Mauvilla: Hemphillian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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1 specimen | |||||||||
T. fossiger or T. hicksi | ||||||||||
Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Aphelops mutilus
Matthew 1924
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Tapiridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
original and current combination Taperidae | ||||||||||
tapirid astragalus whose "generic reference" is based on the fauna's age: Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Neohipparion eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
probably "N. phosphorum" of Tedford and Hunter 1984 | ||||||||||
Nannippus aztecus
Mooser 1968
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Cormohipparion emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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12 specimens | |||||||||
= Hippotherium emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Cormohipparion emsliei | ||||||||||
may include "Nannippus cf. lenticularis" of Tedford and Hunter 1984, which is omitted by Hulbert and Whitmore and also could be Neohipparion eurystyle | ||||||||||
Protohippus gidleyi
Hulbert 1988
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12 specimens | |||||||||
described by MacFadden and Dobie 1998: | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Platanistidae
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Pomatodelphis inaequalis
Allen 1921
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Synthetoceras sp.
Stirton 1932
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30 specimens | |||||||||
said to be new: probably S. cf. tricornatus of Tedford and Hunter 1984, Patton and Taylor 1971 (14 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Synthetoceras davisorum n. sp.
Hulbert and Whitmore 2006
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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cf. Pseudoceras sp.
Frick 1937
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Pseudoceratinae indet.
Frick 1937
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Webb 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Ruminantia indet.
Scopoli 1777
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Tedford and Hunter 1984 | |||||||||
= Pediomeryx sp.
Stirton 1936
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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11 specimens | |||||||||
probably tayassuid of Whitmore in Isphording and Flowers 1983 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Prosthennops cf. serus
Cope 1877
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Tedford and Hunter 1984 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
= Pleiolama cf. vera
Matthew 1909
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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2 specimens | |||||||||
"very large" | ||||||||||
= Epicyon cf. haydeni
Leidy 1858
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Hulbert and Whitmore 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Isphording and Flowers 1983 | |||||||||
identification is by Whitmore | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Mobile |
Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 88.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 86.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Hemphillian |
Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Hemphillian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:see MacFadden and Dobie 1998 for stratigraphic and geographic details 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 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Ecor Rouge Sand; Chickasabogue Creek; Chickasaw Creek; Citronelle | ||
Database number: | 18559 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2008-06-29 19:45:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1963. | 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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
23650 | R. C. Hulbert and F. C. Whitmore. 2006. Late Miocene mammals from the Mauvilla Local Fauna, Alabama. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 46(1):1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] | |
1997 | W. C. Isphording and G. C. Flowers. 1983. Tulane St Geo Paleo 17(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3383 | R. H. Tedford and M. E. Hunter. 1984. Miocene marine-nonmarine correlations, Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, North America. Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 47:129-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
36064 | S. D. Webb. 2008. Revision of the extinct Pseudoceratinae (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Gelocidae). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48(2):17-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |