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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






2. First hesperornithes.






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






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






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






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






7. Multituberculates diversify.






8. Spinosaurus evolves.






9. First stingrays.






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






11. Cretaceous






12. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






13. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






14. 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






15. First monotremes.






16. First crocodilians and flies.






17. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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 ichthyosaurs.






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






23. Spinosaurus evolves.






24. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






25. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






27. First stingrays.






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






29. First ichthyosaurs.






30. First hesperornithes.






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






32. First stegosaurs.






33. First ceratopsians.






34. First crocodilians and flies.






35. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






37. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






38. First bees.






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






40. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






41. Cretaceous






42. First stegosaurs.






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






44. First bees.






45. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






46. First ceratopsians.






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






48. First monotremes.






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






50. Multituberculates diversify.