Toward the End of the Archean Eon

question 2

Multiple Choice

Toward the end of the Archean Eon,

• A) the first abundant shelly organisms appeared in the fossil record.
• B) the Earth's continental crust was remelted.
• C) stable continental interiors,termed cratons,first formed.
• D) the dinosaurs appeared and came to dominate large-scale terrestrial life.

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