List of the prehistoric life of Louisiana
This list of the prehistoric life of Louisiana contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Louisiana.
Precambrian-Paleozoic
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian or Paleozoic fossils in Louisiana.
Mesozoic
Squalicorax pristodontus
- †Dufrenoyia
- †Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi – or unidentified related form
- †Dufrenoyia texana
- †Hypacanthoplites
- †Parahoplites – tentative report
- †Pseudosaynella
- †Rhytidhoplites
- Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax pristodontus
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Cenozoic
This list of the Cenozoic life of Louisiana contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Louisiana and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
A
- †Abderospira
- †Abdounia
- Abra
Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle - †Aciculiscala
- Acirsa
- Aclis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Acteon
- Actinocythereis
- †Adeorbis
- †Adeorbis sylvaerupis – or unidentified comparable form
- Adrana
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920). - †Aesculiidites
- Aetobatus
- Agaronia
- †Alatocythereis – tentative report
- Albula
- †Allomorone
- †Alnipollenites
- Alopias
- †Alveinus
- Ammospermophilus– tentative report
- †Ampullina
- Anadara
- Ancilla
- Angulogerina
- †Anisonchus
- †Anisonchus fortunatus – type locality for species
- Anomalinoides
- Anomia
- Antalis
- Antrozous
- †Aphelops
- Aplodinotus
- Architectonica
- Arcopagia
- Arcoscalpellum
- †Arecipites
A living Ariosoma conger eel - Arius
- Articulina
- Asterigerina
- Asthenotoma
- Astrangia
- †Astrangia expansa
- †Astrangia ludoviciana – type locality for species
Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the volute sea snail Athleta - Atrina
Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia - Atys
- †Atys robustoides – or unidentified comparable form
- †Atys salina
B
- Balanophyllia
- Balcis
- Barbatia
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus - †Basilosaurus cetoides– type locality for species
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- †Basopollis
- Bassariscus
- Bathytoma
- Bathytormus
- †Batrachosauroides
Illustration of a living Belone needlefish - †Belosaepia
- †Bifarina
- Bittium
- †Bitubulogerina
- Bolivina
- Bolivinella
- †Bombacacidites
- †Bonellitia
- †Bootherium
- Bootherium bombifrons
- Brachidontes
- †Brachyerix
- †Brachyerix incertis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Brachysporites
- Bregmaceros
- †Bregmoceras
- †Bristocorbula
- †Brychaetus
- Buccella
- Bulimina
- Buliminella
Illustration of the shell of a Bullia nassa mud sea snail - †Bullinella
- Buntonia
C
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- †Calamuspollenites
- †Calapa
- Callista
- †Calorhadia
Three modern shells of Calyptraea, or Chinese hat snails - †Calyptraphorus
- Capulus
- Carcharhinus
- †Carcharochles
- Cardium
- Caretta
- †Caricella
- †Caryapollenites
- Caryocorbula
A living Caryophyllia solitary coral - †Caryophyllia dalli – type locality for species
- †Casurinidites
- †Cedripites
- Celleporaria
- †Centalium
- †Centroberys
- Centroberyx
- Centropristis
- †Cercidiphyllites
Illustration of a shell of a Cerithiella cerith sea snail - Chama
- †Chenopodipollis
- †Chiloguembelina
- †Chilogumbelina
- Chiton
- Chlamys
- Chrysalogonium
- foraminiferan Cibicides
- †Cicatricosisporites
- Cirsotrema
- Citharichthys
Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Pliocene spindle sea snail Clavilithes - Closia
- Cochlespira
- †Cochlespirella
- †Cocoaia
- Columbellopsis
- Cominella – or unidentified comparable form
A living Conger - †Congeris
- Conomitra
- Conopeum
- †Conorbis
Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail - †Conus alleni – type locality for species
- †Conus sauridens
- †Converrucosisporites
- †Copemys
- †Coptostoma
- Coralliophila
- Corbula
- Cordieria
Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion - †Cormohipparion goorisi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cornulina
- Cornuspira
- †Coronia
- Crassatella
- Crassinella
- Crepidula
- Cretolamna
- Crocodylus
- †Cubitostrea
- †Cupanieidites
- †Cupuliferoipollenites
- Cuspidaria
- †Cyathedites
- †Cybium
Electron micrograph of the shell of a Cyclammina foraminiferan - Cylichnella
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cymatosyrinx
- †Cynarctus
- Cypraedia
- †Cypraeorbis
- Cytherella
- Cytherelloidea
- Cytheromorpha
D
A living Dasyatis stingray - †Dasyostoma
- †Deltoidospora
- Dendrophyllia
- †Dendrophyllia lisbonensis
- †Dendrophyllia striata – type locality for species
- Dentalina
- Dentalium
- †Dicellaesporites
- †Dicorbitura
- †Digmocyhere
A living Diodon, or porcupinefish - Diodora
- Diplodonta
- †Diporicellaesporites
- †Diporisporites
- †Diporisporites type 2 informal
- †Discocyclina
- Discorbis
- †Discotrochus
Shell of a Distorsio sea snail - †Divisisporites
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Dontogryphaea
- Dorsanum
- †Dyadosporonites
- †Dyseohyus
E
- †Eburneopecten
- Echinocythereis
- †Ectinochilus
- †Edaphocyon – tentative report
- †Ekokenia
- foraminiferan Elphidium
- Endopachys
- Entosolenia
- †Eocithara
- †Eoclathurella
- †Eodrilla
- †Eodrillia
- Eoeponidella
- †Eophysema
- †Eopleurotoma
- †Eosurcula
- †Ephedripites
- Epistominella
Shell of an Epitonium wentletrap sea snail - Eponides
- Equus
- †Equus complicatus
- †Equus fraternus
- †Equus intermedius – type locality for species
- †Ericipites
- †Eucheilodon
A living Eumeces skink - Eurytellina
- †Euscalpellum
- Euspira
- †Expressipollis
- †Extratriporopollenites
F
- Falsifusus
- †Favitricolporites
- †Ficopsis
A living Ficus, or fig tree - Fissurella
- Flabellum
- †Flabellum cuneifome
- †Flabellum cuneiforme
- †Flabellum lerchi – type locality for species
- †Flabellum wailesii
- †Frizzellithus
- Fursenkoina
- †Fusiformisporites
- Fusimitra
A living Fusinus sea snail - †Fusitoma
- Fustiaria
G
A living Galeocerdo requiem shark - †Galeocerdo alabamensis
- †Galeocerdo clarkensis
- †Galeocerdo contortus
- Galeodea
- Galeorhinus
- Gari
- Gegania
- Genota
Fossilized shell of the Eocene-Miocene foam oyster Gigantostrea - Ginglymostoma
- †Gleicheniidites
- Globigerina
- Globobulimina
- Globorotalia
- Globulina
- Glycymeris
- Glyptoactis
- †Glyptoactis alticostata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Glyptoactis complexicosta
- †Glyptoactis trapaquara
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium - †Glyptotherium floridanum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Glyptotoma
- Gnathophis
- †Gomphotherium
- Guttulina
- Gyroidina
- Gyroidinoides
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H
- †Haimesiastraea
- †Hamulatisporites
- Hanzawaia
Shells in differing orientations of Hastula augur sea snails - Haustator
- Hemipristis
- Hemisinus
- †Hemisurcula
- Heterodontus
- Heterostegina
- Hexaplex
- †Hilgardia
- Hipponix
- †Homomya
- Hoplopteron
- †Hypolagus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hypoxylon
I
- †Ilexpollenites
- †Inapertisporites
- †Inaperturopollenites
- †Infracoronia
- †Involutisporites
- †Involutisporonites
A modern Isurus, or mako shark
J
K
- †Kapalmerella
- †Kapalmerella alveata
- †Kapalmerella arenicola
- †Kapalmerella mortoni
- †Kapalmerella pleboides
- Kelliella
- †Kyandopollenites
L
- †Lacrimasporonites
- Lactarius
- †Laevigatosporites
- Lagena
- Lamarckina
A modern Lamna mackerel shark - †Lapparia
- Latirus
- †Leiotriletes
- Lenticulina
- †Lepidocyclina
- †Levifusus
- †Liliacidites
- Lima
- †Limnoecus
- Limopsis
- †Linthia
- †Linthia hollandi – type locality for species
- †Liquidambarpollenites
- †Lirodiscus
- †Lirofusus
- †Lithophysema
- †Litorhadia
- †Litorhadia albirupina – tentative report
- †Litorhadia compsa
- †Litorhadia mater
- Loxoconcha
- Lucina
- Lunulites
- †Lusatisporites
- †Lycopodiumsporites
- †Lyrosurcula
M
- Macrocallista
- Madracis
- †Madracis ganei – type locality for species
- †Madracis gregorioi
- Madrepora
- †Madrepora natchitochensis – type locality for species
- Mammut
- †Margaritaria
- Marginella
- Marginulina
- Marginulinopsis
- †Margocolporites
- Martesia
- Massilina
- †Mauricia
- †Mazzalina
- Melanella
- Melonis
- Meretrix
Life restoration of the Miocene three-toed horse Merychippus - †Merychyus
- Mesalia
- Metula
- †Michela
- Microdrillia
- †Microfoveolatosporis
- †Microfoveolatosporites
- †Microreticulatisporites
- Miltha
- †Miomustela
- Mitrella
- Mnestia
- Modiolus
- †Momipites
- †Monoporisporites
- †Monoptygma
- †Morozovella
- †Multicellaesporites
- Myliobatis
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene ground sloth Mylodon with an inset depicting its excrement and a skin fragment - †Myripistis
- Myripristis
- Myrtea
N
- †Nannipus
A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail - †Natchitochia – type locality for genus
- †Natchitochia jonesi – type locality for species
- Natica
A living Naticarius moon sea snail - Nemocardium
- †Neobythitinarum – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Neobythitinorum – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Neoepenoides
- †Neozanthopsis
- Neverita
Shell of a Niso sea snail - Nodosaria
- Nonion
- Nonionella
- †Nototamias
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - †Nucula magnifica
- †Nucula mauricensis
- †Nucula ovula
- †Nucula smithvillensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Nucula sphenopsis
- †Nucula yazooensis
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana corpulentoidea
- †Nuculana fiski – type locality for species
- †Nuculana magna
- †Nuculana ovula
- †Nuculana wautubbeana
- †Nudopollis
- †Nudopollis terminalis
- †Nudopollis theirgartii – or unidentified related form
O
A living Odontaspis sand shark - †Odontogryphaea
- †Odontopolys
- Odostomia
- Operculina
- †Ophichthyidarum – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Orthopristis
- †Orthosurcula
- †Orthosurcula adeona – or unidentified related form
- †Orthosurcula indenta
- †Orthosurcula longipersa
- †Orthosurcula persa
- Orthoyoldia
- †Osmundacidites
A living Ostracion boxfish - Ostrea
- †Ostrea compressirostra – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ostrea crenulimarginata
- †Ostrea falco
- †Ostrea multilirata
- †Ostrea sylvaerupis
- Otionella
- †Ovoidites
P
- †Pachecoa
Petrified trunk segment of the Late Cretaceous-Miocene palm wood Palmoxylon - †Papillina
- Paraconger
- Paracyathus
- †Paracyathus alternatus – type locality for species
- †Paracyathus bellus
- Paracypris
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Paramylodon harlani– type locality for species
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- Parasmilia
- †Parasmilia ludoviciana – type locality for species
- †Parcypris
- Parvilucina
- †Patulaxis
- Pecten
- †Pediastrum
An apertural view of a shell of Penion maximus. - Periploma
- †Periploma claibornense
- †Periploma collardi
- †Periploma howei – type locality for species
- †Perotriletes
- †Pesavis
- †Petauristodon
- Petrophyllia
- †Petrophyllia vernonensis – type locality for species
- †Petrophyllia vicksburgensis
Shell of a Phalium, or bonnet shell sea snail - Pholadomya
- Phos
- Picea
- †Piceapollenites
- †Pilicatula
- Pinna
- †Pinuspollenites
- †Pistillipollenites
- venus clam Pitar
- †Plagiarca
- Plagiocardium
- Planorbulina
- Planularia
- Planulina
- †Platycaryapollenites
- †Platyoptera
- Platytrochus – type locality for genus
- †Platytrochus elegans – type locality for species
- †Pleuricellaesporites
- Pleurofusia
- †Pleuroliria
- Pleuromeris
- Pleurotomella
- Plicatula
- Podocarpus
- †Pollinices
- †Polycolporopollenites
- Polymorphina
- †Polypodium
- Polyschides
- Pontocythere
- †Pontogeneus – type locality for genus
- †Pontogeneus priscus – type locality for species
- †Porocolpopollenites
- Poromya
- †Porticulasphaera
- †Preophidion
- †Priscoficus
Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene bony fish Pristigenys - Pristipomoides
- Pristis
- †Projenneria
- †Projenneria ludoviciana – type locality for species
- Propeamussium
- †Propeamussium squamulum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Propristis
- †Prosynthetoceras
- †Proteacidites
- †Protosurcula
- †Pseudohastigerina
Shell in multiple views of a Pseudolatirus spindle sea snail - Pseudoliva
- Pseudoneptunea – or unidentified comparable form
- Pseudononion
- †Pseudoparablastomeryx
- Pseudophichthys
- †Pseudoplicapollis
- Pteria
- †Pterocaryapollenites
- †Pteropsella
- †Pterosphenus
- Pterynotus
- †Pterynotus sabinola
- †Pterynotus weisbordi – type locality for species
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte - Pyramidella
- †Pyramimitra
- Pythonichthys – or unidentified comparable form
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Q
- †Quadrapollenites
- †Quercoidites
Shell of a Quinqueloculina foraminiferan
R
- Raphitoma
A living Retusa barrel bubble sea snail - Reussella
- †Rhabdopitaria
A school of living Rhinoptera, or cownose rays - Rhizoprionodon
- Rhizorus – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhynchoconger
- Rimella
- †Ringicardium
- Ringicula
- †Rotalia
- †Rudiscala
S
- Saracenaria
- Sassia
- Scaphella – or unidentified comparable form
- Schizaster
- †Schizosporis
- Sciaena
- †Sciaena pseudoradians
- Sciaena umbra
- †Sciaenidarium
- Scobinella
- †Sequoidendron
- Serpulorbis
- Sigmomorphina
- †Sigmopollis
- Simnia
- †Sinistrella
Several views of the shell of a Sinum moon snail - †Sinum danvillense
- †Sinum fiski – type locality for species
- †Sinum jacksonense
- Siphonalia
- Siphonina
- Sirembo – or unidentified related form
- †Skenae
- Solariella
- Solariorbis
- Solen
- †Solen pendletonensis – type locality for species
- †Sparidarum – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Sphaerocypraea
- Sphyraena
- †Spinaepollis
- Spirillina
- Spiroloculina
- Spiroplectammina
- †Spirotextularia
- Spisula
- †Spisula jacksonensis
- †Spisula parilis
- †Spisula praetenuis – or unidentified comparable form
Shell of a Spondylus, or spiny oyster - †Sterisporites
- †Sulcocypraea
- †Sullivania
- †Surculoma
- Sveltella
T
- Taxodium
- Teinostoma
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Tellina
- Tenagodus
- Terebra
- †Terebrifusus – tentative report
- Teredo
- †Tetraporina
- †Texomys
- †Textualaria
Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-modern foraminiferan Textularia - †Thompsonipollis
- †Tiburnus
- †Tiliaepollenites
- Trachycardium
- †Triagnulocypris
- †Triagnulocypris gibsonensis – tentative report
Illustration of a living Trichiurus cutlassfish - †Tricolpites
- †Tricolpopollenites
- †Tricolporopollenites
- Trigonostoma
- Trigonulina
- Triloculina
- †Trinacria
- †Trinacria microcancellata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Triplanosporites
- †Triporopollenites
- †Tritonatractus
- †Tritonidea
- Trochita
- Trochocyathus
- †Tropisurcula
- †Trudopollis
- †Truncorotaloides
- †Trypanotoma
- †Turbinolia
A living Turbonilla parasitic pyram sea snail - †Turbonilla major – tentative report
- Turricula
- †Turrilina
- Turris
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella - †Tythonichthys – or unidentified comparable form
U
- †Ulmipollenites
- Umbraculum
- Umbrina
- †Umbrina gemma – or unidentified related form
- †Undulatisporites
- Uroconger
- Uromitra
- Ursus
- Ursus americanus
- Uvigerina
V
- Vaginulina
A living Vasum, or vase sea snail - Venericardia
- †Venericardia apodensata
- †Venericardia bashiplata
- †Venericardia carsonensis
- †Venericardia densata
- †Venericardia diversidentata
- †Venericardia gardnerae – type locality for species
- †Venericardia klimacodes
- †Venericardia natchitoches
- †Venericardia rotunda
- †Venericardia sabinensis – type locality for species
- †Verrucatosporites
- Verticordia
- †Virgulina
- †Vokesula
A living Voluta sea snail - †Volvaria
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X
- Xenistius – or unidentified related form
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous-modern carrier shell sea snail Xenophora - †Xiphiorhynchus
Y
Z
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.