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 edit

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

Formations edit

Formation
bold is type
Country Basin Notes
Río Mayo Formation   Argentina Golfo San Jorge Basin
Coquimbo Formation   Chile Tongoy Bay
Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation   Argentina Colorado Basin
Huaylas Formation   Chile Parinacota Province
Mauri Formation   Bolivia Altiplano Basin
Navidad Formation   Chile Chilean Coast Range
Paraná Formation   Argentina Paraná Basin
Pebas Formation   Brazil
  Colombia
  Ecuador
  Peru
Amazon Basin
Pisco Formation   Peru Pisco Basin
Puerto Madryn Formation   Argentina Valdés Basin
Urumaco Formation   Venezuela Falcón Basin
Yecua Formation   Bolivia Paraná Basin

Fossil content edit

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

References edit

  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 edit

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, Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino. 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