This list of the Cenozoic life of South Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of South Carolina and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
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- †Abra
Shell of an Acanthocardia cockle - Acteocina
- Acteon
- †Adeorbis
Fossilized shell of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus - Aequipecten
- Agaronia
- Agassizia
- †Aglyptorhynchus
- †Agomphus
- †Agomphus alabamensis – or unidentified related form
- †Agomphus pectoralis
- †Agorophius
- Aligena
- Alligator
A living Alligator mississippiensis, or American alligator
- †Alopecias
- Alopias
- †Alopias vulpinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Altrix
- †Amalthea
- Ammonia
- Amphistegina
- Amusium
- †Amusium mortoni – type locality for species
- Anachis
- Anadara
- †Anadara aequicostata
- †Anadara brasiliana
- †Anadara improcera
- †Anadara lienosa
- †Anadara ovalis
- †Anadara pexata
- †Anadara rustica
Shell of an Anadara transversa, or transverse ark clam
- Anatina
- Ancilla
- Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Angulogerina
- Angulus
- †Anomalina
- †Anomalina pliocenica – or unidentified comparable form
- Anomia
A shell of an Antalis tusk shell - Antigona
- †Araloselachus
- Arbacia
- Arca
- †Archaeodelphis – type locality for genus
- †Archaeodelphis patrius – type locality for species
A living Architectonica staircase shell sea snail - Arcinella
- Arcopagia
- Arcoperna
- Arcopsis
- Arcoscalpellum
Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale - Argopecten
- Argyrotheca
- †Argyrotheca laevis – type locality for species
- †Argyrotheca quadrata
- Artena
- †Ashleycetus – type locality for genus
- †Ashleycetus planicapitis – type locality for species
- †Ashleychelys – type locality for genus
- †Ashleychelys palmeri – type locality for species
- †Aspideretoides
- †Aspideretoides virginianus – or unidentified comparable form
Shell of a modern Astarte bivalve - Astyris
- Athleta
- †Athleta cormacki – tentative report
- †Athleta petrosa
- †Athleta petrosus
- Atrina
Restoration of the Paleocene-Miocene nautiloid cephalopod Aturia - †Aturia alabamensis
- †Aturia laticlava – or unidentified comparable form
- Aulacomya
- †Axiopsis
- †Axiopsis eximia – type locality for species
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- †Bairdemys
- †Bairdemys healeyorum – type locality for species
Portrait of a living Balaenoptera baleen whale - Balanophyllia
- Balanus
- †Balanus halosydne – type locality for species
- †Balanus peregrinus
- Balcis
- Barbatia
- †Barbatia cuculloides – or unidentified comparable form
- Barnea
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Basilosaurus - Basterotia
- †Batequeus
- Bathytormus
- †Bathytormus clarkensis
- †Bathytormus flexurus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bathytormus protexta
- †Belemnoziphius
- †Belemnoziphius prorops – type locality for species
- Bellucina
- Bison
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison antiquus, or ancient bison
- Bolivina
- †Bonellitia
- Boonea
- Bornia
Restoration of two of the Miocene-Pliocene bone-crushing dog genus Borophagus preying on a camel. Jay Matternes (1964). - †Borophagus hilli – or unidentified comparable form
- Borsonia
- Bostrycapulus
- †Bothremys – tentative report
- †Bottosaurus
- †Braarudosphaera
- Brachidontes
- Brissus
- Buccella
- Bulimina
- Buliminella
- Bullia
- †Bullinella
- Busycon
- †Busycon carica
Shell in multiple views of a Sinistrofulgur perversum - †Busycon incile
- †Busycon maximum
- †Busycon perversum
- †Busycotyphis
- Busycotypus
- †Bythaelurus
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- Cadulus
- Caecum
- Caestocorbula
A living Calliostoma top sea snail - †Calliostoma aphelium – or unidentified comparable form
- Callista
- Callucina
- †Calorhadia
- Calotrophon
- Calyptraea
- †Calyptraphorus
- †Calyptraphorus jacksoni – or unidentified comparable form
- Cancellaria
- Canis
- †Canis armbrusteri
Modern mounted skeleton of Canis lupus, the grey wolf, to scale with a fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene wolf Canis dirus, or dire wolf
- Carcharhinus
- Carcharias
- Carcharodon
- Cardita
- Carditamera
- Cardium (bivalve) [fr; nl; sv]
- †Caricella
- †Carolia
- †Carolinacetus – type locality for genus
- †Carolinacetus gingerichi – type locality for species
- †Carolinachelys
- †Carolinapecten
- Caryocorbula
- Cassidulina
- Castor
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides - †Castoroides leiseyorum
- †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Cavilinga
- Cerithiella – tentative report
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium – tentative report
- †Cervalces
Life restoration of the Pleistocene Cervalces scotti, or stag-moose
- Cervus
- †Ceterhinops – type locality for genus
- †Ceterhinops longifrons – type locality for species
- Chama
- Cheilea
- Chelydra
A living Chelydra serpentina, or common snapping turtle
- †Chesaconcavus
- †Chesaconcavus belgradensis – type locality for species
- †Chesapecten
- †Chiasmolithus
- Chicoreus
- Chione
Exteriors (above) and interiors of shells of Chione cancellata venus clams - †Chione cribraria
- †Chione erosa
- Chionopsis
- Chlamys
- †Chlamys biddleana
- †Chlamys burlesonensis
- †Chlamys cawcawensis
- †Chlamys cocoana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Chlamys cookei
- †Chlamys decemnarius
- †Chlamys deshayesii
- †Chlamys membranosa
- †Chlamys membranosus
- †Chlamys solarioides
- †Chlamys wahtubbeana
- †Chlamys wahtubbeanus
Skull - †Choneziphius chonops – type locality for species
- †Choneziphius liops – type locality for species
- †Choneziphius macrops – type locality for species
- †Choneziphius trachops – type locality for species
- Choristodon
- Chrysemys
- †Chrysocetus – type locality for genus
- †Chrysocetus healyorum – type locality for species
- Cibicides
Shell and spines of a Cidaris sea urchin - Cinctura
- †Cirostrema
- †Cirostrema nassulum – or unidentified comparable form
- Cirsotrema
- Cladocora
- Clavilithes
- Clavus
- †Clavus lapenotieri – or unidentified related form
- Cliona
- Closia
Electron micrograph of a Coccolithus alga - Cochlespira
- †Cochlespirella
- Cochliolepis
- Coelopleurus
- Coluber – or unidentified comparable form
- Columbellopsis
- Concavus
- Conomitra
- †Conosaurops – type locality for genus
- †Conosaurops bowmani – type locality for species
- †Conradostrea
- Conus
- †Conus adversarius
- †Conus cormacki
Shell in multiple views of a Conasprella delessertii (formerly Conus delessertii), or Sozon's cone sea snail - †Conus jaspideus
- †Conus marylandicus
- †Conus sauridens
- †Conus smithvillensis
- Coralliophila
- Corbicula
- Corbula
- †Corbula alabamiensis
- †Corbula chipolana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Corbula extenuata
- †Corbula fossata
- †Corbula inaequalis
- †Coronia
- †Coronodon – type locality for genus
- †Coronodon havensteini – type locality for species
- †Costaglycymeris
- †Cotylocara – type locality for genus
- †Cotylocara macei – type locality for species
- †Coupatezia
- Crassatella
- Crassinella
Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea - †Crenatosiren
- Crepidula
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - Crucibulum
- Cryptonatica
- †Cryptonatica platabasis – or unidentified comparable form
- Ctena
- †Cubitostrea
- Cucullaea
- Cumingia
Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene elephant relative Cuvieronius - †Cyclagelosphaera
- Cyclocardia
- Cyclostremiscus
- †Cyclostremsicus
- †Cyclotomodon – type locality for genus
- †Cyclotomodon vagrans – type locality for species
- Cylichna
- Cymbovula
Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail - †Cypraeorbis
- Cythara
- Cytherea
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- Daphnella
- Dasyatis
- Dasypus
Fossilized mandible in multiple views of the Pleistocene Dasypus bellus, or beautiful armadillo
- Democrinus
- Dendraster
- Dentalium
- Dentimargo
- †Dhondtichlamys
- †Dhondtichlamys greggi – or unidentified related form
- Dinocardium
- †Dinoziphius
- †Dinoziphius carolinensis – type locality for species
- Diodon
- Diodora
- †Diodora auroraensis
- †Diodora cattilliformis
Shells of Diodora cayenensis, or Cayenne keyhole limpet - †Diodora pamlicoensis
- †Diodora tenebrosa
- †Dioplotherium – type locality for genus
- †Dioplotherium manigaulti – type locality for species
- Diplodonta
- Discinisca
Electron micrograph of a Discoaster alga - Discoporella
- Discorbis
- Disporella
- Divalinga
- Donax
Life restoration of the Eocene whaleDorudon - †Dorudon serratus – type locality for species
- Dosinia
- †Dosinia acetabulum
- †Dosinia chipolana – or unidentified comparable form
- Dosinidia
- Dyocibicides
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- †Eboroziphius – type locality for genus
- †Eboroziphius coelops – type locality for species
- †Eburneopecten
- Echinocardium
- †Echovenator – type locality for genus
- †Echovenator sandersi – type locality for species
Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora - †Ectoganus
- Elaphe – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ellipsolithus
- Elphidium
- †Elphidium australis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Elphidium delicatulum
- †Elphidium discoidale
- †Elphidium fimbriatulum
- †Elphidium gunteri
- †Elphidium incertum
- †Elphidium latispatium – or unidentified comparable form
- Encope
- Endopachys
Interior of the shell of an Ensis, or razor clam - †Eomysticetus – type locality for genus
- †Eomysticetus carolinensis – type locality for species
- †Eomysticetus whitmorei – type locality for species
- Eontia
- †Eophysema
- †Eophysema ozarkana – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eopleurotoma
- †Eosurcula
- †Eotorpedo
- Episcynia
- Epistominella
Shell of an Epitonium wentletrap sea snail - Eponides
- Equus
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium - Erethizon
- Erignathus
- Ervilia
- Erycina
- Eucrassatella
Shell of a Eucrassatella speciosa, or Gibbs' clam - †Eucrassatella virginica
- Eupatagus
- Eupleura
- †Eurhodia
- Eurytellina
- †Euscalpellum
- †Euscalpellum carolinensis – type locality for species
- †Euscalpellum wheeleri – type locality for species
Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail - †Eutrephoceras
- Evalea
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- †Fasciculithus
- Fasciolaria
- †Fasciolaria rhomboidea
A living Fasciolaria tulipa, or true tulip sea snail
- †Ficopsis
- Ficus
- Finella
- Flabellum
- Fusimitra
- Fusinus
- †Fusoficula
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- Galeocerdo
- †Galeocerdo aduncus
A living Galeocerdo cuvier, or tiger shark
- Galeodea
- Galeorhinus
- Gari
- Gastrochaena
Fossilized skull of the Miocene crocodile relative Gavialosuchus - Gegania
- Gemma
- Gemophos
- Geochelone
Life restoration of the Eocene whale Georgiacetus - †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Gibbolucina
- †Gibbolucina pandata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Gigantostrea
- Ginglymostoma
- Globigerina
- Globulina
- Glossus
Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam - †Glycymeris abberans
- †Glycymeris americana
- †Glycymeris decussata
- †Glycymeris duplinensis – or unidentified related form
- †Glycymeris idonea
- †Glycymeris quinquerugatus
- †Glycymeris staminea
- †Glycymeris subovatus
- Glyptoactis
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Glyptotherium - Gopherus
- Gouldia
- †Gryphodobatis
- †Gumbelina
- Gymnura
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- †Haimesiastraea
- Halichoerus – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene manatee relative Halitherium - †Halitherium alleni – type locality for species
- †Halonanus
- Hanzawaia
- Hastula – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Haustator
Fossilized lower jaw of the Miocene-Pleistocene llama relative Hemiauchenia - Hemimactra
- Hemimetis
- Hemipristis
- Here
- †Here parawhitfieldi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Heterotorpedo
- Hexaplex
- Hiatella
Life restoration of the Pleistocene armadillo relative Holmesina with a human to scale - †Hoplocetus
- †Hoplocetus obesus – type locality for species
- †Hornibrookina
- Horologica
- Hyotissa
- †Hyposaurus
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- Ilyanassa
- Infundibulum
Fossilized skeleton of the Middle Jurassic-Miocene Chimaera relative Ischyodus - †Isocrania
- Isognomon
- †Isogomphodon
- †Isogomphodon aikenensis – type locality for species
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- Kalolophus
- †Kapalmerella
- †Keasius – tentative report
A living Kinosternon, or mud turtle - †Kleidionella
- Kurtziella
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- †Labrodon
- †Laevibuccinum
- Laevicardium
- Lamarckina
A modern Lamna mackerel shark - Latirus – tentative report
- †Leiorhynus
- Leodia
- Leptopecten
- †Levifusus
- Lima
Living Limaria, or file shells - Limatula
- Limopsis
- †Limopsis aviculoides – or unidentified related form
- Linga
- †Linthia
Illustration of the shell of a Liotia sea snail - †Liotia major – or unidentified related form
- †Lirodiscus
- †Lirofusus
- Lirophora
- Lithophaga
- †Lithophaga claibornensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Litorhadia
- Littoraria
- Lucina
- Lucinisca
- Lunularia
- Lynx
A living Lynx rufus, or bobcat
- Lyria
- †Lyrischapa
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- Macoma
Shell of a Limecola balthica, or Baltic clam - †Macoma calcarea
- †Macoma constricta
- †Macoma tenta
- †Macoma virginiana
- Macrocallista
- Mactra
- Mactrotoma
- Malaclemys
- †Mammut
Restoration of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon
- †Mammuthus
- †Mammuthus columbi – or unidentified comparable form
- Manta
- Maretia
- Marginella
- Martesia
- †Marvacrassatella
- †Mathilda
- †Mauricia
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx - Meiocardia
- Melampus
- Melanella
- Mellita
- Menippe – tentative report
- Mercenaria
- †Mercimonia – tentative report
- Merisca
- Mesalia
- Mesodesma
- Metalia
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pleistocene manatee relative Metaxytherium - Metis – tentative report
- Microdrillia
- †Micromysticetus – type locality for genus
- †Micromysticetus rothauseni – type locality for species
- †Mingotherium
- †Mingotherium holtae – type locality for species
Restoration of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Miracinonyx, or American cheetah - Mitrella
- Mnestia
A living Mobula - †Mobula loupianensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Modiolus
- Moerella
- Mulinia
- Murex
- Murexiella
- †Murexiella glypta
- †Murexiella macgintyi
- †Murexiella petiti – type locality for species
- †Murexiella shilohensis
- †Murotriton
- †Mya
- Myliobatis
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Holocene peccary Mylohyus - †Mylohyus fossilis – or unidentified comparable form
- Mysella
- Mytilus
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- †Nanosiren – tentative report
A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail - Natica
- Naticarius
- †Nayadina
- Nebrius
- Nemocardium
- †Neochoerus
- Neofiber
- †Neofiber alleni
- †Neofiber diluvianus – or unidentified comparable form
- Neomonachus
Illustration of the recently extinct Neomonachus tropicalis, or Caribbean monk seal
- †Neuconorbina
- Neverita
- Nodipecten
- Noetia
- Nonion
- Nonionella
- Notidanus
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - Nuculana
- †Nuculana acuta
- †Nuculana calcarensis
- †Nuculana carolinensis
- †Nuculana flexuosa – or unidentified related form
- †Nuculana kittensis
- †Nuculana magnopsis
- †Nuculana subtrigona
- †Nuculana trochila
- †Nuculana trumani
- †Nuculana vanuxemi
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- Oculina
- Odobenus
A living Odobenus rosmarus, or walrus
- Odocoileus
- †Odontapsis
- Odostomia
- †Odostomia carolina
- †Odostomia pedroana – or unidentified comparable form
- Oliva
- Olivella
- †Ontocetus
Fossil of the Permian-modern crustacean burrow ichnogenus Ophiomorpha - Orthoyoldia
- †Osteopygis
- Ostrea
- †Otodus
- †Otodus angustidens
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
- †Oxyrhina
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- †Pachecoa
- †Pachyarmatherium
- †Palaeochenoides – tentative report
- †Palaeohypotodus
- †Palaeolama
Restoration of the Cretaceous-Eocene sea snake Palaeophis - Pandora
- Panopea
- Panthera
- Paracyathus
- Paradentalium
- †Paradentalium disparile – or unidentified related form
- †Paramya
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Paramylodon harlani – or unidentified comparable form
- Parasmittina
- Parvanachis
- Parvilucina
- †Parvilucina costata
- †Parvilucina crenella
- †Parvilucina crenulata
- †Parvilucina multilineatus
- †Parvilucina multistriata
- †Parvilucina piluliformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pecchiola
- Pecten
- †Pectinucula
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Pleistocene false-toothed bird Pelagornis - †Pelagornis longirostris
- †Pelagornis sandersi – type locality for species
- Penion
- †Peratotoma
- †Periarchus
- Periploma
- Petaloconchus
- Petricola
- Phacoides
- Phalium
A living Phoca earless seal - †Phoca debilis – type locality for species
- †Phoca modesta – type locality for species
- Pholadomya
- Pholas
- Phos
- Phyllonotus
- Physa
- †Physa meigsii – or unidentified related form
A living Physeter macrocephalus, or sperm whale - †Physeter antiquus – type locality for species
- †Physogaleus
- Pinna
- Pitar
- Placopecten
- Placunanomia
- †Plagiarca
- †Planicardium
Illustration in multiple views of a shell of a Planorbis freshwater ram's horn snail - Planorbulina
- Planulina
- Platytrochus
- Pleuromeris
- Pleurotomaria
- †Plicatoria
- †Plicatoria parva – type locality for species
- †Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
- Plicatula
- †Plinthicus
- Polinices
- Polymesoda
- Poroeponides
- †Prinsius
A taxidermied Prionodon, or Asiatic linsang - †Prionodon carolinensis – type locality for species
- †Prionodon egertoni
- †Priscosiren
- Pristis
- †Probolarina
- †Probolarina holmesi
- †Probolarina holmesii
- †Probolarina salpinx
- †Probolarina transversa – type locality for species
- †Procharodon
- †Procolpochelys
- †Procolpochelys charlestonensis – type locality for species
- Procyon
A living Procyon lotor, or raccoon
- †Propinnotheroides – type locality for genus
- †Propinnotheroides orangeburgensis – type locality for species
- †Protoscutella
- †Protosiren
- Prunum
- Psammechinus
Hypothetical restoration of the Oligocene-Pliocene sea turtle Psephophorus - Pseudochama
- Pseudoliva
- Pseudorca
- Pteria
- Pteromeris
- †Pteropsella
- Puellina
A living Puma - Puncturella
- Pusula
- Pycnodonte
- Pyramidella
- Pyrgo
- Pyrulina
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- †Quadrans
Shell of a Quinqueloculina foraminiferan - †Quinquerugatus
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- Radiolucina
- Raeta
- Raja
- †Raja mccollumi – type locality for species
- Rangia
- Rangifer
A living Rangifer tarandus, or reindeer
- Ranina
- Raphitoma
- †Recurvaster
- Retusa
- Reussella
- †Reussella spinulosa – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rhabdopitaria
A living Rhincodon, or whale shark - †Rhincodon typus – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhinobatos bruxelliensis
- †Rhinobatos lentiginosus – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhinoptera
- †Rhinoptera bonasus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rhinoptera dubia
- †Rhinoptera studeri – or unidentified comparable form
- Rhizoprionodon
- †Rhizoprionodon teraenovae – or unidentified comparable form
A living Rhynchobatus, or wedgefish - Rhyncholampas
- Robulus
- Rosalina
- Rostellaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
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- †Santeelampas
- †Santeevoluta
- Sassia
- †Saurocetus – type locality for genus
- †Saurocetus gibbesii – type locality for species
- Sayella
- Scalina
- Scapharca
- Scaphella
- Schizoporella
- Scobinella
- Sconsia
Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks - Seila
- Semele
- †Septastrea
- Serpulorbis
- Sigatica
A living Sigmodon, or cotton rat - Sinum
- †Sinum arctatum
- †Sinum beatricae
- †Sinum bilix
- †Sinum chesapeakensis
- †Sinum chipolanum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sinum declive
- †Sinum inconstans
- †Sinum perspectivum
- Siphocypraea
- Siphonina
- †Sismondia
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - Solariella
- Solariorbis
- Solemya
- Solen
- Solena
- Solenosteira
- †Spatangus
- Sphyrna
- †Sphyrna americana – type locality for species
- †Sphyrna media – or unidentified comparable form
Smooth hammerhead
- Spirillina
- Spisula
- Spondylus
- Sportella
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon - †Squalodon crassus – type locality for species
- †Squalodon pelagius – type locality for species
- †Squalodon tiedemani – type locality for species
- Squatina
- †Squatina angeloides – or unidentified comparable form
- Stewartia
- Sthenorytis
- Strigilla
- Strioterebrum
- Strombus
- Subcancilla
- †Subcancilla dalli – or unidentified related form
- †Sulcocypraea
- Sveltella
- Sveltia
- †Syllomus
A living Sylvilagus, or cottontail rabbit
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- Tagelus
A living Tapirus, or tapir - Tectonatica
- Teinostoma
- Tellidora
- Tellina
- Tenagodus
- †Tenagodus vitis
- †Tenagodus vitus – or unidentified comparable form
Shell of a Terebra augur sea snail - †Terebra houstonia
- †Terebra protexta
- †Terebra tantula – or unidentified related form
- †Terebra texagyra
- †Terebraspira
- Terebratulina
- †Terebratulina lachryma
- †Terebratulina wilsoni – type locality for species
- †Terebrifusus
- †Teredina
- Teredo
- Terrapene
- Textularia
Fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene gavial relative Thecachampsa - †Thecachampsa carolinensis – type locality for species
- †Thoracosaurus
- Thracia
- Timoclea
- Torcula
- †Toweius
- Trachycardium
- Transennella
A living Tremarctos, or spectacled bear - Triakis – tentative report
- Trichechus
- †Triforis
- †Trigonarca
- Trigonostoma
- †Trinacria
A living Triplofusus papillosus, or Florida horse conch - Trivia
- Trochammina
- Trochita
- Trochus
- †Tuba
- Tucetona
- †Tucetona arata
- †Tucetona lamyi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tucetona pectinata
- †Tupelocetus – type locality for genus
- †Tupelocetus palmeri – type locality for species
- Turbo – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
- Turbonilla
- †Turbonilla aragoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Turbonilla interrupta
- Turricula
Shell in multiple views of a Turris sea snail 
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella - Tursiops
A living Tursiops truncatus, or common bottlenose dolphin
- †Tusciziphius
- †Tympanonesiotes – type locality for genus
- †Tympanonesiotes wetmorei – type locality for species
- Typhis
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U
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- †Unifascia
- Urocyon
A living Urocyon cinereoargenteus, or gray fox
- Urosalpinx
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V
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- Valvulineria
- Venericardia
- †Venericardia bilineata
- †Venericardia carolinensis
- †Venericardia claiboplata
- †Venericardia claviger
- †Venericardia eutawcolens
- †Venericardia klimacodes
- †Venericardia mingoensis
- †Venericardia planicosta
- †Venericardia rotunda
- †Venericardia subquadrata
- †Venericardia subrotunda
- †Venericardia vigintinaria
- †Verericardia
- Vermicularia
- Verticordia
- Vexillum
Leaves and fruit of a living Vitis, or grapevine - Voluta
- †Voluticella
- Volutifusus
X
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- Xenophora
Shell of a Xenophora conchyliophora carrier shell sea snail
- †Xenorophus – type locality for genus
- †Xenorophus sloanii – type locality for species
- †Xiphiorhynchus
- †Xylotrypa
Y
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- Yoldia
- †Yoldia laevis
Illustration of the shell of a Yoldia limatula, or file yoldia - †Yoldia tarphaeia
Z
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- †Zanthopsis – tentative report
- †Zygodiscus
References
- David J. Cicimurri; James L. Knight (2019). "Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA". PaleoBios. 36: ucmp_paleobios_43964. Archived from the original on 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- Matthew L. Gibson; John Mnieckowski; Jonathan H. Geisler (2019). "Tupelocetus palmeri, a new species of protocetid whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (6): e1555165. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1555165.
- Matthew L. Gibson; John Mnieckowski; Jonathan H. Geisler (2019). "Tupelocetus palmeri, a new species of protocetid whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (6): e1555165. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1555165.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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