Dalmia mines, near Ariyalur (Cretaceous of India)

Where: India (11.1° N, 79.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 57.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hauericeras rembda ammonoid zone, Kallankurichi Formation (Ariyalur Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMF

• Repository: Museum of Regional Geology and Palaeontology, Belgrade (RGF)

Primary reference: V. Radulović and K. Ramamoorthy. 1992. Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) brachiopods from south India. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 72:77-89 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228178: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2022

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Cretirhynchia sahni n. sp." = Sillakkudirhynchia sahnii
"Cretirhynchia sahni n. sp." = Sillakkudirhynchia sahnii Radulović and Ramamoorthy 1992
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844