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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First stegosaurs.






2. Spinosaurus evolves.






3. First stingrays.






4. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






5. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






6. First crocodilians and flies.






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






8. First monotremes.






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






10. 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






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






12. First bees.






13. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






15. First ceratopsians.






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






17. First crocodilians and flies.






18. First stingrays.






19. First ceratopsians.






20. First bees.






21. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






22. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






23. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






24. Cretaceous






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






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






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






28. Multituberculates diversify.






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






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






31. First hesperornithes.






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






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






34. Multituberculates diversify.






35. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






36. First hesperornithes.






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






38. First stegosaurs.






39. Cretaceous






40. First monotremes.






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






42. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






43. First ichthyosaurs.






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






45. First ichthyosaurs.






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






47. Spinosaurus evolves.






48. 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






49. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






50. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.