List of the Cenozoic life of Georgia (U.S. state)
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This list of the Cenozoic life of Georgia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Georgia and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
A
[edit]- †Abdounia
- Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Acar
- †Acar domingensis – tentative report
- Acteocina
- †Actinacis
- Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- Agassizia
- Agkistrodon
- †Agomphus
- †Agomphus oxysternum – type locality for species
- Aix
- Alligator
- Alosa – or unidentified comparable form
- Alveopora
- Amauropsis
- †Ambystoma
- †Ambystoma maculatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ambystoma tigrinum
- Amnicola
- Amphiuma
- †Ampullina
- †Ampullina flintensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ampullina solida
- †Ampullina streptostoma
- †Ampullinopsis
- Amusium
- Anadara
- Anas
- †Anas acuta
- †Anas americana
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas discors
- †Anas platyrhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anas rubripes
- †Anas strepera
- Anolis
- Anomia
- †Anoplonassa – type locality for genus
- †Anoplonassa forcipata – type locality for species
- †Antiguastrea
- Apalone
- †Aporolepas
- †Araloselachus
- Arca
- Archaeolithothamnium
- Architectonica
- †Archosargus
- Arcoperna
- Arius
- Asio
- Astarte – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Astrangia
- Astreopora
- †Astrocoenia
- †Astrocoenia decaturensis – type locality for species
- Athleta – or unidentified comparable form
- Atrina
- Aythya
B
[edit]- Bairdiella
- †Bairdiella chrysoura – or unidentified comparable form
- Balistes
- Barbatia
- Bartramia
- †Basilosaurus
- Bathytormus
- Bison
- †Bison bison – tentative report
- Bittium
- Blarina
- Bonasa
- Bornia
- †Braarudosphaera
- Brissus
- Bucephala
- Bufo
- †Burnhamia
- Bursa
- Busycon
- †Busycon carica
- †Busycon foerstei – type locality for species
- †Busycon proterum – type locality for species
C
[edit]- †Calippus
- Callista
- †Calorhadia
- Calyptraea
- Campanile
- Canachites
- Canis
- †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
- Carcharhinus
- †Carcharhinus gibbesi
- †Carcharhinus leucas
- †Carcharhinus macloti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carcharhinus obscurus
- Carcharias
- †Carcharis
- Carcharodon
- Cardita
- Carditamera
- Carphophis
- Carya
- Cassis
- Castor
- †Castoroides
- Catoptrophorus – or unidentified comparable form
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- †Cerithium cookei
- †Cerithium corallicolum
- †Cerithium eutextile
- †Cerithium gainesense
- †Cerithium georgianum
- †Cerithium halense
- †Cerithium hernandoensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cerithium insulatum
- †Cerithium mascotianum
- †Cerithium platynema
- †Cerithium praecursor – tentative report
- †Cerithium silicifluvium
- †Cerithium vaughani
- Cervus
- †Cestumcerithium
- Chama
- Cheiloporina
- †Cheiloporina anderseni – type locality for species
- Chelydra
- †Chiasmolithus
- Chionopsis
- Chlamys
- Chlorostoma
- Clypeaster
- Coccolithus
- Colaptes
- Colinus
- Coluber
- Conepatus
- Conomitra
- Conus
- †Copemys – or unidentified comparable form
- Coragyps
- Corbula
- Corvus
- Crassatella
- Crassatellites
- Crassostrea
- Crepidula
- †Cribocentrum
- Crocodylus
- Crotalus
- Crucibulum
- Ctenoides
- †Cubitostrea
- Cucullaea
- Cyanocitta
- †Cyclicargolithus
- Cygnus
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatium
- †Cynthiacetus
- Cypraea
- Cyrena
D
[edit]- Dasyatis
- †Dasyatis borodini – type locality for species
- †Dasyatis charlisae – type locality for species
- Dasypus
- Deirochelys
- Dentalium
- †Dhondtichlamys
- Diadophis
- Diastoma
- Dictyococcites
- Didelphis
- Diodora
- †Diodora pumpellyi – type locality for species
- †Dioplotherium
- Diploastrea
- †Discoaster
- Divalinga
- Donax
- †Dorudon
- Dosinia
- †Dosiniopsis
- Dryocopus
E
[edit]- †Echanthus
- †Echanthus georgiensis – type locality for species
- Echinolampas
- †Ectopistes
- Edaphodon
- Elops
- Eontia
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- †Eptesicus fuscus – or unidentified comparable form
- Equus
- †Equus complicatus – tentative report
- †Equus leidyi
- †Equus litoralis
- †Equus simplicidens
- †Eremotherium
- Eschrichtius
- †Eucastor
- Eupatagus
- Eupleura
F
[edit]G
[edit]- Galeocerdo
- Galeorhinus
- †Galeorhinus galeus
- †Galeorhinus huberensis – type locality for species
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gemma
- †Georgiacetus – type locality for genus
- †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – type locality for species
- Ginglymostoma
- †Gitolampas
- Glycymeris
- Glyptemys
- Goniopora
- †Goniopora decaturensis – type locality for species
- Gopherus
H
[edit]- †Hadralucina – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Haustator
- †Helicosphaera
- Hemimactra
- Hemipristis
- †Hercoglossa
- Hesperibalanus
- †Hesperibalanus huddlestuni – type locality for species
- Hesperisternia
- †Hesperisternia bainbridgensis – type locality for species
- †Hesperotestudo
- Heterodon
- Heterodontus
- †Heterodontus pinetti – type locality for species
- Hexaplex
- Hincksina
- Hippopleurifera
- †Hippopleurifera incondita
- †Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis – type locality for species
- Hippopodina
- †Hippopodina stephensi – type locality for species
- Hippoporina
- †Hippotherium
- †Holmesina
- †Huberophis – type locality for genus
- †Huberophis georgiensis – type locality for species
- Hyla
I
[edit]K
[edit]- †Kapalmerella
- †Kathpalmeria
- Kinosternon
- †Kleidionella
- †Kleidionella mcbeanensis – type locality for species
L
[edit]- †Lactophrys
- Laevicardium
- †Lagodon
- Lamna
- †Lamna twiggsensis – type locality for species
- Lampropeltis
- Leopardus
- †Lepidocyclina
- Lepisosteus
- †Leptotragulus
- Lima
- Lindapecten
- †Linthia
- †Linthia prima – type locality for species
- Liotia
- Liquidambar
- †Lirodiscus
- Lithophaga
- †Lithoporella
- †Litorhadia
- Littoraria
- Lontra
- Lopha
- Lophelia
- †Lophelia tubaeformis – type locality for species
- Lophodytes
- †Lophoranina
- Lucina
- Lynx
- Lyria
- †Lyria mansfieldi
- †Lyria silicata – or unidentified related form
- †Lyropecten
M
[edit]- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- Malaclemys
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
- Margarites
- Marginella
- Marmota
- †Mazzalina – or unidentified comparable form
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- Melanerpes
- Meleagris
- Melongena
- Membraniporidra
- Mephitis
- Mercenaria
- Meretrix
- Mesalia
- †Mesomorpha – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Metradolium
- †Metradolium areolatum – type locality for species
- Microtus
- Miltha
- †Miracinonyx
- †Miracinonyx inexpectatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- Modiolaria
- Modiolus
- †Monosaulax – or unidentified comparable form
- Montastraea
- †Montastraea bainbridgensis – type locality for species
- Mugil
- Mulinia
- Mustela
- †Mustela frenata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mustules
- Myliobatis
- †Mylohyus
- Myotis
- †Myotis grisescens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Myotis lucifugus – or unidentified comparable form
N
[edit]- Nassarius
- †Nassarius acutus
- †Nassarius rabdota – type locality for species
- Natica
- †Nebraskophis
- Nebrius
- Negaprion
- †Negaprior
- Nellia
- †Neochoerus
- †Neochoerus aesopi
- †Neochoerus pinckneyi – or unidentified comparable form
- Neofiber
- Neomonachus
- Neotoma
- Nerita
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- Neverita
- Notophthalmus
- Nucleolites
- Nucula
- Nuculana
- Nummulites
O
[edit]- †Ochetosella
- †Ochetosella jacksonica
- †Ochetosella parva – type locality for species
- Odocoileus
- Odontaspis
- †Odontogryphaea
- †Ogmophis
- †Ogmophis voorhiesi – type locality for species
- †Oligopygus
- †Oligotresium
- †Oligotresium howei – type locality for species
- Oliva
- Ondatra
- †Ontocetus
- †Opsanus
- †Orbitoides
- †Orthaulax
- †Orthosurcula
- Oryzomys
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
P
[edit]- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- †Palaeorhncodon
- Paludestrina
- Panopea
- Panthera
- †Paramylodon
- †Pastinacea
- Pecten
- Pekania
- †Periarchus
- Perigastrella
- Periglypta
- †Periglypta caesarina – or unidentified related form
- Peromyscus
- †Peromyscus leucopus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus maniculatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peromyscus polionotus – or unidentified comparable form
- Persicula
- †Persicula progravida – type locality for species
- Persististrombus
- Petricola
- Phacoides
- †Phacoides perovatus
- †Phacoides wacissanus – or unidentified comparable form
- Phyllodus
- Physeter
- †Physeter vetus – tentative report
- †Physeterula
- †Physeterula neolassicus – tentative report
- †Physogaleus
- Pica
- Picoides
- †Pipilio
- Pipistrellus
- †Pipistrellus subflavus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pitar
- Pituophis
- Placopecten
- †Plagiosmittia
- Planorbis
- †Platygonus
- †Platygonus compressus – or unidentified comparable form
- Plethodon
- †Plethodon glutinosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Pleuromeris
- Plicatula
- Podilymbus
- Pogonias
- †Pontosphaera
- †Potamides
- Prionocidaris – tentative report
- Prionotus
- Pristis
- †Pristis lathami
- †Pristis pickeringi – type locality for species
- Procyon
- †Propristis
- Pseudacris
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudemys concinna – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudhipparion
- †Pseudhipparion simpsoni – or unidentified comparable form
- Pseudomiltha
- Pseudotriton
- †Psilocochlis
- Pteria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Pteria argentea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pteropsella
- †Pterosphenus
- Pterynotus
- Puma
- †Pyrazisinus
Q
[edit]R
[edit]- Raja
- †Rana
- †Rana catesbiana – lapsus calami of Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana pipiens
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- Rapana
- †Regina
- Reticulofenestra
- †Rhabdosphaera
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhinobatos casieri – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- †Rhopostoma
- Rhyncholampas
- †Rimosocella
- †Ringicardium
S
[edit]- Sayornis
- Scalopus
- Sceloporus
- Schizaster
- Schizomavella
- Schizoporella
- †Schizoporella mcbeanensis – type locality for species
- †Schizorthosecos
- †Scianops
- Sciuropterus
- Sciurus
- †Scoliodon
- Scolopax
- Scyliorhinus
- Semele – tentative report
- Semihaswellia
- Siderastrea
- Sigmodon
- Sinum
- Siren
- †Siren intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- Smittina
- Solemya
- Solena
- Sorex
- Sphenolithus
- Sphyraena
- Sphyrna
- Spilogale
- Spisula
- †Spisula praetenuis – or unidentified comparable form
- Spizella
- Spondylus
- Squatina
- Sternotherus
- †Striatolamia
- Strigilla
- †Strigilla georgiana – type locality for species
- †Striostrea
- Strioterebrum
- Strombus
- †Stylocoenia
- Stylophora
- †Stylophora minutissima
- †Stylophora silicensis – type locality for species
- Sylvilagus
- Synaptomys
- Synodus
T
[edit]- Tamias – type locality for genus
- †Tamias aristus – type locality for species
- Tapirus
- Taxodium
- Teinostoma
- †Teleoceras
- Tellina
- Terebratulina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Thamnophis
- Trachemys
- Trachycardium
- Trachyphyllia – tentative report
- †Transversopontis
- Tremarctos
- †Triaenodon
- †Trichiuris
- Trichiurus
- Trochita
- Trochocyathus – tentative report
- †Truncorotaloides
- †Truncorotaloides rohri
- †Truncorotaloides topiensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tympanuchus
U
[edit]V
[edit]- Venericardia
- †Volutilithes – or unidentified comparable form
X
[edit]Y
[edit]Z
[edit]References
[edit]- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.