Minnie+M.+Jurassic+Time+Period

=  ** // J U R A S S I C. T i m e. P e r i o d // ** //. . . Age Of The Dinosaurs. . .// __ //.. 208-146 million years ago ..// __ //By: MinnieMouse10 :)//  = = =

__//**- Before, During and After the Jurassic Period:**//__
//**There wasn't only one time period. There were many. So there's obviously one that happened before the Jurassic period. The period before the Jurassic Period is called the Triassic Period known as "The Age of Reptiles". At the beginning of this time period all of the continents were one. Then Pangaea began to break apart. The animals that lived during this time had just survived a mass extinction. Mammals and reptiles began to appear just like the first dinosaurs. During the Jurassic Period Pangaea was still breaking apart. The land and sea's were full of life. New dinosaurs appear and the first traces of birds appear as well. After the Jurassic Period was Cretaceous. During that time period plants began flowering, mammals evolved while birds began adapting. Amphibians, reptiles, lizards, and snakes lived. At the end of the time period a massive extinction happened, and NO dinosaurs lived. . .**//

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__//**- How did Earth Look? The Continents:**//__
 //** Imagine the world with one enormous continent, seven continent's all in one! That’s impossible you might say, but no, it is possible. It WAS possible. During the Jurassic period all of the of the seven continents we have today were all together as one, known as Pangaea. But just like before, it was in the process of still breaking apart into the seven continent's that we have today. So if you look at a world map, just imagine everything smugged. Everything was in a complete different place. If you wonder where Massachusetts was, well it was still in the process of moving with the rest of North America from Africa and South America. When all that chaos was happening it was beginning to get hot. The weather was different as well. It was very warm, and moist it was less varied than today. Even the driest deserts began to have falling rain! Since there were no ice caps on the pole, the sea level was very high. . . **//

- Rocks And The Landforms (Fossils):  // **Since the Jurassic period happened a long time ago and most of the things that once lived are now gone (extinct), scientists wondered what lived at that time, and what happened during it. So for them to know that they needed evidence, something like fossils/rocks. In China during the 1990's scientist found a skull and dinosaur teeth, but had a bird like body.** **Also another fossil was found in Nebraska of a dinosaur's footprint! A lot was happening to the land during this time also. So, that's when volcanic activity began to happen along East Africa, Antarctica, and Madagascar. Since one world became two after Pangaea began dividing, the Atlantic Ocean began to form later on in the time period. It was totally different from what it seems like today. ** //

**//__- L I F E During This Time: __//**


//**Life? There’s life today. There were ten years ago and many more. There was life in the Jurassic period! :) During that time the animals were different from how they are today. Back then dinosaurs lived. Hundreds of dinosaurs were identified by scientist.Dinosaurs lived/ dominated Earth for about 180 million years. Although during the Jurassic period there weren't flowering plants yet, there was still growing trees. Conifers, relatives of today's red wood, cypress, pine, ginkgoes, club mosses, seed plants, and yew were growing. Animals back then were omnivores and carnivores just like today. That means that they ate plants and meat. Some dinosaurs were plant eaters while others ate meat like Allosaurus, and Coelurosaurs. Dinosaurs were one type of animals that lived during the Jurassic Period. On the land many types of invertebrates lived, like: beetles, snails, centipedes, spiders, millipedes, scorpions, and many / different types of cockroaches were beginning to multiply as they shared the land with the gigantic Dinosaurs. The sea had life as well it was evolving. Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs ruled the seas. Marine crocodiles, sharks, ray, and relatives of today's squids and octopuses began developing. Although many things already had begun developing amphibians weren't one. So time has passed. things have once lived, and died.. It's the cycle of life. One thing may be the dominant life form until another comes around.. Things have changed on Earth and they will keep changing. You'll just have to wait and see how the rest of life changes.**//

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