Jurassic Journey

A Entertaining and Educational Experience

Educational Exhibits

The Mesozoic era was the time from 248 million to 65 million years ago.  During the Mesozoic, the earth was very different.  The climate was warmer, the seasons were very mild, the sea level was higher, and there was no polar ice.  Even the shape of the continents were different.  Toward the beginning of the Mesozoic era there was a depleted ecosystem worldwide.  Many of the old life forms had gone extinct in the Permian Extinction, the world's largest mass extinction.  The depleted state was followed by an explosion of new life forms, which included the dinosaurs and mammals, and later birds and flowering plants.

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DINOSAUR EXHIBITS

The last Ice Age started about 70,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago.  The earth was much colder than it is now.  The sea levels were lower since much of the water was frozen.  Snow covered much of the land and glaciers and ice sheets extended over large areas.  During the last ice age, there were many large interesting animals, like the saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloth, mastodons, and even prehistoric man.  All of these have long since gone extinct and are known mostly from fossils, from frozen mummified carcasses, and even from ancient cave drawings.

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ICE AGE EXHIBITS