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{{epoch|{{PAGENAME}}}} came after the [[Jurassic]] period and before the [[Paleocene]] period in Earth's geological history, dating from 145 million years ago until 65 million years ago.
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The '''Cretaceous''' [[period (geology)|period]] is part of the [[geologic system]] of classifying geologic formations.
  
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== Young earth creationist scientists view ==
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The Cretaceous period is part of the [[Mesozoic]] era, and is divided into Early and Late epochs.  The Cretaceous is preceded by [[Jurassic]] era and followed by the [[Paleogene]] era.
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[[Young earth creationist]] scientists believe that the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary]] [[Geology|geological]] timescale is in error. <ref>http://www.trueorigin.org/geocolumn.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=54</ref><ref>http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm</ref>  These scientists believe that the earth is young and has multiple lines of evidence from the field of geology showing that the earth is young. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/geology.asp</ref><ref>http://www.creationism.org/topbar/geology.htm</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/gr11.htm</ref><ref>http://www.nwcreation.net/geologylinks.html</ref><ref>http://globalflood.org/</ref> Also, young earth creationist scientists assert that there is an abundance of scientific arguments in addition to geology showing the earth and universe are both approximately 6,000 years in age.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/young.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/article/1842/</ref>  In addition, these scientists have a number of arguments against the position of an extremely old age for the earth and the universe.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dating.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/modules.php?name=Read&cat=1&itemid=22</ref>
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The Cretaceous was named from the [[Latin]] word for ''chalky'', and was first used in 1832.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cretaceous Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref><ref>[http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/Outreach/TimeScale/jurassic.html Jurassic Period] (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).</ref>
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Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 145 million years ago to 65 million years ago.<ref>Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]</ref>  [[Flood Geology|Flood geologists]] use a geological system that more heavily relies on [[catastrophism]] and reject the [[Uniformitarianism|uniformitarian]] assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]). Instead, most would consider most if not all Cretaceous strata to be laid during [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]].<ref>Snelling, Andrew, 1996, Where should we place the Flood/post-Flood Boundary in the Geological Record?, ''Journal of Creation'' 10(1) 29-31.</ref>
  
 
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The Cretaceous period is part of the geologic system of classifying geologic formations.

The Cretaceous period is part of the Mesozoic era, and is divided into Early and Late epochs. The Cretaceous is preceded by Jurassic era and followed by the Paleogene era.

The Cretaceous was named from the Latin word for chalky, and was first used in 1832.[1][2]

Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 145 million years ago to 65 million years ago.[3] Flood geologists use a geological system that more heavily relies on catastrophism and reject the uniformitarian assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates (see geologic system). Instead, most would consider most if not all Cretaceous strata to be laid during Noah's Flood.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary
  2. ↑ Jurassic Period (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).
  3. ↑ Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!
  4. ↑ Snelling, Andrew, 1996, Where should we place the Flood/post-Flood Boundary in the Geological Record?, Journal of Creation 10(1) 29-31.
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