cretaceous
see also: Cretaceous
Pronunciation
Cretaceous
Pronunciation
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see also: Cretaceous
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɹə.ˈteɪ.ʃəs/
cretaceous (not comparable)
- Of or relating to chalk.
- Consisting of chalk.
- French: crayeux
Cretaceous
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɹə.ˈteɪ.ʃəs/
- (geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 66 million years ago.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 3-4:
- As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
- French: Crétacé
- German: Kreide
- Portuguese: cretáceo
- Russian: мелово́й пери́од
- Spanish: Cretáceo, Cretácico
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