Basic Facts

• Meaning: Derived from the latin word Creta meaning “chalk”- reference to large chalk formations during the time.
• Epoch: Early and Late Cretaceous
• Time Span: ~145–66 million years
• Dominant Life Forms: Tyrannosaurs and Flowering Plants.
• Major Events: Global Extinction of the Dinosaurs
• Total Fossils catalogued: Roughly a million.