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{{short description|Geologic formation in India}}
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| age            = [[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]]
| period         = Maastrichtian
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The '''Kallankurichi Formation''' is a geological formation in India whose strata date back to the [[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]]. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.</ref>

==See also==
* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

==References==
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[[Category:Maastrichtian Stage]]



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