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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First stegosaurs.






2. First crocodilians and flies.






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






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






5. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






6. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






8. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






9. Multituberculates diversify.






10. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






11. Cretaceous






12. First ichthyosaurs.






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






14. 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






15. First bees.






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






17. Multituberculates diversify.






18. First stegosaurs.






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






20. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






21. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






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






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






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






26. First ichthyosaurs.






27. First hesperornithes.






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






29. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






30. First hesperornithes.






31. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






33. First stingrays.






34. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






35. First monotremes.






36. First crocodilians and flies.






37. Spinosaurus evolves.






38. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






39. Cretaceous






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






41. First bees.






42. First monotremes.






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






44. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






46. First stingrays.






47. 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






48. First ceratopsians.






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






50. First ceratopsians.