CRETACEOUS


Meaning of CRETACEOUS in English

adjective Etymology: Latin cretaceus resembling chalk, from creta chalk Date: 1832 of, relating to, or being the last period of the Mesozoic era characterized by continued dominance of reptiles, emergent dominance of angiosperms, diversification of mammals, and the extinction of many types of organisms at the close of the period, ~ noun

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