Jurassic and Priestess Research

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Cinematic Spaces: Unit 2: Secret Lairs

Peta-Gaye Brown

The Jurassic Period

The Jurassic period is wedged inbetween the Triassic period and the Cretaceous

period. The Triassic Period ,characterised by heat, vast deserts and warm seas(Wright,2012), this period is very dry and high in contrast to the Jurassic period

described to be more like a rainforest.

The Jurassic period is separated into three parts the early ,the middle and the

late Jurassic Epochs. The Land had started to divide, there was no longer a large

Pangea Landmass the supercontinent had separated into Norh America, Eurasia

and Gondwana (the Jurassic Period,2012). Oceans were starting to form and sea

life started to evolve, the surviving land animals from the Triassic period evolvedand dominated the land while Archaeopteryx started to dominate the sky.

The early Jurassic period thrived of dinosaurs, small dinosuars, the giants they

evolved into came later on near the middle and late Jurassic era. Other Triassic

animals didnt survive the mass extinctions that occurred (Palaeos,1998.) Butthere were small mammals, the same size as rats and the sea reptiles dominated

the oceans. The weather started to change also the Triassic dry land started to

become moist and started to produce shrubs (Weather wise).

The Middle Jurassic Period saw an abundance of plant life from; horsetails, fern,

tree fern, Pentoxylaslean, conifer and monkey puzzle. The world looked morelike a rainforest filled with an amplitude of life.

The late Jurassic period had a lot more plant life and it had grown into a full

rainforest. Reptiles, birds, cephalopods, insects, arachnids, barnacles, snails,

jellyfish and synapsids filled the land. When the Jurassic period grew into its full

glory it came to an abrupt end that turns the Jurassic period into the cretaceous

Period.

There are three theories to how this era ended, through a flood basalt eruption.

Which is a volcanic eruption that can occur for tens of thousands-possibly

millions of years(Flood basalt eruption,2012). The lava can spread for miles andthe atmosphere is filled with sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide, that can result

in acid rain(Flood basalt eruption,2012). The second possible cause is through

climate change this doesnt give animals enough time to adjust to their

environment killing a lot of animals (Climate Change,2012). The last theory is

through an impact from meteors that was able to produce a large shockwave

across the world that produced dust and debris that disrupted the earths

atmosphere, this change in the climate would have eventually killed the

dinosaurs.

Priestess


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Definition no.1: A woman who presides over religious rites, especially in pagan

religions(The Free dictionary,2012).Defintion no.2: Christianity -A personordained to act as a mediator between God and man.(Dictionary.com,2012)These

two definitions help me to understand that the priestess is a person that is

insightful and able to hear and see visions from God. A priestess in the christian

religion is represented by a the cross a bible . In Tarrot cards a high priestess isdescribed as, Knowing, Physic, Oracle ,Secretive and influential(Priestess tarot

card reading,2007). The high priestess is said to carry a scroll that has the

answers to philosophical revelations. (Priestess tarot card reading,2007)


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