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The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, [a] also known as the K–T extinction, [b] was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth [2] [3] approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.
The Cretaceous (along with the Mesozoic) ended with the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a large mass extinction in which many groups, including non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and large marine reptiles, died out, widely thought to have been caused by the impact of a large asteroid that formed the Chicxulub crater in the Gulf of Mexico.
Summer: A poll of more than 600 paleontologists and other Earth scientists found 24% to support the impact hypothesis of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, 38% agreed that the impact occurred but was not the true cause of the mass extinction, 26% denied that any impact had occurred and 12% completely denied the occurrence of a mass ...
The Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (abbreviated KTR), also known as the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution (ATR) by authors who consider it to have lasted into the Palaeogene, [1] describes the intense floral diversification of flowering plants (angiosperms) and the coevolution of pollinating insects, as well as the subsequent faunal radiation of frugivorous, nectarivorous and insectivorous ...
The Cretaceous is the Phanerozoic's longest period and the last period of the Mesozoic. It spans from 145 million to 66 million years ago, and is divided into two epochs: Early Cretaceous , and Late Cretaceous .
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Extinct clade of dinosaurs Ceratosaurs Temporal range: Sinemurian - Maastrichtian, 199.3–66 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Six ceratosaurs (top left to bottom right): Rugops, Elaphrosaurus, Majungasaurus, Carnotaurus, Ceratosaurus, Berthasaura Scientific classification Domain ...
These additions have been used in research related to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event and the ensuing recovery, [6] and to the Anthropocene debate, [5] respectively. However, the ages that stretch into the Cretaceous are sometimes referred to as " North American land vertebrate ages " to reflect the fact that mammals, while still ...