1 Only about 1 percent of Michiganâs maple forest resource is used in maple syrup production. 2  In an average year, each tap-hole will produce about 10 gallons of maple sap, enough for about a quart of pure Michigan maple syrup.
A mass extinction marked the end of the Mesozoic Era The Mesozoic era is the era of dinosaurs and lasted 180 million years. This era includes 3 well-known periods - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous. A mass extinction marked the beginning and the end of the Mesozoic Era. Was this helpful?
The Triassic Period was the first period of the Mesozoic Era and occurred between 251 million and 199 million years ago. It followed the great mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period and was a time when life outside of the oceans began to diversify.