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Differentiate between Mesozoic era and Cenozoic era on the basis of time scale and origin of species.​

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The Mesozoic Era is known as period of significant tectonicas well as climate, and evolutionary activity. It was known as as " Age of Dinosaurs or Reptiles" . During this era, the dominant form of life is dinosaurs.The Mesozoic Era come to life, arround 252.2 million years back. This Era can be sectioned into three different periods which are; ✓Triassic

✓Jurassic

✓Cretaceous

The span period of Cenozoic era was about 65 million years, this range from the end of the Cretaceous Period as well as the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs up to the present. Cenozoic era can be reffered to Age of Mammals such as (woolly rhinoceroses) this is because the largest land animals at this is mammals .The Cenozoic Era can be regarded as "new life" and it's known to be " age of mammals simply because largest animal that is available that time is mammals This era serves as the current as well most recent era among the three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cenozoic era has its spans of about 65 million years, and this range from towards end of the Cretaceous Period to the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs up to the present

The Cenozoic Era can be sectioned

into three periods which are;

✓ Paleogene : This is arround 66 million to 23 million years ago)

✓ Neogene : This is arround 23 million to 2.6 million years ago)

✓Quaternary; This is arround 2.6 million years ago to the present);

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