JURASSIC PERIOD

TIMEZONE

• The period of time was about 199.6 - 145.5 years ago.
• It would be located in the Mesozoic era.
• Came before the Triassic period.
• Came after the Cretaceous period.

CLIMATE

• Major climate was hot and dry.
• Had at topical sense about it.

GEOLOGICAL EVENTS

• Mountain Jura was formed during this period.
• Wasn't any polar ice.
• Sea levels ended up being higher than now.
• Vast subtropical forests and flooded areas.

CONTINENT POSITION

• Ended up being all jammed up.
• Formed supercontinent referred to as Pangea.
• Pangea's divided into two sides by the equator, Gondwana and Laurasia.
• We are considered Laurasia.

ANIMALS

• Mammals where predominant in the period.
• Flying reptiles were being born into this period.
• Herbivores, plant eating dinosaurs were also predominant.

PLANTS

• Conifers covered most of the planet.
• Ginkgo is deciduous, and divides into two lobes.

CITE

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/mesozoic/jurassic/
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/jurassic/jurassic.php
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic