Table T9. Nannofossil and foraminifer events, Site 1215.
Marker species
Age
(Ma)
Depth
(mcd)
±
(m)
Nannofossil events:


B Discoaster lodoensis 52.4 32.90 0.15
B Sphenolithus radians 53.3 36.05 0.09
B Tribrachiatus orthostylus 53.4 40.37 0.18
B Tribrachiatus contortus 53.6 45.74 0.05
B Tribrachiatus bramlettei 53.9 49.94 0.13
B Rhomboaster cuspis 54.0 50.94 0.06
B Discoaster multiradiatus 56.2 70.04 0.10
Foraminifer events:


BEE 55.0 58.12 0.57

Notes: B = bottom. BEE = benthic extinction event. Biostratigraphic events are noted with depth of the sample and the range of the sample. This table is available in ASCII.