Which Statement About the Ordovician Is False

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Multiple Choice

Which statement about the Ordovician is false?

• A) In an undisturbed formation,fossils from this period will be located directly above those from the Cambrian.
• B) There was a major extinction at the end of this period.
• C) This was a period of great diversification of marine life.
• D) The end of this period occurred less than 300 million years ago.
• E) It is the period immediately before the Silurian.

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