Gulp Website, page-121

The poem is a good 'un. And true that the Cretaceous was the heyday of the dinosaurs, contrary to the movie that may lead one to think of the earlier period.

However, the warming during the Cretaceous that caused the unflooded parts of the continents to flourish was caused by increased CO2 from more active volcanism. Naturally Tangierites and fellow punters would love to oversee the discovery of billions of tons of carbon captured from the atmosphere during the Jurassic and then have it recycled through the atmosphere once again.