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Geologic Time Period Project

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CRETACEOUS

"THE AGE OF THE DINOSAURS"
Photo by Ruud Cuypers

THE TIME RANGE IS

145.5 TO 65.5 MILLION YEARS AGO.
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THIS TIME PERIOD

OCCURRED DURING THE MESOZOIC ERA.

THIS PERIOD CAME BEFORE

THE TERTIARY PERIOD AND AFTER THE JURASSIC PERIOD.
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WHAT CAUSED THE BEGINNING AND THE END

  • The movement of plates caused the period.
  • The mass extinction of dinosaurs brought the
  • Period to an end.
Photo by Tc Morgan

THIS PERIOD IS UNIQUE BECUASE

IT IS KNOWN AS "THE AGE OF DINOSAURS".

METOR HITTING EARTH AND CAUSING MASS EXTINCTION.

THE MAJOR GEOLOGICAL HISTORY EVENT WAS THE ...

DOMINATE ANIMALS

  • Tyrannosaur
  • Mosasaur
  • Pterosaurs
  • It's a good chance that unwanted
  • Visitors will be eaten.

PLANT LIFE

  • Archaefructus liaoningensis
  • Deciduous trees.
Photo by Jill Clardy

CLIMATE

  • It was very hot
  • Tsunamis were common across the Eastern U.S. Border .
  • Visitors would need to back clothes for hot weather!
Photo by Zach Dischner