The Modern Hexacorals That Build Reefs in the World's Oceans

question 18

Multiple Choice

The modern hexacorals that build reefs in the world's oceans experienced their first adaptive radiation during

• A) Paleocene.
• B) Late Cretaceous.
• C) Middle Jurassic.
• D) Late Triassic.

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