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The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma ( million years ago ) to 5.333 Ma.
The Miocene (/ ˈ m aɪ. ə s iː n,-oʊ-/ MY-ə-seen, -oh-) [6] [7] is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words μείων (meíōn, "less") and καινός (kainós, "new") [8] [9] and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates ...
Late Miocene (Huayquerian) South America: Argentina: Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, bivalves, foraminifera, ichnofossils and flora: Jaguel Formation: Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) South America: Argentina: Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest: La Matilde Formation: Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian) South ...
Mid-Late Miocene [123] Aguada Limestone: Early-Late Miocene [124] Quebradillas Limestone: Middle Miocene [125] Cibao Formation: Aquitanian-Burdigalian [126] Lares Limestone: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene [127] Guayanilla Formation: Late Oligocene [128] Guatemala Group: Cibao Marl: Late Oligocene [129] Oligocene [130] Río Guatemala Group: San ...
After early Miocene submarine volcanic eruptions created a seamount, subaerial volcanic activity at Gran Canaria occurred in three phases: shield stage (middle- and late-Miocene, 14.5 to 8.5 Ma), erosional stage (late Miocene, 8.5 to 5.3 Ma) and rejuvenated stage (Pliocene to Quaternary, 5.3 Ma to present). [82]
The Maltese archipelago, situated between Sicily and Tunisia, was created through the uplift of sedimentary rocks.This uplift dates from the late Miocene to the Pliocene. Malta forms the crest of a tilted block on the edge of the Malta Graben.
[113] [112] [111] [110] Borhyaenids last occur in the late Miocene, about 4 Ma before the first appearance of canids or felids in South America. [106] Thylacosmilids last occur about 3 Ma ago and appear to be rarer at pre-GABI Pliocene sites than Miocene ones.
The upper member (Shinzato) of late Miocene or Pliocene age consists of tuff and shale; the lower member (Yonabaru) of Miocene age contains shale interbedded with siltstone and sandstone. [24] The Shimajiri Group is the first geological unit to be found across Northern, Central, and Southern Ryukyu.