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The Huayquerian ( es, Huayqueriense) age is a period of geologic time (9.0–6.8 Ma) within the
Late Miocene 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 ...
epoch of the
Neogene The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya. ...
, used more specifically within the SALMA classification. It follows the Mayoan and precedes the Montehermosan age.


Etymology

The age is named after the
Huayquerías Formation The Huayquerías Formation ( es, Formación Huayquerías) is a Late Miocene fossiliferous geological formation of the Frontal Cordillera and Cuyo Basin of Argentina. The formation crops out in the central Mendoza Province. The formation, with a m ...
in the western Cuyo Basin of northwestern Argentina that was later dated to the Montehermosan. The most complete Huayquerian fauna is found in the Cerro Azul Formation, in Buenos Aires Province also referred to as Epecuén Formation.


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;Huayquerías Formation * * ;Andalhuala Formation * ;Camacho Formation * * * ;Cerro Azul Formation * * * ;Chiquimil Formation * * * * * ;Las Flores Formation, Sierra del Tontal * ;Içá Formation * ;Iñapari Formation * * ;India Muerta Formation * ;Ituzaingó Formation * * * ;Madre de Dios Formation * * * ;Maimará Formation * * * ;Mauri & Muyu Huasi Formations * ;Miramar Formation * ;El Morterito Formation * ;Navidad Formation * ;Palo Pintado Formation * * * ;Paraná Formation * * * ;Pebas Formation * * ;Piquete Formation * ;Pisco Formation * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Quehua Formation * ;Raigón Formation * ;Saldungaray Formation * ;Salicas Formation * ;Solimões Formation * * * * * ;Urumaco Formation * * * * * {{SALMA Miocene South America Neogene Argentina