Jurassic Period: References & Edit History
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A popular reference work, richly illustrated with maps and artists’ recreations of life in all geologic time periods, including the Jurassic, is Douglas Palmer, Atlas of the Prehistoric World (1999). General discussion of the paleontology and geology of the Jurassic can be found in Harold L. Levin, The Earth Through Time, 6th ed. (1999); Steven M. Stanley, Earth System History (1999); and Reed Wicander and James S. Monroe, Historical Geology, 3rd ed. (2000).
More detailed information regarding Jurassic global paleoenvironments is provided in A. Hallam, Jurassic Environments (1975); and William Joscelyn Arkell, Jurassic Geology of the World (1956), a classic in Jurassic studies. A. Hallam and P.B. Wignall, Mass Extinctions and Their Aftermath (1997), provides information about the Triassic-Jurassic and Jurassic extinction events. Vertebrate and invertebrate fossils from the Oxford Clay in England are featured in David M. Martill and John D. Hudson (eds.), Fossils of the Oxford Clay (1991), a natural history guide.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Natural History Museum - The Jurassic Period: How did dinosaurs go from basal to bulky? | Jun 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Jurassic climate mode governed by ocean gateway. | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Did flowering plants exist in the Jurassic period? | Aug 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Jurassic Period. | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Folded Forest: Defining the Jurassic Period. | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - The Jurassic Period: How did dinosaurs go from basal to bulky? | Jun 21, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | May 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Jurassic Period�201.3 to 145.0 MYA. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Jurassic Period. | Dec 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Education - Jurassic. | Apr 26, 2022 | ||
| Noted that paleontologists consider birds to be feathered dinosaurs and that Archaeopteryx was one of the earliest feathered dinosaurs in the section Jurassic life. | Nov 12, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 09, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 03, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 26, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palaeos - The Jurassic Period. | May 08, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Jurassic Period Facts. | May 05, 2017 | ||
| Text added that updates the boundary years of geological intervals mentioned in the life section. | May 17, 2013 | ||
| Text added that updates the boundary years of the geologic intervals found in the geology section. | May 17, 2013 | ||
| Text added that updates the boundary years of the geologic intervals mentioned in the introductory section. | May 17, 2013 | ||
| Replaced full geologic time scale with Jurassic Period time scale. | Jul 12, 2011 | ||
| Added image of fossilized dragonfly. | Jan 28, 2011 | ||
| Map depicting the configuration of landmasses present during the Jurassic Period added. | Aug 27, 2010 | ||
| Updated geologic time data. | May 21, 2010 | ||
| Updated geologic time data. | May 20, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Science - Jurassic Period. | Apr 17, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Triassic and Early Jurassic Periods. | May 15, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jan 25, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 25, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: South West Grid for Learning - Jurassic Coast. | Jan 15, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - The Jurassic Period. | Jan 11, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California, Berkeley: Museum of Paleontology - The Jurassic Period. | Jun 26, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |