End-cretaceous

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  1. 1
    Pertaining to the end of the Cretaceous period, marked by a major extinction event. not-comparable

    "Towards the end of the Cretaceous diversity declined sharply and only a few widespread genera are found in the uppermost beds, these finally disappearing in the end-Cretaceous extinctions."

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"Towards the end of the Cretaceous diversity declined sharply and only a few widespread genera are found in the uppermost beds, these finally disappearing in the end-Cretaceous extinctions."

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