Mayoan
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The Mayoan age is a period of geologic time (11.8—10 Ma) within the Miocene
epoch of the Neogene
used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Laventan
and precedes the Chasicoan
age.
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
epoch of the Neogene
Neogene
The Neogene is a geologic period and system in the International Commission on Stratigraphy Geologic Timescale starting 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago and ending 2.588 million years ago...
used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Laventan
Laventan
The Laventan age is a period of geologic time within the Miocene epoch of the Neogene used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Colloncuran and precedes the Mayoan age....
and precedes the Chasicoan
Chasicoan
The Chasicoan age is a period of geologic time within the Miocene epoch of the Neogene used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Mayoan and precedes the Huayquerian age....
age.