The terrestrial palynomorphs were assigned to "arcto-tertiary" and "paleotropic" elements (Kolcon and Sachsenhofer, 1999). Based on that, five terrestrial plant associations (modified from Kohlman-Adamska, 1993; Stuchlik, 1994; Kolcon and Sachsenhofer, 1999; Larsson et al., 2006) and one algal association were distinguished:(1) The swamp forest association (SFA)(2) The temperate "mixed mesophytic" forest canopy association (TFA)(3) The warm temperate plant association (WTPA)(4) The halophilic-xerophilic association (HXA)(5) The mesophytic understory plant association & aquatic plants (MUPA)(6) The algal association (AA)