Editing Cretaceous Period

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|image=[[File:Cretaceous Period MTMNES.png|256px]]<br>The Cretaceous Period in the NES release of ''Mario's Time Machine''
|inhabitants=[[Dinosaur]]s
|first_appearance=''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]'' ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
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[[File:Cretaceous Period MTMDX.png|thumb|left|The Cretaceous Period in the MS-DOS release of ''Mario's Time Machine'']]
The '''{{wp|Cretaceous|Cretaceous Period}}''' is a period of time that spans seventy-nine million years, from the {{wp|Jurassic|Jurassic Period}} to the {{wp|Paleogene|Paleogene Period}}. During this time, flora and fauna alike grew in size and diversified. It is a level in the [[Mario's Time Machine (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES release of ''Mario's Time Machine'']], where [[Bowser]] travels back in time to about 80 million years ago and steals a [[Dinosaur Egg]], and [[Mario]] later travels back in time after taking the Dinosaur Egg back. After Bowser entered the area, it became infested with [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]s and [[Bodyslam Koopa]]s that try to stop Mario (although there are also regular dinosaurs in the background). Eventually, Mario makes it to a cave (at the far-right of the area), drops off the Dinosaur Egg, and time travels forward to the present.

The good endings for the MS-DOS and [[Mario's Time Machine (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES versions of ''Mario's Time Machine'']] also feature the Cretaceous Period. If everything is done correctly, [[Bowser]] attempts to use the [[Timulator]] to escape [[Mario]], but it malfunctions and sends him back to the Cretaceous Period. Bowser is soon squished by a large dinosaur. In the MS-DOS version, his crushed form is then thrown away like a flying disc. Exclusively in the MS-DOS version, Mario also ends up here if he enters an incorrect date in the Timulator. He can only escape by catching some falling eggs from a [[Pterodactyl]] while [[Bullet Bill]]s attack him. After catching enough eggs, [[Yoshi]] appears, and he hops onto him and travels back to the present.

==Gallery==
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MTM SNES Bad Ending 2.png|The almost-good ending in the SNES version
MTM SNES Good Ending.png|The good ending in which Bowser is about to be squished in the SNES version
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