APPENDIX A

Twenty-three genera and 112 species recognized in this investigation of the core samples are listed below.

Amaurolithus amplificus (Bukry and Percival, 1971) Gartner and Bukry, 1975

Amaurolithus delicatus Gartner and Bukry, 1975

Amaurolithus primus (Bukry and Percival, 1971) Gartner and Bukry, 1975

Amaurolithus tricorniculatus (Gartner, 1967) Gartner and Bukry, 1975

Calcidiscus leptoporus (Murray and Blackman, 1898) Loeblich and Tappan, 1978

Calcidiscus macintyrei (Bury and Bramlette, 1969) Loeblich and Tappan, 1978

Calcidiscus premacintyrei Theodoridis, 1984

Catinaster calyculus Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Catinaster coalitus Martini and Bramlette, 1965

Catinaster mexicanus Bukry, 1971

Ceratolithus acutus Gartner and Bukry, 1974

Ceratolithus cristatus Kamptner, 1950

Ceratolithus rugosus Bukry and Bramlette, 1968

Ceratolithus simplex Bukry, 1979

Ceratolithus telesmus Norris, 1965

Coccolithus crassipons Bouché, 1962

Coccolithus miopelagicus Bukry, 1971

Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich, 1877) Schiller, 1930

Coccolithus streckerii Takayama and Sato, 1987

Coronocyclus nitescens (Kamptner, 1963) Bramlette and Wilcoxon, 1967

Cyclicargolithus floridanus (Roth and Hay in Hay et al., 1967) Bukry, 1971

Cyclolithella annula (Cohen, 1964) McIntyre and Bé, 1967

Dictyococcites spp.

Remarks. In the present study, all reticulofenestrid specimens whose central opening cannot be identified under the light microscope are included into "Dictyococcites" specimens.

Discoaster adamanteus Bramlette and Wilcoxon, 1967

Discoaster asymmetricus Gartner, 1969

Discoaster bellus Bukry and Percival, 1971

Discoaster berggrenii Bukry, 1971

Discoaster bollii Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Discoaster brouweri Tan (1927) emend. Bramlette and Riedel, 1954

Discoaster calcaris Gartner, 1967

Discoaster calculosus Bukry, 1971

Discoaster challengeri Bramlette and Riedel, 1954

Discoaster decorus (Bukry, 1971) Bukry, 1973

Discoaster deflandrei Bramlette and Riedel, 1954

Discoaster drugii Bramlette and Wilcoxon, 1967

Discoaster exilis Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Discoaster hamatus Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Discoaster icarus Stradner, 1973

Discoaster intercalaris Bukry, 1971

Discoaster kugleri Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Discoaster loeblichii Bukry, 1971

Discoaster moorei Bukry, 1971

Discoaster musicus Stradner, 1959

Discoaster neohamatus Bukry and Bramlette, 1963

Discoaster neorectus Bukry, 1971

Discoaster pansus (Bukry and Percival, 1971) Bukry, 1973

Discoaster pentaradiatus Tan (1927) emend. Bramlette and Riedel, 1954

Discoaster perclarus Haq in Haq et al., 1967

Discoaster prepentaradiatus Bukry and Percival, 1971

Discoaster pseudovariabilis Martini and Worsley, 1971

Discoaster quadramus Bukry, 1973

Discoaster quinqueramus Gartner, 1969

Discoaster signus Bukry, 1971

Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Discoaster tamalis Kamptner, 1967

Discoaster triradiatus Tan, 1927

Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Discolithina japonica Takayama, 1967

Discolithina multipora (Kamptner, 1948) Roth, 1970

Emilianina huxleyi (Lohmann, 1902) Hay and Mohler in Hay et al., 1967

Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica Boudreaux and Hay, 1967

Remarks: This species was identified by characteristic features of its size (4-6 µm in length) and orientation of the diagonal bar (>45° with short axis).

Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner, 1943

Remarks: This species was identified by characteristic features of its size (4-6 µm in length) and orientation of the diagonal bar (<45° with short axis).

Gephyrocapsa parallela Hay and Beaudry, 1973

Gephyrocapsa spp. (large).

Remarks: Specimens of G. oceanica and G. caribbeanica >6 µm in length are included into Gephyrocapsa spp. (large).

Gephyrocapsa spp. (small)

Remarks: Calcareous nannofossil assemblages in the upper Pliocene and other intervals in the studied sections are characterized by the dominance of Gephyrocapsa specimens. All of these Gephyrocapsa are <4 µm in length. In the present study, they are included in "small" Gephyrocapsa.

Helicosphaera ampliaperta Bramlette and Wilcoxon,1967

Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich, 1877) Kamptner, 1954

Helicosphaera euphratis Haq, 1966

Helicosphaera granulata Bukry and Percival, 1971

Helicosphaera hyalina Gaarder, 1970

Helicosphaera inversa Gartner, 1980

Helicosphaera neogranulata Gartner, 1977

Helicosphaera obliqua Bramlette and Wilcoxon, 1967

Helicosphaera orientalis Black, 1971

Helicosphaera scissura Miller, 1981

Helicosphaera sellii Bukry and Bramlette, 1969

Helicosphaera stalis Theodoridis, 1984

Helicosphaera wallichii (Lohmann, 1902) Boudreaux and Hay, 1969

Minylitha convallis Bukry, 1973

Oolithotus antillarum (Cohen, 1964) Reinhardt, 1968

Pseudoemiliania lacunosa (Kamptner, 1963) Gartner, 1969

Pyrocyclus sp.

Remarks: Genus Pyrocyclus was defined by Hay and Towe (1962) as a small coccolith of a single shield with a central opening. In the present study, specimens that consist of a single shield with a central opening are treated as Pyrocyclus sp.

Reticulofenestra ampla Sato, Kameo and Takayama, 1991

Reticulofenestra asanoi Sato and Takayama, 1992

Reticulofenestra bisectus (Hay, Mohler and Wade, 1966) Bukry and Percival (1971)

Reticulofenestra minuta Roth, 1970

Reticulofenestra minutula (Gartner, 1967) Haq and Berggren, 1978

Reticulofenestra minutula (circular form)

Remarks: In the present study, circular forms of Reticulofenestra minutula were characteristically observed in mid-Pliocene sequences, and they are usually >5 µm in length. Thus, the specimens are called R. minutula (circular form).

Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus (Gartner, 1967) Gartner, 1969

Rhabdosphaera clavigera Murray and Blackman, 1898

Rhabdosphaera longistylis Schiller, 1925

Rhabdosphaera stylifera (Lohmann, 1902) Boudreaux and Hay, 1969

Scapholithus fossilis Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954

Sphenolithus abies Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert,1954

Sphenolithus belemnos Bramlette and Wilcoxon, 1967

Sphenolithus capricornutus Bukry and Percival, 1971

Sphenolithus conicus Bukry 1971

Sphenolithus delphix Bukry, 1973

Sphenolithus dissimilis Bukry and Percival, 1971

Sphenolithus heteromorphus Deflandre, 1953

Sphenolithus moriformis (Brönnimann and Stradner, 1960) Bramlette and Wilcoxon,1967

Sphenolithus neoabies Bukry and Bramlette, 1969

Syracosphaera pulchra Lohmann, 1902

Syracosphaera spp.

Tetralithoides symeonidesii Theodridis, 1984

Triquetrorhabdulus carinatus Martini, 1965

Triquetrorhabdulus extensus Theodoridis, 1984

Triquetrorhabdulus rugosus Bramlette and Wilcoxon, 1967

Umbilicosphaera sibogae (Weber-can Bosse, 1901) Gaarder, 1970