Miocene miospores in the Upper Red Formation, Zanjan, northwestern Iran

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Echinatisporis muelleri Krutzsch 1967 (Plate 1, Fig. 5) Echinosporis sp. cf. E. densiechinatus D’Apolito et al. 2021 (Plate 1, Figs. 8, 11) Echinosporis sp. (Plate 1, Fig. 14) Gleicheniidites sp. (Plate 1, Fig. 13) Magnastriatites sp. cf. M. grandiosus (Kedves & Sole de Porta 1963) Dueñas 1980 (Plate 1, Fig. 4) Polyapodiaceoisporites potoniei Kedves 1961 (Plate 1, Figs. 6, 7) Gymnosperm Pollen Cathayapollis scheuringii (Sivak) Ziembinska-Tworzydło 2002 (Plate 3, Fig. 1) Cedripites sp. (Plate 2, Fig. 1)
Cupressacites sp. A (Plate 3, Fig. 3)
Cupressacites sp. (Plate 3, Figs. 7, 8)
Ephedripites (Distachyapites) tertiarius Krutzsch 1970 (Plate 3, Figs. 15, 16)
Pinuspollenites subgenus Pinus sp. (Plate 2, Figs. 4, 7)
Pinuspollenites subgenus Strobus sp. (Plate 2, Figs. 11, 12)
Pinuspollenites sp. cf. P. lobatus (Plate 3, Fig. 4)
Pinuspollenites spp. (Plate 2, Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6)
Pseudolaterix sp. (Plate 2, Figs. 8, 9)
Tsugapollenites igniculus Thiergart 1938 emend. Gravendyck et al. 2023 (Plate 3, fig. 2)
Tsugapollenites spp. (Plate 3, Figs. 5, 14)
Angiosperm pollen
Acidanthera brevicollis Baker 1876 (Plate 1, Fig. 12)
Calliandra spp. (Plate 4, Figs. 1-4)
Diospyros sp. (Plate 4, Fig. 1)
Fagopsis longifolia (Lesquereux 1872) Hollick & Torreya 1909 (Plate 3, Fig. 12)
Monoporopollenites sp. (Plate 3, Figs. 10, 11)
Retitricolporites sp. (Plate 4, Figs. 6-8)