10 Facts about Mesozoic Era

Post On: March 24, 2019
By: Andi

An interval of geological time from about 252 to 66 million years ago is called the Mesozoic Era, this article will give you pieces of information the facts about Mesozoic era. Public calls this period as the Age of Reptiles, the phrase introduced by the 19th-century palaeontologist, Gideon Mantell. You can find the other amazing information about Mesozoic through reading the description below

Facts about Mesozoic Era 1: Geological Periods

The mesozoic extended roughly 186 million years, from 251.902 to 66 million years ago when the Cenozoic era began. This period is differentiated into three geological periods, from oldest to youngest : Triassic (251.902 to 201.3 million years ago), Jurassic (201.3 to 145 million years ago) and Cretaceous (145 to 66 million years ago).

Facts about Mesozoic Era 2: Triassic Geological Period

The Triassic period extended from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic period. The Triassic period is divided by the three major epochs including the Early, Middle and Late Triassic.

 

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Facts about Mesozoic Era 3: The Early Triassic Geological Period

In the Early Triassic era, it was dominated by deserts in the interior of the pangea supercontinent. Lystrosaurus was the most common vertebrata that existed in the age of Triassic.

Facts about Mesozoic Era 4: The Middle Triassic

The middle Triassic extended from 247 to 237 million years ago. This period signed by the breakup of the pangea and the opening of the Tethys Sea. Ecosystems had recovered from the Permian extinction. Algae, sponge, corals and crustaceans all had recovered, and new aquatic reptiles evolved, such as ichthyosaurus and nothosaurs. On the land, pine forest flourished, as did groups of insects such as mosquitoes and fruit flies. During this period, reptils began bigger and bigger.

Facts about Mesozoic Era 5: The Late of Triassic Geological Period

The late Triassic happened between 237 to 201 million years ago, it featured frequent heat spells and moderate precipitation (10-20 inches per year). The recent warming made dinosaurian evolution boomed on land as those one began to separate from each other (Nysasaurus form 243 to 210 million years ago, approximately 235-30 ma, some of them separated into Sauropodomophs, Theropods and Herrerasaurids), as well as the first pterosaurs. Some advanced cynodonts gave rise to the firs mammaliaformes during the late Triassic.

Facts about Mesozoic Era 6: Jurassic Geological Period

The Jurassic period ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago and features three major epochs : the Early Jurassic (spans from 200 to 175 million years ago) the Middle Jurassic (ranged from 175 to 163 million years ago) and the Late Jurassic period that spans from 163 to 145 million years ago.

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Facts about Mesozoic Era 7: Cretaceous Geological Period

Amazingly, the cretaceus period is the longest era oof the mesozoic, but it has only two epochs namely the Early and the Late Cretaceous.

Facts about Mesozoic Era 8: Paleogeography

Mesozoic tectonic was the comparatively mild compared to the vogorous convergent plate mountain-building. The sole major Mesozoic orogeny occured in what is now the Arctic.

Facts about Mesozoic Era 9: Climate

The climate during the Mesozoic period was generally dry, a trend that began in the late Carboniferous and highly seasonal, especially in the interior of Pangea.

Facts about Mesozoic Era 10: Flora

The dominant land plant of the time were gymnisperms.

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