Geologic Time Period
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CRETACEOUS PERIOD
MARY BETH WALLACE
MESOZOIC ERA
THE CRETACEOUS PERIOd Is PART OF THE MESOZOIC ERA
TIME RANGE OF CRETACEOUS PERIOD
145-66 MILLION YEARS AGO
CRETACEOUS PERIOD - ANIMALS
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Velociraptor
- Triceratops
- Eomaia
- Tylosaurus
CRETACEOUS PERIOD - PLANTS
- Bennettitales
- Leafy trees: figs, planes, and magnolias
- Gleicheniales
CLIMATE OF THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD
THE CLIMATE OF THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD WAS MUCH WARMER THAN AT PRESENT, PERHAPS THE WARMEST THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME DURING THE PHANEROZOIC EON
MAJOR eVENTS
- The first ceratopsian appeared
- First fossils of many insect groups, modern mammals, and bird groups were found
- First flowering plants (angiosperms) appeared
- Breakup of Pangea continued
