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Quillon [Quilon Limestone], Kerala, India

Lat/Long (Decimal)	9.25,76.5
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Kerala, India

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Quillon [Quilon Limestone]	Eames F. E. (1950)	Quilon Limestone	STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Quilon Limestone, which overlie unconformably Archean granites, and are regionally overlain by the Late Miocene Wakalay beds. THICKNESS: From 1-1.25 ft thick limestone within section of about 40 ft thick. AGE: Early MIocene based on multiple sources, including ostracod biostratigraphy (Khosla and Nagori, 1989) and vertebrate (Sahni and Mitra, 1980). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From entire formation, which is found at the base of this section.	"limestone"	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : *Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Semicassis sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cassidae : *Semicassis*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Biplex sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cymatiidae : *Gyrineum*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Cerithiidae : Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) : *Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene

Eames F. E. (1950) On the ages of certain Upper Tertiary beds of Peninsula India and Ceylon, Geological Magazine 87, 233-252

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