Cretaceous period

The third and last period of the Mesozoic era: 144 to 65 million years ago.

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Cretaceous period - from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants

Cretaceous

Age of Reptiles, Mesozoic, Mesozoic era - from 230 million to 63 million years ago

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Found in a scenic spot in Maling Mountain Scenic Area in the city of Xinyi, the tracks can help with the study on the distribution and evolution of China's dinosaur groups during the Lower Cretaceous period, according to Chinese media outlets.

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The "strange stones" were confirmed as dinosaur egg fossils, dating back to the late Cretaceous Period which began 145 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago.

Cluster of 66 million-year-old DINOSAUR eggs found during rural walk; The men reported their rare find to a local museum where it was confirmed that the fossilised remains dated to the Cretaceous Period

Those creatures lived during the Cretaceous period, the heyday of the dinosaurs (see From Dinosaurs to Today, page 13).

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A thin grey or brown line laid is from the cretaceous period and the tertiary boundary is commonly known as the K-T boundary.

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Discovered in 1989, geologists estimate that the cave belonged to the third geological period known as the cretaceous period. (end) mw.gta

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The fossil is of a marine reptile found in Cretaceous period rocks close to the southern town of El Calafate, 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) from Buenos Aires.

Argentina puts 65-million-year-old dinosaur replica on display

However, this site near the O2 in North Greenwich is exactly where you need to go if you fancy whizzing back 67 million years to the Late Cretaceous period.

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Titanosaurs lived during the Cretaceous Period in areas that today are in South America, Africa, Antarctica and Australia.

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Scientists have debated whether eruptions assisted the Chicxulub asteroid impact in wiping out over half of the planet's species at the end of the Cretaceous period, roughly 66 million years ago.

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A complete skeleton of one of the animals dating back 125 million years to the Cretaceous period was unearthed from a site near Cuenca, central Spain.

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