Jurassic
noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
the Jurassic Period or System.
Origin of Jurassic
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- post-Ju·ras·sic, adjective
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Despite the scary name, modern vampire squid are docile denizens of the deep sea — but their Jurassic ancestors may have been a lot fiercer.
Vampire squid are gentle blobs. But this ancestor was a fierce hunter | Carolyn Gramling | June 23, 2022 | Science NewsStill, “I think they did very well,” says Horner of the films’ depiction of Jurassic life.
Cool Jobs: Bringing paleontology to the people | Beth Geiger | June 9, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThe embryos confirmed that the fossils were all Mussaurus patagonicus—a plant-eating dinosaur of the early Jurassic period that is considered a sauropodomorph, a predecessor of the massive, long-necked sauropods.
“I think it would be really neat to make a version of the map that shows the arrangements of the continents in periods such as the Triassic and the Jurassic,” says Nizar Ibrahim.
Earth as you’ve never seen it before | Avery Elizabeth Hurt | April 19, 2021 | Science News For StudentsFossils show that this most famous of dinosaurs evolved tens of millions of years after the Jurassic ended.
Does all this mean that a robo-Jurassic Park is coming soon to a neighborhood near you?
Pratt, of course, just exploded with Guardians of the Galaxy and the upcoming lead in Jurassic World.
Exclusive: Sony Emails Reveal Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt’s Plans For ‘Ghostbusters’ Film | William Boot | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYes, there are the usual references to color-changing T-shirts and Jurassic Park, but it feels more warranted than throwaway here.
Fall-Winter TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2013–14’s New Shows | Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRamin Setoodeh went and found a roomful of adults in Jurassic Park costumes.
Natalie Suarez, 25, fashioned her green hoodie to look like a Dilophosaurus, the poison-spitting dinosaur from Jurassic Park.
The foot plateau which succeeds is composed of sedimentary rocks dating from Trias to Jurassic.
This shallow-water phase existed throughout Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous times.
The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology | J. E. MarrThe first is the Jurassic Belt, sweeping along the border of the The eastern division.
At the end of the Jurassic period and later this great plain was part of a sea bed.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone DouieThis formation is of Upper Jurassic age, corresponding to the well-known beds of marine origin preserved in Cutch.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone Douie
British Dictionary definitions for Jurassic
/ (dʒʊˈræsɪk) /
of, denoting, or formed in the second period of the Mesozoic era, between the Triassic and Cretaceous periods, lasting for 55 million years during which dinosaurs and ammonites flourished
the Jurassic the Jurassic period or rock system
Origin of Jurassic
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Scientific definitions for Jurassic
[ ju-răs′ĭk ]
The second and middle period of the Mesozoic Era, from about 208 to 144 million years ago. During this time the supercontinent Pangaea continued to split up and numerous shallow seas inundated the new continents. Dinosaurs were the dominant form of terrestrial animal life, and the earliest birds appeared. Marine life was dominated by ammonites and belemnites, and sponges, corals, bryozoa, and gastropods all flourished. Gymnosperms and cycads were the dominant land plants. See Chart at geologic time.
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