Table T4. Selected diatom datum ages, Legs 191 and 86.
Diatom datum
Age (Ma)

Leg 191 Leg 86*
LO Proboscia curvirostris 0.32 0.3–0.35
LO Nitzschia reinholdii 0.63 0.47–0.52
LO Nitzschia fossilis 0.89 0.55–0.57
LO Actinocyclus oculatus 1.21 0.93–1.33
FO Pseudoeunotia doliolus 1.59 1.89–2.0
LO Thalassiosira antiqua 1.7 1.43–3.14
LO Thalassiosira convexa 2.5 2.29–2.3
LO Neodenticula kamtschatica 2.8 2.5–2.58
LO Nitzschia jouseae 3.21 2.48–2.58
FO Nitzschia jouseae 4.3 4.45–4.5
LO Thalassiosira miocenica 5.94 5.1–5.35
LCO Rouxia californica 6.1 4.4–5.1
FO Thalassiosira convexa 6.4 6.6
FO Thalassiosira oestrupii 7.75 5.0–5.35

Notes: * = Holes 578–581. LO = last occurrence, FO = first occurrence. LCO = last common occurrence.