This document describes a study that uses probabilistic time scaling methods to generate a 1,000-taxon phylogenetic tree for Mesozoic dinosaurs and the origins of flight and modern birds. It compares results from the Hedman and cal3 time scaling methods and finds broad agreement between the two, with dinosaurs originating in the Late Triassic, flight in the Late Jurassic, and modern birds in the Late Cretaceous.