List of the prehistoric life of Alabama
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
- †Alethopteris
Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris - †Amphiscapha – tentative report
- †Amplexopora
- †Annularia
- †Arenicolites
- †Artisia
- †Atrypa
- †Aviculopecten
- †Bimuria
- †Calamites
Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites - †Campbelloceras
- †Caninia
- †Carinamala
- †Cavusgnathus
- †Cedaria
- †Christiania
- †Cladodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Cleiothyridina
- †Composita
- †Conocardium
- †Cordaites
- †Cornulites
- †Crania
- †Crepipora
- †Ctenacanthus
Fossil of the Carboniferous shark Ctenacanthus - †Ctenerpeton
- †Cyclopteris
- †Cystodictya
- †Decadocrinus
- †Deiracephalus
- †Dicoelosia
- †Diplichnites
- †Dolorthoceras
- †Fenestella
- †Girvanella
- †Glyptagnostus
- †Gnathodus
- †Hindeodus
- †Innitagnostus
- †Kingstonia
- †Kouphichnium
- †Lepidodendron
Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911).- †Lepidodendron aculeatum
- †Lepidodendron obovatum
- †Lepidostrobus
- †Limnosaurus – type locality for genus
- †Lingulella
- †Lochriea
- †Lyginopteris
- †Meristina – tentative report
- †Naticopsis
- Nucula
- †Obolus
- †Paladin
- †Pecopteris
Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris - †Pentremites
- †Petalodus – tentative report
- †Pinnularia
- †Platyceras
- †Platycrinites
- †Rachis
- †Sigillaria
Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria - †Skenidioides
- †Solenopora
- †Sphenophyllum
- †Sphenopteris
Fossilized foliage of the Late-Devonian-Cretaceous seed fern Sphenopteris - Spirorbis
- †Treptichnus
- †Undichna
Mesozoic
Selected Mesozoic taxa of Alabama
- Acirsa
- Acmaea
- †Acteon
- †Agerostrea
- †Albertosaurus
- †Albula
- †Ampullina
- †Ancilla
- †Anomia
- †Anomoeodus
- †Appalachiosaurus – type locality for genus
Fossilized skull and skeleton of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Appalachiosaurus- †Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis – type locality for species
- Arca
- Architectonica
- Arrhoges
- Astarte
- †Avellana
- †Avitelmessus
- †Baculites
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites- †Baculites arculus
- †Baculites asper – or unidentified comparable form
- †Baculites capensis
- †Baculites tippahensis
- †Bananogmius
- †Bananogmius crieleyi – type locality for species
- †Bananogmius zitteli – or unidentified comparable form
- †Banis
- Barbatia
- †Belemnitella
- †Belemnitida
- †Belonostomus
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Belonostomus - Botula
- Brachidontes – tentative report
- †Bulla – tentative report
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- Callianassa
- †Calliomphalus
- Calyptraea
- Capulus
Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails - †Caveola
- Cerithiella
- †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
- †Cerithiella semirugatum
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- Charonia
- †Chelosphargis
- †Chelosphargis advena – or unidentified comparable form
- Chlamys
- †Chondrites
- Cidaris
- †Cimolichthys
- Clavagella
- †Clidastes
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes- †Clidastes liodontus
- †Clidastes propython – type locality for species
- Cliona
- Corbula
- †Corsochelys – type locality for genus
- Crassostrea
- †Crenella
- †Cretolamna
- †Cretoxyrhina
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark - Crucibulum
- Ctenochelys – type locality for genus
- †Ctenochelys acris – type locality for species
- †Ctenochelys tenuitesta – type locality for species
- Cucullaea
- †Cucullaea capax
- †Cucullaea littlei
- †Cucullaea powersi – or unidentified comparable form
- Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria ampulla
- †Cuspidaria grandis
- †Cuspidaria grovensis
- †Cuspidaria jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Cylichna
- †Cymella
- Cypraea – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Dasmosmilia
- †Dentalium
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell - †Discosaurus
- †Discoscaphites
- †Dolicholatirus
- †Ecphora
- Edaphodon
- †Edaphodon barberi – type locality for species
- †Edaphodon mirificus
- †Enchodus
- †Enchodus petrosus
- †Enchodus saevus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eotrachodon – type locality for genus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Eotrachodon- †Eotrachodon orientalis – type locality for species
- †Epitonium
- †Eulima
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
- †Exogyra
- Fusinus
- †Gegania
- Gemmula
- †Gervillia
- †Globidens – type locality for genus
Illustration of a reconstructed skull of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens- †Globidens alabamensis – type locality for species
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Halimornis – type locality for genus
- †Halimornis thompsoni – type locality for species
- †Halisaurus
- †Hamulus
- Haustator
- †Helicoceras
- Hoplopteryx – tentative report
- †Hybodus
- †Ichthyodectes
- †Ichthyodectes ctenodon – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ichthyornis – type locality for genus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis- †Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Linearis
- †Linter
- †Linthia
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Lophorhothon – type locality for genus
Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Lophorhothon- †Lophorhothon atopus – type locality for species
- †Loxotoma
- †Lucina
- Martesia
- †Mathilda
- †Megalocoelacanthus – type locality for genus
- †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei – type locality for species
- Menippe
- †Modiolus
- †Moorevillia – type locality for genus
- †Morea
- †Neithea
- Nozeba
- Nucula
- Odontaspis
- Ostrea
- †Pachydiscus
- †Pachymelania – tentative report
- †Pachyrhizodus
Fossilized skeletons of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Pachyrhizodus - Pagurus
- †Pagurus convexus – type locality for species
- Panopea
- †Paranomia
- †Pecten
- Pholadomya
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Placenticeras benningi
- †Plagiostoma
- †Platecarpus
- Plicatula
- Polinices
- †Polycotylus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth - †Prognathodon
- †Protocardia
- †Protosphyraena
- †Protosphyraena nitida – tentative report
- †Protostega
- †Protostega dixie – type locality for species
- †Protostega gigas
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pteria
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychodus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shell-crushing shark Ptychodus with an anachronistic human to scale - †Ptychotrygon
- Pycnodonte
- Ringicula
- Rissoina
- Rostellaria – tentative report
- †Sargana
- †Saurocephalus
- †Saurocephalus lanciformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Saurodon
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Saurodon - †Saurornitholestes – or unidentified comparable form
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scaphites
- †Schizobasis
- †Selmasaurus – type locality for genus
Mounted fossilized skull and neck of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Selmasaurus- †Selmasaurus russelli – type locality for species
- Serpula
- Solemya
- †Sphenodiscus
- †Spirorbula
- Spondylus
- Squalicorax
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - †Stratodus
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- †Tenea
- Teredo
- †Thalassinoides
- †Toxochelys
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys - Trachycardium
- Turritella
- †Turritella bilira
- †Turritella chalybeatensis
- †Turritella forgemoli – or unidentified comparable form
- †Turritella hilgardi
- †Turritella paravertebroides
- †Turritella tippana
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
- †Tylosaurus
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus - Xenophora
- †Xiphactinus
Cenozoic
Selected Cenozoic taxa of Alabama
- Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Accipiter
- †Accipiter striatus
Living adult (center) and chick (lower right) Accipiter striatus, or sharp-shinned hawks
- Acirsa
- Aclis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Acropora
- Acteocina
- Acteon
- †Adeorbis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Aequipecten
- Aetobatus
- Agaronia
- Alaba
- Albula
- †Allomorone – type locality for genus
- Alopias
A living Alopias, or thresher shark - Amaura
- †Ambystoma
- Ampheristus
- †Ampullina
- Amusium
- Anas
- †Anas crecca
- †Anas platyrhynchos
- Ancilla
- Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Angulus
- Anodontia
- Anolis
- Anomia
- Antalis
- Apalone
- †Aphelops
- Aplodinotus – tentative report
- Aporrhais
- Arca
- Architectonica
- †Arctodus
- †Area
- Argobuccinum
- Argyrotheca
- Astarte
- Asthenotoma
- Astrangia
- Astyris
- Athleta
- Atrina
- †Aturia
Restoration of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia - Atys
- Aythya
- †Aythya collaris
- †Aythya valisineria – or unidentified comparable form
- Bactridium
- †Baculites
- Balanophyllia
- Balanus
- †Baluchicardia
- Barbatia
- Barnea
- Bartramia
- †Basilosaurus
Life restoration of a pod of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus - Bathytoma
- †Bathytoma nonplicata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Belosaepia
- Bison
- Bittium
- Blarina
- Bonasa
- †Bonellitia
- Botula
- Brachidontes
- Branta
- †Branta canadensis
A living Branta canadensis, or Canada goose
- Bufo
- Bullia
- †Burnhamia
- Busycon
- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- Callianassa
- Calliostoma
A living Calliostoma top sea snail - Callista
- Calyptraea
- Campanile
- Cancellaria
- Canis
- Cantharus
- Capulus
- Carcharhinus
- Carcharias
- Carphophis
- Caryophyllia
- †Castoroides
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides - †Catenicella
- Catoptrophorus
- Centroberyx
- Cerithiella
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Cervus
- Chama
- Charonia
- Chiton
- Chlamys
- †Chlorophthalmus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Chrysemys
- †Chrysodomus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Cibicides
- Cidaris
- Cirsotrema
- Clavatula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Clavilithes
Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Pliocene spindle sea snail Clavilithes - Cliona
- Closia
- Clypeaster
- Cochlespira
- Codakia – tentative report
- Colinus
- †Colinus virginianus
- Coluber
- Columbellopsis
- Conomitra
- †Conorbis
- Conus
- Corbicula – tentative report
- Corbula
- Cordieria
- †Cormohipparion
- †Corvina
- Corvus
- †Coryphodon
Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene pantodont mammal Coryphodon. Heinrich Harder (1920). - Crassostrea
- Crenella
- Crepidula
- Crisia
- †Crommium
- Crotalus
- Cryptobranchus
- Cucullaea
- Cultellus
- Cuna
- Cuspidaria
- Cyanocitta
- Cygnus
- Cylichna
- †Cylindracanthus
- Cyllene – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cynthiacetus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus - Cypraea
- Cypraedia
- †Cytherideis
- Daphnella
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- Dendrophyllia
- Dentalium
- Desmognathus
- Diadophis
- Dichocoenia
- †Dinematichthys
- †Dinohyus
- †Dinohyus hollandi – or unidentified related form
- Diodon – tentative report
- Diodora
- Discorbis
- Distorsio
- †Dolicholatirus – tentative report
- Donax
- Dorsanum
- Dosinia – tentative report
- Dumetella
- †Dumetella carolinensis
- †Echinopsis – tentative report
- †Ectopistes
- †Ectopistes migratorius
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Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon
- †Egertonia
- Elaphe
- †Elaphe guttata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Elaphe vulpina
- †Elimia
- Emarginula
- †Eosurcula
- †Epicyon
- †Epicyon haydeni – or unidentified comparable form
- Epitonium
- Eptesicus
- Equus
- Ervilia
- Erycina
- Eulima
- Eulimella – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Eupleura
- †Eurycea
- Euspira
- Euthria
- †Eutrephoceras
Illustration in multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Late Jurassic-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Eutrephoceras - Evalea
- †Exilia
- †Exogyra
- Falco
- †Ficopsis
- Fimbria
- Fissurella
- Flabellum
- Fulgurofusus
- Fustiaria
- Galeocerdo
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A living Galeocerdo requiem shark - Galeodea
- Galeorhinus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
- Gavia
- Gegania
- Gemma
- Genota
- Geodia
- †Georgiacetus
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus - †Gigantostrea
- Ginglymostoma
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- Glyptoactis
- Goniopora
- Graptemys
- †Graptemys geographica
- Grus
A living Grus americana, or whooping crane - Gyroidina
- Haliaeetus
- †Haliaeetus leucocephalus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hamulus
- Hastula
- Haustator
- Hemipristis
- †Hemisurcula
- Heterodon
- †Heterodon platirhinos – or unidentified comparable form
- Heterodontus
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A living Heterodontus, or bullhead shark - Hexaplex
- Hipponix
- Hyla
- †Hyposaurus
- Isognomon
- †Jefitchia
- Kuphus
- †Lacunaria
- Laevicardium
- Lamna
- Lampropeltis
Close-up of the head of a Lampropeltis , or kingsnake - Latirus
- †Ledina
- Lepton
- Limacina
- Limaria
- Linga
- †Linthia
- †Linuparus
- Lithophaga
- †Lithophaga nigra – or unidentified related form
- Lithophyllum – tentative report
Lithophyllum red algae - Lithothamnion – tentative report
- Longchaeus
- Lopha
- Lucina
- Lunularia
- Lynx
- Macoma
- Macrocallista
- †Mammut
- †Mammut americanum
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- Margaretta
- Marginella
- Martesia
- †Mastigophora
- †Mathilda
- †Megalonyx
- Melanella
- Melanerpes
- †Melanerpes carolinus – or unidentified comparable form
- Melanopsis
- Meleagris
- †Meleagris gallopavo
A wild male Meleagris gallopavo, or turkey, displaying his facial coloration and tail feathers to attract a female
- Membranipora
- Meretrix
- Mergus
- Mesalia
- Mesophyllum
- Metula
- †Michela
- Microdrillia
- Micropora
- Microtus
- Mitrella
- Mitrolumna
- Modiolus
- Murex
- Murexiella
- Myliobatis
- †Mylohyus
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus - Myotis
- †Nannippus
- Narona
- Nassarius
- Natica
- Naticarius
- Nebrius
- Negaprion
- †Nemipterus
- †Neohipparion
Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - Neotoma
- Neritina
- Nerodia
- Neverita
- Niso
- Norrisia
- Nucula
- Nycticeius
- Oculina – type locality for genus
- Odocoileus
- †Odocoileus virginianus
A living Odocoileus virginianus, or white-tailed deer
- Odontaspis
- Odostomia
- Oliva
- Olivella
- Opheodrys
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- Otus
- †Oxyrhina
- †Pachecoa
- †Palaeophis
Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis - Panopea
- Panthera
- Pasithea
- Pecten
- †Pediomeryx
- Pekania
- Pelecyora
- Penion
- Peromyscus
- Petricola
- Phalium
- Philine
- Pholadomya
- Pholas
Shell of a Pholas, or angelwing - 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
A living Plethodon glutinosus, or northern slimy salamander
- Pleurofusia
- Pleuromeris
- †Pleurostoma
- Pleurotomaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Pleurotomella
- Plicatula
- Podilymbus
- Poirieria
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Shell of a Poirieria murex snail - Polinices
- Polyschides
- Pomatodelphis
- †Pontogeneus
- Porella
- Porina
- †Potamides – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Pristis
- Propeamussium
- †Protocardia
- †Protohippus
Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Protohippus - Prunum
- Pseudemys
- †Pseudolatirus
- Pseudoliva
- Pteria
- Pterothrissus
- Pterynotus
- Pycnodonte
- Pyramidella
- †Pyrgulina
- Quinqueloculina
- Quiscalus
- Raja
- †Rana
- †Rana catesbeiana
- †Rana pipiens
- Rangifer
- †Rangifer tarandus
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- Raphitoma
- Reithrodontomys
- Reteporella
- Retusa
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoclavis
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- Rhynchoconger
- Rimella
- Ringicula
- Rissoina
Fossilized shells of the sea snail Rissoina - Rostellaria
- †Rotularia
- Sassia
- Sayornis
- †Sayornis phoebe – or unidentified comparable form
- Scaphander
- Scaphella
- †Sceptrum
- Schizaster
- Schizoporella
Illustration of a close-up view of a Schizoporella bryozoan ("moss animal") - Scolopax
- Scyliorhinus
- Seila
- Semele
- Serpula
- Serpulorbis
- Siderastrea
- Sigatica
- Sinum
- Siphonalia
- Siphonochelus
- Skena
- Skenea
- †Smilodon
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - Solariella
- Solemya
- Sorex
- Sphyraena – tentative report
- Sphyrna
- Spilogale – tentative report
- Spirorbis
- †Spirorbula – tentative report
- Spisula
- Spondylus
- Sterna
- Stomachetosella
- Storeria
- †Striatolamia
Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia - Strioturbonilla
- Strix
- †Strix varia – or unidentified comparable form
- Strombus
- Stylophora
- Sveltella
- Sveltia
- Sylvilagus
- †Synthetoceras
- †Synthetoceras tricornatus – or unidentified comparable form
- Tapirus
- Teinostoma
- †Teleoceras
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Tellina
- Temnocidaris – tentative report
- Tenagodus
- Terebra
- Teredo
- Textularia
- Thamnophis
- Thiara
- Tornus
- Trachyphyllia
- Trichiurus
Illustration of a living Trichiurus cutlassfish - 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
A living Turdus migratorius, or American robin
- Turricula
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tylocidaris
- Tympanuchus
- †Tympanuchus cupido
- Umbraculum
- Ursus
- Venericardia
- Verticordia
- Vitrinella
- †Volvariella
- Xenophora
- Xylophaga
- Yoldia
- †Zygorhiza
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza- †Zygorhiza kochii – type locality for species
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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