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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Sorry, but the time frame doesn't fit. Its between 66 and 145 millenia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Except a millennium ~~millenia~~ is a thousand years, not a million years.

~~65-145 epochs ago might be the correct wording?~~

"Mya" would be the correct term.

Edit: corrections from MBM, bisby.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

An epoch is a geological age and not a specific time span. So "65-145 Mya" (million years ago) would be the appropriate label. I can't seem to find a label for "million years" (other than megaannum, which is just an SI prefix for years, but I don't think Ive ever heard that used?)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You're right

the first result I stumbled upon was the Simple wikipedia result which erroneously calls an epoch 1,000,000 years ( simple wiki link ).

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