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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  • Eboroziphius – type locality for genus
    • Eboroziphius coelops – type locality for species
  • Eburneopecten
    • Eburneopecten calvatus
    • Eburneopecten scintillatus
  • Echinocardium
    • Echinocardium gothicus
    • Echinocardium orthonotum
  • Echovenator – type locality for genus
    • Echovenator sandersi – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a fossilized shell of the Eocene-Pliocene murex sea snail Ecphora
    Ecphora
    • Ecphora bradleyae
    • Ecphora quadricostata
  • Ectoganus
    • Ectoganus gliriformis
    • Ectoganus lobdelli
  • Elaphe – or unidentified comparable form
  • Ellipsolithus
    • Ellipsolithus distichus
    • Ellipsolithus macellus
  • 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
    • Endopachys maclurii
  • Interior of the shell of an Ensis, or razor clam
    Ensis
  • Eomysticetus – type locality for genus
    • Eomysticetus carolinensis – type locality for species
    • Eomysticetus whitmorei – type locality for species
  • Eontia
    • Eontia ponderosa
  • Eophysema
    • Eophysema ozarkana – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eopleurotoma
    • Eopleurotoma carya
    • Eopleurotoma orangeburgensis
    • Eopleurotoma plumbella
    • Eopleurotoma politica
  • Eosurcula
    • Eosurcula pulcherrima
    • Eosurcula quadriplenta
  • Eotorpedo
    • Eotorpedo hilgendorfi
  • Episcynia
    • Episcynia inornata
  • Epistominella
    • Epistominella pontoni
  • Shell of an Epitonium wentletrap sea snail
    Epitonium
    • Epitonium angulatum
    • Epitonium candeanum
    • Epitonium chamberlaini
    • Epitonium charlestonense
    • Epitonium cooperense
    • Epitonium duplinianum
    • Epitonium humphreysi – or unidentified comparable form
    • Epitonium humphreysii
    • Epitonium lamellosum
    • Epitonium multistriatum
    • Epitonium rupicola
  • Eponides
    • Eponides repandus
  • Equus
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Eremotherium
    Eremotherium
  • Erethizon
  • Erignathus
  • Ervilia
    • Ervilia concentrica
    • Ervilia lata
    • Ervilia polita
  • Erycina
    • Erycina carolinensis
  • Eucrassatella
  • Eupatagus
  • Eupleura
  • Eurhodia
    • Eurhodia baumi
    • Eurhodia holmesi
    • Eurhodia holmesii
    • Eurhodia rugosa
  • Eurytellina
    • Eurytellina alternata
    • Eurytellina papyria
  • Euscalpellum
    • Euscalpellum carolinensis – type locality for species
    • Euscalpellum wheeleri – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Euspira moon sea snail
    Euspira
    • Euspira aldrichi
    • Euspira heros
    • Euspira interna
    • Euspira marylandica
    • Euspira sayana
  • Eutrephoceras
    • Eutrephoceras carolinense
    • Eutrephoceras carolinensis
    • Eutrephoceras sloani
  • Evalea
    • Evalea melanella

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  • Jacquhermania
    • Jacquhermania duponti

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  • Quadrans
    • Quadrans lintea
  • Shell of a Quinqueloculina foraminiferan
    Quinqueloculina
    • Quinqueloculina compta
    • Quinqueloculina funafutiensis
    • Quinqueloculina lamarckiana
    • Quinqueloculina lamarkiana
    • Quinqueloculina sabulosa
    • Quinqueloculina seminulum
  • Quinquerugatus
    • Quinquerugatus holthuisi

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  • Radiolucina
  • Raeta
    • Raeta plicatella
  • Raja
    • Raja mccollumi – type locality for species
  • Rangia
  • Rangifer
  • Ranina
  • Raphitoma
    • Raphitoma carla
    • Raphitoma carolia
    • Raphitoma stantoni
    • Raphitoma tabulatum
  • Recurvaster
  • Retusa
  • Reussella
    • Reussella spinulosa – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rhabdopitaria
    • Rhabdopitaria discoidalis
  • A living Rhincodon, or whale shark
    Rhincodon
  • 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
    Rhynchobatus
    • Rhynchobatus pristinus
  • Rhyncholampas
  • Robulus
    • Robulus americanus
  • Rosalina
    • Rosalina columbiensis
  • Rostellaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
    • Rostellaria bullata
    • Rostellaria conus
    • Rostellaria filiformis
    • Rostellaria minor
    • Rostellaria rudis

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  • Santeelampas
    • Santeelampas oviformis
  • Santeevoluta
    • Santeevoluta wilmingtonensis
  • Sassia
    • Sassia septemdentata
  • Saurocetus – type locality for genus
    • Saurocetus gibbesii – type locality for species
  • Sayella
  • Scalina
    • Scalina trapaquara
  • Scapharca
    • Scapharca brasiliana
    • Scapharca staminata
  • Scaphella
  • Schizoporella
  • Scobinella
    • Scobinella ferrosilica
    • Scobinella nassiformis
  • Sconsia
    • Sconsia hodgii
  • Group of living Scyliorhinus catsharks
    Scyliorhinus – tentative report
  • Seila
  • Semele
    • Semele australina
    • Semele bellastriata
    • Semele carinata
    • Semele linosa
    • Semele pacifica
    • Semele proficua
    • Semele purpurascens
    • Semele purpurescens
    • Semele subovata
  • Septastrea
    • Septastrea crassa
    • Septastrea marylandica
  • Serpulorbis
    • Serpulorbis granifer
    • Serpulorbis squamulosus
  • Sigatica
  • A living Sigmodon, or cotton rat
    Sigmodon
    • Sigmodon bakeri
  • Sinum
    • Sinum arctatum
    • Sinum beatricae
    • Sinum bilix
    • Sinum chesapeakensis
    • Sinum chipolanum – or unidentified comparable form
    • Sinum declive
    • Sinum inconstans
    • Sinum perspectivum
  • Siphocypraea
    • Siphocypraea carolinensis
  • Siphonina
    • Siphonina pulchra
  • Sismondia
    • Sismondia plana
  • Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
    Smilodon
  • Solariella
    • Solariella gemma
    • Solariella tricostata
  • Solariorbis
    • Solariorbis depressus
  • Solemya
    • Solemya alabamensis
  • Solen
  • Solena
  • Solenosteira
  • Spatangus
    • Spatangus glenni
  • Sphyrna
  • Spirillina
    • Spirillina decorata
  • Spisula
    • Spisula decisa
    • Spisula praetenuis
  • Spondylus
    • Spondylus lamellacea
  • Sportella
    • Sportella constricta
    • Sportella protexta
  • Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon
    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
    • Stewartia anodonta
  • Sthenorytis
    • Sthenorytis subexpansum
  • Strigilla
    • Strigilla mirabilis
  • Strioterebrum
    • Strioterebrum concava
    • Strioterebrum dislocata
    • Strioterebrum dislocatum
  • Strombus
  • Subcancilla
    • Subcancilla dalli – or unidentified related form
  • Sulcocypraea
    • Sulcocypraea kennedyi
    • Sulcocypraea vaughani
  • Sveltella
    • Sveltella parva
  • Sveltia
    • Sveltia alveata
  • Syllomus
  • A living Sylvilagus, or cottontail rabbit
    Sylvilagus

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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
    • Verticordia emmonsi
  • Vexillum
  • Leaves and fruit of a living Vitis, or grapevine
    Vitis
  • Voluta
    • Voluta mutabilis
  • Voluticella
    • Voluticella levensis
  • Volutifusus
    • Volutifusus mutabilis

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  • Zanthopsis – tentative report
  • Zygodiscus
    • Zygodiscus herlyni

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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