The section Quaternary microfloras was established in 2000 when the institute of Quaternary palaeontology, Weimar, was joined with the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft. The section continues the traditions of palaeobotanical research in Weimar, based on the abundant plant remains of the Thuringian Travertine deposits. Together with the renaming of the section Quaternary plants into Quaternary microfloras with scientific focussing on palynological topics a second palaeobotanical section in Weimar (Quaternary macrofloras) was established in 2008. The projects carried out in this section are included in the Senckenberg research field biodiversity and climate.
Dr Martina Stebich
Acting head of Quaternary palaeontology department and head of Quaternary microfloras section
