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Cretaceous
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous, a. Also Cretacic Cre*tac"ic (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.
Cretaceous
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceous acid
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceous formation
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceous period
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceously
Cretaceously Cre*ta"ceous*ly, adv. In a chalky manner; as chalk.
Supercretaceous
Supercretaceous Su`per*cre*ta"ceous, a. (Geol.) Same as Supracretaceous.
Supracretaceous
Supracretaceous Su`pra*cre*ta"ceous, a. (Geol.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.

Meaning of Cretace from wikipedia

- déja appelé formation de la craie, sera désigné par le nom de terrain crétacé." (The third, which corresponds to what was already called the "chalk formation"...
- defined by Belgian geologist Jean d'Omalius d'Halloy in 1822 as the Terrain Crétacé, using strata in the Paris Basin and named for the extensive beds of chalk...
- (1969). Contribution a l'etude des cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux du Cretace Superieur et du Tertiaire de France. Memoires du Muséum National d'Histoire...
- ISBN 978-2-85653-785-5. Jean, Roger (1946). Les Invertébrés des Couches a Poissons du Crétacé Supérieur du Liban : Étude Paléobiologique des Ge****ts (in French). Paris:...
- restes d'un serpent boïdé (Madtsoia madagascariensis nov. sp.) dans le Crétacé supérieur de Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle...
- Pierre-Olivier (2008). "Les dépôts continentaux du Jur****ique moyen au Crétacé inférieur dans le Haut Atlas oriental (Maroc) : paléoenvironnements successifs...
- (1990). "Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de l'Ouest". Nouveaux mammifères du Crétacé inférieur du Cameroun, Afrique de...
- de la Nouvelle-Calédonie s'est séparée il y a 70 millions d'années (au Crétacé terminal) du continent de Gondwana (groupant à l'origine les terres qui...
- C. J. J. (1896). "Note sur les dinosauriens sauropodes & théropodes du Crétacé supérieur de Madagascar". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France....
- Gabani, A.; Mammeri, C.; Adaci, M.; Bensalah, M.; Mahboubi, M. (2016). "Le Crétacé continental à vertébrés de la bordure sud du Plateau de Tinhert: considérations...