Yelisseev-6 (Cretaceous to of Russian Federation)

Also known as Yelisseev locality, Grebenka flora

Where: Russian Federation (64.5° N, 168.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 69.0° N, 169.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Krivorechenskaya Formation, Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.9 Ma)

• uppermost Albian to Lower Cenomanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; medium-grained sandstone

• Sedimentary context:a small isolated exposure,

•probably a lateral equivalent to part of the section

•represented by sites 9 ^13 (see below).Medium-

•grained sandstones.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34773: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 23.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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? Birisia oerstedtii
occurs in sandstone
Scheffleraephyllum venustum
occurs in sandstone
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Asplenium dicksonianum Heer 1874 spleenwort
occurs in sandstone
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
? Coniopteris grebencaensis scaly tree fern
occurs in sandstone
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus smittiana podocarp
occurs in sandstone