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This timeline is about the natural historyof North Carolinadating back from year 100.
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The eastern portion of the modern Coastal Plain of North carolina lays under the water, but the ocean receded late in this period
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Dinosaurs were diverse. Mammals were little but common. The first birds and lizards appeared. Ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs were diverse inthe oceans.
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As the continents of North America, Europe, and Africa moved together, more rock was pushed upwards and over the next 100 million years the appalachian mountains were formed
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This explosion caused us to later discover many fossils. And, the first chordates.
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The land under North Carolina was pulled apart, inland seas emerged. Along the NC-VA border, then in an arc from Virgina to Georgia.
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As the climate cooled, the scale treea, which had flourished in near-tropical conditions, declined and nearly became exticnt.