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Mesozoic History Timeline

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






2. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






3. First bees.






4. First stingrays.






5. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






6. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






9. Cretaceous






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






11. 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






12. First stegosaurs.






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






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






15. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






17. First ceratopsians.






18. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






20. 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






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






22. Cretaceous






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






24. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






25. First ceratopsians.






26. Multituberculates diversify.






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






28. First ichthyosaurs.






29. First monotremes.






30. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






31. First hesperornithes.






32. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






33. First stegosaurs.






34. First crocodilians and flies.






35. First crocodilians and flies.






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






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






38. First bees.






39. First ichthyosaurs.






40. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






41. First hesperornithes.






42. Multituberculates diversify.






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






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






45. First monotremes.






46. First stingrays.






47. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






48. Spinosaurus evolves.






49. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






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