Cretaceous

See also: cretaceous

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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

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Cretaceous

  1. (geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 65 million years ago.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 3-4
      As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

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  • Appendix:Geologic timescale
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