Citronelle Formation

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Citronelle Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Pliocene (late Hemphillian)
~5.3–4.9  Ma
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Type Formation
Lithology
Primary sand and gravelly sand [1]
Other clay and sandy clay [1]
Location
Coordinates 30°48′N88°06′W / 30.8°N 88.1°W / 30.8; -88.1
Approximate paleocoordinates 31°00′N86°24′W / 31.0°N 86.4°W / 31.0; -86.4
Region Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Type section
Named for Citronelle, Alabama [2]
Named byG. C. Matson [2]
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Citronelle Formation (the United States)
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Citronelle Formation (Alabama)
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Pliocene Citronelle Formation geological map

The Citronelle Formation is a Hemphillian geologic formation in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. [1]

Contents

Fossil content

It preserves fossils of: [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Otvos, E.G., 2004. Lithofacies and depositional environments of the Pliocene Citronelle Formation, Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. Southeastern Geology, 43, pp.1-20.
  2. 1 2 Matson, G.C., 1916. The Pliocene Citronelle Formation of the Gulf Coastal Plain. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 98, pp. 167- 192.
  3. ↑ Citronelle Formation at Fossilworks.org

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