Flowering plants first rose to prominence in the:

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Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, first appeared in the fossil record during the Cretaceous period, which lasted from around 145 million to 66 million years ago. They rapidly diversified and eventually became the dominant plants on Earth. The Cambrian period (541 million to 485 million years ago) is known for the explosion of marine life, while the Precambrian era (4.6 billion to 541 million years ago) saw the formation of the Earth and the emergence of the first life forms. The Eocene epoch (56 million to 33.9 million years ago) saw the emergence of many modern mammalian groups. The Paleozoic era (541 million to 252 million years ago) saw the emergence and evolution of many groups of plants and animals, but not angiosperms.

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