"middle times" because the mesozoic was in between the paleozoic ("early times") and the Cenozoic ("current times")
The meaning of Mesozoic is middle life. It was 66 to 252 million years ago. It was also known as age of the dominance in dinosaurs.The Mesozoic era is a geologic period of time that lies between the Cenzoic and Paleozoic. It is generally considered to be between 50 and 250 million years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic Btw, it's not the Mesozoic "area" but the Mesozoic era. Hope this was helfpul!
The Paleozoic literally translates into Ancient Life.It comes from the Greek Palaios meaning ancient or primitive and zoe meaning life.
The Paleozoic precedes the Mesozoic. And our current era, the Cenozoic, follows the Mesozoic.
Paleozoic - climate change Mesozoic - meteor
The Paleozoic came before the Mesozoic.
Mesozoic Era
The Mesozoic Era is known as the Age of Reptiles.
mesozoic
The Cenozoic era was not a subdivision of the Mesozoic era. The Mesozoic era is subdivided into the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods.
Events during the Mesozoic include the increasing dominance of dinosaurs. The Mesozoic is marked by the appearance of flowering plants.
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.