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Provide 3 examples of extinct fauna from the cretaceous period?


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Extinct fauna from the cretaceous period:

  1. Extinct fauna refers to those animal species that have died, stop breeding, and no longer exist.
  2. The Cretaceous period mentions the last three periods of the Mesozoic era. The period began around 145 million years ago.
  3. Dinosaurs were the dominant animals in that period.
  4. Fauna species that became extinct in this era are-
  • Mosasaurs
  • Ichthyosaurs
  • Pterosaurs

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