Table T5. Datum levels for planktonic foraminifers, Site 1261.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth (mbsf)
Depth (mcd)
Datum
Species
Zone
Age
Age
(Ma)
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom
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3R-CC, 18–23 14.77 72.91 14.77 72.91 B Globorotalia truncatulinoides* PL1 late Pliocene and Pleistocene 1.9
5R-CC, 8–13 72.91 139.50 72.91 139.50 T Globorotalia margaritae* PL2 early Pliocene 3.6
20R-5, 116–119 369.26 369.30 369.26 369.30 B Globorotalia plesiotumida* M13b late Miocene 8.6
20R-5, 120–122 369.26 369.30 369.26 369.30 T Acarinina and Morozovella spp.* P14 middle Eocene 37.5–38.5
21R-2, 84–86 371.64 374.12 371.64 374.12 T Orbulinoides beckmanni P13 middle Eocene 40.1
31R-1, 56–58 468.16 487.14 468.16 487.14 B Morozovella aragonensis* P7 early Eocene 52.3
32R-CC, 19–24 468.16 487.14 468.16 487.14 T Morozovella velascoensis group P5 late Paleocene 54.7
37R-7, 52–55 534.82 535.02 534.82 535.02 B Praemurica uncinata P2 early Paleocene 61.2
38R-CC, 0–5 535.00 535.26 535.00 535.26 T Abathomphalus mayaroensis KS31 Maastrichtian 65.0
39R-CC, 16–22 549.58 562.21 549.58 562.21 B Globotruncana aegyptiaca* KS29–31 late Campanian–Maastrichtian 73.8
42R-3, 106–108 577.33 579.32 578.99 580.98 B Contusotruncana fornicata KS24–23 Santonian 88.0
48R-CC, 11–15 630.17 639.93 628.07 636.99 T Rotalipora spp. KS19 Cenomanian 94.0
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2R-3, 78–79 533.78 534.24 538.38 538.84 B Praemurica uncinata P2 and KS31 early Paleocene 61.2
2R-3, 124–129 533.78 534.24 538.38 538.84 T Abathomphalus mayaroensis KS31 Maastrichtian 65.0
6R-7, 58–63 577.78 585.63 579.04 586.23 B Contusotruncana fornicata KS24 Santonian 88.0
11R-CC, 14–19 619.61 635.41 612.62 634.03 B Whiteinella spp. KS22–20 Turonian 95.4

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 foraminifer marker species.