“侏罗纪”恐龙武力值大比拼

【背景知识】

Jurassic Period
侏罗纪

Jurassic Period is a geologic period that extends from 199.6 million to 145.5 million years ago; from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic Era, also known as the Age of Reptiles.
侏罗纪是一个地质年代，约1亿9960万年前到1亿4550万年前，界于三叠纪和白垩纪之间。侏罗纪是中生代，也称爬行动物时代，的第二个纪。

Named for the Jura Mountains on the border between France and Switzerland, where rocks of this age were first studied, the Jurassic has become a household word with the success of the movie Jurassic Park.
侏罗纪的名称取自于法国、瑞士边界的侏罗山，人们首次在那里发现该年代的岩石。电影《侏罗纪公园》的成功使得侏罗纪成为家喻户晓的词汇。

During the Jurassic Period, the supercontinent Pangaea split apart. The northern half, known as Laurentia, was splitting into landmasses that would eventually form North America and Eurasia.
在侏罗纪，超级陆块盘古大陆开始分裂，其北部的劳伦西亚大陆分裂成多个大陆块，最终形成北美洲和欧亚大陆。

The southern half, Gondwana, was drifting into an eastern segment that would form Antarctica, Madagascar, India and Australia, and a western portion that would form Africa and South America.
南部的冈瓦纳大陆继续漂移，其东段最终将形成南极洲、马达加斯加岛、印度和澳大利亚，而西部则形成非洲和南美洲。

This rifting, along with generally warmer global temperatures, allowed for diversification and dominance of the reptiles known as dinosaurs.
大陆的分裂，以及整体较暖的全球气温，为爬行动物，即恐龙，的繁衍变化和统治提供了绝佳环境。

（来源：中国日报手机报 编辑：左卓）