A lower Coniacian ammonite fauna from the Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu, south-east India

W. J. Kennedy; A. S. Gale

doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.08.002

A lower Coniacian ammonite fauna from the Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu, south-east India

W. J. Kennedy, A. S. Gale

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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A shell bed in the upper part of the Anaipadi Formation of the Trichiopoly Group near the villages of Pilimisai and Koothur in the Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu, south India yielded an abundant ammonite fauna assigned to the lower part of the Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) theobaldianum Zone and to the lower Coniacian. The ammonite association of this interval in the Cauvery Basin is dominated by Mesopuzosia, Damesites, and Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) species. The fauna is: Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) masiaposensis (Collignon, 1956), Phyllopachyceras sp. , Tetragonites epigonus Kossmat, 1895, Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) mite (Hauer, 1866), Mesopuzosia gaudama (Forbes, 1846), Damesites sugata (Forbes, 1846), Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) theobaldianum (Stoliczka, 1865), K. (K.) recurrens(Kossmat, 1897, K. (K.) jonesi Collignon, 1965, Menabonites anapadensis (Kossmat, 1898), Lewesiceras sp., Placenticeras cf. kaffrarium Etheridge, 1904, Glyptoxoceras sp., and Scalarites sp.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
Early online date	5 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.08.002
Publication status	Early online - 5 Sept 2019

Keywords

RCUK
NERC
GR3/12516
ammonites
Cretaceous
Coniacian
Cauvery Basin
Tamil Nadu
India

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