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  2. Category:Cretaceous birds - Wikipedia

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    Cretaceous period birds, in the Mesozoic Era. The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system from circa 145 million years ago to 66 million years ( Ma ) ago. See also the succeeding Category:Paleogene birds

  3. Polar forests of the Cretaceous - Wikipedia

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    Cretaceous polar forests were temperate forests that grew at polar latitudes during the final period of the Mesozoic Era, known as the Cretaceous Period 145–66 Ma. [1] During this period, global average temperature was about 10 °C (18 °F) higher and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) levels were approximately 1000 parts per million (ppm), 2.5 times the ...

  4. Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Hell Creek Formation was a low floodplain at the time before the sea retreated, and in the wet ground of the dense woodland, the diversity of angiosperms and conifers were present. An endless diversity of herbaceous flowering plants, ferns and moss grew in the forest understory.

  5. Nemegt Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Nemegt Formation (also known as Nemegtskaya Svita) is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous. The formation consists of river channel sediments and contains fossils of fish, turtles, crocodilians, and a diverse fauna of dinosaurs, including birds.

  6. Jiufotang Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Jiufotang Formation (Chinese: 九佛堂组; pinyin: jiǔfótáng zǔ) is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms (see Jehol Biota). It is a member of the Jehol group.

  7. La Meseta Formation - Wikipedia

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    The terrestrial environment surrounding the deposition area is thought to have been a temperate polar forest, including podocarp and araucarian conifers, as well as Nothofagus. [5] [6] Most of the fossilized woods and flowers discovered on Seymour Islands consist of extinct species of conifer trees and lilies during warm climate. [7] [8]

  8. The 10 Most Beautiful Forests Around the World to Add ... - AOL

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    Nestled in Olympic National Park in western Washington state, Hoh Rain Forest is like stepping into a green fantasy world with its moss-covered maples, vibrant ferns, and coniferous trees such as ...

  9. Hesperornis - Wikipedia

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    Hesperornis (meaning "western bird") is a genus of cormorant-like Ornithuran that spanned throughout the Campanian age, and possibly even up to the early Maastrichtian age, of the Late Cretaceous period.