Jurassic Fossils

Fossils of the Jurassic Period

208 to 146 Million Years Ago

A tour of life over geologic time and evolution as evidenced by the fossil record:
Precambrian Fossils I Cambrian Fossils I Ordovician Fossils I Silurian Fossils I Devonian Fossils
Carboniferous Fossils I Permian Fossils I Triassic Fossils I Jurassic Fossils I Cretaceous Fossils I Tertiary Fossils

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Stenophlebia latreilli Dragonfly Fossil Solnhofen, Germany	Fire Opal Kosmoceras Ammonite Ulyanovsk, Russia	Allosaurus Theropod Dinosaur Morrison Formation	Archaeopteryx lithographica Earliest Fossil Bird Solnhofen, Germany
Zamites Plant Fossil Solnhofen Lagerstätte, Germany	Coccoderma Coelacanth Lobe Finned Fish Solnhofen, Germany	Bucklandia Cycad Tree Cycadophyta Morrison Formation, Utah	Magalosaurus bucklandi Dinosaur Tooth The First Described Dinosaur (1824) Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Propygolampis bronni Phasmida Solnhofen, Germany	Iridescent Kosmoceras Ammonite Ulyanovsk, Russia	Pseudocidaris mammosa Echinoid LaRochelle, France	Leptolepis talbragarensis Fossil Fish New South Wales, Australia
Agathis Jurassica Plant New South Wales, Australia	Ptilophyllum Cycadophyte Queensland, Australia	Pentacrinus Articulate Crinoids Charmouth, United Kingdom	Diplodocus Sauropod Dinosaur
Caturus furcatus Fossil Fish Solnhofen Lagerstätte, Germany	Stromatolites (Cryptozoan) Oneota Formation, Appleton, Wisconsin	Craspedites nodiger Ammonite Volga Region, Russia	Leptolepis talbragarensis Fossil Fish New South Wales, Australia
Araucaria mirabilis Cerro Cuadrato Patgonia, Argentina	Mesolimulus walchi Horseshoe Carb Solnhofen, Germany