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4 days ago · The Triassic Period marked the beginning of major changes that were to take place throughout the Mesozoic Era, particularly in the distribution of continents, the evolution of life, and the geographic distribution of living things.
- Jurassic Period
Jurassic Period, second of three periods of the Mesozoic...
- Paleoclimate
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- Invertebrates
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- Jurassic Period
5 days ago · Jurassic Period, second of three periods of the Mesozoic Era. Extending from 201.3 million to 145 million years ago, the Jurassic was a time of global change in the continents, oceanographic patterns, and biological systems.
4 days ago · All of our knowledge of dinosaurs comes from fossils – the remains or traces of living things that have been preserved as rocks. The word ‘dinosaur’ means ‘terrible lizard’. It was invented by the English biologist Sir Richard Owen. Dinosaurs lived during much of the Mesozoic Era, which occurred from around 252 to around 66 million ...
1 day ago · The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic Era and is named after the Jura Mountains, where limestone strata from the period were first identified. The start of the Jurassic was marked by the major Triassic–Jurassic extinction event, associated with the eruption of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP).
1 day ago · As a Theropod, this dinosaur shares lineage with other bipedal carnivores, underscoring its role as an early example of predatory dinosaurs that would later dominate the Mesozoic Era. The timeline of this early Theropod places us in the Norian Epoch within the Late Triassic Period, approximately 237.0 to 208.5 million years ago.
2 days ago · The Cretaceous (IPA: / k r ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ ə s / krih-TAY-shəss) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic.
4 days ago · The Triassic Period is characterized by few geologic events of major significance, in contrast to the subsequent periods of the Mesozoic Era (the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods), when the supercontinent Pangea fragmented and the new Atlantic and Indian oceans opened up.
