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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First ichthyosaurs.






2. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






3. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






5. First bees.






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






7. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






9. First hesperornithes.






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






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






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






13. First bees.






14. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






15. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






17. Multituberculates diversify.






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






19. First crocodilians and flies.






20. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






23. First crocodilians and flies.






24. Spinosaurus evolves.






25. First ceratopsians.






26. First monotremes.






27. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






28. Cretaceous






29. 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






30. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






31. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






33. Multituberculates diversify.






34. First stegosaurs.






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






36. First monotremes.






37. 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






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






39. First stegosaurs.






40. First ichthyosaurs.






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






42. First ceratopsians.






43. First hesperornithes.






44. First stingrays.






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






46. First stingrays.






47. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






48. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






49. Cretaceous






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