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1st Galactic year 250 to present
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Late Jurassic Subperiod
163.5 - 145 18.5 |
Jurassic Period 201.3 - 145 56.3 |
Berriasian Age 145 - 139.8 5.2 |
Valanginian Age 139.8 - 132.9 6.9 |
Hauterivian 132.9 - 29.4 3.5 |
Barremian 129.4 - 125 4.4 |
Aptian Age 125 - 113 12 |
Early Cretaceous Subperiod 145 - 100.5 144.5 |
Cretaceous Period 145 - 65 80 |
Mesozoic Era (Middle Life) 251.9 - 65 |
150 - 144 |
144 - 138 |
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Mesozoic Era
251.9 - 66 185.9
Jurassic Period
201.3 - 145 56.3
Late Jurassic Subperiod
163.5 - 145 18.5
Tithonian Age
152.1 - 145 7.1
 150 - 145 5 Ctenochasma roemeri Comb jaw France & Germany |
 150 batrachognathus volans Frog jaws Karabastau Svita, Kaakhstan |
 150 Fruitafossor windscheffeli, Fruita digger, Morrison formaiton, USA |
 _ Abyssal fish/31 Toothed seadevil, Neoceratias spinifer, Western Pacific ocean, depths 150 - 3,000 m, Present Least concern .png) 150 31S Toothed seadevil, Neoceratias spinifer, Western Pacific ocean, depths - 3,000 m, Present Least concern |
 _ Abyssal fish/20 Mirrorbelly, Monacoa grimaldii, Tropical zone, depths 300 - 4,750 m, Present Status not evaluated.png) 150 - 0 Mirrorbelly, Monacoa grimaldii, Tropical zone, depths 300 - 4,750 m, Status not evaluated |
 150 - 136 14 Geosaurus giganteus Earth lizard France & Germany |
 150 Sciurumimus albersdoerferi Squirrel mimic Lower Bavaria Germany |
 150 Saurophaganax maximus Lord of lizards Morrison formation USA |
 150 Miragaia longoicollum Lourinha formation Portugal |
 150 Fruitadens haagororum Fruita tooth |
 150 - 145 5 Giraffatitian brancai Titanic giraffe Tendaguru formation Tanzania |
 150 - 148.5 1.5 Archaeopteryx lithographica Old wing Solnhofen limestones, Germany |
 150 Amphicoelias altus Bioconcave Dakota & Morrison formaitons USA |
150 Ankarana Special Reserve N Madagascar 1956. small, partially vegetated plateau |
150 Navajo Formation Zion warm, shallow inland sea advances to region flattening sand dunes. Limy ooze, sand, fossils. calcareous silt percolated into dunes w/ red oxides
.3-1.22m / 1-4' thick
Carmel Formation limy ooze above lithified into hard limestone 61 - 91m / 200 - 300' thick |
150 Valley of Fire State Park recreation & nature preservation 46,000ac / 19,000ha 16/26 S Overton, Nevada. Red Aztec Sandstone from sand dunes |
150 Lourinhã Formation
W Portugal |
150 Birds |
150 Lourinhanosaurus Lourinha lizard genus carnivorous theropod completed w/ coeval Torvosaurus gurneyi, Allosaurus europaeus, Ceratosaurus. Lourinha Formation Portugal.
* Many large predators there. |
 148 13Sp Chasmosaurus belli opening lizard Dinosaur Park formation Canada |
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Cretaceous Period
145 - 66 79
Continents shaped as today. S America & Africa separate. Rocky & Sierra Nevada mts. Sea rises, submerging 30% Earth's present surface
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Inland seas dry, exposing land N America & Eurasia. Australia separates from Antarctica, Greenland splits from N America. Tethys Sea @ equator between N & S continents
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Global climate warm. poles ice free |
Dinosaurs.
 Muttaburrasaurus |
 ankylosaurus |
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Snakes & modern mammals |
Dinosaurs & large reptiles peak as dominant vertebrates
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Dinosaurs extend range on every continent. |
Horned dinosaurs common, while armored
ankylosaurs & spiky nodosaurs rare |
invertebrates great diversity shallow seas |
Ammonites dominant group.
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Corals |
 Sea urchins |
angiosperms early flowering plants |
Modern trees |
Many modern insects |
Early Cretaceous Subperiod
145 - 100.5 144.5
 145 - 0 Gandalfus yunohana, W Pacific, Least Concern |
 145 - 0 Floral egg crab, Atergatis floridus, Australia, Least Concern |
 _ Ancient Actinopterygii/16 Sauroddon elongatus N America, Cretaceous.png) 145 - 66 79 Sauroddon elongatus Lizard tooth N America, Cretaceous |
 _ Abyssal fish/16 Whiptail gulper, Saccopharynx schmidti, N Atlantic ocean, Present Least concern.png) 145 - 0 Whiptail gulper, Saccopharynx schmidti, N Atlantic ocean, Least concern |
 _ Abyssal fish/17 Paddletail onejaw, Monognathus ahlstromi, N Pacific ocean depths 3,000 m, Present Status not evaluated.png) 145 - 0 Paddletail onejaw, Monognathus ahlstromi, N Pacific ocean depths 3,000 m, Status not evaluated |
 Ammonites 🐚/42 Baculites grandis, N America Cretaceous .png) 145 - 66 79 Baculites grandis, Walking stick rock, N America |
 Ammonites 🐚/36 Heteroceras nebrascense, N America Early Cretaceous .png) 145 - 100.5 44.5 Heteroceras nebrascense, N America |
 Ammonites 🐚/34 Shasticrioceras whitneyi, Alaska & Chile Early Cretaceous .png) 145 - 100.5 44.5 Shasticrioceras whitneyi, Alaska & Chile |
 Ammonites 🐚/33 Crioceratites duvalii, Argentina & N Africa Early Cretaceous .png) 145 - 100.5 44.5 Crioceratites duvalii, Argentina & N Africa |
 Ammonites 🐚/15 Graysonites reynoldsi, Japanese sea Cretaceous.png) 145 - 66 79 Graysonites reynoldsi
Japanese sea |

145 - 5.3 139.7 Vicarya fusiformis, Horn snail, Asia |
 145 - 66 79 Requienia ammonia
C America & Eurasia |
 145 - 100.5 44.5 Tetrapodophis amplectus Four-footed snake Brazil |
 145 - 100.5 44.5 Xianglong zhaoi, Flying dragon, Yixian formation, China |
 145 - 100.5 44.5 Kaganaias hakusanensis Kaga water nymph Japan |
 _ ant, bee, beetle 🐞/15 Emerald cockroach wasp Ampulex compressa Tropical zone Present .png) 145 - 0 Emerald cockroach wasp Ampulex compressa Tropical zone |
 _ stick insect, mantis, cicada 🦗/16 European mantis Mantis religiosa Worldwide Present.png) 145 - 0 European mantis Mantis religiosa Worldwide |
 _ stick insect, mantis, cicada 🦗/17 Boxer antis Hestiasula brunneriana SE Asia Present.png) 145 - 0 Boxer mantis Hestiasula brunneriana SE Asia |
 _ stick insect, mantis, cicada 🦗/18 Pink orchid mantis Hymenopus coronatus SE Asia Present.png) 145 - 0 Pink orchid mantis Hymenopus coronatus SE Asia |
 145 - 5.3 149.7 Scapanorhynchus lewisii Spade snout Atlantic ocean Cretaceous |
 145 - 100.5 44.5 Anatosuchus minor Duck corocodile Elrhaz formation Niger |
 145 - 0 Xingu River ray Potamotrygon Xingu river Brazil Data deficient |
 145 - 100.5 44.5 Zhongyuansaurus luoyangensis Zhongyuan lizard Henan China |
 145 - 100.5 44.5 Shamosaurus scutatus Shamo desert lizard Khukhtekskaya formation Mongolia |
 145 - 100.5 44.5 Malawisaurus dixeyi Malawi lizard Malawi |
Berriasian Age
145 - 139.8 5.2
 145 - 0 African clawed frog Xenopus laevis Subsarahia Least Concern |
 145 - 0 Common Suriname toad Pipa pipa Amazon basin Least Concern |

145 – 100.5 44.5 Altirhinus kurzanovi High snoout Khukhtek formation Mongolia |
145 - 66 Carcharodontosaurids carnivorous theropod |

145 – 100.5 44.5 Luticosaurus valdensis Jute lizard Isle of Wight |
 
145 – 100.5 44.5 Acristavus gagslarsoni Non-crested grandfather Two Medicine & Wahweap formations USA |
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Mesozoic Era
251.9 - 66 185.9
Cretaceous Period
145 - 66 79
Early Cretaceous Subperiod
145 - 100.5 144.5
Berriasian Age
145 - 139.8 5.2
Seafloor spreading creates shallow Atlantic basin at expense of deep Pacific basin. Reduced world's ocean basin capacity & raised ocean |
 140 - 70 30 Caprina adversa Mexico & Europe |
 140 - 136 4 Hylaeosaurus armatus Wealden lizard England Early Cretaceous |
 140 - 0 Green Iguana, Iguana iguana, C & S America Least concern |
 140 - 0 Rhinoceros iguana, Cyclura cornuta, Haiti & Dominican Republic Vulnerable |
 _ Ancient Actinopterygii/17 Pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, Present Near threatened.png) 140 - 0 Pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, Near threatened |
 _ Ancient Actinopterygii/18 Asian arowana, Scelopages formasus, Present Endangered.png) 140 - 0 Asian arowana, Scelopages formasus, Endangered |
 _ Abyssal fish/10 Daggertooth pike conger, Muraenesox cinereus, Indian ocean & Mediterranean sea depth 700 m, Present Least concern .png) 140 - 0 Daggertooth pike conger, Muraenesox cinereus, Indian ocean, Mediterranean 700m deep, Least concern |
 140 - 134 6 Bajadasaurus pronuspinax Downhill lizard Bajada Colonada formation Argentina |
Calcaire à Spatangues
Paris basin N C France |
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Mesozoic Era
251.9 - 66 185.9
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Cretaceous Period
145 - 66 79
Early Cretaceous Subperiod
145 - 100.5 144.5
Hauterivian Age
132.9 - 129.4 3.5
 132 - 129 3 Wuerhosaurus Wuerho lizzard Ejinhoro formation China, Mong |
 131 Protopteryx fengningensis 1st wing Yixian & Huajiyig formations, China |
 _ Abyssal fish/32 King-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Present Least concern .png) 130 - 0 King-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Least concern |
 _ Abyssal fish/28 Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus, Northern Pacivic & oceans, Present Status not evaluated.png) 130 - 0 Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus, Northern oceans, Status not evaluated |
 _ Abyssal fish/29 Cosmopolitan whipnose, Gigantactis vanhoeffeni, NW Atlantic ocean, depths 1,000 - 2,500 m, Present Least concern .png) 130 - 0 Cosmopolitan whipnose, Gigantactis vanhoeffeni, NW Atlantic ocean, 1,000 - 2,500m, Least concern |
 130 - 125 5 Hypsilophodon foxii hypsilophus-tooth Isle of Wight England |
 130 Lanzhousaurus magnidens Lanzhou lizard Gansu region China |
 
130 - 125 5 Baryonyx walkeri Heavy claws Weald Clay formation England |
 _ Abyssal fish/30 Triplewart seadevil, Cryptopsaras couesii, Oceans worldwide, depths 15 - 2,500 m, Present Least concern .png) 130 - 0 Triplewart seadevil, Cryptopsaras couesii, Oceans worldwide,
15 - 2,500m deep, Least concern |
 130 - 0 11S Victoria amazonica, Amazon basin |
 
130 - 125.45 4.55 Concavenator corcovatus Hump backed from Cuenca Las Hoyas fossil site of Spain |
 130 - 125 5 Baryonyx United Kingdom & Iberia |
130 Sao Khua Formation middle Khorat Group. alteration pale red to yellowish-gray, fine to medium sandstone & grayish-reddish brown siltstone & clay. Rare redish gray w/ carbonate pebbles Thailand |
 130 Eotyrannus lengi Dawn tyrant Wessex formation England |
 130 Pelecanimimus polyodon Pelican mimic Calizas de la Huerguina formaiton Spain |
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129.4 - 125 4.4
129.4 - 126.3 3.1 La Huérguina Formation |
127 - 112 15 Lianmuqin Formation interbedded red green & yellow variegated mudstones & siltstones |
 127 - 115 12 Futalognkosaurus dukei Giant chief lizard Portezuelo formation Argentina |
 127 - 115 12 Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis Thief of Fukui Japan |
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251.9 - 66 185.9
Cretaceous Period
145 - 66 79
Early Cretaceous Subperiod
145 - 100.5 144.5
Barremian Age
129.4 - 125 4.4
 126 Europejara olcadesorum European being Spain |
 126 Utahraptor ostrommaysi Utah's thief Cedar Mountain formation N America |
 126 Incisivosaurus gauthieri Incisor lizard Yixian formation China |
 126 Falcarius utahensis Sickle Cedar Mountain formation USA |
 126 Gastonia burgei Gaston's one Cedar Mountain fomation USA |
 126 Jianchangosaurus yixianensis Jianchang lizard Yixian formation China |
Blesa Formation is a geological formation in Teruel & La Rioja, Spain Dinosaur remains as well as eggs |
 126 Liaoceratops yangzigouensis Liao horned face Yixian formaiton China |
 126 Dilong paradoxus Emperor dragon Yixian formaiton China |
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125 - 113 12
 125 - 120 5 Istiodactylus latidens Sail finger Isle of Wight, England, Early Cretaceous |
 Ammonites 🐚/27 Auddoulicaeras renauxianum, Europe Early Cretaceous 125.45 - 112.6 Ma.png) 125.45 - 112.6 12.85 Auddoulicaeras renauxianum, Europe |
 125 Sinodelphys szalayi Chinese possum Yixian formation, China, |
 125 Eomaia scansoria, Dawn mother, Yixin formaiton, China |
 125 Changyuraptor yangi Chang yu robber Yixia formaiton China |
 125 Sinovenator changii Chinese hunter China |

125 - 112 13 Suchomimus tenerensis Crocodile mimic Erlhaz formaiton Niger Early Cretaceous |
 125 Ichthyovenator laosensis Fish hunter Gres superieurs formatoin Laos |
 125 Achelousaurus horneri Achelous lizard Two Medicine formation USA |
 125 - 112 13 Ouranosaurus nigeriensis Brave lizard Elrhaz formation Niger Early Cretaceous |
 125 - 120 5 Zhongjianosaurus yangi Yang Zhongiian Yixian formation, China |
 125 - 120 5 Confuciusornis sanctus Confucius bird Yixian & Jiufotang formations, China |
 125 Iberomesornis romerali Spanish intermediate bird Cuenca province, Spain |
125 Amur river 8th oldest, empties Okhotsk sea. Known to be at least Cretaceous in age, but crosses mountains even older |
125 - 113 12 Ichthyovenator Grès supérieurs Formation LAOS |
125 - 123.2 1.8 Repenomamus >< eucynodonts cynodonts came 1st mammals. Most early mammals were small & shrew-like animals that fed on insects. Constant body temperature. All mammals have milk glands for their young.
Neocortex has evolved in mammals. This brain region is unique to mammals. |
 125 - 123.2 1.8 9S Repenomamus robustus, Reptile mammal, Yixian formation, China, Early Cretaceous |
 124.6 2S Sinocalliopteryx gigas Chinese beaufiful lizard Yixian formaiton China Early Cretaceous |
124.6 - 122 2.6 Sinosauropteryx Chinese lizard wings Yixian Liaoning Province, NI China |
 124.6 Beipiaosaurus inexpectus Beipiao lizard Yixian formation China |
 124.6 Yutyrannus huali Feathered tyrant Yixian formation China Early Cretaceous |
 124.6 Caudiperyx zoui Tail feather Yixian formation China Early Cretaceous |
 124.6 - 122 2.6 Sinornithosaurus millenii Chinese bird-lizard Yixian formation China |
 124 - 120 4 Similicaudipteryx yixianensis Similar to Caudinh Yixian formation, China |
 122 Anchiornis huxleyi Near-bird Tiaojishan formaition China Early Cretaceous |
 122 Jinfengopteryx elegans Golden phoenix
Huanjiying formaiton China |
 122 - 0 Golden poison frog Phyllobates terriblilis
W Colombia Endangered |
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146.4 - 146 400,000 South |
144.9 - 144.8 100,000 South |
144.8 - 144.7 100,000 North |
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144.3 - 143.7 600,000 North |
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142.3 - 141.9 400,000 North |
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138.9 - 138.2 700,000 North |
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137.4 - 137.1 300,000 North |
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136.6 - 136.4 200,000 North |
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136.3 - 135.8 500,000 North |
135.8 - 135.6 200,000 South |
135.6 - 135.5 100,000 North |
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134.7 - 134.4 300,000 North |
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134.3 - 133.6 700,000 North |
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133.1 - 132.6 500,000 South |
132.6 - 131.7 900,000 North |
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131.2 - 131.1 100,000 North |
130.7 - 130.6 100,000 South |
130.6 - 130.2 400,000 North |
130.2 - 129.8 400,000 South |
129.8 - 129.4 400,000 North |
129.4 - 128.9 500,000 South |
128.9 - 128.6 300,000 North |
128.6 - 128.3 300,000 South |
128.3 - 128 300,000 North |
128 - 127.5 500,000 South |
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127.4 - 127.3 100,000 South |
127.3 - 127 300,000 North |
127 - 126.5 500,000 South |
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122.3 - 121.9 400,000 South |
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125 Eomaia scansoria eutherian mammal, ancestor placental mammals. looks like dormouse, climbs shrubs Liaoning, China |
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