Flora during the Jurassic period was abundant and conducive to thriving dinosaur populations. As the warmer seas rose to cover continents in shallow seas fertile and moist ground gave way to thick and tall plant life. Cycads were especially abundant during the Jurassic period which is why many paleontologists refer to this time as the “Age of Cycads”.
Cycads are plants which grow from seeds and flourish into plants whose leaves resemble palms. The moist environment of the Jurassic period also provided ideal conditions for thriving jungles which grew to cover large portions of land. Conifers also thrived during the Jurassic era growing large tall trees as well as taking over low latitude vegetation with the Mesozoic era Cheirolepidaceae. Other shrubs and ferns which took over forest life include the Cycads, Ginkgos and Dicksoniaceous tree ferns.
Rich Plant Life Helps Dinosaurs Grow and Expand
It is not only the land which was conducive to flora life though, as the oceans underwent change. So too did ocean life, and algae became more sparse. It is during the Jurassic period that Coralline algae made its first appearance. As a result of such luscious and thick plant life during the Jurassic era dinosaurs were able not only to rule the Earth but they were able to diversify to allow the coming of the Cretaceous period which brought with it many more fierce creatures. It is even thought by some that such rich a dense plant life and vegetation gave rise to the gigantic size of the dinosaurs which were to come during the last age of the dinosaurs – the Cretaceous period.
Cycads are plants which grow from seeds and flourish into plants whose leaves resemble palms. The moist environment of the Jurassic period also provided ideal conditions for thriving jungles which grew to cover large portions of land. Conifers also thrived during the Jurassic era growing large tall trees as well as taking over low latitude vegetation with the Mesozoic era Cheirolepidaceae. Other shrubs and ferns which took over forest life include the Cycads, Ginkgos and Dicksoniaceous tree ferns.
Rich Plant Life Helps Dinosaurs Grow and Expand
It is not only the land which was conducive to flora life though, as the oceans underwent change. So too did ocean life, and algae became more sparse. It is during the Jurassic period that Coralline algae made its first appearance. As a result of such luscious and thick plant life during the Jurassic era dinosaurs were able not only to rule the Earth but they were able to diversify to allow the coming of the Cretaceous period which brought with it many more fierce creatures. It is even thought by some that such rich a dense plant life and vegetation gave rise to the gigantic size of the dinosaurs which were to come during the last age of the dinosaurs – the Cretaceous period.
No comments:
Post a Comment