List of the prehistoric life of Louisiana

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

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian or Paleozoic fossils in Louisiana.

This list of the Cenozoic life of Louisiana contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Louisiana and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

Fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax pristodontus
Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus , or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920).
A living Alopias , or thresher shark
A living Ariosoma conger eel
Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the volute sea snail Athleta
Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
Illustration of a living Belone needlefish
Fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene-Holocene bovid Bootherium bombifrons , or Harlan's musk ox.
Illustration of the shell of a Bullia nassa mud sea snail
Three modern shells of Calyptraea , or Chinese hat snails
A living Caretta caretta , or loggerhead sea turtle
A living Caryophyllia solitary coral
Illustration of a shell of a Cerithiella cerith sea snail
Test of a Cibicides foraminiferan
Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the Paleocene-Pliocene spindle sea snail Clavilithes
A living Conger
Fossilized shell of a Conus cone snail
Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
Electron micrograph of the shell of a Cyclammina foraminiferan
A living Dasyatis stingray
A living Diodon , or porcupinefish
Shell of a Distorsio sea snail
Test of Elphidium , an Eocene to modern foraminiferan
Shell of an Epitonium wentletrap sea snail
A living Eumeces skink
A living Ficus , or fig tree
A living Fusinus sea snail
A living Galeocerdo requiem shark
Fossilized shell of the Eocene-Miocene foam oyster Gigantostrea
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium
Shells in differing orientations of Hastula augur sea snails
A living Heterodontus , or bullhead shark
A modern Isurus , or mako shark
A modern Lamna mackerel shark
Restoration of a Mammut americanum , or American mastodon
Life restoration of the Miocene three-toed horse Merychippus
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene ground sloth Mylodon with an inset depicting its excrement and a skin fragment
A living Nassarius , or nassa mud snail
A living Naticarius moon sea snail
Shell of a Niso sea snail
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula
A living Odontaspis sand shark
A living Ostracion boxfish
Petrified trunk segment of the Late Cretaceous-Miocene palm wood Palmoxylon
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
An apertural view of a shell of Penion maximus .
Shell of a Phalium , or bonnet shell sea snail
Shell of a Pitar venus clam
Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene bony fish Pristigenys
Shell in multiple views of a Pseudolatirus spindle sea snail
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Cretaceous-Pleistocene oyster Pycnodonte
Shell of a Quinqueloculina foraminiferan
A living Retusa barrel bubble sea snail
A school of living Rhinoptera , or cownose rays
A living Sciaena umbra , or brown meagre
Several views of the shell of a Sinum moon snail
A living Sphyraena , or barracuda
Shell of a Spondylus , or spiny oyster
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
Fossilized shell of the Carboniferous-modern foraminiferan Textularia
Illustration of a living Trichiurus cutlassfish
A living Turbonilla parasitic pyram sea snail
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
A living Ursus americanus , or American black bear
A living Vasum , or vase sea snail
A living Voluta sea snail
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous-modern carrier shell sea snail Xenophora
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Zygorhiza