Where: Mobile County, Alabama (30.8° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 86.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Citronelle Formation), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; unlithified, gray, silty, carbonaceous claystone and unlithified sandstone
Primary reference: W. C. Isphording and G. M. Lamb. 1971. Age and origin of the Citronelle Formation in Alabama. Geological Society America Bulletin 82:775-780 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 81498: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Hipparion phosphorum" = Neohipparion eurystyle, Nannippus cf. lenticularis
"Hipparion phosphorum" = Neohipparion eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Nannippus cf. lenticularis Cope 1893 hipparionine horse | |
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |
Pomatodelphis inaequalis Allen 1921 toothed whale | |
Synthetoceras cf. tricornatus Stirton 1932 protoceratid | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Reptilia | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Actinopteri | |
Scombroidei indet. Bleeker 1859 |