The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata .
3-480: Hallopodidae is a family of Late Jurassic crocodylomorphs . It was defined by Juan Leardi and colleagues in 2017 as all taxa more closely related to Hallopus victor than to Protosuchus richardsoni or to Dibothrosuchus elaphros . They have been recovered as the closest relatives of the Crocodyliformes . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article about
6-419: A prehistoric archosaur is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a Jurassic reptile is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Late Jurassic 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
9-559: A clear distinction between lithostratigraphic and geochronologic/chronostratigraphic units. The Late Jurassic is divided into three ages, which correspond with the three (faunal) stages of Upper Jurassic rock: During the Late Jurassic Epoch, Pangaea broke up into two supercontinents , Laurasia to the north, and Gondwana to the south. The result of this break-up was the spawning of the Atlantic Ocean . However, at this time,
#961038