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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






3. First monotremes.






4. First ceratopsians.






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






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






7. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






9. First stingrays.






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






11. Spinosaurus evolves.






12. First stegosaurs.






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






14. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






15. First stingrays.






16. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






17. First crocodilians and flies.






18. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






19. First monotremes.






20. Spinosaurus evolves.






21. First crocodilians and flies.






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






23. First ichthyosaurs.






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






25. First hesperornithes.






26. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






28. First stegosaurs.






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. 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






31. First ichthyosaurs.






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






33. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






35. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






36. Cretaceous






37. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






38. Multituberculates diversify.






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






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






41. Cretaceous






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






43. First bees.






44. First ceratopsians.






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






46. Multituberculates diversify.






47. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






48. First hesperornithes.






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






50. First bees.