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

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

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

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

• 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.

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• RepenomamusNarrower topic: Repenomamus lived during the Early Cretaceous.

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

• 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.

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

• BaurusuchidaeNarrower topic: Most known baurusuchid fossils come from rocks deposited during this period.

• DeinocheirusNarrower topic: Deinocheirus lived during the Late Cretaceous.

• GiganotosaurusNarrower topic: Giganotosaurus lived during this period, near its middle.

• MawsoniaNarrower topic: Mawsonia lived during this period, across parts of its Early and Late epochs.

• NodosauridaeNarrower topic: Many well-known nodosaurids lived during this period.

• PachyrhinosaurusNarrower topic: Pachyrhinosaurus lived during the final part of this period.

• Saxon SwitzerlandNarrower topic: The sandstone underlying the region was deposited during this period.

• XiphactinusNarrower topic: Xiphactinus lived in Cretaceous marine environments.

• DibamidaeNarrower topic: Molecular estimates place the origins of major living squamate lineages deep in this period.

• KaprosuchusNarrower topic: Kaprosuchus lived during this period, whose African ecosystems differed greatly from those of today.

• NajashNarrower topic: Najash lived during its later part, before the end-Cretaceous extinction.

• SimosuchusNarrower topic: Simosuchus lived during the period’s final part, before the end-Cretaceous extinction.

• Verdon GorgeNarrower topic: Much of the limestone cut by the gorge originated in ancient Cretaceous seas.

• DidelphodonNarrower topic: Didelphodon lived near the end of this period, before the extinction event that ended it.

• ExternsteineNarrower topic: The Externsteine sandstone belongs to deposits laid down during this period.

• Jugurtha TablelandNarrower topic: The limestone rocks of the region include formations deposited during this period.

• Møns KlintNarrower topic: The chalk exposed here accumulated in a Cretaceous sea.

• OrnithocheirusNarrower topic: Ornithocheirus lived during the Early Cretaceous, the first part of this period.

• PlatypterygiusNarrower topic: Platypterygius fossils place the genus within this final Mesozoic period.

• PolycotylidaeNarrower topic: Polycotylids lived during this period's changing marine ecosystems.

• RudistsNarrower topic: Rudists flourished in many marine environments during this period.

• StomatosuchidaeNarrower topic: The known stomatosuchids lived during this period.

• TempskyaNarrower topic: Tempskya fossils are known from Cretaceous rocks.