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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 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>  [[Flood Geology|Flood geologists]] use a geological system that more heavily relies on [[catastrophism]] and reject the [[Uniformitarianism|uniformitarian]] assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]).  Instead, they would consider most if not all Jurassic strata to be laid during [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]]. Flood geologists also point out that catastrophism is increasingly being accepted in the field of geology. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/origins/12061.htm</ref>
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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>  [[Flood Geology|Flood geologists]] use a geological system that more heavily relies on [[catastrophism]] and reject the [[Uniformitarianism|uniformitarian]] assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]).  Instead, most would consider most if not all Jurassic strata to be laid during [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]].<ref>Snelling, Andrew, 1996, Where should we place the Flood/post-Flood Boundary in the Geological Record?, ''Journal of Creation'' 10(1) 29-31.</ref> Flood geologists also point out that catastrophism is increasingly being accepted in the field of geology. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/origins/12061.htm</ref>
 
<ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=print&ID=84</ref>  
 
<ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=print&ID=84</ref>  
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Many sediments containing dinosaur fossils are assigned to the Jurassic, which evolutionists believe to be the peak time of the dinosaurs.
 
Many sediments containing dinosaur fossils are assigned to the Jurassic, which evolutionists believe to be the peak time of the dinosaurs.
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