In the past three decades, many palynologists have contributed to our knowledge of spore-pollen content from Cenozoic sediments of China. However, most of them centered on the Early Tertiary and Quaternary, whereas study on the Late Tertiary palynology in our country was less attractive mostly because of our undue emphasis laid on its value in stratigraphic application and economic interest. As a matter of fact, from an evolutionary standpoint the Neogene palynofloras represent an important phase in Cenozoic floral history, which embrace a number of pioneers of modern plants and exhibit an embryonic framework of modern Iandscape. Moreover, a large collection and painstaking research on the palynofloras will certainly proliferate the applied value in a stratigraphic context. Therefore, the Neogene palynological study should share an equal importance in the investigation on Cenozoic palynofloras.
