The study area is located 10 km east of the city of Fălticeni (Suceava County), in the Preuteşti village. According to Ţibuleac (1998), the age of the deposits from the Ciofoaia brook is Volhynian. 12 samples were collected from the outcrop, out of which 4 were used for palynological investigations. In order to reconstruct the palaeoclimate based on the palynological record, the “Coexistence Approach” (CA) (Mosbrugger and Utescher, 1997) method was applied. Taxa belonging to the Pinaceae, Taxodiaceae, Fagaceae, Ulmaceae, and Juglandaceaefamilies were identified among the palynomorphs. An abundant dinoflagellate association was observed, especially in sample P321, where the main taxa were assigned to the Homotryblium genus.

Moldavian Platform, palynology, palaeoclimate, Volhynian, Preuteşti