1. Life in the Mesozoic Era
Tajanne Foushee Rae Evans Devin Claxton Taylor Eubanks

2. The Mesozoic Era & Time Period
The Mesozoic Era is the age of Dinosaurs
It lasted 180 million years ( from 250 to 65 million years ago)
The name means middle animals

3. Periods of the Mesozoic Era
Triassic Period was years ago
Jurassic Period was years ago
Cretaceous Period was 144 years ago

4. Major Life Forms During the Triassic Period there were many dinosaurs
Synapids slowly gave way to the Archosaurs(ancestors of Dinosaurs)
Dinosaurs evolved in the late Triassic periods (crocodilians & pterosaurs)
The earliest discovered Dinosaurs are Herrerasaurus & Eoraphor (Jurassic Period)

5. Continents Location the continents were joined together as a Pangaea.
The Pangaea split into two continents, Laurasia and Gondwana
Laurasia split into North America and Eurasia
Gondwana became South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and the India subcontinent

6. Climate
The environment was unusually warm and polar ice caps did not yet exist
During the Triassic period the climate was generally dry
the Jurassic period as oceans began to rise due to mounting layers of magma covering the seafloor
the climate began to cool during the Cretaceous Period

7. How the Era ended
The Era ended because of the mass extinction in cretaceous
It wiped out 95% of Marine Life and 70% of Land Life

8. Interesting Facts
The great extinction eventually wiped out the dinosaurs
The extinction wiped out 95% of Marine life including insects
Dinosaurs was the rulers of the Earth at the time
There was more oxygen produced so this allowed more plant and animals to live during this time

9. Pictures

10. Resources www.scienceviews.com/dinosaurs/mesozoic.html