Table T2. Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphic datum levels, Site 1143.
Stratigraphic datum
Depth (mcd)
Age
(Ma)
LO pink Globigerinoides ruber 8.07 0.12
FO pink Globigerinoieds ruber 25.03 0.4
LO Globigerinoides fistulosus 83.4 1.8
FO Globorotalia truncatulinoides 96.09 2.0
LO Globorotalia multicamerata 101.77 2.4
LO Dentoglobigerina altispira 138.98 3.09
LO Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (Ss. spp.) 138.98 3.12
FO Sphaeroidinella dehiscens 158.08 3.25
LO Globorotalia margaritae 161.58 3.58
LO Globigerina nepenthes 180.67 4.2
LO Sphaeroidinellopsis kochi 196.22 4.53
FO Globigerinoides conglobatus 288.39 6.2
FO Globigerinoides extremus 435.4 8.3
FO Neogloboquadrina acostaensis 484.5 10.9
FO Globigerinoides nepenthes 502.99 11.8

Notes: FO = first occurrence, LO = last occurrence. Adopted from Li and Jian, 2001.