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=**__JURASSIC PERIOD__**=

Dinosaurs, birds, and rodents. Crumbling landmasses and inland seas. Sea monsters, sharks, and blood-red planton. Forests of fern, cycads, conifers. Warm, moist, tropical breezes. This was the Jurassic.media type="custom" key="4846907" align="right" The Jurassic period was over 208-144 millon years ago. On land, dinosaurs and birds rose to prominence and flowering plants first appeared. Jurassic marine fossils include plankton, corals, many other marine invertebrates and rare sharks and bony fish.Jurassic land fossils include well-preserved tree stumps. Fossil wood, leaves, seeds, spores and pollen have been documented from numerous layers. The oldest New Zealand fossil insect is Jurassic. A single Jurassic dinosaur fossil has been found near the Waikato River mouth. .

__TRIRASSIC PERIOD__
However, their fossils have not been found in New Zealand. The oldest terrestrial animal fossil is some 245 million years old. It is an amphibian like a large salamander. Worldwide, the Triassic period is noted for the emergence of marine molluscs and marine reptiles, while on land the earliest dinosaurs and mammals appeared. However, their fossils have not been found in New Zealand. The oldest terrestrial animal fossil is some 245 million years old. It is an amphibian like a large salamander (about 3 metres long), found in rocks near Mataura Island, Southland.