List of the prehistoric life of South Carolina

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.

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.

• †Agraulos
• †Hypagnostus
  • †Hypagnostus mammillatus
• †Paradoxides
  • †Paradoxides polonicus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Peronopsis
  • †Peronopsis fallax

• 

  †Ptychagnostus
  • †Ptychagnostus fissus
• †Skreiaspis

• 

  †Acteon
• †Acutostrea
  • †Acutostrea plumosa
• †Aenona
  • †Aenona eufaulensis
• †Amaurellina
  • †Amaurellina stephensoni
• †Ambigostrea
  • †Ambigostrea sloani
  • †Ambigostrea tecticosta

• 

  †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

• 

  Carcharias
  • †Carcharias holmdelensis
  • †Carcharias samhammeri
• Chiloscyllium
• Cliona
• †Clisocolus
  • †Clisocolus concentricum
• Corbula
• Crassatella
  • †Crassatella carolinana
  • †Crassatella vadosa
• †Crenella
  • †Crenella elegantula
  • †Crenella serica

• 

  †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

• 

  †Dentalium
  • †Dentalium leve
  • †Dentalium navarroi
• †Deussenia
  • †Deussenia bellalirata
• †Dhondtichlamys
  • †Dhondtichlamys venustus
• †Drilluta
  • †Drilluta buboanus
• †Ellipsoscapha

• 

  †Enchodus
  • †Enchodus petrosus
• †Etea
• †Eulima
• †Euspira
  • †Euspira rectilabrum
• †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra costata
• †Flemingostrea
• †Gegania
• Glossus

• 

  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

• 

  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

• 

  †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

• 

  †Rhombodus
  • †Rhombodus binkhorsti
  • †Rhombodus laevis
• Ringicula
  • †Ringicula clarki
• †Sargana
  • †Sargana stantoni
• †Schizorhiza
  • †Schizorhiza stromeri
• Serpula
• Solemya
• †Solyma
  • †Solyma elliptica – or unidentified related form
• †Sphenodiscus

• 

  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

• 

  Turritella
  • †Turritella bilira
  • †Turritella penderensis
  • †Turritella pointensis
  • †Turritella tippana
  • †Turritella trilira
  • †Turritella vertebroides
• †Uddenia
• †Unicardium
  • †Unicardium concentricum
• †Veniella
  • †Veniella conradi
• †Vetericardiella
  • †Vetericardiella crenalirata

• †Abra
• Acanthocardia

• 

  Acteocina
• Acteon
• †Adeorbis
• †Adocus
• Aequipecten
• Agaronia
• Agassizia
• †Aglyptorhynchus
• †Agorophius
• Alligator

  • 

    †Alligator mississippiensis
• 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
  • †Arctodus pristinus
• Argopecten
  • †Argopecten gibbus
  • †Argopecten irradians
• Argyrotheca
• Artena
• Astarte
• Astyris
  • †Astyris lunata
• Athleta

• 

  Atrina
  • †Atrina rigida
  • †Atrina seminuda
  • †Atrina serrata
• †Aturia
• Aulacomya
• Balaenoptera
• Balanophyllia
• Balanus
• Barbatia
• Barnea

• 

  †Basilosaurus
• Bison
  • †Bison antiquus
• †Bonellitia
• Boonea
  • †Boonea seminuda
• †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus hilli – or unidentified comparable form
• Borsonia
• Bostrycapulus
  • †Bostrycapulus aculeatus
• †Bottosaurus
  • †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes exustus
• Buccella
• Bullia

• 

  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
  • †Castor canadensis

• 

  †Castoroides
  • †Castoroides leiseyorum
  • †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Cerithiella – tentative report
• Cerithiopsis
  • †Cerithiopsis emersonii
• Cerithium – tentative report
• †Cervalces
  • †Cervalces scotti
• Cervus
  • †Cervus elaphus
• Chama
  • †Chama congregata
• Cheilea
• Chelydra
  • †Chelydra serpentina
• †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
  • †Crassostrea virginica
• 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

• 

  †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

• 

  †Eremotherium
  • †Eremotherium laurillardi
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon dorsatum
• Erignathus
  • †Erignathus barbatus
• 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

• 

  †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
  • †Lynx rufus
• Lyria
• Macoma
  • †Macoma balthica
  • †Macoma tenta
• Macrocallista
  • †Macrocallista maculata
  • †Macrocallista nimbosa
• Mactra
• Malaclemys
  • †Malaclemys terrapin
• †Mammut

  • 

    †Mammut americanum
• †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
  • †Mercenaria mercenaria
• Mesalia
• Mesodesma
• †Metaxytherium
• Metis – tentative report
• Microdrillia

• 

  †Miracinonyx
  • †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
• Mitrella
• Mobula
• Modiolus
• Mulinia
  • †Mulinia lateralis
• Murex
• Murexiella
  • †Murexiella glypta
  • †Murexiella macgintyi
• †Mya
  • †Mya arenaria
• 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
  • †Neomonachus tropicalis
• Neverita
• Nodipecten
• Nucula
  • †Nucula proxima
  • †Nuculana acuta
• Oculina
• Odobenus

  • 

    †Odobenus rosmarus
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus
• Odostomia
  • †Odostomia pedroana – or unidentified comparable form
• Oliva
  • †Oliva sayana
• Olivella
  • †Olivella mutica
• †Ontocetus
  • †Ontocetus emmonsi
• †Ophiomorpha
• †Osteopygis
• Ostrea
• †Otodus

  • 

    †Otodus megalodon
• †Oxyrhina
• †Pachecoa
• †Pachyarmatherium
  • †Pachyarmatherium leiseyi
• †Palaeochenoides – tentative report
  • †Palaeochenoides mioceanus
• †Palaeolama
• †Palaeophis
• Pandora
• Panopea
• Panthera
  • †Panthera leo
  • †Panthera onca
• †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
  • †Procyon lotor
• †Protosiren
• Prunum
  • †Prunum roscidum
• Psammechinus

• 

  †Psephophorus
• Pseudochama
• Pseudoliva
• Pseudorca
  • †Pseudorca crassidens
• Pteria
  • †Pteria colymbus
• Pteromeris
  • †Pteromeris perplana

• 

  †Puma
  • †Puma concolor
• 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
  • †Smilodon fatalis
• 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
  • †Terrapene carolina
• 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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