Kakanaut Formation Explained

Kakanaut Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:Maastrichtian
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Period:Maastrichtian
Prilithology:Sandstone
Otherlithology:Volcaniclastic
Namedfor:Kakanaut River
Region:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates:62.9°N 177.1°W
Paleocoordinates:75.7°N 179°W
Underlies:Danian marine deposits
Overlies:Maastrichtian marine deposits
Thickness:1000m (3,000feet)

The Kakanaut Formation is a geological formation in Siberia, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] [2] The flora of the formation is relictual, containing some of the youngest remains of the extinct plant orders Bennettitales and Czekanowskiales.[3] [4]

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  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
  2. Godefroit et al., 2009
  3. Gnilovskaya. Anastasia A.. Golovneva. Lina B.. February 2018. The Late Cretaceous Pterophyllum (Bennettitales) in the North-East of Russia. Cretaceous Research. en. 82. 56–63. 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.013. 2018CrRes..82...56G .
  4. 2020-12-01. A new species of Phoenicopsis (Leptostrobales) from the Maastrichtian–Danian of Chukotka, Russia. Geobios. en. 63. 67–75. 10.1016/j.geobios.2020.09.002. 0016-6995. Zolina . Anastasia . Golovneva . Lina . Nosova . Natalya . Grabovskiy . Alexander . 2020Geobi..63...67Z . 228928283 .