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Geological Time: Mesozoic Era

Christian Maduro

Created on October 1, 2023

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Transcript

The time in the middle of it all. The time where monsters stood tall.

Geological time

Mesozoic era

About the time

The World

Major Events

WHY

Interesting Facts

References

Where I found it?

  • https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6NDQ0NDcw?aid=150523
  • https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mesozoic-era.htm#:~:text=The%20Mesozoic%20Era%20(251.9%20to,ruled%20the%20land%20and%20air.
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sed.12349
  • https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-biology-flexbook-2.0/section/5.8/primary/lesson/mesozoic-era-the-age-of-dinosaurs-bio/

I chose this era because it was a time where there was life on earth without colonization and economics just nature and natural events

-Me

Major Events

  1. The supercontinent Pangea began separating into the modern continents
  2. The modern Rocky Mountains rose
  3. Flowering plants appeared for the first time
  4. Dinosaurs became extinct
  5. More than one mass extinction

The World

The world was run by land, air and water by dinosaurs and reptiles. Sea levels rose world wide and spread across the center of North America due to climate change and plate tectonics. There was significant amounts of volcanic activity. The climate during this time was generally warm.

Curiosities

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Fun Facts

  • Also called the "Age of Reptiles".
  • The name Mesozoic comes from the greek language meaning middle life.
  • Three of the five largest extinctions are associated with the Mesozoic.
  • This era began the dinosaurs and ended with them being extinct.

Time Span

The Mesozoic Era dated from 251 million to 65.5 million years ago. It is the middle chapter of the Phanerozoic eon, coming after the Paleozoic era but before the Cenozoic. This era was home to the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous periods.