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Mesozoic History Timeline

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






2. Multituberculates diversify.






3. First hesperornithes.






4. First ichthyosaurs.






5. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






6. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






7. First crocodilians and flies.






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






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






10. First hesperornithes.






11. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






12. First monotremes.






13. Multituberculates diversify.






14. First ceratopsians.






15. Cretaceous






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






17. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






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






21. First stegosaurs.






22. First stegosaurs.






23. First monotremes.






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






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






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






27. Spinosaurus evolves.






28. First stingrays.






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. First bees.






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






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






33. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






34. Cretaceous






35. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






36. First stingrays.






37. Spinosaurus evolves.






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






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






40. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






41. First ichthyosaurs.






42. First crocodilians and flies.






43. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






44. First bees.






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






47. First ceratopsians.






48. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






49. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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