Mesozoic Era
252 Million years ago · Prehistoric
The Mesozoic Era is an interval of geological time from about 252 to 66 million years ago. It is also called the Age of Reptiles and the Age of Conifers. The Mesozoic era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon, preceded by the Paleozoic and succeeded by the Cenozoic. The era is subdivided into three major periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous, which are further subdivided into a number of epochs and stages.
Key Figures
John PhillipsWilliam Smith
Locations
El KefYorkshire Philosophical Society
Topics
dinosaursmesozoicperiodslife
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The Jurassic represents the middle chapter of the Mesozoic's three-act drama, inheriting Triassic's post-extinction recovery and bequeathing to the Cretaceous the continental separation and evolutionary innovations that would define the final age of dinosaurs Jurassic Period
The Early Triassic Period marks the beginning of the Mesozoic Era's biotic recovery, establishing the foundational ecosystems and evolutionary lineages that would define the entire 186-million-year span known as the Age of Reptiles Early Triassic Period
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