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Kallakudi limestone, Tamil Nadu, India

FormationKallakudi limestone
Age:113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalAlbian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Kallakudi quarryTiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu, IndiaKallakudi limestone
Olaipadi SectionSalem District, Tamil Nadu, IndiaKallakudi limestone

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Lithophyllum sp.
genus
6Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithophyllum113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudoamphiroa propria
species
7Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Pseudoamphiroa : Pseudoamphiroa propria113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Melobesioideae
subfamily
5.3Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Melobesioideae113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sporolithon sp.
genus
6Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Polystrata alba
species
7Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Cryptonemiales : Peyssonneliaceae : Polystrata : Polystrata alba113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Parachaetetes asvapatii
species
7Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Gigartinales : Parachaetetes : Parachaetetes asvapatii113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Solenopora sp.
genus
6Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Solenoporaceae : Solenopora113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Misra P. K., Kishore S., et al (2009) Rhodophycean Algae from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cauvery Basin, South India, Journal geological society of India 73, 325-334
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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