Sillakkudi formation
| Sillakkudi formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Ariyalur Group |
| Underlies | Kallakurichi Formation |
| Overlies | Anaipadi Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Location | Sillakkudi |
| Region | Tamil Nadu |
| Country | India |
| Type section | |
| Coordinates | 11°05′50″N 79°02′15″E / 11.09722°N 79.03750°E |
  Sillakkudi formation (India)  Sillakkudi formation (Tamil Nadu) | |
The Sillakkudi Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Campanian) geological formation located in Tamil Nadu, India it forms part of the Ariyalur Group. It dates to the Campanian of the Late Cretaceous.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The formation was deposited in a Shallow Marine setting as it shows signs of a mobile deposition of substrate. The diversity of the Mollusc fauna of the formation also indicates a shallow marine deposition.[3]
Fossil content
[edit]Lamellibranchs and echinoid fragments have been reported from the Sillakkudi formation.[3]
| Molluscs from the Sillakkurdi formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member |
| Inoceramus[3] | I sp. | |||
| Karapadites[3] | K. karapadense | |||
| Foraminiferas from the Sillakkudi formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | |
| Globotruncana | G. arca[3] | ||||
| G. ventricosa[3] | |||||
| G. elevata[3] | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Bakkiaraj, D.; Nagendra, R.; Nagarajan, R.; Armstrong-Altrin, John S. (2010). "Geochemistry of sandstones from the Upper Cretaceous Sillakkudi Formation, Cauvery Basin, southern India: Implication for provenance". Journal of the Geological Society of India. 76 (5): 453–467. doi:10.1007/s12594-010-0128-3. ISSN 0016-7622.
- ^ Paranjape, Amruta R.; Kulkarni, Kantimati G.; Kale, Anand S. (2023). "Facies and trace fossils of the Upper Cretaceous Sillakudi Formation (Cauvery Basin, S. India) and their palaeoenvironmental significance". Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 68 (2): 262–272. doi:10.1177/05529360231205315. ISSN 0552-9360.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sillakkudi Formation". indplex.geolex.org. Retrieved 2024-12-15.