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]
| Kallakurichi Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Ariyalur Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 11°06′N 79°06′E / 11.1°N 79.1°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 35°18′S 56°24′E / 35.3°S 56.4°E |
| Region | Tamil Nadu |
| Country |  India |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kallakurichi |
  Kallakurichi Formation (India)  Kallakurichi Formation (Tamil Nadu) | |
Fossil content
editThe following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- 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