The plant life of the Cretaceous was quite different to that of ... It's not clear why some dinosaurs and pterosaurs, such as Quetzalcoatlus, got so large during the Cretaceous Period. Some think it ...

3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and tone of life on Earth. At the start of the period ... Flowering plants were spreading across the landscape.

Discover more about this prehistoric plant life and how to grow your own small dinosaur garden ... BlueSnap/ Shutterstock The Cretaceous Period, 145 to 66 million years ago, is not only known for the ...

That dramatic change represents one of the great moments in the history of life on the planet. What allowed flowering plants to dominate ... just before the Cretaceous period ended.

This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and followed by the Cretaceous Period ... a critical event in the evolution ...

The life strategy of plants that dominate our forests today may be linked to a massive meteorite that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, according to a new study. At the end of the ...

The findings suggest that mammals were adapting to terrestrial life well before the end of the Cretaceous period. The team discovered ... the spread of flowering plants, known as angiosperms ...