Seasonality controls the vegetation of a late Middle Miocene forest in Europe Author Pound, Matthew J. School of Geography and Natural Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE 1 8 ST (United Kingdom matthew.pound@northumbria.ac.uk Author McCOY, Jessica School of Geography and Natural Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE 1 8 ST (United Kingdom) Author Pound, Marion C. E. Corbridge Middle School, Corbridge, Northumberland NE 45 5 HX (United Kingdom) marion.pound@corbridgemiddle.co.uk Author Riding, James B. British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG 12 5 GG (United Kingdom) jbri @ bgs. ac. uk jbri@bgs.ac.uk Author Jennifer M. K. O’KEEFE Department of Engineering Sciences, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351 (United States of America) j.okeefe@moreheadstate.edu text Geodiversitas 2026 2026-01-29 48 1 1 13 journal article 10.5252/geodiversitas2026v48a1 1638-9395 18412164 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52481C19-937C-4C0A-AE5B-78C0EAD650D8
TABLE 1. — The five groups defined by cluster analysis and the plant palynomorphs that compose them. Taxonomy follows that originally presented in McCoy et al. (2022).
GroupTaxa
1Abiespollenites, Pinuspollenites
2Artemisiapollenites, Caprifoliaceae, Carpinites, Cathayapollenites, Iteapollenites, Keteleeria, Nyssapollenites, Oleidearumpollenites, Parthenopollenites, Platycaryapollenites, Rhamnaceae, Salixipollenites, Tetradomonoporites, Urtica, Verrucatosporites, Laevigatosporites, Echinatisporites, Stereisporites steroides
3Cercidiphyllum, Compositoipollenites, Coryloides, Cyperaceae, Ericipites, Ilexpollenites, Juglanspollenites, Oleidearumpollenites, Salixipollenites, Tricolpopollenites sp.,
4Betulaepollenites, Cupressacites, Cupuliferoipollenites, Liliacidites, Sciadopitys, Tricopopollenites liblarensis, Tricolpopollenites fallax, Quercoidites microhenrici, Zonalapollenites
5Alnipollenites verus, Cedripites, Cyrillaceaepollenites, Graminidites, Myricipites, Piceaepollenites, Quercoidites henrici, Tricolpopollenites ipilensis, Tricolporopollenites sp., Lygodium