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Definition of Cretaceous period

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cretaceous Period

Literary usage of Cretaceous period

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"The cretaceous period, the closing part of the " Age of Reptiles," is remarkable, like the earlier Mesozoic, for the number of Ammonites and ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Since the close of the cretaceous period the Bohemian massif has remained above the sea; but the depression which lies immediately outside the Carpathian ..."

3. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1907)
"CHAPTER XXXIV THE cretaceous period THE name Cretaceous is derived from the Latin word for chalk (Creta), because in England, where the name was early used, ..."

4. An Introduction to Historical Geology: With Special Reference to North America by William John Miller (1916)
"... XVI THE cretaceous period ORIGIN OF NAME, SUBDIVISIONS, ETC. THE term Cretaceous, from the Latin "Creta" for chalk, was given to the period because of ..."

5. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"In general it may be said that there was little marine sedimentation in the Late cretaceous period north of the parallel 60° north, while the Jurassic and ..."

6. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"... CHAPTER LI THE cretaceous period AND THE LARAMIDE REVOLUTION The Cretaceous system of rocks was ..."

7. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"FIRST cretaceous period. 415. Dimensions and mineral composition of the stage—synopsis ... Firm cretaceous period. 437. Mineral character of the stage.—438. ..."

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