Because the Diapsid reptiles (Dinosaurs in Particular) were seen as the dominant terrestrial life forms during that time, being both the Apex predators, and the largest herbivores. Odds were if you saw a vertebrate on land, it was a reptile. Additionally, during that time, reptiles also took to the sea in a far greater variety than seen today (and got quite large as well, Pliosaurs were likely Apex predators in the sea as well) That period was seen as a high point for reptiles - mammals now occupy most of the niches that reptiles did in the mesozoic. Additionally, when that phrase was made, Birds were not considered to be a highly derived/specialized reptile, further increasing the apparent contrast between reptile abundance now, and the much greater reptile abundance in the mesozoic. .... Although when that phrase was coined, the "proto-mammal" synapsids were considered to be reptiles, with the more advanced synapsids being called "mammal like reptiles" (they are no longer considered reptiles) So I must wonder why the term didn't originally refer to both the Permian and the Mesozoic. It must be the disparity in body forms - only during the mesozoic did reptiles take to the air, become apex predators at sea, and attain sizes unsurpassed by any other terrestrial life.
The "Age of Reptiles" refers to the Mesozoic era. It began 251 million years ago and ended 65.5 million years ago. It is made up of three geological periods, the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.
The era of reptiles is called, "The Mesozoic Era."
1) the continents started drifting 2) dinosaurs evolved at the beginning and died out at the end 3) small birds and mammals evolved but stayed small until the dinosaurs died out
The Mesozoic Era.
Age of the dinosaurs
triassic,jurassic, and Cretaceous
Cambrian
Mesozoic Era
The Paleozoic precedes the Mesozoic. And our current era, the Cenozoic, follows the Mesozoic.
The Paleozoic Era of geologic history occurred before the Mesozoic Era.
The 4 eras are Cenozoic era, the mesozoic era, the paleozoic era, and the precambrian era.
permian
Mesozoic Era
The Paleozoic precedes the Mesozoic. And our current era, the Cenozoic, follows the Mesozoic.
The Mesozoic Era is known as the Age of Reptiles.
It really wasn't an era. An Era was a much longer period of time. It was called the "Jurassic Period".
The Paleozoic precedes the Mesozoic. And our current era, the Cenozoic, follows the Mesozoic.
The dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic Era, which includes the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. The first dinosaurs appeared in the late Triassic and went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.
Dinosaurs dominated over the mesozoic era.
Mesozoic Era
Dragonflies lived in the Mesozoic era. Mesozoic means middle life.
"How do you use Mesozoic era in a sentence." Is a sentence using the words.
The Paleozoic came before the Mesozoic.
Mesozoic era