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Jurassic Jurassic The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by... |
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Newly named dinosaurs
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| Lufengosaurus Lufengosaurus Lufengosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic period in what is now southwestern China.-Discovery and species:... |
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| "Succinodon Succinodon Succinodon putzeri was the scientific name given by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene to a fossil that he attributed to the sauropod family Titanosauridae. It was discovered in late-Cretaceous rock near Warsaw, Poland, in 1941... " |
Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets. | Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:... |
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Aristonectes Aristonectes Aristonectes is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now South America and Antarctica... |
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