Palaeoecology of selected samples from Cypris Formation (Sokolov Basin)
Geoscience Research Reports 45, 2012 (GRR for 2011),
pages 21–22
Abstract
Palynological study of Miocene lake deposits in Sokolov Basin documented dominance of green algae colonies (Botryococcus Kutzing) often associated with bisaccate conifer pollen assigned as Botryococcus-Pinaceae palynofacies. Paleoenvironmental settings and their palynofacies have been divided into several groups: aquatic environment, mesophytic understorey plants, swamp forest, deciduous-evergreen forest, highaltitude forest and conifer forest. The majority of identified species belongs to the mega-mesothermic and mesothermic groups (14-24 °C).