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No major plant groups died out at the end of the Mesozoic. However, most of the individual plants died because dust that was launched into the atmosphere by the asteroid impact blocked out the sun. However, once the dust settled after a few months. dormant seeds took hold.

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What event marked the end of the Mesozoic Ara and the beginning of the Cenozoic?

An asteroid impact


How did plates tectonic affect the evolution of life in the Mesozoic Era?

There was one land mass and then over the next 110 million years it separated. In the beginning there were dinosaurs and at the end all of the dinosaurs died out. kidgkgh


When the chicxulub crater formed?

End of the Mesozoic era


What happened at the end of the mesozoic era but not at the end of the Paleozoic era?

There were major asteroid impacts.


Do dinasours exsits?

No but they did in the beginning of the Cenozoic era and the end of the Mesozoic

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What percentage of plant and animal groups do scientists think became extinct at the end of the Mesozoic Era?

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Approximately what percentage of plant and animal group do scientists think became extinct at the end of the mesozoic era?

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What event marked the end of the Mesozoic Ara and the beginning of the Cenozoic?

An asteroid impact


What time era did the dinosaurs die out?

The dinosaurs died out 65.5 million years ago. That was the end of the Mesozoic era.


How did plate tectonics affect the evolution of life in the Mesozoic era?

There was one land mass and then over the next 110 million years it separated. In the beginning there were dinosaurs and at the end all of the dinosaurs died out. kidgkgh


How did plates tectonic affect the evolution of life in the Mesozoic Era?

There was one land mass and then over the next 110 million years it separated. In the beginning there were dinosaurs and at the end all of the dinosaurs died out. kidgkgh


And the end f what era did all the dinosaures die?

The dinosaurs evolved at the beginning of the Mesozoic. All non avian dinosaurs died out 65.5. million years ago at the end of the Mesozoic. However, birds, which are a group of dinosaurs, are still alive and well.


What are the names of the eras?

The Eras go like this: Precambrian Era Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era Dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic Era, and we live in the Cenozoic Era. Paleozoic means "ancient life" Mesozoic means "middle life" Cenozoic means "recent life" All eras end in a huge disaster


When did Plant Life Records end?

Plant Life Records ended in 1984.


What time is the dinosaur time?

The Mesozoic era is known as the Age of Reptiles. It lasted from 252 to 65.5 million years ago. However, dinosaurs didn't evolve until 231 million years ago. They died out at the end of the Mesozoic.


When did the Chicxulub crater form?

End of the Mesozoic era