List of the Mesozoic life of Georgia (U.S. state)

Last updated February 13, 2024

This list of the Mesozoic 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 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A

† Aciculiscala
- † Aciculiscala acuta
Acirsa
- † Acirsa americana – or unidentified related form
- † Acirsa flexicostata
Acteon
- † Acteon cicatricosus
† Acteonella
† Acutostrea
- † Acutostrea plumosa
† Aenona
- † Aenona eufaulensis
- † Aenona georgiana
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea
† Agerostrea
- † Agerostrea mesenterica
† Albertosaurus
† Aliofusus
† Allonia – type locality for genus
- † Allonia decandra – type locality for species
† Amaurellina
Amauropsis
† Ambigostrea
- † Ambigostrea tecticosta
† Anatimya
- † Anatimya anteradiata
† Anchura
- † Anchura noakensis – tentative report
† Ancilla
- † Ancilla acutula
† Androdecidua – type locality for genus
- † Androdecidua endressii – type locality for species
† Anomaeodus
- † Anomaeodus phaseolus
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia , or jingle shell
† Anomia
- † Anomia argentaria
- † Anomia ornata
- † Anomia preolmstedi
- † Anomia tellinoides
† Anomoeodus
- † Anomoeodus phaseolus
† Antiquacupula – type locality for genus
- † Antiquacupula sulcata – type locality for species
† Aphrodina
- † Aphrodina tippana
Interior of the shell of an Arca ark clam
† Arca
Arrhoges
Astarte
- † Astarte culebrensis
Ataphrus

B

Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
† Baculites
† Bathytormus
- † Bathytormus pteropsis
† Bedellia – type locality for genus
- † Bedellia pusilla – type locality for species
† Bellifusus
- † Bellifusus angulicostatus – or unidentified related form
- † Bellifusus curvicostatus
- † Bellifusus spinosus
† Beretra
† Boodlepteris – or unidentified comparable form
† Borodinopristis
- † Borodinopristis ackermani – type locality for species
- † Borodinopristis schwimmeri – type locality for species
† Borodinoptristis
- † Borodinoptristis schwimmeri
Botula
- † Botula conchafodentis
- † Botula ripleyana
Brachidontes
† Brachyrhizodus
- † Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
† Buccinopsis
- † Buccinopsis crassicostata

C

Cadulus
- † Cadulus obnutus
Caestocorbula
- † Caestocorbula crassaplica
- † Caestocorbula crassiplica
- † Caestocorbula percompressa
- † Caestocorbula suffalciata
- † Caestocorbula terramaria
† Calliomphalus
- † Calliomphalus americanus
- † Calliomphalus nudus
† Camptonectes
- † Camptonectes argillensis
- † Camptonectes bubonis
† Campylopodium – type locality for genus
- † Campylopodium allonense – type locality for species
Cardium [ fr; nl; sv ]
† Caryanthus
Caryocorbula
- † Caryocorbula veatchi
- † Caryocorbula veatci
† Caveola
Cerithiella
- † Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
† Chedighaii
- † Chedighaii barberi
A living Chiloscyllium longtail carpet shark
Chiloscyllium
Chiton
- † Chiton berryi
Chlamys
- † Chlamys mississippensis
† Clarkiella
- † Clarkiella hemispherica
† Clavipholas
- † Clavipholas pectorosa
Cliona
† Clisocolus
- † Clisocolus concentricum
† Columbusia – type locality for genus
- † Columbusia fragilis – type locality for species
Shell of a Corbula basket clam
Corbula
- † Corbula subradiata
- † Corbula torta
Crassatella
- † Crassatella vadosa
Crassostrea
- † Crassostrea cortex
- † Crassostrea cusseta
† Crenella
- † Crenella elegantula
- † Crenella serica
† Creonella
- † Creonella subangulata – or unidentified comparable form
- † Creonella triplicata
† Cretodus
- † Cretodus borodini
- † Cretodus semiplicatus
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
† Cretolamna
- † Cretolamna appendiculata
Cucullaea
- † Cucullaea capax
- † Cucullaea littlei
† Cuna
- † Cuna texana
Cuspidaria
- † Cuspidaria grandis
† Cyclorisma
- † Cyclorisma parva
Cylichna
- † Cylichna diversilirata
- † Cylichna incisa
Cylichnella
† Cymbophora
- † Cymbophora appressa
- † Cymbophora berryi
- † Cymbophora lintea
- † Cymbophora ochilleana
- † Cymbophora wordeni
† Cyprimeria
- † Cyprimeria alta
- † Cyprimeria depressa

D

Restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
† Deinosuchus
- † Deinosuchus rugosus
Dentalium
- † Dentalium leve
† Detrusandra – or unidentified comparable form
† Deussenia
- † Deussenia bellalirata
† Dolicholatirus
- † Dolicholatirus torquatus
† Drilluta
- † Drilluta distans
- † Drilluta major – or unidentified comparable form

E

† Ellipsoscapha
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus , or the "saber-toothed herring"
† Enchodus
- † Enchodus petrosus
† Eoacteon
- † Eoacteon linteus
† Eopolytrichum – type locality for genus
- † Eopolytrichum antiquum – type locality for species
† Erguitaia
- † Erguitaia benningensis – type locality for species
- † Erguitaia rugosa – type locality for species
† Etea
† Eulima
- † Eulima gracilistylis
- † Eulima monmouthensis
† Euspira
- † Euspira rectilabrum
Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras
† Eutrephoceras
- † Eutrephoceras dekayi
† Exogyra
- † Exogyra costata
- † Exogyra ponderosa
- † Exogyra upatoiensis

F

† Flemingostrea
- † Flemingostrea cretacea
- † Flemingostrea subspatula
† Fulgerca
- † Fulgerca attenuata – or unidentified related form

G

Gemmula
† Gervilliopsis
- † Gervilliopsis ensiformis
A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark
Ginglymostoma
- † Ginglymostoma globidens
Glossus
Glycymeris
- † Glycymeris hamula
- † Glycymeris rotundata
† Goniocylichna
† Graciliala
- † Graciliala decemlirata
† Granocardium
- † Granocardium bowenae – or unidentified comparable form
- † Granocardium kuemmeli
- † Granocardium kummeli
- † Granocardium lowei
- † Granocardium tippananum
- † Granocardium tippanum
† Graphidula
† Gryphaeostrea
- † Gryphaeostrea vomer
Gyrodes
- † Gyrodes spillmani
- † Gyrodes supraplicatus
† Gyrostrea
- † Gyrostrea cortex

H

Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus
† Halisaurus
† Hamulus
- † Hamulus huntensis – tentative report
- † Hamulus onyx
† Harduinia
- † Harduinia micrococcus
- † Harduinia mortonis
† Helicaulax
- † Helicaulax formosa
† Hercorhynchus
Heterodontus
Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
† Hybodus

I

† Inoperna
† Ischyrhiza
- † Ischyrhiza georgiensis – type locality for species
- † Ischyrhiza mira
Fossilized shell of the Permian-modern marine bivalve Isognomon
Isognomon

J

Juliacorbula
- † Juliacorbula monmouthensis

L

† Lacrimiforma
- † Lacrimiforma secunda
† Latiala
- † Latiala lobata – or unidentified comparable form
† Laxispira
- † Laxispira monilifera
† Legumen
- † Legumen carolinensis – or unidentified comparable form
- † Legumen ellipticum
Illustration of a living Lepisosteus , or gar
Lepisosteus
† Leptosolen
- † Leptosolen biplicata
Lima
- † Lima pelagica
Limatula
- † Limatula acutilineata
Limopsis
- † Limopsis meeki
† Linearis
- † Linearis magnoliensis
- † Linearis metastriata
- † Linearis pectinis
† Linter
- † Linter acutata
† Liopeplum
- † Liopeplum canalis
- † Liopeplum cretaceum
† Liopistha
- † Liopistha protexta
† Liothyris
- † Liothyris carolinensis
Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus
† Lissodus
- † Lissodus babulskii
Lithophaga
† Longitubus
† Longoconcha
Lopha
- † Lopha falcata
- † Lopha mesenterica
† Lowenstamia
- † Lowenstamia cucullata
† Lycettia
- † Lycettia tippana
- † Lycettia tippanus

M

Malletia
- † Malletia longfrons
- † Malletia longifrons
- † Malletia stephensoni
† Mathilda
- † Mathilda cedarensis – or unidentified comparable form
- † Mathilda corona
- † Mathilda ripleyana – or unidentified related form
† Mauldinia
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus
† Megalocoelacanthus
- † Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
† Micrabacia
- † Micrabacia marylandica
- † Micrabacia radiata
† Micreschara – tentative report
† Microdontaspis – type locality for genus
- † Microdontaspis tenuis – type locality for species

† Modiolus

- † Modiolus sedesclaris
- † Modiolus sedesclarus
† Molaspora
- † Molaspora lobata
† Morea
- † Morea marylandica
- † Morea transenna
† Myobarbum
- † Myobarbum laevigatum
Myrtea
- † Myrtea stephensoni

N

† Napulus
- † Napulus octoliratus
† Nemodon
- † Nemodon eufalensis
- † Nemodon eufaulensis
- † Nemodon grandis – or unidentified comparable form
Nerita
† Noferinia – type locality for genus
- † Noferinia fusicarpa – type locality for species
Nozeba
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
Nucula
- † Nucula camia
- † Nucula cuneifrons
- † Nucula percrassa
- † Nucula severnensis
Nuculana
- † Nuculana rostratruncata
- † Nuculana whitfieldi
† Nymphalucina
- † Nymphalucina linearia

O

† Odontobasis
† Opertochasma
Shell of an Ostrea , or oyster
Ostrea

P

† Paladmete
- † Paladmete cancellaria
- † Paladmete gardnerae
- † Paladmete laevis
Panopea
- † Panopea subplicata
† Parafusus
† Paralbula
- † Paralbula casei
† Paranomia
- † Paranomia scabra
† Parasaurauia – type locality for genus
- † Parasaurauia allonensis – type locality for species
† Parmicorbula
- † Parmicorbula percompressa
- † Parmicorbula suffalciata
- † Parmicorbula terramaria
† Periplomya
† Perrisonota
- † Perrisonota protexta
Phacoides
- † Phacoides mattiformis
Pholadomya
† Pinna
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
† Placenticeras
- † Placenticeras benningi
† Platecarpus
† Pleuriocardia
- † Pleuriocardia eufalensis
Polinices
- † Polinices kummeli
† Postligata
- † Postligata wordeni
† Praeleda
- † Praeleda compar
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
† Prognathodon
† Promathildia
- † Promathildia parvula – or unidentified comparable form
† Protarca
- † Protarca obliqua
† Protocardia
- † Protocardia spillmani
† Protofagacea – type locality for genus
- † Protofagacea allonensis – type locality for species
† Protoplatyrhina
- † Protoplatyrhina renae
† Pseudocorax
- † Pseudocorax affinis
- † Pseudocorax granti
† Pseudohypolophus
- † Pseudohypolophus ellipsis – type locality for species
† Pseudolimea
- † Pseudolimea reticulata
Pseudomalaxis
- † Pseudomalaxis stantoni
† Pseudoptera
- † Pseudoptera securiformis
† Pteria
- † Pteria rhombica
† Pteridophyte
- † Pteridophyte Type 1 – informal
- † Pteridophyte Type 2 – informal
† Pterocerella
- † Pterocerella tippana
† Pterotrigonia
- † Pterotrigonia angulicostata
- † Pterotrigonia cerulea
- † Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- † Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
† Ptychodus
- † Ptychodus mortoni
† Ptychosyca
- † Ptychosyca inornata
† Ptychotrygon
- † Ptychotrygon chattahoocheensis – type locality for species
- † Ptychotrygon eutawensis – type locality for species
- † Ptychotrygon triangularis – or unidentified comparable form
- † Ptychotrygon vermiculata
† Pugnellus
- † Pugnellus goldmani
Pulvinites
- † Pulvinites argenteus
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
Pycnodonte
- † Pycnodonte vesicularis
† Pyrifusus
† Pyropsis

Q

† Quadriplatanus – type locality for genus
- † Quadriplatanus georgianus – type locality for species

R

† Radiopecten
- † Radiopecten mississippiensis
† Regnellidium
- † Regnellidium upatoiensis – type locality for species
† Remera
- † Remera flexicostata
- † Remera juncea
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
† Rhombodus
- † Rhombodus laevis
Ringicula
- † Ringicula clarki
- † Ringicula culbertsoni
Rissoa

S

† Scambula
- † Scambula perplana
Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus
† Scapanorhynchus
- † Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
- † Scapanorhynchus texanus
† Scobinidola
Seila
- † Seila quadrilira – or unidentified related form
Serpula
† Solariorbis
- † Solariorbis clara
† Solyma
- † Solyma elliptica
† Sourimis
- † Sourimis georgiana – tentative report
† Sphenodiscus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
Squalicorax
- † Squalicorax falcatus
- † Squalicorax kaupi
- † Squalicorax yangaensis
Squatina
- † Squatina hassei
† Stantonella
- † Stantonella interrupta
† Stephanodus
Striarca
- † Striarca cuneata
- † Striarca richardsi
- † Striarca saffordi
† Syncyclonema
- † Syncyclonema simplicius
† Synodontaspis
- † Synodontaspis holmdelensis

T

Teinostoma
Tellina
† Tellinimera
- † Tellinimera buboana
- † Tellinimera gabbi
† Tenea
- † Tenea parilis
† Tenuipteria
- † Tenuipteria argentea
- † Tenuipteria argenteus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus
† Thoracosaurus
- † Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
† Thylacus
- † Thylacus cretaceus
† Tornatellaea
Trachycardium
- † Trachycardium eufaulensis
† Trigonarca
Trochocyathus
- † Trochocyathus woolmani
† Troostella – tentative report
Turboella
- † Turboella crebricostata
- † Turboella tallahatchiensis
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
Turritella
- † Turritella bilira
- † Turritella hilgardi
- † Turritella trilira
- † Turritella vertebroides

U

† Uddenia
† Unicardium
- † Unicardium concentricum
† Urceolabrum

V

† Veniella
- † Veniella conradi
- † Veniella mullinensis
† Vetericardiella
- † Vetericardiella crenalirata
† Volutomorpha
Volvulella

X

Xenophora
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
† Xiphactinus
- † Xiphactinus audax

Z

† Zikkuratia
- † Zikkuratia tabanneensis

References

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

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List of the Mesozoic life of Georgia (U.S. state)

Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

X

Z

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