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Bookmark or Share- Cretaceous Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websteradjective. Cre· ta· ceous kri-ˈtā-shəs. : of, relating to, or being the last period of the Mesozoic era characterized by continued dominance of reptiles, emergent dominance of angiosperms, diversification of mammals, and the extinction of many types of organisms at the close of the period.
- Cretaceous Period | Natural History MuseumDinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, and ammonoids, to name a few, were among the groups lost at this time. The Cretaceous extinction event is marked by the famous K-T boundary and asteroid impact on what is now the Yucatan peninsula. Many believe this impact caused dinosaur and other extinctions.
- Cretaceous - WikipediaThe Cretaceous (IPA: / k r ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ ə s / krih-TAY-shəs) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic.
- Cretaceous Period Facts and Information | National GeographicCretaceous Period. During this period, oceans formed as land shifted and broke out of one big supercontinent into smaller ones. 3 min read. Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy...
- Cretaceous Period | Definition, Climate, Dinosaurs, & MapCretaceous Period, in geologic time, the last of the three periods of the Mesozoic Era. The Cretaceous began 145.0 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago; it followed the Jurassic Period and was succeeded by the Paleogene Period (the first of the two periods into which the Tertiary Period was divided).
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