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 Río Mayo Formation 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
Río Mayo Formation  Argentina Golfo San Jorge Basin
[2]
Coquimbo Formation  Chile Tongoy Bay
[3]
Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation  Argentina Colorado Basin
[4]
Huaylas Formation  Chile Parinacota Province
[5]
Mauri Formation  Bolivia Altiplano Basin
[6]
Navidad Formation  Chile Chilean Coast Range
[7]
Paraná Formation  Argentina Paraná Basin
[8]
Pebas Formation  Brazil
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Peru		 Amazon Basin
[9][10]
Pisco Formation  Peru Pisco Basin
[11]
Puerto Madryn Formation  Argentina Valdés Basin
[12]
Urumaco Formation  Venezuela Falcón Basin
[13]
Yecua Formation  Bolivia Paraná Basin
[14]

Fossil content

Group Fossils Formation Notes
Mammals Megathericulus patagonicus Río Mayo
[15]
Caraguatypotherium munozi, Epipeltephilus caraguensis Huaylas
[16][17]
Brujadelphis ankylorostris Pisco
[18]
Cardiatherium patagonicum, Kawas benegasorum, Notoziphius bruneti, Scirrotherium carinatum, Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) sp., Dolichotinae indet., Macraucheniidae indet., Mylodontinae indet., Neuryurini indet., Palaehoplophorini indet. Puerto
Madryn
[19][20]
[21][22]
cf. Theosodon sp. Yecua
[23]
Birds Kuntur cardenasi, Ramphastosula aguirrei, Sula brandi, S. figueroae Pisco
[24][25]
Madrynornis mirandus, Palaeospheniscus bergi, Accipitridae indet., Dendrocygninae indet., Psilopteridae indet. Puerto
Madryn
[19][20]
[26][27]
Reptiles Mourasuchus sp., Pleurodira indet. Yecua
[28]
Fishes Cosmopolitodus hastalis Coquimbo
[29]
Loricariidae indet., Percomorpha indet., Siluriformes indet. Puerto
Madryn
[19]
cf. Ariidae indet., Teleostei indet. Yecua
[28]

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
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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