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The Jurassic includes familiar sauropods, plated dinosaurs and theropod predators, as well as marine reptiles and pterosaurs. Compare Allosaurus, Stegosaurus and Diplodocus with earlier Jurassic forms. A period spans many millions of years, so membership does not establish coexistence.

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