Kimmeridgian
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The Kimmeridgian is a stage of the Late Jurassic Epoch. It spans the time between 155.7 ± 4 Ma and 150.8 ± 4 Ma (million years ago).
The stage takes its name from the village of Kimmeridge on the Dorset coast , England where the exposure is at its greatest extent. The beach at Kimmeridge Bay is a good place for looking for fossils — there are specimens on the beach washed in by the tide.
The Kimmeridge Clay formation is the source for about 95% of the petroleum in the North Sea
[edit] Fauna
- Amphicoelias fragillimus?
- Archaeopteryx
- Aviatyrannis jurassica
- Hesperosaurus
- Diplodocus
- Stokesosaurus clevelandi
- Europasaurus holgeri
- Metriorhynchus
- Geosaurus
- Dakosaurus
[edit] Localities
[edit] References
| Jurassic period | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lower/Early Jurassic | Middle Jurassic | Upper/Late Jurassic |
| Hettangian | Sinemurian Pliensbachian | Toarcian |
Aalenian | Bajocian Bathonian | Callovian |
Oxfordian | Kimmeridgian Tithonian |
