Table 3. Site 999 and Site 925 datum ages compared.
| Datum | Datum Ages (Ma) |
Difference (Site 999-Site 925) |
Published Age | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caribbean Sea
Site 999 |
Western Atlantic
Site 925 |
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| LO Globigerinoides obliquus | 1.31 ± 0.05 |
1.3 | 0.01 | 1.3 | 3 |
| LO Globigerinoides fistulosus | 2.10 ± 0.05 |
1.88 | 0.22 | 1.6 | 2 |
| LO Globoturborotalita apertura | 2.54 ± 0.05 |
1.61 | 0.93 | 1.9 | 1 |
| LO Globigerinoides extremus | 2.74 ± 0.05 |
1.98 | 0.76 | 1.9 | 2 |
| FO Truncorotalia truncatulinoides | 2.10 ± 0.05 |
1.92 | 0.08 | 2.0 | 1 |
| FO Globoconella inflata | 2.00 ± 0.06 |
2.18 | -0.18 | 2.09 | 2 |
| LO Menardella exilis | 2.31 ± 0.05 |
2.09 | 0.22 | 2.15 | 2 |
| LO Globoturborotalita woodi | 2.54 ± 0.05 |
2.33 | 0.21 | 2.3 | 1 |
| LO Menardella miocenica | 2.42 ± 0.05 |
2.38 | 0.04 | 2.3 | 1 |
| LO Menardella limbata | 2.74 ± 0.05 |
2.38 | 0.36 | 2.38 | 3 |
| LO Menardella pertenuis | 2.54 ± 0.05 |
2.33 | 0.21 | 2.6 | 2 |
| LO Menardella multicamerata | 3.00 ± 0.05 |
3.11 | -0.11 | 3 | 1 |
| LO Dentoglobigerina altispira | 3.00 ± 0.05 |
3.11 | -0.11 | 3 | 1 |
| LO Globoquadrina venezuelana | 3.00 ± 0.05 |
3.08 | -0.08 | — |
|
| LO Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina | 3.45 ± 0.06 |
3.11 | 0.34 | 3.12 | 2 |
| FO Menardella pertenuis | 3.27 ± 0.06 |
3.52 | -0.25 | 3.5 | 1 |
| LO Hirsutella margaritae | 3.37 ± 0.06 |
3.85 | -0.48 | 3.6 | 2 |
| LO Globoturborotalita nepenthes | 4.69 ± 0.07 |
4.39 | 0.37 | 4.3 | 2 |
| LO Globorotalia plesiotumida | 3.84 ± 0.06 |
3.77 | 0.07 | 4.3 | 1* |
| FO Menardella exilis | 4.69 ± 0.06 |
4.45 | 0.24 | 4.45 | 3 |
| FO Globigerinoides conglobatus | 6.27 ± 0.04 |
6.2 | 0.07 | 6.2 | 1 |
| FO Hirsutella margaritae | 6.27 ± 0.04 |
6.09 | 0.18 | 6.4 | 2 |
| FO Hirsutella cibaoensis | 8.05 ± 0.03 |
— |
7.8 | 4 | |
| FO Candeina nitida | 10.28 ± 0.12 |
8.44 | 1.84 | 8.1 | 4 |
| FO Globigerinoides extremus | 10.31 ± 0.11 |
8.58 | 2.00 | 8.3 | 4 |
| FO Neogloboquadrina acostaensis | 10.30 ± 0.01 |
9.82 | 0.48 | 10.0 | 1 |
| FO Globoturborotalita apertura | 10.05 ± 0.16 |
11.19 | -1.14 | 10.8 | 1 |
| FO Menardella limbata | 10.58 ± 0.06 |
10.57 | 0.33 | 10.57 | 3 |
| FO Globorotalia lenguaensis | 13.57 ± 0.04 |
12.85 | 0.72 | 12.3 | 3 |
| LO Fohsella peripheroronda | 14.16 ± 0.06 |
— |
14.6 | 1 |
|
| FO Fohsella birnageae | 17.24 ± 0.05 |
— |
16.7 | 4 |
|
Notes: Ages are in millions of years. Site 925 ages from Chaisson and Pearson (1997). References: 1. Curry, Shackleton, Richter, et al., 1995 (Leg 154 time scale); 2. Berggren et al., 1995a; 3. Chaisson and Pearson, 1997; 4. Berggren et al., 1995b. *Original transformed age corrected in this study.