The Kallakurichi Formation, alternatively spelled as Kallankurichchi or Kallankurichi Formation,Kallankurichchi Formation at Fossilworks.org 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.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
Fossil content The following fossils were reported from the formation:
Dinosaurs Ornithischian Ornithischians from the Kallakurichi Formation Genus Species Material Notes StegosauridaeWeishampel, et al. (2004). "The Dinosauria. Second Edition." Pp 680. indet A Stegosaurid. Sauropods Sauropods from the Kallakurichi Formation Genus Species Material Notes Images ?Titanosaurus T. indicus A dubious titanosaurian sauropod. MegaloolithusKohring et al., 1996 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 InoceramusAyyasami, 1989 I. bulbus A Clam. I. tamulicus Pycnodonta P. vesicularis Ostrea (Alectryonia) sp. Anisomyon A. indicus Brachiopods from the Kallakurichi formation Genus Species Material Notes Member Gyrodina G. globosa Isocrania I. multicostata Neobulimina N. sp. Foraminiferans from the Kallakurichi formation Genus Species Material Notes Member Textulariina T. nacataensis
Rhynchonellatans from the Kallakurichi formation Genus Species Material Notes Member Rectithyris R. subdepressa Rhynchonella R. sp.
Sea Urchins from the Kallakurichi formation Genus Species Material Notes Member Hemipneustes H. compressusAziz & Badve, 1990A holasterid sea urchin
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils Dinosaur eggs
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