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The Oxfordian is the first stage of the Late Jurassic Epoch. It spans the time between 161.2 ± 4 Ma and 155.7 ± 4 Ma (million years ago). Faunal stages are a subdivision of geologic time used primarily by paleontologists who study fossils rather than by geologists who study rock formations. ... Jump to: navigation, search Upper Jurassic (also known as Malm) was an epoch of the Jurassic geologic period. ... The word epoch can mean either an interval of time, or a particular point in time used as a reference point. ... Mega-annum, usually abbreviated as Ma, is a unit of time equal to one million years. ...


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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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OXFORDIAN - LoveToKnow Article on OXFORDIAN (448 words)
The term Oxfordian was introduced by dOrbigny in 1844.
The Oxfordian of the continent of Europe is divided according to A. de Lapparent into an upper (Argovian) and a lower (Neuvizyen) substage.
In the former he includes part of the English Coralline Oolite and in the latter the lower Calcareous Grit, while a portion of the lower Oxford Clay is placed in the Divesian or upper substage of the Callovian.
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