Abstract
The term Saxonian is not tenable in any modern scheme of chronostratigraphical classification and correlation because the only possible type-sequence of Saxonian strata has no potential with regard to a biostratigraphical evaluation. In addition, rare palynological assemblages from deposits termed Saxonian do not support the concept of an independent stage between the Autunian and Thuringian of western Europe. Two of the best-preserved “Saxonian” palynological assemblages found so far exhibit differing characteristics: an assemblage from the Waderner Gruppe (Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany) has Autunian compositional affinities, and an assemblage from the “Faciès de Léoué” (Dôme de Barrot, France) has Early Thuringian affinities.
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