201.4 million to 174.7 million years ago the Middle Jurassic, 174.7 million to 161.5 million years ago the Late Jurassic, 161.5 million to 145 million years ago The world’s continents were once joined ...

Living in North America during the Late Jurassic, its whip-like tail might have served defensive or communicative purposes, complementing its long neck used for foraging. Brachiosaurus ...

Contenders for the true first birds have now been found in Chinese rocks dating from the late Jurassic, around 149 million years ago. If accepted as birds, as the scientists who described them ...

Elsewhere there were forests of tall conifer trees such as sequoias and monkey puzzles. The large sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus lived in the Jurassic Period. Explore other dinosaurs from the Late ...

Allosaurus was the most common large carnivore of the Late Jurassic in North America. It was a smaller predecessor of the Cretaceous Tyrannosaurus. Strong forelimbs with sharp claws, powerful hind ...

The turtle shell was found during an extensive dig in the Jura Mountains, which gave the Jurassic Period its name, undertaken at the start of the 21 st century. The construction of Highway A16 ...

Chinese and Brazilian researchers have unearthed a nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown pterosaur species in Jianchang County, northeast China's Liaoning Province.