Jurassic

What type of plants were alive during the Jurassic Period?

Plant life in the Jurassic Period

Palm tree-like cycads were abundant, as were conifers such as
araucaria and pines. Ginkgoes carpeted the mid- to high northern
latitudes, and podocarps, a type of conifer, were particularly successful
south of the Equator. Tree ferns were also present.

Conifers (pictured) and ferns were among the plants found in the Jurassic Period.
What type of animals were alive during the Jurassic Period?

During the Jurassic Period dinosaurs became the dominant animals on

land. Controlling the skies were winged reptiles known as pterosaurs,
and giant, predatory reptiles swam in the oceans: the Jurassic Period
truly was a time in which the reptiles ruled Earth.

Dinosaurs such as Allosaurus, above, were apex predators in the

Jurassic Period.
Diplodocus was one of many sauropod dinosaurs that lived in the
Jurassic Period.

Cretaceous

What type of plants were alive during Cretaceous Period?

The land plants of the Early Cretaceous were similar to those of the
Jurassic. They included the cycads, ginkgoes, conifers, and ferns.
What type of animals were alive during Cretaceous Period?

Large herds of herbivorous ornithischians also thrived during the

Cretaceous, such as Iguanodon (a genus that includes duck-billed
dinosaurs, also known as hadrosaurs), Ankylosaurus and the
ceratopsians. Theropods, including Tyrannosaurus rex, continued as
apex predators until the end of the Cretaceous.
At the top of the food chain were the long-necked and paddle-finned
plesiosaurs, giant marine crocodiles, sharks, and rays. Fishlike
ichthyosaurs, squidlike cephalopods, and coil-shelled ammonites were
abundant. Coral reefs grew in the warm waters, and sponges, snails,
and mollusks flourished.
Tyrannosaurus rex lived during the Cretaceous Period.
Gobiconodon was a predatory mammal from the Early Cretaceous

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