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Cretaceous vs Multituberculate - What's the difference?

cretaceous | multituberculate |

As adjectives the difference between cretaceous and multituberculate

is that cretaceous is of or relating to chalk while multituberculate is having molars with multiple rows of cusps.

As a proper noun Cretaceous

is the geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 65 million years ago.

As a noun multituberculate is

any of a small group of rodent-like mammals, of the order Multituberculata, from the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods.

cretaceous

English

(wikipedia Cretaceous)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 65 million years ago
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    • As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

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    multituberculate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (zoology, of teeth) Having molars with multiple rows of cusps

    • Noun

    (Multituberculata) (en noun)
  • Any of a small group of rodent-like mammals, of the order Multituberculata , from the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods