Late Jurassic
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A map of Earth as it appeared 155 million years ago during the Late Jurassic Epoch, Oxfordian Age | |||||||||
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| Etymology | |||||||||
| Chronostratigraphic name | Upper Jurassic | ||||||||
| Geochronological name | Late Jurassic | ||||||||
| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||
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| Chronological unit | Epoch | ||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Series | ||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | Not formally defined | ||||||||
| Lower boundary definition candidates | Horizon of the Ammonite Cardioceras redcliffense. | ||||||||
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| Upper boundary definition | Not formally defined | ||||||||
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| Upper boundary GSSP candidate section(s) | None | ||||||||
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The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 143.1 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.
In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age. In the past, Malm was also used to indicate the unit of geological time, but this usage is now discouraged to make a clear distinction between lithostratigraphic and geochronologic/chronostratigraphic units.