List of the prehistoric life of Alabama

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This list of the prehistoric life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama.

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

Selected Paleozoic taxa of Alabama

Mesozoic

Selected Mesozoic taxa of Alabama

Cenozoic

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Alabama

  • Gyroidina
  • Haliaeetus
    • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hamulus
  • Hastula
  • Haustator
  • Hemipristis
  • Hemisurcula
  • Heterodon
    • Heterodon platirhinos
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Heterodontus
  • Hexaplex
  • Hipponix
  • Hyla
    • Hyla gratiosa
  • Hyposaurus
    • Hyposaurus rogersii
  • Isognomon
  • Jefitchia
  • Kuphus
  • Lacunaria
  • Laevicardium
  • Lamna
  • Lampropeltis
    • Lampropeltis getulus
    • Lampropeltis triangulum
  • Latirus
  • Ledina
  • Lepton
  • Limacina
  • Limaria
  • Linga
  • Linthia
  • Linuparus
  • Lithophaga
  • Lithophyllum red algae
    Lithophyllum – tentative report
  • Lithothamnion – tentative report
  • Longchaeus
  • Lopha
  • Lucina
  • Lunularia
  • Lynx
    • Lynx rufus
  • Macoma
  • Macrocallista
  • Mammut
    • Mammut americanum
  • Mammuthus
    • Mammuthus columbi
  • Margaretta
  • Marginella
  • Martesia
  • Mastigophora
  • Mathilda
  • Megalonyx
    • Megalonyx jeffersonii
  • Melanella
  • Melanerpes
    • Melanerpes carolinus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Melanopsis
  • Meleagris
    • Meleagris gallopavo
  • Membranipora
  • Meretrix
  • Mergus
  • Mesalia
  • Mesophyllum
  • Metula
  • Michela
  • Microdrillia
  • Micropora
  • Microtus
    • Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • Mitrella
  • Mitrolumna
  • Modiolus
  • Murex
  • Murexiella
  • Myliobatis
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
    Mylohyus
    • Mylohyus fossilis
  • Myotis
    • Myotis lucifugus
  • Nannippus
  • Narona
  • Nassarius
  • Natica
  • Naticarius
  • Nebrius
  • Negaprion
  • Nemipterus
  • Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).
    Neohipparion
  • Neotoma
    • Neotoma floridana
  • Neritina
  • Nerodia
  • Neverita
  • Niso
  • Norrisia
  • Nucula
  • Nycticeius
    • Nycticeius humeralis
  • Oculina – type locality for genus
  • Odocoileus
    • Odocoileus virginianus
  • Odontaspis
  • Odostomia
  • Oliva
  • Olivella
  • Opheodrys
  • Ostrea
  • Otodus
  • Otus
    • Otus asio
  • Oxyrhina
  • Pachecoa
  • Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis
    Palaeophis
  • Panopea
  • Panthera
    • Panthera onca
  • Pasithea
  • Pecten
  • Pediomeryx
  • Pekania
    • Pekania pennanti
  • Pelecyora
  • Penion
  • Peromyscus
  • Petricola
  • Phalium
  • Philine
  • Pholadomya
  • Shell of a Pholas, or angelwing
    Pholas
  • Phos
  • Phyllodus
  • Pica
    • Pica pica
  • Picoides
    • Picoides villosus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pinna
  • Pipistrellus
  • Piranga
    • Piranga olivacea
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pitar
  • Planaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Planorbis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pleiolama
  • Plethodon
    • Plethodon glutinosus
  • Pleurofusia
  • Pleuromeris
  • Pleurostoma
  • Pleurotomaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Pleurotomella
  • Plicatula
  • Podilymbus
    • Podilymbus podiceps
  • Shell of a Poirieria murex snail
    Poirieria
  • Polinices
  • Polyschides
  • Pomatodelphis
  • Pontogeneus
  • Porella
  • Porina
  • Potamides – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Pristis
  • Propeamussium
  • Protocardia
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus
    Protohippus
  • Prunum
  • Pseudemys
  • Pseudolatirus
  • Pseudoliva
  • Pteria
  • Pterothrissus
  • Pterynotus
  • Pycnodonte
  • Pyramidella
  • Pyrgulina
  • Quinqueloculina
  • Quiscalus
    • Quiscalus quiscula
  • Raja
  • Rana
    • Rana catesbeiana
    • Rana pipiens
  • Rangifer
    • Rangifer tarandus
  • Raphitoma
  • Reithrodontomys
  • Reteporella
  • Retusa
  • Rhinobatos
  • Rhinoclavis
  • Rhinoptera
  • Rhizoprionodon
  • Rhynchoconger
  • Rimella
  • Ringicula
  • Fossilized shells of the sea snail Rissoina
    Rissoina
  • Rostellaria
  • Rotularia
  • Sassia
  • Sayornis
    • Sayornis phoebe
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Scaphander
  • Scaphella
  • Sceptrum
  • Schizaster
  • Illustration of a close-up view of a Schizoporella bryozoan ("moss animal")
    Schizoporella
  • Scolopax
    • Scolopax minor
  • Scyliorhinus
  • Seila
  • Semele
  • Serpula
  • Serpulorbis
  • Siderastrea
  • Sigatica
  • Sinum
  • Siphonalia
  • Siphonochelus
  • Skena
  • Skenea
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
    • Smilodon fatalis
  • Solariella
  • Solemya
  • Sorex
  • Sphyraena
    – tentative report
  • Sphyrna
  • Spilogale
    – tentative report
    • Spilogale putorius
  • Spirorbis
  • Spirorbula – tentative report
  • Spisula
  • Spondylus
  • Sterna
  • Stomachetosella
  • Storeria
  • Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia
    Striatolamia
  • Strioturbonilla
  • Strix
    • Strix varia
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Strombus
  • Stylophora
  • Sveltella
  • Sveltia
  • Sylvilagus
  • Synthetoceras
    • Synthetoceras tricornatus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tapirus
  • Teinostoma
  • Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
    Teleoceras
  • Tellina
  • Temnocidaris – tentative report
  • Tenagodus
  • Terebra
  • Teredo
  • Textularia
  • Thamnophis
    • Thamnophis sirtalis
  • Thiara
  • Tornus
  • Trachyphyllia
  • Illustration of a living Trichiurus cutlassfish
    Trichiurus
  • Trigonostoma
  • Trinacria
  • Trionyx
  • Triphora
  • Tripia
  • Trochita
  • Trochus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Trophon
  • Turbinella – or unidentified related form
  • Turbo – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Turbonilla
  • Turdus
    • Turdus migratorius
  • Turricula
  • Turris
  • Turritella
  • Tylocidaris
  • Tympanuchus
    • Tympanuchus cupido
  • Umbraculum
  • Ursus
    • Ursus americanus
  • Venericardia
  • Verticordia
  • Vitrinella
  • Volvariella
  • Xenophora
  • Xylophaga
  • Yoldia
  • Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza
    Zygorhiza
    • Zygorhiza kochii
      – type locality for species
  • References

    • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.