Table T5. Age estimates of planktonic foraminiferal datum events for the Pacific Ocean considered for Expedition 346.
| Event and species | Age (Ma) |
Zone/Subzone (base) |
Reference† |
|---|---|---|---|
| LO Globorotalia flexuosa | 0.07 | PT1b | Berggren et al., 1995a |
| LO* Globigerinoides ruber (pink) | 0.12 | PT1b | Thompson et al., 1979 |
| FO Globigerinella calida | 0.22 | PT1b | Chapronière et al., 1994 |
| FO Globorotalia flexuosa | 0.40 | PT1b | Berggren et al., 1995a |
| FO Globorotalia hirsuta | 0.45 | PT1b | Pujol and Duprat, 1983 |
| LO Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis | 0.61 | PT1b/PT1a | Mix et al., 1995 |
| FO Globorotalia hessi | 0.75 | PT1a | Chapronière et al., 1994 |
| X* Pulleniatina coiling change random to dextral | 0.80 | PT1a | Pearson, 1995 |
| LO Globoturborotalita obliquus | 1.30 | PT1a | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globoturborotalita apertura | 1.64 | PT1a | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globigerinoides fistulosus | 1.88 | PT1a/PL6 | Shackleton et al., 1990 |
| LO Globigerinoides extremus | 1.98 | PL6 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globoturborotalita woodi | 2.30 | PL6 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globorotalia pertenuis | 2.30 | PL6 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO* Globorotalia pseudomiocenica | 2.39 | PL6/PL5 | Berggren et al., 1995a |
| Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary | 2.59 | Gradstein et al., 2012 | |
| LO Globoturborotalita decoraperta | 2.75 | PL5 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globorotalia (Menardella) multicamerata | 2.98 | PL5 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globigerinoides fistulosus | 3.33 | PL5 | Berggren et al., 1995a |
| LO* Dentoglobigerina altispira | 3.47 | PL5/PL4 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia pertenuis | 3.52 | PL4 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO* Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina | 3.59 | PL4/PL3 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Pulleniatina primalis | 3.66 | PL3 | Berggren et al., 1995a |
| LO Globorotalia plesiotumida | 3.77 | PL3 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globorotalia (Hirsutella) margaritae | 3.85 | PL3/PL2 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| X Pulleniatina coiling change sinistral to dextral | 4.08 | PL2 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO* Pulleniatina spectabilis | 4.21 | PL2 | Berggren et al., 1995a |
| LO Globoturborotalita nepenthes | 4.37 | PL2/PL1 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Sphaerodinellopsis kochi | 4.53 | PL1 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globorotalia (Hirsutella) cibaoensis | 4.60 | PL1 | Berggren et al., 1995b |
| Miocene/Pliocene boundary | 5.33 | Gradstein et al., 2012 | |
| FO Sphaeroidinella dehiscens s.l. | 5.53 | PL1 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO* Globorotalia tumida | 5.57 | PL1/M14 | Shackleton et al., 1995 |
| FO Turborotalita humilis | 5.81 | M14 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globoquadrina dehiscens | 5.92 | M14 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia (Hirsutella) margaritae | 6.08 | M14 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO* Globorotalia lenguaensis | 6.14 | M14/M13b | Berggren et al., 1995b |
| FO Globigerinoides conglobatus | 6.20 | M13b | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| X Neogloboquadrina acostaensis coiling change sinistral to dextral | 6.37 | M13b | Berggren et al., 1995b |
| FO Pulleniatina primalis | 6.60 | M13b | Berggren et al., 1995b |
| X Neogloboquadrina acostaensis coiling change dextral to sinistral | 6.77 | M13b | Berggren et al., 1995b |
| FO Candeina nitida | 8.43 | M13b | Berggren et al., 1995b |
| FO Neogloboquadrina humerosa | 8.56 | M13b | Berggren et al., 1995b |
| FO Globorotalia plesiotumida | 8.58 | M13b/M13a | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globigerinoides extremus | 8.93 | M13a | Turco et al., 2002 |
| FO Globorotalia cibaoensis | 9.44 | M13a | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia juanai | 9.69 | M13a | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO* Neogloboquadrina acostaensis [(sub)tropical] | 9.83 | M13a/M12 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO*Paragloborotalia mayeri [(sub)tropical] | 10.46 | M12/M11 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO* Neogloboquadrina acostaensis (temperate) | 10.57 | M11 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia limbata | 10.64 | M11 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Cassigerinella chipolensis | 10.89 | M11 | Turco et al., 2002 |
| FO Globoturborotalita apertura | 11.18 | M11 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globoturborotalita decoraperta | 11.49 | M11 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| LO Globigerinoides subquadratus | 11.54 | M11 | Turco et al., 2002 |
| FO Globoturborotalita nepenthes | 11.63 | M11/M10 | Turco et al., 2002 |
| LO Globorotalia (Fohsella) fohsi s.l. (includes lobata and robusta) | 11.79 | M10/M9b | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia lenguaensis | 12.84 | M9b | Turco et al., 2002 |
| FO Globorotalia (Fohsella) foshi robusta | 13.13 | M9b/M9a | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia (Fohsella) fohsi s.l. | 13.41 | M9a/M8 | Chaisson and Pearson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia (Fohsella) praefohsi | 13.77 | M8/M7 | Turco et al., 2002 |
| LO Globorotalia (Fohsella) peripheroronda | 13.80 | M7 | Turco et al., 2002 |
| LO Clavatorella bermudezi | 13.82 | M7 | Shackleton et al., 1999 |
| LO Globorotalia archeomenardii | 13.87 | M7 | Turco et al., 2002 |
| FO Globorotalia (Fohsella) peripheroacuta | 14.24 | M7/M6 | Pearson and Chaisson, 1997 |
| FO Globorotalia praemenardii | 14.38 | M6 | Pearson and Chaisson, 1997 |
| LO Praeorbulina sicana | 14.53 | M6 | Shackleton et al., 1999 |
| LO Globigerinatella insueta | 14.66 | M6 | Pearson and Chaisson, 1997 |
| FO Orbulina suturalis | 15.10 | M6/M5b | Shackleton et al., 1999 |
* = regional age only, † = references are available in Wade et al. (2011). LO = last occurrence, FO = first occurrence, X = change in coiling direction. Bold = zonal markers.
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