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On the Nonmarine Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Floras of Northeastern Russia

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Some decisions of the Third Interdepartmental Regional Stratigraphic Meeting on Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic of Northeastern Russia (St. Petersburg, 2002) are analyzed in light of the latest data obtained. The regional stratigraphic units (“horizons”) of the nonmarine Cretaceous recognized at this meeting are in fact not the basic subdivisions, but rather specialized biostratigraphic units, namely, “beds with flora.” The ages of some of these units are specified; notably, the beds with Arman flora are Turonian–Coniacian, the beds with Amka flora are Coniacian, and the beds with Arkagala flora are Santonian–Campanian. We recommend keeping the previous names for the Penzhina, Barykov, and Koryak phases of floral development and for the corresponding stratigraphic units. An updated version of the nonmarine Cretaceous stratigraphic chart of the Okhotsk–Chukotka structure-facies region is proposed for discussion.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to T.B. Rusakova and I.L. Zhulanova for advice and valuable recommendations (Shilo Northeastern Integrated Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan).

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This work was carried out under the state assignment of the Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, “Fossil Plants of Russia and Adjacent Areas: Systematics, Phylogeny, Paleofloristics, and Paleophytogeography” (project no. АААА-А19-119021190031-8), and the state assignment of the Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, “Phytostratigraphy, Paleofloristics, Crisis Events of the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic in Different Regions of Eurasia, Paleoclimatic, Paleophytocenotic, and Paleophytogeographic Reconstructions” (project no. 0135-2019-0044), and was also supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 19-05-00121.

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Shczepetov, S.V., Herman, A.B. On the Nonmarine Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Floras of Northeastern Russia. Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 27, 311–322 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593819030067

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