page_title: List of the prehistoric life of South Carolina
section_title: Selected Cenozoic taxa of South Carolina
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of South Carolina / Cenozoic / Selected Cenozoic taxa of South Carolina
caption_attribution_description: Arctodus simus reconstruction
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of South Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of South Carolina.
context_section_description: †Abra
  Acanthocardia
   Acteocina
  Acteon
  †Adeorbis
  †Adocus
  Aequipecten
  Agaronia
  Agassizia
  †Aglyptorhynchus
  †Agorophius
  Alligator
   †Alligator mississippiensis
  Alopias
  †Alopias vulpinus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Altrix
  †Amalthea
  Ammonia
  Amphistegina
  Amusium
  Anachis
  Anadara
  †Anadara brasiliana
  †Anadara ovalis
  †Anadara transversa
  Anatina
    Ancilla
  Angaria – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  Angulus
  Anomia
  †Anomia simplex
  Antalis
  Antigona
  Arbacia
  Arca
  †Arca imbricata
  Architectonica
  Arcinella
  †Arcinella arcinella
  †Arcinella cornuta
   †Arctodus
  †Arctodus pristinus
  Argopecten
  †Argopecten gibbus
  †Argopecten irradians
  Argyrotheca
  Artena
  Astarte
  Astyris
  †Astyris lunata
  Athleta
   Atrina
  †Atrina rigida
  †Atrina seminuda
  †Atrina serrata
  †Aturia
  Aulacomya
  Balaenoptera
  Balanophyllia
  Balanus
  Barbatia
  Barnea
   †Basilosaurus
  Bison
  †Bison antiquus
  †Bonellitia
  Boonea
  †Boonea seminuda
  †Borophagus
  †Borophagus hilli – or unidentified comparable form
  Borsonia
  Bostrycapulus
  †Bostrycapulus aculeatus
  †Bottosaurus
  †Braarudosphaera bigelowii
  Brachidontes
  †Brachidontes exustus
  Buccella
  Bullia
   Busycon
  †Busycon carica
  †Busycon contrarium
  †Busycon perversum
  Busycotypus
  †Busycotypus canaliculatus
  †Bythaelurus
  Cadulus
  Caecum
  †Caecum cooperi
  †Caecum imbricatum
  Caestocorbula
  Calliostoma
  Callista
  Calotrophon
  †Calotrophon ostrearum
  Calyptraea
  †Calyptraea centralis
  Cancellaria
  †Cancellaria reticulata
  Canis
  †Canis armbrusteri
   †Canis dirus
  Carcharhinus
  Carcharias
  Carcharodon
  †Carcharodon hastalis
  Cardita
  Carditamera
  †Carolinacetus – type locality for genus
  Cassidulina
  Castor
  †Castor canadensis
   †Castoroides
  †Castoroides leiseyorum
  †Castoroides ohioensis – or unidentified comparable form
  Cerithiella – tentative report
  Cerithiopsis
  †Cerithiopsis emersonii
  Cerithium – tentative report
  †Cervalces
  †Cervalces scotti
  Cervus
  †Cervus elaphus
  Chama
  †Chama congregata
  Cheilea
  Chelydra
  †Chelydra serpentina
  †Chesapecten
  †Chesapecten jeffersonius
  Chicoreus
  Chione
  †Chione cancellata
  Chlamys
   †Choneziphius
  Chrysemys
  †Chrysemys floridana
  †Chrysocetus – type locality for genus
  Cibicides
  Cidaris
  Cinctura
  †Cinctura lilium
  Cirsotrema
   Cladocora
  Clavilithes
  Clavus
  Cliona
  Closia
  Coccolithus
  Cochlespira
  Cochliolepis
  Coelopleurus
  Coluber – or unidentified comparable form
  Columbellopsis
  Concavus
  Conomitra
  Conus
  †Conus delessertii
  †Conus jaspideus
  Coralliophila
  Corbicula
   Corbula
  †Coronodon – type locality for genus
  †Cotylocara – type locality for genus
  †Coupatezia
  †Crassinella lunulata
  Crassostrea
  †Crassostrea virginica
  Crepidula
  †Crepidula convexa
  †Crepidula fornicata
  †Crepidula plana
  †Cretolamna
  †Cretolamna appendiculata
  Crucibulum
  Cryptonatica
  Cucullaea
  Cumingia
   †Cuvieronius
  Cyclocardia
  Cylichna
  Cymbovula
  †Cymbovula acicularis
  Cypraea
  Cythara
  Cytherea
  Daphnella
  Dasyatis
  Dasypus
   †Dasypus bellus
  Dendraster
  Dentalium
  Dentimargo
  †Dentimargo aureocinctus
  Dinocardium
  †Dinocardium robustum
  Diodon
  Diodora
  †Diodora cayenensis
  †Diplodonta punctata
  †Diplodonta semiaspera
  Discinisca
  †Discoaster
  Discorbis
  Donax
  †Donax fossor
  †Donax variabilis
   †Dorudon – type locality for genus
  †Dorudon serratus – type locality for species
  Dosinia
  Echinocardium
  †Echovenator – type locality for genus
  †Ecphora
  Elaphe – or unidentified comparable form
  Elphidium
  Ensis
  †Ensis directus
  †Ensis minor
  †Eomysticetus – type locality for genus
  †Eosurcula
  Epitonium
  †Epitonium humphreysii
  Equus
   †Eremotherium
  †Eremotherium laurillardi
  Erethizon
  †Erethizon dorsatum
  Erignathus
  †Erignathus barbatus
  Ervilia
  Erycina
  †Eucrassatella speciosa
  Eupleura
  †Eupleura caudata
  Euspira
  †Euspira heros
  †Eutrephoceras
  Evalea
  Fasciolaria
  †Fasciolaria tulipa
  †Ficopsis
   Ficus
  Finella
  †Finella dubia
  Flabellum
  Fusinus
  Galeocerdo
  †Galeocerdo aduncus
  †Galeocerdo cuvier
  Galeodea
  Galeorhinus
  Gari
  Gastrochaena
   †Gavialosuchus
  †Gavialosuchus americanus
  Gegania
  Gemma
  Gemophos
  †Gemophos tinctus
  Geochelone
  †Georgiacetus
  †Georgiacetus vogtlensis – or unidentified comparable form
  †Gigantostrea
  Ginglymostoma
  Globigerina
  Globulina
  Glossus
  Glycymeris
  †Glycymeris americana
  †Glycymeris decussata
  Glyptoactis
   †Glypto
caption: Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
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