Jurassic system

Japanese: Jurassic system(英語表記)Jurassicsystem
Jurassic system

…The second of three periods in the Mesozoic Era, it refers to a geological period of about 69 million years that began about 213 million years ago and ended 144 million years ago. The Jurassic system, which was formed during this period, was named after the Jura Mountains on the border between France and Switzerland. The Jurassic system in Western Europe is rich in well-preserved fossils, and has been studied in detail since W. Smith established the law of superposition of strata and the concept of identifying and correlating strata by fossils. About 65 ammonite fossil zones have been established, and they serve as the international standard for correlation. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Jurassic system" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…中生代を三つに分けたうちの第2の時代で,いまから約2億1300万年前に始まり,1億4400万年前に終わる約6900万年間の地質時代をいう。この時代に形成された地層すなわちジュラ系Jurassic systemの名はフランス,スイス国境にあるジュラ山脈にちなんで名づけられた。西ヨーロッパのジュラ系は保存のよい化石を豊富に含み,地層累重の法則と化石による地層の同定・対比の概念を確立したW.スミス以来詳しく研究され,約65のアンモナイトによる化石帯が設定され,国際的な対比の基準となっている。…

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