List of the prehistoric life of South Carolina facts for kids
This list of the prehistoric life of South Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of South Carolina.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
- †Agraulos
- †Hypagnostus
- †Hypagnostus mammillatus
- †Paradoxides
- †Paradoxides polonicus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Peronopsis
- †Peronopsis fallax
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†Ptychagnostus
- †Ptychagnostus fissus
- †Skreiaspis
Mesozoic
- †Acteon
- †Acutostrea
- †Acutostrea plumosa
- †Aenona
- †Aenona eufaulensis
- †Amaurellina
- †Amaurellina stephensoni
- †Ambigostrea
- †Ambigostrea sloani
- †Ambigostrea tecticosta
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†Anomia
- †Anomia argentaria
- †Anomia ornata
- †Anomoeodus
- †Anomoeodus phaseolus
- †Aphrodina
- †Aphrodina tippana
- †Arca
- †Archaeolamna
- †Archaeolamna kopingensis
- Ataphrus
- †Baculites
- †Bellifusus
- †Bellifusus crassicostatus
- †Bellifusus curvicostatus
- †Borodinopristis
- †Borodinopristis schwimmeri
- Botula
- †Botula carolinensis
- †Brachyrhizodus
- †Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
- Caestocorbula
- †Caestocorbula crassaplica
- †Caestocorbula crassiplica
- †Caestocorbula terramaria
- †Calliomphalus
- †Calliomphalus americanus
- †Calliomphalus nudus
- Calyptraea
- †Camptonectes
- †Camptonectes argillensis
- †Camptonectes bubonis
- †Cantioscyllium
- †Cantioscyllium meyeri
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Carcharias
- †Carcharias holmdelensis
- †Carcharias samhammeri
- Chiloscyllium
- Cliona
- †Clisocolus
- †Clisocolus concentricum
- Corbula
- Crassatella
- †Crassatella carolinana
- †Crassatella vadosa
- †Crenella
- †Crenella elegantula
- †Crenella serica
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†Cretalamna
- †Cretalamna appendiculata
- †Cretodus
- †Cretodus borodini
- Cucullaea
- †Cucullaea capax
- †Cucullaea littlei
- †Cucullaea powersi
- †Cuna
- †Cuna texana
- †Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria ampulla
- †Cyclorisma
- †Cyclorisma parva
- Cylichna
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymbophora appressa
- †Cymbophora berryi
- †Cymbophora trigonalis
- †Cyprimeria
- †Cyprimeria alta
- †Cyprimeria depressa
- †Cyprimeria major
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†Dentalium
- †Dentalium leve
- †Dentalium navarroi
- †Deussenia
- †Deussenia bellalirata
- †Dhondtichlamys
- †Dhondtichlamys venustus
- †Drilluta
- †Drilluta buboanus
- †Ellipsoscapha
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†Enchodus
- †Enchodus petrosus
- †Etea
- †Eulima
- †Euspira
- †Euspira rectilabrum
- †Exogyra
- †Exogyra costata
- †Flemingostrea
- †Gegania
- Glossus
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Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris rotundata
- †Graciliala
- †Granocardium
- †Granocardium bowenae
- †Granocardium kuemmeli
- †Granocardium kummeli
- †Granocardium lowei
- †Granocardium trilineatum – or unidentified comparable form
- Gyrodes
- †Gyrodes spillmani
- †Gyrodes supraplicatus
- †Hamulus
- †Hamulus huntensis – tentative report
- †Hamulus onyx
- †Hamulus squamosus
- †Harduinia
- †Harduinia mortonis
- †Helicaulax
- †Helicaulax formosa
- †Hercorhynchus
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Heterodontus
- †Heterodontus granti – or unidentified related form
- †Holkopollenites
- †Holkopollenites forix
- †Homomya
- †Homomya thrusheri – tentative report
- †Hybodus
- †Hypolophus
- †Hypolophus mcnultyi
- †Inoceramus
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza avonicola
- †Ischyrhiza mira
- Juliacorbula
- †Juliacorbula monmouthensis
- Laternula
- †Latiala
- †Latiala lobata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Laxispira
- †Laxispira monilifera
- †Leptosolen
- †Leptosolen biplicata
- Lima
- †Lima pelagica
- Limatula
- †Limatula acutilineata
- Limopsis
- †Linearis
- †Linearis magnoliensis
- †Linearis metastriata
- †Liopeplum
- †Liopeplum cretaceum
- †Liopeplum leinodosum
- †Liopistha
- †Liopistha protexta
- †Liothyris – tentative report
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†Lissodus
- †Lissodus babulskii
- Lithophaga
- Lopha
- †Lopha falcata
- †Lycettia
- †Lycettia tippana
- †Lycettia tippanus
- †Margaritella
- †Margaritella pumila – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mathilda
- †Medionapus
- †Micrabacia
- †Modiolus
- †Modiolus sedesclaris
- †Modiolus sedesclarus
- †Modiolus trigonus
- †Morea
- †Morea cancellaria
- †Mosasaurus
- Myrtea
- †Myrtea stephensoni
- †Nemodon
- †Nemodon eufalensis
- †Nemodon eufaulensis
- †Nonactaeonina
- Nucula
- †Nucula cuneifrons
- †Nucula percrassa
- Nuculana
- †Nuculana whitfieldi
- †Nymphalucina
- †Nymphalucina linearia
- †Ornopsis – tentative report
- Ostrea
- †Pachyrhizodus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Paladmete
- †Paladmete cancellaria
- †Paralbula
- †Paralbula casei
- †Pararhincodon
- †Parmicorbula
- †Parmicorbula terramaria
- †Periplomya
- †Pleuriocardia
- †Pleuriocardia eufaulense
- Polinices
- †Postligata
- †Postligata wordeni
- †Protocardia
- †Protocardia spillmani
- †Pseudolimea
- †Pseudolimea reticulata
- Pseudomalaxis
- †Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
- †Pteria
- †Pterocerella
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Pterotrigonia cerulea
- †Pterotrigonia eufalensis
- †Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
- †Ptychotrygon
- †Ptychotrygon vermiculata
- Pycnodonte
- †Pycnodonte vesicularis
- †Pyrifusus
- †Remera
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhinobatos casieri
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†Rhombodus
- †Rhombodus binkhorsti
- †Rhombodus laevis
- Ringicula
- †Ringicula clarki
- †Sargana
- †Sargana stantoni
- †Schizorhiza
- †Schizorhiza stromeri
- Serpula
- Solemya
- †Solyma
- †Solyma elliptica – or unidentified related form
- †Sphenodiscus
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Squalicorax
- †Squalicorax kaupi
- †Squalicorax pristodontus
- Squatina
- †Squatina hassei
- †Stantonella
- †Stephanodus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Striarca
- †Striarca saffordi
- †Syncyclonema
- †Syncyclonema simplicius
- Tellina
- †Tellinimera
- †Tellinimera buboana
- †Tellinimera gabbi
- †Trachybaculites
- †Trachybaculites columna
- Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium eufaulensis
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Turritella
- †Turritella bilira
- †Turritella penderensis
- †Turritella pointensis
- †Turritella tippana
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
- †Uddenia
- †Unicardium
- †Unicardium concentricum
- †Veniella
- †Veniella conradi
- †Vetericardiella
- †Vetericardiella crenalirata
Cenozoic
Main page: List of the Cenozoic life of South Carolina
Selected Cenozoic taxa of South Carolina
- †Abra
- Acanthocardia
- Acteocina
- Acteon
- †Adeorbis
- †Adocus
- Aequipecten
- Agaronia
- Agassizia
- †Aglyptorhynchus
- †Agorophius
- Alligator
- Alopias
- †Alopias vulpinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Altrix
- †Amalthea
- Ammonia
- Amphistegina
- Amusium
- Anachis
- Anadara
- †Anadara brasiliana
- †Anadara ovalis
- †Anadara transversa
- Anatina
- Ancilla
- Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Angulus
- Anomia
- †Anomia simplex
- Antalis
- Antigona
- Arbacia
- Arca
- †Arca imbricata
- Architectonica
- Arcinella
- †Arcinella arcinella
- †Arcinella cornuta
- †Arctodus
- Argopecten
- †Argopecten gibbus
- †Argopecten irradians
- Argyrotheca
- Artena
- Astarte
- Astyris
- †Astyris lunata
- Athleta
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Atrina
- †Atrina rigida
- †Atrina seminuda
- †Atrina serrata
- †Aturia
- Aulacomya
- Balaenoptera
- Balanophyllia
- Balanus
- Barbatia
- Barnea
- †Basilosaurus
- Bison
- †Bonellitia
- Boonea
- †Boonea seminuda
- †Borophagus
- †Borophagus hilli – or unidentified comparable form
- Borsonia
- Bostrycapulus
- †Bostrycapulus aculeatus
- †Bottosaurus
- †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
- Brachidontes
- †Brachidontes exustus
- Buccella
- Bullia
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Busycon
- †Busycon carica
- †Busycon contrarium
- †Busycon perversum
- Busycotypus
- †Busycotypus canaliculatus
- †Bythaelurus
- Cadulus
- Caecum
- †Caecum cooperi
- †Caecum imbricatum
- Caestocorbula
- Calliostoma
- Callista
- Calotrophon
- †Calotrophon ostrearum
- Calyptraea
- †Calyptraea centralis
- Cancellaria
- †Cancellaria reticulata
- Canis
- †Canis armbrusteri
- †Canis dirus
- Carcharhinus
- Carcharias
- Carcharodon
- †Carcharodon hastalis
- Cardita
- Carditamera
- †Carolinacetus – type locality for genus
- Cassidulina
- Castor
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†Castoroides
- †Castoroides leiseyorum
- †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Cerithiella – tentative report
- Cerithiopsis
- †Cerithiopsis emersonii
- Cerithium – tentative report
- †Cervalces
- †Cervalces scotti
- Cervus
- Chama
- †Chama congregata
- Cheilea
- Chelydra
- †Chesapecten
- †Chesapecten jeffersonius
- Chicoreus
- Chione
- †Chione cancellata
- Chlamys
- †Choneziphius
- Chrysemys
- †Chrysemys floridana
- †Chrysocetus – type locality for genus
- Cibicides
- Cidaris
- Cinctura
- †Cinctura lilium
- Cirsotrema
- Cladocora
- Clavilithes
- Clavus
- Cliona
- Closia
- Coccolithus
- Cochlespira
- Cochliolepis
- Coelopleurus
- Coluber – or unidentified comparable form
- Columbellopsis
- Concavus
- Conomitra
- Conus
- †Conus delessertii
- †Conus jaspideus
- Coralliophila
- Corbicula
- Corbula
- †Coronodon – type locality for genus
- †Cotylocara – type locality for genus
- †Coupatezia
- †Crassinella lunulata
- Crassostrea
- Crepidula
- †Crepidula convexa
- †Crepidula fornicata
- †Crepidula plana
- †Cretolamna
- †Cretolamna appendiculata
- Crucibulum
- Cryptonatica
- Cucullaea
- Cumingia
- †Cuvieronius
- Cyclocardia
- Cylichna
- Cymbovula
- †Cymbovula acicularis
- Cypraea
- Cythara
- Cytherea
- Daphnella
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
- †Dasypus bellus
- Dendraster
- Dentalium
- Dentimargo
- †Dentimargo aureocinctus
- Dinocardium
- †Dinocardium robustum
- Diodon
- Diodora
- †Diodora cayenensis
- †Diplodonta punctata
- †Diplodonta semiaspera
- Discinisca
- †Discoaster
- Discorbis
- Donax
- †Donax fossor
- †Donax variabilis
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†Dorudon – type locality for genus
- †Dorudon serratus – type locality for species
- Dosinia
- Echinocardium
- †Echovenator – type locality for genus
- †Ecphora
- Elaphe – or unidentified comparable form
- Elphidium
- Ensis
- †Ensis directus
- †Ensis minor
- †Eomysticetus – type locality for genus
- †Eosurcula
- Epitonium
- †Epitonium humphreysii
- Equus
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†Eremotherium
- †Eremotherium laurillardi
- Erethizon
- Erignathus
- Ervilia
- Erycina
- †Eucrassatella speciosa
- Eupleura
- †Eupleura caudata
- Euspira
- †Euspira heros
- †Eutrephoceras
- Evalea
- Fasciolaria
- †Fasciolaria tulipa
- †Ficopsis
- Ficus
- Finella
- †Finella dubia
- Flabellum
- Fusinus
- Galeocerdo
- †Galeocerdo aduncus
- †Galeocerdo cuvier
- Galeodea
- Galeorhinus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
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†Gavialosuchus
- †Gavialosuchus americanus
- Gegania
- Gemma
- Gemophos
- †Gemophos tinctus
- Geochelone
- †Georgiacetus
- †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Gigantostrea
- Ginglymostoma
- Globigerina
- Globulina
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Glycymeris americana
- †Glycymeris decussata
- Glyptoactis
- †Glyptotherium
- Gopherus
- Gymnura
- Halichoerus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Halichoerus grypus
- †Halitherium
- †Halitherium alleni – type locality for species
- Hastula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Haustator
- †Hemiauchenia
- †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
- Hemipristis
- †Hemipristis serra
- Here
- Hexaplex
- Hiatella
- †Holmesina
- Horologica
- Hyotissa
- †Hyposaurus
- Ilyanassa
- †Ilyanassa obsoleta
- †Ilyanassa trivittata
- Infundibulum
- †Ischyodus
- †Isocrania
- Isognomon
- Kinosternon
- Kurtziella
- †Kurtziella cerina
- Laevicardium
- †Laevicardium mortoni
- Lamna
- Latirus – tentative report
- Lima
- Limaria
- Limatula
- Linga
- †Linthia
- Liotia
- Lithophaga
- Littoraria
- †Littoraria irrorata
-
Lucina
- †Lucina pensylvanica
- Lunularia
- Lynx
- Lyria
- Macoma
- †Macoma balthica
- †Macoma tenta
- Macrocallista
- †Macrocallista maculata
- †Macrocallista nimbosa
- Mactra
- Malaclemys
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus columbi – or unidentified comparable form
- Manta
- †Manta fragilis
- Maretia
- Marginella
- Martesia
- †Mathilda
- †Mauricia
-
†Megalonyx
- †Megalonyx jeffersonii
- Meiocardia
- Melampus
- †Melampus bidentatus
- Melanella
- †Melanella conoidea
- Menippe – tentative report
- Mercenaria
- Mesalia
- Mesodesma
- †Metaxytherium
- Metis – tentative report
- Microdrillia
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†Miracinonyx
- †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
- Mitrella
- Mobula
- Modiolus
- Mulinia
- †Mulinia lateralis
- Murex
- Murexiella
- †Murexiella glypta
- †Murexiella macgintyi
- †Mya
- Myliobatis
-
†Mylohyus
- †Mylohyus fossilis – or unidentified comparable form
- Mytilus
- †Nanosiren – tentative report
- Nassarius
- †Nassarius acutus
- †Nassarius vibex
- Natica
- Naticarius
- Nebrius
- †Neochoerus
- †Neochoerus aesopi
- †Neochoerus pinckneyi
-
Neofiber
- †Neofiber alleni
- Neomonachus
- Neverita
- Nodipecten
- Nucula
- †Nucula proxima
- †Nuculana acuta
- Oculina
- Odobenus
- Odocoileus
- Odostomia
- †Odostomia pedroana – or unidentified comparable form
- Oliva
- †Oliva sayana
- Olivella
- †Olivella mutica
- †Ontocetus
- †Ontocetus emmonsi
- †Ophiomorpha
- †Osteopygis
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- †Oxyrhina
- †Pachecoa
- †Pachyarmatherium
- †Pachyarmatherium leiseyi
- †Palaeochenoides – tentative report
- †Palaeochenoides mioceanus
- †Palaeolama
- †Palaeophis
- Pandora
- Panopea
- Panthera
- †Paramylodon
- †Paramylodon harlani – or unidentified comparable form
- Parvanachis
- †Parvanachis obesa
- Pecten
-
†Pelagornis
- †Pelagornis sandersi – type locality for species
- Penion
- Petaloconchus
- Petricola
- †Petricola pholadiformis
- Phalium
- Phoca
- Pholadomya
- Pholas
- Phos
- Phyllonotus
- †Phyllonotus pomum
- Physa
- Physeter
- †Physogaleus
- Pinna
- Pitar
- †Pitar morrhuanus
- Placopecten
- Planorbis
- Pleuromeris
- †Pleuromeris tridentata
- Pleurotomaria
- Plicatula
- †Plicatula gibbosa
- Polinices
- Polymesoda
- †Polymesoda caroliniana
- †Prionodon
- Pristis
- †Procolpochelys
- Procyon
- †Protosiren
- Prunum
- †Prunum roscidum
- Psammechinus
- †Psephophorus
- Pseudochama
- Pseudoliva
- Pseudorca
- Pteria
- †Pteria colymbus
- Pteromeris
- †Pteromeris perplana
- †Puma
- Puncturella
- Pusula
- †Pusula pediculus
- Pycnodonte
- Pyramidella
- Pyrgo
- †Quadrans
- Quinqueloculina
- Raja
- Rangia
- Rangifer
- †Rangifer tarandus – or unidentified comparable form
- Ranina
- Raphitoma
- Retusa
-
Rhincodon
- †Rhincodon typus – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhinobatos
- Rhinoptera
- †Rhinoptera bonasus – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhizoprionodon
- Rhynchobatus
- Rosalina
- Rostellaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Sassia
- Sayella
- †Sayella fusca
- Scapharca
- Scaphella
- Schizoporella
- †Schizoporella unicornis
- Sconsia
- Scyliorhinus – tentative report
- Seila
- †Seila adamsii
- Semele
- Serpulorbis
- Sigatica
- †Sigatica carolinensis
- Sigmodon
- Sinum
- †Sinum perspectivum
- †Smilodon
- Solariella
- Solemya
- Solen
- †Solen ensis
- Solenosteira
- †Solenosteira cancellaria
- †Spatangus
- Sphyrna
- †Sphyrna media – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphyrna zygaena
- Spisula
- Spondylus
- †Squalodon
- Squatina
- Stewartia
- Strioterebrum
- Strombus
- †Strombus pugilis
- Subcancilla
- Sveltella
- Sveltia
- †Syllomus
- Sylvilagus
- Tagelus
-
Tapirus
- †Tapirus veroensis
- Tectonatica
- †Tectonatica pusilla
- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- Tenagodus
- Terebra
- †Terebra protexta
- †Teredina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Textularia
- †Thecachampsa
- †Thoracosaurus
- Thracia
- Timoclea
- Trachycardium
- †Trachycardium egmontianum
- †Trachycardium muricatum
- Tremarctos
- †Tremarctos floridanus
- Triakis – tentative report
- Trichechus
- Trigonostoma
- †Trinacria
- Triplofusus
- †Triplofusus giganteus
- Trivia
- Trochita
- Trochus
- †Tuba
- Tucetona
- Turbo – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Turbonilla
- †Turbonilla aragoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Turbonilla interrupta
- Turricula
- Turris
- Turritella
- Tursiops
- †Tursiops truncatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tusciziphius
- †Tympanonesiotes – type locality for genus
- †Tympanonesiotes wetmorei – type locality for species
- Typhis
- Urocyon
- †Urocyon cinereoargenteus – or unidentified comparable form
- Urosalpinx
- †Urosalpinx cinerea
- Venericardia
- Vermicularia
- †Vermicularia fargoi
- †Vermicularia spirata
- Verticordia
- Vexillum
- †Vexillum wandoense
- Vitis
- Voluta
- Volutifusus
- Xenophora
- †Xenophora conchyliophora
- †Xenorophus – type locality for genus
- †Xiphiorhynchus
- †Xylotrypa
- Yoldia
- †Yoldia limatula
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