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

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• StegosauriaRelated: Some stegosaur lineages survived into the Cretaceous.

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

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

• TroodontidaeRelated: Troodontid fossils are known from this period.

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

• CarnosauriaRelated: Carcharodontosaurids expanded across several continents during this period.

• Lake MaracaiboRelated: Sedimentary rocks from this period contribute to the petroleum system beneath the basin.

• PliosauroideaRelated: Some pliosauroid lineages persisted into the Cretaceous before disappearing.

• AlvarezsauridaeRelated: Most known alvarezsaurids lived during this period.

• BennettitalesRelated: Bennettitales persisted into the Cretaceous before disappearing from the fossil record.

• Guarani AquiferRelated: Cretaceous lava flows helped cover and confine parts of the sandstone aquifer.

• James Ross IslandRelated: Much of the island's exposed bedrock dates to this period.

• KronosaurusRelated: Kronosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous.

• Belogradchik RocksRelated: Later geological events shaped and exposed the region's sedimentary rock sequence.

• Ciudad EncantadaRelated: Much of the surrounding limestone dates to Cretaceous marine deposition.

• MadtsoiidaeRelated: Some of the earliest known madtsoiid fossils date to this period.

• Prachov RocksRelated: The sandstone of the Bohemian rock cities originated from sediments deposited during this period.

• SciadopitysRelated: Sciadopitys-like fossils occur in deposits from this period.