Table T8. List of Cretaceous planktonic foraminifer and calcareous nannofossil highest, lowest, and lowest common occurrences, Hole 1183A.
 
Event
Species
Stage
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Zone/Subzone
Depth
(mbsf)
Age
(Ma)
HO M. mura upper Maastrichtian 39R-4, 100 CC25B 987.40 68.66
HO G. fornicata upper Maastrichtian 40R-3, 58 Gansseri 995.23 68.01
LO C. gallica upper Maastrichtian 41R-1, 55 CC25B 1001.95 68.66
HO R. pennyi upper Maastrichtian 41R-CC Gansseri 1004.26 68.20
LO G. gansseri upper Maastrichtian 41R-CC Gansseri 1004.26 71.37
LO M. praemura upper Maastrichtian 43R-1, 62 CC25B 1021.42 69.16
HO S. biarcus (closed) upper Maastrichtian 43R-1, 62 CC25B 1021.42 69.20
HO G. bicrescenticus upper Maastrichtian 43R-CC CC25B 1022.08 68.33
LO S. biarcus (elliptical) upper Maastrichtian 43R-CC CC25B 1022.08 69.73
LO R. subpennyi lower Maastrichtian 43R-CC Aegyptiaca 1022.08 ?
LO Cribcrocorona spp. upper Maastrichtian 44R-CC CC25A 1031.28 ?
HO U. trifidum lower Maastrichtian 45R-1, 56 CC24 1040.56 70.07
HO U. gothicum lower Maastrichtian 45R-1, 56 CC24 1040.56 70.07
HO Q. gartneri lower Maastrichtian 45R-1, 56 CC24 1040.56 70.40
LO P. excolata upper Campanian 45R-3, 1 Aegyptiaca 1042.71 72.70
HO R. elegans upper Campanian 46R-2, 22 CC22B 1051.22 74.00
HO A. cymbiformis var. NT upper Campanian 46R-2, 22 CC22B 1051.22 74.60
HO Tranolithus sp. 1 upper Campanian 46R-2, 22 CC22B 1051.22 74.60
LO R. levis upper Campanian 47R-CC CC22B 1060.70 74.72
LO G. ventricosa upper Campanian 47R-CC Ventricosa 1060.70 77.60
LO P. costulata upper Campanian 47R-CC Elevata 1060.70 79.10
LO U. trifidum upper Campanian 48R-1, 49 CC22A 1069.29 75.30
HO A. parcus parcus upper Campanian 48R-2, 49 CC 21 1070.79 75.18
HO B. bevieri upper Campanian 48R-2, 49 CC 21 1070.79 75.20
HO W. fossacincta upper Campanian 48R-2, 49 CC 21 1070.79 76.03
HO E. eximius upper Campanian 49R-CC CC 21 1078.66 76.33
HO C. ovalis upper Campanian 49R-CC CC 21 1078.66 77.15
LO U. gothicum upper Campanian 49R-CC CC 21 1078.66 77.20
LO B. magnus upper Campanian 49R-CC CC 21 1078.66 77.18
HO B. hayii lower Campanian 50R-1, 88 CC19A 1089.08 78.90
HO C. crassus lower Campanian 50R-1, 112 CC18 1089.32 80.70
HO M. furcatus lower Campanian 50R-1, 112 CC18 1089.32 81.24
LO A. parcus constrictus lower Campanian 50R-2, 20 CC18 1089.90 82.42
LO A. parcus parcus lower Campanian 50R-2, 20 CC18 1089.90 83.17
LO C. crassus upper Santonian 50R-2, 35 KN24 1090.05 83.90
HO Q. enebrachium lower Santonian 50R-2, 60 KN25 1090.30 85.27
HO E. floralis upper Coniacian 50R-2, 68 KN28 1090.38 86.20
LO M. cubiformis upper Coniacian 50R-2, 74 KN28 1090.44 86.50
LO M. staurophora middle Coniacian 50R-2, 74 KN28 1090.44 86.92
LO M. furcatus lower Coniacian 50R-2, 74 KN28 1090.44 89.03
HO M. chiastius upper Cenomanian 50R-2, 78 NC10A 1090.48 93.48
HO G. bentonensis upper Cenomanian 50R-2, 78 Archaeocretacea 1090.48 93.50
HO A. infracretacea upper Albian 50R-2, 78 NC10A 1090.48 99.75
LO R. appenninica upper Albian 50R-CC Oppenninica 1091.78 ?
LO E. turriseiffelii upper Albian 51R-CC NC10A 1101.59 100.00
HO H. irregularis upper Albian 52R-1, 79 NC9B 1108.29 100.02
TR C. burwellensis upper Albian 52R-1, 79 NC9B 1108.29 100.53
HO C. erbae Aptian/Albian boundary 52R-3, 107 NC8A 1111.57 112.20
LO H. rischi lower Albian 52R-CC Rischi 1113.38 110.06
LO P. columnata base Albian 53R-3, 21 NC8A 1120.38 112.03
HO G. barri base Albian 53R-3, 21 Cheniourensis 1121.12 112.03
LO H. trochoidea upper Aptian 53R-3, 95 Gorbachikae 1121.40 ?
LCO R. achlyostaurion upper Aptian 54R-2, 5 NC7C 1128.35 ?
LO G. algerianus upper Aptian 54R-2, 31 Algerianus 1128.61 116.20
HO L. salomonii upper Aptian 54R-2, 35 NC7A 1128.64 116.75
HO L. cabri top lower Aptian 54R-3, 96 Cabri 1130.13 117.00
LO E. floralis top lower Aptian 54R-3, 119 NC7A 1130.36 118.10
LO R. gallagheri middle lower Aptian 54R-3, 119 NC7A 1130.36 120.78
HO P. sigali middle lower Aptian 54R-4, 7 Cabri 1130.74 ?

Notes: HO = highest occurrence, LO = lowest occurrence, LCO = lowest common occurrence. Shaded = planktonic foraminifer, unshaded = calcareous nannofossil. ? = uncertain age assignment. Ages are from University of Utah Paleontology Database and calibrated to the Gradstein et al. (1995) timescale. This table is also available in ASCII format.