Cretaceous

See also cretaceous

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Proper noun

Cretaceous

1. (geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 65 million years ago
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 3-4

     As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

Translations

geologic period within the Mesozoic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白堊紀 (cmn), 白垩纪 (cmn) (Bái'èjì)

• Czech: křída (cs) f
• Dutch: Krijt (nl) n
• Estonian: kriit (et)
• Finnish: liitukausi (fi)
• French: Crétacé (fr) m
• German: Kreide (de) f

• Greek: Κρητιδική (el) (Kritidikí) f
• Hungarian: kréta (hu)
• Japanese: 白亜紀 (ja) (はくあき, Hakuaki), 白堊紀 (ja) (はくあき, Hakuaki)
• Polish: kreda (pl) f
• Russian: меловой период (ru) (melovój períod) m, мел (ru) (mel) m
• Spanish: Cretáceo (es) m, Cretácico (es) m

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale