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Mesozoic History Timeline

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






2. 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






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






4. First crocodilians and flies.






5. First ceratopsians.






6. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






7. 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






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






9. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






10. Spinosaurus evolves.






11. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






12. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






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






16. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






17. First stegosaurs.






18. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






19. Cretaceous






20. First hesperornithes.






21. First bees.






22. First ceratopsians.






23. First stegosaurs.






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






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






26. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






28. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






29. First ichthyosaurs.






30. First crocodilians and flies.






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






32. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






33. First ichthyosaurs.






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






35. First hesperornithes.






36. Cretaceous






37. First bees.






38. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






41. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






42. Multituberculates diversify.






43. First monotremes.






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






45. First monotremes.






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






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






48. First stingrays.






49. First stingrays.






50. Multituberculates diversify.