora
  Discorbis
  Distorsio
  †Dolicholatirus – tentative report
  Donax
  Dorsanum
  Dosinia – tentative report
  Dumetella
  †Dumetella carolinensis
  †Echinopsis – tentative report
  †Ectopistes
   †Ectopistes migratorius
  †Egertonia
  Elaphe
  †Elaphe guttata – or unidentified comparable form
  †Elaphe vulpina
  †Elimia
  Emarginula
  †Eosurcula
  †Epicyon
  †Epicyon haydeni – or unidentified comparable form
  Epitonium
  Eptesicus
  †Eptesicus fuscus
  Equus
  Ervilia
  Erycina
  Eulima
  Eulimella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Eupleura
  †Eurycea
  Euspira
  Euthria
   †Eutrephoceras
  Evalea
  †Exilia
  †Exogyra
  †Exogyra costata
  Falco
  †Falco sparverius
  †Ficopsis
  Fimbria
  Fissurella
  Flabellum
  Fulgurofusus
  Fustiaria
   Galeocerdo
  Galeodea
  Galeorhinus
  Gari
  Gastrochaena
  Gavia
  †Gavia immer
  Gegania
  Gemma
  Genota
  Geodia
   †Georgiacetus
  †Georgiacetus vogtlensis
  †Gigantostrea
  Ginglymostoma
  Glossus
  Glycymeris
  Glyptoactis
  Goniopora
  Graptemys
  †Graptemys geographica
   Grus
  Gyroidina
  Haliaeetus
  †Haliaeetus leucocephalus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Hamulus
  Hastula
  
caption: Life restoration of a pod of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
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