Mayoan


The Mayoan 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.

Etymology

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

Formations

Formation
bold is type
CountryBasinNotes
Río Mayo FormationGolfo San Jorge Basin
Coquimbo FormationTongoy Bay
Gran Bajo del Gualicho FormationColorado Basin
Huaylas FormationParinacota Province
Mauri FormationAltiplano Basin
Navidad FormationChilean Coast Range
Paraná FormationParaná Basin
Pebas Formation


Amazon Basin
Pisco FormationPisco Basin
Puerto Madryn FormationValdés Basin
Urumaco FormationFalcón Basin
Yecua FormationParaná Basin

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