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

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
• †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.