TABLE 1. Summary of the data analyzed and their main features. Benthic forms are in grey boxes.
| Planktic foraminifers |
Benthic foraminifers |
Ammonites | Bivalves | |
| Sections | 3 | 4 | ||
| Samples | 184 | 184 | 93 | 93 |
| Species | 85 | 211 | 28 | 42 |
| Individuals | 134958 | 37806 | 57 | 233 |
| Average section similarity | 58.3 | 44.3 | 37.5 | 54.7 |
| Time interval | 13 my | 13 my | 13 my | 13 my |
| Distance among sections | 130 km | 130 km | 20 km | 20 km |
| Log distance among sections | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Contradictions | 159 | 569 | 7 | 100 |
| Average section similarity | 58.3 | 44.3 | 37.5 | 54.7 |
| Unitary Associations (UAs) | 32 | 29 | 8 | 8 |
| Cliques in cycles | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 |
TABLE 2. List of the parameters used to calculate the Index of Stratigraphic Potential (ISP). Higher/positive total score value indicates higher stratigraphic potential. Benthic forms are in grey boxes.
| Non-normalized | Normalized | |||||||
| Parameter | Ammonites | Planktic foraminifers |
Bivalves | Benthic foraminifers |
Ammonites | Planktic foraminifers |
Bivalves | Benthic foraminifers |
| UAs/Species | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.62 | 1.00 | 0.22 | 0.00 |
| % species confined to single UA | 46.43 | 18.82 | 14.29 | 2.84 | 1.00 | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0.00 |
| Average R | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 1.00 |
| Shannon diversity index | 0.54 | 2.00 | 1.70 | 3.30 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 1.00 |
| Contradictions/samples number | 0.08 | 0.86 | 1.08 | 3.09 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 1.00 |
| Cliques in cycles | 3.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 14.00 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 1.00 |
| Average species duration | 0.70 | 2.40 | 7.30 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 1.00 | 0.83 |
| Average D | 0.98 | 0.26 | 0.65 | 0.14 | 1.00 | 0.14 | 0.60 | 0.00 |
| ISP | 0.41 | 1.99 | -0.69 | -0.83 | ||||
