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Table T1. Events and corresponding mcd depths used for Figure F5.

Biostratigraphic events Age
(Ma)
Event depth (mcd)
Site
U1312
Site
U1313
Site
U1314
LO Helicosphaera inversa 0.16
8.375
FO Emiliania huxleyi 0.25 13.47 19.105 25.565
LO Rhizosolenia curvirostris 0.30

22.845
LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa 0.41 13.47 21.205 32.285
LO Fragilariopsis reinholdii 0.50 20.565 34.505 39.35
FO Helicosphaera inversa 0.51
22.09 61.4
LO Fragilariopsis fossilis 0.70

57.565
LO Neodenticula seminae 0.84

65.27
LO Reticulofenestra asanoi 0.85
24.815 69.01
FO Gephyrocapsa parallela 0.95 18.41 47.035 74.235
LO Stilostomella lepidula 1.00
47.035 87.37
FO Reticulofenestra asanoi 1.16
54.31 94.435
LO large Gephyrocapsa spp. 1.21 22.775 51.815 94.435
FO Neodenticula seminae 1.25

104.355
LO Helicosphaera sellii 1.27 25.31 61.955 97.53
FO large Gephyrocapsa spp. 1.45 31.96 79.4 126.535
FO Rhizosolenia curvirostris 1.52

154.295
FO Gephyrocapsa oceanica 1.65

150.73
FO Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica 1.73 37.95 87.41 155.855
FaO Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s) 1.78
83 157.71
LO Discoaster brouweri 1.97 28 91.635 174.675
FO Globorotalia truncatulinoides 2.08 39.15 99.965
FO Globorotalia inflata 2.09 39.15 108.94 184.815
LO Discoaster pentaradiatus 2.38 28 110.695 232.9
LO Thalassiosira convexa 2.40 52.28
241.18
LO Globorotalia miocenica 2.40
107.11
LO Neogloboquadrina atlantica (s) 2.41

221.065
LO Globorotalia puncticulata 2.41 55 103.66 222.94
LO Discoaster surculus 2.54 40.7 121.04 253.365
FO Cycladophora davisiana 2.59 56.525

LO Spongaster tetras 2.60

272.955
LO Discoaster tamalis 2.74 37.4 114.35 272.955
Disappearance Globorotalia hirsuta 3.18 52.28 151.875
LO Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina 3.19 56.525 147.445
Reappearance Globorotalia puncticulata 3.31 103 153.69
Disappearance Globorotalia puncticulata 3.57 112.48 164.09
LO Globorotalia margaritae 3.81
183.77
LO Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus 3.85 117.8 172.87
LcO Globorotalia margaritae 3.98 124.49 185.67
FO Globorotalia puncticulata 4.52 144.155 214.85
FO Globorotalia crassaformis 4.52
214.85
LO Globigerina nepenthes 4.89
224.875
FO Ceratolithus cristatus (rugosus) 5.089
242.15
LO Discoaster quinqueramus 5.537 173.05 251.94
LO Amaurolithus amplificus 5.999 184.265 320.285
FaO Globorotalia margaritae 6.00 181.5

Coiling change Neogloboquadrina pachyderma s/d 6.30 173

FO Amaurolithus amplificus 6.84 192.2

FcO gr Globorotalia miotumida 7.24 191.5

FO Amaurolithus primus 7.39 191.65

LO Globorotalia menardii 4 7.51 191.65

Coiling change Neogloboquadrina pachyderma d/s 7.80 188.63

FO Discoaster berggrenii 8.28 200.955

FO Discoaster loeblichii 8.43 214.63

LO Globorotalia lenguaensis 8.99 210.915

FO Minylitha convallis 9.43 224.07

LO Discoaster hamatus 9.64 206.73

FO Discoaster hamatus 10.48 252.615

FcO Neogloboquadrina pachyderma morphotype acostaensis 10.50 252.615

LO Coccolithus miopelagicus 10.95 252.615

Notes: Dark blue = nannofossils, pink = foraminifers, light blue = diatoms, orange = radiolarians. Shaded events are not used in the calculation of sedimentation rates. LO = last occurrence, FO = first occurrence, FaO = first abundant occurrence, LcO = last common occurrence, FcO = first common occurrence. d = dextral, s = sinistral.

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