At the end of the Triassic, another mass extinction wiped the slate
clean of many Triassic offshoots and Permian holdovers.
Thus, the stage was set for the dinosaurs to rule the world
This is when dinosaurs had the space to grow bigger and better
Our first critter to exploit the new Jurassic world is the Dilophosaurus At 4 to 6 meters long, this carnivore was the first of the truly
big predatory dinosaurs to stalk the prehistoric world
Relatively unassuming animals like Guanlong and Yinlong also
appeared in China, but keep an eye on these two, they'll be big
business by the late Cretaceous.
But let's go to the real reason people remember the Jurassic: the
Morrison giants
There's a lil' place in the American West called the Morrison
Formation that's famous for being the home of many beloved Hollywood
icons
If you find a children's book with the names of various dinosaurs,
odds are some of those oh so familiar genus games will be from the
Morrison
Animals like Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Brachiosaurus,
Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, and many more once called this
stretch of the American West their home
Pictured below: Some of the more charismatic animals of the Jurassic
Period
On top of this, the Jurassic was an age of giants. With no
competition, sauropods immediately became the dominant herbivores
across the globe with a whole array of forms taking advantage of the
fertile Jurassic wilds
Below: Brachiosaurs, Diplodocus, and Brontosaurus
