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The Early Cretaceous (timestratigraphic name) or the Lower Cretaceous (logstratigraphic name), is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous Period. The Cretaceous (kriːˈteɪʃəs, usually abbreviated 'K' for its German translation "Kreide" is a geologic period and system, reaching from the end of It began about 146 million years ago. Annum is one form of the Latin noun meaning Year, not a form normally used for derivatives in modern languages the accusative singular

During this time many new types of dinosaurs appeared or came into prominence, including psittacosaurs, spinosaurs and coelurosaurs, while other survivors from the Late Jurassic continued. Psittacosaurus ( or, from the Greek for ' Parrot Lizard ' is a Genus of Psittacosaurid Ceratopsian Spinosauridae is a family of unusual Theropod Dinosaurs Members of this group were large Bipedal Predators with elongated Crocodile For the prehistoric gliding reptile see Coelurosauravus. Coelurosauria (sɨˌljʊərəˈsɔriə is defined as the clade containing all Theropod The Late Jurassic (or Malm) Epoch of the Jurassic Period is the unit of geologic time from 161

In the seas, the ichthyosaurs declined and eventually died out at the start of the Late Cretaceous. Ichthyosaurs ( Greek for 'fish lizard' - ιχθυς / ichthyos meaning 'fish' and σαυρος / sauros meaning 'lizard' were giant Late Cretaceous (100mya - 65mya refers to the second half of the Cretaceous Period, named after the famous white Chalk cliffs of southern England Neognathous birds and angiosperms, appear for the first time. The Neognathia birds Aves whose palatal mobility has been increased via the following modifications (Feduccia 1980 1996 Loss of the Basipterygoid Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group

Cretaceous period
Lower/Early Cretaceous	Upper/Late Cretaceous
Berriasian \| Valanginian \| Hauterivian Barremian \| Aptian \| Albian	Cenomanian \| Turonian \| Coniacian Santonian \| Campanian \| Maastrichtian

The Cretaceous (kriːˈteɪʃəs, usually abbreviated 'K' for its German translation "Kreide" is a geologic period and system, reaching from the end of Late Cretaceous (100mya - 65mya refers to the second half of the Cretaceous Period, named after the famous white Chalk cliffs of southern England In the Geologic timescale, Berriasian is a stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch, and the first of the entire Cretaceous period In the Geologic timescale, Valanginian is a stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch. The Hauterivian is a stage of the Early Cretaceous Epoch. It spans the time between 136 The Barremian Faunal stage was a period of geological time between 130 Aptian stage is a Faunal stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch in the Geologic timescale, that extends from 125 Albian ( French Albion, from Alba = Aube in France) is a stage of the Cretaceous period. |-|The Cenomanian age (also known as Woodbinian by the [[ICS]] is the first or earliest or oldest Geochronological "geologic age" The Turonian is a stage of the Late Cretaceous Epoch. It spans the time between 93 The Coniacian is a stage of the Late Cretaceous Epoch. It spans the time between 89 The Santonian is a Faunal stage of the Late Cretaceous Epoch. The Campanian is a stage on the Geologic time scale occurring from 83 The Maastrichtian is the last stage of the Cretaceous period, and therefore of the Mesozoic era.

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