Early Cretaceous

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Angiosperms (flowering plants) appeared for the first time during the Early Cretaceous; Archaefructaceae, one of the oldest fossil families (124.6 Ma) was found in the Yixian Formation, China.

dinosaur

Acrocanthosaurus

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Cretaceous

originated

While most of the sedimentary rock [of Mount Carmel] originates in the late Cretaceous, some of the north east sediments are from the early Cretaceous, and the edges also feature sediments from the Pleistocene.

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the ginkgo tree

The genus Ginkgo diversified and spread throughout Laurasia during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752187

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Early_Cretaceous

Wikipedia

Early Cretaceous (Wikipedia) The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 145 Ma to 100.5 Ma.

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Late Cretaceous

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Late Jurassic