PALEOGENE-NEOGENE FOSSIL FLORA OF NORTHERN TORGAY (CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN)
To identify patterns of modern distribution of plants is necessary to study the genesis of the formation of the flora in the past. So far, there were scattered data on the species composition of the Paleogene-Neogene flora of the Torgay deflection. For the first time on the basis of literature data and their own authors fees compiled a summary of fossil Neogene-Paleogene flora and map its location in the North Torgay. Neogene-Paleogene fossil flora Kostanay region is represented by 108 species from 66 genera and 35 families. The stratigraphic relation to fossil flora refers to the following periods: Oligocene - 8 species; Oligocene-Miocene - 1 species; Oligocene-Pliocene - 2 species; Miocene - 82 species and Miocene-Pliocene - 15 species. At the end of the Oligocene - early Miocene in the watershed of the North Torgay large area occupied by coniferous and deciduous forests. In the Middle Miocene (with the onset of marine transgression) forest area declined sharply.