What was the duration of the Mesozoic Era?

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What was the duration of the Mesozoic Era? How many periods does Mesozoic Era consists of? What was the second tectonic event called?

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Chapter 13: Mesozoic Events Mesozoic Era        Mesozoic Era= 252 to 66 million years ago      Name Mesozoic means “middle life”      Mesozoic Era consists of three periods:            Triassic- 252 to 201 m.y. ago             Jurassic- 201 to 145 m.y. ago            Cretaceous- 145 to 66 m.y. ago Triassic  Triassic Paleogeography       Pangea supercontinent completely formed      During Triassic, the Appalachian Mountain ranges were much higher       than they are today      The mountains were already eroding at the beginning of Mesozoic       During Middle Triassic, the seas regressed in the U.S. (although they       still covered parts of Canada), and the former seafloor was subject to       erosion, forming an unconformity Son

What was the duration of the Mesozoic Era?

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What was the duration of the Mesozoic Era?

What was the duration of the Mesozoic Era?

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