Yelisseev-29 (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: terrestrial; fine-grained sandstone

• float
• Sedimentary context:fine-grained sandstone

•with no record of sedimentary structures.

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 34804: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 26.09.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Birisia jelisejevii
occurs in float
Grebenkia anadyrensis
occurs in float
Gnetopsida
  -
"Pityophyllum ex gr. nordenskioldii" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi
"Pityophyllum ex gr. nordenskioldii" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi Heer 1899
occurs in float
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites anadyrensis
occurs in float
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus louravetlanica plane tree
occurs in float
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia cf. minuta coast redwood
occurs in float
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
occurs in float
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Cephalotaxopsis intermedia yew
occurs in float
Hepaticae
  -
Thallites sp. Walton 1925 liverwort
occurs in float
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis sp. 1 Brongniart 1849
occurs in float
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
? Coniopteris grebencaensis scaly tree fern
occurs in float