During this geologic period, the seas contained such predators as Liopleurodon and Pliosaurus.
During this geologic period, the seas contained such predators as Liopleurodon and Pliosaurus. Plesiosaurus, the creature suspected by some to be the Loch Ness Monster, lived during this period. The first dinosaur to be described, Megalosaurus, lived during this period. Camarasaurus was a herbivore from this period, while (*) Compsognathus, nicknamed "compy", was a small, chicken-sized carnivore. Major predators from this period include Ceratosaurus, Dilophosaurus, and Allosaurus. This period was dominated by sauropods, or long-necked plant eaters like Diplodicus. For ten points, name this geologic period from the era of dinosaurs, which came between the Triassic and Cretaceous.
During this geologic period, the seas contained such predators as Liopleurodon and Pliosaurus.
{Jurassic} period