Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

end-cretaceous

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: end-c-re-ta-ceous
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the end of the Cretaceous period, marked by a major extinction event.

Example Sentences

"Towards the end of the Cretaceous diversity declined sharply and only a few widespread genera are found in the uppermost beds, these finally disappearing in the end-Cretaceous extinctions."
"Although the end-Cretaceous bolide impact is contemporaneous with the abrupt end of the reign of dinosaurs, early mammals survived the catastrophic event […]."
"The end Cretaceous catastrophe that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago did for these animals too and the oceans were quieter for a while, but within fifteen million years or so the ancestors of dolphins and whales were exploiting the rich seas of the Eocene."

Questions

What does end-cretaceous mean?: Pertaining to the end of the Cretaceous period, marked by a major extinction event.

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