Acta Palaeobotanica 35(2): 243-251, 1995

A preliminary report on the Lower Miocene leaf flora from The Brown Coal Mine "Bełchatów" (Central Poland).

Summary: This study deals with plant remains, chiefly leaves, from a layer of clays overlying the paratonstein layer TS-3 (vel TS-4) in Brown Coal Mine "Bełchatów", dated by the fission track method at 18.1ą1.7 Ma (Burhart 1985). Leaf specimens preserved as impressions and compressions were identified using the morphological-comparative method and cuticular analysis. The plant remains determined belonged to the families Aceraceae, Altingiaceae, Betulaceae, Cupressaceae, Fagaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juglandaceae, Lauraceae, Myricaceae, Nyssaceae, Osmundaceae, Pinaceae, Salicaceae, Smilacaceae, Taxodiaceae, Ulmaceae.

Keywords: Flora, vascular plants, Lower Miocene, brown coal, fission track method