Information on History of Dinosaurs:
- The Age of Dinosaurs corresponds to the time that geologists call the Mesozoic Era, from about 248-65 million years ago.
- The Mesozoic Era is divided into three shorter time spans: -- the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods.
- In the Triassic Period, 248-208 mya(million years ago), the dinosaurs began to evolve.
- During the Jurassic Period --about 208-144 mya, the dinosaurs reached their greatest size.
- The Cretaceous Period is when dinosaurs were at their most varied--about 144-65 mya.
- In the Cretaceous Period, Laurasia and Gondwana split, and the continents as we know them began to form.
- In the Mesozoic Era, the major land-masses gradually moved across the globe in a process known as "continental drift.
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