Jurassic

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe.
3. (informal, not-comparable) Very old-fashioned and outdated.

Name

The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.

Synonyms

Jurassic period

Jura

Jurassic Period

Translations

jurassique

Jura

Jurássico

Jurásico

Jurassique

Giurassico

Jura

Juràssic

jurássico

juràssic

jura

jurásico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland.