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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






2. First hesperornithes.






3. Cretaceous






4. First monotremes.






5. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






6. First stegosaurs.






7. Spinosaurus evolves.






8. Cretaceous






9. First stingrays.






10. First stingrays.






11. First ichthyosaurs.






12. First ichthyosaurs.






13. First ceratopsians.






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






15. First stegosaurs.






16. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






17. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






19. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






20. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






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






23. 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






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






25. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






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






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






29. First monotremes.






30. Multituberculates diversify.






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






32. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






33. Multituberculates diversify.






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






35. First crocodilians and flies.






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






37. 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






38. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






39. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






41. First bees.






42. First hesperornithes.






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






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






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






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






47. First bees.






48. First crocodilians and flies.






49. First ceratopsians.






50. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.