The Bełchatów lignite deposits are a rich archive allowing palaeoenvironmental, palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic reconstructions from the Neogene and Quaternary periods. We describe the results of palynological studies (including non-pollen palynomorphs) of eight samples from the lower Miocene KRAM-P 211/214 collection of plant macroremains. The results of this palynological analysis are consistent with the results of previous studies of plant macroremains and significantly enrich our knowledge of vegetation and palaeoenvironment. Both studies indicate the presence of a freshwater body (a moderately large and deep lake) surrounded by wetland vegetation (including swamp forests with Glyptostrobus, Taxodium, Nyssa and Osmunda) and upland mesophytic forests. Evergreen or at least semi-evergreen forest communities grew along the ancient shores of the lake and on the slopes of the Mesozoic calcareus rocks surrounding the lake. In the lake, green algae (Pediastrum, Tetraedron and some Botryococcus) and freshwater peridinoid dinoflagellates were major components of the algal community. The same lake was the source of previously identified animal remains: freshwater fishes, molluscs, and mammals, including Megachiroptera bats. Our analysis shows that the climate was subtropical and humid, with an estimated mean annual temperature of 16.8–17.8°C.

Bełchatów 褐煤矿床是一个丰富的档案库，可以重建新近纪和第四纪的古环境、古生态和古气候。我们描述了来自下中新世 KRAM-P 211/214 植物大型遗骸集合的八个样本的孢粉学研究结果（包括非花粉孢粉）。这一孢粉学分析结果与以往对植物大型遗迹的研究结果一致，显着丰富了我们对植被和古环境的认识。这两项研究都表明存在一个淡水体（一个中等大小的深湖），周围环绕着湿地植被（包括沼泽森林，有Glyptostrobus、Taxodium、Nyssa和Osmunda) 和高地中生林。常绿或至少是半常绿森林群落沿着古老的湖岸和湖周围的中生代钙质岩石的斜坡生长。在湖中，绿藻（Pediastrum、Tetraedron和一些Botryococcus）和淡水 peridinoid dinoflagellates 是藻类群落的主要组成部分。同一个湖是先前确定的动物遗骸的来源：淡水鱼、软体动物和哺乳动物，包括巨型翼手目蝙蝠。我们的分析表明气候属于亚热带湿润气候，估计年平均气温为 16.8–17.8°C。