Jurassic Period (201 to 145 million years ago) During the Jurassic Period, Pangaea split into two land masses where dinosaurs flourished.

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today.

The extinct dinosaur was a long-necked sauropod that roamed the Earth during the Early Jurassic period, which lasted from about 201.3 to 174.1 million years ago.

When the Archaeopteryx was discovered around 1861, it was heralded as evidence that birds were soaring in the skies by the end of the Jurassic Period. Charles Darwin said the discovery supported ...

First, during the Jurassic Period, the area was teeming with life. Animals lived here and died here. When conditions were just right, their remains mineralized and then fossilized.

The apatosaurus dinosaur was one of the largest animals to ever walk on Earth. Standing more than 20 feet high and 80 feet long, this giant long-neck herbivore lived in the Jurassic period ...