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In the Late Cretaceous (65 million years ago).
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What is an example of mass extinction?
When the meteorite hit Earth and killed the dinosaurs.
Can you use mass extinction in a sentence?
The dinosaurs fell victim to a mass extinction.
How do you use the word mass extinction in a sentence?
We are still not sure what caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, though an asteroid impact seems to be the popular theory.Scientists believe we may be heading towards another mass extinction event.
Approximately when did the mass extinction of dinosaurs occur?
65 million years ago
Ask us anythingWhich of the following did not occur during the Cenozoic era?
Several periods of mass extinction
What is the name for the modern era which began approximtely 65 million years ago with the mass extinction of the dinosaurs?
The Cretaceous period ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs. The period that followed the mass extinction was called the Paleocene. This was a time of the mammals.
Did asteroids cause the mass extinction of dinosaurs?
I think so.
What is one catastrophic event that can cause a mass extinction?
An asteroid from space, like the one that killed the dinosaurs, which was a mile in width.
Is the Jurassic period a geologic time that followed the mass extinction of dinosaurs?
No. The Jurassic was in the middle of the dinosaurs' reign on Earth. The time period after the extinction of the dinosaurs is referred to as the Paleogene or the Tertiary.
What often occurs after a catastrophic global event?
Mass extinction. A mass extinction typically occurs after a catastrophic global event. This event could be a bolide impact (such as the impact 65 million years ago that killed the dinosaurs, the most famous example of a mass extinction), increased volcanism, climate change, or something similar.
Which of the following did not occur during the cenezoic era?
The formation of the ozone layer
How do you use mass extinction in a sentence?
The mass extinction of dinosaurs were caused volcanoes that cause global warming with their toxic gases, therefore, killing the plants, starving the plant eating dinosaurs to death, and with no more plant eating dinosaurs, the meat eating dinosaurs died, too.
