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The '''Kallakurichi Formation''', alternatively spelled as '''Kallankurichchi''' or '''Kallankurichi Formation''',<ref name=FWKallankurichchi>[http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionSearch&geological_group=Ariyalur&formation=Kallankurichchi Kallankurichchi Formation] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> is a geological [[Formation (geology)|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|Megaloolithus cylindricus]]'' are among the fossils that have been recovered from the sandy [[limestone]]s of the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600</ref> | The '''Kallakurichi Formation''', alternatively spelled as '''Kallankurichchi''' or '''Kallankurichi Formation''',<ref name=FWKallankurichchi>[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=collectionSearch&geological_group=Ariyalur&formation=Kallankurichchi Kallankurichchi Formation] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> is a geological [[Formation (geology)|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|Megaloolithus cylindricus]]'' are among the fossils that have been recovered from the sandy [[limestone]]s of the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600</ref> | ||
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Template:Infobox rockunit 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]
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The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]