Late Cretaceous Period (~100.5 to ~66 MYA)

A Late Cretaceous Period (~100.5 to ~66 MYA) is a geologic epoch that ...

• Context:
  • It can include a Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (~92 to ~66 MYA).
  • It can end with a K-Pg Extinction Event (~66 MYA).
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• See: White Cliffs of Dover, Cenozoic Era.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Cretaceous Retrieved:2023-9-12.
  • The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after creta, the Latin word for the white limestone known as chalk. The chalk of northern France and the white cliffs of south-eastern England date from the Cretaceous Period.

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