Epoch
Late Cretaceous
100.5000 – 66.0000 Ma
The Late Cretaceous is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after creta, the Latin word for the white limestone known as chalk. The chalk of northern France and the white cliffs of south-eastern England date from the Cretaceous Period.
← Geological time scale
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Fossil genera 48
Paronychodon
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
131 occ.
Triceratops
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
101 occ.
Richardoestesia
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
94 occ.
Saurornitholestes
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
68 occ.
Troodon
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
48 occ.
Prognathodon
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
45 occ.
Edmontosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
45 occ.
Hadrosauropodus
Dinosaurs
Ichnogenus
Formal taxon
Extinct
40 occ.
Mosasaurus
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
39 occ.
Platecarpus
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
38 occ.
Zalmoxes
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
37 occ.
Tarbosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
28 occ.
Dromaeosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
27 occ.
Tylosaurus
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
26 occ.
Thescelosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
24 occ.
Saurolophus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
23 occ.
Plioplatecarpus
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
21 occ.
Ornithomimus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
21 occ.
Chirostenotes
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
20 occ.
Rhabdodon
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
19 occ.
Kritosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
18 occ.
Pteranodon
Pterosaurs
Valid
Extinct
17 occ.
Alectrosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
17 occ.
Gallimimus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
16 occ.
Tyrannosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
16 occ.
Albertosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
15 occ.
Telmatosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
15 occ.
Megaloolithus
Dinosaurs
Formal taxon
Extinct
15 occ.
Hainosaurus
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
14 occ.
Centrosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
14 occ.
Elongatoolithus
Dinosaurs
Formal taxon
Extinct
13 occ.
Clidastes
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
13 occ.
Tetrapodosaurus
Dinosaurs
Ichnogenus
Formal taxon
Extinct
13 occ.
Halisaurus
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
12 occ.
Edmontonia
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
12 occ.
Protoceratops
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
12 occ.
Globidens
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
12 occ.
Euoplocephalus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
12 occ.
Monoclonius
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
11 occ.
Prismatoolithus
Dinosaurs
Formal taxon
Extinct
11 occ.
Parasaurolophus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
11 occ.
Bagaceratops
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
10 occ.
—
Pseudogeckoolithus
Dinosaurs
Formal taxon
Extinct
10 occ.
Spheroolithus
Dinosaurs
Formal taxon
Extinct
10 occ.
Chasmosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
10 occ.
Dryptosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
10 occ.
Struthiosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid
Extinct
10 occ.
Cimoliasaurus
Marine reptiles
Valid
Extinct
10 occ.