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The '''Jurassic''' [[period (geology)|period]] is part of the [[geologic system]] of classifying geologic formations.
 
The '''Jurassic''' [[period (geology)|period]] is part of the [[geologic system]] of classifying geologic formations.
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The Jurassic period is part of the [[Mezozoic]] era, and is divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper epochs.  The Jurassic is preceded by Permian era and followed by the Cretaceous era.
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The Jurassic period is part of the [[Mesozoic]] era, and is divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper epochs.  The Jurassic is preceded by Permian era and followed by the Cretaceous era.
    
The Jurassic was named from the [[France|French]] word (Jurassique) for the Jura mountains of [[Switzerland]].<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=jurassic&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref><ref>[http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/Outreach/TimeScale/jurassic.html Jurassic Period] (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).</ref>
 
The Jurassic was named from the [[France|French]] word (Jurassique) for the Jura mountains of [[Switzerland]].<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=jurassic&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref><ref>[http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/Outreach/TimeScale/jurassic.html Jurassic Period] (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).</ref>
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Under the uniformatarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 200 million years ago to 145 million years ago.<ref>Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]</ref>  Young Earth creationists reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]).
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Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 200 million years ago to 145 million years ago.<ref>Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]</ref>  Young Earth creationists reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]).
    
==References==
 
==References==
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