List of the prehistoric life of Florida

This list of the prehistoric life of Florida contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Florida.

Precambrian

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

Paleozoic

• †Actinopteria
• †Acutiramus
  • †Acutiramus suwaneensis
• †Arisaigia
  • †Arisaigia postornata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Butovicella
  • †Butovicella migrans
• †Colpocoryphe
  • †Colpocoryphe exsul
• †Conularia
• †Eoschizodus
• †Modiomorpha
• †Plectonotus
• †Pleurodapis
• †Prothyris
• †Pterinopecten

• 

  Life restoration of the Silurian-Middle Devonian eurypterid ("sea scorpion") Pterygotus

  †Pterygotus
  • †Pterygotus floridanus
• †Tentaculites

Mesozoic

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Florida.

Cenozoic

Main article: List of the Cenozoic life of Florida

Selected Cenozoic taxa of Florida

• †Abra
• Acanthocardia
• Acanthochitona
• Acar
• Accipiter
  • †Accipiter cooperii
  • †Accipiter striatus
• Acer
  • †Acer rubrum
• †Acmaturris
• Acris
  • †Acris gryllus – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene horse Acritohippus

  †Acritohippus
  • †Acritohippus isonesus
• Acropora
  • †Acropora cervicornis
  • †Acropora palmata
• Acrosterigma
• Acteocina
• Acteon
• Actitis
  • †Actitis macularia
• Aegolius
  • †Aegolius acadicus
• †Aelurodon

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).

  †Aepycamelus
  • †Aepycamelus major
• Aequipecten
• Aesopus
• Aetobatus
  • †Aetobatus narinari
• Agaricia
  • †Agaricia agaricites
• Agaronia
• Agassizia
• Agatrix
• Agelaius
  • †Agelaius phoeniceus
• Agkistrodon

  • 

    Close-up portrait of a living Agkistrodon piscivorus, also known as a water moccasin or cottonmouth

    †Agkistrodon piscivorus
• Agladrillia
• †Agnotocastor
• †Agriotherium
• Aix
  • †Aix sponsa
• Ajaia
  • †Ajaia ajaja
• Alaba
• Alabina
• Alca – type locality for genus

• 

  Restorative model of the Miocene deer relative Aletomeryx

  †Aletomeryx
• Alligator
  • †Alligator mississipiensis
  • †Alligator mississippiensis
  • †Alligator olseni – type locality for species
• Alnus
• Alosa
• Alveopora
• Amauropsis – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• †Ambystoma
  • †Ambystoma tigrinum

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932).

  †Amebelodon
• Americardia
  • †Americardia media
• Amia
  • †Amia calva
• Ammodramus
  • †Ammodramus maritimus
  • †Ammodramus savannarum
• Amnicola
• †Amphicyon

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene saber-toothed cat Amphimachairodus

  †Amphimachairodus
• †Amphiroa
• Amphistegina
• Amphiuma
  • †Amphiuma means
• †Amplibuteo
  • †Amplibuteo woodwardi
• †Ampullina
• †Ampullinopsis
• Amusium
• †Anabernicula
• Anachis
• Anadara

  • 

    Shell of an Anadara floridana, or cut-ribbed ark clam

    †Anadara floridana
  • †Anadara ovalis
  • †Anadara transversa
  • †Anadara trapezia
• Anas
  • †Anas acuta
  • †Anas americana
  • †Anas carolinensis
  • †Anas clypeata
  • †Anas crecca
  • †Anas cyanoptera – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Anas discors
  • †Anas fulvigula
  • †Anas platyrhynchos
  • †Anas rubripes
  • †Anas strepera
• Anatina

• 

  Fossilized limb bones, and teeth of the Miocene three-toed horse Anchitherium (left)

  †Anchitherium
• Ancilla
• Angulus
• Anhinga
  • †Anhinga anhinga
• Anodonta
• Anodontia
  • †Anodontia alba
• Anolis
  • †Anolis carolinensis
• Anomia
  • †Anomia simplex
• Anona
• Antalis
• Anticlimax
• Antigona
• Antillophos
  • †Antillophos candeanus – or unidentified comparable form
• Antrozous
• Aorotrema
  • †Aorotrema cistronium
• Apalone
  • †Apalone ferox
• Aphelocoma
  • †Aphelocoma coerulescens
• †Aphelops
• Aphera
• Aquila
  • †Aquila chrysaetos
• †Aramides
  • †Aramides cajanea
• Aramus
  • †Aramus guarauna
• Arbacia
• Arca
  • †Arca imbricata
  • †Arca zebra
• †Archaeohippus
• Architectonica
• †Archosargus
  • †Archosargus probatocephalus
• Arcinella
  • †Arcinella arcinella
  • †Arcinella cornuta

• 

  Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale

  †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus pristinus
• †Arctonasua
• Ardea
  • †Ardea herodias
• Ardeola
• Argobuccinum – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Argopecten
  • †Argopecten gibbus

  • 

    A living Argopecten irradians (formerly Aequipecten irradians), or Atlantic bay scallop

    †Argopecten irradians
• Arius
• Artena
• Asio
  • †Asio flammeus
• Aspella
  • †Aspella senex – type locality for species
• Assiminea
• Astarte
• Astraea

• 

  Shell in multiple views of an Astralium, or star sea snail

  Astralium
  • †Astralium phoebium
• Astrangia
• †Astrohippus
• Astyris
  • †Astyris lunata
• Athleta
• Atractosteus
  • †Atractosteus spatula
• Atrina
• Attiliosa
  • †Attiliosa aldridgei
• †Aturia
• Atys
• Axelella
• Aythya

  • 

    Lesser scaup

    †Aythya affinis
  • †Aythya americana
  • †Aythya collaris
  • †Aythya marila
  • †Aythya valisineria
• †Aztlanolagus
• †Babelomurex
• Bactridium
• Bailya
  • †Bailya intricata
• Baiomys
• Bairdiella
  • †Bairdiella chrysoura
• Balaenoptera

  • 

    Illustration of a living Balaenoptera acutorostrata, or common minke whale

    †Balaenoptera acutorostrata
• Balanus
  • †Balanus improvisus – or unidentified related form
  • †Balanus trigonus
• Balistes
• Barbatia
  • †Barbatia candida
• †Barbourofelis
• Bartschella
• Basiliscus – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus

  †Basilosaurus
  • †Basilosaurus cetoides
• Batillaria
• †Batrachosauroides
• Bela
  • †Bela nassoides – type locality for species
• †Benzoin
  • †Benzoin melissaefolium – or unidentified comparable form
• Biomphalaria
  • †Biomphalaria havanensis
• Bison
  • †Bison antiquus

  • 

    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison

    †Bison latifrons
• Bittiolum
  • †Bittiolum varium
• Bittium
• Bivetopsia
• Blarina
  • †Blarina brevicauda
  • †Blarina carolinensis
• †Blastomeryx
• Boa
  • †Boa constrictor – type locality for species
• Bonasa
  • †Bonasa umbellus
• Boonea
  • †Boonea seminuda

• 

  Restoration of two of the Miocene-Pliocene bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964).

  †Borophagus
  • †Borophagus diversidens
  • †Borophagus hilli
  • †Borophagus orc
  • †Borophagus pugnator
• Bostrycapulus
  • †Bostrycapulus aculeatus
• Botaurus
  • †Botaurus lentiginosus
• †Bothriodon
• Botula
  • †Botula fusca
• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes exustus
• †Brachycythara
  • †Brachycythara dasa – type locality for species
• †Brana
• Branta
  • †Branta canadensis
• †Brasenia
• Bubo
  • †Bubo virginianus
• Buccella
• Buccinum
• Bucephala
  • †Bucephala albeola
• Buchema
• Bufo

  • 

    Living male (left) and female (right) Anaxyrus quercicus, or oak toads

    †Bufo quercicus
  • †Bufo terrestris
  • †Bufo woodhousei
• Bulimulus
• Bulla
  • †Bulla striata
• Bullaria
• Bursa
  • †Bursa rhodostoma
  • †Bursa rugosa
• Busycon
  • †Busycon carica

  • 

    Shell in multiple views of a Busycon contrarium whelk

    †Busycon contrarium
  • †Busycon perversum
  • †Busycon sinistrum
• Busycotypus
  • †Busycotypus canaliculatus
• Buteo
  • †Buteo jamaicensis
  • †Buteo lineatus
  • †Buteo platypterus
  • †Buteo swainsoni
• Buteogallus
  • †Buteogallus fragilis
  • †Buteogallus urubitinga
• Butorides

  • 

    A living Butorides virescens, or green heron

    †Butorides virescens
• Cadulus
• Caecum
  • †Caecum cinctum
  • †Caecum circumvolutum
  • †Caecum cooperi
  • †Caecum cycloferum
  • †Caecum floridanum
  • †Caecum imbricatum
  • †Caecum pulchellum
  • †Caecum regulare
  • †Caecum strigosum
• Calidris
  • †Calidris canutus – or unidentified comparable form

  • 

    A living Calidris pusilla, or semipalmated sandpiper

    †Calidris pusilla – or unidentified comparable form
• †Calippus
• Callianassa
• Calliostoma
  • †Calliostoma euglyptum
  • †Calliostoma jujubinum
  • †Calliostoma pulchrum
  • †Calliostoma roseolum
  • †Calliostoma tampaense
  • †Calliostoma yucatecanum – or unidentified comparable form
• Callista
• †Callophoca
• Calotrophon
  • †Calotrophon ostrearum
• Calyptraea
  • †Calyptraea centralis

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops

  †Camelops
• Cancellaria
  • †Cancellaria reticulata
• Cancilla
• Canis
  • †Canis armbrusteri
  • †Canis dirus – type locality for species
  • †Canis edwardii
  • †Canis familiaris
  • †Canis latrans
  • †Canis lepophagus
  • †Canis lupus
  • †Canis rufus
• Cantharus
• Capella

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene dwarf pronghorn Capromeryx

  †Capromeryx
• Capulus
• Caracara
  • †Caracara cheriway
  • †Caracara plancus
• Caranx
  • †Caranx hippos
• Carcharhinus
  • †Carcharhinus brevipinna
  • †Carcharhinus leucas
  • †Carcharhinus limbatus
  • †Carcharhinus plumbeus
  • †Carcharhinus signatus
• Carcharias
  • †Carcharias taurus
• Carcharodon
  • †Carcharodon carcharias

  • 

    Fossilized tooth of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Cosmopolitodus hastalis, or broad-toothed mako

    †Carcharodon hastalis
• Cardinalis
  • †Cardinalis cardinalis
• Cardita
• Carditamera
• Caretta
  • †Caretta caretta
• †Carex
• Carinodrillia
• †Carpella
• Carphophis
  • †Carphophis amoenus
• †Carpocyon
• Carya
• Carychium
• †Casmerodius
  • †Casmerodius albus
• Cassidulina
• Cassis
  • †Cassis madagascariensis
• Castanea
• Castor
  • †Castor californicus
  • †Castor canadensis

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides

  †Castoroides
  • †Castoroides leiseyorum – type locality for species
  • †Castoroides ohioensis
• Cathartes
  • †Cathartes aura
• Catharus
• Centropomus
• Cerastoderma
• †Cerion
• Cerithidea
  • †Cerithidea pliculosa
  • †Cerithidea scalariformis
• Cerithioclava
• Cerithiopsis
  • †Cerithiopsis aralia
  • †Cerithiopsis greenii
  • †Cerithiopsis vinca

• 

  Two views of a Cerithium cerith sea snail

  Cerithium
  • †Cerithium atratum
  • †Cerithium eburneum
  • †Cerithium georgianum – or unidentified related form
  • †Cerithium guinaicum
  • †Cerithium lutosum
  • †Cerithium muscarum
• Cerodrillia
  • †Cerodrillia simpsoni
• Ceryle
• Chaetopleura
  • †Chaetopleura apiculata
• Chama
  • †Chama congregata
  • †Chama macerophylla
• Chamelea
• Charadrius
  • †Charadrius vociferus

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Pliocene-Pleistocene hyena Chasmaporthetes

  †Chasmaporthetes
• Cheilea
• Chelonia
  • †Chelonia mydas
• Chelonibia
  • †Chelonibia testudinaria
• Chelydra
  • †Chelydra serpentina
• Chemnitzia
• †Chesapecten
  • †Chesapecten jeffersonius
• Chicoreus
  • †Chicoreus brevifrons
  • †Chicoreus dilectus

• 

  A living Chilomycterus, or burrfish

  Chilomycterus
• Chione
  • †Chione cancellata
• Chlamys
• Chlorostoma
• Chondestes – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Chondestes grammacus
• Chrysallida
• Chrysemys
  • †Chrysemys floridana
• Cibicides
• Ciconia

  • 

    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Ciconia maltha, also known as the asphalt stork or La Brea stork

    †Ciconia maltha
• Cidaris
• Cinctura
  • †Cinctura hunteria
  • †Cinctura lilium
• Circulus
• Circus
  • †Circus cyaneus – or unidentified comparable form
• Cirsotrema
• Cistothorus
  • †Cistothorus platensis
• Cladocora
• Clangula
  • †Clangula hyemalis
• Clathrodrillia
• Clathrus
• Clava
• Clavatula
• Clavus
• Clementia
• Closia

• 

  A living Clypeaster, or sea biscuit

  Clypeaster
• Cnemidophorus
  • †Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
• Coccyzus
  • †Coccyzus americanus
• Cochlespira
• Cochliolepis
• Codakia
  • †Codakia orbicularis
• Colaptes
  • †Colaptes auratus
• Colinus

  • 

    A living Colinus virginianus, or northern bobwhite

    †Colinus virginianus
• Colpophyllia
  • †Colpophyllia natans
• Coluber
  • †Coluber constrictor
• Columba
  • †Columba fasciata
• Columbella
  • †Columbella mercatoria
  • †Columbella rusticoides
• Columbellopsis
  • †Columbellopsis nycteis – or unidentified comparable form
• Compsodrillia

• 

  Fossil of the Miocene-Pleistocene barnacle Concavus

  Concavus
• †Concholepas
• Conepatus
  • †Conepatus leuconotus
• Conomitra
• †Conorbis
• Conus
  • †Conus anabathrum
  • †Conus daucus
  • †Conus delessertii
  • †Conus eversoni – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Conus jaspideus – type locality for species
  • †Conus miamiensis
  • †Conus patglicksteinae
  • †Conus patricius
  • †Conus sennottorum
  • †Conus spurius
• Coragyps
  • †Coragyps atratus
  • †Coragyps occidentalis
• Coralliophila
• Corbula
• †Cormocyon

• 

  Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion

  †Cormohipparion
• Corvus
  • †Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • †Corvus ossifragus
• †Corylus
• Coturnicops
  • †Coturnicops noveboracensis
  • †Crassinella lunulata
• Crassispira
• Crassostrea
  • †Crassostrea virginica
• †Cremaster – type locality for genus
• †Cremaster
• Crenella
• Crepidula
  • †Crepidula convexa

  • 

    Shell in multiple views of a Crepidula fornicata, or common slipper shell sea snail

    †Crepidula fornicata
  • †Crepidula maculosa
  • †Crepidula plana
• Crepipatella
• †Crommium
• Crotalus
  • †Crotalus adamanteus
  • †Crotalus giganteus
• Crucibulum
  • †Crucibulum auricula
  • †Crucibulum spinosum
  • †Crucibulum striatum
• Cryptotis
  • †Cryptotis parva
  • †Ctena orbiculata
• Cumingia
• Cupuladria
• Cupularia

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius

  †Cuvieronius
  • †Cuvieronius tropicus
• Cyanocitta
  • †Cyanocitta cristata
• Cyclocardia
• Cygnus
  • †Cygnus buccinator
  • †Cygnus columbianus
• Cylichna
• †Cymakra
  • †Cymakra poncei
• Cymatium
• Cymatosyrinx
• Cymbovula
  • †Cymbovula acicularis
• Cymodocea
• †Cynarctoides
  • †Cynarctoides lemur
• †Cynelos
• Cynoscion

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene whale Cynthiacetus

  †Cynthiacetus
• Cyphoma
  • †Cyphoma gibbosum
  • †Cyphoma intermedium
• Cypraea
• Cypraecassis
• Cypraedia
  • †Cyrenoida floridana
  • †Cyrtopleura costata
• Cythara
  • †Cythara anthera
• Daedalochila
  • †Daedalochila uvulifera
• Daphnella
  • †Daphnella elata
• †Daphoenodon
• †Daphoenus – tentative report
• Dasyatis
• Dasypus

  • 

    Fossilized cranium seen from above and below of the Pleistocene Dasypus bellus, or beautiful armadillo

    †Dasypus bellus – type locality for species
• Dauciconus
• Deirochelys
  • †Deirochelys reticularia
• Dendraster
• Dendrocopos
• Dendrocygna
• †Dendrogyra
  • †Dendrogyra cylindrus
• Dendropoma
  • †Dendropoma irregulare
• Dentalium
• Dentimargo
  • †Dentimargo aureocinctus
  • †Dentimargo eburneolus
• Dermomurex
  • †Dermomurex antecessor
  • †Dermomurex elizabethae
• †Desmatippus
• †Desmocyon

• 

  A living Desmodus, or vampire bat

  Desmodus
  • †Desmodus stocki
• Diadophis
  • †Diadophis punctatus
• Diastoma
• Dicathais
• †Diceratherium – or unidentified comparable form
• Dichocoenia
  • †Dichocoenia stokesi
• Didelphis
  • †Didelphis marsupialis
  • †Didelphis virginiana
• †Didianema
  • †Didianema pauli
• Dinocardium
  • †Dinocardium robustum
• †Dinohippus
• †Dinohyus
• Diodon
• Diodora
  • †Diodora cayenensis
  • †Diodora meta
  • †Diodora sayi
  • †Diplodonta punctata
  • †Diplodonta semiaspera
• Diploria
  • †Diploria labyrinthiformis
• †Dipoides
• Discinisca
• †Discohelix
• Discorbis
• Distorsio
  • †Distorsio mcgintyi – type locality for species
  • †Divaricella dentata
• Dolabella
• †Dolicholatirus
• Donax
  • †Donax fossor

  • 

    Shells of Donax variabilis, or coquina

    †Donax variabilis
• †Dorypaltus – type locality for genus
  • †Dorypaltus prosphatus – type locality for species
• Dosinia
  • †Dosinia discus
• Drymarchon
  • †Drymarchon corais
• Dryocopus
• Dumetella
  • †Dumetella carolinensis
• Echinocardium
• Echinometra
  • †Echinometra lucunter
• †Ecphora
• †Ectopistes

  • 

    Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius, or passenger pigeon

    †Ectopistes migratorius
• Egretta
  • †Egretta thula
  • †Egretta tricolor – or unidentified comparable form
• Elaphe
  • †Elaphe guttata
  • †Elaphe obsoleta
• Eleutherodactylus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Elliptoideus
• Elphidium
• Emarginula
• Enaeta
• Engina
• †Engoniophos
  • †Enhydritherium terraenovae – type locality for species
• †Enhydrocyon
• Ensis
  • †Ensis directus
  • †Ensis minor

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon

  †Epicyon
  • †Epicyon haydeni
• Epitonium
  • †Epitonium humphreysii
  • †Epitonium novangliae
• Eptesicus
  • †Eptesicus fuscus
• Equetus
• Equus
  • †Equus fraternus
  • †Equus giganteus
• Eratoidea

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium

  †Eremotherium
  • †Eremotherium laurillardi
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon dorsatum
• Eretmochelys
• †Ereunetes
• Erolia
• Ervilia
• Erycina – tentative report
• Erycina
• Eubalaena
• Eucidaris
  • †Eucidaris tribuloides
  • †Eucrassatella speciosa

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene coyote-like canine Eucyon

  †Eucyon
  • †Eucyon davisi
• Eudocimus
  • †Eudocimus albus
• †Eudolium
• Eugeniconus
• Euglandina
  • †Euglandina rosea
• Eulima
  • †Eulima bifasciata
• Eulithidium
  • †Eulithidium thalassicola
• Eumeces
  • †Eumeces fasciatus
  • †Eumeces inexpectatus
• Eumops – type locality for genus
  • †Eumops glaucinus – type locality for species
• †Euoplocyon
• Euphagus

  • 

    A living Euphagus cyanocephalus, or Brewer's blackbird

    †Euphagus cyanocephalus
• Eupleura
  • †Eupleura caudata
  • †Eupleura sulcidentata
  • †Eupleura tampaensis
• Eusmilia
  • †Eusmilia fastigiata
• Euspira
• Euvola
  • †Euvola raveneli
  • †Euvola ziczac
• Fabella
• Falco

  • 

    A living Falco columbarius, or merlin

    †Falco columbarius
  • †Falco peregrinus
  • †Falco sparverius
• Farancia
  • †Farancia abacura
• Fasciolaria
  • †Fasciolaria tulipa
• Favartia
  • †Favartia cellulosa
• Favia
  • †Favia fragum

• 

  Living Favites stony coral

  Favites
• Felis
• Fenimorea
  • †Fenimorea fucata
  • †Fenimorea moseri
  • †Fenimorea pagodula
• Ferrissia
• Ficus
  • †Ficus communis
• Fimbria
• Finella
  • †Finella adamsi
  • †Finella dubia
• Fissurella
• Flabellum

• 

  A living Apalone ferox, or Florida softshell turtle

  †Florida
  • †Florida caerulea
• †Floridaceras
• †Floridachoerus
• †Floridatragulus
• Fontigens – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Fossaria
  • †Fossaria cubensis
• Fossarus
• Fragum
• Fulgurofusus

• 

  Shell in multiple views of a Fulguropsis whelk

  Fulguropsis
  • †Fulguropsis feldmanni
• †Fulica
  • †Fulica americana
• †Fundulus
• Fusinus
• Fusiturricula
• Gadila
• †Galaxea
• Galeocerdo
  • †Galeocerdo aduncus
  • †Galeocerdo contortus

  • 

    A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark

    †Galeocerdo cuvier
• Gallinago
  • †Gallinago gallinago
• Gallinula
  • †Gallinula brodkorbi – type locality for species
  • †Gallinula chloropus
• †Gambusia
  • †Gambusia affinis
• Gari
• Gastrochaena
• Gastrocopta
  • †Gastrocopta contracta
  • †Gastrocopta pentodon
• Gastrophryne
  • †Gastrophryne carolinensis
• Gavia
  • †Gavia immer
  • †Gavia pacifica

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene crocodile relative Gavialosuchus

  †Gavialosuchus – type locality for genus
  • †Gavialosuchus americanus
• Gegania
• Gemma
  • †Gemma gemma
• Gemmula
• Gemophos
  • †Gemophos tinctus
• Genota
• †Gentilicamelus – or unidentified comparable form
• Geochelone
• Geomys
  • †Geomys pinetis
• †Geothlypis
  • †Geothlypis trichas
• Geranoaetus
• Gibberula

• 

  Fossilized shells of the Oligocene-Pliocene scallop Gigantopecten

  †Gigantopecten
• †Gigantostrea
• Ginglymostoma
  • †Ginglymostoma cirratum
• Glans
• Glaucidium
• Glaucomys
• Globicephala
  • †Globicephala macrorhynchus – type locality for species
• Globigerina
• Globularia
• Globulina

• 

  Restoration of a herd of the Pliocene-Holocene ground sloth Glossotherium

  †Glossotherium
• Glycymeris
  • †Glycymeris americana
  • †Glycymeris decussata
• Glyphostoma
• Glyphyalinia
• Glyptoactis
• †Glyptotherium
• †Gomphotherium
• †Goniodelphis – type locality for genus
• Goniopora
• Gopherus

  • 

    A living Gopherus polyphemus, or gopher tortoise

    †Gopherus polyphemus
• †Granoturris
  • †Granoturris padolina
• Granulina
• Graptemys
  • †Graptemys barbouri – or unidentified comparable form
• Gregariella
  • †Gregariella coralliophaga
• Grus
  • †Grus americana
  • †Grus canadensis
• †Guara
• Guttulina
• Gymnogyps

  • 

    A living Gymnogyps californianus, or California condor

    †Gymnogyps californianus
• Gyraulus
  • †Gyraulus parvus
• †Hadrodelphis
• Haematopus – type locality for genus
  • †Haematopus palliatus – type locality for species
• Haemulon
• Haliaeetus
  • †Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• †Haliaetus

• 

  A living Halichoeres wrasse

  †Halichoeres
• †Halimeda
• Halodule
• Haminoea
• Harengula
• Hastula
• Haustellum
• Hawaiia
• Heilprinia
• Heliaster

  • 

    A preserved Heliaster microbrachius sea star

    †Heliaster microbrachius
• Helicina
• Helisoma
• Heloderma – tentative report
• †Hemiauchenia
  • †Hemiauchenia macrocephala
• Hemipristis
  • †Hemipristis serra
• Here
• †Herodias

• 

  Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene mammal Herpetotherium

  †Herpetotherium
• Hespererato
  • †Hespererato maugeriae
• Hesperisternia
  • †Hesperisternia multangulus
• †Hesperotestudo
• Heterodon
  • †Heterodon platyrhinos
  • †Heterodon simus
• †Hexameryx – type locality for genus
• Hexaplex
  • †Hexaplex fulvescens
• Hiatella
  • †Hiatella arctica
• Himantopus
• Himerometra
• Hindsia
• Hindsiclava
• †Hipparion
• Hipponix
• †Hippotherium

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale

  †Holmesina
• †Homiphoca
• Homo
  • †Homo sapiens
• †Homotherium
  • †Homotherium serum
• †Humboldtiana – tentative report
• Hyalina
• Hydrobia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Hydrochoerus
• Hyla
  • †Hyla cinerea
  • †Hyla femoralis

  • 

    A living Hyla gratiosa, or barking tree frog

    †Hyla gratiosa
• Hylocichla – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Hylocichla mustelina
• Hyotissa
• †Hypohippus
• †Hypolagus
• Ictalurus
  • †Ictalurus catus – or unidentified comparable form
• Ilex
  • †Ilex glabra
• Ilyanassa

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos

  †Indarctos
• †Inodrillia
  • †Inodrillia aepynota
• Ischnochiton
• Isognomon
  • †Isognomon alatus
  • †Isognomon radiatus – tentative report
• Isophyllia
  • †Isophyllia sinuosa
• Isurus
  • †Isurus oxyrinchus
• Ithycythara
  • †Ithycythara lanceolata
  • †Ithycythara psila
• Ixobrychus
  • †Ixobrychus exilis

• 

  A living Jabiru mycteria stork

  Jabiru
  • †Jabiru mycteria – type locality for species
• Jacana
  • †Jacana spinosa
• Japonactaeon
  • †Japonactaeon punctostriatus
• Jaspidella
  • †Jaspidella jaspidea – tentative report
• †Jenkinsia – or unidentified comparable form
• Jenneria
• †Jordanella

  • 

    A living Jordanella floridae, or American flagfish

    †Jordanella floridae
• Julia
• Junco
  • †Junco hyemalis
• Kinosternon
  • †Kinosternon subrubrum
• Knefastia
• †Kogiopsis – type locality for genus
  • †Kogiopsis floridana – type locality for species
• Kuphus
• Kurtziella
  • †Kurtziella cerina
  • †Kurtziella limonitella
  • †Kurtziella serta
• †Kyptoceras
• †Lachnolaimus

  • 

    A living Lachnolaimus maximus, or hogfish

    †Lachnolaimus maximus
• †Lactophrys
• Laevapex
• Laevicardium
  • †Laevicardium mortoni
• Lagena
• †Lagodon
  • †Lagodon rhomboides
• †Laguna
• Lampropeltis
  • †Lampropeltis getulus
• Lanius
  • †Lanius ludovicianus
• Larus
• Lasiurus
  • †Lasiurus borealis
  • †Lasiurus intermedius
• Laterallus

  • 

    Illustration of a living Laterallus exilis, or grey-breasted crake

    †Laterallus exilis – or unidentified comparable form
• Latirus
  • †Latirus jucundus
  • †Latirus maxwelli
• Leiocephalus – tentative report
• Leiostomus
  • †Leiostomus xanthurus
• †Leitneria
  • †Leitneria floridana
• Leopardus
  • †Leopardus pardalis
  • †Leopardus wiedii
• Lepidochelys
• Lepisosteus
• Lepomis
  • †Lepomis gulosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lepomis microlophus

• 

  Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Oligocene-Miocene dog Leptocyon

  †Leptocyon – tentative report
• Lepus
  • †Lepus townsendii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Leucophoyx thula
• Lima
• Limaria
• Limatula
  • †Limatula subauriculata
• Limnodromus
  • †Limnodromus scolopaceus
• †Limosa
• Linatella

  • 

    Shell of a Linatella triton sea snail

    †Linatella caudata
• Linga
• Lioglyphostoma
• Liotia
• †Liquidambar
• Lithophaga
  • †Lithophaga antillarum
  • †Lithophaga aristata – tentative report
  • †Lithophaga bisulcata
  • †Lithophaga nigra
• Lithophyllum
• Lithopoma

  • 

    Shell of a Lithopoma americanum turban sea snail

    †Lithopoma americanum
• Lithothamnion
• Litiopa
• Littoraria
  • †Littoraria angulifera
  • †Littoraria irrorata
• Littorina
• Lobatus
  • †Lobatus costatus
  • †Lobatus gigas
  • †Lobatus raninus
• Longchaeus
  • †Longchaeus suturalis
• Lontra

  • 

    Pair of living Lontra canadensis, or North American river otter

    †Lontra canadensis
• Lophelia
  • †Lophelia prolifera
• †Lophocetus – or unidentified related form
• Lophodytes
  • †Lophodytes cucullatus
• Lottia
• Lovenia
• Lucapina
  • †Lucapina sowerbii
  • †Lucapina suffusa
• Lucapinella
  • †Lucapinella limatula
• Lucina
  • †Lucina pensylvanica
• Luidia
• Luria
• †Lutjanus
• Lynx
  • †Lynx rufus
• Lyria
• Lytechinus
  • †Lytechinus variegatus

• 

  Fossilized cranium of the Miocene-Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Machairodus

  †Machairodus
• Macoma
  • †Macoma tenta
• Macrocallista
  • †Macrocallista maculata
  • †Macrocallista nimbosa
• Macrochelys
  • †Macrochelys temminckii
• Macrocypraea
  • †Macrocypraea cervus

• 

  Shell of a Mactra marine bivalve, also known as trough shells or duck clams

  Mactra
• Madrepora
  • †Madrepora oculata
• Magilus
• Magnolia
  • †Magnolia virginiana
• Malaclemys
  • †Malaclemys terrapin
• Malea
• †Mammacyon
• †Mammut

  • 

    Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon

    †Mammut americanum
  • †Mammut matthewi
• †Mammuthus
  • †Mammuthus columbi – type locality for species
• Manicina
  • †Manicina areolata
• Maoricrypta
  • †Maoricrypta costata
• Margaretta
• †Margaritaria
• Margarites

• 

  A living Marginella margin sea snail

  Marginella
• Marsupina
  • †Marsupina bufo
• Martesia
• Massyla
• Masticophis
  • †Masticophis flagellum
• Meandrina
  • †Meandrina meandrites
• Megabalanus
  • †Megabalanus tintinnabulum
• Megaceryle
  • †Megaceryle alcyon
• †Megahippus
• †Megalictis
• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx jeffersonii
  • †Megalonyx leptostomus
  • †Megalonyx wheatleyi
• Megalops
  • †Megalops atlanticus
• †Megantereon
• Megaptera
• Meioceras
  • †Meioceras nitidum
• Melampus
  • †Melampus bidentatus
  • †Melampus coffea

• 

  Shells in differing orientations of the parasitic sea snail Melanella

  Melanella
  • †Melanella conoidea
• Melanerpes
  • †Melanerpes carolinus
  • †Melanerpes erythrocephalus
• Meleagris
  • †Meleagris gallopavo – type locality for species
  • †Mellita quinquiesperforata
• Melongena
  • †Melongena bispinosa
  • †Melongena corona
  • †Melongena melongena
• Melospiza
  • †Melospiza georgiana
  • †Melospiza melodia
• Membranipora – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene rhinoceros Menoceras

  †Menoceras
• Menticirrhus
• Mephitis
  • †Mephitis mephitis
• Mercenaria
  • †Mercenaria mercenaria
• Meretrix
• Mergus
  • †Mergus merganser
  • †Mergus serrator
• †Merychippus
• †Merycoidodon
• Mesoplodon
• †Mesoreodon
• †Metatomarctus

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene manatee relative Metaxytherium

  †Metaxytherium – type locality for genus
• Metula
• Microdrillia
• Microhyla
• Micropogonias
• Micropora
• Micropterus
  • †Micropterus salmoides
• Microtus
  • †Microtus pennsylvanicus

  • 

    A living Microtus pinetorum, or woodland vole

    †Microtus pinetorum
• Micrurus
  • †Micrurus fulvius
• Millepora
  • †Millepora alcicornis
• Milvago
  • †Milvago chimachima
• †Mimus
  • †Mimus polyglottos
• †Miohippus
• †Miopetaurista

• 

  Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah

  †Miracinonyx
  • †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
• Mitra
  • †Mitra semiferruginea
• Mitrella
• Mitromorpha
  • †Mitromorpha dormitor
• Modiolus
  • †Modiolus americanus
• Modulus
  • †Modulus calusa
  • †Modulus carchedonius
  • †Modulus modulus
• Molothrus
  • †Molothrus ater
• Monilispira
• Monoplex
  • †Monoplex krebsii
  • †Monoplex parthenopeus
• †Monostiolum
• Mormoops
  • †Mormoops megalophylla
• †Moropus
  • †Morum oniscus
• Morus
• Mugil
• †Mulina
• Mulinia
  • †Mulinia lateralis
• Murex
• Murexiella
  • †Murexiella glypta
  • †Murexiella macgintyi – type locality for species
• Murexsul

• 

  Shell in multiple views of a Muricanthus murex sea snail

  Muricanthus
• Muricopsis
• Musculium
• Musculus
  • †Musculus lateralis
• Mussa
  • †Mussa angulosa
• Mussismilia
• Mustela
  • †Mustela frenata
• †Mya
  • †Mya arenaria
• Mycetophyllia
• Mycteria
  • †Mycteria americana
• †Mylagaulus
• Myliobatis
• †Mylodon

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus

  †Mylohyus
  • †Mylohyus elmorei
  • †Mylohyus floridanus – type locality for species
  • †Mylohyus fossilis – type locality for species
• Myotis
  • †Myotis austroriparius
  • †Myotis grisescens
• Myrica
  • †Myrica cerifera
• Mytilopsis
  • †Mytilopsis leucophaeata
• Mytilus

• 

  Partial fossilized mandible of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Nannippus

  †Nannippus
• Nannodiella
• †Nanosiren – type locality for genus
  • †Nanosiren garciae – type locality for species
• †Nanotragulus
• Narona
• Nassa – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
• Nassarina
  • †Nassarina glypta
• Nassarius
  • †Nassarius acutus
  • †Nassarius antillarum
  • †Nassarius consensus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Nassarius vibex

• 

  A living Nasua, or coati

  Nasua – or unidentified comparable form
• Natica
• Naticarius
  • †Naticarius canrena
• Natrix
  • †Natrix cyclopion
  • †Natrix erythrogaster – or unidentified comparable form
• Necturus
• Negaprion
  • †Negaprion brevirostris
• †Neochoerus
  • †Neochoerus aesopi
  • †Neochoerus pinckneyi
• Neofiber
  • †Neofiber alleni

• 

  Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913).

  †Neohipparion
• Neomonachus
  • †Neomonachus tropicalis
• Neophrontops
• Neotoma
  • †Neotoma floridana
• Nerita
• Neritina
  • †Neritina usnea
  • †Neritina virginea
• †Neritopsis
• Nerodia
  • †Nerodia fasciata
  • †Nerodia sipedon
  • †Nerodia taxispilota – or unidentified comparable form
• Nesovitrea
  • †Nettion crecca
• Neverita

• 

  Fossilized partial cranium of the Miocene saber-toothed cat Nimravides

  †Nimravides
• Niso
• Nitidella
  • †Nitidella nitida
• Niveria
  • †Niveria quadripunctata
  • †Niveria suffusa
• Nodipecten
  • †Nodipecten nodosus
• †Nothokemas

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene ground sloth Nothrotheriops

  †Nothrotheriops
• Notophthalmus
  • †Notophthalmus viridescens
• Notorynchus
• †Nototamias
• Nucula
  • †Nucula proxima
  • †Nuculana acuta
• Numenius
  • †Numenius americanus
• Nummulites
• Nyctanassa

  • 

    A living Nyctanassa violacea, or yellow-crowned night heron

    †Nyctanassa violacea – type locality for species
• Nycticeius
  • †Nycticeius humeralis
• Nycticorax
  • †Nycticorax nycticorax
• †Nyssa
• Ochrotomys
  • †Ochrotomys nuttalli
• Oculina
  • †Oculina diffusa
• Odocoileus
  • †Odocoileus virginianus

• 

  A living Odontaspis sand shark

  Odontaspis
• Odostomia
  • †Odostomia acutidens
  • †Odostomia laevigata
• Olar
• †Oligobunis
• Oliva
  • †Oliva reticularis
  • †Oliva sayana
• Olivella
  • †Olivella dealbata
  • †Olivella floralia
  • †Olivella mutica
  • †Olivella pusilla

• 

  A living Ondatra, or muskrat

  Ondatra
  • †Ondatra zibethicus
• Onoba
• †Ontocetus
  • †Ontocetus emmonsi
• Onustus
• Opalia
• Opheodrys
  • †Opheodrys aestivus
• Ophidion

• 

  Fossil of the Permian-modern crustacean burrow ichnogenus Ophiomorpha

  †Ophiomorpha
• Ophisaurus
  • †Ophisaurus compressus
  • †Ophisaurus ventralis
• †Opsanus
• Orbicella
  • †Orbicella annularis
• Orthogeomys
• Orthopristis
• Oryzomys
  • †Oryzomys palustris
• †Osbornodon
  • †Osbornodon iamonensis
• †Oscilla
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea compressirostra
  • †Ostrea equestris
• †Otodus

  • 

    Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale

    †Otodus megalodon
• Otus
  • †Otus asio
• †Oxydactylus – tentative report
• †Oxyura
  • †Oxyura jamaicensis
• †Pachyarmatherium
  • †Pachyarmatherium leiseyi – type locality for species
• †Palaeogale
• †Palaeolama
• †Palaeophis
  • †Palaeophoyx columbiana – type locality for species
• †Pandanaris
• Pandion
  • †Pandion haliaetus
• Pandora
• Panopea
• Panthera
  • †Panthera leo
  • †Panthera onca
• Papyridea
  • †Papyridea soleniformis
• †Parahippus
  • †Parahippus leonensis – type locality for species
• Parametaria

• 

  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon

  †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani
• Parastarte
  • †Parastarte triquetra
• †Parotodus
• Parvanachis
  • †Parvanachis obesa
• Parviturbo
• Passerculus
  • †Passerculus sandwichensis

• 

  A living Passerella iliaca, or fox sparrow

  Passerella – or unidentified comparable form
• Passerina – or unidentified comparable form
• Patelloida
  • †Patelloida pustulata
• Pecari
• Pecten
• †Pedalion
• †Pediomeryx
• Pelecanus
  • †Pelecanus erythrorhynchos – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pelecanus schreiberi

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene lizard Peltosaurus

  †Peltosaurus
• Peneroplis
• Periglypta
• Peristernia
• Perna
• Perognathus
• Peromyscus
  • †Peromyscus gossypinus
  • †Peromyscus polionotus
• Peronella
• †Perplicaria
• Persicula
• Persististrombus

• 

  Shell in multiple views of a Petaloconchus worm shell sea snail

  Petaloconchus
  • †Petaloconchus floridanus
  • †Petaloconchus varians
• Petricola
• †Petrolisthes
• Phalacrocorax
  • †Phalacrocorax auritus
• Phalium
• †Phlaocyon
  • †Phlaocyon achoros
• †Phoberocyon
• †Phocanella
• Phoenicopterus
  • †Phoenicopterus copei

  • 

    A living Phoenicopterus ruber, or American flamingo

    †Phoenicopterus ruber
• Pholadomya
• Phos
• Phrontis
  • †Phrontis vibex
• Phyllonotus
  • †Phyllonotus globosus
  • †Phyllonotus pomum
• Physa
• Physella
  • †Physella heterostropha
• †Physeterula
• †Physogaleus
  • †Physogaleus contortus
• Pica

  • 

    A living Pica pica Eurasian magpie

    †Pica pica
• Picoides
  • †Picoides villosus – or unidentified comparable form
• Pilsbryspira
  • †Pilsbryspira leucocyma
• Pinctada
• Pinna
• Pinus
  • †Pinus caribaea
  • †Pinus taeda
• Pipilo
  • †Pipilo erythrophthalmus
• Pipistrellus
  • †Pipistrellus subflavus
• Pisania

• 

  Fossilized skull of the Miocene baleen whale Piscobalaena

  †Piscobalaena
• †Pistia
• Pitar
  • †Pitar cordatus
  • †Pitar morrhuanus
• Pituophis
  • †Pituophis melanoleucus
• Pitymys
• †Planorbella
  • †Planorbella duryi
• Planorbis

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene elephant relative Platybelodon

  †Platybelodon
• †Platygonus
  • †Platygonus compressus
• †Platylepas
• Plecotus
  • †Plecotus rafinesquii
• Plegadis
• Plethodon
  • †Plethodon glutinosus
• †Pleurodonte
• Pleurofusia
  • †Pleurofusia dowlingi
• Pleuromeris
  • †Pleuromeris tridentata
• Pleuroploca
• Plicatula
  • †Plicatula gibbosa
• †Pliocyon
• †Pliohippus
• †Pliometanastes
• †Plionarctos

• 

  Fossilized partial skull of the Miocene dog-like bear relative Plithocyon

  †Plithocyon – or unidentified comparable form
• Pocillopora
• Podiceps
  • †Podiceps auritus
• Podilymbus
  • †Podilymbus podiceps
• Podomys
  • †Podomys floridanus
• †Poecilia
  • †Poecilia latipinna
• Pogonias
  • †Pogonias cromis

• 

  Shell of a Poirieria murex snail

  Poirieria
• Polinices
  • †Polinices hepaticus
  • †Polinices lacteus
• Polygireulima
• Polygonum
• Polygyra
  • †Polygyra cereolus
  • †Polygyra septemvolva
• Polyschides
• Polystira
  • †Polystira albida
• Pomacea
  • †Pomacea paludosa
• Pomatodelphis

• 

  Living Porites stony coral

  Porites
  • †Porites astreoides
  • †Porites furcata
  • †Porites porites
  • †Porphyrula martinica
• Portunus
• Porzana
  • †Porzana carolina
• †Potamides
• Prionotus
• Pristis
• †Procamelus
• †Procranioceras
• Procyon
  • †Procyon lotor – type locality for species
• †Prosynthetoceras
• †Protocardia
• †Protohippus
• †Protosiren
• Prunum
  • †Prunum amabile
  • †Prunum apicinum
  • †Prunum bellum
  • †Prunum guttatum
  • †Prunum roscidum
• Psammechinus

• 

  Hypothetical restoration of the Oligocene-Pliocene sea turtle Psephophorus

  †Psephophorus
• Pseudacris
  • †Pseudacris ornata
• Pseudemys
  • †Pseudemys concinna
  • †Pseudemys floridana
  • †Pseudemys nelsoni
• †Pseudhipparion
• †Pseudobranchus

• 

  Fossilized shell of the Eocene-modern jewelbox marine bivalve Pseudochama

  Pseudochama
• Pseudodiploria
• Pseudosuccinea
  • †Pseudosuccinea columella
• Pseudotorinia
• Pseudozonaria
• Psilaxis
• Pteria
  • †Pteria colymbus
• Pterocarya
• Pteromeris
  • †Pteromeris perplana
• Pteropurpura
• Pterorytis
• Pterotyphis
  • †Pterotyphis triangularis
• Pterynotus
  • †Pterynotus phyllopterus
  • †Pterynotus pinnatus
• †Ptychosalpinx
• Puffinus
  • †Puffinus puffinus
• Pugnus

• 

  A living Puma

  †Puma
  • †Puma concolor
• Pupoides
• Purpura
• Pusula
  • †Pusula pediculus
• Pycnodonte
• Pygmaepterys
• Pyramidella
• Pyrazus
• Pyrgocythara
  • †Pyrgocythara plicosa
• Pyrgospira
  • †Pyrgospira ostrearum
  • †Pyrgospira tampaensis
• †Pyruconus
• Quercus
  • †Quercus brevifolia
  • †Quercus laurifolia
  • †Quercus virginiana
• Querquedula
  • †Querquedula discors
• Quinqueloculina
• Quiscalus

  • 

    A living Quiscalus major, or boat-tailed grackle

    †Quiscalus major
  • †Quiscalus mexicanus
  • †Quiscalus quiscula
• Rallus
  • †Rallus elegans
  • †Rallus limicola
  • †Rallus longirostris
• †Rana
  • †Rana capito
  • †Rana catesbeiana
  • †Rana grylio
  • †Rana pipiens
• Rangia
• Rapana
• Recurvirostra
  • †Recurvirostra americana
• †Regina – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Regina alleni
• Reithrodontomys
  • †Reithrodontomys humulis

• 

  Living Reteporella bryozoan ("moss animal")

  Reteporella
• Retilaskeya
  • †Retilaskeya bicolor
• Retusa – tentative report
• Rhadinaea
  • †Rhadinaea flavilata
• †Rhegminornis
• Rhineura
  • †Rhineura floridana
• Rhinoclavis
• Rhinoptera
  • †Rhinoptera bonasus
• Rhizoprionodon
  • †Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium

  †Rhynchotherium
• Rictaxis
• Rimella
• Rimula
• Ringicula
• Rissoa
• Rissoina
  • †Rissoina floridana
  • †Rissoina sagraiana
  • †Rissoina striatocostata
• Rostellaria
• †Rotalia
• Ruppia – or unidentified related form
• Sabal
  • †Sabal palmetto
• †Saccharoturris
  • †Saccharoturris centrodes – type locality for species
• Sardinella
• Sassia
• †Satherium
  • †Satherium piscinarium
• †Scala

• 

  Fossilized teeth of the Neogene sperm whale Scaldicetus

  †Scaldicetus
• Scalopus
  • †Scalopus aquaticus
• Scaphander
• Scapharca
• Scaphella
  • †Scaphella junonia
• Scaphiopus
  • †Scaphiopus holbrooki
  • †Scaphiopus holbrookii
• Schizaster
• Schizoporella
• †Sciadopitys
• Sciurus

  • 

    A living Sciurus carolinensis, or eastern gray squirrel

    †Sciurus carolinensis
  • †Sciurus niger
• Scolopax
  • †Scolopax minor
• Scolymia
  • †Scolymia lacera
• Sconsia
• †Scutella
• Sedilia
  • †Sedilia aphanitoma
• Seila
  • †Seila adamsii
• Semele
• Semicassis

  • 

    Shell in multiple views of a Semicassis granulata, or Scotch bonnet sea snail

    †Semicassis granulata
• †Seminoleconus
• †Seraphs
• †Serenoa
  • †Serenoa serrulata
• Serpula
• Serpulorbis
  • †Serpulorbis decussatus
• Siderastrea
  • †Siderastrea radians
  • †Siderastrea siderea
• Sigatica
  • †Sigatica semisulcata
• Sigmodon
  • †Sigmodon hispidus
• Simnia
• Simnialena

• 

  Several views of the shell of a Sinum moon snail

  Sinum
  • †Sinum perspectivum
• Siphonochelus
• †Siren
  • †Siren hesterna – type locality for species
  • †Siren lacertina
  • †Siren simpsoni – type locality for species
• Sistrurus
  • †Sistrurus miliarius
• Smaragdia
  • †Smaragdia viridis

• 

  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon

  †Smilodon
  • †Smilodon fatalis
  • †Smilodon gracilis
• Solariella
• Solecurtus
• Solen
• Solenosteira
  • †Solenosteira cancellaria
• Somateria
  • †Somateria spectabilis – or unidentified comparable form
• Sorex
  • †Sorex longirostris
• Sorites
• Spatula
  • †Speotyto cunicularia
• Spermophilus
• Sphyraena
  • †Sphyraena barracuda

• 

  A living Sphyrna hammerhead shark

  Sphyrna
• Spilogale
  • †Spilogale putorius
• †Spiraxis – tentative report
• Spirorbis
• Spisula
• Spizaetus
• Spizella
  • †Spizella passerina
  • †Spizella pusilla
• Splendrillia
• Spondylus
  • †Spondylus americanus

• 

  Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon

  †Squalodon – tentative report
• †Stellifer
• Stercorarius
• Sternotherus
• Stewartia
  • †Stewartia floridana
• Sthenictis
• Stigmaulax
• Stilosoma
• Storeria
  • †Storeria dekayi
• Stramonita

• 

  Fossilized teeth of the Paleocene-Miocene sandshark Striatolamia

  †Striatolamia
• Strioterebrum
• Strix
  • †Strix varia
• Strobilops
• Strombiformis
• Strombina
• Strombus
  • †Strombus alatus
  • †Strombus pugilis
  • †Strombus raninus
• Sturnella
  • †Sturnella magna
• Stylophora
• Subcancilla
• Sula
• †Syllomus – or unidentified comparable form
• Sylvilagus
  • †Sylvilagus floridanus
  • †Sylvilagus palustris
• Synaptomys
• Synodus
  • †Synodus foetens – or unidentified comparable form

• 

  Life restoration of the Miocene even-toed ungulate Synthetoceras

  †Synthetoceras
  • †Synthetoceras tricornatus – or unidentified comparable form
• Syntomodrillia
• Syrnola
• Tachybaptus
  • †Tachybaptus dominicus
• Tachycineta
• Tadarida
  • †Tadarida brasiliensis
• Tagelus
• Talparia
• Tamias
  • †Tamias aristus
• Tantilla
  • †Tantilla coronata

• 

  A living Tapirus, or tapir

  Tapirus
  • †Tapirus lundeliusi – type locality for species
  • †Tapirus polkensis
  • †Tapirus veroensis
  • †Tapirus webbi – type locality for species
• Taras
• Taxodium
  • †Taxodium distichum
• Tectonatica
  • †Tectonatica pusilla
• Tegula
  • †Tegula fasciata
• Teinostoma

• 

  Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras

  †Teleoceras
  • †Teleoceras proterum
• Telescopium
• Tellina
• Tenagodus
• †Tephrocyon
• †Teratornis
  • †Teratornis merriami
• Terebellum
• Terebra
  • †Terebra dislocata
  • †Terebra protexta
• Teredo
• Terrapene

  • 

    A living Terrapene carolina, or common box turtle

    †Terrapene carolina
• Testudo
• Textularia
• Thalassia
  • †Thalassia testudinum
• Thalassodendron
• Thamnophis
  • †Thamnophis sirtalis
• †Thelecythara
  • †Thelecythara floridana
• †Theriodictis
• †Thinobadistes
• Thomomys
• Thracia
• Thyasira
  • †Thyasira trisinuata
• †Ticholeptus
• Timoclea

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene terror bird Titanis

  †Titanis – type locality for genus
  • †Titanis walleri – type locality for species
• Tocobaga
• Tonna
  • †Tonna galea
• Totanus
• Toxostoma
  • †Toxostoma rufum
• Trachemys
  • †Trachemys scripta
• Trachycardium
  • †Trachycardium egmontianum
  • †Trachycardium isocardia
  • †Trachycardium muricatum
• Trachyphyllia
• Trachypollia
• Tremarctos
  • †Tremarctos floridanus
• Trichechus

  • 

    A living Trichechus manatus, or West Indian manatee

    †Trichechus manatus
• Tricolia
  • †Tricolia umbilicata
  • †Trigonictis macrodon
• Trigonostoma
• Triloculina
• †Trinacria
• Tringa
  • †Tringa melanoleuca
  • †Tringa solitaria
• Triphora

• 

  A living Triplofusus papillosus, or Florida horse conch

  Triplofusus
  • †Triplofusus giganteus
• Tritonoharpa
  • †Tritonoharpa lanceolata
• Trivia
• Trochita
• Troglodytes
  • †Troglodytes aedon
• Trona

• 

  Shell of a Trophon murex snail

  Trophon
• †Tropidophis – or unidentified comparable form
• Tucetona
• Turbinella
• Turbo
  • †Turbo castanea
• Turbonilla
  • †Turbonilla hemphilli
  • †Turbonilla levis – or unidentified comparable form
• Turdus
• Turritella
  • †Turritella apicalis

• 

  A living Tursiops, or bottlenose dolphin

  Tursiops – or unidentified comparable form
• Tutufa
• Tympanuchus
  • †Tympanuchus cupido
• Typhina
• Typhinellus
• Typhis
• Typhlops – tentative report
• Tyrannus
  • †Tyrannus tyrannus
• Tyronia
• Tyto
  • †Tyto alba
• Ulmus
• †Urocoptis
• Urocyon
  • †Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Urosalpinx
  • †Urosalpinx cinerea
  • †Urosalpinx perrugata
• Ursus

  • 

    A living Ursus americanus, or American black bear

    †Ursus americanus
• Vasum
  • †Vasum horridum
  • †Vasum muricatum
• †Velates
• Venericardia
• Ventricolaria
• Venus
• Vermicularia
  • †Vermicularia fargoi
  • †Vermicularia spirata
• Vermivora

  • 

    Orange-crowned warbler Quintana, Texas

    †Vermivora celata – or unidentified comparable form
• Verticordia
• Vertigo
  • †Vertigo milium
  • †Vertigo ovata
• Vexillum
  • †Vexillum wandoense
• †Viburnum
  • †Viburnum dentatum – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Viburnum nudum
• †Vireo
  • †Vireo griseus
• Vitis

  • 

    Fruit and foliage of living Vitis rotundifolia, or muscadine grape vines

    †Vitis rotundifolia – or unidentified comparable form
• †Vitricythara
• Vitrinella
• Vitularia
• Viviparus
  • †Viviparus georgianus
• Vokesimurex
  • †Vokesimurex anniae
  • †Vokesimurex bellegladeensis
  • †Vokesimurex rubidus
• Volsella
• Volutifusus
• Volvarina
  • †Volvarina albolineata
  • †Volvarina avena
• Vulpes
  • †Vulpes vulpes – type locality for species
• †Xanthium
• Xenophora
  • †Xenophora conchyliophora

• 

  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Xenosmilus

  †Xenosmilus – type locality for genus
  • †Xenosmilus hodsonae – type locality for species
• Yoldia
• †Yumaceras
• Zapus
• Zebina
  • †Zebina browniana
  • †Zebina laevigata
• Zenaida
  • †Zenaida macroura
• †Zenaidura
  • †Zenaidura macroura
• Zizyphus
• †Zodiolestes
• Zonaria
• Zonitoides
  • †Zonitoides arboreus
• Zonotrichia
  • †Zonotrichia albicollis – or unidentified comparable form

  • 

    A living Zonotrichia leucophrys, or white-crowned sparrow

    †Zonotrichia leucophrys – or unidentified comparable form
• Zonulispira
  • †Zonulispira crocata

References

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