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{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Trichinopoly Group
| image          =
| caption        =
| type           = [[Earth:Geological formation|Geological formation]]
| age            = [[Earth:Turonian|Turonian]]-[[Earth:Santonian|Santonian]]<br>~{{fossil range|94|84}}
| period         = Coniacian
| prilithology   = [[Earth:Sandstone|Sandstone]]
| otherlithology =
| namedfor       =
| namedby        =
| region         = Tamil Nadu
| country        = {{flag|India}}
| coordinates    = {{coord|11.1|N|78.9|E|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|44.8|S|45.8|E|display=inline}}
| unitof         =
| subunits       =
| underlies      = Ariyalur Group
| overlies       = Ootatoor Group
| thickness      =
| extent         =
| area           =
| map            = {{Location map+ | India
| relief = 1
| width   = 250
| float   = center
| places  =
  {{Location map~ | India
  | lat_deg = 11.1
  | lon_deg = 78.9
  | mark = Lightgreen pog.svg
  | marksize = 10
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The '''Trichinopoly Group''' is a geological formation in India whose strata date back to the [[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]]. It lies between the Ootatoor and Ariyalur Groups. It is broad in its southern extremity but thins as it gradually proceeds northwards as it ultimately meets the Ariyalur Group.<ref name="geology">{{cite book|title=Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India|pages=107–140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLIEAAAAQAAJ|year=1865|publisher=Oxford University}}</ref> 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>

== Vertebrate paleofauna ==
* ''Dravidosaurus blanfordi'' - "Fragmentary skeleton with partial skull, adult."<ref name="table-16-1-344">"Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 344.</ref>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite LSA |last=Weishampel |first=David B. |last2=Dodson |first2=Peter |last3=Osmólska (eds.) |first3=Halszka |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria, 2nd edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21}} {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}


[[Category:Coniacian Stage]]
[[Category:Santonian Stage]]
[[Category:Turonian Stage]]
[[Category:Sandstone formations]]
[[Category:Shallow marine deposits]]

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