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Where does the Jurassic Period fit within the Mesozoic Era?
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Jurassic Period
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins during the late Jurassic Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
The Jurassic Period is the second of the three geologic periods that constitute the Mesozoic Era.12
Within the chronological framework of the Mesozoic Era, the Jurassic Period follows the Triassic Period and precedes the Cretaceous Period. Spanning from approximately 201.3 million to 145 million years ago, it serves as the middle interval of the era, which is famously known as the age of the dinosaurs.123