Talk:Cretaceous
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[edit] No Middle Cretaceous?
There are also the Middle Jurassic and Middle Triassic, so why no Middle Cretaceous? Jerkov 12:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Basically, it just worked out that way. I think (not sure) that the stage subdivisions for the Cretaceous were worked out relatively early and accurately, especially in Europe; it is common in Europe to see reference almost exclusively to the stages such as Aptian, Campanian, etc. Americans have tended to be less familiar with those usages, though I think that is changing. In any case, as far as I know, there never was a Middle Cretaceous, so it is not a case of some later revisionists changing things. Strictly speaking, I guess one could refer to "middle Cretaceous" (not capitalized "M" because not a formal subdivision) to refer to, say, Albian and Cenomanian or the next earlier and later stages, but no one does that. Cheers --Geologyguy 13:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AMK152's Geotimeboxes
AMK152 proposed in edits of 27 December 2006 a geotimebox for this article. I feel that the box information that is appropriate for the article is already contained in the footer, and that other information can be supplied where important, by links from the text. See discussion at Template talk:Geotimebox. --Bejnar 20:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Demanding citations
I should like to say, before the aggressive demanding of citations gets out of hand at Wikipedia, that to require a citation for a commonplace derivation, one that is available in any dictionary, based simply on one's own ignorance and self-importance, is a discourtesy that interrupts the process of building an encyclopedia and serving Wikipedia readers. Let's nip this in the bud-- without singling out any individual. --Wetman 13:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
- With respect, material was removed from Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event by an editor citing the unreferenced portion of this article. Actually, on reflection I'm not sure the issue has been addressed. Cretaceous is K. "Creta" is latin, and that is what is used in English. However, it doesn't really address the issue of whether or not K was originally chosen from the German "Kreide" which is the claim underpinning this dispute. The choice of a K has been a very long running dispute and if possible I would like to see citations for that. Dragons flight 17:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Extinction of plants
In the second paragraph of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event article it states that many plants became extinct, whereas in the Cretaceous#Extinction section of this article it states that "Plants were nearly unscathed". I think these entries should be made more consistent by someone with specific expertise in the field. --Ben Best (talk) 13:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
- Wikipedia doesn't require experts, just good research. Note the K-T event article is FA status, has been reviewed numerous times, and is well referenced. Note this articles is poorly written, unreferenced (specifically the section you're mentioning), and has not reached any particular review status. I'd take the information from the K-T article, and rewrite this one. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 14:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
