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kallakurichi+formation Latitude and Longitude:

11°06′N 79°06′E / 11.1°N 79.1°E / 11.1; 79.1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kallakurichi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
~70–66  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Unit of Ariyalur Group
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Coordinates 11°06′N 79°06′E / 11.1°N 79.1°E / 11.1; 79.1
Approximate paleocoordinates 35°18′S 56°24′E / 35.3°S 56.4°E / -35.3; 56.4
Region Tamil Nadu
Country  India
Type section
Named for Kallakurichi
Kallakurichi Formation is located in India
Kallakurichi Formation
Kallakurichi Formation (India)
Kallakurichi Formation is located in Tamil Nadu
Kallakurichi Formation
Kallakurichi Formation (Tamil Nadu)

The Kallakurichi Formation, alternatively spelled as Kallankurichchi or Kallankurichi Formation, [1] is a geological formation of the Ariyalur Group in Tamil Nadu, southern India whose strata date back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur eggs of Megaloolithus cylindricus are among the fossils that have been recovered from the sandy limestones of the formation. [2]

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kallankurichchi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ayyasami, 1989
  4. ^ Aziz & Badve, 1990
  5. ^ Kohring et al., 1996

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN  0-520-24209-2, retrieved 21 February 2019
  • Kohring, R.; Bandel, K.; Kortum, D.; Parthasararthy, S. (1996), "Shell structure of a dinosaur egg from the Maastrichtian of Ariyalur (southern India)", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte, 1996: 48–64, doi: 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/48
  • Aziz, S.A.; Badve, R. M. (1990), "Occurrence of Hemipneustes Agassiz (Echinoid) from Tiruchirapalli Cretaceous, Tamil Nadu, India", Journal of the Geological Society of India, 36: 326–330
  • Ayyasami, K (1989), "Genus Anisomyon (Gastropoda) from the Cretaceous of Southern India", Journal of the Geological Society of India, 33: 361–364

kallakurichi+formation Latitude and Longitude:

11°06′N 79°06′E / 11.1°N 79.1°E / 11.1; 79.1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kallakurichi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
~70–66  Ma
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
N
Type Geological formation
Unit of Ariyalur Group
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Coordinates 11°06′N 79°06′E / 11.1°N 79.1°E / 11.1; 79.1
Approximate paleocoordinates 35°18′S 56°24′E / 35.3°S 56.4°E / -35.3; 56.4
Region Tamil Nadu
Country  India
Type section
Named for Kallakurichi
Kallakurichi Formation is located in India
Kallakurichi Formation
Kallakurichi Formation (India)
Kallakurichi Formation is located in Tamil Nadu
Kallakurichi Formation
Kallakurichi Formation (Tamil Nadu)

The Kallakurichi Formation, alternatively spelled as Kallankurichchi or Kallankurichi Formation, [1] is a geological formation of the Ariyalur Group in Tamil Nadu, southern India whose strata date back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur eggs of Megaloolithus cylindricus are among the fossils that have been recovered from the sandy limestones of the formation. [2]

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kallankurichchi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ayyasami, 1989
  4. ^ Aziz & Badve, 1990
  5. ^ Kohring et al., 1996

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN  0-520-24209-2, retrieved 21 February 2019
  • Kohring, R.; Bandel, K.; Kortum, D.; Parthasararthy, S. (1996), "Shell structure of a dinosaur egg from the Maastrichtian of Ariyalur (southern India)", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte, 1996: 48–64, doi: 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/48
  • Aziz, S.A.; Badve, R. M. (1990), "Occurrence of Hemipneustes Agassiz (Echinoid) from Tiruchirapalli Cretaceous, Tamil Nadu, India", Journal of the Geological Society of India, 36: 326–330
  • Ayyasami, K (1989), "Genus Anisomyon (Gastropoda) from the Cretaceous of Southern India", Journal of the Geological Society of India, 33: 361–364

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