Occurrence of the genus Aquilapollenites in the Upper Cretaceous Kallamedu Formation of Vriddhachalam area, Cauvery Basin, Southern India

Abstract

The presence of triprojectate pollen in the Upper Cretaceous of the Cauvery Basin is confirmed. The pollen belongs to the species Aquilapollenites bengalensis Baksi & Deb. From comparative palynology, it is deduced that Aquilapollenites yielding bed in Baksi's Bengal Palynological Zone I, i.e. Biswas’ Chara- Ostracod Facies Zone, could not be older than Maestrichtian in age.