page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of Mississippi
section_title: P
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of Mississippi / P
caption_attribution_description: English: A shell of Pitar lupanaria from Philippines, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
context_page_description: This list of the Cenozoic life of Mississippi contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Mississippi and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
context_section_description: †Pachecoa
  †Pachecoa catonis
  †Pachecoa declivis
  †Pachecoa pulchra
  †Pachygaleus
  †Pachygaleus lefevrei
  †Palaeocybium
  †Palaeocybium proosti
   †Palaeophis
  †Palaeophis casei – type locality for species
  †Palaeophis littoralis
  †Palaeophis virginianus
  †Palaeosinopa
  †Palaeosinopa aestuarium – type locality for species
  Panopea
  †Panopea bitruncata
  †Panopea oblongata
  Panthera
   †Panthera leo
  †Papillina
  †Papillina dumosa
  Paracyathus
  †Paracyathus alternatus
  †Paracyathus bellus – type locality for species
  †Paramys
  †Paramys dispar – type locality for species
  Parvilucina
  †Parvilucina posteocurta – type locality for species
  †Patulaxis
  †Patulaxis scrobiculata
  Pecten
  †Pecten byramensis
  †Pecten perplanus
  †Pecten poulsoni
  Penion
  †Penion bellus
   †Peratherium
  †Peratherium macgrewi
  †Periarchus
  †Periarchus lyelli
  Perigastrella
  †Perigastrella oscitans – type locality for species
  †Perigastrella plana
  †Perigastrella rectilineata
  Periploma
  †Periploma claibornense
  †Periploma macneili – type locality for species
  †Peristomella
  †Peristomella laticella
  Petaloconchus
  †Petaloconchus transcostatus – type locality for species
  Petrophyllia
  †Petrophyllia vicksburgensis
   Phalium
  †Phalium brevicostatum
  †Phalium johnsoni
  †Phalium menthafons – type locality for species
  †Phalium mississippiensis
  †Phalium taitii
  †Phandella
  †Phandella nepionica
  †Phandella transemma – type locality for species
  Philine
  †Philine dockeryi
  Pholadomya
  Pholas
   Phos
  †Phos jacksonense
  †Phos sagenum
  †Phos texanum
  †Phos texanus
  †Phos vicksburgensis
  Phyllodus
  †Phyllodus toliapicus
  Phyllonotus
  †Phyllonotus mississippiensis
  †Physogaleus
  †Physogaleus americanus – type locality for species
  †Physogaleus tertius
  †Pisodus
  †Pisodus oweni
   Pitar
  †Pitar aldrichi – type locality for species
  †Pitar astartiformis
  †Pitar calcanea
  †Pitar imitabilis
  †Pitar megacostata – type locality for species
  †Pitar nuttalliopsis
  †Pitar perbrevis
  †Pitar petroplitanus
  †Pitar petropolitanus
  †Pitar protena – type locality for species
  †Pitar securiformis
  †Pitar semipunctata
  †Pitar texacola
  †Pitar trigoniata
  †Plagiarca
  †Plagiarca rhomboidella
  †Plagioctenodon
  †Plagioctenodon dormaalensis
  Plagioecia
  †Plagioecia hirta
  †Platycoenia – type locality for genus
  †Platycoenia jacksonensis – type locality for species
  †Platyoptera
  †Platyoptera extenta
   Platyrhina
  †Platyrhina dockeryi – type locality for species
  Platytrochus
  †Platytrochus elegans
  †Platytrochus goldfussi
  †Platytrochus stokesi
  Plectodon
  †Plectodon intastriata
  Pleurofusia
  †Pleurofusia clarkeana
  †Pleurofusia collaris
  †Pleurofusia danvicola
  †Pleurofusia decliva
  †Pleurofusia elegantula – type locality for species
  †Pleurofusia fessa – type locality for species
  †Pleurofusia fluctuosa
  †Pleurofusia hilgardi
  †Pleurofusia hiwanneensis – type locality for species
  †Pleurofusia longirostropis
  †Pleurofusia longirostropsis
  †Pleurofusia oblivia
  †Pleurofusia servata
  †Pleuroliria
  †Pleuroliria cochlearis
  †Pleuroliria jacksonella
  †Pleuroliria subsimilis
  Pleuromeris
  †Pleuromeris inflatior
  †Pleuromeris inflator
  †Pleuromeris parva
  †Pleuromeris quadrata
  †Pleuromeris tortidens
  †Pleuronea
  †Pleuronea fenestrata
  †Pleuronea subpertusa
   †Pleurostoma
  †Pleurostoma adolescens
  †Pleurostoma rebeccae
  Pleurotoma
  †Pleurotoma cristata
  Plicatula
  †Plicatula filamentosa
  †Plicatula variplicata – type locality for species
  Pliciscala
  †Pliciscala albitesta
  †Pliciscala byramensis – type locality for species
  †Pliciscala caseyi – type locality for species
  †Pliciscala cribrum
  †Pliciscala pearlensis
   Poirieria
  †Poirieria macneili – type locality for species
  Polinices
  †Polinices aratus
  †Polinices weisbordi
  †Polyascosoecia
  †Polyascosoecia imbricata
  Polyschides
  †Polyschides margarita
  Porella
  †Porella compacta – type locality for species
  †Porella coronata
  †Porella granulosa
  †Porella irregularis
  †Porella jacksonica
  †Porella pungens
  Poromya
  †Poromya mississippiensis
  †Potamides
  †Priscoficus
  †Priscoficus juvenis
    Pristis
  †Pristis lathami
  Proboscina
  †Proboscina geminata
  †Projenneria
  †Projenneria ludoviciana
  †Protoscutella
  †Protoscutella mississippensis
  †Protoscutella mississippiensis – type locality for species
  †Protosurcula
  †Protosurcula 
caption: Shell of a Pitar venus clam
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