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
  • Brachidontes
  • †Brachyrhizodus
    • †Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
  • †Buccinopsis
    • †Buccinopsis crassicostata

C

D

E

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
  • †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

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
  • †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
  • †Micrabacia
    • †Micrabacia marylandica
    • †Micrabacia radiata
  • †Micreschara – tentative report
  • †Microdontaspis – type locality for genus
    • †Microdontaspis tenuis – type locality for species

†Modiolus

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
  • 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
  • †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
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shell-crushing shark Ptychodus with an anachronistic human to scale
    †Ptychodus
  • †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
  • †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
  • Rissoa

S

T

U

  • †Uddenia
  • †Unicardium
    • †Unicardium concentricum
  • †Urceolabrum

V

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

X

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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