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Cambrian Period
Ordovician Period
Silurian Period
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Carboniferous Period
Permian Period
Triassic Period
Jurassic Period
Cretaceous Period
Tertiary Period
Quaternary Period

The Jurassic Period
206 to 144 Million Years Ago

Established Theory:

Start:

Near lowest occurrence of smooth Psiloceras planorbis ammonite group.

Index Fossils:

Ammonites, Graptolites and Gastropod

Evolution:

Many seagoing reptiles; early large dinosaurs; later, flying reptiles (pterosaurs), earliest known birds

Geography:

Forming of the Atlantic, splitting of Pangea, warmer climate

Rocks:


Alternative Theory:

In Progress


Conclusions:

In Progress