The Jurassic is the middle period of the Mesozoic era. Named after the Jura Mountains in Europe, where large geological deposits from that time are prominent, the Jurassic is sometimes known as the “age of dinosaurs,” in reference to the creatures that dominated life of the planet during the period. As the landmasses that had once made up the supercontinent of Pangaea continued to separate throughout the period, the plants and animals of the different regions began to differentiate along... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2023. 2p.