The Kallakurichi Formation, alternatively spelled as Kallankurichchi or Kallankurichi Formation,
[Kallankurichchi Formation]
at Fossilworks
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geological formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock expo ...
of the
Ariyalur Group in
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
,
southern India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...
whose strata date back to the
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian ( ) is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (geology), age (uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage) of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or Upper Cretaceous series (s ...
stage of the
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...
.
Dinosaur egg
Dinosaur eggs are the organic vessels in which a dinosaurs, dinosaur embryo develops. When the first scientifically documented remains of non-avian dinosaurs were being described in England during the 1820s, it was presumed that dinosaurs had la ...
s of ''
Megaloolithus cylindricus'' are among the fossils that have been recovered from the sandy
limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
s of the formation.
[Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600]
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:
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Dinosaurs
;Ornithischian
;Sauropods
;Theropods
Molluscas
See also
* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
** ...
** List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
This is a list of stratigraphic units dinosaur trace fossils have been recovered from. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes the descendant taxon Aves (modern birds), this article covers only stratigraphic units containing Mesozoic forms. ...
*** Dinosaur eggs
Dinosaur eggs are the organic vessels in which a dinosaur embryo develops. When the first scientifically documented remains of non-avian dinosaurs were being described in England during the 1820s, it was presumed that dinosaurs had laid eggs be ...
References
Bibliography
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* {{citation , last=Ayyasami , first=K , year=1989 , title=Genus ''Anisomyon'' (Gastropoda) from the Cretaceous of Southern India , journal= Journal of the Geological Society of India , volume=33 , pages=361–364
Geologic formations of India
Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
Maastrichtian Stage
Cretaceous India
Limestone formations
Shallow marine deposits
Reef deposits
Ooliferous formations
Paleontology in India
Formations