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c. 143.1 Ma – End of Jurassic and beginning of Cretaceous Period. c. 145 Ma – First mantises. c. 140 Ma – Earliest orb-weaver spiders evolve. c. 130 Ma – Laurasia and Gondwana begin to split apart as the Atlantic Ocean forms. First flowering plants. Earliest anglerfish.
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For example, the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, marks the lower boundary of the Paleogene System/Period and thus the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene systems/periods. For divisions prior to the Cryogenian , arbitrary numeric boundary definitions ( Global Standard Stratigraphic Ages , GSSAs) are used to divide geologic time.
The Hell Creek Formation in Montana overlies the Fox Hills Formation and underlies the Fort Union Formation, and the boundary with the latter occurs near the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg), which defines the end of the Cretaceous period and has been dated to 66 ± 0.07 Ma old. [6]
Template: Phanerozoic ... Cretaceous. Paleogene. ↓ Quaternary. Neogene. Subdivision of the Phanerozoic according to the ICS, as of 2023. [1]
These widespread carbonates and other sedimentary deposits make the Cretaceous rock record especially fine. Famous formations from North America include the rich marine fossils of Kansas's Smoky Hill Chalk Member and the terrestrial fauna of the late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation. Other important Cretaceous exposures occur in Europe and China.
Template: Paleogene graphical timeline. 6 languages. ... Cretaceous. P a l e o g e n e. Neogene. P a l e o c e n e. E o c e n e. O l i g o c e n e. Danian. Selandian ...
End Cretaceous: 66 million years ago, 76% of species lost, including all ammonites, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, and nonavian dinosaurs; Smaller extinction events have occurred in the periods between, with some dividing geologic time periods and epochs. The Holocene extinction event is currently under way. [12]