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
edit- †Acratia
- †Acratia filippovskaensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Acratia magna – or unidentified comparable form
- †Acratia obesa
- †Acratia permiana
- †Acratia sp. 1informal
- †Actuaria
- †Actuaria suksuensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anisopyge
- †Anisopyge hyperbola – type locality for species
- †Bairdia
- †Bairdia crassa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bairdia geisi
- †Bairdia hassiex gr.
- †Bairdia indefinita – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bairdia sp.informal
- †Bairdia subfusiformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bairdia verwiebei – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bairdiacypris – tentative report
- †Bairdiacypris
- †Bairdiacypris deloiex gr.
- †Bairdiacypris elongatissima – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bairdiacypris sp.
- †Bairdiacypris sp. 1informal
- †Bairdiacypris sp. Cinformal
- †Basslerella
- †Basslerella acuta
- †Basslerella crassaex gr.
- †Basslerella obesaex gr.
- †Buregia – tentative report
- †Caninia – tentative report
- †Chonosteges
- †Composita
- †Composita hapsida – type locality for species
- †Composita sp.
- †Cyathus
- †Derbyia
- †Durhamina – tentative report
- †Durhamina
- †Echinauris
- †Echinauris huehuetenanguensis – type locality for species
- †Echinauris sp.
- †Edriosteges
- †Enteletes
- †Fabalicypris
- †Fellerites
- †Glyptopleura
- †Glyptopleura coryelli – or unidentified comparable form
- †Healdiacypris – tentative report
- †Hercosestria
- †Hercosestria notialis – type locality for species
- †Hercosestria notialis
- †Hercosia – tentative report
- †Hustedia
- †Lophophyllidium
- †Meekella
- †Meekella occidentalis – or unidentified related form
- †Meekella sp.
- †Microcheilinella
- †Microcheilinella dorsicostata
- †Microcheilinella perexilisex gr.
- †Microcheilinella postspinosa
- †Microcheilinella sp. 1informal
- †Microcheilinella subreniformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neochonetes
- †Neospirifer
- †Newsomites
- †Oligothyrina – tentative report
- †Parafusulina
- †Paraparchites – tentative report
- †Paraparchites
- †Paraparchites complanatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Paraparchites kansasensis
- †Paraparchites sp. 1informal
- †Paraparchites sp. 2informal
- †Peniculauris
- †Pontisia
- †Rhipidomella
- †Rhipidomella cora – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rugatia
- †Rugatia andersoni – type locality for species
- †Samarella – tentative report
- †Shemonaella – tentative report
- †Stenolobulites
- †Sulcoindivisia
- †Sulcoindivisia juresanensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tschussovskenia
- †Xixionopsis
Mesozoic
edit- †Accordiella
- †Accordiella conica – or unidentified comparable form
- †Acteonella
- †Barnumia – type locality for genus
- †Barnumia browni – type locality for species
- †Biradiolites
- †Bournonia
- †Chondrodonta
- †Chubbina
- †Distefanella
- †Hemiaster
- †Hemiaster amelianus – type locality for species
- †Planocaprina – tentative report
- †Praeradiolites
- †Praeradiolites verseyi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pygurostoma
- †Senalveolina
- †Sulcoperculina
- †Texicaprina
- †Texicaprina orbiculata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Thyrastylon
Cenozoic
edit- †Crocodylus
- †Cuvieronius – tentative report
- †Cuvieronius
- †Dasypus
- †Equus
- †Eremotherium
- †Glyptodon
- †Hydrochoerus
- †Mazama
- †Megalonyx
- †Megatherium
- †Mylodon
- †Odocoileus
- †Pampatherium
- †Paramylodon
- †Rhynchotherium
- †Tapirus
- †Tayassu
- †Toxodon
References
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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