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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First monotremes.






2. First monotremes.






3. End of Triassic and beginning of Jurassic Period. The largest dinosaurs - such as Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus evolve during this time - as do the carnosaurs; large - bipedal predatory dinosaurs such as Allosaurus.First specialized pterosaurs and sau






4. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






5. Laurasia and Gondwana begin to split apart as theAtlantic Ocean forms.First flowering plants.






6. First ichthyosaurs.






7. First ceratopsians.






8. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






9. TheIndian subcontinent splits from Gondwana - becoming an island continent. Ichthyosaurs go extinct. Snakes and ticks evolve.






10. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






11. Laurasia and Gondwana begin to split apart as theAtlantic Ocean forms.First flowering plants.






12. Pliosaurs evolve - along with many groups of primitive sea invertebrates.






13. Multituberculates diversify.






14. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






15. Pangaea splits into two major continents - Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south.






16. Spinosaurus evolves.






17. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






18. First hesperornithes.






19. Cretaceous






20. Pliosaurs evolve - along with many groups of primitive sea invertebrates.






21. First salamanders and newts evolve. Cynodonts go extinct.






22. First stingrays.






23. First hesperornithes.






24. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






25. First ceratopsians.






26. First stingrays.






27. Pangaea splits into two major continents - Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south.






28. First bees.






29. First bees.






30. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






31. First crocodilians and flies.






32. First stegosaurs.






33. First ichthyosaurs.






34. First salamanders and newts evolve. Cynodonts go extinct.






35. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






36. Mesozoic era and Triassic period begin. Mesozoic Marine Revolution begins.






37. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






38. First birds and triconodonts. Stegosaurs and theropods diversify.






39. First birds and triconodonts. Stegosaurs and theropods diversify.






40. End of Triassic and beginning of Jurassic Period. The largest dinosaurs - such as Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus evolve during this time - as do the carnosaurs; large - bipedal predatory dinosaurs such as Allosaurus.First specialized pterosaurs and sau






41. TheIndian subcontinent splits from Gondwana - becoming an island continent. Ichthyosaurs go extinct. Snakes and ticks evolve.






42. Multituberculates diversify.






43. Cretaceous






44. First stegosaurs.






45. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






46. First crocodilians and flies.






47. First turtles. Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs and Coelophysis - one of the earliest theropod dinosaurs - evolve.First mammals.






48. First turtles. Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs and Coelophysis - one of the earliest theropod dinosaurs - evolve.First mammals.






49. Mesozoic era and Triassic period begin. Mesozoic Marine Revolution begins.






50. Spinosaurus evolves.