Yelisseev-12 (Cretaceous to of Russian Federation)

Also known as Yelisseev locality, Grebenka flora

Where: Russian Federation (64.5° N, 168.9° E: paleocoordinates 78.6° N, 166.0° W)

• 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: "channel"; fine-grained sandstone

• Sedimentary context:fine-grained well-sorted

•sandstone.Plant material not only oriented paral-

•lel to bedding but also crossing bedding surfaces,

•although these surfaces are more or less obscured

•by plant material.

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 34787: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 25.09.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Scheffleraephyllum venustum
occurs in sandstone
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Asplenium dicksonianum Heer 1874 spleenwort
occurs in sandstone