the Cretaceous period

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• Cretaceous Period — Interval of geologic time from с 144 to 65 million years ago. During the Cretaceous the climate was warmer than today. In the seas, marine invertebrates flourished, and bony fishes evolved. On land, flowering plants arose, and insects, bees in… …   Universalium

• Cretaceous period — Cretacic Cre*tac ic [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] {Cretaceous acid}, an old name for carbonic acid. {Cretaceous formation} (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• the Cretaceous — UK [krɪˈteɪʃəs] US noun science the period from about 144 to 65 million years ago when rock containing chalk was formed http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/cretaceous the.htm Thesaurus: time before history was written downhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

• Cretaceous period — noun from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants • Syn: ↑Cretaceous • Derivationally related forms: ↑Cretaceous (for: ↑Cretaceous) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• the Cretaceous — UK [krɪˈteɪʃəs] / US noun science the period from about 144 to 65 million years ago when rock containing chalk was formed Derived word: Cretaceous adjective …   English dictionary

• cretaceous period — n. geologic timescale from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants …   English contemporary dictionary

• Cretaceous — Period 145.5–65.5 million years ago …   Wikipedia

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• cretaceous — [kri tā′shəs, krētā′shəs] adj. [L cretaceus < creta: see CRAYON] 1. Now Rare containing, composed of, or having the nature of, chalk 2. [usually C ] designating or of the third and last geologic period of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by the …   English World dictionary

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