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The Oxfordian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the earliest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch, or the lowest stage of the Upper Jurassic Series.
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Oxfordian

Oxfordian

Geologic period
The Oxfordian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the earliest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch, or the lowest stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma and 154.8 ± 0.8 Ma. The Oxfordian is preceded by the... Wikipedia
Occurred: 163.5 (+/- 1) million years ago - 157.3 (+/- 1) million years ago
Lower boundary definition: FAD of ammonite species Brightia thuouxensis
Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s): Redcliff Point, Dorset, UK; Savouron, Provence, France
Upper boundary GSSP: Flodigarry, Skye, Scotland, UK; 57°39′40″N 6°14′44″W / 57.6610°N 6.2455°W
Upper GSSP ratified: 2021

Most Oxfordian rocks scattered around the main Central Vineyard appellations are about 157 million years old.
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 Oxfordian is a first stage of the Upper Jurassic series, corresponding to the Oxfordian age of the Late Jurassic epoch. It lasted from approximately ...
Oxfordian Stage, lowest of the three divisions of the Upper Jurassic Series, representing all rocks formed worldwide during the Oxfordian Age, ...
A stage in the European Upper Jurassic (161.2–155.7 Ma, Int. Commission on Stratigraphy, 2004). Note, however, that the Oxford Clay (Britain) is ...
The Oxfordian Age (164–157 Ma) is the first age in the Late Jurassic Epoch of the Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era. It occurs after the Callovian (Middle ...
Magnetic susceptibility (MS) variations record Earth's orbital parameters in the clays and marls of the Early Oxfordian in the Paris and Vocontian basins of ...