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Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama, USAi
Regional Level Types
Dauphin IslandIsland
Mobile CountyCounty
AlabamaState
USACountry

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Island
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Dauphin Island1,251 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
66457
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:66457:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences13
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Carcharhinus
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Aetobatus
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : Aetobatus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Cosmopolitodus hastalis
species		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Odontaspidida : Carcharodontidae : Cosmopolitodus : Cosmopolitodus hastalis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Carcharias taurus
species		Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias : Carcharias taurus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Carcharodon carcharias
species		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : Carcharodon carcharias0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Galeocerdo cuvieri
species		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo cuvieri0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Carcharhinus leucas
species		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus : Carcharhinus leucas0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Carcharhinus obscurus
species		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus : Carcharhinus obscurus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Carcharhinus plumbeus
species		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus : Carcharhinus plumbeus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Diodontidae
family		Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Tetraodontiformes : Diodontidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Negaprion brevirostris
species		Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Negaprion : Negaprion brevirostris0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
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