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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






2. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






4. First crocodilians and flies.






5. 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






6. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






7. Multituberculates diversify.






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






9. First hesperornithes.






10. First crocodilians and flies.






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






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






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






14. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






15. 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






16. First ceratopsians.






17. First monotremes.






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






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






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






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






22. Cretaceous






23. Cretaceous






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






25. First stingrays.






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






27. First ichthyosaurs.






28. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






29. First stingrays.






30. First hesperornithes.






31. First ichthyosaurs.






32. First bees.






33. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






34. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






35. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






38. First ceratopsians.






39. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






42. First stegosaurs.






43. First monotremes.






44. First stegosaurs.






45. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






46. Multituberculates diversify.






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






48. First bees.






49. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






50. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.