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What types of animals lived in Cretaceous period?


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Cretaceous Period:

  1. Cretaceous period is a geological period from 145 to 66 million years ago.
  2. Cretaceous period is the final period of the Mesozoic era.
  3. Cretaceous period is also known as the last age of dinosaurs.
  4. During the cretaceous period, dinosaurs were the dominant group of land animals.
  5. Duck-billed dinosaurs and horned forms of dinosaurs existed during the cretaceous period.
  6. Marine reptiles like ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs were common during cretaceous period.
  7. Flying reptiles like pterosaurs were common during cretaceous period.

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