A Group of Fossil Species from the Paleocene Epoch (65-55

question 17

Multiple Choice

A group of fossil species from the Paleocene epoch (65-55 million years ago) are argued by some researchers to be the earliest primate-like mammals; these fossil animals are

• A) the plesiadapiforms.
• B) the adapids.
• C) the omomyids.
• D) the strepsirhines.
• E) the haplorhines.

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