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Mesozoic era - Coggle Diagram
Mesozoic era
Two great extintion events
Permian-Triassic(P-T)
Cretaceous-Tertiary(K-T)
meteorite
impact crater of 10km in diameter in the Gulf of Mexico
Characteristics
Climate in the P-t and the Triassic was very dry
amphibians and ferns
reptiles
gymnosperms
non-flowering plants whose seeds are not enclosed within an ovary or fruit
252-66 million years ago
Pangea separated
Presnet-day continents
and
oceans
were
formed
Warm
period without
glaciations
Rupture of Pangea led to a significant rise in the sea level during the Cretaceous Period
Half
of the
continents
subemerged
covered
by layers of
limestone
and
plakton
large preserves
of
petroleum
End of the Triassic/start of the Jurassic period
Late cretaceous Period