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This list of the Mesozoic life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Alabama and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
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- Acirsa
- †Acirsa americana – or unidentified related form
- †Acirsa flexicostata
- †Acirsa implexa
- Acmaea
- †Acroscapellum
A living Acteon barrel bubble sea snail - †Acutostrea
- †Aenona
- †Agerostrea
- †Albertosaurus
Illustration of a living Albula bonefish - †Albula dunklei – type locality for species
- †Amaurellina
- †Ambigostrea
- †Ampullina
- Amuletum
- †Anatimya
- †Anchura
- †Ancilla
- †Anisomyon
- †Anisomyon borealis – or unidentified related form
- †Anogmius
- †Anogmius polymicrodus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anomalofusus
Interior and exterior of a shell of an Anomia, or jingle shell - †Anomia argentaria
- †Anomia ornata
- †Anomia perlineata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Anomia preolmstedi
- †Anomia tellinoides
- †Anomoeodus
- †Anteglossia
- †Antibythocypris
- †Antibythocypris dimorphicus – type locality for species
- †Antibythocypris nephrotrema – type locality for species
- †Antillocaprina
- Antropora – tentative report
- †Aphrodina
Fossilized skull and skeleton of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Appalachiosaurus - †Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis – type locality for species
- Arca
- Architectonica
- †Arcoscalpellum
- †Arctostrea
- †Ariadnaesporites
- †Ariadnaesporites cristatus – type locality for species
- Arrhoges
- †Ascaulocardium
- †Aspidolithus
- Astarte
- Ataphrus
- †Atreta
- †Avellana
Fossil of the Late Cretaceous crab Avitelmessus
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Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Baculites - †Baculites arculus
- †Baculites asper – or unidentified comparable form
- †Baculites capensis
- †Baculites tippahensis
- †Bananogmius
- †Bananogmius crieleyi – type locality for species
- †Bananogmius zitteli – or unidentified comparable form
- †Banis
- Barbatia
- †Bathytormus
Fossilized guard of the Late Cretaceous belemnoid cephalopod Belemnitella - †Bellifusus
- †Belliscala
- †Belemnitida
- †Belonostomus
- †Beretra
- †Bothremys
- Botula
- Brachidontes – tentative report
- †Brachycythere
- †Brachycythere asymmetrica – type locality for species
- Brachydontes – tentative report
- †Buccinopsis
- †Bukyraster
- †Bulla – tentative report
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- Cadulus
- Caestocorbula
- †Calcarichelys – type locality for genus
- †Calcarichelys gemma – type locality for species
- †Calculites
- Callianassa
- †Calliomphalus
- Calyptraea
- †Camptonectes
Shells of modern Capulus cap sea snails - Cardium
- Caryocorbula – tentative report
- †Caveola
- †Ceriopora
- Cerithiella
- †Cerithiella nodoliratum – or unidentified related form
- †Cerithiella semirugatum
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- †Cerithium weeksi – or unidentified related form
- Charonia
- †Chedighaii
Illustration of a fossilized skull found in Alabama; the type specimen of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Chelosphargis - †Chelosphargis advena – or unidentified comparable form
- Chlamys
- †Chondrites
- Cidaris
- †Cimolichthys
- †Clarkiella
- Clavagella
- †Clavipholas
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes - †Clidastes intermedius
- †Clidastes liodontus
- †Clidastes propython – type locality for species
- Cliona
- †Clisocolus
- †Coahuilites
- Corbula
- †Corsochelys – type locality for genus
- †Corsochelys haliniches – type locality for species
- Crassatella
Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea - †Crenella
- †Creonella
- †Cretiscalpellum
- †Cretodus
- †Cretolamna
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark - Crucibulum
- Ctena
- Ctenochelys – type locality for genus
- †Ctenochelys acris – type locality for species
- †Ctenochelys tenuitesta – type locality for species
- †Cubitostera
Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell - †Cucullaea capax
- †Cucullaea littlei
- †Cucullaea powersi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cuna
- Cuspidaria
- †Cuspidaria ampulla
- †Cuspidaria grandis
- †Cuspidaria grovensis
- †Cuspidaria jerseyensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cyclorisma
- Cylichna
- Cylichnella
- †Cylindrotruncatum
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymella
Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail - †Cyprimeria
- Cytherella
.JPG)
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- Dasmosmilia
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell - †Deussenia
- †Dhondtichlamys
- †Diplomoceras
- †Discosaurus
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites - †Dolicholatirus
- †Drepanocheilus
- †Drilluta
- †Drilluta buboanus
- †Drilluta lemniscata
- †Drilluta major – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dysnoetopora – tentative report
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- †Ecphora
- Edaphodon
- †Edaphodon barberi – type locality for species
- †Edaphodon mirificus
- †Ellipsoscapha
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring" - †Enchodus petrosus
- †Enchodus saevus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Endoptygma
- †Eoacteon
- †Eocypraea
- †Eocypraea mortoni – type locality for species
- †Eocytheropteron
- †Eocytheropteron mutafoveata – type locality for species
- Eonavicula
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Eotrachodon - †Eotrachodon orientalis – type locality for species
- †Epitonium
- †Etea
- †Eubaculites
- †Eufistulana
- †Eufistulina
- †Eulima
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
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- †Fissocarinocythere
- †Flemingostea
- †Flemingostrea
- †Fulgerca
- †Fulgerca attenuata – or unidentified related form
- †Fusimilis
Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern spindle sea snail Fusinus - †Fusinus macnairyensis – or unidentified related form
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- †Gegania
- Gemmula
- †Gervillia
- †Gervilliopsis
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Globidens - †Globidens alabamensis – type locality for species
- Glossus
- Glycymeris
- †Glyptoxoceras
- †Goniocylichna
- †Graciliala
- †Granocardium
- †Granocardium alabam
- †Granocardium alabamense
- †Granocardium bowenae – or unidentified comparable form
- †Granocardium deltanum
- †Granocardium kuemmeli
- †Granocardium kummeli
- †Granocardium lowei
- †Granocardium tholi
- †Granocardium tippananum
- †Granocardium tippanum
- †Graphidula
- †Graphidula multicostata – or unidentified related form
- †Graphidula terebriformis
- †Gryphaeostrea
- Gyrodes
- †Gyropleura
- †Gyrostrea
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- †Hadrodus
- †Halimornis – type locality for genus
- †Halimornis thompsoni – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Halisaurus - †Hamulus
- †Hamulus huntensis – tentative report
- †Hamulus onyx
- †Hamulus squamosus
- Haplocytheridea
- †Harduinia
- †Harduinia aequorea
- †Harduinia bassleri
- †Harduinia mcglameryae – type locality for species
- †Harduinia micrococcus
- †Harduinia mortonis
- Haustator
- †Helicaulax
- †Helicoceras
- Hemiaster
- †Hemiaster arcolensis – type locality for species
- †Hemiaster wetherbyi
- †Hercorhynchus
- †Hercorhyncus
- †Heteromorpha
- Hippoporina – tentative report
- Hoplopteryx – tentative report
- †Hoploscaphies – tentative report
Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus - †Hydrotribulus – tentative report
- †Hypolophus
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- †Icanotia – tentative report
- †Ichthyodectes
- †Ichthyodectes ctenodon – or unidentified comparable form
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous toothed bird Ichthyornis - †Ichthyornis dispar – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Inoceramus sp A – informal
- †Inoceramus sp B – informal
- †Ischyrhiza
- Isognomon
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- Laternula
- †Latiala
- †Laxispira
- †Legumen
- †Legumen carolinense – or unidentified related form
- †Legumen ellipticum
- †Leptosolen
- Lima
- Limatula
- Limopsis
- †Linearia
- †Linearis
- †Linter
- †Linthia
- †Liopeplum
- †Liopistha
- †Liothyris
- †Liothyris carolinensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Lithophaga
- †Lithophaga borealis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Longitubus
- †Longoconcha
- †Longoconcha dalli – tentative report
- Lopha
- †Lophochelys
- †Lophochelys venatrix – type locality for species
Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Lophorhothon - †Lophorhothon atopus – type locality for species
- †Lowenstamia
- †Loxotoma
- †Lucina
- †Lupira
- †Lycettia
- †Lyriochlamys
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- Malletia
- †Margaritella
- Martesia
- †Mataxa
- †Mathilda
- †Mathilda cedarensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Mathilda ripleyana – or unidentified related form
- †Medionapus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus - †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei – type locality for species
- Menippe
- †Mesostoma
- †Micrabacia
- †Modiolus
- †Moorevillia – type locality for genus
- †Moorevillia hardi – type locality for species
- †Morea
- †Morea rotunda – or unidentified comparable form
- †Morea transenna
- †Myobarbum
- Myrtea
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- †Napulus
- †Neithea
- †Nemocardium
- †Nemodon
- †Nonactaeonina
- Nozeba
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Early Ordovician-modern marine bivalve Nucula - Nuculana
- †Nymphalucina
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A living Odontaspis sand shark - †Opertochasma
- †Ornatoporta – tentative report
- †Ornopsis
- Ostrea
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- †Pachydiscus
- †Pachymelania – tentative report
Fossilized skeletons of the Late Cretaceous bony fish Pachyrhizodus - Pagurus
- †Pagurus convexus – type locality for species
- †Paladmete
- †Palelops
- †Paleopsephaea – tentative report
- Panopea
- †Parafusus
- †Paranomia
- †Parmicorbula
- †Pecten
- †Periplomya
- †Perrisonota
- †Phacodus
- Phacoides
- †Phacoides mattiformis – tentative report
- †Phelopteria
- Pholadomya
- †Piestochilus
- †Pinna
- †Placenticeras
- †Plagiostoma
- †Plagiostoma woodsi – tentative report
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Platecarpus - †Pleuriocardia
- †Pleuronea
- Plicatula
- Polinices
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous polycotylid plesiosaur Polycotylus giving birth - †Postligata
- †Praeleda
- †Prionochelys
- †Prionochelys matutina – type locality for species
- †Prognathodon
- †Promathildia
- †Promathildia parvula – or unidentified comparable form
- †Propenser
- †Protocardia
- †Protosphyraena
- †Protosphyraena nitida – tentative report
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Protostega - †Protostega dixie – type locality for species
- †Protostega gigas
- †Pseudocorax
- †Pseudolimea
- Pseudomalaxis
- †Pseudomaura
- †Pseudoptera
- †Pseudoschloenbachia
- †Pseudualimea – tentative report
- †Pteria
- †Pterocerella
- †Pterotrigonia
- †Ptychodus
- †Ptychosyca
- †Ptychotrygon
- †Pugnellus
- Pycnodonte
- †Pyncodonte
- †Pyrifus
- †Pyrifusus
- †Pyropsis
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- †Rachiosoma
- †Radiopecten
- †Rastellum
- †Remera
- †Remnita
- †Rhombopsis
A living Ringicula sea snail - Rissoina
- Rostellaria – tentative report
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- †Sargana
- †Saurocephalus
- †Saurocephalus lanciformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Saurodon
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes preying upon a multituberculate mammal - †Scambula
- †Scapanorhynchus
- †Scaphites
- †Schizobasis
- †Scobinidola
Mounted fossilized skull and neck of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Selmasaurus - †Selmasaurus russelli – type locality for species
- Serpula
- †Serpula adnata – tentative report
- †Serpula cretacea
- †Serpulus
- Solemya
- †Solenoceras
- †Solida
- †Solyma
- †Solyma elliptica – or unidentified related form
- †Sourimis
- †Sourimis georgiana – tentative report
- †Sphenodiscus
- †Spirorbula
- Spondylus
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Squalicorax - †Stantonella
- †Stenocyathus
- †Stenocyathus alabamiensis – type locality for species
- †Stenzeloceras – type locality for genus
- †Stenzeloceras sinuosum – type locality for species
- †Stephanophyllia
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Stratodus - Striarca
- †Striaticostatum
- Sulcoretusa
- †Syncyclonema
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- Teinostoma
- Tellina
- †Tellinimera
- †Tenea
- †Tenuipteria
- Terebratulina
- Teredo
- †Thalassinoides
- †Thinochelys
- †Thinochelys lapisossea – type locality for species
- †Thylacus
- †Tintorium
- †Titanosarcolites
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous sea turtle Toxochelys - †Toxochelys moorevillensis – type locality for species
- †Trachybaculites
- Trachycardium
- †Trigonarca
- Trochocyathus – tentative report
- Turboella
- Turritella
- †Turritella bilira
- †Turritella chalybeatensis
- †Turritella forgemoli – or unidentified comparable form
- †Turritella hilgardi
- †Turritella paravertebroides
- †Turritella tippana
- †Turritella trilira
- †Turritella vertebroides
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus 
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Tylosaurus
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- †Veniella
- †Vetericardiella
- †Volutomorpha
- †Volutomorpha aspera
- †Volutomorpha mutabilis – or unidentified related form
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- Xenophora
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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