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During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were more diverse, more fierce, and more strange than ever. But something else was happening under the feet of the terrible lizards: for the first time in history, there were flowers. Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons

Thanks to Julio Lacerda, Joschua Knüppe and Studio 252mya for their illustrations. You can find more of their work here:
Joschua Knüppe: https://www.deviantart.com/hyrotrioskjan
Julio Lacerda: https://252mya.com/gallery/julio-lacerda

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References:
http://faculty.frostburg.edu/biol/hli/research/Eoflora.pdf
https://phys.org/news/2015-08-paleobotanists-mythical.html
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/296/5569/899?ck=nck&siteid=sci&ijkey=8dZ6zTqF606ps&keytype=ref

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