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Late Cretaceous dinoflagellates

Late Cretaceous dinoflagellates diagram.

The times when dinoflagellates appeared and became extinct have been dated in deep-sea cores around the world. Their presence is used to date rocks containing dinosaur fossils at Mangahouanga.

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