Citronelle Formation
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| Citronelle Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Pliocene (late Hemphillian) ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | sand and gravelly sand[1] |
| Other | clay and sandy clay[1] |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Citronelle, Alabama[2] |
| Named by | G. C. Matson[2] |
Citronelle Formation (the United States) Citronelle Formation (Alabama) | |
The Citronelle Formation is a Hemphillian geologic formation in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana.[1]
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]- Nannippus cf. lenticularis
- Neohipparion eurystyle
- Pomatodelphis inaequalis
- Synthetoceras cf. tricornatus
- Anomia taylorensis
- Cassidulus gouldii
- Chlamys chickaria
- Chlamys gainstownensis
- Chlamys glendonensis
- Chlamys mcquirti
- Kuphus incrassatus
- Pecten howei
- Caretta sp.
- Teleoceras sp.
- Trionyx sp.
- Camelidae indet.
- Cervidae indet.
- Scombroidei indet.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Otvos, E.G., 2004. Lithofacies and depositional environments of the Pliocene Citronelle Formation, Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. Southeastern Geology, 43, pp.1-20.
- ^ a b Matson, G.C., 1916. The Pliocene Citronelle Formation of the Gulf Coastal Plain. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 98, pp. 167- 192.
- ^ Citronelle Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- E. M. Manning and B. J. MacFadden. 1989. Pliocene three-toed horses from Louisiana, with comments on the Citronelle Formation. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 22(2):35-46
- W. C. Isphording and G. M. Lamb. 1971. Age and origin of the Citronelle Formation in Alabama. Geological Society America Bulletin 82:775-780