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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Cretaceous The third of the three periods that are included in the Mesozoic Era, from about 144–65 Ma ago. It is noted for the deposition of the chalk of the White Cliffs of Dover, England, much of the chalk being derived from the calcareous plates (coccoliths) of marine algae, and for the mass extinction, at the end, of many invertebrate and vertebrate stocks.

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