Yelisseev-17 (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: "floodplain"; siltstone

• Sedimentary context:isolated small siltstone

•outcrop,no records 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 34792: 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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Birisia jelisejevii
occurs in siltstone
Birisia ochotica
occurs in siltstone
? Birisia oerstedtii
occurs in siltstone
Arctopteris penzhinensis
occurs in siltstone
Scheffleraephyllum venustum
occurs in siltstone
Scheffleraephyllum sp.
occurs in siltstone
Grebenkia anadyrensis
occurs in siltstone
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites anadyrensis
occurs in siltstone
Gnetopsida
  -
Polypodiopsida
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
? Coniopteris grebencaensis scaly tree fern
occurs in siltstone
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Cephalotaxopsis intermedia yew
occurs in siltstone
Angiospermae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermites markovoensis
occurs in siltstone
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Araliaephyllum medium
occurs in siltstone
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtophyllum acuminata myrtle
occurs in siltstone
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Cissites sp. 3 Debey 1866
occurs in siltstone
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo ex gr. lepida Heer 1885 ginkgo
occurs in siltstone
Cycadites
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Cycadites hyperborea
occurs in siltstone