Yelisseev-21 (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: pond; siltstone

• Sedimentary context:this is a 30-cm-thick,

•well-sorted horizontally laminated siltstone bed,

•interpreted to be a lacustrine in fill of an aban-

•doned channel,with incipient palaeosol develop-

•ment.

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 34795: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 25.09.2003

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Cycadites
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Cycadites hyperborea
Cycadites hyperborea
occurs in siltstone; forms leaf mats