List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee

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.

Precambrian

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Tennessee

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Tennessee

Cenozoic

  • 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
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
    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
    • Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf
      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
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides
    Castoroides
  • Celtis
  • Cervus
    • Cervus elaphus
  • Chaetura
    • Chaetura pelagica
  • Chrysemys
  • Clethrionomys
    • Clethrionomys gapperi
  • Colaptes
    • Colaptes auratus
  • Coluber
  • Corbula
    • Corbula subcompressa
  • Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion
    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
    • Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon
      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
    • A living Falco sparverius, or American kestrel
      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
    • Life restorations of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left)
      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
    • A living Mephitis mephitis, or striped skunk
      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
    • A living Odocoileus virginianus, or white-tailed deer
      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
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
    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
  • Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene red panda Pristinailurus, or Bristol's panda
    Pristinailurus – type locality for genus
    • Pristinailurus bristoli – type locality for species
  • Procyon
    • Procyon lotor
  • Quercus
  • Regina – or unidentified comparable form
  • Salix
  • Sayornis
    • Sayornis phoebe
  • Sciurus
    • Sciurus carolinensis
  • Scolopax
    • Scolopax minor
  • Sistrurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Sitta
    • Sitta canadensis
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
    • Smilodon fatalis
  • Sorex
    • Sorex arcticus
    • Sorex hoyi
    • Sorex palustris
  • Spermophilus
    • Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
  • Sternotherus
  • Strix
    • Strix varia
  • A living Sturnella magna, or eastern meadowlark
    Sturnella
  • Surnia
    • Surnia ulula
  • Sylvilagus
    • Sylvilagus aquaticus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Sylvilagus floridanus
  • Tamias
    • Tamias striatus
  • Tamiasciurus
    • Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
  • Tapirus
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras[1]
    • Teleoceras aepysoma – type locality for species[2]
  • Tellina
    • Tellina estellensis
  • Tornatellaea
    • Tornatellaea quercollis
  • Trachemys
  • Trigonobalanoidea – type locality for genus
    • Trigonobalanoidea americana – type locality for species
  • Tsuga
  • Turdus
    • Turdus migratorius
  • Turritella
    • Turritella saffordi
    • Turritella tennesseensis
  • Tympanuchus
    • Tympanuchus cupido
  • Ulmus
  • Ursus
    • A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear
      Ursus americanus
  • Venericardia
    • Venericardia hijuana
    • Venericardia mediaplata
  • Zonotrichia
    • Zonotrichia albicollis
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References

Citations
  1. Rachel A. Short; Steven C. Wallace; Laura G. Emmert (2019). "A new species of Teleoceras (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Hemphillian of Tennessee" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 56 (5): 183–260.
  2. Rachel A. Short; Steven C. Wallace; Laura G. Emmert (2019). "A new species of Teleoceras (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Hemphillian of Tennessee" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 56 (5): 183–260.
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