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Categories: Articles with short description, Mesozoic volcanism, Megatsunamis, Prehistoric dinosaurs, Events in the geological history of Earth
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Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event  Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event  K-t event  K-T Extinction Event  Cretaceous-Tertiary event
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The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. Wikipedia
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The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. Wikipedia
Extinction event ending the Mesozoic Era Wikidata
IS A
extinction event
DIFFERENT FROM
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF
starvation
Paleogene
impact winter
NAMED AFTER
Cretaceous
Paleogene
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Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
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Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
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66 million years ago, Alvarez event, C-T mass extinction event, Cretaceous-Palaeogene extinction event, Cretaceous-Palaeogene mass extinction, Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary, Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event, Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction, Cretaceous-Paleogene transition, Cretaceous-Tertiary event, Cretaceous-tertiary event, Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction, Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Event, Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction event, Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, Cretaceous-Tertiary impact, Cretaceous extinction, Cretaceous Extinction, Cretaceous extinction event, Cretaceous mass extinction, Cretaceous Tertiary extinction, Cretaceous–Palaeogene extinction event, Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction, Cretaceous–Paleogene transition, Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, Cretaceous—Paleogene extinction event, dinosaur extinction, Dinosaur extinction event, Dinosaurs extinction, Disappearance of the dinosaurs, end-Cretaceous extinction event, End of dinosaurs, end of the Cretaceous, extinction of dinosaurs, extinction of the dinosaurs, extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, extinction of the non-bird dinosaurs, Fifth extinction, Fifth mass extinction, How Dinosaurs Got Extinct, K-Pg event, K-Pg extinction, K-Pg extinction event, K-Pg mass extinction, K-Pg transition, K-T, K-T boundary event, K-T catastrophe, K-T Event, K-T event, K-t event, K-T Extinction, K-T extinction, K-T Extinction Event, K-T extinction event, K-t extinction event, K-T mass extinction, K/T event, K/T extinction event, KT event, KT Extinction, KT extinction event, KT impact, K–Pg event, K–Pg extinction event, K–T extinction, K–T extinction event, Mesozoic extinction, Multiple impact event, Multiple impact theory, The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event
Wikidata Alias
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Chicxulub, Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, Cretaceous–Paleogene, Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, K-Pg mass extinction, K-Pg mass extinction event, K-T extinction, K–Pg, K–T extinction event

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