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Mesozoic History Timeline

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1. First stingrays.






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






3. First hesperornithes.






4. Cretaceous






5. First bees.






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






7. First monotremes.






8. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






9. Cretaceous






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. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.






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






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






14. Spinosaurus evolves.






15. First stingrays.






16. First crocodilians and flies.






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






18. First bees.






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






20. First stegosaurs.






21. First ichthyosaurs.






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






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






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






25. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






26. Multituberculates diversify.






27. First monotremes.






28. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.






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






30. First ceratopsians.






31. First ceratopsians.






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






33. First stegosaurs.






34. First ichthyosaurs.






35. First hesperornithes.






36. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






38. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






40. 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






41. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.






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






43. Spinosaurus evolves.






44. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.






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






46. First crocodilians and flies.






47. Multituberculates diversify.






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






49. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.






50. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.