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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First ceratopsians.






2. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






3. First stegosaurs.






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






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






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






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






8. Cretaceous






9. First stingrays.






10. First ceratopsians.






11. Multituberculates diversify.






12. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






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. 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. Spinosaurus evolves.






17. First hesperornithes.






18. First crocodilians and flies.






19. First crocodilians and flies.






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






21. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






22. First monotremes.






23. First monotremes.






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






25. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






27. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






29. First bees.






30. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






32. First stingrays.






33. First ichthyosaurs.






34. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






35. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






38. Cretaceous






39. First bees.






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






41. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






43. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






44. First hesperornithes.






45. First ichthyosaurs.






46. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






47. First stegosaurs.






48. Multituberculates diversify.






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






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