Table T2. Age estimate, depth, and zonation of calcareous nannofossil datum levels used in this study.
Biohorizons
Zone (base)
Core, section, interval (cm)
Depth (mbsf)
Age
(Ma)
Reference
NN
CN
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom
Mean



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FO Emiliania huxleyi NN21 CN15 1H-2, 40–42 1H-3, 40–42 1.90 3.40 2.65 0.26 1
LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa NN20 CN14b 1H-4, 40–42 1H-4, 115–117 4.90 5.65 5.28 0.46 1
LO Helicosphaera sellii NN19b
2H-7, 40–42 2H-CC 15.47 15.91 15.69 1.47 1
LO Calcidiscus macintyrei

3H-1, 40–42 3H-1, 115–117 16.00 16.75 16.38 1.59 1
LO Discoaster brouweri NN19a CN13 3H-1, 115–117 3H-3, 115–117 16.75 19.75 18.25 1.95 1
LO Discoaster pentaradiatus NN18 CN12d 3H-5, 115–117 3H-7, 40–42 22.75 25.00 23.88 2.44 2
LO Discoaster surculus NN17 CN12c 4H-1, 115–117 4H-2, 40–42 26.25 27.00 26.63 2.61 2
LO Sphenolithus abies/neoabies NN16
4H-3, 40–42 4H-4, 40–42 28.50 30.00 29.25 3.60 1
LO Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilica
CN12a 4H-4, 40–42 4H-4, 115–117 30.00 30.75 30.38 3.75 1
LO Amaurolithus spp. (A. primus)
CN11a 5H-1, 115–117 5H-2, 40-42 35.75 36.50 36.13 4.80 1
LO Ceratolithus acutus
CN10c 5H-2, 40–42 5H-2, 115–117 36.50 37.25 36.88 4.99 3
FO Ceratolithus rugosus NN13
5H-3, 115–117 5H-4, 40-42 38.75 39.50 39.13 5.04 2
FO Ceratolithus acutus NN12 CN10b 5H-4, 115–117 5H-5, 40–42 40.25 41.00 40.63 5.34 1
LO Discoaster quinqueramus
CN10a 5H-5, 115–117 5H-6, 40-42 41.75 42.50 42.13 5.60 4
LO Amaurolithus amplificus NN11d CN9b 6H-2, 115-117 6H-3, 40–42 46.75 47.50 47.13 5.90 4
FO Amaurolithus amplificus NN11c
7H-3, 40–42 7H-3, 115–117 57.00 57.75 57.38 6.60 4
FO Amaurolithus primus NN11b
7H-7, 40–42 7H-CC 63.00 63.39 63.20 7.20 4
FO Discoaster berggrenii NN11a CN9a 9H-6, 40-42 9H-6, 115–117 80.50 81.25 80.88 8.60 4
LO Discoaster hamatus NN10 CN8 10H-2, 40–42 10H-2, 115–117 84.00 84.75 84.38 9.40 4
LO Catinaster coalitus NN9 CN7 11H-3, 40-42 11H-3, 115-117 95.00 95.75 95.38 9.69 5
FO Discoaster hamatus

12H-2, 115–117 12H-2, 115–117 103.75 103.75 103.75 10.38 3
LO Coccolithus miopelagicus NN8 CN6 12H-3, 40-42 12H-3, 40-42 104.50 104.50 104.50 10.80 4
FO Catinaster coalitus

12H-4, 40–42 12H-4, 115–117 106.00 106.75 106.38 10.90 4
LO Discoaster kugleri NN7 CN5b 14H-7, 40-42 14-CC 129.50 130.05 129.78 11.50 4
FO Discoaster kugleri

17H-1, 40–42 17H-1, 115–117 149.00 149.75 149.38 11.80 4
LCO Cyclicargolithus floridanus NN6 CN5a 23X-6, 115–117 23X-CC 202.35 202.77 202.56 13.19 2
LO Sphenolithus heteromorphus

25X-1, 40–42 25X-1, 115–117 213.40 214.15 213.78 13.60 4
FO Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilica

26X-3, 40–42 26X-CC 226.10 226.71 226.41 13.95 3

Notes: FO = first occurrence, LO = last occurrence, LCO = last continuous occurrence. The NN zonation codes are after Martini (1971) and Martini and Müller (1986). The CN zonation codes are after Okada and Bukry (1980). 1 = Berggren et al. (1995a), 2 = Raffi and Flores (1995), 3 = Shackleton et al. (1995), 4 = Berggren et al. (1995b), 5 = Backman and Raffi (1997).