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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First monotremes.






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






3. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






4. First stingrays.






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






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






7. First stegosaurs.






8. First crocodilians and flies.






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






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






11. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






12. 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






13. Multituberculates diversify.






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






15. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






17. Cretaceous






18. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






20. First ichthyosaurs.






21. First crocodilians and flies.






22. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






24. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






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






28. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






29. Cretaceous






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






31. First bees.






32. First ichthyosaurs.






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






34. First monotremes.






35. Multituberculates diversify.






36. 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






37. First hesperornithes.






38. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






39. First ceratopsians.






40. First ceratopsians.






41. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






43. First stingrays.






44. First stegosaurs.






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






46. First bees.






47. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






48. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






49. Spinosaurus evolves.






50. First hesperornithes.