Which of the Following Is True of Arthropods

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of arthropods?

• A) Synapomorphies among arthropods include exoskeletons made of chitin and a jointed body plan.
• B) Some early Cambrian fossils share some synapomorphies with arthropods.
• C) Arthropods probably came to existence in the Cambrian fully formed.
• D) a and b
• E) a, b, and c

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