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)

[edit] Life

This period was well known for many famous types of dinosaurs:

• Sauropods
• Camarasaurs
• Brachiosaurs
• Diplodocids

Many smaller animals were flourishing:

• Reptiles
• Lizards
• Early mammals
• Very early birds

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• The Late Jurassic

Jurassic period
Lower/Early Jurassic	Middle Jurassic	Upper/Late Jurassic
Hettangian | Sinemurian Pliensbachian | Toarcian	Aalenian | Bajocian Bathonian | Callovian	Oxfordian | Kimmeridgian Tithonian