W.E.N. Austin wishes to thank the British ODP Committee and the captain and crew of the JOIDES Resolution for the opportunity to participate on Leg 162 and to collect samples. He also acknowledges the support of the University of Durham Research Committee. M.A. Kaminski thanks S. Yakovleva for assistance with the additional sample preparation. We thank Timothy Herbert, John Murray, and Wolfgang Kuhnt for their constructive reviews of this paper. This is contribution 57 of the Cenozoic Deep-Water Agglutinated Foraminiferal Project.