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Mesozoic History Timeline
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1. First stingrays.
251.4 Ma
155 Ma
165 Ma
176 Ma
2. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.
176 Ma
161 Ma
165 Ma
135 Ma
3. Pliosaurs evolve - along with many groups of primitive sea invertebrates.
190 Ma
130 Ma
80 Ma
110 Ma
4. Spinosaurus evolves.
225 Ma
195 Ma
106 Ma
220 Ma
5. First hesperornithes.
110 Ma
220 Ma
135 Ma
80 Ma
6. First salamanders and newts evolve. Cynodonts go extinct.
170 Ma
115 Ma
100 Ma
251.4 Ma
7. First monotremes.
195 Ma
70 Ma
195 Ma
115 Ma
8. First bees.
240 Ma
100 Ma
106 Ma
165 Ma
9. Mesozoic era and Triassic period begin. Mesozoic Marine Revolution begins.
170 Ma
68 Ma
251.4 Ma
215 Ma
10. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.
115 Ma
80 Ma
165 Ma
170 Ma
11. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.
161 Ma
165 Ma
68 Ma
155 Ma
12. Laurasia and Gondwana begin to split apart as theAtlantic Ocean forms.First flowering plants.
130 Ma
70 Ma
240 Ma
106 Ma
13. First turtles. Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs and Coelophysis - one of the earliest theropod dinosaurs - evolve.First mammals.
110 Ma
215 Ma
80 Ma
115 Ma
14. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.
215 Ma
70 Ma
225 Ma
195 Ma
15. Cretaceous
161 Ma
240 Ma
65 Ma
165 Ma
16. Pangaea splits into two major continents - Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south.
225 Ma
180 Ma
70 Ma
110 Ma
17. First bees.
100 Ma
170 Ma
245 Ma
68 Ma
18. First birds and triconodonts. Stegosaurs and theropods diversify.
155 Ma
240 Ma
115 Ma
180 Ma
19. Laurasia and Gondwana begin to split apart as theAtlantic Ocean forms.First flowering plants.
130 Ma
220 Ma
176 Ma
80 Ma
20. Mesozoic era and Triassic period begin. Mesozoic Marine Revolution begins.
251.4 Ma
70 Ma
195 Ma
220 Ma
21. First stingrays.
130 Ma
165 Ma
225 Ma
251.4 Ma
22. Multituberculates diversify.
110 Ma
251.4 Ma
80 Ma
70 Ma
23. Spinosaurus evolves.
180 Ma
106 Ma
115 Ma
130 Ma
24. Australia splits from Antarctica.First ants.
80 Ma
155 Ma
220 Ma
130 Ma
25. TheIndian subcontinent splits from Gondwana - becoming an island continent. Ichthyosaurs go extinct. Snakes and ticks evolve.
195 Ma
106 Ma
190 Ma
90 Ma
26. TheIndian subcontinent splits from Gondwana - becoming an island continent. Ichthyosaurs go extinct. Snakes and ticks evolve.
220 Ma
90 Ma
115 Ma
225 Ma
27. Pangaea splits into two major continents - Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south.
180 Ma
251.4 Ma
195 Ma
100 Ma
28. First stegosaurs.
100 Ma
220 Ma
65 Ma
176 Ma
29. First stegosaurs.
80 Ma
176 Ma
65 Ma
251.4 Ma
30. First ichthyosaurs.
110 Ma
155 Ma
176 Ma
245 Ma
31. Tyrannosaurus Rex evolves.
220 Ma
165 Ma
68 Ma
176 Ma
32. First ichthyosaurs.
215 Ma
161 Ma
245 Ma
161 Ma
33. First birds and triconodonts. Stegosaurs and theropods diversify.
155 Ma
110 Ma
115 Ma
68 Ma
34. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.
106 Ma
155 Ma
240 Ma
135 Ma
35. 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
195 Ma
220 Ma
180 Ma
70 Ma
36. End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period.
155 Ma
240 Ma
135 Ma
251.4 Ma
37. Cynodonts and rhynchosaurs diversify.
240 Ma
215 Ma
251.4 Ma
130 Ma
38. 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
240 Ma
176 Ma
215 Ma
195 Ma
39. First ceratopsians.
65 Ma
165 Ma
161 Ma
190 Ma
40. First ceratopsians.
161 Ma
225 Ma
220 Ma
165 Ma
41. Pliosaurs evolve - along with many groups of primitive sea invertebrates.
130 Ma
190 Ma
68 Ma
115 Ma
42. First crocodilians and flies.
215 Ma
180 Ma
176 Ma
220 Ma
43. First turtles. Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs and Coelophysis - one of the earliest theropod dinosaurs - evolve.First mammals.
215 Ma
155 Ma
90 Ma
80 Ma
44. First dinosaurs and teleosti evolve.
195 Ma
115 Ma
220 Ma
225 Ma
45. First salamanders and newts evolve. Cynodonts go extinct.
170 Ma
68 Ma
90 Ma
135 Ma
46. First monotremes.
180 Ma
115 Ma
65 Ma
106 Ma
47. Cretaceous
65 Ma
106 Ma
155 Ma
240 Ma
48. Multituberculates diversify.
70 Ma
170 Ma
215 Ma
65 Ma
49. First crocodilians and flies.
220 Ma
68 Ma
176 Ma
135 Ma
50. First hesperornithes.
245 Ma
220 Ma
110 Ma
115 Ma