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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First monotremes.






2. First bees.






3. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






4. First monotremes.






5. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






6. First ceratopsians.






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






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






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






10. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






12. First ceratopsians.






13. First hesperornithes.






14. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






16. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






17. Multituberculates diversify.






18. First ichthyosaurs.






19. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






20. First stingrays.






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






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






23. First stegosaurs.






24. First crocodilians and flies.






25. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






26. First stegosaurs.






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






28. 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






29. First ichthyosaurs.






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






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






32. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






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






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






37. Cretaceous






38. First bees.






39. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






41. First hesperornithes.






42. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






43. First stingrays.






44. Cretaceous






45. First crocodilians and flies.






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






47. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






49. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






50. Multituberculates diversify.