侏罗纪（Jurassic）是一个地质年代，界于三叠纪和白垩纪之间，约1亿9960万年前（误差值为60万年）到1亿4550万年前（误差值为400万年）。侏罗纪是中生代的第二个纪，开始于三叠纪-侏罗纪灭绝事件。虽然这段时间的岩石标志非常明显和清晰，其开始和结束的准确时间却如同其它古远的地质时代，无法非常精确地被确定。

侏罗纪前期，因为经历大灭绝，所以各种动植物都非常稀少（属于休养生息的阶段），但其中恐龙总目一枝独秀，伺机称霸陆地。侏罗纪中晚期以后，恐龙成为地球上最繁荣昌盛的优势物种，此后会统治地球1.5亿年，直到白垩纪-第三纪灭绝事件为止。

The Jurassic (pronunciation: /dʒuːˈræsɪk/; from Jura Mountains) is a geologic period and system that extends from 199.6 Mya (million years ago) to 145.5 Mya; 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. The start of the period is marked by the major Triassic–Jurassic extinction event. Two other extinction events occurred during the period: the Pliensbachian/Toarcian event in the Early Jurassic, and the Tithonian event at the end; however, neither event ranks among the "Big Five" mass extinctions.