The research reconstructs some elements of climate and vegetation of the Shamakhi-Gobustan region in the Late Oligocene – Early Miocene, using the approach of co-existing palynoflores obtained from published literature sources and current palynological studies. The results show that sedimentation occurred mainly within warm subtropical climatic conditions during the Rupelian and Early Chattian stages (mean annual temperature (MAT) 16.5-21.3°C and mean temperature of the coldest month (CMT) 5.5-13.3°C). In the second half of the Chattian, the climate becomes cooler, with the invasion of the heat-dominant small-leaved Turgai flora into the fairly still representative Poltava flora. In the Late Miocene (Caucasian age), conditions in the region are stabilized and temperatures acquire values similar to those of the Early Oligocene. The diversity of species, representatives of mountain forests indicates the presence of the lower and middle stages and differentiation of vegetation by altitudinal belts. Analysis of palinospectra from the sections of the Shamakha-Gobustan region and the discovered leaf flora indicates dominance in the Maikop on the southern coast of the Caucasian island of forest vegetation with the participation of moisture-loving tropical, subtropical evergreen and deciduous forms along with mesophilic, warm-temperate and moderate representatives.

Keywords: palynocomplexes, Oligocene, Miocene, Maikop Formation, pollen and spores, South Caucasus

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