Table T13. Calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal datums, DSDP Site 398.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Biostratigraphic
datum
Age
(Ma)
Depth
(mbsf)
Cenozoic nannofossils
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19-3, 94 LO Discoaster saipanensis 34.2 588.4
19-3, 94 LO Discoaster barbadiensis 34.3 588.4
19-CC FO Isthmolithus recurvus 36.0 592.9
20-3, 40 LO Chiasmolithus grandis 37.1 597.4
21-3, 62 FO Reticulofenestra bisecta 38.0 607.1
22-5, 68 LO Chiasmolithus solitus 40.4 619.7
26-CC FO Reticulofenestra umbilicus 43.7 660.5
27-5, 85 FO Rhabdosphaera inflata 48.5 667.4
31-CC FO Discoaster sublodoensis 49.7 704.2
33-1, 107 FO Discoaster lodoensis 52.85 718.6
34-7, 22 FO Campylosphaera eodela 55.5 736.2
35-1, 66 FO Discoaster diastypus 55.0 737.2
35-3, 123 FO Tribrachiatus contortus 54.7 740.7
36-CC FO Discoaster multiradiatus 56.2 755.5
37-CC FO Discoaster mohleri 57.5 762.0
38-3, 66 FO Heliolithus kleinpellii 58.4 768.7
39-2, 121 FO Chiasmolithus consuetus 59.7 777.2
39-3, 44 FO Fasciculithus tympaniformis 59.7 777.9
39-4, 136 FO Ellipsolithus macellus 62.2 780.4
40-1, 7 FO Chiasmolithus bidens 60.7 784.1
40-CC FO Cruciplacolithus tenuis 64.5 793.4
40-CC FO Chiasmolithus danicus 63.8 793.4
Mesozoic nannofossils

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42-CC FO Micula murus 66.2 806.9
44-1, 115 FO Lithraphidites quadratus 67.5 823.2
46-1, 85 LO Uniplanarius trifidus 71.3 841.9
48-CC FO Uniplanarius trifidus 76.0 869.5
50-6, 10 FO Ceratolithoides aculeus 78.5 886.6
50-6, 10 FO Aspidolithus parcus 83.4 886.6
50-6, 10 FO Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis 83.5 886.6
59-6, 14 LO Helenea chiastia 91.0 981.6
60-CC FO Eiffellithus turriseiffelii 101.7 988.2
65-5, 55 FO Axopodorhabdus albianus 106.1 1037.6
74-4, 121 FO Hayesites albiensis 112.5 1131.7
120-3, 13 FO Eprolithus floralis 119.0 1566.1
121-3, 101 LO Calcicalathina oblongata 125.1 1576.5
136-1, 68 LO Cruciellipsis cuvillieri 128.3 1715.7
Mesozoic foraminifers

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57-5, 8 FO Rotalipora globotruncanoides 99.1 961.0
60-1, 6 FO Rotalipora appenninica 100.4 983.6
63-4, 24 FO Rotalipora ticinensis 101.7 1016.7
65-5, 135 FO Rotalipora subticinensis 102.4 1038.4
68-5, 63 FO Biticinella breggiensis 105.0 1066.1
86-2, 38 FO Ticinella primula (cf.) 109.5 1251.4
103-2, 35 LO Ticinella bejaouaensis 112.4 1403.4
104-2, 11 LO Planomalina cheniourensis 112.6 1412.6
106-3, 26 FO Ticinella bejaouaensis 114.3 1433.3

Notes: FO = first occurrence, LO = last occurrence. Age references are found in Tables T1, T2, T3, and T4, all in the "Explanatory Notes" chapter. Datum occurrences are based on data recorded by Blechschmidt (1979) and Sigal (1979).