Plate 1

Selected spores and pollen from the late Neogene of the Tundzha Basin. 1, 2 – Polypodiaceae/Thelypteridaceae (Laevigatosporites); 3, 4 – Pteridaceae (Polypodiaceoisporites cf. gracillimus Nagy); 5, 6 – Cathaya sp.; 7 – Abies sp.; 8, 9 – Tsuga sp.; 10, 11 – Tsuga canadensis type; 12, 13 – Tsuga heterophylla type; 14, 15 – Betula sp.; 16, 17 – Betula sp.; 18, 23, 24 – Myrica sp.; 19, 20 – Carpinus betulus type; 21, 22, 27 – Corylus sp.; 25, 26 – Carpinus orientalis type; 28, 29 - Ulmus sp. Scale bars = 10 μm