Oxfordian stage

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The Oxfordian stage 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).

The stage takes its name from the city of Oxford in England.

Contents 1 Vertebrate Fauna 2 Inertebrate Fauna 2.1 Ammonitida 2.1.1 Genera Surving From the Bajocian 2.2 Belemnites 2.2.1 Genre Surviving From the Bajocian 3 References

[edit] Vertebrate Fauna

• Aggiosaurus
• Geosaurus
• Metriorhynchus

[edit] Inertebrate Fauna

[edit] Ammonitida

[edit] Genera Surving From the Bajocian

The following genera of Ammonites first appear in Bajocian rocks, but survived to this article's eponymous stage.

• Somalinautilus

[edit] Belemnites

[edit] Genre Surviving From the Bajocian

The following genera of Belemnites first appear in Bajocian rocks, but survived to this article's eponymous stage.

• Produvalia

[edit] References

• GeoWhen Database — Oxfordian

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

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