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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. 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






2. First stingrays.






3. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






4. Spinosaurus evolves.






5. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






6. First bees.






7. First hesperornithes.






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






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






10. First bees.






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






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






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






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






15. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






16. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






17. First hesperornithes.






18. 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






19. Spinosaurus evolves.






20. First monotremes.






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






22. First ceratopsians.






23. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






24. First monotremes.






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






26. First ichthyosaurs.






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






28. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






29. Multituberculates diversify.






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






31. First ichthyosaurs.






32. First stingrays.






33. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






34. Cretaceous






35. First crocodilians and flies.






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






37. First crocodilians and flies.






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






39. First stegosaurs.






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






41. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






42. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






44. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






46. First stegosaurs.






47. Multituberculates diversify.






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






49. First ceratopsians.






50. Cretaceous