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

This list of the Paleozoic 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 541 and 252.17 million years of age.

A

• 

  Fossilized fronds of the Carboniferous-Early Cretaceous seed fern Alethopteris

  †Alethopteris
  • †Alethopteris decurrens
  • †Alethopteris lonchitica
  • †Alethopteris valida
• †Allocatillocrinus
  • †Allocatillocrinus rotundus
• †Alloiopteris
  • †Alloiopteris georgiana – or unidentified comparable form
• †Alokistocare
  • †Alokistocare americanum
• †Ambonychia
  • †Ambonychia intermedia
• †Amplexipora
  • †Amplexipora colombiana
  • †Amplexipora columbiana
• †Amplexus
  • †Amplexus hamiltoniae
• †Anazyga
  • †Anazyga recurvirostra
• †Ancisrorhyncha
  • †Ancisrorhyncha costata
• †Ancistrorhynca
  • †Ancistrorhynca costata
• †Ancistrorhyncha
  • †Ancistrorhyncha costata
• †Aneimites
  • †Aneimites pottsvillensis

• 

  Fossil of the Carboniferous horsetail relative Annularia

  †Annularia
  • †Annularia asteris
  • †Annularia radiata
• †Anoplotheca
  • †Anoplotheca hemispherica
• †Anthracospirifer
  • †Anthracospirifer leidyi
• †Archaeopteridium
  • †Archaeopteridium tschermacki
• †Archaeorthis – tentative report
• †Archeopteris
• †Archimedes
  • †Archimedes confertus
  • †Archimedes invaginatus
  • †Archimedes magnus
  • †Archimedes swallovanus
• †Armonia
  • †Armonia elongata
• †Arthroclema
  • †Arthroclema armatum

• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Asaphiscus

  †Asaphiscus
  • †Asaphiscus gregarius
• †Asphelaspis
  • †Asphelaspis hamblensis
• †Asterophyllites
  • †Asterophyllites charaeformis
  • †Asterophyllites equisetiformis
  • †Asterophyllites grandis
• †Atactoporella
• †Athyrisina
• †Atrypa
  • †Atrypa reticularis
• †Augustoceras

B

• †Baltagnostus
  • †Baltagnostus centerensis
• †Bathocypris
  • †Bathocypris cylindrica
• †Bathyurus
• †Batostoma
  • †Batostoma implicatum
  • †Batostoma magnapora
  • †Batostoma minnesotense
  • †Batostoma varum
  • †Batostoma winchelli
• †Blainia
  • †Blainia gregaria
• †Bonneterrina – tentative report
• †Brooksella
  • †Brooksella alternata

C

• 

  Fossilized stems from the Carboniferous-Permian horsetail relative Calamites

  †Calamites
  • †Calamites cistiiformis
  • †Calamites suckowi
• †Callipteridium
  • †Callipteridium membranaceum – or unidentified comparable form
• †Callopora
  • †Callopora andrewsi
  • †Callopora dalei
  • †Callopora dumalis
  • †Callopora goodhuensis
  • †Callopora multitabulata
  • †Callopora pulchella – tentative report
  • †Callopora ramosa
  • †Callopora sigillaroides
  • †Callopora subnodosa
• †Calymene

  • 

    Fossil of the Silurian trilobite Calymene celebra

    †Calymene celebra
  • †Calymene platys
  • †Calymene ragdesi
• †Calyptaulax
  • †Calyptaulax callicephala
• †Camarotoechia
• †Campophyllum
• †Campophylum
  • †Campophylum gasperense
• †Carpentertypus
  • †Carpentertypus durhami – type locality for species
• †Ceratopea
  • †Ceratopea calceoliformis
  • †Ceratopea grandis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Ceratopea sulcata
• †Chaetetes
• †Choctawites
  • †Choctawites kentuckiensis

• 

  Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina

  †Cincinnetina
  • †Cincinnetina meeki
  • †Cincinnetina multisecta
• †Cincosaurus
  • †Cincosaurus cobbi
• †Cleistopora
• †Clyclostomiceras
  • †Clyclostomiceras cassinense
• †Columnaria
  • †Columnaria halli
• †Constellaria
  • †Constellaria prominens
• †Coosella
  • †Coosella curticei
• †Coosia
  • †Coosia superba
• †Cordaites
  • †Cordaites communis
  • †Cordaites serpens
• †Cryptophagmus
  • †Cryptophagmus antiquatus
• †Cryptophragmus
  • †Cryptophragmus antiquatus
• †Cyclospira
• †Cyclostomiceras
  • †Cyclostomiceras cassinense
• †Cyperites

• 

  Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras

  †Cyrtoceras
  • †Cyrtoceras vallandinghami

D

• †Dalmanella
  • †Dalmanella edgewoodensis
  • †Dalmanella elegantula
• †Dalmanitina
  • †Dalmanitina arkansana
• †Dekayella
  • †Dekayella praenuntia
  • †Dekayella ulrichi
• †Dekayia
  • †Dekayia aspera
• †Desmorthis
  • †Desmorthis nevadensis
• †Dielasma
  • †Dielasma arkansanum
  • †Dielasma illinoisensis
• †Dinorthis
  • †Dinorthis atavoides – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Middle Devonian trilobite Dipleura

  †Dipleura
  • †Dipleura dekayi
• †Diplothmena
  • †Diplothmena cheathami
• †Doleroides
  • †Doleroides gibbosus

E

• 

  Fossils at different stages of development of the Cambrian trilobite Elrathia

  †Elrathia
  • †Elrathia antiquata
• †Elrathiella
  • †Elrathiella buttsi
• †Elrathina – tentative report
• †Eodictyonella (formerly Dictyonella)
  • †Eodictyonella reticulata
• †Eospirifer
  • †Eospirifer radiatus
• †Eremopteris
  • †Eremopteris microphylla – or unidentified comparable form
• †Eridotrypa
  • †Eridotrypa mutabilis
• †Eroicaspira
  • †Eroicaspira bellicincta
• †Escharopora
  • †Escharopora falciformis
  • †Escharopora subrecta
• †Eteraspis
  • †Eteraspis glabra
• †Eumetria
  • †Eumetria verneuiliana
• †Eurydictya
  • †Eurydictya multipora
• †Eusphenopteris
  • †Eusphenopteris aldrichii

F

• †Fascifera
  • †Fascifera subcarinata
• †Favistella
  • †Favistella halli
• †Favosites
  • †Favosites turbinatus
• †Fenestrellina
  • †Fenestrellina santiludowici
  • †Fenestrellina tenax
• †Finkelnburgia

• 

  Front (left) and right side (right) views of an enrolled fossil of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Flexicalymene

  †Flexicalymene

G

• †Glyphaspis
  • †Glyphaspis capella – or unidentified comparable form
• †Glyprorthis
  • †Glyprorthis bellarugosa
• †Glyptorthis
  • †Glyptorthis bellarugosa
  • †Glyptorthis insculpta
  • †Glyptorthis multicostellata – type locality for species
• †Gonioceras
  • †Gonioceras anceps

H

• †Hadrophyllum
  • †Hadrophyllum ovale

• 

  Fossil of the Ordovician bryozoan ("moss animal") Hallopora

  †Hallopora
  • †Hallopora dalei
• †Hebertella
  • †Hebertella frankfortenis
  • †Hebertella frankfortensis
  • †Hebertella occidentalis
  • †Hebertella sinuata
• †Helicotoma
  • †Helicotoma tennesseensis
• †Helopora
  • †Helopora spiniformis
• †Hemiphragmus
  • †Hemiphragmus imperfectus
• †Hesperorthis
  • †Hesperorthis tricenaria
• †Heterotrypa
  • †Heterotrypa frondosa
  • †Heterotrypa parvulipora
• †Hiscobeccus
  • †Hiscobeccus capax
• †Hocospermum
• †Holcacephalus – tentative report
• †Holcospermum
• †Homotrypa
  • †Homotrypa cincinnatiensis
  • †Homotrypa curvata
  • †Homotrypa cylindrica
  • †Homotrypa flabellaris
  • †Homotrypa grandis
  • †Homotrypa minnesotensis
  • †Homotrypa obliqua
  • †Homotrypa rubramosa
  • †Homotrypa subramosa
• †Hormotoma
  • †Hormotoma gracilis
• †Horomotoma
  • †Horomotoma bellicincta

I

• †Idiostrophis
• †Isochilina
  • †Isochilina nelsoni

• 

  Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus.

  †Isotelus
  • †Isotelus brachycephalus

K

• †Kenenglundii
  • †Kenenglundii penningtonensis
• †Kingopora

L

• †Lambeophyllum
  • †Lambeophyllum profundum
• †Lambeophylum
  • †Lambeophylum profundum
• †Leanospira
• †Lecanospira
  • †Lecanospira compacta
  • †Lecanospira knoxvillensis – type locality for species
  • †Lecanospira salteri – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lecanospira sigmoidea
• †Leperditia
  • †Leperditia fabulites

• 

  Restoration of the Carboniferous-Late Triassic club moss relative Lepidodendron. Eli Heimans (1911).

  †Lepidodendron
  • †Lepidodendron aculeatum
  • †Lepidodendron obovatum
  • †Lepidodendron rimosum
• †Lepidophloios
  • †Lepidophloios laricinus
• †Lepidostrobophyllum
• †Leptaena
• †Leptotrypa
  • †Leptotrypa clavis
• †Lichenaria
• †Lingula
• †Liospira
  • †Liospira progne
  • †Liospira vitruvia
• †Liospita
• †Lithostrotion
  • †Lithostrotion proliferum
• †Lithostrotionella
  • †Lithostrotionella castelnaui
• †Lophospira
  • †Lophospira burginensis
  • †Lophospira serrulata

• 

  Fossil in cross section of the Carboniferous seed fern stem Lyginopteris

  †Lyginopteris
• †Lyropora
  • †Lyropora ranosculum

M

• †Maclurites
• †Macrostachya
• †Meekopora
  • †Meekopora clausa
• †Michelinoceras
  • †Michelinoceras multicameratum
  • †Michelinoceras sociale
• †Mimella
  • †Mimella borealis
  • †Mimella melonica
• †Monotrypa
  • †Monotrypa intabulata
• †Monticulipora
• †Monticulopora
• †Multicostata
• †Multicostella
• †Murchisonia
  • †Murchisonia subulata

N

• †Neuralethopteris
  • †Neuralethopteris biformis
  • †Neuralethopteris larishii
  • †Neuralethopteris pocahontas

• 

  Fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern Neuropteris

  †Neuropteris
  • †Neuropteris flexuosa
  • †Neuropteris heterophylla – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Neuropteris hollandica
  • †Neuropteris plicata
  • †Neuropteris schlehani
  • †Neuropteris smithi
  • †Neuropteris smithii
• †Nicholsonella

O

• †Oepikina
  • †Oepikina minnesotensis
• †Ophileta
  • †Ophileta complanata
  • †Ophileta laevata
• †Orospira
• †Orthoceras
• †Orthorhynchula
  • †Orthorhynchula linneyi
• †Oxoplecia
  • †Oxoplecia holstonensis

P

• †Pachidictya
• †Pachydictya
  • †Pachydictya foliata
• †Palmatopteris
  • †Palmatopteris furcata
• †Paupospira
  • †Paupospira bowdeni
  • †Paupospira burginensis

• 

  Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris

  †Pecopteris
  • †Pecopteris elliptica – tentative report
• †Pelagiella
• †Penniretopora
• †Pentamerus
  • †Pentamerus oblongus
• †Pentremites
  • †Pentremites cava
• †Peronopsis
  • †Peronopsis cuneifera – or unidentified comparable form
• †Petigophora
• †Petogophora

• 

  Fossil of the Late Ordovician-Late Devonian trilobite Phacops

  †Phacops
  • †Phacops pulchellus
• †Phragmolites
  • †Phragmolites fimbriata
• †Phragmolutes
  • †Phragmolutes fimbriatus
• †Pionodema
  • †Pionodema miniscula
  • †Pionodema minuscula
  • †Pionodema subaequata
• †Platycrinites
  • †Platycrinites hemisphericus
• †Platystophia
  • †Platystophia trentonensis

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Middle Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Platystrophia

  †Platystrophia
  • †Platystrophia acutilirata
  • †Platystrophia colbiensis
  • †Platystrophia crassa
  • †Platystrophia elegantula
  • †Platystrophia juvensis
  • †Platystrophia laticosta
  • †Platystrophia ponderosa
  • †Platystrophia precursor
  • †Platystrophia strigosa
  • †Platystrophia sublaticosa
  • †Platystrophia trentonensis
• †Plectorthis
  • †Plectorthis fissicosta
  • †Plectorthis plicatella

• 

  Fossil of the Silurian-Carboniferous tabulate coral Pleurodictyum

  †Pleurodictyum
• †Prasopora
  • †Prasopora hospitalis
• †Prismostylus
  • †Prismostylus fibratum
• †Productina
• †Protozyga

R

• †Rafinesquina
  • †Rafinesquina alternata
  • †Rafinesquina deltoidea – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Rafinesquina trentonensis
• †Raphistoma
• †Reserella
  • †Reserella rogata
• †Resserella
  • †Resserella rogata
• †Rhinidictya
  • †Rhinidictya mutabilis
• †Rhipidomella
• †Rhipidomena
  • †Rhipidomena tennesseensis
• †Rhombotrypa
• †Rhynchotrema
  • †Rhynchotrema argenturbiem
  • †Rhynchotrema increbescens
  • †Rhynchotrema minnesotensis
• †Rhynidictya
  • †Rhynidictya mutabilis
• †Rostricella
  • †Rostricella plena
• Rostricellula
  • †Rostricellula rostrata

S

• †Scalites
  • †Scalites peracutum
• †Septopora
  • †Septopora subquadrans
• †Sibulites
  • †Sibulites subelongatus – or unidentified related form

• 

  Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria

  †Sigillaria
  • †Sigillaria elegans
  • †Sigillaria mammillaris – tentative report
• †Solenopleurella
  • †Solenopleurella buttsi
• †Solenopora
  • †Solenopora compacta
• †Sowerbyella
  • †Sowerbyella curdsvillensis
• †Sphenophyllum
  • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
  • †Sphenophyllum tenue
• †Sphenopteris
  • †Sphenopteris deltiformis
  • †Sphenopteris elegans – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Sphenopteris hoeninghausi
  • †Sphenopteris hoeninghausii
  • †Sphenopteris pottsvillea

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Late Ordovician-Late Triassic brachiopod Spirifer

  †Spirifer
  • †Spirifer grimesi
• †Stictoporella
• †Stigmaria
  • †Stigmaria ficoides
• †Streblopteria
  • †Streblopteria cooperensi
• †Streptelasm
• †Streptelasma
  • †Streptelasma produndum
• †Strictoporella
• †Stromatocerium
  • †Stromatocerium pustolosum
  • †Stromatocerium pustulosum
  • †Stromatocerium rugosum

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena

  †Strophomena
  • †Strophomena incurvata
  • †Strophomena planumbona
• †Subulites
  • †Subulites subelongatus – or unidentified related form

T

• †Tetradium
  • †Tetradium cellulosum
  • †Tetradium columnare
  • †Tetradium syringoporoides

• 

  Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Tricrepicephalus

  †Tricrepicephalus
  • †Tricrepicephalus cedarensis
• †Triplophylum
  • †Triplophylum compressus
  • †Triplophylum dalei

V

• †Valcourea
• †Valcouroceras

Z

• †Zaphrenthis
  • †Zaphrenthis radicosa
• †Zeilleria
  • †Zeilleria delicatula
• †Zygospira
  • †Zygospira modesta
  • †Zygospira recurivirostris

References

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