List of the prehistoric life of South Carolina

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

Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Ptychagnostus
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia , or jingle shell
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites
A living Carcharias sand tiger shark
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus , or the "saber-toothed herring"
Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris , or bittersweet clam
A living Heterodontus , or bullhead shark
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
Electron micrograph of fossilized teeth from the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous freshwater shark Lissodus
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
Fossilized skeletons of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Pachyrhizodus
Fossilized shell of the Paleocene-modern moon snail Polinices
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
Fossilized tooth of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
Shells of Acteocina barrel-bubble sea snails
A living Alligator mississippiensis , or American alligator
Shell of an Ancilla sea snail
Restoration of an Arctodus , or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
Shell of an Atrina pen shell
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
Fossilized shell in multiple views of a Busycon sea snail
Skeletons look identical
Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus , the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus , or dire wolf
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides
Skull
Fossilized Cladocora stony coral
Shell of a Corbula basket clam
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius
Fossilized mandible in multiple views of the Pleistocene Dasypus bellus , or beautiful armadillo
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Dorudon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium
A living Ficus , or fig tree
Fossilized skull of the Miocene crocodile relative Gavialosuchus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale
A modern Lamna mackerel shark
Fossilized shell of the Devonian-modern marine bivalve Lucina
Restoration of a Mammut americanum , or American mastodon
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx
Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx , or American cheetah
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus
A living Neofiber , or round-tailed muskrat
A living Odobenus rosmarus , or walrus
At the top of the picture is a line representing twenty meters. Below this is a gray megalodon silhouette that measures twenty meters, below is a red megalodon silhouette that measures fifteen meters, below is a violet whale shark silhouette that measures ten meters, below is a green great white shark that measures five meters. Standing next to this shark is a black human silhouette that stands two meters.
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
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Pleistocene false-toothed bird Pelagornis
A living Physeter macrocephalus , or sperm whale
A living Pristis sawfish
Hypothetical restoration of the Oligocene-Pliocene sea turtle Psephophorus
A living Puma
A living Rhincodon , or whale shark
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
A living Tapirus , or tapir
Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa
A living Trichechus , or manatee
A living Tursiops truncatus , or common bottlenose dolphin
Leaves and fruit of a living Vitis , or grapevine