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Late Jurassic (or Malm) Epoch of the Jurassic Period is the unit of geologic time from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago, which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses

• Anapsida
• Diapsida
  

Synonyms

• Reptilia Laurenti, 1768

Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders

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Saurischia
Seeley, 1887

Suborders

• Theropoda
• Sauropodomorpha
  

Saurischia (from the Greek sauros (σαυρος) meaning 'lizard' and ischion (
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Theropoda
Marsh, 1881

Infraorders

• Carnosauria
• Ceratosauria
• Deinonychosauria
• Ornithomimosauria
• Oviraptorosauria
  

Theropods ('beast feet') are a group of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs.
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Coelurosauria
von Huene, 1914

Sub-groups

• Compsognathidae
• Maniraptora
• Ornithomimosauria
• Tyrannosauroidea
  

Coelurosauria is a diverse group of theropod dinosaurs that includes a number of subgroups, such as Tyrannosauroidea,
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Troodontidae
Gilmore, 1924

Genera

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Troodontidae is a family of bird-like theropod dinosaurs.

In previous decades, troodontid fossils were few and scrappy and they have therefore been allied, at various times, with nearly every
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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In biology, a type is that which fixes a name to a taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question, a type may be a specimen, culture, illustration, description or taxon.
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Theropoda
Marsh, 1881

Infraorders

• Carnosauria
• Ceratosauria
• Deinonychosauria
• Ornithomimosauria
• Oviraptorosauria
  

Theropods ('beast feet') are a group of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs.
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders

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A type species fixes the name of a genus (or of a taxon in a rank lower than genus).

Strictly speaking, a type species exists only in zoological nomenclature. As set in article 42.
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Coelurosauria
von Huene, 1914

Sub-groups

• Compsognathidae
• Maniraptora
• Ornithomimosauria
• Tyrannosauroidea
  

Coelurosauria is a diverse group of theropod dinosaurs that includes a number of subgroups, such as Tyrannosauroidea,
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Troodontidae
Gilmore, 1924

Genera

See text.

Troodontidae is a family of bird-like theropod dinosaurs.

In previous decades, troodontid fossils were few and scrappy and they have therefore been allied, at various times, with nearly every
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State of Utah

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Nickname(s): Beehive State
Motto(s): "Industry"

Official language(s) English

Capital Salt Lake City
Largest city Salt Lake City

Area
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For other uses of the term, see Fossil (disambiguation)

FOSSIL is a standard for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under the DOS operating system.
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The Jurassic Period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 199.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago) to 145.4 ± 4.0 Ma, the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous.
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A geologic period is a subdivision of geologic time that divides an era into smaller timeframes. The equivalent term used to demarcate rock layers and the fossil record is the system; thus the rocks of the Devonian System were laid down during the Devonian Period.
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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.
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Faunal stages are subdivisions of rock layers used primarily by paleontologists who study fossils rather than by geologists who study rock formations. Typically, a faunal stage will consist of a series of rocks that contain similar fossils.
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mya or "m.y.a." is an abbreviation for million years ago. This abbreviation is commonly used as a unit of time to denote length of time before the present or "B.P." (before AD 1950). Specifically, one mya is equal to 10⁶ years ago.
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