Late Jurassic - Life Forms of The Epoch

Life Forms of The Epoch

This epoch is well known for many famous types of dinosaurs, such as the sauropods, the theropods, the thyreophorans, and the ornithopods. Other animals, such as crocodiles and the first birds, appeared in the Jurassic. Listed here are only a few of the many Jurassic animals:

• Camarasaurus, a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from North America.
• Brachiosaurus, a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from North America.
• Diplodocus, a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from North America.
• Europasaurus, a small herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from Europe.
• Supersaurus, possibly the largest North American sauropod of them all.
• Dicraeosaurus, a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from Africa.
• Giraffatitan, another large sauropod from Africa (usually recognized as a species of Brachiosaurus).
• Allosaurus, the most common late Jurassic theropod of North America, also present in Europe.
• Epanterias, one of the largest Jurassic carnivores, from North America (possibly just Allosaurus).
• Torvosaurus, possibly the largest Jurassic carnivore of all, from North America and Europe.
• Ceratosaurus, a medium sized Jurassic carnivore of North America, Europe, and possibly Africa.
• Compsognathus, a small theropod from Europe.
• Yangchuanosaurus, a large theropod from Asia.
• Tuojiangosaurus, a thyreophoran from Asia.
• Stegosaurus, a thyreophoran from North America and Europe.
• Dryosaurus, a North American ornithopod.
• Camptosaurus, an ornithopod from North America and possibly Europe.
• Gargoyleosaurus, a thyreophoran from North America.
• Archaeopteryx, the first known bird, from Europe.
• Rhamphorhynchus a long-tailed pterosaur from Europe.
• Pterodactylus, a short-tailed pterosaur from Europe.
• Ophthalmosaurus, a very common sea-going ichthyosaur from what is now Europe and North America.
• Liopleurodon, a very large sea-going pliosaur from what is now Europe.
• Perisphinctes, an ammonite.