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Mesozoic

mez-uh-ZOH-ik
Also Known As Age of the Dinosaurs

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The middle era of the Phanerozoic, popularly the age of the dinosaurs, holding the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods among others, and ending in the impact that closed both.

Facts
Rank
Era 1
Start (Million Years Ago)
251.9 1
End (Million Years Ago)
66 1
Key Event
The age of the dinosaurs, ended by the Chicxulub impact and the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction. 1
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Encompasses

Cretaceous, Eras
Source Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)
Jurassic, Eras
Source Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)
Triassic, Eras

In Discipline

Geochronology, Disciplines
Source Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)

Part Of

Phanerozoic, Eras
Source Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)
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Mesozoic (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Introduction
The Mesozoic is commonly known as the Age of the Dinosaurs
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