Mesozoic Era

Question 1

started the breakup of pangaea

Answer 1

rifting of laurasia and gondwana

Question 2

atlantic ocean separated north america from africa

Answer 2

late triassic

Question 3

rifting of north america and south america

Answer 3

late triassic to early jurassic

Question 4

repopulated the seas after the PT extinction

Answer 4

marine invertebrates

Question 5

calcareous phytoplankton

Answer 5

coccolithophores

Question 6

first appearance of angiosperms

Answer 6

early cretaceous

Question 7

age of reptiles

Answer 7

mesozoic

Question 8

dinosaur ancestor

Answer 8

archosaur

Question 9

2 types of dinosaurs

Answer 9

saurischia, ornithischia

Question 10

lizard like pelvis

Answer 10

saurischian

Question 11

bird like pelvis

Answer 11

ornithischians

Question 12

bipedal carnivores

Answer 12

theropods

Question 13

quadrupedal herbivores

Answer 13

sauropods

Question 14

5 ornithischians

Answer 14

ornithopods, pachycephalosaurs, ankylosaurs, stegosaurs, ceratopsians

Question 15

flying reptiles

Answer 15

pterosaurs

Question 16

pterosaur appearance

Answer 16

late triassic

Question 17

mollusk crusher

Answer 17

placodonts

Question 18

porpoise like species

Answer 18

ichthyosaurs

Question 19

appearance of turtles

Answer 19

triassic

Question 20

candidates for earliest bird, solnhofen limestone

Answer 20

archeopteryx

Question 21

candidate for earliest bird, texas

Answer 21

protoavis

Question 22

mammals during late triassic

Answer 22

cynodonts

Question 23

descendants of egg laying mammals

Answer 23

triconodonts

Question 24

descendants of placental mammals

Answer 24

eupantotheres

Question 25

extinction of conodonts

Answer 25

triassic jurassic extinction

Question 26

extinction of dinoasurs, 76%

Answer 26

KT extinction