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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First stingrays.






2. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






4. Spinosaurus evolves.






5. First hesperornithes.






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






7. First monotremes.






8. First bees.






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






10. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






11. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






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






14. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






15. Cretaceous






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






17. First bees.






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






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






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






21. First stingrays.






22. Multituberculates diversify.






23. Spinosaurus evolves.






24. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






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






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






28. First stegosaurs.






29. First stegosaurs.






30. First ichthyosaurs.






31. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






32. First ichthyosaurs.






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






34. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






35. 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






36. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






37. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






38. 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






39. First ceratopsians.






40. First ceratopsians.






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






42. First crocodilians and flies.






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






44. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






46. First monotremes.






47. Cretaceous






48. Multituberculates diversify.






49. First crocodilians and flies.






50. First hesperornithes.