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The Cretaceous period is part of the geologic system of classifying geologic formations. It is part of the Mesozoic era, and is divided into Early and Late epochs. The Cretaceous is preceded by Jurassic period and followed by the Paleogene period of the Cenozoic era.
The Cretaceous was named from the Latin word for chalky, and was first used in 1832.[1][2]
Under the dates assigned by uniformitarian geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 145 million years ago to 65 million years ago.[3]
Young earth creation scientists view
Young earth creationist scientist state that there are numerous lines of evidence pointing to a young earth and that the old earth paradigm is errant and has scores of anomalies (for details please see: Geologic system and Young Earth Creationism).
References
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary
- ↑ Jurassic Period (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).
- ↑ Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!