The Mesozoic Era 

(248 - 65 million years ago) Ages of the Mesozoic Era

Triassic Period Jurassic Period Cretaceous Period
248 - 206 mya 206-144 mya 144-65 mya
First dinosaurs and Many dinosaurs and the first First flowering plants, the height of the dinosaurs.
mammals birds Ends in huge extinction.
Early - Early Middle Late Early Middle Late
Late
Middle 227-206 (Lias) (Dogger) (Malm) (Neocomian) (Gallic) (Senonian)
248-227 mya 206-180 180-154 154-144
144-127 mya 127-89 mya 89-65 mya
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THE AGES OF THE MESOZOIC ERA

The Mesozoic lasted 180 million years, and it is divided into three periods, the
Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous. Mesozoic means "Middle Animal."
The world's life forms were very different during the Mesozoic. During the
Mesozoic, dinosaurs evolved and dominated the Earth, and mammals and birds
evolved. After the Mesozoic Era, the Cenozoic Era or the "Age of Mammals"
began. 40 percent of the known dinosaurs are from the last 15 million years of the
Cretaceous period.