There Is Some Evidence That Reptiles Called Cynodonts May Have

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Multiple Choice

There is some evidence that reptiles called cynodonts may have had whisker-like hairs around their mouths. If true, then hair is a shared ________.

• A) derived character of mammals, even if cynodonts continue to be classified as reptiles
• B) derived character of all vertebrates and not of the mammal clade
• C) ancestral character of the all vertebrates, but only if cynodonts are reclassified as mammals
• D) derived character of mammals, but only if cynodonts are reclassified as mammals

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