| Cretaceous | ||
| Mesozoic: Cretaceous Period |
References |
| Jurassic | Paleozoic | Cretaceous | ||
| Paleogene | Cenozoic | Early Cretaceous I | Timescale |
| Mesozoic Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Early Cretaceous I (Neocomian) Early Cretaceous II (Aptian-Albian) Late Cretaceous I High Cretaceous) Late Cretaceous II (End-Cretaceous) Cenozoic Paleogene |
The Cretaceous |
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[1] The figure combines data from two separate figures in Kiessling & Baron-Szabo 2004).