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Mesozoic History Timeline
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1. First stegosaurs.
176 Ma
110 Ma
240 Ma
245 Ma
2. Spinosaurus evolves.
130 Ma
170 Ma
215 Ma
106 Ma
3. First stingrays.
170 Ma
161 Ma
165 Ma
225 Ma
4. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.
70 Ma
155 Ma
225 Ma
100 Ma
5. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.
220 Ma
165 Ma
220 Ma
240 Ma
6. First crocodilians and flies.
251.4 Ma
220 Ma
176 Ma
176 Ma
7. TheIndian subcontinent splits from Gondwana - becoming an island continent. Ichthyosaurs go extinct. Snakes and ticks evolve.
90 Ma
100 Ma
80 Ma
106 Ma
8. First monotremes.
251.4 Ma
115 Ma
170 Ma
195 Ma
9. Pliosaurs evolve - along with many groups of primitive sea invertebrates.
251.4 Ma
190 Ma
215 Ma
70 Ma
10. 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
195 Ma
70 Ma
240 Ma
110 Ma
11. Pangaea splits into two major continents - Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south.
68 Ma
180 Ma
135 Ma
106 Ma
12. First bees.
80 Ma
106 Ma
100 Ma
110 Ma
13. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.
251.4 Ma
225 Ma
106 Ma
180 Ma
14. Laurasia and Gondwana begin to split apart as theAtlantic Ocean forms.First flowering plants.
110 Ma
180 Ma
130 Ma
225 Ma
15. First ceratopsians.
115 Ma
115 Ma
161 Ma
100 Ma
16. First turtles. Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs and Coelophysis - one of the earliest theropod dinosaurs - evolve.First mammals.
215 Ma
170 Ma
225 Ma
110 Ma
17. First crocodilians and flies.
240 Ma
251.4 Ma
220 Ma
90 Ma
18. First stingrays.
165 Ma
80 Ma
251.4 Ma
70 Ma
19. First ceratopsians.
161 Ma
70 Ma
180 Ma
215 Ma
20. First bees.
68 Ma
245 Ma
100 Ma
170 Ma
21. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.
225 Ma
195 Ma
80 Ma
135 Ma
22. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.
68 Ma
180 Ma
65 Ma
70 Ma
23. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.
190 Ma
68 Ma
100 Ma
100 Ma
24. Cretaceous
65 Ma
68 Ma
165 Ma
161 Ma
25. First birds and triconodonts. Stegosaurs and theropods diversify.
110 Ma
68 Ma
106 Ma
155 Ma
26. First salamanders and newts evolve. Cynodonts go extinct.
70 Ma
161 Ma
170 Ma
215 Ma
27. Laurasia and Gondwana begin to split apart as theAtlantic Ocean forms.First flowering plants.
161 Ma
251.4 Ma
190 Ma
130 Ma
28. Multituberculates diversify.
70 Ma
176 Ma
240 Ma
130 Ma
29. Pliosaurs evolve - along with many groups of primitive sea invertebrates.
190 Ma
90 Ma
176 Ma
215 Ma
30. Pangaea splits into two major continents - Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south.
65 Ma
170 Ma
165 Ma
180 Ma
31. First hesperornithes.
110 Ma
190 Ma
251.4 Ma
251.4 Ma
32. Mesozoic era and Triassic period begin. Mesozoic Marine Revolution begins.
251.4 Ma
135 Ma
195 Ma
115 Ma
33. First birds and triconodonts. Stegosaurs and theropods diversify.
195 Ma
115 Ma
170 Ma
155 Ma
34. Multituberculates diversify.
90 Ma
70 Ma
220 Ma
195 Ma
35. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.
106 Ma
245 Ma
106 Ma
135 Ma
36. First hesperornithes.
135 Ma
110 Ma
106 Ma
135 Ma
37. First salamanders and newts evolve. Cynodonts go extinct.
170 Ma
220 Ma
70 Ma
161 Ma
38. First stegosaurs.
155 Ma
251.4 Ma
176 Ma
100 Ma
39. Cretaceous
70 Ma
90 Ma
161 Ma
65 Ma
40. First monotremes.
135 Ma
115 Ma
65 Ma
90 Ma
41. TheIndian subcontinent splits from Gondwana - becoming an island continent. Ichthyosaurs go extinct. Snakes and ticks evolve.
68 Ma
106 Ma
90 Ma
215 Ma
42. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.
155 Ma
68 Ma
115 Ma
80 Ma
43. First ichthyosaurs.
245 Ma
215 Ma
106 Ma
215 Ma
44. First turtles. Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs and Coelophysis - one of the earliest theropod dinosaurs - evolve.First mammals.
215 Ma
135 Ma
170 Ma
190 Ma
45. First ichthyosaurs.
245 Ma
70 Ma
130 Ma
90 Ma
46. Mesozoic era and Triassic period begin. Mesozoic Marine Revolution begins.
220 Ma
240 Ma
135 Ma
251.4 Ma
47. Spinosaurus evolves.
165 Ma
100 Ma
106 Ma
180 Ma
48. 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
130 Ma
195 Ma
225 Ma
110 Ma
49. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.
135 Ma
80 Ma
155 Ma
220 Ma
50. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.
110 Ma
176 Ma
215 Ma
240 Ma