1 mostly small and ecologically marginal until the latest Cretaceous.

2 on of approximately six ammonites throughout the latest Cretaceous.

3 ions, which were diverse and abundant during the latest Cretaceous, almost disappeared at the boundar

4 the changes in the pelagic fish community in the latest Cretaceous and early Paleogene.

5 p predators in Asia and North America during the latest Cretaceous, and most species had deep skulls

6 pparently developed huge size rapidly during the latest Cretaceous, and their success in the top pred

7 ted by seven major dinosaur subgroups during the latest Cretaceous, at both global and regional scale

8  ecosystems in Asia and North America during the latest Cretaceous (ca. 80-66 million years ago).

9 k isolation from all other continents during the latest Cretaceous, complicating reconstructions of t

10 a, with no significant biotic decline during the latest Cretaceous, contrary to previous studies.

11 othesis that the Deccan Traps contributed to the latest Cretaceous environmental change and biologic

12 between the oldest basal tyrannosauroids and the latest Cretaceous forms.

13 five new monotypic genera have been found in the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) deposits of this r

14                 Isolated teeth and jaws from the latest Cretaceous of South America provide mounting

15 ineages that probably dispersed to SA during the latest Cretaceous or earliest Paleocene.

16                                              The latest Cretaceous presence of these relatively deriv

17 erived brain and inner ear characteristic of the latest Cretaceous species.