Table 2. Planktonic foraminifer datum events considered to reconstruct the chronology of Expedition 359 sediment cores.
| Datum | Age (Ma) | Zone/Subzone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LO | Globigerinoides ruber (pink) | 0,12 | PT1b |
| LO | Globorotalia tosaensis | 0,61 | PT1b/PT1a |
| LO | Globigerinoides fistulosus | 1,88 | PL6/PT1a |
| LO | Globorotalia limbata | 2,39 | PL5 |
| FO | Globigerinoides fistulosus | 3,33 | PL5 |
| LO | Dentoglobigerina altispira | 3,47 | PL4/PL5 |
| LO | Globorotalia margaritae | 3,85 | PL2/PL3 |
| FO | Sphaeroidinella dehiscens sensu lato | 5,53 | PL1 |
| FO | Globorotalia tumida | 5,57 | M14/PL1 |
| LO | Globoquadrina dehiscens | 5,92 | M14 |
| LO | Globorotalia lenguaensis | 6,14 | M13b/M14 |
| FO | Neogloboquadrina acostaensis | 9,83 | M12/M13a |
| LO | Paragloborotalia mayeri | 10,46 | M11/M12 |
| LO | Fohsella fohsi | 11,79 | M9b/M10 |
| FO | Fohsella fohsi | 13,41 | M9a/M8 |
| FO | Orbulina suturalis | 15,1 | M5b/M6 |
| LO | Paragloborotalia kugleri | 21,12 | M1b/M2 |
| FO | Paragloborotalia kugleri | 22,96 | Oligocene/M1a |
Ages are based on ref. 29. FO: first occurrence; LO: last occurrence.