Yelisseev-4: Albian - Cenomanian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Birisia ochotica leaf
occurs in sandstone
Tollia sp. leaf
occurs in sandstone
Sorbites asiatica leaf
occurs in sandstone
Scheffleraephyllum venustum leaf
occurs in sandstone
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Aspleniaceae
Asplenium dicksonianum leaf Heer 1874
occurs in sandstone
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Coniopteris anadyrensis leaf
occurs in sandstone
? Coniopteris grebencaensis leaf
occurs in sandstone
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtophyllum acuminata leaf
occurs in sandstone
Angiospermae - Apiales - Araliaceae
Araliaephyllum dentatum leaf
occurs in sandstone
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermites ex gr. septentrionalis leaf
occurs in sandstone
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Cephalotaxopsis intermedia leaf
occurs in sandstone
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia cf. minuta leaf
occurs in sandstone
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus smittiana leaf
occurs in sandstone
Gnetopsida
Pityophyllum ex gr. staratchinii leaf
occurs in sandstone
Pityophyllum ex gr. nordenskioldii leaf (Heer 1899)
misspelling Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi
occurs in sandstone
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum triangulare leaf
occurs in sandstone
Araucarites anadyrensis leaf
occurs in sandstone
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Nilssonia serotina leaf
misspelling Nilsonia
occurs in sandstone
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 64.5° North, 168.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:78.6° North, 166.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous
Key time interval:Albian - Cenomanian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Krivorechenskaya
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost Albian - lower Cenomanian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,coarse sandstone
Lithology description: Sedimentary context:a small exposure,prob- ably a lateral equivalent to part of the section represented by sites 9 ^13 (see below).Medium- to coarse-grained sandstones occur,and the beds appear laterally equivalent to those of site 3.
Environment:crevasse splay Tectonic setting:forearc basin
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Yelisseev locality, Grebenka flora
Database number:34771
Authorizer:D. Royer Enterer:D. Royer
Modifier:D. Royer Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-09-23 11:15:22 Last modified:2003-09-25 14:42:45
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-23 11:15:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9150. R. A. Spicer, A. Ahlberg, A. B. Herman, S. P. Kelley, M. I. Raikevich and P. M. Rees. 2002. Palaeoenvironment and ecology of the middle Cretaceous Grebenka flora of northeastern Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 184:65-105 [D. Royer/D. Royer/D. Royer]