Cretacic
Definition of Cretacic
Cre`tac´ic
2.
(Geol.)
Of,
pertaining
to, or
designating
, the
period
of time
following
the
Jurassic
and
preceding
the
Tertiary
,
generally
given
as from
144
million
years
b. p. to 65
million
years
b. p.. Also
called
Cre
*
tac
"ic
.
Cretaceous acid
an old
name
for
carbonic
acid
.
Cretaceous formation
(Geol.)
the
series
of
strata
of
various
kinds
,
including
beds
of
chalk
,
green
sand
,
etc
.,
formed
in the
Cretaceous
period
; -
called
also the
chalk formation
. See the
Diagram
under
Geology
.
Cretaceous period
(Geol.)
the time in the
latter
part of the
Mesozoic
age
during
which the
Cretaceous
formation
was
deposited
, and at the end of which the
dinosaurs
died
out. See
Cretaceous
.
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