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What was the geological setting of the cretaceous period?
The Cretaceous was the last portion of the "Age of Dinosaurs." It was the first appearance of the flowering plants. Insects were beginning to diversify including the oldest known ants and butterflies. The Cretaceous also saw the first radiation of the diatoms in the oceans.
Where there people in the cretaceous time?
Early humans first appeared in the tertiary period, a long time after the cretaceous period.
What period came first Jurassic cretaceous or triassic?
jurassic The Triassic was the earliest period of the Mesozoic, followed by the Jurassic then the Cretaceous. The Cretaceous was of the greatest duration.
When did the first flowers appear?
In the Cretaceous period.
When did the first flowering plant appear?
In the Cretaceous period.
What age comes after the cretaceous period?
The Paleocene, which is the first (oldest) part of the Cenozoic Era, as the Cretaceous was the last of the Mesozoic Era.
Did flowers first appear in the Cambrian period?
No. Answer No, flowering plants (angiosperms) first appeared (as far as we know) in the Cretaceous period.
What period were dinosaurs from?
None-avian dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic period and were the dominant land vertebrates through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. At the end of the Cretaceous period, 65.5 million years ago, all non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. Birds, which are now classified as dinosaurs, continue to live to his day.
When was the first flower to be planted?
Flowering plants arrived in the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era.
When did small furry animals appear?
The first mammals appeared during the Cretaceous Period.
What are broad leafed and flowering trees that first appeared in the cretaceous period?
deciduous trees
Were there snakes in dinosuar times?
Yes. Snakes first appeared in the Cretaceous period, the third and last period of the age of the dinosaurs.
