Jurassic

Jurassic
Jurassic "geological period between the Triassic and the Cretaceous," 1847, from Fr. Jurassique, lit. "of the Jura Mountains," between France and Switzerland, whose limestones were laid down during this geological period. Used in English in a literal sense "pertaining to the Jura Mountains" by 1831. The name is said to be from Gaulish *iuris "wooded mountain."

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