Citronelle Formation Explained

Citronelle Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Early Pliocene (late Hemphillian) ~
Period:	Zanclean
Prilithology:	Claystone, sandstone
Otherlithology:	Marl
Region:	Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi
Coordinates:	30.8°N -88.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	31°N -86.4°W

The Citronelle Formation is a Hemphillian geologic formation in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Fossil content

It preserves fossils of:^[1]

• 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

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Louisiana
• Paleontology in Alabama
• Paleontology in Louisiana
• Alachua Formation
• Chagres Formation
• Goliad Formation
• Rattlesnake Formation

Further reading

• 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
• L. N. Glawe. 1966. Geologic section exposed in Lone Star Cement Company quarry at St. Stephens Bluff on Tombigbee River, 2 2 miles northeast of the present town of St Stephens, Ala. Facies Changes in the Alabama Tertiary 95-98

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Citronelle&group_formation_member=Citronelle Citronelle Formation