Jurassic plants

Jurassic life. Artwork of a forest with prehistoric creatures that existed during the Jurassic Period (200 to 145 million years ago) in what is now North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Jurassic landscape. Artwork showing typical plants along a river during the Jurassic (200 to 145 million years ago). The trees in the background are Araucaria. Across the river at left are tree ferns and pine trees. The plants in the foreground at right are Ginkgo (leaves on branch at top) and horsetail (Equisetum columnare, lower right).

Williamsonia gigas (Early Jurassic to Late Cretaceous 201 - 66 Ma)

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Jurassic life, artwork

Cycadopsida: vegetative features of small seed bearing plants. Cycas and Zamia. Sketched by Gwen in plant anatomy (comparative vascular plant morphology) laboratory in 1980 at the University of Vermont. Cycads are a type of gymmnosperm that were more numerous during the Jurassic.

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Cretaceous landscape. Illustration of typical plants and trees in and around a river and swamp during the Cretaceous, a period of the Earth's history that lasted from around 145 million years ago to 66 million years ago.