That Fossil Organisms Succeed One Another in an Orderly and Definite

question 45

Multiple Choice

That fossil organisms succeed one another in an orderly and definite sequence is ________.

• A) the principal of fossil succession
• B) the law of superposition
• C) the law of the geologic time scale
• D) the Phanerozoic principal

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