Late Paleocene Flora of the Northern Alaska Peninsula: The Role of Transberingian Plant Migrations and Climatic Change

• Published in: Paleontological Journal
• Main Authors: Moiseeva, M. G., Herman, A. B., Spicer, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Pacific; Prince Creek; Bering Land Bridge; Alaska
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/20874/; https://oro.open.ac.uk/20874/1/MoisHermanSpicer09.pdf; https://oro.open.ac.uk/20874/314/MoisHermanSpicer09.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109100116

For the first time, the Late Sagwon Flora is described from the upper beds of the Prince Creek Formation (Upper Paleocene) at the Sagavanirktok River (northern Alaska Peninsula). The flora is dominated by the angiosperm Tiliaephyllum brooksense Moiseeva et Herman sp. nov. and conifer Metasequoia occ...