Kallakurichi Formation
The Kallakurichi Formation, alternatively spelled as Kallankurichchi or Kallankurichi Formation, 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.
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
- Ornithischian
| Ornithischians from the Kallakurichi Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | ||
| Stegosauridae | indet | A Stegosaurid. | |||
- Sauropods
| Sauropods from the Kallakurichi Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | ||
| ?Titanosaurus | T. indicus | A titanosaurian sauropod. | |||
| Megaloolithus | M. cylindricus | Fossilised Eggs | A Sauropod Oogenus. | ||
- Theropods
| Theropods from the Kallakurichi Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | ||
| Theropoda | indet | A Theropod. | |||
Molluscas
| Molluscas from the Kallakurichi Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | ||
| Inoceramus | I. bulbus | A Clam. | |||
| I. tamulicus | |||||
| Pycnodonta | P. vesicularis | A Clam. | |||
| Ostrea (Alectryonia) | sp. | A Clam. | |||
| Anisomyon | A. indicus | A snail. | |||
See also
References
- ^ Kallankurichchi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "The Dinosauria. Second Edition." Pp 680.
- ^ Kohring et al., 1996
- ^ Ayyasami, 1989
- ^ Aziz & Badve, 1990
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