There Is Some Evidence That Extinct Reptiles Called Cynodonts,which Arose

question 34

Multiple Choice

There is some evidence that extinct reptiles called cynodonts,which arose about 260 million years ago,may have had whisker-like hairs around their mouths.If this is true,then what can be properly said of hair?

• A)It is a shared derived character of mammals,even if cynodonts continue to be classified as reptiles.
• B)It is a shared derived character of the amniote clade and not of the mammal clade.
• C)It is a shared ancestral character of the amniote clade,but only if cynodonts are reclassified as mammals.
• D)It is a shared derived character of the mammals,but only if cynodonts are reclassified as mammals.

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