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The 88 pages that link to Cretaceous, each with the reason it gives.

• MesozoicBroader topic: Its end coincided with the extinction that closed the era.

• Late CretaceousNarrower topic: The Late Cretaceous is its second and final epoch.

• Flowering plantRelated: Flowering plants diversified extensively during this period.

• Deccan TrapsNarrower topic: Most Deccan eruptions occurred near the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.

• JurassicRelated: It inherited continents and ecosystems transformed during the Jurassic.

• TermiteRelated: Fossils show termites were already present during this period.

• ArecaceaeRelated: Fossil evidence places the early diversification of palms within this period.

• PaleoceneCompared with: The Paleocene followed the Cretaceous and its mass extinction.

• Early CretaceousNarrower topic: The Early Cretaceous is its first epoch.

• PlesiosauriaRelated: Plesiosaurs persisted through the Cretaceous before their extinction.

• Caribbean PlateNarrower topic: Key crust-forming events associated with the Caribbean Plate occurred during this period.

• Western Interior SeawayNarrower topic: The seaway formed and persisted during this period.

• LaurasiaRelated: Laurasian fragments continued separating and changing position through this period.

• PlesiosaurRelated: Plesiosaurs persisted through the Cretaceous until the end-Cretaceous extinction.

• CrocodylomorphaRelated: Many distinctive terrestrial and aquatic crocodylomorph groups flourished in this period.

• Early JurassicCompared with: It is a later period often compared with Jurassic ecosystems and climates.

• CoccolithophoreNarrower topic: Coccolithophores diversified and left extensive chalk deposits during this period.

• CrocodyliformesRelated: Many distinctive crocodyliform groups flourished during this period.

• PteranodonNarrower topic: Pteranodon lived during this period, near the end of the age of dinosaurs.

• CoelurosauriaRelated: Many familiar coelurosaur groups diversified during this period.

• Non-avian dinosaurRelated: Non-avian dinosaurs remained diverse until the period's end.

• RosalesRelated: Rosales belongs to flowering-plant lineages that diversified during this interval.

• Sierra Nevada batholithRelated: A substantial portion of the batholith crystallized during Cretaceous arc activity.

• KansasNarrower topic: Kansas's marine fossil deposits formed during this period.

• Oil sandsRelated: Much of the source material for Alberta’s bitumen accumulated in sediments deposited during this period.

• Palm treeRelated: Palm fossils and molecular estimates place major stages of palm evolution in this deep-time setting.

• SauropodomorphaNarrower topic: Several sauropod lineages persisted and diversified through the end of this period.

• White Cliffs of DoverNarrower topic: The cliffs’ chalk records marine conditions during this period.

• Lesser Antilles Volcanic ArcNarrower topic: Caribbean crustal origins and later plate reorganizations reach back to this interval.

• Niobrara FormationNarrower topic: The formation was deposited during this period’s later stages.

• Nubian Sandstone Aquifer SystemNarrower topic: Much of the sandstone sequence hosting the aquifer was deposited during the Cretaceous.

• SpinosaurusNarrower topic: Spinosaurus lived during this period, before the end-Cretaceous extinction.

• LauraceaeNarrower topic: Lauraceae-like fossils occur amid the major radiation of flowering plants.

• PachycephalosauriaNarrower topic: Known pachycephalosaurs lived during this final period of the Mesozoic.

• StegosauriaRelated: Some stegosaur lineages survived into the Cretaceous.

• AcanthomorphaRelated: Many early acanthomorph fossils and major lineage radiations date to this period.

• AmphisbaeniaNarrower topic: Fossil evidence places early amphisbaenian history within the Cretaceous.

• OrnithomimosauriaNarrower topic: The clade’s known history falls within this period and ends with its mass extinction.

• AbelisauridaeNarrower topic: Most known abelisaurids lived during this period.

• HesperornisNarrower topic: Hesperornis lived in North America during this period.

• IchthyornisNarrower topic: Ichthyornis lived during its Late Cretaceous epoch.

• MultituberculataRelated: Multituberculates diversified through the Cretaceous alongside other mammal groups.

• RepenomamusNarrower topic: Repenomamus lived during the Early Cretaceous.

• SarcosuchusNarrower topic: The Early Cretaceous portion of this period contains Sarcosuchus's known remains.

• TroodontidaeRelated: Troodontid fossils are known from this period.

• AnkylosaurusNarrower topic: Ankylosaurus lived during the final part of this geological period.

• EnantiornithesNarrower topic: Enantiornithes flourished through much of the period before disappearing at its end.

• LamniformesNarrower topic: Lamniform fossils document the order’s diversity during this period.

• Median Tectonic LineRelated: Major rocks and tectonic structures associated with the line formed during this interval.

• PterodaustroNarrower topic: Pterodaustro lived during the Early Cretaceous, within this period.