Late Jurassic
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Upper Jurassic (also known as Malm) was an epoch of the Jurassic geologic period. It lasted from 161,2 Ma to 145,5 Ma (million years ago).
It is divided into three ages:
| Tithonian | (150.8 ± 4.0 – 145.5 ± 4.0 Ma) |
| Kimmeridgian | (155.7 ± 4.0 – 150.8 ± 4.0 Ma) |
| Oxfordian | (161.2 ± 4.0 – 155.7 ± 4.0 Ma) |
Life
This period was well known for many famous types of dinosaurs:
- Sauropods
- Camarasaurs
- Brachiosaurs
- Diplodocids
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| Jurassic period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower/Early Jurassic | Middle Jurassic | Upper/Late Jurassic | |||
| Hettangian | Sinemurian | Aalenian | Bajocian | Oxfordian | Kimmeridgian |
| Pliensbachian | Toarcian | Bathonian | Callovian | Tithonian | |
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