List of the Cenozoic life of South Carolina

This list of the Cenozoic life of South Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of South Carolina and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A

• †Abra
  • †Abra aequalis
  • †Abra angulata

• 

  Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle

  Acanthocardia
  • †Acanthocardia claibornense
• Acteocina
  • †Acteocina canaliculata
• Acteon
  • †Acteon elegans
  • †Acteon idoneus
  • †Acteon pomilius
• †Adeorbis

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus

  †Adocus
• Aequipecten
• Agaronia
  • †Agaronia alabamensis
  • †Agaronia bombylis
• Agassizia
  • †Agassizia inflata
  • †Agassizia wilmingtonica
• †Aglyptorhynchus
• †Agomphus
  • †Agomphus alabamensis – or unidentified related form
  • †Agomphus pectoralis
• †Agorophius
  • †Agorophius pygmaeus
• Aligena
  • †Aligena aequata
  • †Aligena elevata
• Alligator

  • 

    A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator

    †Alligator mississippiensis
• †Alopecias
  • †Alopecias grandis
• Alopias
  • †Alopias vulpinus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Altrix
  • †Altrix altior
• †Amalthea
• Ammonia
  • †Ammonia beccarii
  • †Ammonia sobrinus
• Amphistegina
  • †Amphistegina gibbosa
• Amusium
  • †Amusium mortoni – type locality for species
• Anachis
  • †Anachis avara
• Anadara
  • †Anadara aequicostata
  • †Anadara brasiliana
  • †Anadara improcera
  • †Anadara lienosa
  • †Anadara ovalis
  • †Anadara pexata
  • †Anadara rustica

  • 

    Shell of an Anadara transversa, or transverse ark clam

    †Anadara transversa
• Anatina
  • †Anatina anatina
• Ancilla
  • †Ancilla ancillops
  • †Ancilla scamba
  • †Ancilla staminea
• Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Angaria crassa
• Angulogerina
  • †Angulogerina occidentalis
• Angulus
  • †Angulus texanus
• †Anomalina
  • †Anomalina pliocenica – or unidentified comparable form
• Anomia
  • †Anomia jugosa
  • †Anomia simplex

• 

  A shell of an Antalis tusk shell

  Antalis
  • †Antalis minutistriatum
• Antigona
• †Araloselachus
  • †Araloselachus cuspidata
• Arbacia
  • †Arbacia improcera
• Arca
  • †Arca imbricata
  • †Arca incongrua
• †Archaeodelphis – type locality for genus
  • †Archaeodelphis patrius – type locality for species

• 

  A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail

  Architectonica
  • †Architectonica alveatum
  • †Architectonica amoena
  • †Architectonica nobilis
  • †Architectonica texcarolina
• Arcinella
  • †Arcinella arcinella
  • †Arcinella cornuta
• Arcopagia
  • †Arcopagia raveneli
  • †Arcopagia trumani
• Arcoperna
• Arcopsis
  • †Arcopsis adamsi
• Arcoscalpellum

• 

  Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale

  †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus pristinus
• Argopecten
  • †Argopecten comparilis
  • †Argopecten gibbus
  • †Argopecten irradians
• Argyrotheca
  • †Argyrotheca laevis – type locality for species
  • †Argyrotheca quadrata
• Artena
  • †Artena undulata
• †Ashleycetus – type locality for genus
  • †Ashleycetus planicapitis – type locality for species
• †Ashleychelys – type locality for genus
  • †Ashleychelys palmeri – type locality for species
• †Aspideretoides
  • †Aspideretoides virginianus – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve

  Astarte
  • †Astarte concentrica
  • †Astarte floridana
  • †Astarte radians
  • †Astarte undulata
  • †Astarte vaughani
• Astyris
  • †Astyris lunata
• Athleta
  • †Athleta cormacki – tentative report
  • †Athleta petrosa
  • †Athleta petrosus
• Atrina
  • †Atrina cawcawensis
  • †Atrina rigida
  • †Atrina seminuda
  • †Atrina serrata

• 

  Restoration of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia

  †Aturia
  • †Aturia alabamensis
  • †Aturia laticlava – or unidentified comparable form
• Aulacomya
• †Axiopsis
  • †Axiopsis eximia – type locality for species

B

• †Bairdemys
  • †Bairdemys healeyorum – type locality for species

• 

  Portrait of a living Balaenoptera baleen whale

  Balaenoptera
• Balanophyllia
• Balanus
  • †Balanus halosydne – type locality for species
  • †Balanus peregrinus
• Balcis
• Barbatia
  • †Barbatia cuculloides – or unidentified comparable form
• Barnea
  • †Barnea costata
  • †Barnea truncata

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus

  †Basilosaurus
• Basterotia
  • †Basterotia elliptica
• †Batequeus
  • †Batequeus ducenticostatus
• Bathytormus
  • †Bathytormus clarkensis
  • †Bathytormus flexurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Bathytormus protexta
• †Belemnoziphius
  • †Belemnoziphius prorops – type locality for species
• Bellucina
  • †Bellucina waccamawensis
• Bison

  • 

    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison antiquus, or ancient bison

    †Bison antiquus
• Bolivina
  • †Bolivina lowmani
  • †Bolivina marginata
  • †Bolivina pseudoplicata
  • †Bolivina pseudopunctata
• †Bonellitia
  • †Bonellitia garvani
• Boonea
  • †Boonea seminuda
• Bornia
  • †Bornia triangula

• 

  Restoration of two of the Miocene-Pliocene bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964).

  †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus hilli – or unidentified comparable form
• Borsonia
• Bostrycapulus
  • †Bostrycapulus aculeatus
• †Bothremys – tentative report
• †Bottosaurus
• †Braarudosphaera
  • †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes alabamensis
  • †Brachidontes exustus
• Brissus
  • †Brissus spatiosus
• Buccella
  • †Buccella frigida
  • †Buccella mansfieldi
• Bulimina
  • †Bulimina patagonica
• Buliminella
  • †Buliminella elegantissima
• Bullia
  • †Bullia altilis
• †Bullinella
  • †Bullinella galba
• Busycon
  • †Busycon carica

  • 

    Shell in multiple views of a Sinistrofulgur perversum

    †Busycon contrarium
  • †Busycon incile
  • †Busycon maximum
  • †Busycon perversum
• †Busycotyphis
  • †Busycotyphis spiratus
• Busycotypus
  • †Busycotypus canaliculatus
  • †Busycotypus spiratus
• †Bythaelurus

C

• Cadulus
  • †Cadulus thallus
• Caecum
  • †Caecum cooperi
  • †Caecum ibex
  • †Caecum imbricatum
• Caestocorbula
  • †Caestocorbula wailesiana

• 

  A living Calliostoma top sea snail

  Calliostoma
  • †Calliostoma aphelium – or unidentified comparable form
• Callista
  • †Callista aequora
  • †Callista alta
  • †Callista neusensis
  • †Callista perovata
• Callucina
  • †Callucina keenae
• †Calorhadia
  • †Calorhadia aequalis
  • †Calorhadia bella
  • †Calorhadia pharcida
  • †Calorhadia semen
• Calotrophon
  • †Calotrophon ostrearum
• Calyptraea
  • †Calyptraea centralis
• †Calyptraphorus
  • †Calyptraphorus jacksoni – or unidentified comparable form
• Cancellaria
  • †Cancellaria reticulata
• Canis
  • †Canis armbrusteri

  • 

    Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf

    †Canis dirus
• Carcharhinus
  • †Carcharhinus gibbesi
• Carcharias
  • †Carcharias hopei
  • †Carcharias macrotus
• Carcharodon
  • †Carcharodon hastalis
  • †Carcharodon orientalis
• Cardita
  • †Cardita gunteri
• Carditamera
  • †Carditamera arata
  • †Carditamera floridana
• Cardium (bivalve) [fr; nl; sv]
  • †Cardium sublineatum
• †Caricella
  • †Caricella pyruloides
• †Carolia
  • †Carolia floridana
• †Carolinacetus – type locality for genus
  • †Carolinacetus gingerichi – type locality for species
• †Carolinachelys
  • †Carolinachelys wilsoni
• †Carolinapecten
  • †Carolinapecten eboreus
• Caryocorbula
  • †Caryocorbula caribaea
  • †Caryocorbula contracta
  • †Caryocorbula densata
• Cassidulina
  • †Cassidulina caribeana
  • †Cassidulina subglobosa
• Castor
  • †Castor canadensis

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides

  †Castoroides
  • †Castoroides leiseyorum
  • †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Cavilinga
  • †Cavilinga trisulcata
  • †Cavilinga trisulcatus
• Cerithiella – tentative report
  • †Cerithiella bicostellata
• Cerithiopsis
  • †Cerithiopsis emersonii
• Cerithium – tentative report
  • †Cerithium siliceum
• †Cervalces

  • 

    Life restoration of the Pleistocene Cervalces scotti, or stag-moose

    †Cervalces scotti
• Cervus
  • †Cervus elaphus
• †Ceterhinops – type locality for genus
  • †Ceterhinops longifrons – type locality for species
• Chama
  • †Chama congregata
  • †Chama corticosa
  • †Chama gardnerae
  • †Chama monroensis
  • †Chama radians
  • †Chama richardsi
• Cheilea
• Chelydra

  • 

    A living Chelydra serpentina, or common snapping turtle

    †Chelydra serpentina
• †Chesaconcavus
  • †Chesaconcavus belgradensis – type locality for species
• †Chesapecten
  • †Chesapecten jeffersonius
  • †Chesapecten madisonius
• †Chiasmolithus
  • †Chiasmolithus bidens
• Chicoreus
  • †Chicoreus floridanus
• Chione

  • 

    Exteriors (above) and interiors of shells of Chione cancellata venus clams

    †Chione cancellata
  • †Chione cribraria
  • †Chione erosa
• Chionopsis
  • †Chionopsis intapurpurea
• Chlamys
  • †Chlamys biddleana
  • †Chlamys burlesonensis
  • †Chlamys cawcawensis
  • †Chlamys cocoana – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Chlamys cookei
  • †Chlamys decemnarius
  • †Chlamys deshayesii
  • †Chlamys membranosa
  • †Chlamys membranosus
  • †Chlamys solarioides
  • †Chlamys wahtubbeana
  • †Chlamys wahtubbeanus

• 

  Skull

  †Choneziphius
  • †Choneziphius chonops – type locality for species
  • †Choneziphius liops – type locality for species
  • †Choneziphius macrops – type locality for species
  • †Choneziphius trachops – type locality for species
• Choristodon
  • †Choristodon robustus
• Chrysemys
  • †Chrysemys floridana
  • †Chrysemys scripta
• †Chrysocetus – type locality for genus
  • †Chrysocetus healyorum – type locality for species
• Cibicides
  • †Cibicides floridanus

• 

  Shell and spines of a Cidaris sea urchin

  Cidaris
  • †Cidaris pratti
• Cinctura
  • †Cinctura lilium
• †Cirostrema
  • †Cirostrema nassulum – or unidentified comparable form
• Cirsotrema
  • †Cirsotrema spillmani
• Cladocora
• Clavilithes
  • †Clavilithes abruptus
• Clavus
  • †Clavus lapenotieri – or unidentified related form
• Cliona
• Closia
  • †Closia semen

• 

  Electron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga

  Coccolithus
  • †Coccolithus pelagicus
• Cochlespira
  • †Cochlespira bella
• †Cochlespirella
  • †Cochlespirella nana
• Cochliolepis
  • †Cochliolepis holmesi
  • †Cochliolepis parasitica
• Coelopleurus
  • †Coelopleurus infulatus
• Coluber – or unidentified comparable form
• Columbellopsis
  • †Columbellopsis mississippiensis
• Concavus
• Conomitra
  • †Conomitra texana
• †Conosaurops – type locality for genus
  • †Conosaurops bowmani – type locality for species
• †Conradostrea
  • †Conradostrea sculpturata
• Conus
  • †Conus adversarius
  • †Conus cormacki

  • 

    Shell in multiple views of a Conasprella delessertii (formerly Conus delessertii), or Sozon's cone sea snail

    †Conus delessertii
  • †Conus jaspideus
  • †Conus marylandicus
  • †Conus sauridens
  • †Conus smithvillensis
• Coralliophila
  • †Coralliophila leonensis
• Corbicula
  • †Corbicula densata
• Corbula
  • †Corbula alabamiensis
  • †Corbula chipolana – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Corbula extenuata
  • †Corbula fossata
  • †Corbula inaequalis
• †Coronia
  • †Coronia carodenta
  • †Coronia childreni
  • †Coronia ludocarola
• †Coronodon – type locality for genus
  • †Coronodon havensteini – type locality for species
• †Costaglycymeris
  • †Costaglycymeris subovata
• †Cotylocara – type locality for genus
  • †Cotylocara macei – type locality for species
• †Coupatezia
  • †Coupatezia woutersi
• Crassatella
  • †Crassatella alta
  • †Crassatella eutawacolens
  • †Crassatella eutawcolens
  • †Crassatella negreetensis
  • †Crassatella rhomboidea
  • †Crassatella texalta
  • †Crassatella texana
  • †Crassatella wilcoxi
  • †Crassatella willcoxi
• Crassinella
  • †Crassinella dupliniana
  • †Crassinella lunulata

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea

  Crassostrea
  • †Crassostrea virginica
• †Crenatosiren
  • †Crenatosiren olseni
• Crepidula
  • †Crepidula convexa
  • †Crepidula dumosa
  • †Crepidula fornicata
  • †Crepidula lirata
  • †Crepidula plana

• 

  Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna

  †Cretolamna
  • †Cretolamna appendiculata
• Crucibulum
  • †Crucibulum scutellatum
• Cryptonatica
  • †Cryptonatica platabasis – or unidentified comparable form
• Ctena
  • †Ctena speciosa
• †Cubitostrea
  • †Cubitostrea divaricata
  • †Cubitostrea lisbonensis
  • †Cubitostrea sellaeformis
• Cucullaea
  • †Cucullaea transversa
• Cumingia
  • †Cumingia keittensis
  • †Cumingia tellinoides

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius

  †Cuvieronius
• †Cyclagelosphaera
• Cyclocardia
  • †Cyclocardia granulata
• Cyclostremiscus
  • †Cyclostremiscus exacuus
• †Cyclostremsicus
  • †Cyclostremsicus obliquestriatus
• †Cyclotomodon – type locality for genus
  • †Cyclotomodon vagrans – type locality for species
• Cylichna
  • †Cylichna acrotoma
• Cymbovula
  • †Cymbovula acicularis

• 

  Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail

  Cypraea
• †Cypraeorbis
  • †Cypraeorbis alabamensis
• Cythara
• Cytherea
  • †Cytherea aequora

D

• Daphnella
  • †Daphnella imperita
• Dasyatis
  • †Dasyatis cavernosa
  • †Dasyatis rugosa
• Dasypus

  • 

    Fossilized mandible in multiple views of the Pleistocene Dasypus bellus, or beautiful armadillo

    †Dasypus bellus
• Democrinus
• Dendraster
• Dentalium
  • †Dentalium attenuatum
  • †Dentalium minutistriatum
• Dentimargo
  • †Dentimargo aureocinctus
• †Dhondtichlamys
  • †Dhondtichlamys greggi – or unidentified related form
• Dinocardium
  • †Dinocardium palmerae
  • †Dinocardium robustum
• †Dinoziphius
  • †Dinoziphius carolinensis – type locality for species
• Diodon
  • †Diodon vetus
• Diodora
  • †Diodora auroraensis
  • †Diodora cattilliformis

  • 

    Shells of Diodora cayenensis, or Cayenne keyhole limpet

    †Diodora cayenensis
  • †Diodora pamlicoensis
  • †Diodora tenebrosa
• †Dioplotherium – type locality for genus
  • †Dioplotherium manigaulti – type locality for species
• Diplodonta
  • †Diplodonta acclinis
  • †Diplodonta nucleiformis
  • †Diplodonta punctata
  • †Diplodonta punctulata
  • †Diplodonta semiaspera
  • †Diplodonta soror
  • †Diplodonta ungulina
  • †Diplodonta yorkensis
• Discinisca
  • †Discinisca lugubris

• 

  Electron micrograph of a Discoaster alga

  †Discoaster
  • †Discoaster multiradiatus
  • †Discoaster salisburgenesis
• Discoporella
  • †Discoporella denticulata
• Discorbis
  • †Discorbis columbiensis
  • †Discorbis consobrina
  • †Discorbis floridensis
• Disporella
  • †Disporella denticulata
• Divalinga
  • †Divalinga quadrisulcata
  • †Divalinga quadrisulcatus
• Donax
  • †Donax fossor
  • †Donax variabilis

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene whaleDorudon

  †Dorudon – type locality for genus
  • †Dorudon serratus – type locality for species
• Dosinia
  • †Dosinia acetabulum
  • †Dosinia chipolana – or unidentified comparable form
• Dosinidia
  • †Dosinidia elegans
• Dyocibicides
  • †Dyocibicides biserialis

E

• †Eboroziphius – type locality for genus
  • †Eboroziphius coelops – type locality for species
• †Eburneopecten
  • †Eburneopecten calvatus
  • †Eburneopecten scintillatus
• Echinocardium
  • †Echinocardium gothicus
  • †Echinocardium orthonotum
• †Echovenator – type locality for genus
  • †Echovenator sandersi – type locality for species

• 

  Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora

  †Ecphora
  • †Ecphora bradleyae
  • †Ecphora quadricostata
• †Ectoganus
  • †Ectoganus gliriformis
  • †Ectoganus lobdelli
• Elaphe – or unidentified comparable form
• †Ellipsolithus
  • †Ellipsolithus distichus
  • †Ellipsolithus macellus
• Elphidium
  • †Elphidium australis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Elphidium delicatulum
  • †Elphidium discoidale
  • †Elphidium fimbriatulum
  • †Elphidium gunteri
  • †Elphidium incertum
  • †Elphidium latispatium – or unidentified comparable form
• Encope
  • †Encope emarginata
  • †Encope macrophora
• Endopachys
  • †Endopachys maclurii

• 

  Interior of the shell of an Ensis, or razor clam

  Ensis
  • †Ensis directus
  • †Ensis minor
• †Eomysticetus – type locality for genus
  • †Eomysticetus carolinensis – type locality for species
  • †Eomysticetus whitmorei – type locality for species
• Eontia
  • †Eontia ponderosa
• †Eophysema
  • †Eophysema ozarkana – or unidentified comparable form
• †Eopleurotoma
  • †Eopleurotoma carya
  • †Eopleurotoma orangeburgensis
  • †Eopleurotoma plumbella
  • †Eopleurotoma politica
• †Eosurcula
  • †Eosurcula pulcherrima
  • †Eosurcula quadriplenta
• †Eotorpedo
  • †Eotorpedo hilgendorfi
• Episcynia
  • †Episcynia inornata
• Epistominella
  • †Epistominella pontoni

• 

  Shell of an Epitonium wentletrap sea snail

  Epitonium
  • †Epitonium angulatum
  • †Epitonium candeanum
  • †Epitonium chamberlaini
  • †Epitonium charlestonense
  • †Epitonium cooperense
  • †Epitonium duplinianum
  • †Epitonium humphreysi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Epitonium humphreysii
  • †Epitonium lamellosum
  • †Epitonium multistriatum
  • †Epitonium rupicola
• Eponides
  • †Eponides repandus
• Equus

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium

  †Eremotherium
  • †Eremotherium laurillardi
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon dorsatum
• Erignathus
  • †Erignathus barbatus
• Ervilia
  • †Ervilia concentrica
  • †Ervilia lata
  • †Ervilia polita
• Erycina
  • †Erycina carolinensis
• Eucrassatella

  • 

    Shell of a Eucrassatella speciosa, or Gibbs' clam

    †Eucrassatella speciosa
  • †Eucrassatella virginica
• Eupatagus
• Eupleura
  • †Eupleura caudata
• †Eurhodia
  • †Eurhodia baumi
  • †Eurhodia holmesi
  • †Eurhodia holmesii
  • †Eurhodia rugosa
• Eurytellina
  • †Eurytellina alternata
  • †Eurytellina papyria
• †Euscalpellum
  • †Euscalpellum carolinensis – type locality for species
  • †Euscalpellum wheeleri – type locality for species

• 

  Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail

  Euspira
  • †Euspira aldrichi
  • †Euspira heros
  • †Euspira interna
  • †Euspira marylandica
  • †Euspira sayana
• †Eutrephoceras
  • †Eutrephoceras carolinense
  • †Eutrephoceras carolinensis
  • †Eutrephoceras sloani
• Evalea
  • †Evalea melanella

F

• †Fasciculithus
  • †Fasciculithus tympaniformis
• Fasciolaria
  • †Fasciolaria rhomboidea

  • 

    A living Fasciolaria tulipa, or true tulip sea snail

    †Fasciolaria tulipa
• †Ficopsis
  • †Ficopsis penita
  • †Ficopsis texana
• Ficus
  • †Ficus affinis
  • †Ficus jacksonensis
• Finella
  • †Finella dubia
• Flabellum
  • †Flabellum cuneiformis
• Fusimitra
  • †Fusimitra perexilis
• Fusinus
  • †Fusinus abruptus
  • †Fusinus equalis
  • †Fusinus irrasus
  • †Fusinus limulus
  • †Fusinus magnocostatus
• †Fusoficula
  • †Fusoficula texana

G

• Galeocerdo
  • †Galeocerdo aduncus

  • 

    A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark

    †Galeocerdo cuvier
• Galeodea
  • †Galeodea petersoni
• Galeorhinus
• Gari
  • †Gari eborea
• Gastrochaena
  • †Gastrochaena cuneiformis
  • †Gastrochaena lingula

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene crocodile relative Gavialosuchus

  †Gavialosuchus
  • †Gavialosuchus americanus
• Gegania
  • †Gegania antiquata
• Gemma
  • †Gemma magna
• Gemophos
  • †Gemophos tinctus
• Geochelone

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus

  †Georgiacetus
  • †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Gibbolucina
  • †Gibbolucina pandata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Gigantostrea
  • †Gigantostrea trigonalis
• Ginglymostoma
  • †Ginglymostoma serra
• Globigerina
• Globulina
  • †Globulina inaequalis
• Glossus
  • †Glossus fraterna

• 

  Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam

  Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris abberans
  • †Glycymeris americana
  • †Glycymeris decussata
  • †Glycymeris duplinensis – or unidentified related form
  • †Glycymeris idonea
  • †Glycymeris quinquerugatus
  • †Glycymeris staminea
  • †Glycymeris subovatus
• Glyptoactis
  • †Glyptoactis alticostata
  • †Glyptoactis blandingi
  • †Glyptoactis complexicosta
  • †Glyptoactis nasuta

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium

  †Glyptotherium
  • †Glyptotherium floridanum
• Gopherus
• Gouldia
  • †Gouldia metastriata
• †Gryphodobatis
  • †Gryphodobatis uncus
• †Gumbelina
• Gymnura

H

• †Haimesiastraea
  • †Haimesiastraea conferta
• Halichoerus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Halichoerus grypus

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene manatee relative Halitherium

  †Halitherium
  • †Halitherium alleni – type locality for species
• †Halonanus
  • †Halonanus declivis
• Hanzawaia
  • †Hanzawaia concentrica
• Hastula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Hastula venusta
• Haustator
  • †Haustator carinata
  • †Haustator rina

• 

  Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia

  †Hemiauchenia
  • †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
• Hemimactra
  • †Hemimactra solidissima
• Hemimetis
  • †Hemimetis magnoliana
• Hemipristis
  • †Hemipristis serra
• Here
  • †Here parawhitfieldi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Heterotorpedo
  • †Heterotorpedo fowleri
• Hexaplex
  • †Hexaplex colei
• Hiatella

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale

  †Holmesina
  • †Holmesina septentrionalis
• †Hoplocetus
  • †Hoplocetus obesus – type locality for species
• †Hornibrookina
  • †Hornibrookina arca
• Horologica
  • †Horologica pupa
• Hyotissa
  • †Hyotissa haitensis
• †Hyposaurus

I

• Ilyanassa
  • †Ilyanassa irrorata
  • †Ilyanassa obsoleta
  • †Ilyanassa trivittata
• Infundibulum
  • †Infundibulum carinatum
  • †Infundibulum depressum

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Miocene Chimaera relative Ischyodus

  †Ischyodus
• †Isocrania
• Isognomon
• †Isogomphodon
  • †Isogomphodon aikenensis – type locality for species[1]

J

• †Jacquhermania
  • †Jacquhermania duponti

K

• Kalolophus
  • †Kalolophus antillarum
• †Kapalmerella
  • †Kapalmerella arenicola
  • †Kapalmerella mortoni
• †Keasius – tentative report
  • †Keasius parvus

• 

  A living Kinosternon, or mud turtle

  Kinosternon
• †Kleidionella
  • †Kleidionella lobata
• Kurtziella
  • †Kurtziella cerina

L

• †Labrodon
  • †Labrodon carolinensis
• †Laevibuccinum
  • †Laevibuccinum prorsum
• Laevicardium
  • †Laevicardium mortoni
  • †Laevicardium serratum
• Lamarckina
  • †Lamarckina atlantica

• 

  A modern Lamna mackerel shark

  Lamna
  • †Lamna obliqua
• Latirus – tentative report
• †Leiorhynus
  • †Leiorhynus prorutus
• Leodia
• Leptopecten
  • †Leptopecten leonensis
• †Levifusus
  • †Levifusus mortonii
• Lima

• 

  Living Limaria, or file shells

  Limaria
  • †Limaria carolinensis
• Limatula
• Limopsis
  • †Limopsis aviculoides – or unidentified related form
• Linga
  • †Linga waccamawensis
• †Linthia
  • †Linthia hanoverensis
  • †Linthia harmatuki
  • †Linthia wilmingtonensis

• 

  Illustration of the shell of a Liotia sea snail

  Liotia
  • †Liotia major – or unidentified related form
• †Lirodiscus
  • †Lirodiscus santeensis
  • †Lirodiscus smithvillensis
• †Lirofusus
  • †Lirofusus thoracicus
• Lirophora
  • †Lirophora latilirata
• Lithophaga
  • †Lithophaga claibornensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Litorhadia
  • †Litorhadia compsa
• Littoraria
  • †Littoraria irrorata
  • †Littoraria irroratus
• Lucina
  • †Lucina pensylvanica
  • †Lucina punctulata
• Lucinisca
  • †Lucinisca cribrarius
• Lunularia
  • †Lunularia distans
• Lynx

  • 

    A living Lynx rufus, or bobcat

    †Lynx rufus
• Lyria
• †Lyrischapa

M

• Macoma

  • 

    Shell of a Limecola balthica, or Baltic clam

    †Macoma balthica
  • †Macoma calcarea
  • †Macoma constricta
  • †Macoma tenta
  • †Macoma virginiana
• Macrocallista
  • †Macrocallista albaria
  • †Macrocallista maculata
  • †Macrocallista nimbosa
  • †Macrocallista reposta
• Mactra
• Mactrotoma
  • †Mactrotoma fragilis
• Malaclemys
  • †Malaclemys terrapin
• †Mammut

  • 

    Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon

    †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
  • †Mammuthus columbi – or unidentified comparable form
• Manta
  • †Manta fragilis
• Maretia
  • †Maretia subrostrata
• Marginella
  • †Marginella semen
• Martesia
  • †Martesia cuneiformis
• †Marvacrassatella
• †Mathilda
  • †Mathilda retisculpta
• †Mauricia
  • †Mauricia houstonia

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx

  †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx jeffersonii
• Meiocardia
  • †Meiocardia carolinae
• Melampus
  • †Melampus bidentatus
• Melanella
  • †Melanella conoidea
  • †Melanella magnoliana
• Mellita
  • †Mellita carolinana
  • †Mellita quinquesperforata
• Menippe – tentative report
• Mercenaria
  • †Mercenaria campechiensis
  • †Mercenaria corrugata
  • †Mercenaria mercenaria
• †Mercimonia – tentative report
  • †Mercimonia mercenaroidea
• Merisca
  • †Merisca aequistriata
• Mesalia
  • †Mesalia allentonensis
  • †Mesalia claibornensis
  • †Mesalia gomin
  • †Mesalia obruta
• Mesodesma
  • †Mesodesma concentrica
• Metalia
  • †Metalia raveneliana

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene manatee relative Metaxytherium

  †Metaxytherium
  • †Metaxytherium albifontanum
• Metis – tentative report
  • †Metis eutawensis
• Microdrillia
  • †Microdrillia citrona
• †Micromysticetus – type locality for genus
  • †Micromysticetus rothauseni – type locality for species
• †Mingotherium
  • †Mingotherium holtae – type locality for species

• 

  Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah

  †Miracinonyx
  • †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
• Mitrella
  • †Mitrella bastropensis
  • †Mitrella bucciniformis
  • †Mitrella casteri
  • †Mitrella lunulata
• Mnestia
  • †Mnestia dekayi

• 

  A living Mobula

  Mobula
  • †Mobula loupianensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Modiolus
  • †Modiolus cawcawensis
  • †Modiolus gigas
• Moerella
• Mulinia
  • †Mulinia congesta
  • †Mulinia lateralis
• Murex
  • †Murex engonata
• Murexiella
  • †Murexiella glypta
  • †Murexiella macgintyi
  • †Murexiella petiti – type locality for species
  • †Murexiella shilohensis
• †Murotriton
  • †Murotriton mcglameriae
• †Mya
  • †Mya arenaria
• Myliobatis
  • †Myliobatis gigas
  • †Myliobatis magister

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus

  †Mylohyus
  • †Mylohyus fossilis – or unidentified comparable form
• Mysella
  • †Mysella velaini
• Mytilus
  • †Mytilus conradinus

N

• †Nanosiren – tentative report

• 

  A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail

  Nassarius
  • †Nassarius acutus
  • †Nassarius floridana
  • †Nassarius quadrulatus
  • †Nassarius vibex
• Natica
  • †Natica pusila
• Naticarius
  • †Naticarius semilunata
• †Nayadina
• Nebrius
• Nemocardium
• †Neochoerus
  • †Neochoerus aesopi
  • †Neochoerus pinckneyi
• Neofiber
  • †Neofiber alleni
  • †Neofiber diluvianus – or unidentified comparable form
• Neomonachus

  • 

    Illustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal

    †Neomonachus tropicalis
• †Neuconorbina
  • †Neuconorbina terquemi
• Neverita
  • †Neverita duplicatus
• Nodipecten
  • †Nodipecten collierensis
• Noetia
  • †Noetia incile
  • †Noetia limula
  • †Noetia trigintinaria
• Nonion
• Nonionella
  • †Nonionella atlantica
• Notidanus
  • †Notidanus primigenius

• 

  Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula

  Nucula
  • †Nucula magnifica
  • †Nucula mauricensis
  • †Nucula ovalis
  • †Nucula ovula
  • †Nucula proxima
  • †Nucula ripae
  • †Nucula sphenopsis
• Nuculana
  • †Nuculana acuta
  • †Nuculana calcarensis
  • †Nuculana carolinensis
  • †Nuculana flexuosa – or unidentified related form
  • †Nuculana kittensis
  • †Nuculana magnopsis
  • †Nuculana subtrigona
  • †Nuculana trochila
  • †Nuculana trumani
  • †Nuculana vanuxemi

O

• Oculina
  • †Oculina wagneriana
• Odobenus

  • 

    A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus

    †Odobenus rosmarus
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus
• †Odontapsis
• Odostomia
  • †Odostomia carolina
  • †Odostomia pedroana – or unidentified comparable form
• Oliva
  • †Oliva canaliculata
  • †Oliva carolinae
  • †Oliva carolinensis
  • †Oliva sayana
• Olivella
  • †Olivella carolinae
  • †Olivella mutica
  • †Olivella nitidula
• †Ontocetus
  • †Ontocetus emmonsi

• 

  Fossil of the Permian-modern crustacean burrow ichnogenus Ophiomorpha

  †Ophiomorpha
• Orthoyoldia
  • †Orthoyoldia claibornensis
  • †Orthoyoldia psammotaea
• †Osteopygis
  • †Osteopygis emarginatus
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea arrosis
  • †Ostrea carolinensis
  • †Ostrea compressirostrea
  • †Ostrea disparilis
  • †Ostrea locklini
  • †Ostrea ludoviciana
  • †Ostrea normalis
• †Otodus
  • †Otodus angustidens

  • 

    Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale

    †Otodus megalodon
• †Oxyrhina
  • †Oxyrhina praecursor
  • †Oxyrhina retroflexa

P

• †Pachecoa
  • †Pachecoa cainei
  • †Pachecoa decisa
  • †Pachecoa ellipsis
  • †Pachecoa ledoides
  • †Pachecoa pulchra
• †Pachyarmatherium
  • †Pachyarmatherium leiseyi
• †Palaeochenoides – tentative report
  • †Palaeochenoides mioceanus
• †Palaeohypotodus
  • †Palaeohypotodus rutoti
• †Palaeolama
  • †Palaeolama mirifica

• 

  Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis

  †Palaeophis
• Pandora
  • †Pandora trilineata
• Panopea
  • †Panopea reflexa
• Panthera
  • †Panthera leo
  • †Panthera onca
• Paracyathus
  • †Paracyathus vaughani
• Paradentalium
  • †Paradentalium disparile – or unidentified related form
• †Paramya
  • †Paramya subovata

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon

  †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani – or unidentified comparable form
• Parasmittina
  • †Parasmittina trispinosa
• Parvanachis
  • †Parvanachis obesa
• Parvilucina
  • †Parvilucina costata
  • †Parvilucina crenella
  • †Parvilucina crenulata
  • †Parvilucina multilineatus
  • †Parvilucina multistriata
  • †Parvilucina piluliformis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pecchiola
  • †Pecchiola dalliana
• Pecten
  • †Pecten acanikos
  • †Pecten elixatus
  • †Pecten hemicyclicus
• †Pectinucula
  • †Pectinucula ripae

• 

  Life restoration of the Oligocene-Pleistocene false-toothed bird Pelagornis

  †Pelagornis
  • †Pelagornis longirostris
  • †Pelagornis sandersi – type locality for species
• Penion
  • †Penion bellus
• †Peratotoma
  • †Peratotoma insignifica
• †Periarchus
  • †Periarchus lyelli
• Periploma
  • †Periploma collardi
  • †Periploma inequale
• Petaloconchus
  • †Petaloconchus graniferus
  • †Petaloconchus sculpturatus
• Petricola
  • †Petricola lata
  • †Petricola pholadiformis
• Phacoides
  • †Phacoides alveatus
  • †Phacoides contractus
• Phalium

• 

  A living Phoca earless seal

  Phoca
  • †Phoca debilis – type locality for species
  • †Phoca modesta – type locality for species
• Pholadomya
  • †Pholadomya harrisi
• Pholas
  • †Pholas campechiensis
  • †Pholas turgidus
• Phos
  • †Phos sagenum
  • †Phos sagenus
  • †Phos sloani
• Phyllonotus
  • †Phyllonotus pomum
• Physa
  • †Physa meigsii – or unidentified related form

• 

  A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale

  Physeter
  • †Physeter antiquus – type locality for species
• †Physogaleus
• Pinna
• Pitar
  • †Pitar chioneformis
  • †Pitar morrhuanus
  • †Pitar ovatus
  • †Pitar poulsoni
  • †Pitar trigoniata
• Placopecten
• Placunanomia
  • †Placunanomia burnsi
  • †Placunanomia plicata
• †Plagiarca
  • †Plagiarca rhomboidell
  • †Plagiarca rhomboidella
• †Planicardium
  • †Planicardium acutilaqueatum

• 

  Illustration in multiple views of a shell of a Planorbis freshwater ram's horn snail

  Planorbis
• Planorbulina
  • †Planorbulina mediterraneansis
• Planulina
  • †Planulina exorna
  • †Planulina faveolata
• Platytrochus
  • †Platytrochus stokesi
• Pleuromeris
  • †Pleuromeris parva
  • †Pleuromeris tridentata
• Pleurotomaria
• †Plicatoria
  • †Plicatoria parva – type locality for species
  • †Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
• Plicatula
  • †Plicatula filamentosa
  • †Plicatula gibbosa
  • †Plicatula lapidosa
• †Plinthicus
  • †Plinthicus stenodon
• Polinices
  • †Polinices eminulus
• Polymesoda
  • †Polymesoda caroliniana
• Poroeponides
  • †Poroeponides lateralis
• †Prinsius
  • †Prinsius bisulcus

• 

  A taxidermied Prionodon, or Asiatic linsang

  †Prionodon
  • †Prionodon carolinensis – type locality for species
  • †Prionodon egertoni
• †Priscosiren
  • †Priscosiren atlantica
• Pristis
  • †Pristis ensidens
  • †Pristis lathami
• †Probolarina
  • †Probolarina holmesi
  • †Probolarina holmesii
  • †Probolarina salpinx
  • †Probolarina transversa – type locality for species
• †Procharodon
• †Procolpochelys
  • †Procolpochelys charlestonensis – type locality for species
• Procyon

  • 

    A living Procyon lotor, or raccoon

    †Procyon lotor
• †Propinnotheroides – type locality for genus
  • †Propinnotheroides orangeburgensis – type locality for species
• †Protoscutella
  • †Protoscutella conradi
  • †Protoscutella mississippiensis
  • †Protoscutella plana
• †Protosiren
• Prunum
  • †Prunum contractum
  • †Prunum limatulum
  • †Prunum roscidum
• Psammechinus
  • †Psammechinus philanthropus

• 

  Hypothetical restoration of the Oligocene-Pliocene sea turtle Psephophorus

  †Psephophorus
• Pseudochama
  • †Pseudochama corticosa
• Pseudoliva
  • †Pseudoliva vetusta
• Pseudorca
  • †Pseudorca crassidens
• Pteria
  • †Pteria colymbus
• Pteromeris
  • †Pteromeris perplana
• †Pteropsella
  • †Pteropsella lapidosa
• Puellina
  • †Puellina radiata

• 

  A living Puma

  †Puma
  • †Puma concolor
• Puncturella
• Pusula
  • †Pusula pediculus
• Pycnodonte
  • †Pycnodonte trigonalis
  • †Pycnodonte vicksburgensis
• Pyramidella
  • †Pyramidella chavani
  • †Pyramidella crenuata
  • †Pyramidella propeacicula
  • †Pyramidella suturalis
• Pyrgo
• Pyrulina
  • †Pyrulina albatrossi

Q

• †Quadrans
  • †Quadrans lintea

• 

  Shell of a Quinqueloculina foraminiferan

  Quinqueloculina
  • †Quinqueloculina compta
  • †Quinqueloculina funafutiensis
  • †Quinqueloculina lamarckiana
  • †Quinqueloculina lamarkiana
  • †Quinqueloculina sabulosa
  • †Quinqueloculina seminulum
• †Quinquerugatus
  • †Quinquerugatus holthuisi

R

• Radiolucina
  • †Radiolucina amianta
  • †Radiolucina aminata
  • †Radiolucina tuomeyi
• Raeta
  • †Raeta plicatella
• Raja
  • †Raja mccollumi – type locality for species
• Rangia
  • †Rangia clathrodonta
  • †Rangia cuneata
• Rangifer

  • 

    A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer

    †Rangifer tarandus – or unidentified comparable form
• Ranina
• Raphitoma
  • †Raphitoma carla
  • †Raphitoma carolia
  • †Raphitoma stantoni
  • †Raphitoma tabulatum
• †Recurvaster
• Retusa
• Reussella
  • †Reussella spinulosa – or unidentified comparable form
• †Rhabdopitaria
  • †Rhabdopitaria discoidalis

• 

  A living Rhincodon, or whale shark

  Rhincodon
  • †Rhincodon typus – or unidentified comparable form
• Rhinobatos
  • †Rhinobatos bruxelliensis
  • †Rhinobatos lentiginosus – or unidentified comparable form
• Rhinoptera
  • †Rhinoptera bonasus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Rhinoptera dubia
  • †Rhinoptera studeri – or unidentified comparable form
• Rhizoprionodon
  • †Rhizoprionodon teraenovae – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  A living Rhynchobatus, or wedgefish

  Rhynchobatus
  • †Rhynchobatus pristinus
• Rhyncholampas
• Robulus
  • †Robulus americanus
• Rosalina
  • †Rosalina columbiensis
• Rostellaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Rostellaria bullata
  • †Rostellaria conus
  • †Rostellaria filiformis
  • †Rostellaria minor
  • †Rostellaria rudis

S

• †Santeelampas
  • †Santeelampas oviformis
• †Santeevoluta
  • †Santeevoluta wilmingtonensis
• Sassia
  • †Sassia septemdentata
• †Saurocetus – type locality for genus
  • †Saurocetus gibbesii – type locality for species
• Sayella
  • †Sayella fusca
• Scalina
  • †Scalina trapaquara
• Scapharca
  • †Scapharca brasiliana
  • †Scapharca staminata
• Scaphella
• Schizoporella
  • †Schizoporella unicornis
• Scobinella
  • †Scobinella ferrosilica
  • †Scobinella nassiformis
• Sconsia
  • †Sconsia hodgii

• 

  Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks

  Scyliorhinus – tentative report
• Seila
  • †Seila adamsii
• Semele
  • †Semele australina
  • †Semele bellastriata
  • †Semele carinata
  • †Semele linosa
  • †Semele pacifica
  • †Semele proficua
  • †Semele purpurascens
  • †Semele purpurescens
  • †Semele subovata
• †Septastrea
  • †Septastrea crassa
  • †Septastrea marylandica
• Serpulorbis
  • †Serpulorbis granifer
  • †Serpulorbis squamulosus
• Sigatica
  • †Sigatica carolinensis

• 

  A living Sigmodon, or cotton rat

  Sigmodon
  • †Sigmodon bakeri
• Sinum
  • †Sinum arctatum
  • †Sinum beatricae
  • †Sinum bilix
  • †Sinum chesapeakensis
  • †Sinum chipolanum – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sinum declive
  • †Sinum inconstans
  • †Sinum perspectivum
• Siphocypraea
  • †Siphocypraea carolinensis
• Siphonina
  • †Siphonina pulchra
• †Sismondia
  • †Sismondia plana

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon

  †Smilodon
  • †Smilodon fatalis
• Solariella
  • †Solariella gemma
  • †Solariella tricostata
• Solariorbis
  • †Solariorbis depressus
• Solemya
  • †Solemya alabamensis
• Solen
  • †Solen ensis
  • †Solen viridis
• Solena
• Solenosteira
  • †Solenosteira cancellaria
• †Spatangus
  • †Spatangus glenni
• Sphyrna
  • †Sphyrna americana – type locality for species
  • †Sphyrna media – or unidentified comparable form

  • 

    Smooth hammerhead

    †Sphyrna zygaena
• Spirillina
  • †Spirillina decorata
• Spisula
  • †Spisula decisa
  • †Spisula praetenuis
• Spondylus
  • †Spondylus lamellacea
• Sportella
  • †Sportella constricta
  • †Sportella protexta

• 

  Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon

  †Squalodon
  • †Squalodon crassus – type locality for species
  • †Squalodon pelagius – type locality for species
  • †Squalodon tiedemani – type locality for species
• Squatina
  • †Squatina angeloides – or unidentified comparable form
• Stewartia
  • †Stewartia anodonta
• Sthenorytis
  • †Sthenorytis subexpansum
• Strigilla
  • †Strigilla mirabilis
• Strioterebrum
  • †Strioterebrum concava
  • †Strioterebrum dislocata
  • †Strioterebrum dislocatum
• Strombus
  • †Strombus pugilis
• Subcancilla
  • †Subcancilla dalli – or unidentified related form
• †Sulcocypraea
  • †Sulcocypraea kennedyi
  • †Sulcocypraea vaughani
• Sveltella
  • †Sveltella parva
• Sveltia
  • †Sveltia alveata
• †Syllomus

• 

  A living Sylvilagus, or cottontail rabbit

  Sylvilagus

T

• Tagelus
  • †Tagelus plebeius

• 

  A living Tapirus, or tapir

  Tapirus
  • †Tapirus haysii
  • †Tapirus veroensis
• Tectonatica
  • †Tectonatica pusilla
• Teinostoma
• Tellidora
  • †Tellidora cristata
• Tellina
  • †Tellina declivis
  • †Tellina leana
  • †Tellina subequalis
  • †Tellina tallicheti
• Tenagodus
  • †Tenagodus vitis
  • †Tenagodus vitus – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Shell of a Terebra augur sea snail

  Terebra
  • †Terebra houstonia
  • †Terebra protexta
  • †Terebra tantula – or unidentified related form
  • †Terebra texagyra
• †Terebraspira
  • †Terebraspira elegans
  • †Terebraspira sparrowi
• Terebratulina
  • †Terebratulina lachryma
  • †Terebratulina wilsoni – type locality for species
• †Terebrifusus
  • †Terebrifusus amoenus
• †Teredina
  • †Teredina fistula
• Teredo
  • †Teredo calamus
• Terrapene
  • †Terrapene carolina
• Textularia
  • †Textularia jurassica

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa

  †Thecachampsa
  • †Thecachampsa carolinensis – type locality for species
• †Thoracosaurus
• Thracia
  • †Thracia dalli
  • †Thracia magna
• Timoclea
  • †Timoclea grus
• Torcula
  • †Torcula variabilis
• †Toweius
  • †Toweius pertusus
• Trachycardium
  • †Trachycardium egmontianum
  • †Trachycardium muricatum
• Transennella
  • †Transennella carolinensis
  • †Transennella stimpsoni

• 

  A living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear

  Tremarctos
  • †Tremarctos floridanus
• Triakis – tentative report
• Trichechus
• †Triforis
• †Trigonarca
  • †Trigonarca corbuloides
• Trigonostoma
  • †Trigonostoma aurorae
  • †Trigonostoma babylonicum
  • †Trigonostoma panones
  • †Trigonostoma pulcherrimum
• †Trinacria
  • †Trinacria cuneus

• 

  A living Triplofusus papillosus, or Florida horse conch

  Triplofusus
  • †Triplofusus giganteus
• Trivia
• Trochammina
• Trochita
  • †Trochita aperta
• Trochus
  • †Trochus philantropus
• †Tuba
  • †Tuba antiquata
• Tucetona
  • †Tucetona arata
  • †Tucetona lamyi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Tucetona pectinata
• †Tupelocetus – type locality for genus[2]
  • †Tupelocetus palmeri – type locality for species[3]
• Turbo – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • †Turbo biliratus
• Turbonilla
  • †Turbonilla aragoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Turbonilla interrupta
• Turricula
  • †Turricula polita

• 

  Shell in multiple views of a Turris sea snail

  Turris
  • †Turris desnoyersii
  • †Turris lerchi
  • †Turris lesueuri
  • †Turris lonsdalei
  • †Turris moorei
  • †Turris nodocarinata
  • †Turris nupera
  • †Turris prosseri
  • †Turris texanopsis

• 

  Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella

  Turritella
  • †Turritella alcida
  • †Turritella alticostata
  • †Turritella burdeni
  • †Turritella dutexata
  • †Turritella etiwanensis
  • †Turritella ghigna
  • †Turritella holmesi
  • †Turritella mcbeanensis
  • †Turritella mingoensis
  • †Turritella nasuta
  • †Turritella perexilis
  • †Turritella subanulata
  • †Turritella vaughani
• Tursiops

  • 

    A living Tursiops truncatus, or common bottlenose dolphin

    †Tursiops truncatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Tusciziphius
  • †Tusciziphius atlanticus
• †Tympanonesiotes – type locality for genus
  • †Tympanonesiotes wetmorei – type locality for species
• Typhis
  • †Typhis floridanus

U

• †Unifascia
  • †Unifascia carolinensis
• Urocyon

  • 

    A living Urocyon cinereoargenteus, or gray fox

    †Urocyon cinereoargenteus – or unidentified comparable form
• Urosalpinx
  • †Urosalpinx cinerea
  • †Urosalpinx trossula

V

• Valvulineria
• Venericardia
  • †Venericardia bilineata
  • †Venericardia carolinensis
  • †Venericardia claiboplata
  • †Venericardia claviger
  • †Venericardia eutawcolens
  • †Venericardia klimacodes
  • †Venericardia mingoensis
  • †Venericardia planicosta
  • †Venericardia rotunda
  • †Venericardia subquadrata
  • †Venericardia subrotunda
  • †Venericardia vigintinaria
• †Verericardia
• Vermicularia
  • †Vermicularia fargoi
  • †Vermicularia spirata
• Verticordia
  • †Verticordia emmonsi
• Vexillum
  • †Vexillum wandoense

• 

  Leaves and fruit of a living Vitis, or grapevine

  Vitis
• Voluta
  • †Voluta mutabilis
• †Voluticella
  • †Voluticella levensis
• Volutifusus
  • †Volutifusus mutabilis

X

• Xenophora

  • 

    Shell of a Xenophora conchyliophora carrier shell sea snail

    †Xenophora conchyliophora
• †Xenorophus – type locality for genus
  • †Xenorophus sloanii – type locality for species
• †Xiphiorhynchus
  • †Xiphiorhynchus rotundus
• †Xylotrypa
  • †Xylotrypa palmulata

Y

• Yoldia
  • †Yoldia laevis

  • 

    Illustration of the shell of a Yoldia limatula, or file yoldia

    †Yoldia limatula
  • †Yoldia tarphaeia

Z

• †Zanthopsis – tentative report
• †Zygodiscus
  • †Zygodiscus herlyni

References

1. David J. Cicimurri; James L. Knight (2019). "Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA". PaleoBios. 36: ucmp_paleobios_43964. Archived from the original on 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
2. Matthew L. Gibson; John Mnieckowski; Jonathan H. Geisler (2019). "Tupelocetus palmeri, a new species of protocetid whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (6): e1555165. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1555165.
3. Matthew L. Gibson; John Mnieckowski; Jonathan H. Geisler (2019). "Tupelocetus palmeri, a new species of protocetid whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (6): e1555165. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1555165.

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