Jurassic Plants
and More

About the Jurassic Time Period

• 145.5 to 201 million years ago. As the Earth changed, more plants grew.
• Trees began to grow and there were forests.
• The herbivore (plant-eating) dinosaurs were bigger, so the carnivore (meat-eating) dinosaurs had to get bigger also so they could hunt the herbivores.
• There were lots of flying and swimming reptiles, as well.

Jurassic Dinosaurs

• The Jurassic is the middle period of the Age of Dinosaurs. Jurassic dinosaurs were the biggest animals to ever walk the Earth.
• Herbivores such as Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus and Stegosaurus.
• Carnivores such as Allosaurus, Megalosaurus and Yangchuanosaurus.

Jurassic Plants

• Mosses and liverworts survived from the Triassic period. They were found in swampy, moist areas.
• During the Jurassic period, mosses and liverworts continued. Additionally, forests of cycads, ferns, gingko trees and conifers grew. These plants can still be seen today!
• Let's take a look...

Cycads

Cycads

Cycads

Ferns

Ferns

Ferns

Gingko trees

Gingko trees

Gingko tree in Fall

Conifers

A conifer is a tree that bears cones and evergreen needlelike or scalelike leaves.

Conifer trees

Conifer family: Redwoods

Conifer family: Cypress

Conifer family: Pine trees

Moss and liverwort

Moss on a rock

Liverwort

Moss on the ground with conifer trees