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The Jurassic Period (206 to 144 million

years ago)

This part of the Mesozoic saw large numbers
and varieties of dinosaurs. At the end of the

Jurassic, some ammonites, sea sponges, oyster A 200-million-year-old
tuatara lizard, and the
and mussel species had become extinct.
same lizard alive today.
But many life forms have survived
unchanged since the Jurassic—in other words,

without undergoing any form of evolution. The
fossil record is full of examples of such creatures.
One of the earliest known fossil crocodiles, for
instance, is around 200 million years old. There

are also examples of fossilized Tuatara lizards
that are more than 200 million years old. The
many fossil shrimp dating back to the Jurassic
Period all possessed exactly the same perfect

systems and complex structures as they do today.

A 206- to 144-million-year-old shrimp
fossil. It is no different from the shrimp
living in our day.

A dragonfly fossil, 150 million years old. It is
the same as the dragonflies of our day.

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