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Meanings of early cretaceous in English

Russian
нижний мел
Portuguese
cretáceo inferior
Spanish
cretacico temprano
Catalan
cretaci inferior

First epoch of the Cretaceous period.

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нижний мел
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Examples for "lower cretaceous"
Examples for "lower cretaceous"
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The oldest in situ hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Speeton, UK.
The Guardian
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It estimates the well contains 360 million barrels of oil equivalent probable resources in its primary deepwater Lower Cretaceous reservoir objective.
The Irish Times
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The immense development of plants with the habit of Cycads, during the Mesozoic Period up to the Lower Cretaceous, has long been known.
Darwin and Modern Science
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The fan system, called 'Druid' is the second large prospect to be discovered in the region following the previously identified Lower Cretaceous Drombeg prospect.
The Irish Times
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During the Lower Cretaceous alone there were no less than six successive changes in the faunas which inhabited the limestone-making sea which then covered Texas.
The Elements of Geology
Usage of early cretaceous in English
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They must be cearadactyls, big flying reptiles from the early Cretaceous.
Jurassic Park
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When they turned their last light off at night, the beach gleamed with Early Cretaceous phosphorescence.
The Descent
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A nine metre long early relative of the T-Rex that stalked northern China during the the early Cretaceous period.
Radio NZ
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This latest fossil doesn't just capture the dramatic spider attack but also evidence of spider social life in the Early Cretaceous.
Wired
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The early Cretaceous sea retired from Texas and Mexico, for its sediments are overlain unconformably by formations of the Upper Cretaceous.
The Elements of Geology
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The new discovery is the first example of an amber fossil from the early Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs like spinosaurs and psittocosaurs roamed the Earth.
Wired
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Of 700 specimens in one early Cretaceous deposit only 96 are Angiosperms; of 460 species in a later deposit about 400 are Angiosperms.
The Story of Evolution
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They were the first inhabited rock lines on the planet and are excellent examples of the equivalent early Cretaceous Dakotan violent upthrust resulting in...
The Hyperion Cantos