Earliest Cretaceous (late Berriasian) glendonites from Northeast Siberia revise the timing of initiation of transient Early Cretaceous cooling in the high latitudes
Oldest Cretaceous glendonites ever known are discovered. This record suggesting the Berriasian onset of the Early Cretaceous cooling. Stratigraphic distribution of glendonites provides evidence for multiple short-time cooling events. All Lower Cretaceous glendonite occurrences are reviewed.