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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






2. First stegosaurs.






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






4. First ichthyosaurs.






5. Multituberculates diversify.






6. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






8. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






10. First ceratopsians.






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






12. First hesperornithes.






13. First bees.






14. First ceratopsians.






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






16. First hesperornithes.






17. 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






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






19. Multituberculates diversify.






20. First stingrays.






21. First stegosaurs.






22. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






23. Cretaceous






24. First monotremes.






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. First bees.






31. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






32. Cretaceous






33. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






35. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






36. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






38. First crocodilians and flies.






39. First crocodilians and flies.






40. First monotremes.






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






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






43. First ichthyosaurs.






44. Spinosaurus evolves.






45. First stingrays.






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






47. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






48. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






50. Spinosaurus evolves.