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Mesozoic History Timeline

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






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






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






4. Spinosaurus evolves.






5. First ceratopsians.






6. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






7. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






8. Cretaceous






9. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






10. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






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






14. First stegosaurs.






15. First hesperornithes.






16. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






17. First stegosaurs.






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






19. First ceratopsians.






20. First bees.






21. First ichthyosaurs.






22. Multituberculates diversify.






23. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






24. First crocodilians and flies.






25. First ichthyosaurs.






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






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






28. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






29. 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






30. First bees.






31. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






32. 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






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






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






35. First monotremes.






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






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






38. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






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






41. Cretaceous






42. First crocodilians and flies.






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






44. First stingrays.






45. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






46. Spinosaurus evolves.






47. Multituberculates diversify.






48. First stingrays.






49. First hesperornithes.






50. First monotremes.