FIGURE 1. Location of the Bełchatów Lignite Mine.
FIGURE 2. Schematic geological profile of Neogene deposits of the Bełchatów Lignite Mine (modified after Worobiec, 2007). PW, subcoal unit; W, coal unit; I-W, clayey-coal unit; I-P, clayey-sandy unit; A, B, B1, C, other coal seams. Black pattern, coal seams; grey pattern, paratonsteins (tuffaceous horizons).
FIGURE 3. Sequoia abietina (Brongniart) Knobloch: 1. Taxodioid twig, KRAM-P 225/108; 2. Cryptomerioid twig, KRAM-P 225/86/VII; 3. Epidermis of needle from taxodioid twig, note parallel arrangement of longer axes of stomata in stomatal rows, KRAM-P 225/115; 4. Epidermis of needle from cryptomerioid twig, note variable arrangement of longer axes of stomata in stomatal rows, KRAM-P 225/86/VII. Pinus sp.: 5. Bark fragment, KRAM-P 225/99/II. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1), (2), and (5), and 50 µm for (3) and (4).
FIGURE 4. Pinus sp.: 1. Sclerenchymatic cells of bark, KRAM-P 225/99/II. cf. Cercidiphyllum crenatum (Unger) R. W. Brown emend. Z. Kvaček and Konzalová: 2. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/44/II. Scale bar equals to 0.5 cm for (2), and 50 µm for (1).
FIGURE 5. Myrica lignitum (Unger) Saporta: 1. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/35; 2. Nearly whole leaf, KRAM-P 225/119/III; 3. Detail of tooth, KRAM-P 225/35; 4. Glandular trichome shields on leaf epidermis, KRAM-P 225/35; 5. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/33; 6. hypodermis below adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/34; 7. Abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/35; 8. Glandular peltate trichome with remains of resinous secretion, KRAM-P 225/35. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1) and (2), 1 mm for (3), 100 µm for (4), 50 µm for (8), and 20 µm for (5), (6), and (7).
FIGURE 6. Alnus ducalis (Gaudin) Knobloch: 1. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/88/I; 2. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/122/I; 3. Abaxial epidermis with stoma, KRAM-P 225/88/I; 4. Four-celled base of glandular trichome, KRAM-P 225/122/I. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1), and 20 µm for (2), (3), and (4).
FIGURE 7. Betula cf. plioplatyptera Hummel: 1. leaf, KRAM-P 225/106/I. Betula subpubescens Goeppert emend. Worobiec: 2. leaf, KRAM-P 225/104/I; 3. Fragment of basal part of leaf, KRAM-P 225/26; 4. Detail of leaf margin and teeth venation, KRAM-P 225/26; 5. Detail of leaf areolation, KRAM-P 225/26; 6. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/26; 7. Abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/26; 8. Multicellular glandular trichome base, KRAM-P 225/27. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1), (2), and (3), 1 mm for (4), 0.5 mm for (5), 50 µm for (6) and (7), and 20 µm for (8).
FIGURE 8. Carpinus grandis Unger emend. Heer: 1. Leaf, KRAM-P 225/40/IV; 2. Leaf, KRAM-P 225/30; 3. Detail of leaf areolation, KRAM-P 225/30; 4. Detail of leaf margin and teeth venation, KRAM-P 225/30; 6. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/31; 7. Abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/31. Carpinus sp.: 5. Fragment of fruit involucre, KRAM-P 225/91/II. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1), 0.5 cm for (2) and (5), 0.5 mm for (3) and (4), and 20 µm for (6) and (7).
FIGURE 9. Fagus silesiaca Walther and Zastawniak: 1. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/15; 2. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/12; 3. Detail of leaf margin and tooth venation, KRAM-P 225/24; 4. Detail of leaf areolation, KRAM-P 225/24; 5. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/24; 6. Abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/12. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1) and (2), 1 mm for (3) and (4), and 20 µm for (5) and (6).
FIGURE 10. Carya serrifolia (Goeppert) Kräusel: 1. Leaflet, KRAM-P 225/18; 2. Leaflet fragment, KRAM-P 225/19; 3. Detail of leaflet areolation, KRAM-P 225/8; 4. Detail of leaflet margin and teeth venation, KRAM-P 225/19; 5. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/8; 6. Abaxial epidermis with stomata and one-celled glandular trichome base, KRAM-P 225/8; 7. Glandular peltate trichome, KRAM-P 225/18. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1) and (2), 1 mm for (3) and (4), 50 µm for (5) and (7), and 20 µm for (6).
FIGURE 11. Acer tricuspidatum Bronn sensu Procházka and Bůžek: 1. Fragment of basal part of leaf, KRAM-P 225/1; 2. Detail of leaf margin venation and areolation, KRAM-P 225/1; 3. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/1; 4. Abaxial epidermis with stomata and solitary, unicellular trichomes, KRAM-P 225/1. Scale bar equals to 0.5 cm for (1), 0.5 mm for (2), and 20 µm for (3) and (4).
FIGURE 12. Gleditsia europaea sp. nov.: 1. Holotype, leaflet, KRAM-P 225/16; 2. Leaflet fragment, KRAM-P 225/8; 3. Leaflet fragment, KRAM-P 225/37; 4. Holotype, detail of leaflet margin and teeth venation, KRAM-P 225/16; 5. Detail of leaflet areolation, KRAM-P 225/3; 6. Adaxial epidermis, KRAM-P 225/3; 7. Holotype, abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/16; 8. Holotype, abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/16. Scale bar equals to 0.5 cm for (1), (2), and (3), 0.5 mm for (4) and (5), and 50 µm for (6), (7), and (8).
FIGURE 13. Leguminophyllum kvacekii sp. nov.: 1. Holotype, leaflet fragment, KRAM-P 225/22; 2. Leaflet fragment, KRAM-P 225/14; 3. Detail of leaflet margin with large trichomes, KRAM-P 225/14; 4. Detail of leaflet areolation, KRAM-P 225/5; 5. Adaxial epidermis with large trichomes over the veins, KRAM-P 225/4; 6. Adaxial epidermis, undulate cell walls, KRAM-P 225/17; 7. Adaxial epidermis, note striate ornamentation of cuticle, KRAM-P 225/17; 8. Abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/17. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1) and (2), 0.5 mm for (4), 0.1 mm for (3), 50 µm for (5) and (6), and 20 µm for (7) and (8).
FIGURE 14. Dicotylophyllum sp. 1: 1. Fragment of basal part of leaf, KRAM-P 225/13; 2. Adaxial epidermis, note papillae in each cell, KRAM-P 225/13; 3. Abaxial epidermis with stomata, KRAM-P 225/13. Scale bar equals to 2 mm for (1), and 20 µm for (2) and (3).
FIGURE 15. Phragmites oeningensis A. Braun: 1. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/93/IV. Potamogeton sp.: 2. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/23; 3. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/23; 4. Leaf fragment, KRAM-P 225/106/IV; 5. Fragment of submerged leaf or phyllode, KRAM-P 225/58/VI; 6. Detail of leaf venation and leaf margin, KRAM-P 225/23; 7. Epidermis, KRAM-P 225/23. Scale bar equals to 1 cm for (1), 0.5 cm for (2), (3), and (4), 1 mm for (5), 0.5 mm for (6), and 20 µm for (7).
