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Life in the Jurassic: stability amid chaos.(some species were stable during Jurassic period)
; ...turbulent 1960s, the Jurassic proved a tumultuous time. During this period, from 205 million...strange stability of Jurassic bivalves plays into...Silurian and Devonian periods, 438 million to...stasis. Although Jurassic species survived for long periods, each group appeared...says ...
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The fa'afafine of the Jurassic period.
; ...scantily clad women of the late Jurassic period. This popular perspective on...afafine transvestite of the Jurassic period. It is fun-loving, and confused...entire dinosaur population of the Jurassic period suddenly turned homosexual...
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Prehistoric lizards ruled the seas ; While dinosaurs ruled the land during the Jurassic period, 200 to 146 million years ago, the ichthyosaurs dominated the seas. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, but represent a separate group of marine reptiles. They are also called fish lizards and averaged between 2m and 4m long, with some growing much larger.
; While dinosaurs ruled the land during the Jurassic period, 200 to 146 million years ago, the ichthyosaurs dominated the seas. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, but represent a separate group...
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Limestone hills unique to Cuba, some areas of China: ?Mogotes' date back to Jurassic period.
; ...limestone hills, or mogotes, created by the erosion of the ancient Guaniguanico mountain range. Mogotes date to the Jurassic period, and are only found in Cuba and some areas of China. The limestone hills draw tourists interested in fantastic caving...
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Scientists discover ancient crocodile Paleontologists say the marine creature, from the Jurassic Period, was a predator of large sea animals.
; ...of South America, during a 1996 expedition sponsored in part by the National Geographic Society. During the late Jurassic Period when the crocodile was alive, the region was a deep tropical bay of the Pacific Ocean. Gasparini had actually stumbled...
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For Jurassic 5, a Period of Evolution
; Maybe Jurassic 5's high-profile club jaunt with Fiona...microphone time spent on racism and lynching. Jurassic 5's barbershop harmonizing, infrequent...finicky fans of indie performers; when Jurassic 5 moved to a major label and its next...
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Jurassic beaver fossil discovery overturns thinking about period
; ...furry, beaver-like animal that lived at the time of dinosaurs has overturned more than a century of scientific thinking about Jurassic mammals. The find shows that the ecological role of mammals in the time of dinosaurs was far greater than previously thought...
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Size patterns through time: The case of the early Jurassic ammonite radiation
; ...representing all known Early Jurassic faunas is analyzed. Size...are studied for the entire period and then at the biozone...first four stages of the Jurassic (28 Myr), during which ammonites...giants") exists for all Early Jurassic ammonites; (2) although...particular episode of Early ...
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DINOS RETURN! 'JURASSIC PARK' EXHIBIT AT MUSEUM.(TIMEOUT)
; ...million years ago, in the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era, dinosaurs...in his 1993 blockbuster, ''Jurassic Park.'' ''People always seem...exhibit.'' ''The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park'' is a 7,500-square-foot...just like Sam Neill did in 'Jurassic Park.' '' Storrs' next project...
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FIRST RECORD OF METRIORHYNCHUS (REPTILIA: CROCODYLIFORMES) IN THE BATHONIAN (MIDDLE JURASSIC) OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC
; INTRODUCTION JURASSIC MARINE reptiles are best known from the study of European Jurassic collections. The record of these reptiles encompasses most of the period, but that of Aalenian-Bathonian rocks...marine reptiles of the early Middle Jurassic are especially significant because...The largest ...
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