Cretaceous

(noun.) from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants.

(adj.) of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era .

(adj.) abounding in chalk .

手打:玛丽安

• Such plants had already been in evidence in the later levels of the (American Cretaceous) Mesozoic, but now they dominated the scene altogether. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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