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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






3. First ceratopsians.






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






5. Multituberculates diversify.






6. First ichthyosaurs.






7. First stingrays.






8. First bees.






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






10. First stegosaurs.






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






12. Multituberculates diversify.






13. Spinosaurus evolves.






14. Cretaceous






15. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






16. 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






17. First stegosaurs.






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






19. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






21. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






22. First monotremes.






23. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






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






26. First bees.






27. Cretaceous






28. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






29. First crocodilians and flies.






30. First crocodilians and flies.






31. First hesperornithes.






32. First ichthyosaurs.






33. First monotremes.






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






35. First hesperornithes.






36. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






38. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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. First stingrays.






42. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






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






46. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






47. First ceratopsians.






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






49. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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