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Mesozoic
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Mesozoic
of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 250 000 000 years ago with the Triassic period and lasted about 185 000 000 years until the end of the Cretaceous period

Mesozoic [¦mez·ə¦zō·ik]
(geology)
A geologic era from the end of the Paleozoic to the beginning of the Cenozoic; commonly referred to as the Age of Reptiles.


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Fossil records show these plants go back 20 million years, proliferating during the Mesozoic period (10 million years ago).
The development of the ear is seen as key to understanding survival techniques that steered mammals, including human ancestors, through the dinosaur-infested mesozoic period around 250 to 66 million years ago.
 
 
 
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