List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee

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

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

Fossilized calyx of the Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Agaricocrinus americanus , or the mushroom crinoid
Assemblage of fossilized shells of the Ordovician brachiopod Cincinnetina
Restoration of the Cambrian-Middle Devonian nautiloid cephalopod Cyrtoceras
Fossilized calyx of the Silurian-Middle Devonian crinoid ("sea lily") Eucalyptocrinites
Fossilized calyx and partial stem of the Devonian-Carboniferous crinoid ("sea lily") Gilbertsocrinus
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus .
Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites
Fossil of the arthropod burrow ichnogenus Rusophycus
Fossilized shell of the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod Strophomena
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail
Fossil of the Late Cretaceous crab Avitelmessus
Shell of a Cancellaria nutmeg sea snail
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus , or the "saber-toothed herring"
A Gastrochaena marine bivalve
Fossilized shell of the Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Inoceramus with a human indicating its size
Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
Shells in multiple views of a Scaphander canoe bubble sea snail
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus
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
Fossilized skeleton preserved in situ (upper left, 2) of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Cormohipparion
Taxidermied male Ectopistes migratorius , or passenger pigeon
A living Falco sparverius , or American kestrel
Life restorations of a Mammut americanum , or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius , or wooly mammoth (left)
A living Mephitis mephitis , or striped skunk
A living Odocoileus virginianus , or white-tailed deer
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
Life restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene red panda Pristinailurus , or Bristol's panda
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
A living Sturnella magna , or eastern meadowlark
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras
A living Ursus americanus , or American black bear