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Mesozoic History Timeline

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






2. First bees.






3. First crocodilians and flies.






4. First stegosaurs.






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






6. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






7. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






8. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






10. First stingrays.






11. First stegosaurs.






12. First ceratopsians.






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






14. First hesperornithes.






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






16. First bees.






17. First hesperornithes.






18. First monotremes.






19. First stingrays.






20. First ichthyosaurs.






21. Spinosaurus evolves.






22. First monotremes.






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






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






25. Multituberculates diversify.






26. Spinosaurus evolves.






27. Cretaceous






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






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






30. 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






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






32. First ichthyosaurs.






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






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






35. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






36. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






39. Cretaceous






40. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






41. First ceratopsians.






42. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






43. Multituberculates diversify.






44. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






45. First crocodilians and flies.






46. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






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






49. 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






50. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.