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The 40 pages that link to Mesozoic, each with the reason it gives.

• GymnospermRelated: Gymnosperms dominated many terrestrial ecosystems before flowering plants diversified.

• PaleozoicRelated: The Mesozoic began after the extinction that closed the Paleozoic.

• ColeopteraRelated: Beetle fossils document diversification through this era of changing ecosystems.

• SaurischiaRelated: Saurischians diversified across the era that shaped much of dinosaur evolution.

• Paris BasinRelated: Older strata beneath the basin’s Cenozoic deposits include rocks from this era.

• EndothermRelated: Fossils from this era inform debates about when high metabolic activity evolved.

• CycadRelated: Cycad relatives were diverse during this era, inspiring the phrase “age of cycads.”

• ThylacocephalaRelated: Many well-known thylacocephalan fossils come from Mesozoic deposits.