Mayoan

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The Mayoan (Spanish: Mayoense) age is a period of geologic time from 11.8 to 10 Ma, within the Middle to Late Miocene epoch of the Neogene, used more specifically within the SALMA classification in South America. It follows the Laventan and precedes the Chasicoan age.[1]

Etymology[]

The age is named after the in the Golfo San Jorge Basin of Patagonia, Argentina.

Formations[]

Mayoan is located in South America
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Locations of Mayoan formations
Formation
bold is type
Country Basin Notes
 Argentina Golfo San Jorge Basin
Coquimbo Formation  Chile Tongoy Bay
 Argentina Colorado Basin
 Chile Parinacota Province
 Bolivia Altiplano Basin
Navidad Formation  Chile Chilean Coast Range
 Argentina Paraná Basin
Pebas Formation  Brazil
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Peru
Amazon Basin
Pisco Formation  Peru Pisco Basin
 Argentina
Urumaco Formation  Venezuela
Yecua Formation  Bolivia Paraná Basin

Fossil content[]

Group Fossils Formation Notes
Mammals
,
Brujadelphis ankylorostris Pisco
, , , , Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) sp., Dolichotinae indet., Macraucheniidae indet., Mylodontinae indet., ,
cf. Theosodon sp. Yecua
Birds , , , Pisco
, Palaeospheniscus bergi, Accipitridae indet., Dendrocygninae indet.,
Reptiles Mourasuchus sp., Pleurodira indet. Yecua
Fishes Cosmopolitodus hastalis Coquimbo
Loricariidae indet., Percomorpha indet., Siluriformes indet.
cf. Ariidae indet., Teleostei indet. Yecua

References[]

  1. ^ Paleo Database: Mayoan
  2. ^ Ecosteguy et al., 2003
  3. ^ Le Roux et al., 2006, p.49
  4. ^ Reichler, 2010, p.181
  5. ^ García et al., 1999, p.251
  6. ^ Marshall & Sempere, 1991, p.636
  7. ^ Finger et al., 2007, p.13
  8. ^ Martín Pérez, 2013, p.51
  9. ^ Antoine et al., 2016, p.56
  10. ^ Wesselingh et al., 2006, p.304
  11. ^ Brand et al., 2011
  12. ^ Acosta Hospitaleche et al., 2007, p.301
  13. ^ Linares, 2004, p.16
  14. ^ Hernández et al., 2002, p.5
  15. ^ Arroyo Pedregoso at Fossilworks.org
  16. ^ Montoya Sanhueza et al., 2017
  17. ^ Caragua at Fossilworks.org
  18. ^ Lambert et al., 2017
  19. ^ a b c Rincón Chico at Fossilworks.org
  20. ^ a b La Pastosa at Fossilworks.org
  21. ^ Punta San Román at Fossilworks.org
  22. ^ Playa El Doradillo at Fossilworks.org
  23. ^ Yecua at Fossilworks.org
  24. ^ Stucchi et al., 2015a
  25. ^ Stucchi et al., 2015b
  26. ^ Puerto Madryn Autodromo at Fossilworks.org
  27. ^ Playa Villarino at Fossilworks.org
  28. ^ a b La Angostura, Margin of Piraí River at Fossilworks.org
  29. ^ Tongoy area Unit 4 at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography[]

Río Mayo Formation
  • Ecosteguy, Leonardo; Carlos Dal Molín; Mario Franchi; Silvena Guena; Omar Lapido, and Adolfo Genini. 2003. Hoja Geológica 4772-II Lago Buenos Aires, 1–80. Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales, . Accessed 2018-09-10.
Coquimbo Formation
Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation
Huaylas Formation
Mauri Formation
Navidad Formation
Paraná Formation
Pebas Formation
Pisco Formation
Puerto Madryn Formation
Urumaco Formation
Yecua Formation
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