This list of the prehistoric life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the country of Alabama.
Precambrian
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
editThe Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Paleozoic fossils in Alabama.
Mesozoic
edit- †Baculites
- †Ostrea
- †Pachydiscus
- †Paralenticeras
- †Parapachydiscus
- †Parapachydiscus gardneri – type locality for species
- †Parapachydiscus woodringi – type locality for species
- †Parapachydiscus woodringi
- †Parapuzosia – tentative report
- †Parapuzosia
- †Peroniceras
- †Peroniceras canaense – or unidentified comparable form
- †Roudairia
- †Roudairia intermedia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Texanites
Cenozoic
edit- †Acar
- †Acropora
- †Acropora cervicornis
- †Acropora palmata
- †Acropora panamensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Acropora panamensis
- †Acropora saludensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Acropora sp.
- †Acteocina
- †Actinacis
- †Aequipecten
- †Aequipecten flabellum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Aequipecten sp.
- †Agaricia
- †Agaricia agaricites
- †Agaricia dominicensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Agaricia dominicensis
- †Agaricia sp.
- †Agathiphyllia
- †Agathiphyllia antiguensis – tentative report
- †Agathiphyllia tenuis – tentative report
- †Agathiphyllia tenuis
- †Aloides
- †Amauropsis – tentative report
- †Americardia
- †Ampullina
- †Amusium
- †Anachis
- †Anadara
- †Anodontia
- †Anomia
- †Anomia indecisa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anomia peruviana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anomia simplex – or unidentified comparable form
- †Antiguastrea
- †Antillipecten
- †Antillipecten vaun – or unidentified comparable form
- †Antillophos
- †Antillophos moorei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arca
- †Arca imbricata – tentative report
- †Arca imbricata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arca imbricata
- †Arca occidentalis
- †Arca sp.
- †Arca stillicidum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arca willardausteni
- †Architectonica
- †Arcinella
- †Arcinella antiquata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Arcinella antiquata
- †Arcopagia
- †Argopecten
- †Argopecten gibbus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Argopecten gibbus
- †Argopecten sp.
- †Argopecten thetidis
- †Argopecten uselmae – or unidentified comparable form
- †Aspella
- †Astralium
- †Astreopora
- †Astrocoenia
- †Astrocoenia decaturensis – tentative report
- †Astrocoenia incrustans
- †Astrocoenia meinzeri
- †Athleta
- †Atrina
- †Aturia – tentative report
- †Balanus
- †Balanus concava
- †Balanus eburneus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Balanus eburneus
- †Balanus polyporus
- †Barbatia
- †Barbatia candida – tentative report
- †Barbatia candida
- †Barbatia donacia
- †Barbatia inusitata
- †Bittiolum
- †Bittiolum alternatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bittium
- †Bothrocorbula
- †Brissopsis
- †Bulla
- †Bulla sp.
- †Bulla striata – tentative report
- †Bulla striata
- †Bulla umbilicata
- †Bulla vendryesiana
- †Bullaria – tentative report
- †Bullaria
- †Bumelia
- †Bumelia cuneatafolia – type locality for species
- †Cadulus
- †Caecum
- †Calliostoma
- †Calliostoma indusii
- †Calliostoma sp.
- †Calliostoma zonamesta – or unidentified comparable form
- †Callisotoma
- †Callithaca
- †Callithaca tenerrimaex gr.
- †Callucina
- †Cardiomya
- †Cardita
- †Cardita chmeietensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cardium – tentative report
- †Cardium
- †Caribachlamys
- †Carinodrillia
- †Carolia – tentative report
- †Caryocorbula
- †Cassis – tentative report
- †Cassis
- †Cavolinia
- †Cerithium
- †Cerithium atratum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cerithium atratum
- †Cerithium eburneum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cerithium litteratum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cerithium russelli
- †Cerithium sp.
- †Chama
- †Chama engonia
- †Chama involuta – tentative report
- †Chama involuta
- †Chama macerophylla – tentative report
- †Chama macerophylla – or unidentified comparable form
- †Chama sp.
- †Chara
- †Chara woodringi – type locality for species
- †Chicoreus
- †Chicoreus domingensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Chicoreus domingensis
- †Chione – tentative report
- †Chione
- †Chlamys
- †Chlamys amelus
- †Chlamys portoricoensis
- †Chlamys thomsoni
- †Chlamys vaughani – or unidentified comparable form
- †Chlamys vaughani
- †Chlamys vulgaris
- †Chrysophyllum
- †Chrysophyllum cahobasensis – type locality for species
- †Cidaris
- †Circopeltis
- †Circopeltis bouillei – or unidentified related form
- †Cittarium
- †Clavus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Clypeaster
- †Cocculina
- †Codakia
- †Codakia orbicularis – tentative report
- †Codakia orbicularis
- †Codakia pectinella
- †Colubraria
- †Columbella
- †Conasprella
- †Concavus
- †Conus
- †Conus aemulator
- †Conus pygmaea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Conus ritteredgei
- †Conus sp.
- †Coralliophaga
- †Corbula
- †Cornus
- †Crassostrea
- †Crucibulum
- †Cryptopecten
- †Cryptopecten phrygium – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ctena
- †Ctenoides
- †Cyathomoprha
- †Cyclinella
- †Cyclopecten
- †Cymia
- †Cythara – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- †Dendostrea
- †Dendropoma
- †Dendropoma irregulare – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dentalium
- †Dentalium gabbi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dentalium pyrum
- †Dentalium semistriatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dentallium
- †Diacria
- †Dichocoenia
- †Dictyoconus
- †Diodora
- †Diploria
- †Divalinga
- †Divalinga quadrisulcata – tentative report
- †Divalinga quadrisulcata
- †Dosinia
- †Dosinidia
- †Dreissena – tentative report
- †Drilla
- †Echinanthus
- †Echinanthus minor – or unidentified related form
- †Echtracheliza – tentative report
- †Echtracheliza
- †Eulithidium
- †Eupatagus
- †Eupatagus mortoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eurytellina
- †Eusmilia
- †Euspamia
- †Euvola
- †Fasciolaria
- †Felaniella
- †Felaniella candeana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ficus – tentative report
- †Ficus
- †Fimbria
- †Fissurella
- †Flabellipecten
- †Fusinus
- †Fusinus henekeni
- †Fusinus ulcimus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Gigantopecten
- †Globivenus
- †Glossus
- †Glossus fraterna – or unidentified comparable form
- †Glycymeris – tentative report
- †Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris approximans
- †Glycymeris decussata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Glycymeris decussata
- †Glycymeris sp.
- †Glyphostoma
- †Goniopora
- †Goniopora microscopica – or unidentified related form
- †Guettarda
- †Gymnogramme
- †Gymnogramme woodringi – type locality for species
- †Haustellum
- †Heliastrea
- †Hemitoma
- †Heterosteginoides – tentative report
- †Hindsiclava
- †Hydrobia
- †Hyotissa
- †Insulacebus – type locality for genus
- †Insulacebus toussaintiana – type locality for species
- †Jaspidella
- †Jaspidella jaspidea – or unidentified comparable form
- †Jaspidella jaspidea
- †Laevicardium
- †Laevichlamys
- †Laevichlamys multisquamata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Latirus
- †Latrunculus
- †Latrunculus stromeri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Leptoseris
- †Limopsis
- †Lindapecten
- †Linthia
- †Linthia cavernosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Liothyrina
- †Lirophora
- †Lithophaga
- †Lithopoma
- †Lithopoma americanum
- †Lithopoma caelatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Lithopoma caelatum
- †Livonia
- †Lobatus
- †Lobatus dominator
- †Lobatus gigas – tentative report
- †Lobatus gigas
- †Lopha
- †Lucapina
- †Lucina
- †Lucina losmadesamba
- †Lucina pensylvanica – tentative report
- †Lucina pensylvanica
- †Lucina sp.
- †Lucinisca
- †Lucinisca nassula – or unidentified comparable form
- †Luria
- †Macoma
- †Macrocallista
- †Macrocypraea
- †Madracis
- †Madrapore
- †Malea
- †Malea camura
- †Malea elliptica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Manicina
- †Marginella
- †Meandra
- †Meandrina – tentative report
- †Meandrina
- †Melanella
- †Melongena
- †Mercenaria
- †Mercenaria campechiensis
- †Mercenaria druidi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Meretrix – tentative report
- †Mespilodaphne
- †Mespilodaphne hispaniolana – type locality for species
- †Meta
- Metula
- †Millepora
- †Miltha
- †Miltha chipolana
- †Miltha ocalana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mimusops
- †Mimusops praeparvifolia – type locality for species
- †Mithrax
- †Mitra
- †Mitrella
- †Modiolus
- †Modulus
- †Montastrea
- †Montastrea canalis – or unidentified related form
- †Montastrea canalis
- †Montastrea cavernosa
- †Montastrea endothecata
- †Morum
- †Murex
- †Mytilopsis
- †Mytilopsis domingensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mytilopsis domingensis
- †Mytilus
- †Natica – tentative report
- †Natica
- †Nemocardium
- †Nerita
- †Nerita tessellata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neritina
- †Niso
- †Nucula
- †Nucula cahuitensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Nuculana
- †Nummulites
- †Oliva
- †Oliva cylindrica
- †Oliva recticularis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Oliva reticularis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Oliva reticularis
- †Oliva sp.
- †Olivella
- †Operculina
- †Orbicella
- †Orbicella angularis
- †Orbicella annularis – tentative report
- †Orbicella annularis
- †Orbiculina
- †Orbitolites
- †Orthaulax
- †Orthophragmina
- †Ostrea
- †Ostrea democraciana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ostrea gilbertharrisi
- †Ostrea messor
- †Ostrea sp.
- †Pachycrommium
- †Pallacera
- †Papyridea
- †Papyridea soleniformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Parvilucina
- †Parvilucina costata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Parvilucina sp.
- †Pavona
- †Pecten
- †Pecten cereadica
- †Pecten coderensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pecten engrammatus
- †Pecten sp.
- †Periglypta
- †Persicula
- †Phacoides
- †Phacoides recurrens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Phacoides smithwoodwardii
- †Phacoides sp.
- †Phos – tentative report
- †Phos
- †Phyllonotus
- †Phyllonotus aldrichi
- †Phyllonotus pomum – tentative report
- †Pinna
- †Pinna refurca – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pisonia
- †Pitar
- †Placunanomia
- †Platygyra
- †Plesiastrea
- †Pleuromeris
- †Pocillopora
- †Polinices
- †Polystira
- †Porites
- †Porites astreoides – or unidentified comparable form
- †Porites astreoides
- †Porites furcata
- †Porites porites – or unidentified comparable form
- †Porites porites
- †Porites sp.
- †Portunus
- †Potamides
- †Potamides caobasensis – type locality for species
- †Potamides caobensis
- †Potamides roumaini – type locality for species
- †Potamides roumaini
- †Potamides suprasulcatus
- †Propeamussium
- †Protocardia
- †Prunum
- †Psammosolen
- †Pseudodiploria
- †Pseudodiploria clivosa – tentative report
- †Pseudodiploria strigosa
- †Pteria
- †Purpuriconus
- †Pusula
- †Pyruconus
- †Rostellaria
- †Scapharca
- †Schizaster – tentative report
- †Sconsia
- †Sconsia grayi
- †Sconsia laevigata – or unidentified comparable form
- Semele
- †Siderastrea
- †Siderastrea radians
- †Siderastrea siderea – or unidentified related form
- †Siderastrea siderea
- †Siliqua
- †Simaruba
- †Simaruba haitensis – type locality for species
- †Sincola
- †Sinum
- †Siphonochelus
- †Solenastrea
- †Sorites
- †Spondylus – tentative report
- †Spondylus
- †Spondylus americanus – tentative report
- †Spondylus americanus
- †Spondylus chiriquensis
- †Spondylus dumosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Spondylus gumanomocon
- †Spondylus sp.
- †Stephanocoenia
- †Stephanocoennia
- †Stigmaulax
- †Strigilla
- †Strigilla rombergii – tentative report
- †Strigilla rombergii
- †Strioterebrum
- †Strombina
- †Strombus
- †Stylocoenia
- †Stylophora
- †Stylophora sp.
- †Stylophora sp. Ainformal
- †Subcancilla
- †Subcancilla sulcata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Superlucina
- †Tellina
- †Temnoconcha
- †Tenagodus
- †Terebellum
- †Terebra
- †Tesseracme
- †Torinia
- †Torinia cylindrica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Torinia rotundata
- †Trachycardium
- †Trigoniocardia
- †Trivia
- †Trochita
- †Trochita aperta – or unidentified related form
- †Tucetona
- †Tucetona pectinata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Turbinella
- †Turbo
- †Turris
- †Turris sp. Ainformal
- †Turris sp. Binformal
- †Turritella
- †Turritella altilira
- †Turritella crocus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Turritella crocus
- †Turritella dutexata – or unidentified related form
- †Turritella guppyi
- †Turritella planigyrata
- †Turritella sp.
- †Turritella submortoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Typhina
- †Undulostrea
- †Vasum
- †Velates
- †Velates sp.
- †Velates vokesi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Venericardia
- †Ventricolaria
- †Vokesimurex
- †Volvulella
- †Xenophora
- †Zanthopsis – tentative report
- †Zonaria
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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