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
- † Alethopteris
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris- † Alethopteris decurrens
- † Alethopteris lonchitica
- † Alethopteris valida
- † Amplexus
- † Annularia
- † Annularia asteris
- † Annularia radiata
- †Archimedes
- † Archimedes invaginatus
- † Archimedes swallovanus
- † Asaphiscus
- † Atrypa
- † Augustoceras
- † Bonneterrina – tentative report
- † Calamites
Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites- † Calamites suckowi
- † Callipteridium
- † Calymene
- † Calyptaulax
- † Camarotoechia
- † Cincinnetina
- † Cincinnetina meeki
- † Cincinnetina multisecta
- † Columnaria
- † Constellaria
- † Coosella
- † Coosia
- † Cordaites
- † Cryptophragmus
- † Cyrtoceras
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras - † Dalmanitina
- † Dipleura
- † Elrathia
- † Elrathina – tentative report
- † Eospirifer
- † Eospirifer radiatus
- † Favosites
- † Favosites turbinatus
- † Flexicalymene
- † Gonioceras
- † Hallopora
- † Isotelus
- † Lepidodendron
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911).- † 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
- † Pleurodictyum
Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral 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
- † Tricrepicephalus
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus - † Valcouroceras
Mesozoic
Selected Mesozoic taxa of Georgia
- Acirsa
- Acteon
- † Acteonella
- † Aenona
- † Agerostrea
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea - † Albertosaurus
- † Allonia – type locality for genus
- Amauropsis
- †Ancilla
- †Anomia
- † Anomoeodus
- †Arca
- Arrhoges
- Astarte
- † Baculites
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod 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
- Chiloscyllium
A living Chiloscyllium longtail carpet shark - Chiton
- Chlamys
- Cliona
- Corbula
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
- † Crenella elegantula
- † Crenella serica
- † Cretolamna
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna- † Cretolamna appendiculata
- Cucullaea
- † Cucullaea capax
- † Cucullaea littlei
- Cuspidaria
- † Cuspidaria grandis
- Cylichna
- † Cylichna diversilirata
- † Cylichna incisa
- † Deinosuchus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus- † Deinosuchus rugosus
- Dentalium
- † Dentalium leve
- † Dolicholatirus
- † Enchodus
- † Enchodus petrosus
- † Eulima
- † Eulima gracilistylis
- † Eulima monmouthensis
- † Euspira
- † Eutrephoceras
Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras - † Exogyra
- † Exogyra costata
- † Exogyra ponderosa
- † Exogyra upatoiensis
- Gemmula
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- † Glycymeris hamula
- † Glycymeris rotundata
- † Halisaurus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - † Hamulus
- Heterodontus
- † Hybodus
- † Ischyrhiza
- † Ischyrhiza mira
- Isognomon
- Lepisosteus
- Lima
- Limatula
- † Linearis
- † Linter
- † Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- † Lopha falcata
- † Lopha mesenterica
- † Mathilda
- † Megalocoelacanthus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish 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
- † Platecarpus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - Polinices
- † Prognathodon
- † Protocardia
- † Pseudocorax
- † Pseudocorax affinis
- †Pteria
- † Pteridophyte
- † Pterotrigonia
- † Pterotrigonia angulicostata
- † Pterotrigonia cerulea
- † Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- † Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
- † Ptychodus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shell-crushing shark Ptychodus with an anachronistic human to scale - † Ptychotrygon
- † Ptychotrygon triangularis – or unidentified comparable form
- Pycnodonte
- † Pycnodonte vesicularis
- † Regnellidium
- † Rhombodus
- Ringicula
- † Ringicula clarki
- Rissoa
- † Scapanorhynchus
- † Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
- † Scapanorhynchus texanus
- Seila
- Serpula
- † Sphenodiscus
- Squalicorax
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax- † Squalicorax falcatus
- † Squalicorax kaupi
- Squatina
- † Stephanodus
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- † Tenea
- † Thoracosaurus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus - Trachycardium
- † Trachycardium eufaulensis
- Turritella
- † Turritella bilira
- † Turritella hilgardi
- † Turritella trilira
- † Turritella vertebroides
- Xenophora
- † Xiphactinus
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus- † Xiphactinus audax
Cenozoic
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Georgia
- Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Acar
- Acteocina
Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails - Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- †Aetobatus narinari
- Agassizia
- Agkistrodon
- Aix
- †Aix sponsa
- Alligator
- †Alligator mississippiensis
A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator
- Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Alveopora
- Amauropsis
- †Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
- Amnicola
- Amphiuma
- †Ampullina
- †Ampullinopsis
- Amusium
- Anadara
- †Anadara brasiliana
Shell in multiple views of an Anadara brasiliana, or incongruous ark clam - †Anadara ovalis
- †Anadara transversa
- Anas
- †Anas acuta
- †Anas americana
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas discors
- †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anas rubripes
- †Anas strepera
- Anolis
- †Anolis carolinensis
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Living male (on top) and female (bottom, with white stripe down her back) Anolis carolinensis, or Carolina anoles
- Anomia
- Apalone
- †Apalone ferox
- Arca
- Architectonica
- †Archosargus
- Arius
- Asio
- Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Astrangia
An Astrangia stony coral- †Astrangia danae
- Astreopora
- Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Atrina
- Aythya
- †Aythya collaris
- Bairdiella
- †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
- Balistes
- Barbatia
- Bartramia
- †Bartramia longicauda
- †Basilosaurus
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus- †Basilosaurus cetoides
- Bison
- †Bison bison – tentative report
- Bittium
- Blarina
- †Blarina brevicauda
- †Blarina carolinensis
- Bonasa
- †Bonasa umbellus
- †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
- Bucephala
- †Bucephala albeola
A living Bucephala albeola, or bufflehead
- Bufo
- †Bufo americanus
- †Burnhamia
- Bursa
- Busycon
- †Busycon carica
- †Calippus
- Callista
- Calyptraea
- Campanile
- Canis
- †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
- Carcharhinus
- †Carcharhinus leucas
- †Carcharhinus macloti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carcharhinus obscurus
- Carcharias
- †Carcharias taurus
- Carcharodon
A living Carcharodon shark - Cardita
- Carditamera
- Carphophis
- Carya
- Cassis
- Castor
- †Castor canadensis
- †Castoroides
- †Castoroides ohioensis
- Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- Cervus
- †Cervus elaphus
- Chama
- Chelydra
- †Chelydra serpentina
- Chlamys
- Chlorostoma
- Clypeaster
- Coccolithus
Electron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga - Colaptes
- †Colaptes auratus
- Colinus
- †Colinus virginianus
- Coluber
- †Coluber constrictor
- Conepatus
- †Conepatus leuconotus
- Conomitra
- Conus
- Coragyps
- †Coragyps atratus
- Corbula
- Corvus
- †Corvus brachyrhynchos
- †Corvus corax
A living Corvus corax, or common raven
- Crassostrea
- †Crassostrea virginica
- Crepidula
- †Crepidula fornicata
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- †Crotalus horridus
- Crucibulum
- Cucullaea
- Cyanocitta
- †Cyanocitta cristata
- Cygnus
- †Cygnus columbianus
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatium
- †Cynthiacetus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus - Cypraea
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- Deirochelys
- †Deirochelys reticularia
- Dentalium
- Diadophis
- †Diadophis punctatus
- Diastoma
- Didelphis
- †Didelphis marsupialis
- †Didelphis virginiana
- Diodora
- Diploastrea
- †Discoaster
- Donax
- †Dorudon
Dorsal and right lateral views of reconstructed skeleton of Dorudon atrox- †Dorudon serratus
- Dosinia
- Dryocopus
- †Dryocopus pileatus
- †Ectopistes
- †Ectopistes migratorius
- Edaphodon
- Elops
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
- †Equus simplicidens
- †Eremotherium
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium- †Eremotherium laurillardi
- Eschrichtius
- †Eschrichtius robustus
- †Eucastor
- Eupleura
- Falco
- †Falco sparverius
- Favites
- Felis
- †Fundulus
- Fusinus
- Galeocerdo
- †Galeocerdo cuvier
- Galeorhinus
- †Galeorhinus galeus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gemma
- †Gemma purpurea
- †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus- †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
- Ginglymostoma
- †Ginglymostoma cirratum
- Glycymeris
- Glyptemys
- †Glyptemys insculpta
- Goniopora
- Gopherus
- †Gopherus polyphemus
- Haustator
- Hemipristis
A living Hemipristis weasel shark - Hesperisternia
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- †Heterodon platyrhinos
- Heterodontus
- Hexaplex
- †Hippotherium
- †Holmesina
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale - Hyla
- †Hyla crucifer
- Isurus
- †Isurus oxyrinchus
- Kinosternon
- †Lactophrys
- Laevicardium
- †Lagodon
- Lamna
- Lampropeltis
- †Lampropeltis getulus
- †Lampropeltis triangulum
- Leopardus
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A living Leopardus - Lepisosteus
- †Leptotragulus
- Lima
- †Linthia
- Liotia
- Liquidambar
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- Lontra
- †Lontra canadensis
- Lopha
- Lophelia
- Lophodytes
- †Lophodytes cucullatus
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A living Lophodytes cucullatus, or hooded merganser
- Lucina
- Lynx
- †Lynx rufus
- Lyria
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- Malaclemys
- †Malaclemys terrapin
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus columbi
- Margarites
- Marginella
- Marmota
- †Marmota monax
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- †Megatherium americanum
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- †Meleagris gallopavo
- Melongena
- Mephitis
- †Mephitis mephitis
- Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria mercenaria
- Meretrix
- Mesalia
- Microtus
- †Microtus pennsylvanicus
- †Microtus pinetorum
- †Miracinonyx
Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah- †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- Modiolus
- †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
- Mugil
- Mulinia
- Mustela
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- Myliobatis
- †Mylohyus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus- †Mylohyus fossilis
- Myotis
- †Myotis grisescens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Myotis lucifugus – or unidentified comparable form
- Nassarius
- Natica
- Nebrius
- Negaprion
- †Negaprion brevirostris
- †Negaprion eurybathrodon
- †Neochoerus
- †Neochoerus aesopi
- †Neochoerus pinckneyi – or unidentified comparable form
- Neofiber
- †Neofiber alleni
- Neomonachus
- †Neomonachus tropicalis
Illustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal
- Neotoma
- †Neotoma floridana
- Nerita
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- †Nerodia fasciata
- †Nerodia sipedon
- Neverita
- Notophthalmus
- †Notophthalmus viridescens
- Nucula
- Nummulites
- Odocoileus
- †Odocoileus virginianus
- Odontaspis
Fossil teeth of Odontaspis winkleri from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 mya - Oliva
- †Oliva sayana
- Ondatra
- †Ondatra zibethicus
- †Ontocetus
- †Ontocetus emmonsi
- †Opsanus
- Oryzomys
- †Oryzomys palustris
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
- †Otus asio
- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- Panopea
- Panthera
- †Panthera onca
- †Paramylodon
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth 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
- Physeter
A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale - †Physeterula
- †Physogaleus
- Pica
- †Pica pica
- Picoides
- †Picoides villosus
- Pipistrellus
- †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pitar
- Pituophis
- Placopecten
- Planorbis
- †Platygonus
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).- †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
- Plethodon
- †Plethodon glutinosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pleuromeris
- Plicatula
- Podilymbus
- †Podilymbus podiceps
- Pogonias
- †Pogonias cromis
- †Potamides
- Prionotus
- Pristis
- Procyon
- †Procyon lotor
- Pseudacris
- †Pseudacris ornata
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudhipparion
Replica of a fossilized cranium of the Miocene horse 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
- †Rangifer tarandus
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- 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
- Scyliorhinus
Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks - Semele – tentative report
- Siderastrea
- Sigmodon
- †Sigmodon hispidus
- Sinum
- Siren
- †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- Solemya
- Sorex
- †Sorex cinereus
- †Sorex fumeus
- Sphyraena
- Sphyrna
- †Sphyrna tiburo
A living Sphyrna tiburo, or bonnethead shark - †Sphyrna zygaena
- Spilogale
- †Spilogale putorius
- Spisula
- Spizella
- †Spizella passerina
- Spondylus
- Squatina
- Sternotherus
- †Striatolamia
Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark 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
- Taxodium
- Teinostoma
- †Teleoceras
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Tellina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- †Terrapene carolina
- Thamnophis
- †Thamnophis sirtalis
- Trachemys
- †Trachemys scripta
- Trachycardium
- Trachyphyllia – tentative report
- Tremarctos
A living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear - †Triaenodon
- Trichiurus
- Trochita
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tympanuchus
- †Tympanuchus cupido
- Ulmus
- Urocyon
- †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Ursus
- †Ursus americanus
- Venericardia
- Xenophora
- Yoldia
- Zapus
- †Zapus hudsonius
A living Zapus hudsonius, or meadow jumping mouse
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References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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