Introduction to the Mesozoic Era The Mesozoic is divided into three time periods: the Triassic (245-208 Million Years Ago), the Jurassic (208-146 Million Years Ago), and the Cretaceous (146-65 Million Years Ago). Mesozoic means middle animals , and is the time during which the world fauna changed drastically from that which had been seen in the Paleozoic. Dinosaurs, which are perhaps the most ...

Boulder Beach, Mangahouanga Stream (Lower Cretaceous, New Zealand), 13 Jan 1995. Photograph Copyright Joan Wiffen, Used with Permission Mesozoic Marine Monsters of the Mangahouanga ....and elsewhere In New Zealand New Zealands Sea Reptiles From the Time of the Dinosaurs, and Their Fossil Remains Copyright 2000-2002 by Mike Everhart and David Lewis Last updated February 4, 2002 Introduction: ...