The Great Adaptive Radiation That Resulted in All of the Major

question 39

Multiple Choice

The great adaptive radiation that resulted in all of the major animal lineages occurred in the ___ period.

• A) Cretaceous
• B) Devonian
• C) Jurassic
• D) Ordovician
• E) Cambrian

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