Why Is It Inaccurate to Refer to Early Synapsids as "Mammal-Like

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why is it inaccurate to refer to early synapsids as "mammal-like reptiles"?

• A) Mammals did not evolve from synapsids.
• B) Synapsids do not nest within the clade Reptilia as we define it now.
• C) The taxon Synapsida is actually polyphyletic.
• D) The earliest synapsids had no features that we associate with reptiles today.
• E) Synapsids and reptiles lived on different continents in the late Paleozoic.

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