Also known as Ecor Rouge Sand; Chickasabogue Creek; Chickasaw Creek; Citronelle
Where: Mobile County, Alabama (30.7° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 86.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• said to be early Hemphillian
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and F. C. Whitmore, Jr. 1997. Early Hemphillian mammals from the Mauvilla local fauna, Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):54A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18559: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
same as the Citronelle fauna of Tedford and Hunter 1984 and other references, which was thought to be from the Citronelle Fm. in this county
"14 taxa of mammals" including a dolphin, so up to four terrestrial species may have been omitted; most of these can be inferred from the earlier lists
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Nannippus aztecus3, "Hippotherium emsliei" = Cormohipparion emsliei1, Neohipparion eurystyle, Protohippus gidleyi
Neohipparion eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse probably "N. phosphorum" of Tedford and Hunter 1984
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Prosthennops cf. serus3 Cope 1877 peccary probably tayassuid of Whitmore in Isphording and Flowers 1983
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Synthetoceras davisorum n. sp.3
Synthetoceras davisorum n. sp.3 Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 protoceratid said to be new: probably S. cf. tricornatus of Tedford and Hunter 1984, Patton and Taylor 1971
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