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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First ichthyosaurs.






2. First monotremes.






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






4. Multituberculates diversify.






5. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






6. Multituberculates diversify.






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






9. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






12. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






13. 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






14. First ceratopsians.






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






16. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






17. Spinosaurus evolves.






18. Cretaceous






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






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






21. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






22. First stingrays.






23. First bees.






24. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






25. First stegosaurs.






26. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






27. First crocodilians and flies.






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






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






30. First hesperornithes.






31. First crocodilians and flies.






32. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






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






35. First bees.






36. First stingrays.






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






38. First hesperornithes.






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






40. First stegosaurs.






41. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






43. First ceratopsians.






44. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






45. Cretaceous






46. First monotremes.






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






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






49. First ichthyosaurs.






50. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.