Also known as Yelisseev locality, Grebenka flora
Where: Russian Federation (64.5° N, 168.9° E: paleocoordinates 78.6° N, 165.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Krivorechenskaya Formation, Albian to Albian (112.0 - 93.5 Ma)
• uppermost Albian to Lower Cenomanian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; siltstone
•pebbly,coarse-grained crevasse channel sandstone
•units,a siltstone bed occurs with roots and ma-
•ture trees in growth position.The tree tissues are
•poorly preserved.Sediments surrounding the tree
•trunks consist of massively bedded,poorly sorted,
•coarse-grained sandstone overlain by a gravelly
•sandstone at the level of the root flair.This in
•turn is overlain by a horizontally laminated
•well-sorted siltstone with plant remains dominat-
•ed by Araucarites anadyrensis Krysht.shoots and
•branches.
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 34798: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 26.09.2003