Table T5. Datum levels for planktonic foraminifers, Site 1260.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth (mbsf)
Depth (mcd)
Datum
Species
Zone
Age
Age
(Ma)
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom
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1R-CC, 12–18 0.75 3.58 0.75 3.58 B Globorotalia truncatulinoides PT1 Holocene–Pleistocene 1.9
2R-CC, 8–14 3.85 10.80 3.85 10.80 B Globigerina angulisuturalis P21a early Oligocene 29.4
5R-CC, 19–24 27.50 36.10 27.50 36.10 T Hantkenina spp.* P16 late Eocene 33.7
6R-1, 50–54 36.10 38.70 36.10 38.70 T Orbulinoides beckmanni P13 middle Eocene 40.1
8R-1, 50–54 57.70 59.20 57.80 59.3 B Orbulinoides beckmanni P13 middle Eocene 40.5
15R-1, 50–54 124.79 125.40 123.11 123.59 T Morozovella aragonensis P11 middle Eocene 43.6
19R-CC, 0–7 171.95 179.62 170.14 177.81 B Globigerinatheka spp. P11 middle Eocene 45.8
24R-CC, 13–18 217.93 221.20 216.12 219.39 B Guembelitrioides nuttali* P10 middle Eocene 49.0
25R-5, 50–54 225.70 227.00 223.89 225.19 T Morozovella formosa P7 early Eocene 50.8
26R-CC, 10–15 239.50 240.50 237.69 238.99 B Morozovella aragonensis P7 early Eocene 52.3
30R-1, 50–54 269.40 270.82 268.63 270.05 B Morozovella velascoensis group P5 early Eocene 54.7
32R-3, 45–48 290.14 291.65 289.37 290.88 T Globanomalina pseudomenardii P4 late Paleocene 55.9
35R-3, 50–54 320.60 322.10 319.52 321.02 B Globanomalina pseudomenardii P4 late Paleocene 59.2
35R-7, 18–22 326.28 327.00 325.2 325.92 B Morozovella angulata P3a late Paleocene 61.0
36R-3, 28–29 329.98 331.20 330.7 331.92 B Praemurica uncinata P2 early Paleocene 61.2
36R-4, 80–81 331.20 332.00 331.92 332.72 T Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina* P early Paleocene 64.7–64.9
36R-CC, 6–9 332.00 336.09 332.72 336.81 T Abathomphalus mayaroensis KS31 Maastrichtian 65.0
38R-1, 49–52 346.49 347.99 347.23 348.73 B Abathomphalus mayaroensis KS31 Maastrichtian 68.6
38R-6, 49–52 353.99 354.50 354.73 355.24 B Contusotruncana contusa KS30a Maastrichtian 69.6
38R-CC, 5–8 354.50 365.38 355.24 366.12 B Gansserina gansseri KS30b late Campanian–Maastrichtian 72.8
49R-2, 42–44 441.64 444.95 445.23 447.82 T Rotalipora spp.* KS19–KS17 Cenomanian 94.0










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4R-CC, 0–5 74.17 78.58 73.00 78.05 B Orbulinoides beckmanni P13 middle Eocene 40.5
10R-CC, 17–22 117.23 126.28 115.57 124.12 T Morozovella aragonensis P11 middle Eocene 43.6
11R-CC, 9–17 135.45 243.49 132.89 237.16 B Morozovella aragonensis* P11 middle Eocene 52.3
17R-CC, 16–21 269.89 280.81 265.27 276.94 T Morozovella velascoensis group P5 late Paleocene 54.7
20R-CC, 14–20 293.93 309.31 292.71 307.63 T Globanomalina pseudomenardii P4 late Paleocene 55.9
21R-CC, 16–22 319.22 328.50 317.19 329.05 B Globanomalina pseudomenardii P4 late Paleocene 59.2
22R-CC, 17–23 328.50 338.56 329.05 339.06 B Praemurica uncinata P2 early Paleocene 61.2
23R-CC, 28–34 328.50 338.56 329.05 339.06 T Abathomphalus mayaroensis KS31 Maastrichtian 65.0
25R-CC, 13–18 357.80 367.27 354.66 368.83 B Racemiguembelina fructicosa KS30a Maastrichtian 69.6

Notes: Top and bottom depth values refer to the range of possible depth in the core within which the datum is believed to fall. B = bottom, T = top. * = datums that probably reflect incomplete ranges of the foraminiferal marker species.