The Mezozoic period it’s mainly known because this _______ (be) the time when the dinosaurs

________ (live) in our world. This period is divided in three different ages:

Triassic

In this first period, dinosaurs _________ (be) smaller than the ones we know. One of them, the

Sharovipteryx, _________ (fly) and _________ (jump) to move around and travel. It __________

(eat) fishes and lizards. It __________ (run) in two feet when it _________ (be) necessary.

Because of its physiognomy, it ______ (sleep) on the trees and not _____(worry) to be eatten

so easily.

Jurassic

During this period the dinosaurs ___________ (change), they ____________ (become) bigger,

and the big continente Pangea __________ (start) to divide. One of the most famous dinosaurs

of this period is the Brachiosaurus which _________ (have) a long neck that _______ (be) almost

12 meters long. It __________ (use) its neck to eat from long trees.

In the Jurassic, dinosaurs like Liopleurodon _____________ (live) in the sea. This specie _______

(be) almost 11 meters long, and ________ (eat) other marine reptiles or fishes. It _________

(swim) in the European oceans and __________ (learn) to use their long mouths so they

__________ (bite) to eat several fishes with juts one try.

Cretaceous

This _______ (be) the last period of the dinosaurs before their extinction. Some important

species _________ (be) the Carnotaurus. This dinosaur ________ (eat) other dinosaurs, it

________ (bite) fast but weak, so it _________ (kill) small dinosaurs fast. Its name comes form

the word carno that means meat and taurus that means bull, this ________ (be) because this

dinosaur ________ (have) a thick horn on each eye.

An important hervibore that ________ (walk) on the earth on those times ________ (be) the

Ankylosaurus. This dinosaur ________ (have) a big hammer on its tail, that _______ (move) to

intimidate other dinosaurs. It _________ (get) its food from the herbs on the soil, because he

___________ (belong) to a family of short dinosaurs.

During these periods the dinosaurs ____(take) the world like their own. They _____(learn) and

______(discover) how to survive. Its evolution ____(be) so abrupt considering sizes and

physiognomy. Imagine, what would happen if dinosaurs lived in the world that we now today?