1·Plants and animals from the Mesozoic era were unable to survive in the Cenozoic era.
中生代的动植物在新生代无法生存。
2·For years, we have assumed it was the abundant plant life of the Mesozoic that allowed these giants to thrive.
多年来，我们一直认为是中生代丰富的植物种类使这些巨型生物得以繁衍生息。
3·The fossil record suggests that there was an abrupt extinction of many plants and animals at the end of the Mesozoic era.
化石记录表明，在中生代末期，许多动植物突然灭绝。
4·Critics also point out that the shallow seaways had retreated from and advanced on the continents numerous times during the Mesozoic.
批评者还指出，在中生代期间，浅海通道曾多次从陆地退回，又向陆地前进。
5·However, we now know that since oxygen levels were much lower in the Mesozoic than we assumed, there was much less plant life for sauropods to eat than we thought.
然而我们现在知道了，由于中生代空气的含氧量比我们想象的要低得多，所以蜥脚类动物可食用的植物也比我们想象的要少得多。
6·But the Mesozoic, too, began with a mass extinction.
但中生代本身便是以一次大灭绝开始的。
7·The gingko tree is a survivor from the Mesozoic Era.
银杏是中生代幸存下来的植物。
8·Dinosaurs vanished from the earth at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
中生代末期，恐龙从地球上消失了。
9·Mammals arose from a fairly primitive reptile in the Mesozoic era.
哺乳类起源于中生代宛若原始的爬虫类。
10·Liaohe basin is a rift basin developed in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.
辽河盆地是中、新生代发育起来的裂谷盆地。