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How was the cretaceous period different from the Jurassic period?
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The Pangaea split is the difference between the Cretaceous period and the Jurassic period. The split took place in the Jurassic period.
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The Cretaceous period followed the Jurassic period and lasted from about 145 million to 66 million years ago. In the Cretaceous period, flowering plants became more dominant, dinosaurs continued to diversify, and large marine reptiles like mosasaurs thrived. However, the end of the Cretaceous period marked by a mass extinction event where dinosaurs and many other species went extinct.
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What period came first Jurassic cretaceous or triassic?
The Triassic period came first, followed by the Jurassic period, and then the Cretaceous period.
What came after the Jurassic period?
The Jurassic period was followed by the Cretaceous period in the Mesozoic era. The Cretaceous period lasted from around 145 to 66 million years ago and ended with a mass extinction event that led to the disappearance of dinosaurs.
How many Periods are there in the Mesozoic Era?
There were three geological periods in the Mesozoic Era(251 - 65Ma).The Triassic Period(251 - 199Ma),the Jurassic period(199 - 145Ma) &the Cretaceous Period(145 - 65Ma).
Dinosaurs died in what geological period?
Dinosaurs died in the Cretaceous period, around 66 million years ago, in an event known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.
What year the jurassic period was?
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What period came first Jurassic cretaceous or triassic?
The Triassic period came first, followed by the Jurassic period, and then the Cretaceous period.
What Geological Period preceded the Jurassic Period?
The Triassic Period preceded the Jurassic Period in the geologic timescale.
Which period is older than the Triassic period?
The Jurassic Period followed the Triassic.
Did the dinosaurs died at the end of the cretaceous Jurassic or triassic period?
Cretaceous.
Which is the earliest Jurassic prehistoric triassic or cretaceous?
out of the three listed, the earliest is the triassic period, then the jurassic, and finally the cretaceous period (the last prehistoric period in which dinosaurs lived.)
What period was the Jurassic period in?
you mean what era was the Jurassic period in it was in the mesezoic era inbeetween the triassic and the cretaceous periods mesezoic means middle life oh by the way anydinosaur from Jurassic park is not in the Jurassic don't believe they are there all from the cretaceous
What came after the Jurassic period?
The Jurassic period was followed by the Cretaceous period in the Mesozoic era. The Cretaceous period lasted from around 145 to 66 million years ago and ended with a mass extinction event that led to the disappearance of dinosaurs.
Which of the following is not a geologic period of the Earth Jurassic Cretaceous Triassic Neoprene?
Neoprene is not a geologic period of the Earth. The Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Triassic are all recognized geologic periods that represent different intervals of time in the Earth's history.
Was Jurassic the longet period of time?
The Cretaceous Period was the longest period of time.
What is the word Jurassic used to describe a dinosaur or a period of prehistory?
the Jurassic is a period between the triassic period and the cretaceous period . so it is a period of prehitory
What is the name of extinct reptile of the Jurassic and cretaceous period?
Pterosaur
What era is the Jurassic age?
The Jurassic Period was the 2nd Period of the Mesozoic Era.Mesozoic Era (251 - 65.5 Ma)Triassic Period (251 - 199.6Ma)Jurassic Period (199.6 - 145.5Ma)Cretaceous Period (145.5 - 65.5Ma)
