Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event Summary

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K/T Boundary Toward the end of the Cretaceous period, many species of marine organisms became extinct. Land dinosaurs completely disappeared, along with flying reptiles, sea reptiles, and ichthyosaurs... Read more
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K-T Event The K-T event (Cretaceous-Tertiary event) refers to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs that took place approximately 65 million years ago (mya). In addition to the dinosaurs, most large la... Read more