ZONAL DEFINITIONS

Descriptions of Low Latitude Zones

QUATERNARY

BUCCINOSPHAERA INVAGINATA Range-Zone (= NR1)

(Nigrini, 1971)

Defined by the range of Buccinosphaera invaginata. This is the uppermost Quaternary zone. The base of the zone is coincident with the upper limit of the Collosphaera tuberosa Zone.

Reference slides R 1.1, R 1.2 and R 1.3 from Sample 85-573-1-1, 8-10 cm

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