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

†Acodus
†Actinoceras
†Actinocrinites
†Agaricocrinus
- Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Agaricocrinus americanus, or the mushroom crinoid
  †Agaricocrinus americanus
†Amplexopora
†Amplexus
†Ampyx
†Aphetoceras
†Atrypa
- †Atrypa reticularis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
†Aulopora
†Bellerophon
†Bembexia
†Bimuria
†Bumastus
†Calymene
- †Calymene niagarensis
†Calyptaulax
†Camarotoechia
†Cartersoceras – type locality for genus
†Ceratopsis
†Ceraurinus
†Ceraurus
†Chasmatopora
†Cheirurus
†Chonetes
- †Chonetes glenparkensis – or unidentified related form
†Christiania
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina
†Cincinnetina
- †Cincinnetina meeki
†Cladochonus
- †Cladochonus crassus
†Cleiothyridina
†Columnaria
- †Columnaria alveolata
†Conocardium
†Constellaria
†Coolinia
†Cornulites
- †Cornulites proprius
Crania
†Craniops
†Crepicephalus
†Crepipora
†Cruziana
†Ctenostoma
†Cyathocrinites
†Cyclonema
†Cyphaspis
†Cypricardinia
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras
†Cyrtoceras
†Cyrtolites
†Cystodictya
†Dalmanites
†Dicoelosia
†Dimerocrinites
- †Dimerocrinites carleyi
- †Dimerocrinites inornatus
- †Dimerocrinites occidentalis
†Distomodus
- †Distomodus staurognathoides
†Eatonia
†Echinosphaerites
†Eospirifer
- †Eospirifer radiatus
†Eretmocrinus
- †Eretmocrinus magnificus
Fossilized calyx of the Silurian-Middle Devonian crinoid ("sea lily") Eucalyptocrinites
†Eucalyptocrinites
- †Eucalyptocrinites caelatus
- †Eucalyptocrinites crassus
†Favositella
†Favosites
- †Favosites forbesi
- †Favosites spinigerus
†Fenestella
†Fletcheria
†Flexicalymene
- †Flexicalymene meeki
- †Flexicalymene senaria
†Foerstia
†Forbesiocrinus
Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Devonian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Gilbertsocrinus
†Gilbertsocrinus
†Girvanella
†Glyptocrinus
†Gonioceras
†Gravicalymene
†Grewingkia
- †Grewingkia canadensis
†Hallopora
†Hedstroemia
†Helcionopsis
- †Helcionopsis striata
†Hibbertia
†Hindia
†Holopea
†Hyolithes
†Illaenus
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.
†Isotelus
†Kockelella
†Krausella
†Lingulella
†Lonchodomas
†Marsupiocrinus
†Meristella
†Meristina
†Monomorphichnus
†Orthoceras
†Ozarkodina
- †Ozarkodina confluens
†Paciphacops
Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites
†Pentremites
†Phragmolites
†Phycodes
†Phylloporina
†Plaesiomys
†Planolites
†Platyceras – type locality for genus
†Platycrinites
†Platystrophia
- †Platystrophia acutilirata
- †Platystrophia cypha
†Plectoceras
†Pleurodictyum
†Plumulites
†Proetus
†Protosalvinia
†Pterotheca
†Quadratia
Fossil of the arthropod burrow ichnogenus Rusophycus
†Rusophycus
†Sagenocrinites
†Salterella
†Siphonotreta
†Skenidioides
†Skolithos
†Solenopora
- †Solenopora compacta
†Sowerbyella
†Sphaerocodium – tentative report
†Spirifer
Spirorbis
†Spyroceras
†Stigmatella
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
†Strophomena
- †Strophomena concordensis
- †Strophomena filitexta
- †Strophomena incurvata
- †Strophomena neglecta
- †Strophomena planumbona
†Subulites
†Taxocrinus
†Tentaculites
†Tetradium
†Tricrepicephalus
†Trimerus
†Westonia
†Whiteavesia
†Wurmiella
- †Wurmiella excavata

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Tennessee

Acirsa
Acmaea
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
†Acteon
†Aenona
Amauropsis
†Ampullina
†Ancilla
†Anomia
†Anomoeodus
†Arca
Arctica
Fossil of the Late Cretaceous crab Avitelmessus
†Avitelmessus
- †Avitelmessus grapsoideus
†Baculites
- †Baculites grandis
- †Baculites ovatus
Barbatia
Brachidontes
Cadulus
Caestocorbula
- †Caestocorbula crassiplica
Callianassa
- †Callianassa mortoni
†Calliomphalus
- †Calliomphalus americanus – type locality for species
Shell of a Cancellaria nutmeg sea snail
Cancellaria
Capulus
†Caveola
Cerithiopsis
Cerithium
Charonia
Chiton
Clavagella
Cliona
†Conorbis
Corbula
†Crania – tentative report
†Crenella
- †Crenella elegantula
- †Crenella serica
Cucullaea
- †Cucullaea capax
- †Cucullaea littlei
Cylichna
- †Cylichna incisa
†Dentalium
†Discoscaphites
- †Discoscaphites iris
†Dolicholatirus
†Ecphora
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
†Enchodus
†Eothoracosaurus
- †Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis
†Eulima
†Euspira
†Eutrephoceras
†Exilia
†Exogyra
- †Exogyra cancellata
- †Exogyra costata
Fasciolaria – tentative report
A Gastrochaena marine bivalve
Gastrochaena
†Gegania
Gemmula
Glossus
Glycymeris
†Hamulus
†Helicoceras
- †Helicoceras navarroense
†Hoploparia
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
†Inoceramus
- †Inoceramus proximus
- †Inoceramus sagensis
†Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza mira
Latiaxis
Limatula
†Linearis
Lithophaga
Littorina
Lopha
- †Lopha falcata
†Lucina
†Mammila
Martesia
†Mathilda
Melanatria
Membranipora
Meretrix
†Metopaster
Micropora
†Morea
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
†Mosasaurus
†Neithea
- †Neithea quinquecostata
Nucula
- †Nucula percrassa
†Obeliscus
†Odostomia
- †Odostomia plicata – type locality for species
Opalia
Ostrea
Panopea
† Paranomia
†Pecten
†Pedalion
†Peneus
Pholadomya
- †Pholadomya occidentalis
†Plioplatecarpus
- †Plioplatecarpus depressus
Polinices
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
†Prognathodon
†Protocardia
†Pteria
†Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
- †Pterotrigonia thoracica
Pycnodonte
Ringicula
- †Ringicula pulchella
Rissoina
Rostellaria – tentative report
†Sargana
†Saurodon – tentative report
† Scala
Shells in multiple views of a Scaphander canoe bubble sea snail
Scaphander
†Scaphites
†Schizobasis
Seila
†Seminola
Serpula
Serpulorbis
†Siphonaria
Teinostoma
Tellina
†Tenea
†Teredo
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys
†Toxochelys
- †Toxochelys latiremis
Trichotropis
†Trigonia
Trochus
†Tuba
Turbinella
†Turricula
Turris
Turritella
- †Turritella bilira
- †Turritella paravertebroides
- †Turritella tippana
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
Yoldia

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
- †Tapirus haysii
- †Tapirus polkensis
- †Tapirus veroensis
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

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.
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.

Bibliography

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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[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.