K/T boundary


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
K/T boundary
noun Geology the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods, about 65 million years ago, marked by the extinction of dinosaurs and many other groups of animals.
– origin from symbols for Cretaceous and Tertiary.
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