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1. Cretaceous: The Cretaceous period is part of the geologic system of classifying geologic formations. It is part of the Mesozoic era, and is divided into Early and Late epochs. [100%] 2023-02-07 [Geologic Systems]
2. Cretaceous: The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period, from about 146 to 136 million years ago (Ma) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene ... [100%] 2023-02-04
3. Cretaceous: The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period, from about 146 to 136 million years ago (Ma) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene ... [100%] 2023-02-04
4. Cretaceous: The Cretaceous (IPA: /krɪˈteɪʃəs/ 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. (Earth) [100%] 2024-09-13 [Cretaceous] [Geological periods]...
5. Cretaceous Mongolia: Cretaceous Mongolia is one of the strangest and best preserved of all Mesozoic ecosystems. The shifting sand of what was, even then, the Gobi Desert have ensured that fossils of the animals that lived there can be found in exactly ... [70%] 2023-10-08 [Cretaceous Mongolia] [Geology of Mongolia]...
6. Cretaceous System: Cretaceous System, in geology, the group of stratified rocks which normally occupy a position above the Jurassic system and below the oldest Tertiary deposits; therefore it is in this system that the closing records of the great Mesozoic era are ... [70%] 2022-09-02
7. Cretaceous Research: Cretaceous Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The journal focuses on topics dealing with the Cretaceous period and the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. [70%] 2023-12-30 [Elsevier academic journals] [Paleontology journals]...
8. Late Cretaceous: The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. (Earth) [70%] 2023-10-17 [Late Cretaceous] [Cretaceous geochronology]...
9. Cretaceous Research: Cretaceous Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The journal focuses on topics dealing with the Cretaceous period and the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. [70%] 2024-03-08 [Elsevier academic journals] [Paleontology journals]...
10. Early Cretaceous: The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 145 Ma to 100.5 Ma. (Earth) [70%] 2024-09-06 [Early Cretaceous] [Cretaceous geochronology]...
11. Cretaceous Thermal Maximum: The Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (CTM), also known as Cretaceous Thermal Optimum, was a period of climatic warming that reached its peak approximately 90 million years ago (90 Ma) during the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. The CTM is ... (Earth) [57%] 2023-10-27 [Historical geology] [Late Cretaceous]...
12. Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution: The Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (abbreviated KTR), also known as the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution (ATR) by authors who consider it to have lasted into the Palaeogene, describes the intense diversification of angiosperms, insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals during the Middle to ... (Biology) [57%] 2023-09-29 [Cretaceous life]
13. Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution: The Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (abbreviated KTR), also known as the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution (ATR) by authors who consider it to have lasted into the Palaeogene, describes the intense floral diversification of flowering plants (angiosperms) and the coevolution of pollinating insects ... [57%] 2024-08-31 [Cretaceous events] [Cretaceous life]...
14. Cretaceous Thermal Maximum: The Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (CTM), also known as Cretaceous Thermal Optimum, was a period of climatic warming that reached its peak approximately 90 million years ago (90 Ma) during the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. The CTM is ... (Period of climatic warming that reached its peak approximately 90 million years ago) [57%] 2025-01-23 [History of climate variability and change] [Historical geology]...
15. Back to the Cretaceous: T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous is a 1998 American educational adventure film shot for the IMAX 3D format. The film is directed by Brett Leonard. (1998 film by Brett Leonard) [50%] 2023-12-19 [1998 films] [1990s 3D films]...
16. Polar forests of the Cretaceous: Cretaceous polar forests were temperate forests that grew at polar latitudes during the final period of the Mesozoic Era, known as the Cretaceous Period 145–66 Ma. During this period, global average temperature was about 10 °C (18 °F) higher ... (Earth) [44%] 2023-10-27 [Cretaceous life] [Climate history]...
17. South Polar region of the Cretaceous: The South Polar region of the Cretaceous comprised the continent of East Gondwana–modern day Australia, Zealandia, and Antarctica–a product of the break-up of Gondwana in the Cretaceous Period. The southern region, during this time, was much warmer ... (Earth) [40%] 2023-10-26 [Cretaceous paleogeography]
18. Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, formerly known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary, is a geological signature, usually a thin band of rock containing much more iridium than other bands. The K–Pg boundary marks the end of ... (Earth) [57%] 2023-11-02 [Cretaceous geology] [Extinction events]...
19. Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, formerly known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary, is a geological signature, usually a thin band of rock containing much more iridium than other bands. The K–Pg boundary marks the end of ... (Geological formation between time periods) [57%] 2023-10-26 [Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary] [Cretaceous geology]...
20. Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, formerly known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary, is a geological signature, usually a thin band of rock containing much more iridium than other bands. The K–Pg boundary marks the end of ... (Geological formation between time periods) [57%] 2024-03-08 [Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary] [Cretaceous geology]...
21. Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event: The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused ... (Earth) [50%] 2023-10-27 [Late Cretaceous extinctions] [Evolution of mammals]...
22. Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction: Evolutionary biologists and geologists generally believe that a mass extinction of dinosaurs and other organisms happened 65 million years ago, the fifth mass extinction listed in geological history, at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Its primary cause is generally ... [50%] 2023-02-25 [Geology]
23. Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event: The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused ... (Mass extinction event about 66 million years ago) [50%] 2023-11-20 [Late Cretaceous extinctions] [Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary]...
24. Climate across Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: The climate across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg or formerly the K–T boundary) is very important to geologic time as it marks a catastrophic global extinction event. Numerous theories have been proposed as to why this extinction event ... [44%] 2024-10-17 [Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary] [History of climate variability and change]...