Mesozoic era

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The Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era was the final and longest period. It occurred from 14.5 million years ago to 65.5 million years ago (Bagley). There was a minor mass extinction that marks …

The Cenozoic Era, also known as the Age of Mammals, is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras, following the Mesozoic Era and extending from 66 million years ago to the present day.

Mesozoic ( Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous )

Early Cretaceous life. Artwork of a number of different prehistoric creatures that existed around 125-130 million years ago during the Barremian era of the Early Cretaceous period (around 146-100 million years ago), in what is now the Wessex Formation on the Isle of Wight, UK.

Many of you are sure to recognise this one - its original English title was Dinosaurs: a Global View. The Dutch title - De Oerwereld van de Dinosauriërs - translates to something like 'the primordial/primeval world of the dinosaurs', which might sound a little more hackneyed (and possibly cheesy), but in this case actually sets the tone perfectly. If any triumvirate of artists was truly capable of transporting the viewer back to the Mesozoic, it would have to be Hallett, Sibbick and…

During the Ice Ages of the Quaternary Period, most of the land was covered with ice, and vegetation included mosses, sedges, shrubs, lichens and low-lying grasses. During warmer periods, most of the soil was not covered with ice, and woodlands and coniferous forests existed. The emergence of tropical rainforests occurred during the Holocene. This habitat allowed many animals and plants to thrive and evolve. Savannas also emerged where herbivores grazed and flourished.

A lakeside view of tree ferns, numerous during the Jurassic period

Carboniferous forest Prehistoric Meganeura