Jurassic

  1. Adjective.  (geology) Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.
  2. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe. .
  3. Proper noun.  The period from 200 to 146 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic formations of this period.

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