Researchers say they have made a major discovery straight out of the Mesozoic era.

研究人员说，他们有了一个直接来自中生代的重大发现。

Yes, but tell me a dinosaur chicken salad sandwich wouldn't hit the Mesozoic spot.

对啊，但别告诉我一个恐龙鸡沙拉三明治没有中生代的感觉。

And so the fact we're finding these multituberculate mammals-a totally unrelated and ancient group of mammals-exhibiting social behavior means this was probably not uncommon among these early Mesozoic mammals.

因此，我们发现这些多瘤齿兽类动物——一种完全无系的古老的哺乳动物群体——表现出社会行为的事实意味着，这在这些早期中生代哺乳动物中可能并不罕见。

This would have been especially important in the extreme climate of the early part of the Mesozoic Era. The days were hot, the nights, cold.

这一点在中生代早期的端气候中尤为重要。那时候白天很热，晚上却很冷。

These external forces began at the end of the Mesozoic, when plate tectonics caused the uplift of mountains in North America and Asia.

这些外部力量始于中生代末期，当时板块构造造成了北美洲和亚洲的山脉抬升。

One hypothesis that has gained popularity among paleontologists is the role of extraterrestrial impacts in shaping the Mesozoic area.

有一种假说在古生物学家中越来越受欢迎，那就是外星撞击在塑造中生代地区中所起的作用。

This would have been especially important in the extreme climate of the early part of the Mesozoic Era.

这在中生代早期的端气候条件下尤其重要。

The first one occurred around 150 million to 140 million years ago during the Mesozoic era.

第一次发生在大约1.5亿至1.4亿年前的中生代。

But the researchers say the fossilized skeleton of Mansourasaurus appears to be very similar to European dinosaurs of the same time period. They say this suggests there may have been a land bridge between Africa and Europe at the time.

但科学家表示，曼苏拉龙的化石与欧洲同时期恐龙的化石十分相近。他们说，这表明中生代时期非洲与欧洲之间有陆桥存在。

And I think for this activity, I'm going to delete " mesozoic" because I don't care.

我想对于这个活动，我要删除“中生代”，因为我觉得它没用。

The Mesozoic Era, spanning over 180 million years.

中生代，跨度超过 1.8 亿年。

Like, " mesozoic" is really technical, you're probably not going to get that on the test, so I will delete that.

比如，“中生代”是非常专业的词，你可能不会在考试中遇到，所以我把它删掉了。

That period is called the Mesozoic Era.

那个时期被称为中生代。

This last item brought him obvious satisfaction. His day, usually a jelly-like creature, a shapeless, spineless thing, had attained Mesozoic structure. It was marching along surely, even jauntily, toward a climax, as a play should, as a day should.

这最后一项显然让他很满意。他的时代，通常是一种果冻状的生物，一种没有形状、没有脊椎的东西，已经达到了中生代的结构。它稳步地，甚至是欢快地，朝着高潮前进，就像一出戏，就像一天应该的那样。

Well, it shows that different branches of Mesozoic " mammals, " including ours, were converging on some similar traits, even if they weren't closely related.

好吧，这表明中生代“哺乳动物” 的不同分支，包括我们人类， 都在一些相似的特征上趋同，即使它们不是密切相的。

… now when they found the remains of the Mesozoic mastodon...

他们找到中生代乳齿象化石。

The stage was set for the first act of the Mesozoic, the Triassic Period.

舞台是为 中生代的第一幕，三叠纪。

As more fossils of Mesozoic birds were found, more clues started to present themselves.

随着更多中生代鸟类化石的发现， 更多线索开始出现。

Most of these are from the Mesozoic era, which is divided into three periods, Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.

这些大多来自中生代，该时期被划分为三个阶段：三叠纪、侏罗纪和白垩纪。

Nowadays, and speaking very generally, geological time is divided first into four great chunks known as eras, Precambrian, Paleozoic, from the Greek meaning old life, Mesozoic, middle life, and Cenozoic, recent life.

现在, 一般来说, 地质时间首先分为四个大块, 称为时代, 前寒武纪, 古生代, 来自希腊语, 意思是旧生活, 中生代, 中生代和新生代, 最近的生活。