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Mesozoic History Timeline

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






2. 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






3. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






4. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






5. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






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






7. Multituberculates diversify.






8. First monotremes.






9. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






10. First stegosaurs.






11. Spinosaurus evolves.






12. First stegosaurs.






13. Spinosaurus evolves.






14. First ichthyosaurs.






15. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






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






19. First bees.






20. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






21. Cretaceous






22. First ceratopsians.






23. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






24. Multituberculates diversify.






25. First crocodilians and flies.






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






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






28. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






29. First ichthyosaurs.






30. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






32. First crocodilians and flies.






33. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






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






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






37. First stingrays.






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






39. First stingrays.






40. First bees.






41. First hesperornithes.






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






43. 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






44. First ceratopsians.






45. Cretaceous






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






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






48. First hesperornithes.






49. First monotremes.






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