“…The differences between the best fit Model G curve fittings for both lithologies could be explained by a number of different reasons, as follows: (i) possible effects related to the PSV record in sedimentary rocksfor instance, by smoothing effects (due to factors such as sedimentation rate, grain size, sediment accommodation time, and subsequent consolidation (Kruiver et al, 2002), that may lead to attenuation of the geomagnetic record); (ii) ''flattening'' (shallowing) effect, which could result in significant deviations in paleolatitude estimates. Shallowing corrections using anisotropy of remanence (first proposed by Jackson et al, 1991) or the method from Tauxe and Kent (2004) were employed in only a few works from our selection (e.g., Brandt et al, 2009Brandt et al, , 2016Franco et al, 2012;Haldan et al, 2009); and (iii) igneous rocks provide geologically instantaneous records of the paleomagnetic field (Johnson & McFadden, 2007), which according to several authors (e.g., Bazhenov et al, 2016;Biggin et al, 2008b;Johnson et al, 2008;Veikkolainen & Pesonen, 2014) probably provide more reliable PSV estimates than those provided by sedimentary rocks. Therefore, the best fit Model G curve fitting for the igneous data set would best represent the S(k) trending patterns for the PCRS.…”