Cretaceous

Summary

Cretaceous is a period^[1]. Cretaceous ranks in the top 3% of period entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,223 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cretaceous's instance of is recorded as period^[3].
• Cretaceous's instance of is recorded as system^[4].
• chalk is named after Cretaceous^[5].
• Cretaceous followed Jurassic^[6].
• Cretaceous was followed by Paleogene^[7].
• Cretaceous is part of Mesozoic^[8].
• Cretaceous is part of ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[9].
• Cretaceous's Commons category is recorded as Cretaceous^[10].
• Cretaceous's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 7FC64E^[11].
• Cretaceous comprises Early Cretaceous^[12].
• Cretaceous comprises Late Cretaceous^[13].
• Cretaceous began on -145000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Cretaceous ended on -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Cretaceous's significant event is recorded as Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction^[16].
• Cretaceous's IPA transcription is recorded as /krɪˈteɪʃəs/^[17].
• Cretaceous's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cretaceous^[18].
• Cretaceous's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Cretaceous's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Cretaceous's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Cretaceous's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Cretaceous's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Cretaceous's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Cretaceous's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[25].
• Cretaceous's different from is recorded as Kreda^[26].
• Cretaceous's named by is recorded as Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include period^[3] and system^[4].

Origins

chalk is named after Cretaceous^[5].

Use and Application

Components include Early Cretaceous^[12], a series^[28] and Late Cretaceous^[13], a series^[29]. Part of include Mesozoic^[8], an era^[30] and ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[9].

Influence

Things named for Cretaceous include Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction^[31], an extinction event^[32].

Why It Matters

Cretaceous ranks in the top 3% of period entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,223 views/month).^[2] Cretaceous has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Cretaceous is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Cretaceous include Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction^[31], an extinction event^[32].