English Dictionary

end-Cretaceous

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(geology, paleontology) Pertaining to the end of the Cretaceous period, marked by a major extinction event.

日本語の意味

白亜紀末に関連する、特に大規模な絶滅事件によって特徴づけられる時期の事象に関する

Paleontologists studying the end-Cretaceous layers found clear evidence of a sudden, global mass extinction.

白亜紀末の地層を調べていた古生物学者たちは、突然の世界的な大量絶滅の明確な証拠を見つけた。

意味（1）

(geology, paleontology) Pertaining to the end of the Cretaceous period, marked by a major extinction event.

Towards the end of the Cretaceous diversity declined sharply and only a few widespread genera are found in the uppermost beds, these finally disappearing in the end-Cretaceous extinctions.