Also known as Kukpowruk River/Cape Lisburne floras
Where: western North Slope County, Alaska (69.4° N, 162.7° W: paleocoordinates 79.2° N, 95.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Corwin Formation, Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.9 Ma)
• middle Albian to Cenomanian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; hematitic claystone and medium-grained sandstone
•medium- to fine-grained sandstones, iron claystones and coal
•dipping to the north. Podozamites occurs as branch fragments in the
•ironstones and some poorly preserved wood fragments are present
•in the sandstones.
•Interpretation. Floodplain interfluve with channel sands, ponds, and
•mires.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: R. A. Spicer and A. B. Herman. 2001. The Albian-Cenomanian flora of the Kukpowruk River, western North Slope, Alaska: stratigraphy, palaeofloristics, and plant communities. Cretaceous Research 22:1-40 [D. Royer/D. Royer/D. Royer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 34389: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 28.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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