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Meanings of cretaceous period in English

Portuguese
cretáceo
Catalan
cretaci

From 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants.

cretáceo
Usage of cretaceous period in English
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The hard siliceous mineral had been torn loose from chalk deposits laid down during the cretaceous period.
The Valley of Horses
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Dinosaurs had died out in the Cretaceous period, sixty-five million years ago.
Jurassic Park
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This species roamed what is now Central Asia during the Cretaceous period.
Reuters
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And thirdly, during the Cretaceous period, it was once covered by swamps.
The South African
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In the Cretaceous Period, much of this part of the country was underwater.
Wired
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They proliferated throughout the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods that followed.
The Lost World
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Now they were facing something out of the Cretaceous period.
The Alchemyst
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The idea for a Judicial Council dates from the political equivalent of the Cretaceous period.
The Irish Times
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The lemurs or half-apes are the stem-group, descending from the older Mallotheria of the Cretaceous period.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
10
It's a Lissodus from the Upper Cretaceous period.
The Necromancer
11
All other members of the order became extinct 60 million years ago, in the late Cretaceous period.
Wired
12
During the Cretaceous period, several species in the Maniraptoran group evolved different characteristics, based on their environment.
Radio NZ
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When the great mountain building took place during the Cretaceous Period, seaways drained and swamps dried up.
Jitterbug Perfume
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If we ever find a penguin fossil from the Cretaceous period, we'll know for sure, Dr Scofield said.
Radio NZ
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Some of the tuffs may be of the Jurassic age, though the Cretaceous period is also largely represented.
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
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Eastern America, it may be recalled, is much higher than western until the close of the Cretaceous period.
The Story of Evolution
Translations for cretaceous period
Portuguese
cretáceo
Catalan
cretaci