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Mesozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. First stegosaurs.






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






5. First ichthyosaurs.






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






7. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






9. First ceratopsians.






10. Cretaceous






11. Cretaceous






12. First monotremes.






13. Spinosaurus evolves.






14. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






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






18. First stingrays.






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






20. First ceratopsians.






21. First crocodilians and flies.






22. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






24. Multituberculates diversify.






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






26. First bees.






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






28. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






29. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






30. First ichthyosaurs.






31. First monotremes.






32. First bees.






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






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






35. Multituberculates diversify.






36. First hesperornithes.






37. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






39. First crocodilians and flies.






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






41. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






42. First hesperornithes.






43. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






44. First stingrays.






45. 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






46. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






47. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






48. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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. First stegosaurs.