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Era

Jurassic

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Phanerozoic

The middle period of the Mesozoic, named for the Jura Mountains, whose limestone strata were formed in this period's shallow seas. The dinosaurs it is most associated with in popular imagination reached some of their largest sizes here. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Rank
Period 1
Start (Million Years Ago)
201.4 1
Cited article gives 201.4 plus or minus 0.2 Mya.
End (Million Years Ago)
145 1
Key Event
The middle period of the age of dinosaurs, between the Triassic and the Cretaceous. 1
Connections

Anticipated By

Triassic, Eras

Associated With

Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Event, Phenomena
Source Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Event (Wikipedia)

Has Geologic Rank

Geologic Period, Concepts

In Discipline

Geochronology, Disciplines
Source Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)

Precursor To

Cretaceous, Eras
Sources
1. Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationView the Source
Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Event (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Triassic-Jurassic Extinction EventView the Source
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