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jaw
the mandible; the largest bone in the cranium and supports the lower teeth.
Jurassic
a period in the Mesozoic era on the geologic time scale that approximately dates from 190 million years ago to 136 million years ago; marked as the period when dinosaurs flourished, large reptiles became the dominate animals, and the first appearance of birds.